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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 223 145 186
Rank change year-on-year -78 +41 -4
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 527 1,167 815
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.12% 1.97% 1.78%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.69% 11.79% 8.35%
Number of salaries quoted 381 529 681
10th Percentile £41,925 £44,850 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £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 £95,000 £89,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -7.14%

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 6,064 9,895 9,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.90% 16.67% 21.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,069 5,723 7,710
10th Percentile £34,500 £38,650 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,450
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.08% -0.08%
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 29 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 29 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 -16 309 £100,000 +17.65% 157
North of England +1 82 £68,750 +5.77% 42
South East -92 68 £63,750 -3.77% 128
Midlands +31 38 £55,100 -15.23% 22
Yorkshire +8 37 £70,000 -1.75% 11
South West -30 36 £52,000 -20.00% 27
North West -10 33 £70,000 +16.67% 28
West Midlands +43 25 £61,350 -5.62% 14
East Midlands +15 13 £55,000 - 8
East of England -34 13 £42,500 -26.09% 14
North East +19 12 £52,500 -24.25% 3
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 (13.09%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (4.55%) Apache Spark
3 19 (3.61%) WebSphere
4 17 (3.23%) Tomcat
5 16 (3.04%) Confluence
5 16 (3.04%) WebSphere Application Server
6 9 (1.71%) nginx
7 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (1.52%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.76%) Apache
9 3 (0.57%) CMS
9 3 (0.57%) JBoss
9 3 (0.57%) Luigi
10 2 (0.38%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.38%) IIS
10 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Fuse
10 2 (0.38%) SAS
10 2 (0.38%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 6 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 6 (1.14%) Mozilla Thunderbird
1 6 (1.14%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.19%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.19%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.19%) Magento
2 1 (0.19%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 383 (72.68%) AWS
2 176 (33.40%) Azure
3 160 (30.36%) GCP
4 85 (16.13%) Serverless
5 72 (13.66%) dbt
6 61 (11.57%) Amazon ECS
7 52 (9.87%) Amazon EKS
8 50 (9.49%) GitHub
9 45 (8.54%) Amazon EC2
10 44 (8.35%) Amazon S3
11 39 (7.40%) AWS Lambda
12 35 (6.64%) SaaS
13 29 (5.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 27 (5.12%) AWS CloudFormation
15 25 (4.74%) Power Platform
16 18 (3.42%) Amazon ECR
16 18 (3.42%) Amazon SQS
17 15 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
18 14 (2.66%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 14 (2.66%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.61%) SSL
2 17 (3.23%) Firewall
3 13 (2.47%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.52%) DNS
4 8 (1.52%) HTTP
4 8 (1.52%) iSCSI
4 8 (1.52%) Remote Desktop
4 8 (1.52%) SAN
5 7 (1.33%) FTP
6 6 (1.14%) IMAP
6 6 (1.14%) OpenLDAP
6 6 (1.14%) SMTP
6 6 (1.14%) SSH
7 5 (0.95%) VPN
7 5 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.57%) MQTT
9 2 (0.38%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.38%) Multicast
9 2 (0.38%) PuTTY
9 2 (0.38%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (23.34%) SQL Server
