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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 143 174
Rank change year-on-year -147 +31 +18
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 453 790 1,283
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.65% 2.16% 1.64%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.91% 11.48% 9.09%
Number of salaries quoted 330 462 985
10th Percentile £37,500 £50,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £51,063 £61,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,775 £75,000 £65,465
Median % change year-on-year -4.30% +14.57% -12.71%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £124,750 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +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 6,557 6,879 14,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.36% 18.79% 18.07%
Number of salaries quoted 4,071 4,714 11,259
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,395
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 £77,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,175 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.03% +9.87% -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 31 March 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 31 March 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 -109 214 £90,000 +2.86% 152
North of England -33 96 £62,500 -8.71% 57
South East -128 65 £58,000 -20.00% 48
Yorkshire -20 44 £52,130 -12.73% 19
North West -21 41 £76,250 +10.02% 33
South West -45 31 £62,500 -3.85% 20
Midlands -36 25 £55,200 -15.08% 18
East of England -74 19 £45,000 -21.74% 14
West Midlands -18 16 £45,000 -30.77% 8
North East -16 11 £53,565 -22.76% 6
East Midlands -46 9 £60,100 -14.14% 10
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 21 (4.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (4.42%) Apache Airflow
3 15 (3.31%) OpenStack
4 13 (2.87%) Apache Spark
4 13 (2.87%) Confluence
5 12 (2.65%) Apache
6 8 (1.77%) SharePoint
7 6 (1.32%) Tomcat
7 6 (1.32%) WebSphere
7 6 (1.32%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.44%) Camunda
8 2 (0.44%) CMS
8 2 (0.44%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.44%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.22%) IIS
9 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 9 (1.99%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Endur
1 1 (0.22%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 282 (62.25%) AWS
2 175 (38.63%) Azure
3 123 (27.15%) GCP
4 66 (14.57%) Serverless
5 47 (10.38%) GitHub
6 43 (9.49%) Amazon EKS
7 40 (8.83%) SaaS
8 38 (8.39%) Amazon ECS
9 36 (7.95%) Amazon S3
10 34 (7.51%) AWS CloudFormation
11 31 (6.84%) AWS Lambda
11 31 (6.84%) Power Platform
12 28 (6.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 26 (5.74%) dbt
14 25 (5.52%) Amazon SQS
15 24 (5.30%) Microsoft 365
16 21 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
17 19 (4.19%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 18 (3.97%) GitHub Actions
19 16 (3.53%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.08%) TCP/IP
2 13 (2.87%) DHCP
2 13 (2.87%) DNS
3 12 (2.65%) VPN
4 10 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (1.55%) Broadband
5 7 (1.55%) Internet
5 7 (1.55%) Network Security
6 6 (1.32%) Firewall
6 6 (1.32%) SSL
7 3 (0.66%) iSCSI
7 3 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.66%) SAN
7 3 (0.66%) VLAN
8 2 (0.44%) LAN
8 2 (0.44%) PBX
8 2 (0.44%) WAN
9 1 (0.22%) HTTP
9 1 (0.22%) LTE
9 1 (0.22%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (23.62%) SQL Server
2 103 (22.74%) MySQL
3 99 (21.85%) Relational Database
4 86 (18.98%) MongoDB
5 83 (18.32%) NoSQL
6 39 (8.61%) Redis
7 29 (6.40%) DynamoDB
7 29 (6.40%) Power BI
8 28 (6.18%) Data Warehouse
8 28 (6.18%) Elasticsearch
9 21 (4.64%) DB2
10 19 (4.19%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (3.31%) Apache Cassandra
11 15 (3.31%) RDBMS
12 14 (3.09%) BigQuery
13 11 (2.43%) Oracle Database
14 9 (1.99%) Big Data
15 8 (1.77%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (1.77%) Pinecone
15 8 (1.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 112 (24.72%) Git
2 60 (13.25%) Jenkins
3 26 (5.74%) JIRA
4 25 (5.52%) GitLab
5 22 (4.86%) Cucumber
6 21 (4.64%) JUnit
6 21 (4.64%) Selenium
7 19 (4.19%) Bitbucket
7 19 (4.19%) TeamCity
8 11 (2.43%) Mockito
9 7 (1.55%) Vite
10 5 (1.10%) JMeter
11 4 (0.88%) CircleCI
11 4 (0.88%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.88%) Maven
12 3 (0.66%) Gradle
13 2 (0.44%) DBeaver
13 2 (0.44%) Katalon Studio
13 2 (0.44%) Subversion
13 2 (0.44%) webpack
General
1 128 (28.26%) Social Skills
2 85 (18.76%) Finance
3 50 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (8.39%) Public Sector
5 37 (8.17%) Banking
6 31 (6.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (6.84%) Law
7 26 (5.74%) Retail
8 17 (3.75%) Front Office
9 11 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (2.21%) Advertising
10 10 (2.21%) Games
10 10 (2.21%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.99%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.32%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.10%) Back Office
13 5 (1.10%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.88%) Electronics
14 4 (0.88%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.88%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 151 (33.33%) Developer
2 82 (18.10%) Senior
2 82 (18.10%) Software Engineer
3 68 (15.01%) Lead
4 54 (11.92%) Full-Stack Developer
5 47 (10.38%) Java Developer
6 32 (7.06%) Data Engineer
