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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 215 159
Rank change year-on-year -80 -56 +30
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 514 588 1,524
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.62% 1.54% 1.76%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.08% 9.28% 10.32%
Number of salaries quoted 387 429 1,081
10th Percentile £42,000 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £59,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +15.38% -9.09%
75th Percentile £86,688 £110,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £105,500 £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 7,258 6,333 14,768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.73% 16.61% 17.04%
Number of salaries quoted 4,687 4,237 11,400
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% +10.43% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £100,000
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 28 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 28 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 -111 199 £85,000 -8.11% 140
North of England -12 118 £67,500 -0.19% 38
South East -10 106 £57,500 +9.52% 31
Yorkshire -23 47 £60,000 -7.69% 5
North West -20 46 £69,310 -0.11% 28
South West -47 37 £62,500 -3.85% 14
North East -28 25 £65,000 +4.00% 5
East of England -42 22 £47,500 +36.69% 9
Midlands -55 14 £75,000 +11.01% 18
West Midlands -47 11 £75,000 +11.11% 8
East Midlands -34 3 £70,000 - 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 (5.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (4.28%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (3.70%) Apache
4 15 (2.92%) Confluence
5 14 (2.72%) Apache Spark
5 14 (2.72%) OpenStack
6 11 (2.14%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.78%) WordPress
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.19%) Camunda
9 1 (0.19%) CMS
9 1 (0.19%) IIS
9 1 (0.19%) JBoss
9 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.19%) Moodle
9 1 (0.19%) nginx
9 1 (0.19%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.19%) WildFly
Applications
1 9 (1.75%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) Shopify
2 1 (0.19%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 311 (60.51%) AWS
2 201 (39.11%) Azure
3 99 (19.26%) GCP
4 71 (13.81%) Serverless
5 54 (10.51%) GitHub
6 50 (9.73%) SaaS
7 40 (7.78%) Amazon EKS
8 39 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
9 36 (7.00%) Amazon ECS
10 34 (6.61%) Microsoft 365
11 33 (6.42%) Power Platform
12 30 (5.84%) Amazon S3
13 24 (4.67%) Azure Service Bus
14 23 (4.47%) Amazon SQS
14 23 (4.47%) Azure AKS
15 22 (4.28%) GitHub Actions
16 21 (4.09%) AWS Lambda
17 17 (3.31%) AWS CloudFormation
18 15 (2.92%) Azure Functions
18 15 (2.92%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.28%) Broadband
2 16 (3.11%) DNS
2 16 (3.11%) Firewall
3 15 (2.92%) DHCP
4 14 (2.72%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.75%) VPN
6 8 (1.56%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.56%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.56%) SAN
7 7 (1.36%) Internet
7 7 (1.36%) Network Security
7 7 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.58%) VLAN
9 2 (0.39%) HTTP
9 2 (0.39%) LAN
9 2 (0.39%) PBX
9 2 (0.39%) WAN
10 1 (0.19%) LTE
10 1 (0.19%) SMS
10 1 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (28.02%) MongoDB
2 123 (23.93%) MySQL
3 98 (19.07%) NoSQL
3 98 (19.07%) SQL Server
4 91 (17.70%) Relational Database
5 30 (5.84%) Redis
6 28 (5.45%) Power BI
7 26 (5.06%) DynamoDB
8 21 (4.09%) Data Warehouse
8 21 (4.09%) Elasticsearch
9 18 (3.50%) Apache Cassandra
10 15 (2.92%) RDBMS
11 14 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (2.14%) MariaDB
12 11 (2.14%) Oracle Database
13 10 (1.95%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (1.95%) Metadata
13 10 (1.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (1.75%) Big Data
14 9 (1.75%) DB2
Development Applications
1 112 (21.79%) Git
2 41 (7.98%) Jenkins
3 37 (7.20%) GitLab
4 23 (4.47%) JIRA
5 17 (3.31%) JUnit
6 15 (2.92%) Bitbucket
6 15 (2.92%) TeamCity
7 13 (2.53%) Mockito
8 10 (1.95%) JMeter
9 8 (1.56%) Cucumber
9 8 (1.56%) Selenium
10 7 (1.36%) Vite
11 5 (0.97%) Maven
12 4 (0.78%) Claude Code
13 3 (0.58%) DBeaver
14 2 (0.39%) CircleCI
14 2 (0.39%) ESLint
14 2 (0.39%) Gatling
14 2 (0.39%) Jaeger
14 2 (0.39%) Storybook
General
1 135 (26.26%) Social Skills
2 76 (14.79%) Finance
3 64 (12.45%) Public Sector
4 50 (9.73%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (6.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (6.03%) Retail
7 27 (5.25%) Law
8 26 (5.06%) Banking
9 25 (4.86%) Games
10 19 (3.70%) Manufacturing
10 19 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (3.11%) Front Office
12 15 (2.92%) Advertising
13 10 (1.95%) Legal
14 9 (1.75%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.97%) Automotive
15 5 (0.97%) Aviation
15 5 (0.97%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.58%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 166 (32.30%) Developer
2 100 (19.46%) Senior
3 99 (19.26%) Software Engineer
4 81 (15.76%) Lead
5 56 (10.89%) Full-Stack Developer
6 48 (9.34%) Python Engineer
7 42 (8.17%) Java Developer
8 35 (6.81%) Lead Developer
9 33 (6.42%) Lead Software Engineer
10 32 (6.23%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 30 (5.84%) Data Engineer
