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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 222 146
Rank change year-on-year -55 -76 +65
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 669 596 1,269
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.66% 1.38% 1.84%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.37% 9.26% 11.85%
Number of salaries quoted 482 422 667
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,813 £60,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,655 £77,500 £65,465
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +18.38% -6.48%
75th Percentile £86,250 £119,375 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +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 7,991 6,434 10,706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.86% 14.89% 15.49%
Number of salaries quoted 5,581 4,191 6,534
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +1.56%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year - -5.51% +1.60%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -80 294 £83,750 -20.24% 759
South East -9 124 £65,000 -3.70% 101
North of England -19 122 £65,000 -3.70% 104
North West 0 57 £63,750 -5.56% 58
South West -73 47 £65,000 +20.37% 51
North East -38 39 £65,000 +26.83% 15
Midlands -41 38 £75,000 +5.26% 48
West Midlands -44 29 £83,774 +15.55% 34
East of England -30 27 £52,500 +72.13% 33
Yorkshire -41 26 £69,310 -0.99% 32
East Midlands -39 9 £60,000 +33.33% 14
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 27 (4.04%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (3.29%) Apache
3 20 (2.99%) Confluence
4 18 (2.69%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (1.20%) OpenStack
7 7 (1.05%) Camunda
8 6 (0.90%) WordPress
9 5 (0.75%) SharePoint
10 3 (0.45%) CMS
10 3 (0.45%) nginx
11 2 (0.30%) Luigi
11 2 (0.30%) Tornado
12 1 (0.15%) Documentum
12 1 (0.15%) JBoss
12 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.15%) Moodle
12 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.15%) WildFly
Applications
1 11 (1.64%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Shopify
2 1 (0.15%) Finacle
2 1 (0.15%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 367 (54.86%) AWS
2 227 (33.93%) Azure
3 109 (16.29%) GitHub
4 80 (11.96%) GCP
5 64 (9.57%) Serverless
6 58 (8.67%) SaaS
7 49 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (6.88%) Amazon EKS
9 45 (6.73%) GitHub Actions
10 43 (6.43%) Amazon S3
11 42 (6.28%) Amazon ECS
12 37 (5.53%) GitHub Copilot
13 27 (4.04%) AWS Lambda
13 27 (4.04%) Azure AKS
13 27 (4.04%) Azure Service Bus
13 27 (4.04%) Power Platform
14 26 (3.89%) Amazon EC2
15 19 (2.84%) Azure Data Factory
16 17 (2.54%) Amazon SQS
16 17 (2.54%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.74%) Broadband
2 12 (1.79%) Firewall
3 10 (1.49%) DNS
4 7 (1.05%) HTTP
4 7 (1.05%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.75%) DHCP
5 5 (0.75%) iSCSI
5 5 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
5 5 (0.75%) SAN
6 3 (0.45%) 4G
6 3 (0.45%) 5G
6 3 (0.45%) SSH
6 3 (0.45%) VLAN
6 3 (0.45%) VPN
7 2 (0.30%) SMS
8 1 (0.15%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.15%) LAN
8 1 (0.15%) SNMP
8 1 (0.15%) SSL
8 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (23.92%) MongoDB
2 146 (21.82%) MySQL
3 123 (18.39%) Relational Database
4 117 (17.49%) SQL Server
5 81 (12.11%) NoSQL
6 77 (11.51%) Redis
7 38 (5.68%) DynamoDB
8 34 (5.08%) Amazon RDS
8 34 (5.08%) Elasticsearch
9 25 (3.74%) Data Warehouse
10 22 (3.29%) Power BI
11 20 (2.99%) Amazon Aurora
12 19 (2.84%) Metadata
13 18 (2.69%) Big Data
14 14 (2.09%) Amazon Redshift
14 14 (2.09%) Pinecone
15 13 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
15 13 (1.94%) Data Lake
16 12 (1.79%) Db2
16 12 (1.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 153 (22.87%) Git
2 56 (8.37%) Jenkins
3 55 (8.22%) GitLab
4 23 (3.44%) JUnit
5 21 (3.14%) JIRA
6 17 (2.54%) TeamCity
7 16 (2.39%) Mockito
8 12 (1.79%) JMeter
8 12 (1.79%) Vite
9 11 (1.64%) Bitbucket
10 10 (1.49%) Claude Code
10 10 (1.49%) Selenium
11 6 (0.90%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.90%) Eclipse
11 6 (0.90%) Maven
11 6 (0.90%) Storybook
12 5 (0.75%) Mocha
13 4 (0.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.60%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 157 (23.47%) Social Skills
2 83 (12.41%) Public Sector
3 76 (11.36%) Finance
4 62 (9.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 49 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (6.73%) Law
7 30 (4.48%) Banking
8 28 (4.19%) Games
9 27 (4.04%) Retail
10 22 (3.29%) Legal
11 18 (2.69%) Manufacturing
12 13 (1.94%) Legal Technology
12 13 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.64%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.49%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.35%) Advertising
16 8 (1.20%) Aviation
17 7 (1.05%) Financial Institution
17 7 (1.05%) Tech for Good
18 6 (0.90%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 209 (31.24%) Developer
2 182 (27.20%) Senior
3 145 (21.67%) Software Engineer
4 99 (14.80%) Lead
5 61 (9.12%) Full-Stack Developer
6 57 (8.52%) Python Engineer
6 57 (8.52%) Senior Software Engineer
7 50 (7.47%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 49 (7.32%) Data Engineer
