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 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 217 167
Rank change year-on-year -59 -50 +47
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 617 655 1,469
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.71% 1.51% 1.66%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.84% 9.61% 10.29%
Number of salaries quoted 473 477 954
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £59,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £110,000 £92,188
90th Percentile £103,250 £137,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £69,305 £75,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.59% +20.00% -10.71%

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 7,866 6,816 14,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.01% 15.76% 16.09%
Number of salaries quoted 5,355 4,519 10,611
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £45,624 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,182 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.93% +6.40% -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 11 July 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 11 July 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 -78 258 £85,000 -15.00% 130
North of England -8 124 £65,000 -3.70% 32
South East -24 119 £59,500 +3.48% 46
North West -16 55 £67,500 - 17
South West -44 47 £62,500 +4.17% 17
North East -25 35 £65,000 +23.81% 6
Yorkshire -18 34 £65,000 -3.70% 9
East of England -23 25 £52,500 +66.67% 11
Midlands -53 22 £75,000 +11.11% 19
West Midlands -32 18 £77,500 +14.81% 11
East Midlands -36 4 £65,000 +18.18% 8
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 28 (4.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (3.89%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (3.24%) Apache
3 20 (3.24%) Confluence
4 14 (2.27%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.78%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.97%) WordPress
7 5 (0.81%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.65%) Camunda
9 2 (0.32%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.16%) CMS
10 1 (0.16%) Documentum
10 1 (0.16%) IIS
10 1 (0.16%) JBoss
10 1 (0.16%) Moodle
10 1 (0.16%) nginx
10 1 (0.16%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.16%) WildFly
Applications
1 13 (2.11%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 360 (58.35%) AWS
2 240 (38.90%) Azure
3 109 (17.67%) GCP
4 65 (10.53%) GitHub
5 64 (10.37%) Serverless
6 57 (9.24%) SaaS
7 44 (7.13%) Azure DevOps
8 40 (6.48%) Amazon S3
9 39 (6.32%) Amazon EKS
10 37 (6.00%) Power Platform
11 34 (5.51%) Amazon ECS
12 32 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
13 27 (4.38%) Azure Service Bus
14 25 (4.05%) Azure AKS
14 25 (4.05%) GitHub Actions
15 21 (3.40%) Amazon EC2
15 21 (3.40%) AWS Lambda
16 17 (2.76%) Azure Monitor
17 16 (2.59%) Amazon SQS
18 15 (2.43%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.02%) Broadband
2 16 (2.59%) Firewall
3 14 (2.27%) DNS
4 13 (2.11%) DHCP
5 11 (1.78%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.46%) VPN
7 8 (1.30%) iSCSI
7 8 (1.30%) Remote Desktop
7 8 (1.30%) SAN
8 5 (0.81%) Network Security
8 5 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.49%) VLAN
10 2 (0.32%) HTTP
10 2 (0.32%) PBX
11 1 (0.16%) Internet
11 1 (0.16%) LAN
11 1 (0.16%) LTE
11 1 (0.16%) SMS
11 1 (0.16%) SSL
11 1 (0.16%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (27.39%) MongoDB
2 156 (25.28%) MySQL
3 102 (16.53%) SQL Server
4 100 (16.21%) Relational Database
5 98 (15.88%) NoSQL
6 59 (9.56%) Redis
7 32 (5.19%) Power BI
8 29 (4.70%) DynamoDB
9 27 (4.38%) Data Warehouse
10 25 (4.05%) Elasticsearch
11 24 (3.89%) Amazon RDS
12 19 (3.08%) Amazon Redshift
12 19 (3.08%) Metadata
13 16 (2.59%) Big Data
14 15 (2.43%) Apache Cassandra
15 14 (2.27%) Amazon Aurora
16 13 (2.11%) RDBMS
17 12 (1.94%) Pinecone
17 12 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 11 (1.78%) Db2
Development Applications
1 116 (18.80%) Git
2 42 (6.81%) GitLab
3 33 (5.35%) Jenkins
4 23 (3.73%) JIRA
5 20 (3.24%) JUnit
6 16 (2.59%) Mockito
7 15 (2.43%) TeamCity
8 13 (2.11%) Bitbucket
9 10 (1.62%) JMeter
9 10 (1.62%) Vite
10 8 (1.30%) Claude Code
11 6 (0.97%) Maven
11 6 (0.97%) Selenium
12 4 (0.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.65%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.49%) DBeaver
13 3 (0.49%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.49%) Gatling
13 3 (0.49%) Storybook
14 2 (0.32%) Jaeger
General
1 135 (21.88%) Social Skills
2 83 (13.45%) Finance
3 78 (12.64%) Public Sector
4 49 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (6.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (5.51%) Games
7 30 (4.86%) Law
8 29 (4.70%) Retail
9 24 (3.89%) Banking
10 19 (3.08%) Manufacturing
10 19 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (2.59%) Front Office
11 16 (2.59%) Legal
12 15 (2.43%) Advertising
13 11 (1.78%) Legal Technology
14 7 (1.13%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.13%) Aviation
15 6 (0.97%) Tech for Good
15 6 (0.97%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.81%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 187 (30.31%) Developer
2 135 (21.88%) Senior
3 130 (21.07%) Software Engineer
4 112 (18.15%) Lead
5 59 (9.56%) Python Engineer
6 55 (8.91%) Full-Stack Developer
7 46 (7.46%) Lead Developer
