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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 211 171
Rank change year-on-year -69 -40 +43
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 596 653 1,495
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.69% 1.54% 1.66%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.67% 9.64% 10.22%
Number of salaries quoted 457 477 979
10th Percentile £42,000 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £59,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £110,000 £91,875
90th Percentile £100,500 £137,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £69,305 £75,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.59% +20.00% -10.71%

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 7,768 6,772 14,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.98% 15.92% 16.27%
Number of salaries quoted 5,295 4,505 10,949
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,200
25th Percentile £45,750 £46,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%

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 8 July 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 8 July 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 -81 248 £85,000 -15.00% 141
South East -18 118 £59,500 +8.18% 56
North of England -25 118 £65,000 -3.70% 43
North West -22 53 £67,500 - 22
South West -41 45 £62,500 +4.17% 20
Yorkshire -20 33 £65,000 -3.70% 12
North East -23 32 £65,000 +25.30% 9
East of England -32 24 £52,500 +66.67% 16
Midlands -47 20 £75,000 +11.11% 24
West Midlands -31 16 £75,000 +11.11% 11
East Midlands -32 4 £65,000 +18.18% 13
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 (4.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (4.03%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (3.36%) Apache
4 19 (3.19%) Confluence
5 14 (2.35%) Apache Spark
6 11 (1.85%) SharePoint
7 6 (1.01%) WordPress
8 5 (0.84%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.67%) Camunda
10 2 (0.34%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.17%) CMS
11 1 (0.17%) Documentum
11 1 (0.17%) IIS
11 1 (0.17%) JBoss
11 1 (0.17%) Moodle
11 1 (0.17%) nginx
11 1 (0.17%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.17%) WildFly
Applications
1 13 (2.18%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 349 (58.56%) AWS
2 233 (39.09%) Azure
3 105 (17.62%) GCP
4 63 (10.57%) Serverless
5 61 (10.23%) GitHub
6 55 (9.23%) SaaS
7 43 (7.21%) Azure DevOps
8 37 (6.21%) Amazon EKS
8 37 (6.21%) Amazon S3
8 37 (6.21%) Power Platform
9 33 (5.54%) Amazon ECS
10 32 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
11 27 (4.53%) Azure Service Bus
12 25 (4.19%) Azure AKS
13 23 (3.86%) GitHub Actions
14 20 (3.36%) AWS Lambda
15 19 (3.19%) Amazon EC2
16 17 (2.85%) Azure Monitor
17 15 (2.52%) Azure Functions
17 15 (2.52%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.20%) Broadband
2 16 (2.68%) Firewall
3 14 (2.35%) DNS
4 13 (2.18%) DHCP
5 11 (1.85%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.51%) VPN
7 8 (1.34%) iSCSI
7 8 (1.34%) Remote Desktop
7 8 (1.34%) SAN
8 5 (0.84%) Network Security
8 5 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.50%) VLAN
10 2 (0.34%) HTTP
10 2 (0.34%) PBX
11 1 (0.17%) Internet
11 1 (0.17%) LAN
11 1 (0.17%) LTE
11 1 (0.17%) SMS
11 1 (0.17%) SSL
11 1 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (27.85%) MongoDB
2 147 (24.66%) MySQL
3 98 (16.44%) SQL Server
4 97 (16.28%) Relational Database
5 95 (15.94%) NoSQL
6 53 (8.89%) Redis
7 32 (5.37%) Power BI
8 27 (4.53%) DynamoDB
9 26 (4.36%) Data Warehouse
10 24 (4.03%) Elasticsearch
11 23 (3.86%) Amazon RDS
12 18 (3.02%) Amazon Redshift
12 18 (3.02%) Metadata
13 15 (2.52%) Apache Cassandra
13 15 (2.52%) Big Data
14 13 (2.18%) RDBMS
15 12 (2.01%) Amazon Aurora
15 12 (2.01%) Pinecone
15 12 (2.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 11 (1.85%) Db2
Development Applications
1 111 (18.62%) Git
2 41 (6.88%) GitLab
3 33 (5.54%) Jenkins
4 22 (3.69%) JIRA
5 20 (3.36%) JUnit
6 16 (2.68%) Mockito
7 14 (2.35%) TeamCity
8 13 (2.18%) Bitbucket
9 10 (1.68%) JMeter
10 9 (1.51%) Vite
11 8 (1.34%) Claude Code
12 6 (1.01%) Maven
12 6 (1.01%) Selenium
13 4 (0.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.67%) Cucumber
14 3 (0.50%) DBeaver
14 3 (0.50%) Eclipse
14 3 (0.50%) Gatling
14 3 (0.50%) Storybook
15 2 (0.34%) Jaeger
General
1 136 (22.82%) Social Skills
2 82 (13.76%) Finance
3 74 (12.42%) Public Sector
4 48 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (6.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (5.70%) Games
7 28 (4.70%) Retail
8 26 (4.36%) Law
9 23 (3.86%) Banking
10 19 (3.19%) Manufacturing
10 19 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (2.68%) Front Office
11 16 (2.68%) Legal
12 15 (2.52%) Advertising
13 11 (1.85%) Legal Technology
14 7 (1.17%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.17%) Aviation
15 6 (1.01%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.84%) Automotive
16 5 (0.84%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 182 (30.54%) Developer
2 128 (21.48%) Senior
3 125 (20.97%) Software Engineer
4 110 (18.46%) Lead
5 55 (9.23%) Python Engineer
6 53 (8.89%) Full-Stack Developer
7 46 (7.72%) Lead Developer
8 44 (7.38%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 43 (7.21%) Python Developer