6 32 (7.06%) Python Engineer
7 27 (5.96%) Java Engineer
7 27 (5.96%) Lead Developer
8 26 (5.74%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 24 (5.30%) Lead Software Engineer
10 21 (4.64%) Python Developer
11 20 (4.42%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 19 (4.19%) Analyst
12 19 (4.19%) IT Support
13 18 (3.97%) Senior Software Engineer
14 17 (3.75%) Java Software Engineer
15 15 (3.31%) DBA
15 15 (3.31%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (31.79%) React
2 87 (19.21%) Node.js
3 82 (18.10%) RESTful
4 71 (15.67%) Spring
5 67 (14.79%) Spring Boot
6 63 (13.91%) REST
7 56 (12.36%) Django
8 50 (11.04%) FastAPI
9 45 (9.93%) HTML
10 43 (9.49%) CSS
11 41 (9.05%) Kafka
12 40 (8.83%) .NET
13 34 (7.51%) AngularJS
14 33 (7.28%) Elastic Stack
15 31 (6.84%) Flask
16 28 (6.18%) Vue
17 25 (5.52%) Next.js
18 24 (5.30%) .NET Core
19 23 (5.08%) Web Services
20 22 (4.86%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 78 (17.22%) Cloud Native
2 48 (10.60%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (5.96%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.97%) Linux Command Line
5 17 (3.75%) Derivative
5 17 (3.75%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.75%) Onboarding
6 16 (3.53%) Equities
6 16 (3.53%) Fixed Income
6 16 (3.53%) Replication
7 15 (3.31%) Blog
8 14 (3.09%) Algorithms
8 14 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (2.87%) Data Structures
9 13 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (2.43%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.55%) Driving Licence
11 7 (1.55%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.55%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (1.32%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 61 (13.47%) Linux
2 28 (6.18%) Windows
3 23 (5.08%) Unix
4 15 (3.31%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.55%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.10%) Android
7 5 (1.10%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.88%) Debian
9 3 (0.66%) CentOS
10 2 (0.44%) VMS
10 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (42.83%) CI/CD
2 174 (38.41%) Agile
3 152 (33.55%) Software Engineering
4 143 (31.57%) Microservices
5 127 (28.04%) DevOps
6 121 (26.71%) Full-Stack Development
7 110 (24.28%) Problem-Solving
8 94 (20.75%) Containerisation
9 89 (19.65%) Infrastructure as Code
10 88 (19.43%) Test Automation
11 83 (18.32%) Mentoring
12 80 (17.66%) AI
13 58 (12.80%) Fintech
14 56 (12.36%) TDD
15 54 (11.92%) Analytics
15 54 (11.92%) Scrum
16 51 (11.26%) Data Modelling
17 50 (11.04%) Technical Leadership
18 47 (10.38%) Clean Code
19 46 (10.15%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 212 (46.80%) Python
2 155 (34.22%) Java
3 153 (33.77%) SQL
4 117 (25.83%) JavaScript
5 97 (21.41%) TypeScript
6 37 (8.17%) C#
6 37 (8.17%) Go
7 27 (5.96%) PowerShell
8 19 (4.19%) PHP
9 15 (3.31%) C
10 12 (2.65%) Delphi
11 11 (2.43%) T-SQL
12 8 (1.77%) Bash
12 8 (1.77%) C++
13 6 (1.32%) Rust
13 6 (1.32%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.88%) Pascal
14 4 (0.88%) Ruby
15 3 (0.66%) RPG
16 2 (0.44%) Korn
Qualifications
1 69 (15.23%) Security Cleared
2 63 (13.91%) Degree
3 56 (12.36%) SC Cleared
4 29 (6.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.97%) AWS Certification
5 18 (3.97%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.65%) AWS Certified Developer
7 8 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.77%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.66%) RHCE
10 2 (0.44%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.44%) RHCSA
10 2 (0.44%) SnowPro
11 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.22%) PhD
11 1 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.40%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.64%) QA
3 14 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.87%) GDPR
5 9 (1.99%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.77%) SLA
7 3 (0.66%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.44%) PSD2
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.22%) NCSC
9 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 157 (34.66%) Docker
2 23 (5.08%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.88%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 4 (0.88%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.44%) Firmware
4 2 (0.44%) Samba
5 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 152 (33.55%) Kubernetes
2 100 (22.08%) Terraform
3 29 (6.40%) Grafana
4 26 (5.74%) Ansible
5 17 (3.75%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.99%) AWS Copilot
6 9 (1.99%) Kibana
7 8 (1.77%) Argo
8 5 (1.10%) Nagios
9 4 (0.88%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.66%) Puppet
10 3 (0.66%) Rancher
11 2 (0.44%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.44%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.44%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.22%) Ambari
12 1 (0.22%) Istio
12 1 (0.22%) Podman
12 1 (0.22%) SQL Sentry
12 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 51 (11.26%) Oracle
2 37 (8.17%) Google
3 35 (7.73%) Microsoft
4 15 (3.31%) Red Hat
5 11 (2.43%) Atlassian
5 11 (2.43%) OpenAI
6 9 (1.99%) IBM
7 8 (1.77%) Informatica
8 7 (1.55%) Pega
8 7 (1.55%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.55%) Talend
9 5 (1.10%) Confluent
9 5 (1.10%) Databricks
9 5 (1.10%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.10%) Splunk
9 5 (1.10%) WSO2
10 4 (0.88%) Dell
10 4 (0.88%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.88%) VMware
11 3 (0.66%) SAP