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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 225 164
Rank change year-on-year -63 -61 +27
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 487 597 1,485
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.60% 1.53% 1.77%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.91% 8.82% 10.13%
Number of salaries quoted 355 449 1,075
10th Percentile £41,250 £48,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £61,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +15.38% -13.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £110,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £109,000 £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 7,049 6,772 14,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.73% 17.38% 17.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,406 4,653 11,398
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £97,500
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 9 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 9 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 -93 199 £90,000 +2.86% 149
North of England -32 106 £67,500 -0.19% 42
South East -36 93 £57,500 -8.00% 52
North West -25 45 £70,905 +2.19% 18
Yorkshire -26 45 £52,130 -12.93% 12
South West -39 37 £62,500 -3.85% 16
East of England -25 19 £47,500 -5.00% 7
North East -35 16 £55,000 -20.73% 12
Midlands -54 14 £65,000 -1.89% 18
East Midlands -26 7 £65,000 -7.14% 10
West Midlands -48 7 £67,500 +3.85% 8
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 (5.95%) Apache Airflow
2 28 (5.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (3.70%) Apache
4 16 (3.29%) Apache Spark
5 15 (3.08%) Confluence
6 13 (2.67%) OpenStack
7 10 (2.05%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.41%) Camunda
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.41%) WordPress
9 1 (0.21%) CMS
9 1 (0.21%) IIS
9 1 (0.21%) JBoss
9 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.21%) nginx
9 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.21%) WildFly
Applications
1 9 (1.85%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Shopify
2 1 (0.21%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 297 (60.99%) AWS
2 189 (38.81%) Azure
3 107 (21.97%) GCP
4 69 (14.17%) Serverless
5 49 (10.06%) GitHub
6 48 (9.86%) SaaS
7 37 (7.60%) Amazon EKS
7 37 (7.60%) Azure DevOps
8 34 (6.98%) Power Platform
9 33 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (6.37%) Amazon S3
11 28 (5.75%) Amazon ECS
12 25 (5.13%) AWS Lambda
12 25 (5.13%) Azure AKS
13 24 (4.93%) Azure Service Bus
14 23 (4.72%) Amazon SQS
15 20 (4.11%) AWS CloudFormation
15 20 (4.11%) GitHub Actions
16 17 (3.49%) dbt
17 15 (3.08%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.52%) Broadband
2 16 (3.29%) DNS
3 15 (3.08%) DHCP
3 15 (3.08%) Firewall
4 13 (2.67%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.85%) VPN
6 8 (1.64%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.64%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.64%) SAN
7 7 (1.44%) Internet
7 7 (1.44%) Network Security
7 7 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.62%) VLAN
9 2 (0.41%) LAN
9 2 (0.41%) PBX
9 2 (0.41%) WAN
10 1 (0.21%) Asterisk PBX
10 1 (0.21%) HTTP
10 1 (0.21%) LTE
10 1 (0.21%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (26.69%) MongoDB
2 109 (22.38%) MySQL
3 106 (21.77%) SQL Server
4 91 (18.69%) NoSQL
5 89 (18.28%) Relational Database
6 32 (6.57%) DynamoDB
7 30 (6.16%) Power BI
8 26 (5.34%) Redis
9 24 (4.93%) Data Warehouse
10 21 (4.31%) Elasticsearch
11 16 (3.29%) Apache Cassandra
12 15 (3.08%) RDBMS
13 14 (2.87%) DB2
14 13 (2.67%) BigQuery
15 11 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
15 11 (2.26%) MariaDB
15 11 (2.26%) Pinecone
16 9 (1.85%) Amazon Redshift
16 9 (1.85%) Metadata
16 9 (1.85%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 116 (23.82%) Git
2 42 (8.62%) Jenkins
3 38 (7.80%) GitLab
4 25 (5.13%) JIRA
5 19 (3.90%) Bitbucket
6 17 (3.49%) TeamCity
7 13 (2.67%) JUnit
8 11 (2.26%) Mockito
8 11 (2.26%) Selenium
9 10 (2.05%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.85%) Vite
11 6 (1.23%) Maven
12 4 (0.82%) CircleCI
12 4 (0.82%) JMeter
13 2 (0.41%) DBeaver
13 2 (0.41%) ESLint
13 2 (0.41%) Gradle
13 2 (0.41%) Jaeger
13 2 (0.41%) Storybook
13 2 (0.41%) webpack
General
1 126 (25.87%) Social Skills
2 77 (15.81%) Finance
3 49 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (9.65%) Public Sector
5 29 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 29 (5.95%) Retail
6 28 (5.75%) Banking
7 26 (5.34%) Law
8 25 (5.13%) Games
9 19 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (3.49%) Front Office
11 14 (2.87%) Manufacturing
12 13 (2.67%) Advertising
13 7 (1.44%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.82%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.62%) Automotive
15 3 (0.62%) Aviation
15 3 (0.62%) Back Office
15 3 (0.62%) Legal
15 3 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 150 (30.80%) Developer
2 102 (20.94%) Senior
3 82 (16.84%) Software Engineer
4 72 (14.78%) Lead
5 52 (10.68%) Full-Stack Developer
6 44 (9.03%) Python Engineer
7 38 (7.80%) Java Developer
8 36 (7.39%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 33 (6.78%) Data Engineer
