PostgreSQL Jobs

PostgreSQL (Postgres)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PostgreSQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PostgreSQL over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 218 69
Rank change year-on-year +75 -149 +46
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 2,083 1,638 8,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.98% 1.73% 5.20%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 11.31% 8.07% 18.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,193 1,154 2,095
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +19.05%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

PostgreSQL is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 18,423 20,288 47,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.50% 21.40% 28.32%
Number of salaries quoted 12,549 12,963 20,973
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

PostgreSQL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PostgreSQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PostgreSQL.

Salary trend for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PostgreSQL over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PostgreSQL within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +93 1,788 £65,000 -7.14% 387
UK excluding London +116 1,340 £55,000 -4.35% 198
Work from Home +45 931 £65,000 -7.14% 234
London +38 657 £80,000 -5.88% 219
North of England +136 411 £55,000 - 50
South East +124 327 £52,500 -19.23% 50
North West +124 288 £51,250 -21.15% 38
Midlands +108 213 £50,000 - 19
East Midlands +88 139 £50,000 - 6
Scotland -34 115 £50,000 -13.04% 17
South West -1 106 £60,000 +1.37% 36
Yorkshire +60 82 £52,500 +16.67% 11
East of England -10 73 £57,500 -11.54% 14
West Midlands +13 70 £50,000 -0.99% 13
Wales +27 56 £51,051 -21.46% 5
North East +12 43 £65,465 +63.66% 1
Northern Ireland +19 39 £85,000 +70.00% 11

PostgreSQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 346 (16.61%) ArcGIS
2 332 (15.94%) GeoServer
3 168 (8.07%) Apache
4 137 (6.58%) Apache Airflow
5 43 (2.06%) Confluence
6 38 (1.82%) OpenStack
7 35 (1.68%) nginx
8 22 (1.06%) Apache Spark
9 14 (0.67%) SharePoint
10 12 (0.58%) JBoss
11 10 (0.48%) Red Hat Fuse
12 6 (0.29%) Luigi
13 4 (0.19%) CMS
13 4 (0.19%) IIS
14 3 (0.14%) Tomcat
15 2 (0.096%) Cloud Foundry
15 2 (0.096%) Drupal
15 2 (0.096%) Microsoft Exchange
15 2 (0.096%) WebLogic
16 1 (0.048%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 21 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.096%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.048%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.048%) Notion
5 1 (0.048%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (1.06%) NEC Housing
2 9 (0.43%) Sage X3
2 9 (0.43%) SAP Business One
3 6 (0.29%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.24%) Odoo
4 5 (0.24%) Shopify
5 3 (0.14%) iTrent
6 2 (0.096%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.048%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.048%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.048%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.048%) Ripple
7 1 (0.048%) Ripple XRP
Cloud Services
1 1,200 (57.61%) AWS
2 1,015 (48.73%) Azure
3 238 (11.43%) IBM Cloud
4 232 (11.14%) Serverless
5 180 (8.64%) GCP
6 178 (8.55%) Azure DevOps
7 129 (6.19%) Azure Service Bus
8 126 (6.05%) Azure API Management
8 126 (6.05%) Azure Functions
8 126 (6.05%) Azure Logic Apps
9 83 (3.98%) GitHub
10 78 (3.74%) SaaS
11 77 (3.70%) Amazon ECS
12 66 (3.17%) Amazon EKS
13 58 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
14 48 (2.30%) Amazon Kinesis
15 41 (1.97%) Amazon S3
16 33 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
17 32 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
18 29 (1.39%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 36 (1.73%) Firewall
2 18 (0.86%) DNS
3 17 (0.82%) HTTP
4 16 (0.77%) Internet
5 15 (0.72%) LAN
6 11 (0.53%) PBX
7 9 (0.43%) MQTT
7 9 (0.43%) WAN
8 8 (0.38%) VPN
9 7 (0.34%) FTP
9 7 (0.34%) SAN
9 7 (0.34%) Wireless
10 6 (0.29%) MPLS
10 6 (0.29%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.24%) BGP
11 5 (0.24%) Reverse Proxy
11 5 (0.24%) SSH
12 4 (0.19%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.19%) Network Security
13 3 (0.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 475 (22.80%) MongoDB
2 429 (20.60%) NoSQL
3 373 (17.91%) GIS
4 333 (15.99%) QGIS
5 325 (15.60%) MySQL
6 288 (13.83%) Relational Database
7 266 (12.77%) SQL Server
8 238 (11.43%) DB2
9 130 (6.24%) Redis
10 122 (5.86%) Oracle Database
11 99 (4.75%) Apache Ignite
12 93 (4.46%) Oracle Database 11g
13 68 (3.26%) Amazon Aurora
14 64 (3.07%) DynamoDB
15 51 (2.45%) Amazon RDS
16 45 (2.16%) Hadoop
17 42 (2.02%) Elasticsearch
18 41 (1.97%) RDBMS
19 32 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
19 32 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 270 (12.96%) Git
2 136 (6.53%) Jenkins
3 82 (3.94%) JIRA
4 74 (3.55%) GitLab
5 69 (3.31%) Cypress.io
6 40 (1.92%) Bitbucket
7 29 (1.39%) JUnit
8 27 (1.30%) Subversion
9 20 (0.96%) Gatling
10 17 (0.82%) Cucumber
10 17 (0.82%) Maven
10 17 (0.82%) PHPUnit
10 17 (0.82%) Selenium
11 11 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
11 11 (0.53%) SonarQube
12 10 (0.48%) GNU Toolchain
13 9 (0.43%) CircleCI
13 9 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
14 8 (0.38%) JMeter
14 8 (0.38%) Mockito
General
1 354 (16.99%) Public Sector
2 352 (16.90%) Finance
3 350 (16.80%) Social Skills
4 153 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 125 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
6 118 (5.66%) Banking
7 107 (5.14%) Front Office
8 68 (3.26%) Games
9 46 (2.21%) Manufacturing
10 45 (2.16%) Electronics
10 45 (2.16%) Retail
11 40 (1.92%) Marketing
12 36 (1.73%) Local Government
13 32 (1.54%) Law
14 30 (1.44%) Telecoms
15 29 (1.39%) Legal
16 23 (1.10%) Police
17 22 (1.06%) Back Office
18 20 (0.96%) Billing
19 18 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 852 (40.90%) Developer
2 685 (32.89%) Software Engineer
3 596 (28.61%) Senior
4 293 (14.07%) Senior Software Engineer
5 279 (13.39%) Full Stack Developer
6 209 (10.03%) Senior Developer
7 190 (9.12%) Full Stack Engineer
8 153 (7.35%) Python Engineer
9 150 (7.20%) Python Developer
10 134 (6.43%) Azure Engineer
11 133 (6.39%) Java Developer
12 126 (6.05%) Azure Developer
13 121 (5.81%) React Developer
14 111 (5.33%) Python Software Engineer
15 109 (5.23%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 95 (4.56%) Database Developer
17 94 (4.51%) PostgreSQL Developer
18 81 (3.89%) Java Engineer
19 80 (3.84%) Senior Database Developer
20 79 (3.79%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 972 (46.66%) React
2 708 (33.99%) CSS
3 681 (32.69%) .NET
4 475 (22.80%) REST
5 418 (20.07%) HTML
6 399 (19.16%) Web Services
7 381 (18.29%) AngularJS
8 342 (16.42%) PostGIS
9 338 (16.23%) OpenLayers
10 336 (16.13%) Leaflet
11 327 (15.70%) Node.js
12 323 (15.51%) Vue
13 320 (15.36%) .NET Core
14 269 (12.91%) jQuery
15 268 (12.87%) ASP.NET
16 260 (12.48%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 244 (11.71%) ASP.NET Core
