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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 217 169
Rank change year-on-year -73 -48 +46
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 586 650 1,506
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.68% 1.54% 1.64%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.63% 9.62% 10.21%
Number of salaries quoted 448 476 991
10th Percentile £41,775 £43,125 £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 £100,375 £137,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £69,305 £75,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year -7.59% +22.45% -12.50%

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 7,680 6,755 14,753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.90% 15.97% 16.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5,217 4,499 11,072
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,392
25th Percentile £45,750 £46,250 £43,742
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 £112,500 £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 5 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 5 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 -94 243 £85,000 -15.00% 205
North of England -11 118 £65,000 -3.70% 39
South East -25 118 £59,500 +8.18% 50
North West -21 53 £67,500 - 22
South West -52 43 £62,500 +2.04% 23
Yorkshire -17 34 £65,000 -3.70% 8
North East -22 31 £65,000 +25.30% 9
East of England -27 23 £50,000 +58.73% 15
Midlands -47 18 £75,000 +11.11% 27
West Midlands -35 14 £77,500 +14.81% 17
East Midlands -31 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 (4.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (4.10%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (3.41%) Apache
4 18 (3.07%) Confluence
5 13 (2.22%) Apache Spark
6 11 (1.88%) SharePoint
7 6 (1.02%) WordPress
8 5 (0.85%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.51%) 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 12 (2.05%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 344 (58.70%) AWS
2 230 (39.25%) Azure
3 104 (17.75%) GCP
4 63 (10.75%) Serverless
5 59 (10.07%) GitHub
6 55 (9.39%) SaaS
7 42 (7.17%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (6.14%) Amazon EKS
8 36 (6.14%) Amazon S3
8 36 (6.14%) Power Platform
9 33 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
10 32 (5.46%) Amazon ECS
11 27 (4.61%) Azure Service Bus
12 25 (4.27%) Azure AKS
13 22 (3.75%) GitHub Actions
14 20 (3.41%) AWS Lambda
15 18 (3.07%) Amazon EC2
16 17 (2.90%) Azure Monitor
17 15 (2.56%) Azure Functions
17 15 (2.56%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.29%) Broadband
2 17 (2.90%) Firewall
3 15 (2.56%) DNS
4 14 (2.39%) DHCP
5 13 (2.22%) TCP/IP
6 10 (1.71%) VPN
7 8 (1.37%) iSCSI
7 8 (1.37%) Remote Desktop
7 8 (1.37%) SAN
8 6 (1.02%) Network Security
8 6 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.68%) 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 (28.50%) MongoDB
2 147 (25.09%) MySQL
3 99 (16.89%) SQL Server
4 96 (16.38%) Relational Database
5 94 (16.04%) NoSQL
6 49 (8.36%) Redis
7 31 (5.29%) Power BI
8 27 (4.61%) DynamoDB
9 26 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
10 24 (4.10%) Elasticsearch
11 22 (3.75%) Amazon RDS
12 18 (3.07%) Amazon Redshift
13 17 (2.90%) Metadata
14 15 (2.56%) Apache Cassandra
15 13 (2.22%) RDBMS
16 12 (2.05%) Big Data
16 12 (2.05%) Pinecone
16 12 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 11 (1.88%) Amazon Aurora
17 11 (1.88%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 107 (18.26%) Git
2 40 (6.83%) GitLab
3 33 (5.63%) Jenkins
4 22 (3.75%) JIRA
5 19 (3.24%) JUnit
6 15 (2.56%) Mockito
7 14 (2.39%) TeamCity
8 13 (2.22%) Bitbucket
9 10 (1.71%) JMeter
10 9 (1.54%) Vite
11 8 (1.37%) Claude Code
12 6 (1.02%) Maven
12 6 (1.02%) Selenium
13 4 (0.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.68%) Cucumber
14 3 (0.51%) DBeaver
14 3 (0.51%) Eclipse
14 3 (0.51%) Gatling
14 3 (0.51%) Storybook
15 2 (0.34%) ESLint
General
1 134 (22.87%) Social Skills
2 81 (13.82%) Finance
3 73 (12.46%) Public Sector
4 47 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (6.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (5.80%) Games
7 29 (4.95%) Retail
8 26 (4.44%) Law
9 23 (3.92%) Banking
10 20 (3.41%) Manufacturing
11 19 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (2.73%) Front Office
13 15 (2.56%) Advertising
13 15 (2.56%) Legal
14 10 (1.71%) Legal Technology
15 8 (1.37%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.19%) Aviation
17 6 (1.02%) Telecoms
18 5 (0.85%) Automotive
18 5 (0.85%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 177 (30.20%) Developer
2 124 (21.16%) Senior
3 122 (20.82%) Software Engineer
4 108 (18.43%) Lead
5 54 (9.22%) Python Engineer
6 51 (8.70%) Full-Stack Developer
7 45 (7.68%) Lead Developer
8 44 (7.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 41 (7.00%) Python Developer