10 30 (6.16%) Java Engineer
11 29 (5.95%) Lead Developer
12 27 (5.54%) Python Developer
13 24 (4.93%) Lead Software Engineer
14 21 (4.31%) DevOps Engineer
15 20 (4.11%) Senior DevOps
16 19 (3.90%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 18 (3.70%) AWS Engineer
17 18 (3.70%) IT Support
17 18 (3.70%) Java Software Engineer
17 18 (3.70%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (30.39%) React
2 113 (23.20%) Node.js
3 92 (18.89%) RESTful
4 64 (13.14%) REST
5 53 (10.88%) Spring
6 50 (10.27%) Spring Boot
7 46 (9.45%) .NET
7 46 (9.45%) FastAPI
8 43 (8.83%) CSS
8 43 (8.83%) Kafka
9 42 (8.62%) HTML
10 32 (6.57%) AngularJS
11 31 (6.37%) Django
12 27 (5.54%) JSON
12 27 (5.54%) Next.js
13 25 (5.13%) Redux
13 25 (5.13%) Vue
14 24 (4.93%) Flask
15 22 (4.52%) Elastic Stack
16 20 (4.11%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 102 (20.94%) Cloud Native
2 54 (11.09%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (5.34%) Product Ownership
4 22 (4.52%) Low-Code
4 22 (4.52%) Video\Live Streaming
5 18 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.49%) Onboarding
7 16 (3.29%) Algorithms
7 16 (3.29%) Derivative
7 16 (3.29%) Equities
7 16 (3.29%) Fixed Income
7 16 (3.29%) Greenfield Project
8 14 (2.87%) Blog
9 13 (2.67%) Data Structures
10 12 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (2.46%) Replication
11 10 (2.05%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
13 7 (1.44%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 67 (13.76%) Linux
2 37 (7.60%) Windows
3 19 (3.90%) Unix
3 19 (3.90%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.23%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.03%) Android
6 5 (1.03%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.82%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.62%) CentOS
9 1 (0.21%) Debian
9 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (47.02%) CI/CD
2 190 (39.01%) Agile
3 162 (33.26%) Software Engineering
4 145 (29.77%) Full-Stack Development
5 138 (28.34%) Microservices
6 120 (24.64%) DevOps
7 110 (22.59%) Infrastructure as Code
7 110 (22.59%) Test Automation
8 99 (20.33%) AI
9 91 (18.69%) Containerisation
9 91 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
10 86 (17.66%) Mentoring
11 75 (15.40%) Continuous Improvement
12 70 (14.37%) Scrum
13 66 (13.55%) Analytics
14 60 (12.32%) Observability
15 52 (10.68%) TDD
16 51 (10.47%) Data Modelling
17 50 (10.27%) API Design
18 46 (9.45%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 219 (44.97%) Python
2 156 (32.03%) SQL
3 154 (31.62%) Java
4 109 (22.38%) JavaScript
4 109 (22.38%) TypeScript
5 49 (10.06%) Go
6 43 (8.83%) C#
7 28 (5.75%) PowerShell
8 25 (5.13%) PHP
9 19 (3.90%) Bash
10 15 (3.08%) C
11 9 (1.85%) C++
11 9 (1.85%) T-SQL
12 8 (1.64%) Scala
13 7 (1.44%) Korn
13 7 (1.44%) Ruby
13 7 (1.44%) Shell Script
14 5 (1.03%) Delphi
15 4 (0.82%) Pascal
16 3 (0.62%) RPG
Qualifications
1 61 (12.53%) Degree
2 57 (11.70%) Security Cleared
3 46 (9.45%) SC Cleared
4 27 (5.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.29%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.05%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.85%) AWS Certified Developer
7 9 (1.85%) Azure Certification
7 9 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.44%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.62%) RHCE
12 2 (0.41%) RHCSA
12 2 (0.41%) 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 42 (8.62%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.31%) QA
3 15 (3.08%) GDPR
3 15 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.85%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.62%) SLA
6 2 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.41%) WCAG
7 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.21%) Good Clinical Practice
7 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.21%) NCSC
7 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 154 (31.62%) Docker
2 30 (6.16%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.85%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.82%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.41%) Firmware
5 2 (0.41%) Samba
6 1 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 160 (32.85%) Kubernetes
2 111 (22.79%) Terraform
3 29 (5.95%) Ansible
3 29 (5.95%) Argo
4 28 (5.75%) Grafana
5 21 (4.31%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.23%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.23%) Puppet
7 5 (1.03%) Istio
7 5 (1.03%) Kibana
8 4 (0.82%) Kustomize
8 4 (0.82%) Nagios
8 4 (0.82%) Rancher
9 3 (0.62%) AWS Copilot
9 3 (0.62%) Data Guard
9 3 (0.62%) Plesk
10 2 (0.41%) HAProxy
10 2 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.41%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.21%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 52 (10.68%) Microsoft
2 47 (9.65%) Oracle
3 22 (4.52%) Google
4 17 (3.49%) Red Hat
5 15 (3.08%) OpenAI
6 8 (1.64%) Atlassian
6 8 (1.64%) Dell
7 7 (1.44%) Databricks
8 6 (1.23%) Confluent
8 6 (1.23%) Dynatrace
8 6 (1.23%) Informatica
9 5 (1.03%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.03%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.03%) Talend
10 4 (0.82%) Pega
10 4 (0.82%) Splunk
10 4 (0.82%) VMware
11 3 (0.62%) IBM
11 3 (0.62%) Revolut
12 2 (0.41%) Remedy