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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 233 139
Rank change year-on-year -49 -94 +71
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 686 586 1,237
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.67% 1.37% 1.85%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.59% 9.22% 11.86%
Number of salaries quoted 494 413 637
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £54,250 £60,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +18.52% -3.57%
75th Percentile £87,188 £117,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £68,403 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.80% +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 7,986 6,355 10,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.77% 14.84% 15.56%
Number of salaries quoted 5,603 4,130 6,287
10th Percentile £36,500 £34,250 £38,000
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% +2.22%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +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 23 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 23 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 -70 306 £82,500 -21.43% 771
South East -16 126 £65,000 -5.45% 107
North of England -13 123 £65,000 -3.70% 140
North West -16 58 £65,000 -3.70% 80
South West -63 47 £65,000 +25.00% 61
North East -39 39 £65,000 +26.83% 20
Midlands -54 38 £75,000 +5.26% 59
West Midlands -40 29 £83,774 +15.55% 42
East of England -37 28 £50,000 +63.93% 36
Yorkshire -35 26 £69,310 -0.99% 41
East Midlands -30 9 £60,000 +33.33% 17
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 (3.94%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (3.21%) Apache
3 20 (2.92%) Confluence
4 18 (2.62%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (1.02%) Camunda
6 7 (1.02%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.87%) WordPress
8 4 (0.58%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.44%) CMS
9 3 (0.44%) nginx
10 2 (0.29%) Luigi
10 2 (0.29%) Tornado
11 1 (0.15%) Documentum
11 1 (0.15%) JBoss
11 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.15%) Moodle
11 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.15%) WildFly
Applications
1 11 (1.60%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Shopify
2 1 (0.15%) Finacle
2 1 (0.15%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 379 (55.25%) AWS
2 234 (34.11%) Azure
3 114 (16.62%) GitHub
4 86 (12.54%) GCP
5 69 (10.06%) Serverless
6 61 (8.89%) SaaS
7 52 (7.58%) Amazon EKS
8 51 (7.43%) Azure DevOps
9 49 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
10 43 (6.27%) Amazon ECS
10 43 (6.27%) Amazon S3
11 39 (5.69%) GitHub Copilot
12 30 (4.37%) AWS Lambda
13 28 (4.08%) Azure Service Bus
14 27 (3.94%) Amazon EC2
14 27 (3.94%) Azure AKS
14 27 (3.94%) Power Platform
15 19 (2.77%) Azure Data Factory
16 17 (2.48%) Amazon SQS
16 17 (2.48%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.50%) Broadband
2 13 (1.90%) Firewall
3 10 (1.46%) DNS
4 9 (1.31%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.02%) HTTP
6 6 (0.87%) Remote Desktop
6 6 (0.87%) VPN
7 5 (0.73%) DHCP
7 5 (0.73%) iSCSI
7 5 (0.73%) SAN
7 5 (0.73%) VLAN
8 3 (0.44%) 4G
8 3 (0.44%) 5G
8 3 (0.44%) BGP
8 3 (0.44%) SSH
9 2 (0.29%) SMS
10 1 (0.15%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.15%) Internet
10 1 (0.15%) MPLS
10 1 (0.15%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (23.62%) MongoDB
2 147 (21.43%) MySQL
3 125 (18.22%) Relational Database
4 122 (17.78%) SQL Server
5 83 (12.10%) NoSQL
5 83 (12.10%) Redis
6 42 (6.12%) Amazon RDS
7 39 (5.69%) DynamoDB
8 34 (4.96%) Elasticsearch
9 25 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
10 23 (3.35%) Amazon Aurora
11 22 (3.21%) Power BI
12 20 (2.92%) Metadata
13 18 (2.62%) Big Data
14 14 (2.04%) Amazon Redshift
14 14 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
14 14 (2.04%) Data Lake
14 14 (2.04%) Pinecone
15 12 (1.75%) Db2
15 12 (1.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 158 (23.03%) Git
2 60 (8.75%) Jenkins
3 56 (8.16%) GitLab
4 23 (3.35%) JUnit
5 22 (3.21%) JIRA
6 20 (2.92%) TeamCity
7 16 (2.33%) Mockito
8 13 (1.90%) JMeter
9 12 (1.75%) Vite
10 11 (1.60%) Bitbucket
10 11 (1.60%) Claude Code
10 11 (1.60%) Selenium
11 6 (0.87%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.87%) Eclipse
11 6 (0.87%) Maven
11 6 (0.87%) Storybook
12 5 (0.73%) Mocha
13 4 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.58%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 163 (23.76%) Social Skills
2 83 (12.10%) Public Sector
3 82 (11.95%) Finance
4 68 (9.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 51 (7.43%) Analytical Skills
6 48 (7.00%) Law
7 34 (4.96%) Banking
8 28 (4.08%) Retail
9 27 (3.94%) Games
10 22 (3.21%) Legal
11 18 (2.62%) Manufacturing
12 13 (1.90%) Legal Technology
12 13 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.60%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.31%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.31%) Financial Institution
15 8 (1.17%) Advertising
15 8 (1.17%) Aviation
16 7 (1.02%) Tech for Good
17 6 (0.87%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 212 (30.90%) Developer
2 188 (27.41%) Senior
3 145 (21.14%) Software Engineer
4 99 (14.43%) Lead
5 60 (8.75%) Full-Stack Developer
6 59 (8.60%) Python Engineer
7 57 (8.31%) Senior Software Engineer