18 241 (11.57%) Ember.js
19 238 (11.43%) Backbone.js
20 183 (8.79%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 267 (12.82%) Algorithms
2 259 (12.43%) Data Structures
3 244 (11.71%) Blockchain
4 241 (11.57%) Hybrid Cloud
5 116 (5.57%) e-Learning
6 113 (5.42%) Hedge funds
7 99 (4.75%) Fixed Income
8 82 (3.94%) Distributed Systems
9 55 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
10 52 (2.50%) Equities
11 41 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
12 36 (1.73%) Blog
13 33 (1.58%) Product Ownership
14 30 (1.44%) Media Streaming
15 27 (1.30%) Client/Server
15 27 (1.30%) Driving Licence
16 23 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
17 21 (1.01%) IoT
18 20 (0.96%) Data Centre
18 20 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 513 (24.63%) Linux
2 324 (15.55%) Windows
3 243 (11.67%) Android
4 239 (11.47%) Apple iOS
5 58 (2.78%) Ubuntu
5 58 (2.78%) Unix
6 22 (1.06%) AIX
7 21 (1.01%) Windows Server
8 17 (0.82%) CentOS
8 17 (0.82%) Debian
9 11 (0.53%) Mac OS
10 9 (0.43%) Windows 10
11 8 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
12 7 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 7 (0.34%) SUSE
12 7 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
13 6 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
14 4 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
14 4 (0.19%) VMS
15 2 (0.096%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 924 (44.36%) Agile
2 837 (40.18%) Software Engineering
3 754 (36.20%) DevOps
4 635 (30.48%) Web Development
5 583 (27.99%) Full Stack Development
6 502 (24.10%) Artificial Intelligence
7 424 (20.36%) Actionable Insight
8 318 (15.27%) OO
9 312 (14.98%) User Experience
10 310 (14.88%) Design Patterns
11 275 (13.20%) Mentoring
11 275 (13.20%) Microservices
12 267 (12.82%) OOP
13 266 (12.77%) MVC
13 266 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
14 255 (12.24%) SOLID
15 250 (12.00%) CI/CD
15 250 (12.00%) MVVM
16 240 (11.52%) Responsive Web Design
17 238 (11.43%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1,043 (50.07%) Python
2 918 (44.07%) JavaScript
3 843 (40.47%) SQL
4 607 (29.14%) C#
5 571 (27.41%) Java
6 268 (12.87%) TypeScript
7 144 (6.91%) Go
8 109 (5.23%) Kotlin
9 105 (5.04%) PL/SQL
10 88 (4.22%) PHP
11 85 (4.08%) Scala
12 71 (3.41%) Bash
13 64 (3.07%) C++
14 61 (2.93%) C
15 49 (2.35%) PowerShell
16 46 (2.21%) Ruby
17 28 (1.34%) T-SQL
18 25 (1.20%) Shell Script
19 24 (1.15%) R
19 24 (1.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 465 (22.32%) Security Cleared
2 426 (20.45%) SC Cleared
3 210 (10.08%) Degree
4 106 (5.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (1.58%) Master's Degree
6 22 (1.06%) Oracle Certification
7 18 (0.86%) Azure Certification
8 15 (0.72%) CCNA
8 15 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (0.67%) AWS Certification
10 11 (0.53%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (0.19%) MCSE
13 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.19%) PhD
14 3 (0.14%) DBS Check
15 2 (0.096%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 2 (0.096%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 2 (0.096%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (2.40%) QA
2 46 (2.21%) Accessibility
3 30 (1.44%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (0.29%) GMP
5 5 (0.24%) MiFID
5 5 (0.24%) SLA
6 2 (0.096%) GDPR
7 1 (0.048%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.048%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.048%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.048%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 355 (17.04%) Docker
2 47 (2.26%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.49%) Hyper-V
4 16 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 4 (0.19%) VMware Server
8 4 (0.19%) vSphere
9 3 (0.14%) VirtualBox
10 2 (0.096%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.048%) Dovecot
11 1 (0.048%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.048%) etcd
11 1 (0.048%) Firmware
11 1 (0.048%) iptables
11 1 (0.048%) KVM
11 1 (0.048%) Postfix
11 1 (0.048%) vCloud
11 1 (0.048%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 283 (13.59%) Kubernetes
2 175 (8.40%) Terraform
3 136 (6.53%) Ansible
4 44 (2.11%) Grafana
5 21 (1.01%) Puppet
6 16 (0.77%) Prometheus
7 15 (0.72%) Progress Chef
8 14 (0.67%) Kibana
9 8 (0.38%) Packer
10 7 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 7 (0.34%) Data Guard
10 7 (0.34%) Foglight
11 6 (0.29%) logstash
11 6 (0.29%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 5 (0.24%) Consul
12 5 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
12 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Clustering
13 4 (0.19%) Podman
13 4 (0.19%) SCOrch
13 4 (0.19%) vMotion
Vendors
1 340 (16.32%) ESRI
2 264 (12.67%) Oracle
3 249 (11.95%) Red Hat
4 239 (11.47%) IBM
5 174 (8.35%) Google
6 117 (5.62%) Microsoft
7 39 (1.87%) SAP
8 35 (1.68%) VMware
9 33 (1.58%) WSO2
10 23 (1.10%) Atlassian
11 22 (1.06%) NEC
12 18 (0.86%) Apple
12 18 (0.86%) Splunk
13 16 (0.77%) Databricks
14 11 (0.53%) Palo Alto
15 9 (0.43%) Cisco
15 9 (0.43%) Dynatrace
15 9 (0.43%) Sage
16 8 (0.38%) New Relic
17 7 (0.34%) SaltStack