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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 223 162
Rank change year-on-year -77 -61 +30
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 487 592 1,495
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.61% 1.51% 1.78%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.86% 8.72% 10.17%
Number of salaries quoted 357 445 1,080
10th Percentile £41,250 £48,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £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 £88,750 £110,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £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 7,101 6,786 14,694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.82% 17.36% 17.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,466 4,639 11,412
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 12 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 12 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 -92 196 £88,750 +1.43% 149
North of England -4 106 £67,500 -0.19% 34
South East -22 96 £57,500 -8.00% 48
Yorkshire -27 45 £52,130 -12.93% 7
North West -13 44 £69,310 -0.11% 16
South West -37 37 £62,500 -3.85% 20
East of England -33 19 £47,500 -5.00% 5
North East -25 17 £60,000 -13.52% 11
Midlands -50 14 £65,000 -3.70% 23
East Midlands -33 7 £65,000 -7.14% 13
West Midlands -42 7 £67,500 +1.89% 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 (5.75%) Apache Airflow
1 28 (5.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (3.70%) Apache
3 16 (3.29%) Apache Spark
4 15 (3.08%) Confluence
5 13 (2.67%) OpenStack
6 10 (2.05%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.41%) Camunda
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.41%) 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 8 (1.64%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.03%) 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
2 191 (39.22%) Azure
3 105 (21.56%) GCP
4 69 (14.17%) Serverless
5 50 (10.27%) GitHub
6 48 (9.86%) SaaS
7 37 (7.60%) Amazon EKS
7 37 (7.60%) Azure DevOps
8 34 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
9 33 (6.78%) Power Platform
10 30 (6.16%) Amazon S3
11 28 (5.75%) Amazon ECS
12 25 (5.13%) AWS Lambda
13 24 (4.93%) 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 CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.52%) Broadband
2 16 (3.29%) DNS
3 15 (3.08%) DHCP
3 15 (3.08%) Firewall
4 14 (2.87%) 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
3 107 (21.97%) SQL Server
4 90 (18.48%) Relational Database
5 89 (18.28%) NoSQL
6 32 (6.57%) DynamoDB
7 29 (5.95%) 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 13 (2.67%) DB2
14 11 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (2.26%) BigQuery
14 11 (2.26%) MariaDB
14 11 (2.26%) Pinecone
15 9 (1.85%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (1.85%) Oracle Database
16 8 (1.64%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 117 (24.02%) Git
2 40 (8.21%) Jenkins
3 38 (7.80%) GitLab
4 25 (5.13%) JIRA
5 18 (3.70%) Bitbucket
6 16 (3.29%) 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 5 (1.03%) JMeter
13 4 (0.82%) CircleCI
14 2 (0.41%) ESLint
14 2 (0.41%) Gradle
14 2 (0.41%) Jaeger
14 2 (0.41%) MSTest
14 2 (0.41%) Storybook
14 2 (0.41%) webpack
General
1 126 (25.87%) Social Skills
2 76 (15.61%) Finance
3 48 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (9.65%) Public Sector
5 29 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 29 (5.95%) Retail
6 27 (5.54%) Banking
7 26 (5.34%) Law
8 25 (5.13%) Games
9 19 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (3.49%) Front Office
11 15 (3.08%) Manufacturing
12 13 (2.67%) Advertising
13 7 (1.44%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.82%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.82%) Legal
15 3 (0.62%) Automotive
15 3 (0.62%) Aviation
15 3 (0.62%) Back Office
15 3 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 152 (31.21%) Developer
2 101 (20.74%) Senior
3 84 (17.25%) Software Engineer
4 72 (14.78%) Lead
5 53 (10.88%) Full-Stack Developer
6 43 (8.83%) Python Engineer
7 37 (7.60%) Java Developer
8 36 (7.39%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 32 (6.57%) Data Engineer
10 30 (6.16%) Java Engineer
10 30 (6.16%) Lead Developer
11 27 (5.54%) Python Developer
12 24 (4.93%) Lead Software Engineer
13 21 (4.31%) DevOps Engineer
14 20 (4.11%) Senior DevOps
15 19 (3.90%) Senior Developer
15 19 (3.90%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 18 (3.70%) AWS Engineer
16 18 (3.70%) Java Software Engineer
16 18 (3.70%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (30.80%) React
2 115 (23.61%) Node.js
3 91 (18.69%) RESTful
4 67 (13.76%) REST
5 53 (10.88%) Spring
6 50 (10.27%) Spring Boot
7 49 (10.06%) .NET
8 43 (8.83%) FastAPI
8 43 (8.83%) Kafka
9 42 (8.62%) CSS
10 40 (8.21%) HTML
11 33 (6.78%) AngularJS
12 29 (5.95%) Django
13 28 (5.75%) JSON
13 28 (5.75%) Next.js
14 26 (5.34%) Vue
15 24 (4.93%) Redux
16 21 (4.31%) Elastic Stack
16 21 (4.31%) Flask
17 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%) Derivative
7 16 (3.29%) Equities
7 16 (3.29%) Fixed Income
8 15 (3.08%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (2.87%) Algorithms
9 14 (2.87%) Blog
10 12 (2.46%) Data Structures
10 12 (2.46%) Replication
11 11 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (2.05%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
14 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
1 227 (46.61%) CI/CD
2 188 (38.60%) Agile
3 163 (33.47%) Software Engineering
4 147 (30.18%) Full-Stack Development
5 138 (28.34%) Microservices
6 120 (24.64%) DevOps
7 110 (22.59%) Test Automation
8 109 (22.38%) Infrastructure as Code
9 99 (20.33%) AI
10 92 (18.89%) Problem-Solving
11 90 (18.48%) Containerisation
12 87 (17.86%) Mentoring
13 77 (15.81%) Continuous Improvement
14 70 (14.37%) Scrum
15 66 (13.55%) Analytics
16 60 (12.32%) Observability
17 52 (10.68%) TDD
18 50 (10.27%) API Design
18 50 (10.27%) Data Modelling
19 47 (9.65%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 218 (44.76%) Python
2 154 (31.62%) Java
3 153 (31.42%) SQL
4 109 (22.38%) TypeScript
5 108 (22.18%) JavaScript
6 48 (9.86%) Go
7 46 (9.45%) C#
8 28 (5.75%) PowerShell
9 25 (5.13%) PHP
10 19 (3.90%) Bash
11 15 (3.08%) C
12 9 (1.85%) C++
12 9 (1.85%) T-SQL
13 8 (1.64%) Ruby
13 8 (1.64%) Scala
14 7 (1.44%) Korn
14 7 (1.44%) Shell Script
15 5 (1.03%) Delphi
16 4 (0.82%) Pascal
17 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 17 (3.49%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.05%) AWS Certification
6 10 (2.05%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.85%) AWS Certified Developer
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%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.21%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.42%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.31%) QA
3 16 (3.29%) GDPR
4 15 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.05%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.62%) SLA
7 2 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.41%) WCAG
8 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.21%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.21%) NCSC
8 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 152 (31.21%) 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
1 157 (32.24%) Kubernetes
2 110 (22.59%) Terraform
3 29 (5.95%) Ansible
3 29 (5.95%) Argo
4 27 (5.54%) Grafana
5 20 (4.11%) 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 53 (10.88%) Microsoft
2 48 (9.86%) Oracle
3 21 (4.31%) Google
4 17 (3.49%) Red Hat
5 15 (3.08%) OpenAI
6 8 (1.64%) Dell
7 7 (1.44%) Atlassian
8 6 (1.23%) Confluent
8 6 (1.23%) Databricks
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