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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 296 206 165
Rank change year-on-year -90 -41 +24
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 467 591 1,459
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.58% 1.56% 1.75%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.72% 8.94% 9.94%
Number of salaries quoted 348 448 1,066
10th Percentile £40,875 £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 £90,625 £103,125 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £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 6,947 6,611 14,675
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.69% 17.48% 17.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,278 4,692 11,451
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,063 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -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 1 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 1 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 -111 191 £90,000 +2.86% 152
North of England -36 102 £67,500 - 32
South East -54 82 £57,000 -15.56% 58
Yorkshire -32 46 £52,130 -12.93% 8
North West -35 43 £70,905 +4.85% 14
South West -49 35 £62,500 -3.85% 16
Midlands -49 20 £55,200 -15.08% 17
East of England -40 19 £47,500 -13.64% 8
North East -29 13 £53,565 -22.80% 10
West Midlands -40 11 £47,500 -26.92% 7
East Midlands -45 9 £60,100 -14.14% 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 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
1 281 (60.17%) AWS
2 185 (39.61%) Azure
3 108 (23.13%) GCP
4 63 (13.49%) Serverless
5 49 (10.49%) GitHub
6 44 (9.42%) SaaS
7 38 (8.14%) 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 25 (5.35%) AWS Lambda
12 25 (5.35%) Azure AKS
12 25 (5.35%) Azure Service Bus
13 24 (5.14%) Amazon ECS
14 23 (4.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
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
2 15 (3.21%) Firewall
3 12 (2.57%) Broadband
3 12 (2.57%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.93%) VPN
5 8 (1.71%) iSCSI
5 8 (1.71%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (1.71%) SAN
6 7 (1.50%) Internet
6 7 (1.50%) Network Security
6 7 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.64%) VLAN
8 2 (0.43%) HTTP
8 2 (0.43%) LAN
8 2 (0.43%) PBX
8 2 (0.43%) WAN
9 1 (0.21%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (0.21%) LTE
9 1 (0.21%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (24.41%) MongoDB
2 112 (23.98%) SQL Server
3 108 (23.13%) MySQL
4 90 (19.27%) NoSQL
5 89 (19.06%) Relational Database
6 32 (6.85%) DynamoDB
7 30 (6.42%) Power BI
8 27 (5.78%) Redis
9 25 (5.35%) Data Warehouse
10 22 (4.71%) Elasticsearch
11 17 (3.64%) Apache Cassandra
12 14 (3.00%) DB2
12 14 (3.00%) RDBMS
13 13 (2.78%) BigQuery
14 11 (2.36%) Pinecone
15 9 (1.93%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (1.93%) MariaDB
15 9 (1.93%) Oracle Database
16 8 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
16 8 (1.71%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 116 (24.84%) Git
2 47 (10.06%) Jenkins
3 44 (9.42%) GitLab
4 24 (5.14%) JIRA
5 20 (4.28%) Bitbucket
5 20 (4.28%) JUnit
5 20 (4.28%) Selenium
6 18 (3.85%) Cucumber
6 18 (3.85%) TeamCity
7 10 (2.14%) Mockito
8 9 (1.93%) Vite
9 7 (1.50%) Maven
10 4 (0.86%) CircleCI
11 3 (0.64%) Gradle
11 3 (0.64%) JMeter
12 2 (0.43%) DBeaver
12 2 (0.43%) Gatling
12 2 (0.43%) MSTest
12 2 (0.43%) Subversion
12 2 (0.43%) webpack
General
1 123 (26.34%) 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 15 (3.21%) Games
11 13 (2.78%) Advertising
12 10 (2.14%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.50%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.07%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.64%) Automotive
15 3 (0.64%) Aviation
15 3 (0.64%) Back Office
15 3 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 139 (29.76%) Developer
2 97 (20.77%) Senior
3 80 (17.13%) Software Engineer
4 70 (14.99%) Lead
5 47 (10.06%) 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
13 21 (4.50%) 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%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (29.76%) React
2 103 (22.06%) Node.js
3 80 (17.13%) RESTful
4 58 (12.42%) REST
4 58 (12.42%) Spring
5 55 (11.78%) Spring Boot
6 45 (9.64%) FastAPI
7 43 (9.21%) Kafka
8 38 (8.14%) .NET
8 38 (8.14%) CSS
8 38 (8.14%) Django
8 38 (8.14%) HTML
9 30 (6.42%) AngularJS
9 30 (6.42%) Elastic Stack
10 28 (6.00%) Flask
11 25 (5.35%) JSON
12 23 (4.93%) Next.js
12 23 (4.93%) Redux
13 22 (4.71%) Vue
14 20 (4.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 89 (19.06%) 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%) Algorithms
7 14 (3.00%) Blog
8 13 (2.78%) Data Structures
9 12 (2.57%) Low-Code
9 12 (2.57%) Replication
9 12 (2.57%) 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 1 (0.21%) Debian
9 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (46.90%) CI/CD
2 189 (40.47%) Agile
3 151 (32.33%) Software Engineering
4 143 (30.62%) Microservices
5 126 (26.98%) DevOps
6 123 (26.34%) Full-Stack Development
7 105 (22.48%) Test Automation
8 97 (20.77%) Infrastructure as Code
9 93 (19.91%) Problem-Solving
10 92 (19.70%) Containerisation
11 89 (19.06%) Mentoring
12 88 (18.84%) AI
13 70 (14.99%) Scrum
14 64 (13.70%) Analytics
15 60 (12.85%) Continuous Improvement
16 57 (12.21%) TDD
17 50 (10.71%) Data Modelling
18 49 (10.49%) Observability
19 47 (10.06%) Data Pipeline
20 45 (9.64%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 209 (44.75%) Python
2 163 (34.90%) Java
3 158 (33.83%) SQL
4 103 (22.06%) JavaScript
5 97 (20.77%) TypeScript
6 40 (8.57%) Go
7 37 (7.92%) C#
8 28 (6.00%) PowerShell
9 24 (5.14%) PHP
10 19 (4.07%) Bash
11 16 (3.43%) C
12 12 (2.57%) Delphi
13 10 (2.14%) 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%) RPG
Qualifications
1 57 (12.21%) Degree
2 56 (11.99%) Security Cleared
3 46 (9.85%) SC Cleared
4 26 (5.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.43%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.36%) AWS Certification
7 10 (2.14%) AWS Certified Developer
8 8 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.50%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.07%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.64%) RHCE
13 2 (0.43%) RHCSA
13 2 (0.43%) SnowPro
14 1 (0.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 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 13 (2.78%) 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
1 155 (33.19%) 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
1 165 (35.33%) Kubernetes
2 112 (23.98%) Terraform
3 36 (7.71%) Grafana
4 29 (6.21%) Argo
5 28 (6.00%) Ansible
6 22 (4.71%) 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 48 (10.28%) Microsoft
1 48 (10.28%) Oracle
2 22 (4.71%) Google
3 17 (3.64%) Red Hat
4 15 (3.21%) OpenAI
5 8 (1.71%) Atlassian
5 8 (1.71%) Dell
6 7 (1.50%) Databricks
6 7 (1.50%) Informatica
7 6 (1.28%) Confluent
7 6 (1.28%) Talend
8 5 (1.07%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.07%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.86%) Pega
9 4 (0.86%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.86%) VMware
10 3 (0.64%) IBM
10 3 (0.64%) Revolut
10 3 (0.64%) Splunk
11 2 (0.43%) Mapbox