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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 226 140 186
Rank change year-on-year -86 +46 -1
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 509 1,158 812
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.08% 1.97% 1.78%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.50% 11.77% 8.36%
Number of salaries quoted 369 523 680
10th Percentile £42,385 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £107,500 £97,500 £89,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £71,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +4.90% +5.93% -4.93%

All Database and 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 5,985 9,837 9,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.73% 16.78% 21.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,981 5,699 7,670
10th Percentile £34,750 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025. 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 -25 303 £100,000 +17.65% 140
North of England +1 81 £68,750 +2.38% 37
South East -102 64 £65,000 -1.89% 116
Midlands +25 37 £55,100 -15.23% 22
Yorkshire +18 37 £70,000 -1.75% 9
North West -16 32 £70,000 +14.29% 25
South West -31 30 £52,000 -20.00% 26
West Midlands +38 25 £61,350 -5.62% 14
North East +14 12 £52,500 -24.25% 3
East Midlands +13 12 £55,000 - 8
East of England -33 12 £42,500 -26.09% 13
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 69 (13.56%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (4.72%) Apache Spark
3 19 (3.73%) WebSphere
4 17 (3.34%) Tomcat
5 16 (3.14%) Confluence
5 16 (3.14%) WebSphere Application Server
6 9 (1.77%) nginx
7 8 (1.57%) OpenStack
8 7 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.79%) Apache
10 3 (0.59%) CMS
10 3 (0.59%) Luigi
11 2 (0.39%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.39%) IIS
11 2 (0.39%) JBoss
11 2 (0.39%) SAS
11 2 (0.39%) SharePoint
12 1 (0.20%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 6 (1.18%) Mozilla Thunderbird
1 6 (1.18%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.20%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.20%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.20%) Magento
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 369 (72.50%) AWS
2 169 (33.20%) Azure
3 158 (31.04%) GCP
4 81 (15.91%) Serverless
5 72 (14.15%) dbt
6 59 (11.59%) Amazon ECS
7 51 (10.02%) Amazon EKS
8 50 (9.82%) GitHub
9 43 (8.45%) Amazon EC2
10 42 (8.25%) Amazon S3
11 37 (7.27%) AWS Lambda
12 34 (6.68%) SaaS
13 29 (5.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 27 (5.30%) AWS CloudFormation
15 23 (4.52%) Power Platform
16 18 (3.54%) Amazon ECR
17 17 (3.34%) Amazon SQS
18 14 (2.75%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 14 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
18 14 (2.75%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.73%) SSL
2 16 (3.14%) Firewall
3 13 (2.55%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.57%) DNS
4 8 (1.57%) HTTP
5 7 (1.38%) FTP
5 7 (1.38%) iSCSI
5 7 (1.38%) Remote Desktop
5 7 (1.38%) SAN
6 6 (1.18%) IMAP
6 6 (1.18%) OpenLDAP
6 6 (1.18%) SMTP
6 6 (1.18%) SSH
7 5 (0.98%) VPN
7 5 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.59%) MQTT
9 2 (0.39%) Multicast
9 2 (0.39%) OSPF
9 2 (0.39%) PuTTY
9 2 (0.39%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (23.38%) SQL Server
2 116 (22.79%) Relational Database
3 103 (20.24%) MySQL
4 79 (15.52%) MongoDB
5 73 (14.34%) NoSQL
6 55 (10.81%) Apache Iceberg
7 52 (10.22%) Amazon Athena
8 50 (9.82%) Apache Arrow
8 50 (9.82%) Dremio
9 43 (8.45%) RDBMS