2 120 (22.77%) Relational Database
3 110 (20.87%) MySQL
4 82 (15.56%) MongoDB
5 77 (14.61%) NoSQL
6 55 (10.44%) Apache Iceberg
7 52 (9.87%) Amazon Athena
8 50 (9.49%) Apache Arrow
8 50 (9.49%) Dremio
9 44 (8.35%) RDBMS
10 37 (7.02%) Data Warehouse
10 37 (7.02%) Redis
11 34 (6.45%) DB2
12 32 (6.07%) Amazon RDS
13 31 (5.88%) DynamoDB
14 24 (4.55%) Power BI
15 21 (3.98%) Big Data
16 20 (3.80%) Elasticsearch
17 17 (3.23%) Amazon Aurora
18 15 (2.85%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 99 (18.79%) Jenkins
2 89 (16.89%) Git
3 40 (7.59%) JUnit
4 33 (6.26%) JIRA
5 26 (4.93%) GitLab
5 26 (4.93%) JMeter
5 26 (4.93%) Mockito
6 24 (4.55%) Cucumber
7 23 (4.36%) Selenium
8 18 (3.42%) Bitbucket
9 9 (1.71%) TeamCity
10 8 (1.52%) Cypress.io
11 6 (1.14%) CircleCI
11 6 (1.14%) REST Assured
11 6 (1.14%) Vagrant
12 5 (0.95%) Maven
12 5 (0.95%) Subversion
13 4 (0.76%) IntelliJ
13 4 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.76%) Vite
General
1 145 (27.51%) Finance
2 120 (22.77%) Social Skills
3 58 (11.01%) Front Office
4 53 (10.06%) Public Sector
5 46 (8.73%) Banking
6 35 (6.64%) Analytical Skills
7 31 (5.88%) Law
8 28 (5.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 26 (4.93%) Marketing
10 14 (2.66%) Manufacturing
10 14 (2.66%) Retail
11 13 (2.47%) Investment Banking
11 13 (2.47%) Telecoms
12 12 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (2.09%) Financial Institution
13 11 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.90%) Electronics
15 8 (1.52%) Advertising
16 6 (1.14%) Legal
17 4 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 228 (43.26%) Developer
2 103 (19.54%) Software Engineer
3 92 (17.46%) Senior
4 74 (14.04%) Python Developer
5 66 (12.52%) Lead
6 60 (11.39%) Java Developer
7 59 (11.20%) AWS Engineer
7 59 (11.20%) Python Engineer
8 55 (10.44%) AWS Developer
9 54 (10.25%) Full-Stack Developer
10 53 (10.06%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 52 (9.87%) Python Software Engineer
12 51 (9.68%) AWS Software Engineer
13 32 (6.07%) Software Developer
14 30 (5.69%) Data Engineer
15 29 (5.50%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 26 (4.93%) Lead Developer
17 25 (4.74%) Java Engineer
18 24 (4.55%) Linux Support
19 23 (4.36%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (31.50%) React
2 122 (23.15%) Node.js
3 89 (16.89%) Spring
4 88 (16.70%) AngularJS
5 82 (15.56%) REST
6 81 (15.37%) Spring Boot
7 79 (14.99%) RESTful
8 71 (13.47%) Vue
9 65 (12.33%) FastAPI
10 64 (12.14%) HTML
11 56 (10.63%) Django
12 55 (10.44%) Kafka
13 52 (9.87%) NumPy
13 52 (9.87%) Pandas
14 50 (9.49%) SciPy
15 46 (8.73%) CSS
16 41 (7.78%) .NET
17 40 (7.59%) Flask
18 37 (7.02%) Web Services
19 28 (5.31%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 66 (12.52%) Cloud Native
2 63 (11.95%) Distributed Systems
3 53 (10.06%) Equities
3 53 (10.06%) Fixed Income
3 53 (10.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 29 (5.50%) Management Information System
5 26 (4.93%) Linux Command Line
6 23 (4.36%) Product Ownership
7 17 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (2.85%) Replication
9 14 (2.66%) Algorithms
10 12 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.90%) Mobile App
12 9 (1.71%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (1.52%) Marketing Technology
13 8 (1.52%) Public Cloud
14 7 (1.33%) Legacy Applications
15 6 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
16 5 (0.95%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 88 (16.70%) Linux
2 42 (7.97%) Windows
3 37 (7.02%) Unix
4 26 (4.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.52%) Ubuntu
5 8 (1.52%) VMS
5 8 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (1.33%) Windows Server
