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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 226 143
Rank change year-on-year -53 -83 +62
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 673 592 1,247
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.66% 1.38% 1.81%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.43% 9.27% 11.71%
Number of salaries quoted 486 419 659
10th Percentile £43,125 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,813 £60,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £80,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.36% +23.08% -7.14%
75th Percentile £86,250 £120,000 £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 7,987 6,383 10,649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.80% 14.86% 15.49%
Number of salaries quoted 5,562 4,155 6,473
10th Percentile £36,275 £33,750 £37,750
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 £81,688 £88,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +0.80%

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 21 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 21 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 -80 297 £82,500 -21.43% 912
South East -25 124 £65,000 -3.70% 118
North of England -22 122 £65,000 -3.70% 130
North West -18 57 £63,750 -5.56% 75
South West -56 47 £65,000 +25.00% 65
North East -29 39 £65,000 +26.83% 21
Midlands -50 38 £75,000 +5.26% 54
West Midlands -48 29 £83,774 +15.55% 38
East of England -36 28 £50,000 +63.93% 37
Yorkshire -34 26 £69,310 -0.99% 36
East Midlands -29 9 £60,000 +33.33% 16
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 (4.01%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (3.27%) Apache
3 20 (2.97%) Confluence
4 18 (2.67%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (1.04%) Camunda
6 7 (1.04%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.89%) WordPress
8 4 (0.59%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.45%) CMS
9 3 (0.45%) nginx
10 2 (0.30%) Luigi
10 2 (0.30%) 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 (1.63%) 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
1 372 (55.27%) AWS
2 229 (34.03%) Azure
3 110 (16.34%) GitHub
4 81 (12.04%) GCP
5 68 (10.10%) Serverless
6 56 (8.32%) SaaS
7 49 (7.28%) Amazon EKS
7 49 (7.28%) Azure DevOps
8 47 (6.98%) GitHub Actions
9 43 (6.39%) Amazon S3
10 42 (6.24%) Amazon ECS
11 37 (5.50%) GitHub Copilot
12 30 (4.46%) AWS Lambda
13 27 (4.01%) Amazon EC2
13 27 (4.01%) Azure AKS
13 27 (4.01%) Azure Service Bus
14 26 (3.86%) Power Platform
15 19 (2.82%) Azure Data Factory
16 17 (2.53%) Amazon SQS
16 17 (2.53%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.57%) Broadband
2 12 (1.78%) Firewall
3 10 (1.49%) DNS
4 7 (1.04%) HTTP
5 6 (0.89%) Remote Desktop
5 6 (0.89%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.74%) DHCP
6 5 (0.74%) iSCSI
6 5 (0.74%) SAN
7 3 (0.45%) 4G
7 3 (0.45%) 5G
7 3 (0.45%) SSH
7 3 (0.45%) VLAN
7 3 (0.45%) VPN
8 2 (0.30%) SMS
9 1 (0.15%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.15%) Internet
9 1 (0.15%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.15%) SNMP
9 1 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (23.63%) MongoDB
2 145 (21.55%) MySQL
3 124 (18.42%) Relational Database
4 119 (17.68%) SQL Server
5 82 (12.18%) NoSQL
6 81 (12.04%) Redis
7 38 (5.65%) Amazon RDS
7 38 (5.65%) DynamoDB
8 34 (5.05%) Elasticsearch
9 25 (3.71%) Data Warehouse
10 23 (3.42%) Amazon Aurora
11 21 (3.12%) Power BI
12 19 (2.82%) Metadata
13 18 (2.67%) Big Data
14 14 (2.08%) Amazon Redshift
14 14 (2.08%) Data Lake
14 14 (2.08%) Pinecone
15 13 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
16 12 (1.78%) Db2
16 12 (1.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 157 (23.33%) Git
2 59 (8.77%) Jenkins
3 56 (8.32%) GitLab
4 23 (3.42%) JUnit
5 21 (3.12%) JIRA
6 17 (2.53%) TeamCity
7 16 (2.38%) Mockito
8 13 (1.93%) JMeter
9 12 (1.78%) Vite
10 11 (1.63%) Bitbucket
10 11 (1.63%) Selenium
11 10 (1.49%) Claude Code
12 6 (0.89%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.89%) Eclipse
12 6 (0.89%) Maven
12 6 (0.89%) Storybook
13 5 (0.74%) Mocha
14 4 (0.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (0.59%) Cypress.io
14 4 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 158 (23.48%) Social Skills
2 82 (12.18%) Public Sector
3 78 (11.59%) Finance
4 64 (9.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 50 (7.43%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (6.69%) Law
7 31 (4.61%) Banking
8 27 (4.01%) Games
9 25 (3.71%) Retail
10 22 (3.27%) Legal
11 18 (2.67%) Manufacturing
12 13 (1.93%) Legal Technology
12 13 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.63%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.34%) Aerospace
15 8 (1.19%) Advertising
15 8 (1.19%) Aviation
16 7 (1.04%) Tech for Good
17 6 (0.89%) Automotive
17 6 (0.89%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 208 (30.91%) Developer
2 181 (26.89%) Senior
3 143 (21.25%) Software Engineer
4 97 (14.41%) Lead
