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 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 135 185
Rank change year-on-year -149 +50 +7
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 457 868 1,182
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.69% 2.28% 1.58%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.32% 12.09% 8.57%
Number of salaries quoted 328 472 954
10th Percentile £38,200 £50,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,400 £61,250 £51,716
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £75,000 £65,465
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +14.57% -12.71%
75th Percentile £98,750 £97,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £116,625 £118,750 £105,000
UK median annual salary £71,050 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.27% +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 6,239 7,181 13,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.39% 18.84% 18.46%
Number of salaries quoted 3,910 4,675 11,086
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -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 19 March 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 19 March 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 -86 223 £90,000 +2.86% 149
North of England -29 95 £65,000 -6.22% 56
South East -136 64 £57,500 -23.33% 44
Yorkshire -16 43 £52,130 -12.73% 20
North West -18 40 £77,500 +11.82% 28
South West -41 29 £62,500 -3.85% 21
Midlands -29 27 £55,200 -15.08% 21
East of England -68 18 £45,000 -21.74% 16
West Midlands -12 17 £50,100 -22.92% 11
North East -17 12 £53,565 -22.76% 9
East Midlands -44 10 £65,000 -7.14% 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 21 (4.60%) Apache Airflow
2 19 (4.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (3.50%) Apache Spark
4 15 (3.28%) Confluence
5 14 (3.06%) OpenStack
6 13 (2.84%) Apache
7 8 (1.75%) Tomcat
7 8 (1.75%) WebSphere
8 7 (1.53%) SharePoint
8 7 (1.53%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.44%) Camunda
9 2 (0.44%) CMS
9 2 (0.44%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.44%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.22%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.22%) IIS
10 1 (0.22%) JBoss
10 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 10 (2.19%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Endur
1 1 (0.22%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 296 (64.77%) AWS
2 177 (38.73%) Azure
3 122 (26.70%) GCP
4 73 (15.97%) Serverless
5 49 (10.72%) GitHub
6 47 (10.28%) Amazon EKS
7 41 (8.97%) Amazon ECS
8 39 (8.53%) Amazon S3
9 37 (8.10%) SaaS
10 35 (7.66%) AWS Lambda
11 34 (7.44%) AWS CloudFormation
12 30 (6.56%) Power Platform
13 29 (6.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 27 (5.91%) dbt
15 25 (5.47%) Amazon SQS
16 23 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
17 20 (4.38%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 20 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
18 19 (4.16%) GitHub Actions
19 16 (3.50%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.81%) TCP/IP
2 12 (2.63%) VPN
3 11 (2.41%) DHCP
3 11 (2.41%) DNS
4 10 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (1.75%) SSL
6 7 (1.53%) Firewall
6 7 (1.53%) Internet
6 7 (1.53%) Network Security
7 6 (1.31%) Broadband
8 3 (0.66%) iSCSI
8 3 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.66%) SAN
8 3 (0.66%) VLAN
9 2 (0.44%) HTTP
9 2 (0.44%) PBX
10 1 (0.22%) LAN
10 1 (0.22%) LTE
10 1 (0.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (23.63%) SQL Server
2 100 (21.88%) Relational Database
3 99 (21.66%) MySQL
4 88 (19.26%) MongoDB
5 84 (18.38%) NoSQL
6 40 (8.75%) Redis
7 30 (6.56%) Data Warehouse
7 30 (6.56%) DynamoDB
8 29 (6.35%) Elasticsearch
9 28 (6.13%) Power BI
10 26 (5.69%) DB2
11 20 (4.38%) Amazon RDS
12 18 (3.94%) RDBMS
13 17 (3.72%) Apache Cassandra
14 14 (3.06%) BigQuery
15 11 (2.41%) Big Data
15 11 (2.41%) Oracle Database
16 9 (1.97%) Hadoop
17 8 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
17 8 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 109 (23.85%) Git
2 67 (14.66%) Jenkins
3 28 (6.13%) GitLab
3 28 (6.13%) JIRA
4 25 (5.47%) Cucumber
5 24 (5.25%) JUnit
6 21 (4.60%) Selenium
7 20 (4.38%) Bitbucket
7 20 (4.38%) TeamCity
8 13 (2.84%) Mockito
9 8 (1.75%) JMeter
10 7 (1.53%) Vite
11 5 (1.09%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.88%) CircleCI
12 4 (0.88%) Maven
13 3 (0.66%) Gradle
13 3 (0.66%) REST Assured
13 3 (0.66%) Subversion
14 2 (0.44%) ESLint
14 2 (0.44%) Storybook
General
1 128 (28.01%) Social Skills
2 89 (19.47%) Finance
3 52 (11.38%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (8.75%) Public Sector
5 39 (8.53%) Banking
6 32 (7.00%) Law
7 30 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (5.25%) Retail
9 17 (3.72%) Front Office
10 10 (2.19%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.97%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.97%) Games
11 9 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.75%) Advertising
13 6 (1.31%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.09%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.88%) Back Office
15 4 (0.88%) Electronics
15 4 (0.88%) Marketing
16 3 (0.66%) Legal
Job Titles
1 149 (32.60%) Developer
2 84 (18.38%) Software Engineer
3 83 (18.16%) Senior
4 65 (14.22%) Lead
5 51 (11.16%) Full-Stack Developer
6 49 (10.72%) Java Developer