9 47 (7.03%) Python Developer
9 47 (7.03%) Senior Developer
10 42 (6.28%) DevOps Engineer
11 35 (5.23%) Architect
12 33 (4.93%) Lead Developer
13 31 (4.63%) Software Developer
14 30 (4.48%) Database Engineer
15 29 (4.33%) Ruby Developer
16 27 (4.04%) Lead Software Engineer
17 25 (3.74%) AWS Engineer
17 25 (3.74%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (23.47%) React
2 144 (21.52%) Terraform
3 135 (20.18%) Node.js
4 113 (16.89%) REST
5 111 (16.59%) RESTful
6 88 (13.15%) Kafka
7 78 (11.66%) Spring
8 74 (11.06%) Spring Boot
9 70 (10.46%) CSS
10 67 (10.01%) .NET
11 61 (9.12%) Next.js
12 58 (8.67%) HTML
13 50 (7.47%) FastAPI
14 40 (5.98%) AngularJS
15 38 (5.68%) JSON
16 34 (5.08%) Ruby on Rails
17 31 (4.63%) JWT
18 29 (4.33%) Django
19 27 (4.04%) Flask
20 25 (3.74%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 142 (21.23%) Cloud Native
2 93 (13.90%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (4.33%) Low-Code
4 27 (4.04%) Legacy Systems
5 26 (3.89%) Video\Live Streaming
6 24 (3.59%) AI Agents
7 21 (3.14%) Onboarding
7 21 (3.14%) Replication
8 19 (2.84%) Blog
8 19 (2.84%) Product Ownership
9 15 (2.24%) Algorithms
10 14 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (1.94%) Distributed Computing
11 13 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (1.79%) Data Structures
12 12 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
13 10 (1.49%) EPoS
13 10 (1.49%) iSeries
13 10 (1.49%) Public Cloud
14 9 (1.35%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 95 (14.20%) Linux
2 36 (5.38%) Windows
3 17 (2.54%) Unix
4 14 (2.09%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.90%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.30%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.15%) CentOS
7 1 (0.15%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (48.88%) CI/CD
2 244 (36.47%) Software Engineering
3 233 (34.83%) Agile
4 202 (30.19%) AI
5 185 (27.65%) Full-Stack Development
6 173 (25.86%) Microservices
7 168 (25.11%) DevOps
8 157 (23.47%) Infrastructure as Code
9 136 (20.33%) Observability
10 129 (19.28%) Test Automation
11 124 (18.54%) Continuous Improvement
12 121 (18.09%) Mentoring
13 120 (17.94%) Problem-Solving
14 117 (17.49%) Containerisation
15 86 (12.86%) Clean Code
16 79 (11.81%) Event-Driven
17 77 (11.51%) Scrum
18 76 (11.36%) API Design
19 75 (11.21%) Analytics
19 75 (11.21%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 278 (41.55%) Python
2 194 (29.00%) SQL
3 165 (24.66%) Java
4 132 (19.73%) TypeScript
5 130 (19.43%) JavaScript
6 75 (11.21%) C#
7 56 (8.37%) Go
8 39 (5.83%) Bash
9 34 (5.08%) Ruby
10 22 (3.29%) PowerShell
11 17 (2.54%) PHP
11 17 (2.54%) Scala
12 15 (2.24%) Shell Script
13 13 (1.94%) C++
14 10 (1.49%) RPG
15 7 (1.05%) Groovy
15 7 (1.05%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.75%) Korn
17 4 (0.60%) Apex Code
17 4 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 105 (15.70%) Security Cleared
2 84 (12.56%) Degree
2 84 (12.56%) SC Cleared
3 30 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 24 (3.59%) Master's Degree
5 22 (3.29%) Azure Certification
6 21 (3.14%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.20%) PhD
9 6 (0.90%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.30%) CISSP
12 2 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.30%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.30%) SnowPro
13 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.15%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (7.62%) Data Quality
2 29 (4.33%) QA
3 25 (3.74%) GDPR
4 18 (2.69%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.60%) SLA
6 4 (0.60%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.45%) WCAG
8 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.30%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.15%) MiFID
System Software
1 196 (29.30%) Docker
2 12 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.90%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.45%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.15%) Firmware
6 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 178 (26.61%) Kubernetes
2 54 (8.07%) Grafana
3 41 (6.13%) Ansible
4 34 (5.08%) Argo
4 34 (5.08%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.79%) Kibana
6 9 (1.35%) Rancher
7 7 (1.05%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.90%) Istio
8 6 (0.90%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.90%) Puppet
9 3 (0.45%) HAProxy
9 3 (0.45%) Plesk
9 3 (0.45%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.45%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.30%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.15%) Nagios
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.15%) SCOM
11 1 (0.15%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 69 (10.31%) Microsoft
2 58 (8.67%) Oracle
3 24 (3.59%) OpenAI
4 20 (2.99%) Databricks
4 20 (2.99%) Dynatrace
5 19 (2.84%) Google
6 13 (1.94%) Red Hat
7 10 (1.49%) IBM
7 10 (1.49%) ServiceNow
7 10 (1.49%) Splunk
8 9 (1.35%) Mistral
9 5 (0.75%) Dell
10 4 (0.60%) Netezza
10 4 (0.60%) Remedy
10 4 (0.60%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.60%) VMware
11 3 (0.45%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.30%) Pega
12 2 (0.30%) RedGate
12 2 (0.30%) SAP