5 59 (8.77%) Full-Stack Developer
6 57 (8.47%) Python Engineer
7 56 (8.32%) Senior Software Engineer
8 50 (7.43%) Data Engineer
8 50 (7.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 47 (6.98%) Senior Developer
10 46 (6.84%) Python Developer
11 45 (6.69%) DevOps Engineer
12 35 (5.20%) Architect
13 32 (4.75%) Lead Developer
13 32 (4.75%) Software Developer
14 29 (4.31%) Database Engineer
14 29 (4.31%) Ruby Developer
15 28 (4.16%) AWS Engineer
16 26 (3.86%) Lead Software Engineer
17 25 (3.71%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (23.48%) React
2 145 (21.55%) Terraform
3 134 (19.91%) Node.js
4 114 (16.94%) REST
5 112 (16.64%) RESTful
6 91 (13.52%) Kafka
7 78 (11.59%) Spring
8 74 (11.00%) Spring Boot
9 70 (10.40%) CSS
10 68 (10.10%) .NET
11 61 (9.06%) Next.js
12 58 (8.62%) HTML
13 51 (7.58%) FastAPI
14 40 (5.94%) AngularJS
15 39 (5.79%) JSON
16 34 (5.05%) Ruby on Rails
17 31 (4.61%) JWT
18 28 (4.16%) Django
19 27 (4.01%) Flask
20 26 (3.86%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 141 (20.95%) Cloud Native
2 93 (13.82%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (4.16%) Low-Code
4 27 (4.01%) Legacy Systems
5 25 (3.71%) Video\Live Streaming
6 24 (3.57%) AI Agents
7 23 (3.42%) Replication
8 21 (3.12%) Onboarding
9 19 (2.82%) Blog
10 18 (2.67%) Product Ownership
11 15 (2.23%) Algorithms
12 14 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
13 13 (1.93%) Distributed Computing
13 13 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
14 12 (1.78%) Data Structures
14 12 (1.78%) Renewable Energy
15 10 (1.49%) EPoS
15 10 (1.49%) iSeries
15 10 (1.49%) Public Cloud
16 9 (1.34%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 95 (14.12%) Linux
2 37 (5.50%) Windows
3 18 (2.67%) Unix
4 14 (2.08%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.89%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.30%) Debian
6 2 (0.30%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.15%) CentOS
7 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (49.33%) CI/CD
2 242 (35.96%) Software Engineering
3 237 (35.22%) Agile
4 206 (30.61%) AI
5 184 (27.34%) Full-Stack Development
6 174 (25.85%) Microservices
7 170 (25.26%) DevOps
8 160 (23.77%) Infrastructure as Code
9 140 (20.80%) Observability
10 133 (19.76%) Test Automation
11 125 (18.57%) Continuous Improvement
12 120 (17.83%) Mentoring
12 120 (17.83%) Problem-Solving
13 118 (17.53%) Containerisation
14 86 (12.78%) Clean Code
15 81 (12.04%) Event-Driven
16 77 (11.44%) Scrum
17 76 (11.29%) Analytics
18 75 (11.14%) Machine Learning
19 74 (11.00%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 285 (42.35%) Python
2 198 (29.42%) SQL
3 164 (24.37%) Java
4 132 (19.61%) TypeScript
5 130 (19.32%) JavaScript
6 76 (11.29%) C#
7 56 (8.32%) Go
8 42 (6.24%) Bash
9 34 (5.05%) Ruby
10 22 (3.27%) PowerShell
11 18 (2.67%) PHP
12 17 (2.53%) Scala
13 16 (2.38%) Shell Script
14 13 (1.93%) C++
15 10 (1.49%) Groovy
15 10 (1.49%) RPG
16 7 (1.04%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.74%) Korn
18 4 (0.59%) Apex Code
18 4 (0.59%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (15.90%) Security Cleared
2 86 (12.78%) SC Cleared
3 85 (12.63%) Degree
4 31 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.71%) Master's Degree
6 22 (3.27%) Azure Certification
7 20 (2.97%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.34%) PhD
10 6 (0.89%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.30%) CISSP
13 2 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.30%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.30%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.30%) SnowPro
14 1 (0.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.15%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (7.58%) Data Quality
2 28 (4.16%) QA
3 25 (3.71%) GDPR
4 18 (2.67%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.59%) SLA
6 4 (0.59%) 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
1 201 (29.87%) Docker
2 12 (1.78%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.74%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.30%) 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
1 180 (26.75%) Kubernetes
2 58 (8.62%) Grafana
3 40 (5.94%) Ansible
4 38 (5.65%) Prometheus
5 35 (5.20%) Argo
6 12 (1.78%) Kibana
6 12 (1.78%) Rancher
7 7 (1.04%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.89%) Istio
8 6 (0.89%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.89%) 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 70 (10.40%) Microsoft
2 57 (8.47%) Oracle
3 24 (3.57%) OpenAI
4 23 (3.42%) Dynatrace
5 20 (2.97%) Databricks
6 18 (2.67%) Google
7 13 (1.93%) Red Hat
7 13 (1.93%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.49%) IBM
8 10 (1.49%) Splunk
9 9 (1.34%) Mistral
10 5 (0.74%) Dell
11 4 (0.59%) Netezza
11 4 (0.59%) Remedy
11 4 (0.59%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.45%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.45%) SAP
12 3 (0.45%) VMware
13 2 (0.30%) Informatica
13 2 (0.30%) RedGate