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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 274 216 172
Rank change year-on-year -58 -44 +44
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 581 647 1,526
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.68% 1.55% 1.65%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.59% 9.63% 10.19%
Number of salaries quoted 444 474 1,009
10th Percentile £42,000 £42,875 £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 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,875 £137,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +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 7,655 6,718 14,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.91% 16.08% 16.19%
Number of salaries quoted 5,202 4,484 11,263
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,392
25th Percentile £45,750 £46,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +6.84% -10.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,738 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.73%

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 3 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 3 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 -91 237 £85,000 -14.14% 205
South East -14 118 £59,500 +10.70% 50
North of England -18 118 £65,000 -3.70% 39
North West -19 53 £67,500 - 22
South West -53 43 £62,500 +2.04% 23
Yorkshire -24 34 £65,000 -3.70% 8
North East -27 31 £65,000 +25.30% 9
East of England -20 24 £47,500 +50.79% 15
Midlands -47 18 £75,000 +11.11% 27
West Midlands -40 14 £77,500 +14.81% 17
East Midlands -21 4 £65,000 +18.18% 10
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 (4.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (4.13%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (3.44%) Apache
4 18 (3.10%) Confluence
5 13 (2.24%) Apache Spark
6 11 (1.89%) SharePoint
7 6 (1.03%) WordPress
8 5 (0.86%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.34%) Camunda
9 2 (0.34%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.17%) CMS
10 1 (0.17%) Documentum
10 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.17%) Moodle
10 1 (0.17%) nginx
10 1 (0.17%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.17%) WildFly
Applications
1 12 (2.07%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 342 (58.86%) AWS
2 227 (39.07%) Azure
3 104 (17.90%) GCP
4 63 (10.84%) Serverless
5 59 (10.15%) GitHub
6 55 (9.47%) SaaS
7 40 (6.88%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (6.20%) Power Platform
9 35 (6.02%) Amazon EKS
10 34 (5.85%) Amazon S3
11 33 (5.68%) Microsoft 365
12 32 (5.51%) Amazon ECS
13 27 (4.65%) Azure Service Bus
14 25 (4.30%) Azure AKS
15 22 (3.79%) GitHub Actions
16 20 (3.44%) AWS Lambda
17 17 (2.93%) Amazon EC2
17 17 (2.93%) Azure Monitor
18 15 (2.58%) Azure Functions
18 15 (2.58%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.34%) Broadband
2 17 (2.93%) Firewall
3 15 (2.58%) DNS
4 14 (2.41%) DHCP
5 13 (2.24%) TCP/IP
6 10 (1.72%) VPN
7 8 (1.38%) iSCSI
7 8 (1.38%) Remote Desktop
7 8 (1.38%) SAN
8 6 (1.03%) Network Security
8 6 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.69%) VLAN
10 2 (0.34%) HTTP
10 2 (0.34%) Internet
10 2 (0.34%) LAN
10 2 (0.34%) PBX
10 2 (0.34%) WAN
11 1 (0.17%) LTE
11 1 (0.17%) SMS
11 1 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (28.74%) MongoDB
2 145 (24.96%) MySQL
3 98 (16.87%) SQL Server
4 96 (16.52%) Relational Database
5 92 (15.83%) NoSQL
6 49 (8.43%) Redis
7 31 (5.34%) Power BI
8 25 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
8 25 (4.30%) DynamoDB
8 25 (4.30%) Elasticsearch
9 22 (3.79%) Amazon RDS
10 17 (2.93%) Amazon Redshift
11 16 (2.75%) Metadata
12 15 (2.58%) Apache Cassandra
13 13 (2.24%) RDBMS
14 12 (2.07%) Pinecone
14 12 (2.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 11 (1.89%) Big Data
15 11 (1.89%) MariaDB
16 10 (1.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 107 (18.42%) Git
2 40 (6.88%) GitLab
3 33 (5.68%) Jenkins
4 22 (3.79%) JIRA
5 18 (3.10%) JUnit
6 14 (2.41%) Mockito
6 14 (2.41%) TeamCity
7 13 (2.24%) Bitbucket
8 10 (1.72%) JMeter
9 9 (1.55%) Vite
10 8 (1.38%) Claude Code
11 6 (1.03%) Maven
11 6 (1.03%) Selenium
12 4 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.69%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.52%) DBeaver
13 3 (0.52%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.52%) Gatling
13 3 (0.52%) Storybook
14 2 (0.34%) Jaeger
General
1 134 (23.06%) Social Skills
2 80 (13.77%) Finance
3 72 (12.39%) Public Sector
4 47 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (6.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (5.85%) Games
7 29 (4.99%) Retail
8 26 (4.48%) Law
9 23 (3.96%) Banking
10 20 (3.44%) Manufacturing
11 19 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (2.75%) Front Office
13 15 (2.58%) Advertising
13 15 (2.58%) Legal
14 10 (1.72%) Legal Technology
15 8 (1.38%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.20%) Aviation
17 6 (1.03%) Telecoms
18 5 (0.86%) Automotive
18 5 (0.86%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 175 (30.12%) Developer
