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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 125 189
Rank change year-on-year -152 +64 +4
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 435 1,002 1,069
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.70% 2.38% 1.54%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.21% 12.87% 8.24%
Number of salaries quoted 312 484 874
10th Percentile £40,000 £50,375 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,400 £63,000 £51,716
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,651 £77,500 £65,465
Median % change year-on-year -3.68% +18.38% -9.70%
75th Percentile £100,000 £101,375 £87,500
90th Percentile £132,250 £121,750 £108,500
UK median annual salary £73,801 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.60% +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 6,033 7,783 12,972
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.75% 18.52% 18.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,849 4,618 10,599
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £43,750
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 £87,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 1 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 1 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 -94 228 £95,000 +8.57% 170
North of England -26 90 £68,750 -0.80% 103
South East -137 57 £56,250 -29.69% 167
Yorkshire -16 43 £60,000 +4.59% 33
North West -25 37 £77,500 +11.70% 48
Midlands -35 26 £55,200 -15.08% 56
South West -50 23 £65,000 -1.89% 55
West Midlands +1 17 £50,100 -22.92% 36
East of England -51 15 £42,500 -26.09% 60
North East -11 10 £53,665 -22.61% 23
East Midlands -43 9 £65,000 +8.33% 20
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 26 (5.98%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (3.68%) Apache Spark
2 16 (3.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (3.45%) Confluence
4 13 (2.99%) OpenStack
5 11 (2.53%) Tomcat
5 11 (2.53%) WebSphere
6 10 (2.30%) WebSphere Application Server
7 9 (2.07%) Apache
8 4 (0.92%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.46%) Camunda
9 2 (0.46%) CMS
9 2 (0.46%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.46%) nginx
9 2 (0.46%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.23%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (2.53%) MS Visio
2 9 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.23%) Endur
2 1 (0.23%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 292 (67.13%) AWS
2 162 (37.24%) Azure
3 116 (26.67%) GCP
4 74 (17.01%) Serverless
5 50 (11.49%) Amazon EKS
6 49 (11.26%) GitHub
7 43 (9.89%) Amazon ECS
8 41 (9.43%) Amazon S3
9 36 (8.28%) AWS CloudFormation
9 36 (8.28%) AWS Lambda
10 34 (7.82%) dbt
11 32 (7.36%) SaaS
12 29 (6.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 27 (6.21%) Power Platform
14 24 (5.52%) Amazon SQS
15 20 (4.60%) GitHub Actions
15 20 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
16 19 (4.37%) Amazon ECR
16 19 (4.37%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 17 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.52%) TCP/IP
2 13 (2.99%) VPN
3 12 (2.76%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (2.53%) SSL
5 9 (2.07%) DHCP
5 9 (2.07%) DNS
6 8 (1.84%) Firewall
7 7 (1.61%) Internet
8 6 (1.38%) Network Security
9 5 (1.15%) VLAN
10 3 (0.69%) MQTT
10 3 (0.69%) WAN
11 2 (0.46%) BGP
11 2 (0.46%) HTTP
11 2 (0.46%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.46%) OSPF
11 2 (0.46%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (0.46%) RTMP
11 2 (0.46%) SAN
11 2 (0.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (23.22%) SQL Server
2 91 (20.92%) Relational Database
3 85 (19.54%) MySQL
4 81 (18.62%) MongoDB
5 75 (17.24%) NoSQL
6 41 (9.43%) Redis
7 31 (7.13%) DB2
8 30 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
8 30 (6.90%) DynamoDB
9 28 (6.44%) Elasticsearch
10 26 (5.98%) Power BI
11 21 (4.83%) Amazon RDS
12 17 (3.91%) RDBMS
13 14 (3.22%) Apache Cassandra
14 12 (2.76%) Big Data
14 12 (2.76%) Oracle Database
15 11 (2.53%) Apache Iceberg
16 10 (2.30%) BigQuery
16 10 (2.30%) Hadoop
16 10 (2.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 95 (21.84%) Git
2 77 (17.70%) Jenkins
3 29 (6.67%) GitLab
3 29 (6.67%) JIRA
4 27 (6.21%) Cucumber
5 25 (5.75%) Selenium
6 23 (5.29%) JUnit
7 21 (4.83%) Bitbucket
7 21 (4.83%) TeamCity
8 13 (2.99%) JMeter
9 11 (2.53%) Mockito
10 7 (1.61%) Vite
11 6 (1.38%) Cypress.io
12 5 (1.15%) REST Assured
12 5 (1.15%) Subversion
13 4 (0.92%) CircleCI
13 4 (0.92%) Jaeger
13 4 (0.92%) Maven
13 4 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
14 3 (0.69%) Gradle
General
1 120 (27.59%) Social Skills
2 91 (20.92%) Finance
3 46 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (9.66%) Banking
5 39 (8.97%) Public Sector
6 32 (7.36%) Law
7 26 (5.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (5.29%) Retail
9 20 (4.60%) Front Office
10 10 (2.30%) Financial Institution
10 10 (2.30%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.61%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.38%) Advertising
13 5 (1.15%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.92%) Back Office
14 4 (0.92%) Marketing
14 4 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.69%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 146 (33.56%) Developer
2 82 (18.85%) Software Engineer
3 79 (18.16%) Senior
4 55 (12.64%) Lead