7 6 (1.14%) Amazon Linux
8 5 (0.95%) Android
8 5 (0.95%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.95%) Debian
9 3 (0.57%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.19%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (43.83%) Agile
2 210 (39.85%) CI/CD
3 172 (32.64%) Software Engineering
4 151 (28.65%) Microservices
5 137 (26.00%) Problem-Solving
6 127 (24.10%) DevOps
7 106 (20.11%) Full-Stack Development
8 103 (19.54%) Fintech
9 95 (18.03%) Containerisation
10 88 (16.70%) AI
11 76 (14.42%) Mentoring
12 67 (12.71%) Test Automation
13 63 (11.95%) TDD
14 62 (11.76%) Clean Code
15 58 (11.01%) ETL
16 54 (10.25%) Asset Management
16 54 (10.25%) Investment Management
17 53 (10.06%) Analytics
18 52 (9.87%) Data Engineering
18 52 (9.87%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 285 (54.08%) Python
2 167 (31.69%) JavaScript
3 160 (30.36%) Java
4 153 (29.03%) SQL
5 123 (23.34%) TypeScript
6 42 (7.97%) C#
7 26 (4.93%) Shell Script
8 18 (3.42%) Go
9 17 (3.23%) Bash
10 16 (3.04%) PHP
11 15 (2.85%) PowerShell
12 12 (2.28%) Rust
13 8 (1.52%) Delphi
13 8 (1.52%) Groovy
13 8 (1.52%) Korn
14 7 (1.33%) Kotlin
14 7 (1.33%) Ruby
14 7 (1.33%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.76%) R
15 4 (0.76%) Scala
Qualifications
1 80 (15.18%) Security Cleared
2 69 (13.09%) Degree
3 56 (10.63%) SC Cleared
4 38 (7.21%) AWS Certification
5 25 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.42%) ITIL Certification
7 11 (2.09%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.90%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.71%) AWS Certified Developer
10 6 (1.14%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.57%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.38%) HNC
13 2 (0.38%) HND
13 2 (0.38%) MCSA
13 2 (0.38%) MCSE
13 2 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.19%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.64%) QA
2 23 (4.36%) SLA
3 17 (3.23%) GDPR
4 16 (3.04%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.90%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.57%) NIST
6 3 (0.57%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.57%) SEPA
7 2 (0.38%) PSD2
8 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.19%) GAAP
8 1 (0.19%) IFRS
8 1 (0.19%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.19%) MiFID
8 1 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 200 (37.95%) Docker
2 8 (1.52%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 6 (1.14%) DFS Replication
3 6 (1.14%) Dovecot
3 6 (1.14%) Postfix
3 6 (1.14%) Squid
4 4 (0.76%) zsh
5 2 (0.38%) Apache Flume
5 2 (0.38%) HDFS
5 2 (0.38%) NFS
6 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 163 (30.93%) Kubernetes
2 78 (14.80%) Terraform
3 31 (5.88%) Kibana
4 28 (5.31%) Grafana
5 20 (3.80%) Ansible
5 20 (3.80%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.33%) Argo
7 6 (1.14%) AWS Copilot
7 6 (1.14%) Nessus
7 6 (1.14%) Proxmox
8 4 (0.76%) logstash
8 4 (0.76%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.57%) Puppet
9 3 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.38%) Nagios
10 2 (0.38%) Oozie
11 1 (0.19%) Ambari
11 1 (0.19%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.19%) Rancher
11 1 (0.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 74 (14.04%) Oracle
2 33 (6.26%) Splunk
3 31 (5.88%) Microsoft
3 31 (5.88%) Red Hat
4 30 (5.69%) Google
5 24 (4.55%) Dynatrace
6 21 (3.98%) IBM
6 21 (3.98%) ServiceNow
7 17 (3.23%) Informatica
8 14 (2.66%) Atlassian
8 14 (2.66%) SAP
9 13 (2.47%) Talend
10 12 (2.28%) Databricks
11 10 (1.90%) Dell
12 9 (1.71%) OpenAI
13 6 (1.14%) Jaspersoft
13 6 (1.14%) Salesforce
14 4 (0.76%) Pega
14 4 (0.76%) RedGate
14 4 (0.76%) WSO2