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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 165 172
Rank change year-on-year -137 +7 +22
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 460 715 1,339
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.61% 1.94% 1.65%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.76% 10.62% 9.32%
Number of salaries quoted 338 469 1,017
10th Percentile £37,500 £49,824 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,813 £61,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -13.33%
75th Percentile £94,688 £97,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,375 £132,500 £110,000
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 6,802 6,732 14,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.03% 18.30% 17.74%
Number of salaries quoted 4,205 4,762 11,376
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.34% +12.61% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -10.20%

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 14 April 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 14 April 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 -101 204 £87,500 - 150
North of England -29 100 £66,250 -1.94% 31
South East -120 73 £55,750 -20.36% 52
North West -32 44 £77,500 +13.19% 16
Yorkshire -37 44 £52,130 -12.73% 10
South West -48 34 £61,250 -5.77% 22
Midlands -47 22 £47,500 -26.92% 15
East of England -59 22 £45,000 -21.74% 10
West Midlands -26 13 £45,000 -30.77% 6
North East -28 12 £55,000 -20.73% 5
East Midlands -52 9 £60,100 -14.14% 9
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 25 (5.43%) Apache Airflow
1 25 (5.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.04%) Apache
2 14 (3.04%) Apache Spark
2 14 (3.04%) Confluence
3 12 (2.61%) OpenStack
4 9 (1.96%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.43%) Camunda
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Application Server
5 2 (0.43%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.43%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.43%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.22%) CMS
6 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.22%) IIS
6 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.22%) WildFly
6 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (1.96%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Endur
1 1 (0.22%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 280 (60.87%) AWS
2 177 (38.48%) Azure
3 121 (26.30%) GCP
4 63 (13.70%) Serverless
5 52 (11.30%) GitHub
6 45 (9.78%) SaaS
7 38 (8.26%) Amazon EKS
8 34 (7.39%) Amazon S3
9 31 (6.74%) Amazon ECS
9 31 (6.74%) Power Platform
10 28 (6.09%) AWS CloudFormation
10 28 (6.09%) Microsoft 365
11 27 (5.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 27 (5.87%) AWS Lambda
12 25 (5.43%) Amazon SQS
12 25 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
13 23 (5.00%) dbt
14 19 (4.13%) GitHub Actions
15 16 (3.48%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 16 (3.48%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.91%) TCP/IP
2 14 (3.04%) DHCP
2 14 (3.04%) DNS
3 11 (2.39%) Firewall
3 11 (2.39%) VPN
4 9 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (1.52%) Broadband
5 7 (1.52%) Internet
5 7 (1.52%) Network Security
6 6 (1.30%) iSCSI
6 6 (1.30%) Remote Desktop
6 6 (1.30%) SAN
7 3 (0.65%) VLAN
8 2 (0.43%) HTTP
8 2 (0.43%) LAN
8 2 (0.43%) PBX
8 2 (0.43%) SSL
8 2 (0.43%) WAN
9 1 (0.22%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (0.22%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (23.91%) SQL Server
2 107 (23.26%) MySQL
3 94 (20.43%) Relational Database
4 93 (20.22%) MongoDB
5 92 (20.00%) NoSQL
6 35 (7.61%) Redis
7 33 (7.17%) DynamoDB
8 29 (6.30%) Data Warehouse
8 29 (6.30%) Power BI
9 25 (5.43%) Elasticsearch
10 17 (3.70%) DB2
11 16 (3.48%) RDBMS
12 15 (3.26%) Apache Cassandra
13 14 (3.04%) BigQuery
14 12 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
15 10 (2.17%) Oracle Database
16 9 (1.96%) Big Data
16 9 (1.96%) MariaDB
16 9 (1.96%) Pinecone
17 8 (1.74%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 110 (23.91%) Git
2 51 (11.09%) Jenkins
3 28 (6.09%) GitLab
3 28 (6.09%) JIRA
4 21 (4.57%) Bitbucket
4 21 (4.57%) Cucumber
4 21 (4.57%) Selenium
5 19 (4.13%) JUnit
5 19 (4.13%) TeamCity
6 10 (2.17%) Mockito
7 8 (1.74%) Vite
8 6 (1.30%) Maven
9 5 (1.09%) JMeter
10 4 (0.87%) CircleCI
11 3 (0.65%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.65%) Gradle
12 2 (0.43%) DBeaver
12 2 (0.43%) MSTest
12 2 (0.43%) Subversion
12 2 (0.43%) webpack
General
1 130 (28.26%) Social Skills
2 84 (18.26%) Finance
3 47 (10.22%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (8.04%) Public Sector
5 33 (7.17%) Banking
6 31 (6.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (6.30%) Law
8 27 (5.87%) Retail
9 17 (3.70%) Front Office
10 16 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.61%) Advertising
12 11 (2.39%) Manufacturing
13 10 (2.17%) Games
14 8 (1.74%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.52%) Aerospace
16 5 (1.09%) Back Office
17 4 (0.87%) Telecoms
18 3 (0.65%) Automotive
18 3 (0.65%) Electronics
18 3 (0.65%) Legal
Job Titles
1 142 (30.87%) Developer
2 87 (18.91%) Senior
3 85 (18.48%) Software Engineer
4 70 (15.22%) Lead
5 49 (10.65%) Full-Stack Developer
6 43 (9.35%) Java Developer