8 45 (7.29%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 44 (7.13%) Python Developer
10 42 (6.81%) Data Engineer
11 41 (6.65%) Lead Software Engineer
12 36 (5.83%) Architect
13 35 (5.67%) DevOps Engineer
14 31 (5.02%) Java Developer
14 31 (5.02%) Java Engineer
15 29 (4.70%) Senior Software Engineer
16 27 (4.38%) Senior Developer
17 24 (3.89%) Ruby Developer
18 21 (3.40%) Senior DevOps
19 20 (3.24%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (23.34%) React
2 141 (22.85%) Node.js
3 118 (19.12%) RESTful
4 87 (14.10%) REST
5 73 (11.83%) Spring
6 70 (11.35%) Spring Boot
7 65 (10.53%) Kafka
8 57 (9.24%) FastAPI
9 50 (8.10%) CSS
10 45 (7.29%) Next.js
11 44 (7.13%) HTML
12 42 (6.81%) JSON
13 39 (6.32%) .NET
14 31 (5.02%) AngularJS
15 28 (4.54%) Django
15 28 (4.54%) Ruby on Rails
16 27 (4.38%) Flask
17 26 (4.21%) Vue
18 24 (3.89%) JWT
18 24 (3.89%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 138 (22.37%) Cloud Native
2 72 (11.67%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (5.51%) Low-Code
4 32 (5.19%) Video\Live Streaming
5 31 (5.02%) Onboarding
6 25 (4.05%) Legacy Systems
7 24 (3.89%) Product Ownership
8 21 (3.40%) Algorithms
9 19 (3.08%) Blog
10 18 (2.92%) Data Structures
11 17 (2.76%) AI Agents
12 16 (2.59%) Derivative
12 16 (2.59%) Equities
12 16 (2.59%) Fixed Income
13 14 (2.27%) Replication
14 13 (2.11%) Management Information System
15 11 (1.78%) Renewable Energy
16 10 (1.62%) Distributed Computing
16 10 (1.62%) EPoS
16 10 (1.62%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 90 (14.59%) Linux
2 41 (6.65%) Windows
3 19 (3.08%) Unix
4 17 (2.76%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.13%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (1.13%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.65%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.49%) CentOS
9 1 (0.16%) Debian
9 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (44.57%) CI/CD
2 225 (36.47%) Software Engineering
3 214 (34.68%) Agile
4 171 (27.71%) Microservices
5 169 (27.39%) Full-Stack Development
6 155 (25.12%) AI
7 144 (23.34%) DevOps
8 140 (22.69%) Infrastructure as Code
9 126 (20.42%) Mentoring
9 126 (20.42%) Test Automation
10 116 (18.80%) Containerisation
11 105 (17.02%) Observability
12 103 (16.69%) Continuous Improvement
13 101 (16.37%) Problem-Solving
14 83 (13.45%) Analytics
15 77 (12.48%) API Design
16 72 (11.67%) Data Modelling
17 70 (11.35%) TDD
18 66 (10.70%) Clean Code
18 66 (10.70%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 267 (43.27%) Python
2 190 (30.79%) SQL
3 178 (28.85%) Java
4 123 (19.94%) TypeScript
5 121 (19.61%) JavaScript
6 51 (8.27%) Go
7 47 (7.62%) C#
8 39 (6.32%) PowerShell
9 32 (5.19%) Bash
10 28 (4.54%) Ruby
11 23 (3.73%) PHP
12 15 (2.43%) C++
13 14 (2.27%) Scala
14 12 (1.94%) T-SQL
15 10 (1.62%) RPG
15 10 (1.62%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.97%) C
16 6 (0.97%) Korn
17 4 (0.65%) Delphi
17 4 (0.65%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 81 (13.13%) Security Cleared
2 69 (11.18%) Degree
3 59 (9.56%) SC Cleared
4 29 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.08%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.11%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.78%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.81%) PhD
11 4 (0.65%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.49%) RHCE
13 2 (0.32%) CISSP
13 2 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.32%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.32%) RHCSA
13 2 (0.32%) SnowPro
14 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (8.91%) Data Quality
2 25 (4.05%) QA
3 22 (3.57%) GDPR
4 16 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.94%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.49%) SLA
7 2 (0.32%) Good Clinical Practice
7 2 (0.32%) WCAG
8 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.16%) MiFID
8 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 168 (27.23%) Docker
2 28 (4.54%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.46%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.65%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.32%) Firmware
5 2 (0.32%) Samba
6 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 165 (26.74%) Kubernetes
2 123 (19.94%) Terraform
3 35 (5.67%) Grafana
4 30 (4.86%) Ansible
5 29 (4.70%) Argo
6 21 (3.40%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.62%) Kibana
8 7 (1.13%) Progress Chef
8 7 (1.13%) Puppet
9 6 (0.97%) Istio
9 6 (0.97%) Kustomize
10 3 (0.49%) AWS Copilot
10 3 (0.49%) HAProxy
10 3 (0.49%) Plesk
10 3 (0.49%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.49%) Rancher
10 3 (0.49%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.32%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.32%) Nagios
11 2 (0.32%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 66 (10.70%) Microsoft
2 60 (9.72%) Oracle
3 31 (5.02%) Google
4 22 (3.57%) OpenAI
5 15 (2.43%) Red Hat
6 12 (1.94%) Dynatrace
7 10 (1.62%) Databricks
7 10 (1.62%) IBM
8 9 (1.46%) Splunk
9 8 (1.30%) Dell
10 7 (1.13%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.81%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.65%) Confluent
12 4 (0.65%) Netezza
12 4 (0.65%) Pega
12 4 (0.65%) Remedy
12 4 (0.65%) VMware
13 3 (0.49%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.49%) Revolut
14 2 (0.32%) TikTok