10 37 (7.27%) Data Warehouse
11 35 (6.88%) Redis
12 34 (6.68%) DB2
13 31 (6.09%) Amazon RDS
14 30 (5.89%) DynamoDB
15 22 (4.32%) Power BI
16 20 (3.93%) Big Data
16 20 (3.93%) Elasticsearch
17 15 (2.95%) Apache Cassandra
17 15 (2.95%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 97 (19.06%) Jenkins
2 83 (16.31%) Git
3 38 (7.47%) JUnit
4 32 (6.29%) JIRA
5 26 (5.11%) JMeter
6 25 (4.91%) GitLab
6 25 (4.91%) Mockito
7 24 (4.72%) Cucumber
8 22 (4.32%) Selenium
9 18 (3.54%) Bitbucket
10 9 (1.77%) TeamCity
11 7 (1.38%) Cypress.io
12 6 (1.18%) CircleCI
12 6 (1.18%) Vagrant
13 5 (0.98%) REST Assured
14 4 (0.79%) Gradle
14 4 (0.79%) Maven
14 4 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
14 4 (0.79%) Subversion
14 4 (0.79%) Vite
General
1 141 (27.70%) Finance
2 114 (22.40%) Social Skills
3 57 (11.20%) Front Office
4 52 (10.22%) Public Sector
5 42 (8.25%) Banking
6 34 (6.68%) Analytical Skills
7 28 (5.50%) Law
8 26 (5.11%) Marketing
9 25 (4.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.75%) Retail
11 13 (2.55%) Investment Banking
11 13 (2.55%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.55%) Telecoms
12 11 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.96%) Electronics
13 10 (1.96%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.57%) Advertising
15 6 (1.18%) Legal
16 4 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 216 (42.44%) Developer
2 101 (19.84%) Software Engineer
3 88 (17.29%) Senior
4 72 (14.15%) Python Developer
5 63 (12.38%) Lead
6 59 (11.59%) AWS Engineer
6 59 (11.59%) Java Developer
7 58 (11.39%) Python Engineer
8 55 (10.81%) AWS Developer
9 53 (10.41%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 51 (10.02%) AWS Software Engineer
10 51 (10.02%) Python Software Engineer
11 50 (9.82%) Full-Stack Developer
12 32 (6.29%) Software Developer
13 30 (5.89%) Data Engineer
14 29 (5.70%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 26 (5.11%) Lead Developer
16 24 (4.72%) Linux Support
17 23 (4.52%) Java Engineer
18 22 (4.32%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (31.04%) React
2 119 (23.38%) Node.js
3 85 (16.70%) Spring
4 84 (16.50%) AngularJS
5 80 (15.72%) REST
6 77 (15.13%) Spring Boot
7 74 (14.54%) RESTful
8 69 (13.56%) Vue
9 63 (12.38%) FastAPI
10 62 (12.18%) HTML
11 56 (11.00%) Django
12 52 (10.22%) Kafka
12 52 (10.22%) NumPy
12 52 (10.22%) Pandas
13 50 (9.82%) SciPy
14 44 (8.64%) CSS
15 40 (7.86%) Flask
16 38 (7.47%) .NET
17 35 (6.88%) Web Services
18 28 (5.50%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 62 (12.18%) Cloud Native
2 61 (11.98%) Distributed Systems
3 53 (10.41%) Equities
3 53 (10.41%) Fixed Income
3 53 (10.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 28 (5.50%) Management Information System
5 25 (4.91%) Linux Command Line
6 22 (4.32%) Product Ownership
7 17 (3.34%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (2.75%) Replication
9 13 (2.55%) Algorithms
10 11 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.96%) Mobile App
12 9 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (1.57%) Marketing Technology
14 7 (1.38%) Data Structures
14 7 (1.38%) Legacy Applications
15 6 (1.18%) Public Cloud
15 6 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
16 5 (0.98%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 84 (16.50%) Linux
2 41 (8.06%) Windows
3 36 (7.07%) Unix
4 25 (4.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.57%) Ubuntu
5 8 (1.57%) VMS
6 7 (1.38%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.38%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (1.18%) Amazon Linux
8 5 (0.98%) Android