7 39 (8.48%) Data Engineer
7 39 (8.48%) Python Engineer
8 29 (6.30%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 29 (6.30%) Java Engineer
9 26 (5.65%) Lead Developer
10 24 (5.22%) Lead Software Engineer
11 21 (4.57%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 20 (4.35%) Python Developer
12 20 (4.35%) Senior Software Engineer
13 19 (4.13%) Analyst
13 19 (4.13%) IT Support
13 19 (4.13%) Java Software Engineer
14 16 (3.48%) DBA
15 15 (3.26%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (31.74%) React
2 87 (18.91%) RESTful
3 85 (18.48%) Node.js
4 62 (13.48%) Spring
5 59 (12.83%) REST
5 59 (12.83%) Spring Boot
6 52 (11.30%) Django
7 51 (11.09%) FastAPI
8 43 (9.35%) Kafka
9 41 (8.91%) HTML
10 40 (8.70%) .NET
10 40 (8.70%) CSS
11 32 (6.96%) Flask
12 30 (6.52%) AngularJS
12 30 (6.52%) Elastic Stack
13 29 (6.30%) Vue
14 26 (5.65%) Next.js
15 23 (5.00%) JSON
16 22 (4.78%) Redux
17 21 (4.57%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 81 (17.61%) Cloud Native
2 43 (9.35%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (5.87%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.91%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.70%) Onboarding
6 16 (3.48%) Blog
6 16 (3.48%) Derivative
6 16 (3.48%) Equities
6 16 (3.48%) Fixed Income
6 16 (3.48%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (3.26%) Replication
8 14 (3.04%) Algorithms
8 14 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (2.83%) Data Structures
10 12 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (1.52%) AI Agents
12 7 (1.52%) Driving Licence
12 7 (1.52%) Low-Code
12 7 (1.52%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 58 (12.61%) Linux
2 26 (5.65%) Windows
3 17 (3.70%) Unix
4 15 (3.26%) Windows Server
5 11 (2.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.30%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.09%) Android
7 5 (1.09%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.65%) CentOS
8 3 (0.65%) Debian
9 2 (0.43%) VMS
9 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (42.83%) CI/CD
2 170 (36.96%) Agile
3 152 (33.04%) Software Engineering
4 140 (30.43%) Microservices
5 125 (27.17%) DevOps
6 121 (26.30%) Full-Stack Development
7 101 (21.96%) Problem-Solving
8 94 (20.43%) Containerisation
9 92 (20.00%) Test Automation
10 90 (19.57%) AI
10 90 (19.57%) Infrastructure as Code
11 80 (17.39%) Mentoring
12 59 (12.83%) Analytics
13 58 (12.61%) TDD
14 57 (12.39%) Fintech
15 54 (11.74%) Scrum
16 51 (11.09%) Continuous Improvement
16 51 (11.09%) Data Modelling
17 46 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
18 45 (9.78%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 210 (45.65%) Python
2 167 (36.30%) SQL
3 151 (32.83%) Java
4 107 (23.26%) JavaScript
5 94 (20.43%) TypeScript
6 38 (8.26%) Go
7 36 (7.83%) C#
8 29 (6.30%) PowerShell
9 22 (4.78%) PHP
10 15 (3.26%) C
11 12 (2.61%) Delphi
12 11 (2.39%) Bash
12 11 (2.39%) T-SQL
13 8 (1.74%) C++
14 6 (1.30%) Shell Script
15 5 (1.09%) Korn
15 5 (1.09%) Rust
16 4 (0.87%) Pascal
16 4 (0.87%) Ruby
17 3 (0.65%) RPG
Qualifications
1 60 (13.04%) Degree
2 59 (12.83%) Security Cleared
3 47 (10.22%) SC Cleared
4 30 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.48%) DV Cleared
6 14 (3.04%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.61%) AWS Certified Developer
8 8 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.30%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.65%) RHCE
11 2 (0.43%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.43%) RHCSA
11 2 (0.43%) SnowPro
12 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.61%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.57%) QA
3 15 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.83%) GDPR
5 10 (2.17%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.87%) SLA
7 2 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.43%) WCAG
8 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.22%) NCSC
8 1 (0.22%) PSD2
System Software
1 160 (34.78%) Docker
2 27 (5.87%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.87%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.43%) Firmware
5 2 (0.43%) Samba
6 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 158 (34.35%) Kubernetes
2 101 (21.96%) Terraform
3 34 (7.39%) Grafana
4 22 (4.78%) Ansible
5 19 (4.13%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.17%) Argo
7 8 (1.74%) Kibana
8 5 (1.09%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (1.09%) Nagios
9 4 (0.87%) Data Guard
9 4 (0.87%) Rancher
10 3 (0.65%) Puppet
11 2 (0.43%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.43%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.22%) Ambari
12 1 (0.22%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.22%) Plesk
12 1 (0.22%) SQL Sentry
12 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 46 (10.00%) Oracle
2 43 (9.35%) Microsoft
3 30 (6.52%) Google
4 13 (2.83%) Red Hat
5 12 (2.61%) OpenAI
6 8 (1.74%) Atlassian
6 8 (1.74%) Informatica
7 7 (1.52%) Talend
8 6 (1.30%) Dell
9 5 (1.09%) Confluent
9 5 (1.09%) Databricks
9 5 (1.09%) IBM
9 5 (1.09%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.09%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.09%) Splunk
10 4 (0.87%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.87%) Pega
10 4 (0.87%) VMware
11 3 (0.65%) Revolut
12 2 (0.43%) D-Link