10 40 (6.83%) Lead Software Engineer
11 38 (6.48%) Data Engineer
12 35 (5.97%) Architect
12 35 (5.97%) DevOps Engineer
13 33 (5.63%) Java Engineer
14 31 (5.29%) Java Developer
15 25 (4.27%) Senior Developer
16 24 (4.10%) Senior Software Engineer
17 22 (3.75%) Ruby Developer
18 21 (3.58%) Senior DevOps
19 20 (3.41%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (23.55%) React
2 135 (23.04%) Node.js
3 111 (18.94%) RESTful
4 82 (13.99%) REST
5 70 (11.95%) Spring
6 67 (11.43%) Spring Boot
7 59 (10.07%) Kafka
8 52 (8.87%) FastAPI
9 47 (8.02%) CSS
10 41 (7.00%) HTML
11 40 (6.83%) JSON
11 40 (6.83%) Next.js
12 39 (6.66%) .NET
13 31 (5.29%) AngularJS
14 27 (4.61%) Django
15 26 (4.44%) Ruby on Rails
16 25 (4.27%) Vue
17 24 (4.10%) Flask
17 24 (4.10%) Redux
18 22 (3.75%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 133 (22.70%) Cloud Native
2 66 (11.26%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (5.63%) Low-Code
4 32 (5.46%) Video\Live Streaming
5 27 (4.61%) Onboarding
6 23 (3.92%) Legacy Systems
6 23 (3.92%) Product Ownership
7 21 (3.58%) Algorithms
8 18 (3.07%) Blog
8 18 (3.07%) Data Structures
9 16 (2.73%) Derivative
9 16 (2.73%) Equities
9 16 (2.73%) Fixed Income
10 15 (2.56%) AI Agents
10 15 (2.56%) Replication
11 14 (2.39%) Management Information System
12 9 (1.54%) Distributed Computing
12 9 (1.54%) EPoS
12 9 (1.54%) iSeries
12 9 (1.54%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 87 (14.85%) Linux
2 43 (7.34%) Windows
3 19 (3.24%) Unix
3 19 (3.24%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.19%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.68%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.51%) CentOS
8 1 (0.17%) Debian
8 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (43.86%) CI/CD
2 213 (36.35%) Software Engineering
3 207 (35.32%) Agile
4 164 (27.99%) Microservices
5 161 (27.47%) Full-Stack Development
6 139 (23.72%) AI
6 139 (23.72%) DevOps
7 136 (23.21%) Infrastructure as Code
8 125 (21.33%) Mentoring
9 119 (20.31%) Test Automation
10 109 (18.60%) Containerisation
11 101 (17.24%) Observability
12 98 (16.72%) Continuous Improvement
12 98 (16.72%) Problem-Solving
13 78 (13.31%) Analytics
14 72 (12.29%) API Design
15 69 (11.77%) Data Modelling
16 65 (11.09%) Scrum
16 65 (11.09%) TDD
17 60 (10.24%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 252 (43.00%) Python
2 181 (30.89%) SQL
3 173 (29.52%) Java
4 120 (20.48%) TypeScript
5 116 (19.80%) JavaScript
6 51 (8.70%) Go
7 46 (7.85%) C#
8 40 (6.83%) PowerShell
9 33 (5.63%) Bash
10 26 (4.44%) Ruby
11 24 (4.10%) PHP
12 14 (2.39%) C++
13 12 (2.05%) T-SQL
14 11 (1.88%) Scala
14 11 (1.88%) Shell Script
15 9 (1.54%) RPG
16 7 (1.19%) C
16 7 (1.19%) Korn
17 4 (0.68%) Delphi
17 4 (0.68%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 75 (12.80%) Security Cleared
2 70 (11.95%) Degree
3 57 (9.73%) SC Cleared
4 28 (4.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.07%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.05%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.88%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.85%) PhD
11 4 (0.68%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.51%) 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 (9.04%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.10%) QA
3 22 (3.75%) GDPR
4 17 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (2.05%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.51%) 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 (27.13%) Docker
2 29 (4.95%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.54%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 5 (0.85%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.34%) Firmware
5 2 (0.34%) Samba
6 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 160 (27.30%) Kubernetes
2 116 (19.80%) Terraform
3 34 (5.80%) Grafana
4 30 (5.12%) Ansible
5 29 (4.95%) Argo
6 20 (3.41%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.71%) Kibana
8 7 (1.19%) Progress Chef
8 7 (1.19%) Puppet
9 6 (1.02%) Istio
9 6 (1.02%) Kustomize
10 3 (0.51%) AWS Copilot
10 3 (0.51%) HAProxy
10 3 (0.51%) Plesk
10 3 (0.51%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.51%) Rancher
10 3 (0.51%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.34%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.34%) Nagios
11 2 (0.34%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 67 (11.43%) Microsoft
2 60 (10.24%) Oracle
3 29 (4.95%) Google
4 20 (3.41%) OpenAI
5 16 (2.73%) Red Hat
6 12 (2.05%) Dynatrace
7 9 (1.54%) Databricks
7 9 (1.54%) IBM
7 9 (1.54%) Splunk
8 8 (1.37%) Dell
9 7 (1.19%) ServiceNow
10 5 (0.85%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.85%) VMware
11 4 (0.68%) Confluent
11 4 (0.68%) Netezza
11 4 (0.68%) Pega
11 4 (0.68%) Remedy
12 3 (0.51%) Revolut
13 2 (0.34%) TikTok
13 2 (0.34%) WSO2