10 41 (6.88%) Lead Software Engineer
11 39 (6.54%) Data Engineer
12 36 (6.04%) Architect
13 35 (5.87%) DevOps Engineer
14 33 (5.54%) Java Engineer
15 31 (5.20%) Java Developer
16 27 (4.53%) Senior Developer
17 26 (4.36%) Senior Software Engineer
18 24 (4.03%) Ruby Developer
19 21 (3.52%) AWS Engineer
19 21 (3.52%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (23.66%) React
2 138 (23.15%) Node.js
3 115 (19.30%) RESTful
4 84 (14.09%) REST
5 72 (12.08%) Spring
6 69 (11.58%) Spring Boot
7 63 (10.57%) Kafka
8 53 (8.89%) FastAPI
9 48 (8.05%) CSS
10 42 (7.05%) HTML
11 41 (6.88%) JSON
11 41 (6.88%) Next.js
12 39 (6.54%) .NET
13 31 (5.20%) AngularJS
14 28 (4.70%) Django
14 28 (4.70%) Ruby on Rails
15 26 (4.36%) Flask
15 26 (4.36%) Vue
16 24 (4.03%) JWT
16 24 (4.03%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 134 (22.48%) Cloud Native
2 68 (11.41%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (5.54%) Low-Code
4 32 (5.37%) Video\Live Streaming
5 28 (4.70%) Onboarding
6 24 (4.03%) Legacy Systems
7 23 (3.86%) Product Ownership
8 21 (3.52%) Algorithms
9 18 (3.02%) Blog
9 18 (3.02%) Data Structures
10 16 (2.68%) Derivative
10 16 (2.68%) Equities
10 16 (2.68%) Fixed Income
11 15 (2.52%) AI Agents
12 14 (2.35%) Management Information System
12 14 (2.35%) Replication
13 10 (1.68%) EPoS
13 10 (1.68%) iSeries
13 10 (1.68%) Public Cloud
13 10 (1.68%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 85 (14.26%) Linux
2 41 (6.88%) Windows
3 19 (3.19%) Unix
4 17 (2.85%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.17%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (1.17%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (1.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.67%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.50%) CentOS
9 1 (0.17%) Debian
9 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (44.30%) CI/CD
2 218 (36.58%) Software Engineering
3 211 (35.40%) Agile
4 169 (28.36%) Microservices
5 165 (27.68%) Full-Stack Development
6 142 (23.83%) AI
7 141 (23.66%) DevOps
8 136 (22.82%) Infrastructure as Code
9 125 (20.97%) Mentoring
10 122 (20.47%) Test Automation
11 114 (19.13%) Containerisation
12 102 (17.11%) Observability
13 101 (16.95%) Continuous Improvement
14 98 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
15 79 (13.26%) Analytics
16 74 (12.42%) API Design
17 70 (11.74%) Data Modelling
18 69 (11.58%) TDD
19 66 (11.07%) Scrum
20 63 (10.57%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 256 (42.95%) Python
2 184 (30.87%) SQL
3 178 (29.87%) Java
4 121 (20.30%) TypeScript
5 119 (19.97%) JavaScript
6 50 (8.39%) Go
7 46 (7.72%) C#
8 39 (6.54%) PowerShell
9 32 (5.37%) Bash
10 28 (4.70%) Ruby
11 24 (4.03%) PHP
12 14 (2.35%) C++
12 14 (2.35%) Scala
13 12 (2.01%) T-SQL
14 10 (1.68%) RPG
14 10 (1.68%) Shell Script
15 6 (1.01%) C
15 6 (1.01%) Korn
16 4 (0.67%) Delphi
16 4 (0.67%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 78 (13.09%) Security Cleared
2 70 (11.74%) Degree
3 58 (9.73%) SC Cleared
4 29 (4.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.02%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.01%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.85%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.84%) PhD
11 4 (0.67%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.50%) RHCE
13 2 (0.34%) CISSP
13 2 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.34%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.34%) RHCSA
13 2 (0.34%) SnowPro
14 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (8.89%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.03%) QA
3 22 (3.69%) GDPR
4 16 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (2.01%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.50%) SLA
7 2 (0.34%) Good Clinical Practice
7 2 (0.34%) WCAG
8 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.17%) MiFID
8 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 164 (27.52%) Docker
2 28 (4.70%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.51%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.67%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.34%) Firmware
5 2 (0.34%) Samba
6 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 162 (27.18%) Kubernetes
2 117 (19.63%) Terraform
3 34 (5.70%) Grafana
4 29 (4.87%) Ansible
4 29 (4.87%) Argo
5 20 (3.36%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.68%) Kibana
7 7 (1.17%) Progress Chef
7 7 (1.17%) Puppet
8 6 (1.01%) Istio
8 6 (1.01%) Kustomize
9 3 (0.50%) AWS Copilot
9 3 (0.50%) HAProxy
9 3 (0.50%) Plesk
9 3 (0.50%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.50%) Rancher
9 3 (0.50%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.34%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.34%) Nagios
10 2 (0.34%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 66 (11.07%) Microsoft
2 59 (9.90%) Oracle
3 30 (5.03%) Google
4 21 (3.52%) OpenAI
5 15 (2.52%) Red Hat
6 12 (2.01%) Dynatrace
7 10 (1.68%) Databricks
7 10 (1.68%) IBM
8 9 (1.51%) Splunk
9 8 (1.34%) Dell
10 7 (1.17%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.84%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.67%) Confluent
12 4 (0.67%) Netezza
12 4 (0.67%) Pega
12 4 (0.67%) Remedy
12 4 (0.67%) VMware
13 3 (0.50%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.50%) Revolut
14 2 (0.34%) TikTok