8 5 (0.98%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.98%) Debian
9 3 (0.59%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.20%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (43.81%) Agile
2 201 (39.49%) CI/CD
3 167 (32.81%) Software Engineering
4 147 (28.88%) Microservices
5 129 (25.34%) Problem-Solving
6 123 (24.17%) DevOps
7 102 (20.04%) Fintech
7 102 (20.04%) Full-Stack Development
8 94 (18.47%) Containerisation
9 85 (16.70%) AI
10 70 (13.75%) Mentoring
11 64 (12.57%) Test Automation
12 61 (11.98%) TDD
13 56 (11.00%) Clean Code
13 56 (11.00%) ETL
14 54 (10.61%) Asset Management
14 54 (10.61%) Investment Management
15 52 (10.22%) Risk Management
16 51 (10.02%) Data Engineering
17 50 (9.82%) Performance Attribution
Programming Languages
1 277 (54.42%) Python
2 160 (31.43%) JavaScript
3 154 (30.26%) Java
4 144 (28.29%) SQL
5 119 (23.38%) TypeScript
6 41 (8.06%) C#
7 25 (4.91%) Shell Script
8 18 (3.54%) Go
9 15 (2.95%) PHP
9 15 (2.95%) PowerShell
10 14 (2.75%) Bash
11 12 (2.36%) Rust
12 8 (1.57%) Delphi
13 7 (1.38%) Groovy
13 7 (1.38%) Korn
13 7 (1.38%) Kotlin
13 7 (1.38%) T-SQL
14 6 (1.18%) Ruby
15 4 (0.79%) R
15 4 (0.79%) Scala
Qualifications
1 79 (15.52%) Security Cleared
2 67 (13.16%) Degree
3 55 (10.81%) SC Cleared
4 36 (7.07%) AWS Certification
5 24 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.54%) ITIL Certification
7 11 (2.16%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.96%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.57%) AWS Certified Developer
10 6 (1.18%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.59%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.39%) HNC
13 2 (0.39%) HND
13 2 (0.39%) MCSA
13 2 (0.39%) MCSE
13 2 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.20%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.68%) QA
2 22 (4.32%) SLA
3 17 (3.34%) GDPR
4 15 (2.95%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.96%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.59%) NIST
6 3 (0.59%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.59%) SEPA
7 2 (0.39%) PSD2
8 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.20%) GAAP
8 1 (0.20%) IFRS
8 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.20%) MiFID
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 190 (37.33%) Docker
2 7 (1.38%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 6 (1.18%) DFS Replication
3 6 (1.18%) Dovecot
3 6 (1.18%) Postfix
3 6 (1.18%) Squid
4 3 (0.59%) zsh
5 2 (0.39%) Apache Flume
5 2 (0.39%) HDFS
5 2 (0.39%) NFS
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 154 (30.26%) Kubernetes
2 76 (14.93%) Terraform
3 31 (6.09%) Kibana
4 28 (5.50%) Grafana
5 20 (3.93%) Prometheus
6 19 (3.73%) Ansible
7 7 (1.38%) Argo
8 6 (1.18%) AWS Copilot
8 6 (1.18%) Nessus
8 6 (1.18%) Proxmox
9 4 (0.79%) logstash
9 4 (0.79%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.59%) Puppet
10 3 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.39%) Nagios
11 2 (0.39%) Oozie
12 1 (0.20%) Ambari
12 1 (0.20%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.20%) Rancher
12 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 69 (13.56%) Oracle
2 31 (6.09%) Splunk
3 30 (5.89%) Google
3 30 (5.89%) Microsoft
3 30 (5.89%) Red Hat
4 23 (4.52%) Dynatrace
5 21 (4.13%) IBM
5 21 (4.13%) ServiceNow
6 17 (3.34%) Informatica
7 14 (2.75%) Atlassian
7 14 (2.75%) SAP
8 13 (2.55%) Talend
9 9 (1.77%) Dell
9 9 (1.77%) OpenAI
10 8 (1.57%) Databricks
11 6 (1.18%) Jaspersoft
11 6 (1.18%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.79%) Pega
12 4 (0.79%) RedGate
12 4 (0.79%) WSO2