7 32 (7.00%) Data Engineer
8 29 (6.35%) Java Engineer
8 29 (6.35%) Python Engineer
9 27 (5.91%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 25 (5.47%) Lead Developer
11 24 (5.25%) Lead Software Engineer
12 20 (4.38%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 20 (4.38%) Python Developer
13 19 (4.16%) Analyst
13 19 (4.16%) Senior Software Engineer
14 18 (3.94%) Java Software Engineer
14 18 (3.94%) Principal Engineer
15 17 (3.72%) IT Support
16 16 (3.50%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (31.29%) React
2 88 (19.26%) Node.js
3 82 (17.94%) RESTful
4 76 (16.63%) Spring
5 71 (15.54%) Spring Boot
6 63 (13.79%) REST
7 54 (11.82%) Django
8 50 (10.94%) FastAPI
9 47 (10.28%) HTML
10 45 (9.85%) Kafka
11 43 (9.41%) CSS
12 41 (8.97%) .NET
13 34 (7.44%) Elastic Stack
14 32 (7.00%) AngularJS
15 28 (6.13%) Flask
16 26 (5.69%) Vue
17 25 (5.47%) Web Services
18 24 (5.25%) .NET Core
18 24 (5.25%) Next.js
19 22 (4.81%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 77 (16.85%) Cloud Native
2 49 (10.72%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (5.91%) Product Ownership
4 19 (4.16%) Linux Command Line
4 19 (4.16%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.72%) Derivative
6 16 (3.50%) Equities
6 16 (3.50%) Fixed Income
6 16 (3.50%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (3.50%) Onboarding
7 15 (3.28%) Blog
8 14 (3.06%) Replication
9 13 (2.84%) Algorithms
9 13 (2.84%) Data Structures
10 12 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.53%) Driving Licence
11 7 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.31%) Clustering
12 6 (1.31%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 62 (13.57%) Linux
2 28 (6.13%) Windows
3 25 (5.47%) Unix
4 14 (3.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 14 (3.06%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.53%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.09%) Android
6 5 (1.09%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.66%) Debian
8 2 (0.44%) CentOS
8 2 (0.44%) VMS
8 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.22%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (43.11%) CI/CD
2 179 (39.17%) Agile
3 155 (33.92%) Software Engineering
4 147 (32.17%) Microservices
5 128 (28.01%) DevOps
6 118 (25.82%) Full-Stack Development
7 109 (23.85%) Problem-Solving
8 96 (21.01%) Containerisation
9 88 (19.26%) Infrastructure as Code
9 88 (19.26%) Test Automation
10 83 (18.16%) Mentoring
11 79 (17.29%) AI
12 61 (13.35%) Fintech
13 59 (12.91%) TDD
14 56 (12.25%) Scrum
15 52 (11.38%) Data Modelling
15 52 (11.38%) Technical Leadership
16 51 (11.16%) Analytics
17 47 (10.28%) Continuous Improvement
18 46 (10.07%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 216 (47.26%) Python
2 163 (35.67%) Java
3 153 (33.48%) SQL
4 118 (25.82%) JavaScript
5 98 (21.44%) TypeScript
6 37 (8.10%) C#
6 37 (8.10%) Go
7 27 (5.91%) PowerShell
8 20 (4.38%) PHP
9 15 (3.28%) C
10 12 (2.63%) Delphi
11 11 (2.41%) T-SQL
12 8 (1.75%) Rust
12 8 (1.75%) Shell Script
13 7 (1.53%) Bash
13 7 (1.53%) C++
14 4 (0.88%) Pascal
14 4 (0.88%) Ruby
15 3 (0.66%) RPG
16 2 (0.44%) Korn
Qualifications
1 70 (15.32%) Security Cleared
2 59 (12.91%) Degree
3 54 (11.82%) SC Cleared
4 26 (5.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (4.38%) AWS Certification
6 17 (3.72%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.63%) AWS Certified Developer
8 7 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.53%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.53%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.44%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.44%) RHCE
10 2 (0.44%) RHCSA
10 2 (0.44%) SnowPro
10 2 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.35%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.60%) QA
3 14 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.84%) GDPR
5 9 (1.97%) SLA
6 8 (1.75%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.66%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.44%) PSD2
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.22%) NCSC
System Software
1 163 (35.67%) Docker
2 21 (4.60%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.66%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 3 (0.66%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.44%) Firmware
4 2 (0.44%) Samba
Systems Management
1 154 (33.70%) Kubernetes
2 98 (21.44%) Terraform
3 29 (6.35%) Grafana
4 26 (5.69%) Ansible
5 17 (3.72%) Prometheus
6 12 (2.63%) Kibana
7 9 (1.97%) AWS Copilot
8 8 (1.75%) Argo
9 5 (1.09%) Nagios
10 4 (0.88%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.66%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.66%) Puppet
11 3 (0.66%) Rancher
12 2 (0.44%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.44%) Oracle RMAN
13 1 (0.22%) Ambari
13 1 (0.22%) Istio
13 1 (0.22%) Podman
13 1 (0.22%) SQL Sentry
13 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 53 (11.60%) Oracle
2 36 (7.88%) Google
2 36 (7.88%) Microsoft
3 16 (3.50%) Red Hat
4 13 (2.84%) Atlassian
5 11 (2.41%) IBM
5 11 (2.41%) OpenAI
6 10 (2.19%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.97%) Informatica
8 8 (1.75%) Talend
9 7 (1.53%) Splunk
10 6 (1.31%) Dynatrace
10 6 (1.31%) Pega
11 5 (1.09%) Confluent
11 5 (1.09%) Databricks
11 5 (1.09%) Dell
11 5 (1.09%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.09%) WSO2
12 4 (0.88%) VMware
13 3 (0.66%) SAP