2 122 (21.00%) Senior
3 121 (20.83%) Software Engineer
4 107 (18.42%) Lead
5 54 (9.29%) Python Engineer
6 51 (8.78%) Full-Stack Developer
7 45 (7.75%) Lead Developer
8 43 (7.40%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 40 (6.88%) Lead Software Engineer
9 40 (6.88%) Python Developer
10 38 (6.54%) Data Engineer
11 35 (6.02%) Architect
11 35 (6.02%) DevOps Engineer
12 33 (5.68%) Java Engineer
13 31 (5.34%) Java Developer
14 25 (4.30%) Senior Developer
15 23 (3.96%) Senior Software Engineer
16 22 (3.79%) Ruby Developer
17 21 (3.61%) Senior DevOps
18 20 (3.44%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (23.75%) React
2 136 (23.41%) Node.js
3 110 (18.93%) RESTful
4 81 (13.94%) REST
5 69 (11.88%) Spring
6 66 (11.36%) Spring Boot
7 59 (10.15%) Kafka
8 51 (8.78%) FastAPI
9 47 (8.09%) CSS
10 41 (7.06%) HTML
11 40 (6.88%) Next.js
12 39 (6.71%) .NET
12 39 (6.71%) JSON
13 32 (5.51%) AngularJS
14 27 (4.65%) Django
15 26 (4.48%) Ruby on Rails
15 26 (4.48%) Vue
16 24 (4.13%) Flask
16 24 (4.13%) Redux
17 21 (3.61%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 133 (22.89%) Cloud Native
2 64 (11.02%) Distributed Systems
3 32 (5.51%) Low-Code
3 32 (5.51%) Video\Live Streaming
4 25 (4.30%) Onboarding
5 23 (3.96%) Legacy Systems
5 23 (3.96%) Product Ownership
6 21 (3.61%) Algorithms
7 18 (3.10%) Blog
7 18 (3.10%) Data Structures
8 16 (2.75%) Derivative
8 16 (2.75%) Equities
8 16 (2.75%) Fixed Income
9 15 (2.58%) AI Agents
9 15 (2.58%) Replication
10 14 (2.41%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.55%) EPoS
11 9 (1.55%) iSeries
11 9 (1.55%) Renewable Energy
12 8 (1.38%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 87 (14.97%) Linux
2 43 (7.40%) Windows
3 19 (3.27%) Unix
3 19 (3.27%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.20%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.69%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.52%) CentOS
8 1 (0.17%) Debian
8 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (43.89%) CI/CD
2 212 (36.49%) Software Engineering
3 205 (35.28%) Agile
4 162 (27.88%) Microservices
5 161 (27.71%) Full-Stack Development
6 138 (23.75%) AI
7 137 (23.58%) DevOps
8 135 (23.24%) Infrastructure as Code
9 123 (21.17%) Mentoring
10 119 (20.48%) Test Automation
11 109 (18.76%) Containerisation
12 99 (17.04%) Observability
12 99 (17.04%) Problem-Solving
13 98 (16.87%) Continuous Improvement
14 77 (13.25%) Analytics
15 71 (12.22%) API Design
16 68 (11.70%) Data Modelling
17 65 (11.19%) Scrum
17 65 (11.19%) TDD
18 61 (10.50%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 250 (43.03%) Python
2 179 (30.81%) SQL
3 173 (29.78%) Java
4 120 (20.65%) TypeScript
5 117 (20.14%) JavaScript
6 51 (8.78%) Go
7 46 (7.92%) C#
8 40 (6.88%) PowerShell
9 33 (5.68%) Bash
10 26 (4.48%) Ruby
11 24 (4.13%) PHP
12 14 (2.41%) C++
13 12 (2.07%) T-SQL
14 11 (1.89%) Scala
14 11 (1.89%) Shell Script
15 9 (1.55%) RPG
16 7 (1.20%) C
16 7 (1.20%) Korn
17 4 (0.69%) Delphi
17 4 (0.69%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 74 (12.74%) Security Cleared
2 71 (12.22%) Degree
3 57 (9.81%) SC Cleared
4 28 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.10%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.07%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.89%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.86%) PhD
11 4 (0.69%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.52%) 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 52 (8.95%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.13%) QA
3 22 (3.79%) GDPR
4 17 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (2.07%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.52%) 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
1 159 (27.37%) Docker
2 29 (4.99%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.55%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 5 (0.86%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.34%) Firmware
5 2 (0.34%) Samba
6 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 160 (27.54%) Kubernetes
2 115 (19.79%) Terraform
3 34 (5.85%) Grafana
4 30 (5.16%) Ansible
5 29 (4.99%) Argo
6 20 (3.44%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.72%) Kibana
8 7 (1.20%) Progress Chef
8 7 (1.20%) Puppet
9 6 (1.03%) Istio
9 6 (1.03%) Kustomize
10 3 (0.52%) AWS Copilot
10 3 (0.52%) HAProxy
10 3 (0.52%) Plesk
10 3 (0.52%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.52%) Rancher
10 3 (0.52%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.34%) Nagios
11 2 (0.34%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.34%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 67 (11.53%) Microsoft
2 59 (10.15%) Oracle
3 28 (4.82%) Google
4 19 (3.27%) OpenAI
5 16 (2.75%) Red Hat
6 12 (2.07%) Dynatrace
7 9 (1.55%) Databricks
7 9 (1.55%) IBM
7 9 (1.55%) Splunk
8 8 (1.38%) Dell
9 7 (1.20%) ServiceNow
10 5 (0.86%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.86%) VMware
11 4 (0.69%) Confluent
11 4 (0.69%) Netezza
11 4 (0.69%) Pega
11 4 (0.69%) Remedy
12 3 (0.52%) Revolut
13 2 (0.34%) Mapbox
13 2 (0.34%) TikTok