PostgreSQL Job Trends in England

PostgreSQL (Postgres)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring PostgreSQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 125 195
Rank change year-on-year -146 +70 -2
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 438 1,037 1,030
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.73% 2.36% 1.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.21% 12.77% 8.17%
Number of salaries quoted 314 481 854
10th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,425 £63,000 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +23.08% -10.34%
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £131,750 £122,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £73,801 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.60% +15.38% -7.14%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
England

PostgreSQL falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,079 8,122 12,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.09% 18.46% 19.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,892 4,675 10,322
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%

PostgreSQL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PostgreSQL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

PostgreSQL job vacancy trend in England

PostgreSQL
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing PostgreSQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PostgreSQL in England over the 6 months to 19 February 2026.

Salary histogram for PostgreSQL in England

PostgreSQL
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PostgreSQL within the England region over the 6 months to 19 February 2026. 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
London -87 238 £92,500 +5.71% 145
North of England -41 87 £70,000 +1.00% 60
South East -131 52 £55,000 -31.25% 55
Yorkshire -13 40 £60,000 +4.59% 16
North West -39 36 £77,500 +11.70% 34
South West -50 26 £65,000 - 27
Midlands -37 25 £55,200 -15.08% 38
West Midlands -2 16 £45,000 -30.77% 26
East of England -45 15 £42,500 -26.09% 14
North East -7 11 £52,500 -24.25% 11
East Midlands -39 9 £65,000 +8.33% 12
PostgreSQL
UK

PostgreSQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 31 (7.08%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (3.65%) Apache Spark
3 15 (3.42%) Confluence
4 13 (2.97%) OpenStack
4 13 (2.97%) Tomcat
4 13 (2.97%) WebSphere
5 12 (2.74%) WebSphere Application Server
6 11 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (1.37%) Apache
8 3 (0.68%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.46%) Camunda
9 2 (0.46%) CMS
9 2 (0.46%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.46%) nginx
9 2 (0.46%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.23%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.23%) IIS
10 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (2.51%) MS Visio
2 9 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.23%) Endur
2 1 (0.23%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 292 (66.67%) AWS
2 157 (35.84%) Azure
3 115 (26.26%) GCP
4 72 (16.44%) Serverless
5 50 (11.42%) Amazon EKS
5 50 (11.42%) GitHub
6 43 (9.82%) Amazon ECS
7 40 (9.13%) Amazon S3
7 40 (9.13%) dbt
8 36 (8.22%) AWS CloudFormation
8 36 (8.22%) SaaS
9 35 (7.99%) AWS Lambda
10 29 (6.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 29 (6.62%) Power Platform
11 24 (5.48%) Amazon SQS
12 21 (4.79%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (4.57%) Azure DevOps
14 19 (4.34%) Amazon ECR
14 19 (4.34%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 17 (3.88%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.25%) TCP/IP
2 13 (2.97%) SSL
3 11 (2.51%) VPN
3 11 (2.51%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (1.60%) Internet
5 6 (1.37%) DHCP
5 6 (1.37%) DNS
5 6 (1.37%) Firewall
6 5 (1.14%) Network Security
6 5 (1.14%) VLAN
7 3 (0.68%) MQTT
7 3 (0.68%) WAN
8 2 (0.46%) BGP
8 2 (0.46%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.46%) HTTP
8 2 (0.46%) OSPF
8 2 (0.46%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.46%) RTMP
8 2 (0.46%) Wireless
9 1 (0.23%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (23.97%) SQL Server
2 92 (21.00%) Relational Database
3 87 (19.86%) MySQL
4 79 (18.04%) MongoDB
5 73 (16.67%) NoSQL
6 39 (8.90%) Redis
7 33 (7.53%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (7.53%) DB2
8 30 (6.85%) DynamoDB
9 27 (6.16%) Elasticsearch
9 27 (6.16%) Power BI
10 21 (4.79%) Amazon RDS
10 21 (4.79%) RDBMS
11 18 (4.11%) Apache Iceberg
12 15 (3.42%) Apache Arrow
13 14 (3.20%) Amazon Athena
13 14 (3.20%) Apache Cassandra
13 14 (3.20%) Dremio
14 12 (2.74%) Big Data
14 12 (2.74%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 93 (21.23%) Git
2 77 (17.58%) Jenkins
3 29 (6.62%) JIRA
4 28 (6.39%) GitLab
5 27 (6.16%) Cucumber
6 25 (5.71%) Selenium
7 23 (5.25%) JUnit
8 22 (5.02%) Bitbucket
9 21 (4.79%) TeamCity
10 14 (3.20%) JMeter
11 11 (2.51%) Mockito
12 6 (1.37%) Cypress.io
12 6 (1.37%) Vite
13 5 (1.14%) REST Assured
13 5 (1.14%) Subversion
14 4 (0.91%) CircleCI
14 4 (0.91%) Maven
14 4 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
15 3 (0.68%) MLflow
15 3 (0.68%) TestRail
General
1 119 (27.17%) Social Skills
2 97 (22.15%) Finance
3 46 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (10.27%) Banking
5 39 (8.90%) Public Sector
6 32 (7.31%) Law
7 25 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (5.25%) Front Office
8 23 (5.25%) Retail
9 11 (2.51%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.28%) Financial Institution
11 9 (2.05%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.37%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.14%) Advertising
13 5 (1.14%) Marketing
14 4 (0.91%) Back Office
15 3 (0.68%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.68%) Electronics
15 3 (0.68%) Legal
Job Titles
1 154 (35.16%) Developer
2 84 (19.18%) Software Engineer
3 77 (17.58%) Senior
4 51 (11.64%) Lead
5 50 (11.42%) Full-Stack Developer
6 49 (11.19%) Java Developer
7 33 (7.53%) Java Engineer
8 29 (6.62%) Python Developer
8 29 (6.62%) Python Engineer
9 28 (6.39%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 26 (5.94%) Data Engineer
11 22 (5.02%) AWS Engineer
11 22 (5.02%) Principal Engineer
12 21 (4.79%) Python Software Engineer
13 20 (4.57%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 19 (4.34%) AWS Developer
14 19 (4.34%) Java Software Engineer
14 19 (4.34%) Lead Developer
14 19 (4.34%) Senior Software Engineer
15 17 (3.88%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (31.96%) React
2 88 (20.09%) Node.js
3 77 (17.58%) Spring
4 72 (16.44%) RESTful
5 70 (15.98%) Spring Boot
6 60 (13.70%) REST
7 52 (11.87%) Django
8 50 (11.42%) FastAPI
9 48 (10.96%) AngularJS
10 46 (10.50%) HTML
10 46 (10.50%) Kafka
11 42 (9.59%) .NET
12 40 (9.13%) CSS
13 38 (8.68%) Vue
14 34 (7.76%) Elastic Stack
15 28 (6.39%) Web Services
16 27 (6.16%) Flask
17 25 (5.71%) .NET Core
18 23 (5.25%) Next.js
19 21 (4.79%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 71 (16.21%) Cloud Native
2 54 (12.33%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (5.02%) Equities
3 22 (5.02%) Fixed Income
4 21 (4.79%) Linux Command Line
5 20 (4.57%) Product Ownership
6 17 (3.88%) Management Information System
7 16 (3.65%) Greenfield Project
8 15 (3.42%) Blog
9 14 (3.20%) Data Structures
9 14 (3.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 12 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (2.74%) Onboarding
11 10 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (2.05%) Derivative
12 9 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (1.83%) Algorithms
13 8 (1.83%) Replication
14 7 (1.60%) Mobile App
15 6 (1.37%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 68 (15.53%) Linux
2 30 (6.85%) Unix
3 28 (6.39%) Windows
4 16 (3.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (2.28%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.60%) Android
6 7 (1.60%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.37%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.68%) Debian
9 2 (0.46%) VMS
9 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.23%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (43.84%) CI/CD
2 180 (41.10%) Agile
3 150 (34.25%) Software Engineering
4 143 (32.65%) Microservices
5 119 (27.17%) DevOps
6 110 (25.11%) Problem-Solving
7 102 (23.29%) Full-Stack Development
8 88 (20.09%) Containerisation
9 77 (17.58%) Test Automation
10 73 (16.67%) Fintech
10 73 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
11 72 (16.44%) Mentoring
12 65 (14.84%) AI
13 57 (13.01%) TDD
14 54 (12.33%) Scrum
15 51 (11.64%) Technical Leadership
16 49 (11.19%) Data Modelling
17 47 (10.73%) BDD
17 47 (10.73%) Business Intelligence
18 43 (9.82%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 213 (48.63%) Python
2 164 (37.44%) Java
3 151 (34.47%) SQL
4 121 (27.63%) JavaScript
5 96 (21.92%) TypeScript
6 35 (7.99%) C#
7 28 (6.39%) Go
8 22 (5.02%) PowerShell
9 17 (3.88%) PHP
10 12 (2.74%) C
10 12 (2.74%) T-SQL
11 11 (2.51%) Delphi
11 11 (2.51%) Shell Script
12 9 (2.05%) Rust
13 6 (1.37%) C++
14 4 (0.91%) Bash
15 3 (0.68%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.68%) Pascal
15 3 (0.68%) RPG
15 3 (0.68%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 64 (14.61%) Security Cleared
2 54 (12.33%) Degree
3 46 (10.50%) SC Cleared
4 27 (6.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (5.94%) AWS Certification
6 13 (2.97%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.74%) AWS Certified Developer
7 12 (2.74%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.83%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.46%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.46%) HNC
10 2 (0.46%) HND
10 2 (0.46%) MCSA
10 2 (0.46%) MCSE
10 2 (0.46%) SnowPro
10 2 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.23%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.48%) Data Quality
2 16 (3.65%) QA
3 13 (2.97%) GDPR
3 13 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (2.97%) SLA
4 10 (2.28%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.68%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.68%) SEPA
6 2 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.46%) PSD2
7 1 (0.23%) GAAP
7 1 (0.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 158 (36.07%) Docker
2 11 (2.51%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.68%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.46%) NFS
Systems Management
1 150 (34.25%) Kubernetes
2 93 (21.23%) Terraform
3 29 (6.62%) Grafana
4 28 (6.39%) Ansible
5 16 (3.65%) Kibana
6 14 (3.20%) Prometheus
7 9 (2.05%) Argo
7 9 (2.05%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (0.91%) Nagios
8 4 (0.91%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.68%) Puppet
9 3 (0.68%) Rancher
10 2 (0.46%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.23%) Ambari
11 1 (0.23%) Podman
11 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 57 (13.01%) Oracle
2 29 (6.62%) Microsoft
3 27 (6.16%) Google
4 18 (4.11%) Red Hat
5 16 (3.65%) IBM
6 14 (3.20%) Atlassian
7 12 (2.74%) Informatica
7 12 (2.74%) OpenAI
8 11 (2.51%) Talend
9 10 (2.28%) ServiceNow
9 10 (2.28%) Splunk
10 9 (2.05%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.14%) SAP
11 5 (1.14%) VMware
12 4 (0.91%) Confluent
12 4 (0.91%) Pega
12 4 (0.91%) WSO2
13 3 (0.68%) Databricks
13 3 (0.68%) RedGate
13 3 (0.68%) Revolut