8 51 (7.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 50 (7.29%) Data Engineer
10 49 (7.14%) Senior Developer
11 46 (6.71%) Python Developer
12 45 (6.56%) DevOps Engineer
13 36 (5.25%) Architect
14 33 (4.81%) Lead Developer
14 33 (4.81%) Software Developer
15 30 (4.37%) Database Engineer
16 29 (4.23%) Ruby Developer
17 28 (4.08%) AWS Engineer
18 27 (3.94%) Lead Software Engineer
19 25 (3.64%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (23.32%) React
2 151 (22.01%) Terraform
3 136 (19.83%) Node.js
4 117 (17.06%) REST
5 115 (16.76%) RESTful
6 91 (13.27%) Kafka
7 79 (11.52%) Spring
8 75 (10.93%) Spring Boot
9 70 (10.20%) CSS
10 68 (9.91%) .NET
11 62 (9.04%) Next.js
12 58 (8.45%) HTML
13 54 (7.87%) FastAPI
14 40 (5.83%) AngularJS
14 40 (5.83%) JSON
15 34 (4.96%) Ruby on Rails
16 31 (4.52%) JWT
17 30 (4.37%) Django
18 27 (3.94%) Flask
19 26 (3.79%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 147 (21.43%) Cloud Native
2 99 (14.43%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
3 28 (4.08%) Low-Code
4 25 (3.64%) Replication
4 25 (3.64%) Video\Live Streaming
5 24 (3.50%) AI Agents
5 24 (3.50%) Blog
6 21 (3.06%) Onboarding
7 19 (2.77%) Product Ownership
8 15 (2.19%) Algorithms
9 14 (2.04%) Data Structures
9 14 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (1.90%) Distributed Computing
10 13 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
11 12 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
12 10 (1.46%) EPoS
12 10 (1.46%) iSeries
12 10 (1.46%) Public Cloud
13 9 (1.31%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 95 (13.85%) Linux
2 37 (5.39%) Windows
3 18 (2.62%) Unix
4 14 (2.04%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.29%) Debian
6 2 (0.29%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.15%) CentOS
7 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 341 (49.71%) CI/CD
2 247 (36.01%) Software Engineering
3 238 (34.69%) Agile
4 210 (30.61%) AI
5 186 (27.11%) Full-Stack Development
6 177 (25.80%) Microservices
7 174 (25.36%) DevOps
8 164 (23.91%) Infrastructure as Code
9 143 (20.85%) Observability
10 135 (19.68%) Test Automation
11 126 (18.37%) Continuous Improvement
12 122 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
13 121 (17.64%) Mentoring
14 120 (17.49%) Containerisation
15 89 (12.97%) Clean Code
16 86 (12.54%) Event-Driven
17 78 (11.37%) Analytics
17 78 (11.37%) Scrum
18 77 (11.22%) Machine Learning
19 75 (10.93%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 293 (42.71%) Python
2 204 (29.74%) SQL
3 168 (24.49%) Java
4 134 (19.53%) TypeScript
5 130 (18.95%) JavaScript
6 76 (11.08%) C#
7 59 (8.60%) Go
8 44 (6.41%) Bash
9 34 (4.96%) Ruby
10 22 (3.21%) PowerShell
11 19 (2.77%) PHP
12 17 (2.48%) Scala
13 16 (2.33%) Shell Script
14 13 (1.90%) C++
15 10 (1.46%) Groovy
15 10 (1.46%) RPG
16 7 (1.02%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.73%) Korn
18 4 (0.58%) Apex Code
18 4 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 109 (15.89%) Security Cleared
2 88 (12.83%) SC Cleared
3 85 (12.39%) Degree
4 31 (4.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.64%) Master's Degree
6 23 (3.35%) Azure Certification
7 20 (2.92%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.31%) PhD
10 6 (0.87%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.44%) CISSP
12 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.29%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.29%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.29%) SnowPro
13 2 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (7.58%) Data Quality
2 29 (4.23%) QA
3 25 (3.64%) GDPR
4 20 (2.92%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.02%) SOC 2
7 4 (0.58%) SLA
8 3 (0.44%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.44%) WCAG
9 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.29%) Good Clinical Practice
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.15%) MiFID
10 1 (0.15%) NIST
System Software
1 204 (29.74%) Docker
2 12 (1.75%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.73%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.29%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.15%) Ceph
6 1 (0.15%) Firmware
6 1 (0.15%) Lustre
6 1 (0.15%) NFS
6 1 (0.15%) Samba
6 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 186 (27.11%) Kubernetes
2 63 (9.18%) Grafana
3 41 (5.98%) Prometheus
4 40 (5.83%) Ansible
5 35 (5.10%) Argo
6 12 (1.75%) Kibana
6 12 (1.75%) Rancher
7 7 (1.02%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.87%) Istio
8 6 (0.87%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.87%) Puppet
9 3 (0.44%) HAProxy
9 3 (0.44%) Plesk
9 3 (0.44%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.44%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.29%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.15%) Nagios
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.15%) SCOM
Vendors
1 72 (10.50%) Microsoft
2 58 (8.45%) Oracle
3 24 (3.50%) Dynatrace
3 24 (3.50%) OpenAI
4 21 (3.06%) Databricks
4 21 (3.06%) Google
5 13 (1.90%) Red Hat
5 13 (1.90%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.46%) IBM
6 10 (1.46%) Splunk
7 9 (1.31%) Mistral
8 5 (0.73%) Dell
9 4 (0.58%) Netezza
9 4 (0.58%) Remedy
9 4 (0.58%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.44%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.44%) SAP
10 3 (0.44%) VMware
11 2 (0.29%) Informatica
11 2 (0.29%) RedGate