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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 226 162
Rank change year-on-year -72 -64 +28
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 493 595 1,513
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.60% 1.51% 1.79%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.98% 8.98% 10.27%
Number of salaries quoted 360 445 1,088
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +15.38% -10.34%
75th Percentile £88,148 £110,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £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 7,065 6,626 14,734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.65% 16.77% 17.41%
Number of salaries quoted 4,481 4,539 11,399
10th Percentile £35,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 May 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 May 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 -92 197 £85,000 -6.85% 154
North of England -13 111 £67,500 -1.47% 40
South East -20 101 £57,500 -4.17% 38
Yorkshire -14 48 £60,000 - 9
North West -3 43 £69,310 -0.11% 24
South West -52 35 £62,500 -3.85% 16
North East -23 20 £65,000 -6.32% 7
East of England -37 18 £55,000 +30.18% 5
Midlands -48 14 £65,000 -3.70% 22
West Midlands -34 9 £69,310 +2.68% 7
East Midlands -36 5 £65,000 -7.14% 15
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 28 (5.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (4.67%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (3.65%) Apache
4 15 (3.04%) Confluence
5 14 (2.84%) Apache Spark
5 14 (2.84%) OpenStack
6 10 (2.03%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.41%) Camunda
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.41%) WordPress
8 1 (0.20%) CMS
8 1 (0.20%) IIS
8 1 (0.20%) JBoss
8 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.20%) nginx
8 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.20%) WildFly
Applications
1 8 (1.62%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Shopify
2 1 (0.20%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 306 (62.07%) AWS
2 190 (38.54%) Azure
3 102 (20.69%) GCP
4 72 (14.60%) Serverless
5 49 (9.94%) GitHub
6 48 (9.74%) SaaS
7 41 (8.32%) Amazon EKS
8 37 (7.51%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (6.90%) Amazon ECS
9 34 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (6.29%) Power Platform
11 30 (6.09%) Amazon S3
12 25 (5.07%) Amazon SQS
13 24 (4.87%) AWS Lambda
14 23 (4.67%) Azure AKS
14 23 (4.67%) Azure Service Bus
15 21 (4.26%) GitHub Actions
16 20 (4.06%) AWS CloudFormation
17 15 (3.04%) dbt
18 14 (2.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.46%) Broadband
2 16 (3.25%) DNS
3 15 (3.04%) DHCP
3 15 (3.04%) Firewall
4 14 (2.84%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.83%) VPN
6 8 (1.62%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.62%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.62%) SAN
7 7 (1.42%) Internet
7 7 (1.42%) Network Security
7 7 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.61%) VLAN
9 2 (0.41%) HTTP
9 2 (0.41%) LAN
9 2 (0.41%) PBX
9 2 (0.41%) WAN
10 1 (0.20%) Asterisk PBX
10 1 (0.20%) LTE
10 1 (0.20%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (27.38%) MongoDB
2 117 (23.73%) MySQL
3 102 (20.69%) SQL Server
4 93 (18.86%) NoSQL
5 89 (18.05%) Relational Database
6 32 (6.49%) DynamoDB
7 27 (5.48%) Power BI
8 26 (5.27%) Redis
9 23 (4.67%) Data Warehouse
10 21 (4.26%) Elasticsearch
11 16 (3.25%) Apache Cassandra
11 16 (3.25%) RDBMS
12 13 (2.64%) DB2
13 12 (2.43%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (2.23%) MariaDB
15 9 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (1.83%) Big Data
15 9 (1.83%) BigQuery
15 9 (1.83%) Oracle Database
15 9 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 113 (22.92%) Git
2 42 (8.52%) Jenkins
3 37 (7.51%) GitLab
4 24 (4.87%) JIRA
5 17 (3.45%) Bitbucket
5 17 (3.45%) TeamCity
6 16 (3.25%) JUnit
7 14 (2.84%) Mockito
8 10 (2.03%) Selenium
9 9 (1.83%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.62%) JMeter
11 7 (1.42%) Vite
12 6 (1.22%) Maven
13 2 (0.41%) Claude Code
13 2 (0.41%) ESLint
13 2 (0.41%) Gradle
13 2 (0.41%) Jaeger
13 2 (0.41%) MSTest
13 2 (0.41%) Storybook
13 2 (0.41%) webpack
General
1 125 (25.35%) Social Skills
2 77 (15.62%) Finance
3 58 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 48 (9.74%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (6.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (6.29%) Retail
6 28 (5.68%) Banking
7 27 (5.48%) Law
8 25 (5.07%) Games
9 19 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (3.45%) Front Office
10 17 (3.45%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.64%) Advertising
12 8 (1.62%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.81%) Automotive
13 4 (0.81%) Aviation
13 4 (0.81%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.81%) Legal
14 3 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.61%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 155 (31.44%) Developer
2 102 (20.69%) Senior
3 93 (18.86%) Software Engineer
4 76 (15.42%) Lead
5 54 (10.95%) Full-Stack Developer
6 46 (9.33%) Python Engineer
7 40 (8.11%) Java Developer
8 32 (6.49%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 31 (6.29%) Lead Developer
9 31 (6.29%) Lead Software Engineer
10 30 (6.09%) Java Engineer
11 29 (5.88%) Data Engineer
