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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 208 169
Rank change year-on-year -89 -39 +24
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 467 593 1,446
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.59% 1.56% 1.74%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.72% 8.96% 9.88%
Number of salaries quoted 350 448 1,057
10th Percentile £41,125 £48,525 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £61,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,305 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +15.38% -13.33%
75th Percentile £91,875 £102,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,125 £137,500 £112,500
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 6,951 6,615 14,631
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.71% 17.45% 17.56%
Number of salaries quoted 4,291 4,691 11,423
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £96,539
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 30 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 30 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 -89 191 £90,000 +2.86% 141
North of England -43 101 £67,500 - 26
South East -59 83 £57,500 -16.36% 73
Yorkshire -36 46 £52,130 -12.93% 6
North West -42 42 £70,905 +4.85% 10
South West -44 35 £62,500 -3.85% 22
Midlands -44 20 £55,200 -15.08% 15
East of England -42 19 £47,500 -13.64% 13
North East -25 13 £53,565 -22.80% 10
West Midlands -32 11 £47,500 -26.92% 6
East Midlands -47 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 29 (6.21%) Apache Airflow
2 28 (6.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (3.85%) Apache
4 16 (3.43%) Apache Spark
5 13 (2.78%) Confluence
5 13 (2.78%) OpenStack
6 10 (2.14%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.43%) Camunda
7 2 (0.43%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.43%) WordPress
8 1 (0.21%) CMS
8 1 (0.21%) IIS
8 1 (0.21%) JBoss
8 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.21%) nginx
8 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.21%) WildFly
Applications
1 9 (1.93%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 280 (59.96%) AWS
2 185 (39.61%) Azure
3 109 (23.34%) GCP
4 63 (13.49%) Serverless
5 50 (10.71%) GitHub
6 44 (9.42%) SaaS
7 37 (7.92%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (7.49%) Amazon EKS
9 34 (7.28%) Power Platform
10 32 (6.85%) Amazon S3
11 31 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
12 26 (5.57%) Azure Service Bus
13 25 (5.35%) AWS Lambda
13 25 (5.35%) Azure AKS
14 23 (4.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 23 (4.93%) Amazon ECS
14 23 (4.93%) Amazon SQS
15 20 (4.28%) AWS CloudFormation
16 19 (4.07%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (4.07%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.43%) DNS
2 15 (3.21%) DHCP
3 14 (3.00%) Firewall
4 12 (2.57%) TCP/IP
5 11 (2.36%) Broadband
6 9 (1.93%) VPN
7 8 (1.71%) iSCSI
7 8 (1.71%) Remote Desktop
7 8 (1.71%) SAN
8 7 (1.50%) Internet
8 7 (1.50%) Network Security
8 7 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.64%) VLAN
10 2 (0.43%) HTTP
10 2 (0.43%) LAN
10 2 (0.43%) PBX
10 2 (0.43%) WAN
11 1 (0.21%) Asterisk PBX
11 1 (0.21%) LTE
11 1 (0.21%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (24.41%) MongoDB
1 114 (24.41%) SQL Server
2 109 (23.34%) MySQL
3 90 (19.27%) NoSQL
4 88 (18.84%) Relational Database
5 32 (6.85%) DynamoDB
6 30 (6.42%) Power BI
7 28 (6.00%) Redis
8 25 (5.35%) Data Warehouse
9 22 (4.71%) Elasticsearch
10 17 (3.64%) Apache Cassandra
11 14 (3.00%) DB2
11 14 (3.00%) RDBMS
12 13 (2.78%) BigQuery
13 11 (2.36%) Pinecone
14 10 (2.14%) Oracle Database
15 9 (1.93%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (1.93%) MariaDB
16 8 (1.71%) Big Data
16 8 (1.71%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 114 (24.41%) Git
2 47 (10.06%) Jenkins
3 44 (9.42%) GitLab
4 24 (5.14%) JIRA
5 21 (4.50%) Bitbucket
6 20 (4.28%) JUnit
6 20 (4.28%) Selenium
7 18 (3.85%) Cucumber
7 18 (3.85%) TeamCity
8 10 (2.14%) Mockito
9 9 (1.93%) Vite
10 7 (1.50%) Maven
11 4 (0.86%) CircleCI
12 3 (0.64%) Gradle
12 3 (0.64%) JMeter
13 2 (0.43%) DBeaver
13 2 (0.43%) Gatling
13 2 (0.43%) MSTest
13 2 (0.43%) Subversion
13 2 (0.43%) webpack
General
1 122 (26.12%) Social Skills
2 79 (16.92%) Finance
3 48 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (9.64%) Public Sector
5 29 (6.21%) Banking
6 27 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (5.78%) Retail
7 26 (5.57%) Law
8 19 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (3.64%) Front Office
10 14 (3.00%) Games
11 13 (2.78%) Advertising
12 10 (2.14%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.50%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.07%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.86%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.64%) Automotive
16 3 (0.64%) Aviation
16 3 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.64%) Legal
Job Titles
1 138 (29.55%) Developer
2 96 (20.56%) Senior
3 80 (17.13%) Software Engineer
4 70 (14.99%) Lead
5 46 (9.85%) Full-Stack Developer
6 40 (8.57%) Python Engineer
7 39 (8.35%) Java Developer
8 35 (7.49%) Data Engineer
9 32 (6.85%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 31 (6.64%) Java Engineer