11 30 (5.84%) Java Engineer
12 28 (5.45%) Python Developer
13 27 (5.25%) DevOps Engineer
14 24 (4.67%) Senior Developer
15 21 (4.09%) AWS Engineer
15 21 (4.09%) Senior DevOps
16 20 (3.89%) Architect
16 20 (3.89%) DBA
16 20 (3.89%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (27.63%) React
2 129 (25.10%) Node.js
3 102 (19.84%) RESTful
4 75 (14.59%) REST
5 63 (12.26%) Spring
6 60 (11.67%) Spring Boot
7 49 (9.53%) Kafka
8 45 (8.75%) .NET
9 44 (8.56%) FastAPI
10 42 (8.17%) CSS
11 40 (7.78%) HTML
12 35 (6.81%) JSON
13 30 (5.84%) Django
14 29 (5.64%) AngularJS
15 28 (5.45%) Next.js
16 24 (4.67%) Flask
16 24 (4.67%) Redux
16 24 (4.67%) Vue
17 21 (4.09%) Web Services
18 20 (3.89%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 112 (21.79%) Cloud Native
2 53 (10.31%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (4.47%) Product Ownership
3 23 (4.47%) Video\Live Streaming
4 22 (4.28%) Low-Code
5 17 (3.31%) Algorithms
5 17 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (3.31%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.31%) Onboarding
6 16 (3.11%) Blog
6 16 (3.11%) Derivative
6 16 (3.11%) Equities
6 16 (3.11%) Fixed Income
7 15 (2.92%) Data Structures
7 15 (2.92%) Replication
8 12 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.95%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
11 7 (1.36%) Driving Licence
11 7 (1.36%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 76 (14.79%) Linux
2 41 (7.98%) Windows
3 20 (3.89%) Windows Server
4 18 (3.50%) Unix
5 10 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (1.56%) Windows Server 2008
6 8 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.78%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.58%) CentOS
9 2 (0.39%) Android
9 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.19%) Debian
10 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (45.33%) CI/CD
2 201 (39.11%) Agile
3 175 (34.05%) Software Engineering
4 149 (28.99%) Full-Stack Development
5 147 (28.60%) Microservices
6 120 (23.35%) DevOps
7 112 (21.79%) Infrastructure as Code
8 106 (20.62%) Test Automation
9 105 (20.43%) AI
10 100 (19.46%) Mentoring
11 97 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
12 92 (17.90%) Containerisation
13 85 (16.54%) Continuous Improvement
14 73 (14.20%) Scrum
15 67 (13.04%) Analytics
16 64 (12.45%) TDD
17 61 (11.87%) Observability
18 54 (10.51%) API Design
19 53 (10.31%) Data Modelling
20 50 (9.73%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 221 (43.00%) Python
2 164 (31.91%) Java
3 160 (31.13%) SQL
4 120 (23.35%) JavaScript
5 110 (21.40%) TypeScript
6 44 (8.56%) C#
6 44 (8.56%) Go
7 34 (6.61%) PowerShell
8 24 (4.67%) Bash
8 24 (4.67%) PHP
9 15 (2.92%) Ruby
10 13 (2.53%) C
11 12 (2.33%) C++
11 12 (2.33%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.95%) Shell Script
13 9 (1.75%) Scala
14 7 (1.36%) Korn
15 5 (0.97%) RPG
16 4 (0.78%) Delphi
16 4 (0.78%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 67 (13.04%) Degree
2 58 (11.28%) Security Cleared
3 45 (8.75%) SC Cleared
4 28 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.50%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.95%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.75%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.36%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.97%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.58%) PhD
11 3 (0.58%) RHCE
12 2 (0.39%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.39%) RHCSA
13 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.19%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.78%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.67%) QA
3 20 (3.89%) GDPR
4 16 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.95%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.58%) SLA
7 2 (0.39%) WCAG
8 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.19%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.19%) MiFID
8 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 153 (29.77%) Docker
2 30 (5.84%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.75%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.78%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.39%) Firmware
5 2 (0.39%) Samba
6 1 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 155 (30.16%) Kubernetes
2 109 (21.21%) Terraform
3 29 (5.64%) Ansible
4 28 (5.45%) Grafana
5 27 (5.25%) Argo
6 17 (3.31%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.95%) Kibana
8 8 (1.56%) Progress Chef
8 8 (1.56%) Puppet
9 5 (0.97%) Istio
10 4 (0.78%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.78%) Nagios
11 3 (0.58%) AWS Copilot
11 3 (0.58%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.58%) Plesk
11 3 (0.58%) Rancher
12 2 (0.39%) HAProxy
12 2 (0.39%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
13 1 (0.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 62 (12.06%) Microsoft
2 56 (10.89%) Oracle
3 23 (4.47%) Google
4 14 (2.72%) Red Hat
5 13 (2.53%) OpenAI
6 11 (2.14%) Dynatrace
7 9 (1.75%) Splunk
8 8 (1.56%) Dell
9 6 (1.17%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.17%) Databricks
9 6 (1.17%) ServiceNow
10 5 (0.97%) IBM
10 5 (0.97%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.78%) Confluent
11 4 (0.78%) Informatica
11 4 (0.78%) Pega
11 4 (0.78%) Talend
11 4 (0.78%) VMware
12 3 (0.58%) Netezza
12 3 (0.58%) Revolut