12 26 (5.27%) Python Developer
13 22 (4.46%) DevOps Engineer
14 20 (4.06%) AWS Engineer
14 20 (4.06%) Full-Stack Java Developer
14 20 (4.06%) Senior Developer
14 20 (4.06%) Senior DevOps
15 19 (3.85%) Java Software Engineer
15 19 (3.85%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (28.60%) React
2 122 (24.75%) Node.js
3 99 (20.08%) RESTful
4 72 (14.60%) REST
5 59 (11.97%) Spring
6 56 (11.36%) Spring Boot
7 47 (9.53%) .NET
8 41 (8.32%) Kafka
9 40 (8.11%) CSS
9 40 (8.11%) FastAPI
9 40 (8.11%) HTML
10 32 (6.49%) JSON
11 30 (6.09%) AngularJS
12 28 (5.68%) Django
13 26 (5.27%) Next.js
14 24 (4.87%) Redux
14 24 (4.87%) Vue
15 22 (4.46%) Web Services
16 21 (4.26%) Elastic Stack
16 21 (4.26%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 104 (21.10%) Cloud Native
2 51 (10.34%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (5.07%) Product Ownership
4 23 (4.67%) Video\Live Streaming
5 22 (4.46%) Low-Code
6 18 (3.65%) Management Information System
7 17 (3.45%) Onboarding
8 16 (3.25%) Blog
8 16 (3.25%) Derivative
8 16 (3.25%) Equities
8 16 (3.25%) Fixed Income
9 15 (3.04%) Algorithms
9 15 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (2.84%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (2.64%) Replication
12 12 (2.43%) Data Structures
13 8 (1.62%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.62%) Renewable Energy
13 8 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (1.42%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 69 (14.00%) Linux
2 37 (7.51%) Windows
3 19 (3.85%) Windows Server
4 18 (3.65%) Unix
5 10 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.22%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.81%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.61%) Android
8 3 (0.61%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.61%) CentOS
9 1 (0.20%) Debian
9 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (45.64%) CI/CD
2 194 (39.35%) Agile
3 172 (34.89%) Software Engineering
4 143 (29.01%) Full-Stack Development
4 143 (29.01%) Microservices
5 113 (22.92%) DevOps
6 109 (22.11%) Test Automation
7 106 (21.50%) Infrastructure as Code
8 97 (19.68%) AI
9 93 (18.86%) Mentoring
10 89 (18.05%) Problem-Solving
11 86 (17.44%) Containerisation
12 76 (15.42%) Continuous Improvement
13 74 (15.01%) Scrum
14 63 (12.78%) Analytics
15 61 (12.37%) TDD
16 57 (11.56%) Observability
17 52 (10.55%) API Design
18 49 (9.94%) Data Modelling
19 45 (9.13%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 219 (44.42%) Python
2 164 (33.27%) Java
3 157 (31.85%) SQL
4 116 (23.53%) JavaScript
5 104 (21.10%) TypeScript
6 43 (8.72%) C#
6 43 (8.72%) Go
7 29 (5.88%) PowerShell
8 24 (4.87%) PHP
9 20 (4.06%) Bash
10 14 (2.84%) C
11 10 (2.03%) C++
11 10 (2.03%) Shell Script
11 10 (2.03%) T-SQL
12 8 (1.62%) Ruby
12 8 (1.62%) Scala
13 7 (1.42%) Korn
14 5 (1.01%) Delphi
15 4 (0.81%) Pascal
15 4 (0.81%) RPG
Qualifications
1 60 (12.17%) Degree
2 54 (10.95%) Security Cleared
3 43 (8.72%) SC Cleared
4 25 (5.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (3.45%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.83%) AWS Certification
6 9 (1.83%) Azure Certification
6 9 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.62%) AWS Certified Developer
7 8 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.62%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.61%) RHCE
10 2 (0.41%) PhD
10 2 (0.41%) RHCSA
11 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.20%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.51%) Data Quality
2 20 (4.06%) QA
3 15 (3.04%) GDPR
3 15 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.83%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.61%) SLA
6 2 (0.41%) WCAG
7 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.20%) Good Clinical Practice
7 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.20%) NCSC
7 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 148 (30.02%) Docker
2 30 (6.09%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.83%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.81%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.41%) Firmware
5 2 (0.41%) Samba
6 1 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 153 (31.03%) Kubernetes
2 107 (21.70%) Terraform
3 27 (5.48%) Ansible
4 26 (5.27%) Grafana
5 25 (5.07%) Argo
6 17 (3.45%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.62%) Kibana
8 6 (1.22%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.22%) Puppet
9 5 (1.01%) Istio
10 4 (0.81%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.81%) Nagios
10 4 (0.81%) Rancher
11 3 (0.61%) AWS Copilot
11 3 (0.61%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.61%) Plesk
12 2 (0.41%) HAProxy
12 2 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.41%) Oracle RMAN
13 1 (0.20%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 55 (11.16%) Microsoft
2 47 (9.53%) Oracle
3 22 (4.46%) Google
4 15 (3.04%) Red Hat
5 13 (2.64%) OpenAI
6 10 (2.03%) Dynatrace
7 8 (1.62%) Dell
8 7 (1.42%) Splunk
9 6 (1.22%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.22%) Databricks
9 6 (1.22%) Informatica
9 6 (1.22%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.01%) Confluent
10 5 (1.01%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.01%) Talend
11 4 (0.81%) IBM
11 4 (0.81%) Pega
11 4 (0.81%) VMware
12 3 (0.61%) Netezza
12 3 (0.61%) Remedy