5 49 (11.26%) Full-Stack Developer
6 48 (11.03%) Java Developer
7 33 (7.59%) Java Engineer
8 29 (6.67%) Data Engineer
9 27 (6.21%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 26 (5.98%) Python Engineer
11 23 (5.29%) Python Developer
12 22 (5.06%) Lead Developer
12 22 (5.06%) Principal Engineer
13 20 (4.60%) Lead Software Engineer
14 19 (4.37%) Java Software Engineer
14 19 (4.37%) Senior Software Engineer
15 18 (4.14%) Analyst
16 17 (3.91%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 16 (3.68%) AWS Engineer
17 16 (3.68%) Developer/Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (32.18%) React
2 87 (20.00%) Node.js
3 77 (17.70%) Spring
4 73 (16.78%) RESTful
5 70 (16.09%) Spring Boot
6 54 (12.41%) Django
6 54 (12.41%) REST
7 51 (11.72%) FastAPI
8 48 (11.03%) Kafka
9 46 (10.57%) HTML
10 41 (9.43%) CSS
11 38 (8.74%) .NET
12 37 (8.51%) AngularJS
13 34 (7.82%) Elastic Stack
14 32 (7.36%) Vue
15 27 (6.21%) Flask
16 25 (5.75%) Next.js
16 25 (5.75%) Web Services
17 24 (5.52%) .NET Core
18 19 (4.37%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 73 (16.78%) Cloud Native
2 53 (12.18%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (4.60%) Linux Command Line
3 20 (4.60%) Product Ownership
4 19 (4.37%) Equities
4 19 (4.37%) Fixed Income
5 16 (3.68%) Greenfield Project
5 16 (3.68%) Management Information System
6 15 (3.45%) Blog
7 14 (3.22%) Onboarding
8 13 (2.99%) Data Structures
8 13 (2.99%) Derivative
9 12 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.84%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.84%) Replication
12 7 (1.61%) Driving Licence
12 7 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 7 (1.61%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 64 (14.71%) Linux
2 28 (6.44%) Unix
3 27 (6.21%) Windows
4 16 (3.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (2.30%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.61%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.15%) Android
7 5 (1.15%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.69%) Debian
9 2 (0.46%) VMS
9 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.23%) CentOS
10 1 (0.23%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (44.60%) CI/CD
2 175 (40.23%) Agile
3 144 (33.10%) Software Engineering
4 143 (32.87%) Microservices
5 121 (27.82%) DevOps
6 108 (24.83%) Problem-Solving
7 104 (23.91%) Full-Stack Development
8 90 (20.69%) Containerisation
9 78 (17.93%) Infrastructure as Code
9 78 (17.93%) Test Automation
10 75 (17.24%) Mentoring
11 71 (16.32%) AI
12 68 (15.63%) Fintech
13 58 (13.33%) TDD
14 55 (12.64%) Scrum
15 50 (11.49%) Technical Leadership
16 46 (10.57%) BDD
16 46 (10.57%) Data Modelling
17 44 (10.11%) Business Intelligence
18 42 (9.66%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 210 (48.28%) Python
2 164 (37.70%) Java
3 151 (34.71%) SQL
4 118 (27.13%) JavaScript
5 96 (22.07%) TypeScript
6 33 (7.59%) C#
7 29 (6.67%) Go
8 24 (5.52%) PowerShell
9 16 (3.68%) PHP
10 14 (3.22%) C
11 12 (2.76%) Delphi
12 10 (2.30%) Shell Script
12 10 (2.30%) T-SQL
13 9 (2.07%) Rust
14 7 (1.61%) C++
15 6 (1.38%) Bash
16 4 (0.92%) Pascal
17 3 (0.69%) RPG
17 3 (0.69%) Ruby
18 2 (0.46%) Korn
Qualifications
1 69 (15.86%) Security Cleared
2 52 (11.95%) Degree
3 51 (11.72%) SC Cleared
4 24 (5.52%) AWS Certification
4 24 (5.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (3.45%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.76%) AWS Certified Developer
7 10 (2.30%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.61%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.46%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.46%) SnowPro
10 2 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.23%) MCSA
11 1 (0.23%) MCSE
11 1 (0.23%) RHCE
11 1 (0.23%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.98%) Data Quality
2 13 (2.99%) QA
3 12 (2.76%) GDPR
3 12 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.53%) SLA
5 10 (2.30%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.69%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.69%) SEPA
7 2 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.46%) PSD2
8 1 (0.23%) GAAP
8 1 (0.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 164 (37.70%) Docker
2 16 (3.68%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.69%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.46%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 2 (0.46%) NFS
5 1 (0.23%) Samba
Systems Management
1 150 (34.48%) Kubernetes
2 93 (21.38%) Terraform
3 29 (6.67%) Grafana
4 28 (6.44%) Ansible
5 17 (3.91%) Prometheus
6 15 (3.45%) Kibana
7 9 (2.07%) Argo
7 9 (2.07%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (1.15%) Nagios
9 4 (0.92%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.69%) Puppet
10 3 (0.69%) Rancher
11 2 (0.46%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.23%) Ambari
12 1 (0.23%) Podman
12 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 54 (12.41%) Oracle
2 29 (6.67%) Microsoft
3 28 (6.44%) Google
4 18 (4.14%) Red Hat
5 14 (3.22%) Atlassian
5 14 (3.22%) IBM
6 13 (2.99%) OpenAI
7 10 (2.30%) Informatica
8 9 (2.07%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.07%) Splunk
8 9 (2.07%) Talend
9 8 (1.84%) Dynatrace
10 5 (1.15%) Confluent
10 5 (1.15%) VMware
11 4 (0.92%) Databricks
11 4 (0.92%) Dell
11 4 (0.92%) Pega
11 4 (0.92%) WSO2
12 3 (0.69%) CA Agile Central
12 3 (0.69%) Revolut