11 26 (5.57%) Lead Developer
12 24 (5.14%) Lead Software Engineer
13 21 (4.50%) DevOps Engineer
14 20 (4.28%) Python Developer
14 20 (4.28%) Senior DevOps
15 19 (4.07%) Analyst
15 19 (4.07%) Java Software Engineer
15 19 (4.07%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 18 (3.85%) IT Support
17 17 (3.64%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (29.76%) React
2 102 (21.84%) Node.js
3 79 (16.92%) RESTful
4 58 (12.42%) REST
4 58 (12.42%) Spring
5 55 (11.78%) Spring Boot
6 45 (9.64%) FastAPI
7 44 (9.42%) Kafka
8 38 (8.14%) Django
9 37 (7.92%) .NET
9 37 (7.92%) CSS
9 37 (7.92%) HTML
10 30 (6.42%) AngularJS
10 30 (6.42%) Elastic Stack
11 27 (5.78%) Flask
12 25 (5.35%) JSON
13 23 (4.93%) Next.js
13 23 (4.93%) Redux
14 22 (4.71%) Vue
15 20 (4.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 88 (18.84%) Cloud Native
2 43 (9.21%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (5.57%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (3.64%) Onboarding
6 16 (3.43%) Derivative
6 16 (3.43%) Equities
6 16 (3.43%) Fixed Income
6 16 (3.43%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (3.00%) Blog
8 13 (2.78%) Algorithms
8 13 (2.78%) Data Structures
8 13 (2.78%) Replication
9 11 (2.36%) Low-Code
9 11 (2.36%) Video\Live Streaming
10 10 (2.14%) AI Agents
11 9 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.50%) Driving Licence
12 7 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 65 (13.92%) Linux
2 37 (7.92%) Windows
3 19 (4.07%) Unix
3 19 (4.07%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.28%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.07%) Android
6 5 (1.07%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.86%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.64%) CentOS
9 2 (0.43%) VMS
10 1 (0.21%) Debian
10 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (46.25%) CI/CD
2 189 (40.47%) Agile
3 150 (32.12%) Software Engineering
4 144 (30.84%) Microservices
5 126 (26.98%) DevOps
6 121 (25.91%) Full-Stack Development
7 104 (22.27%) Test Automation
8 95 (20.34%) Infrastructure as Code
9 94 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
10 92 (19.70%) Containerisation
11 88 (18.84%) AI
11 88 (18.84%) Mentoring
12 70 (14.99%) Scrum
13 64 (13.70%) Analytics
14 58 (12.42%) Continuous Improvement
15 57 (12.21%) TDD
16 50 (10.71%) Data Modelling
17 49 (10.49%) Observability
18 47 (10.06%) Data Pipeline
19 45 (9.64%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 207 (44.33%) Python
2 163 (34.90%) Java
3 160 (34.26%) SQL
4 102 (21.84%) JavaScript
5 97 (20.77%) TypeScript
6 40 (8.57%) Go
7 37 (7.92%) C#
8 29 (6.21%) PowerShell
9 24 (5.14%) PHP
10 18 (3.85%) Bash
11 16 (3.43%) C
12 12 (2.57%) Delphi
13 11 (2.36%) T-SQL
14 9 (1.93%) C++
15 8 (1.71%) Scala
16 7 (1.50%) Korn
17 6 (1.28%) Shell Script
18 5 (1.07%) Ruby
19 4 (0.86%) Pascal
20 3 (0.64%) R
Qualifications
1 57 (12.21%) Degree
2 56 (11.99%) Security Cleared
3 46 (9.85%) SC Cleared
4 27 (5.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.43%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.14%) AWS Certification
6 10 (2.14%) AWS Certified Developer
7 8 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.50%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.07%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.64%) RHCE
12 2 (0.43%) RHCSA
12 2 (0.43%) SnowPro
13 1 (0.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.21%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.78%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.50%) QA
3 15 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (3.00%) GDPR
5 8 (1.71%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.64%) SLA
7 2 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.43%) WCAG
8 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.21%) NCSC
8 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 153 (32.76%) Docker
2 30 (6.42%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.93%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.86%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.43%) Firmware
5 2 (0.43%) Samba
6 1 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 163 (34.90%) Kubernetes
2 111 (23.77%) Terraform
3 36 (7.71%) Grafana
4 29 (6.21%) Argo
5 28 (6.00%) Ansible
6 23 (4.93%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.28%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.28%) Puppet
8 5 (1.07%) Istio
9 4 (0.86%) Kibana
9 4 (0.86%) Kustomize
9 4 (0.86%) Nagios
9 4 (0.86%) Rancher
10 3 (0.64%) AWS Copilot
10 3 (0.64%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.43%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.43%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.21%) Plesk
12 1 (0.21%) Podman
Vendors
1 49 (10.49%) Oracle
2 48 (10.28%) Microsoft
3 22 (4.71%) Google
4 17 (3.64%) Red Hat
5 15 (3.21%) OpenAI
6 8 (1.71%) Atlassian
6 8 (1.71%) Dell
6 8 (1.71%) Informatica
7 7 (1.50%) Talend
8 6 (1.28%) Confluent
8 6 (1.28%) Databricks
9 5 (1.07%) Dynatrace
9 5 (1.07%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.86%) Pega
10 4 (0.86%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.86%) VMware
11 3 (0.64%) IBM
11 3 (0.64%) Revolut
11 3 (0.64%) Splunk
12 2 (0.43%) WSO2