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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 226 162
Rank change year-on-year -72 -64 +23
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 503 589 1,532
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.61% 1.55% 1.78%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.06% 9.34% 10.37%
Number of salaries quoted 373 431 1,092
10th Percentile £42,000 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £59,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,305 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +15.38% -8.45%
75th Percentile £88,148 £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 7,127 6,305 14,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.61% 16.59% 17.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4,574 4,205 11,413
10th Percentile £35,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
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 £96,250 £115,000 £100,000
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 26 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 26 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 -95 195 £85,000 -10.53% 142
North of England -2 118 £67,500 -1.47% 39
South East -6 102 £57,500 +9.52% 31
Yorkshire -20 49 £62,500 -3.85% 5
North West -18 45 £69,310 -0.11% 30
South West -51 38 £62,500 -3.85% 9
North East -25 24 £65,000 +4.00% 4
East of England -44 18 £55,000 +48.65% 9
Midlands -60 14 £69,310 +2.59% 18
West Midlands -58 11 £75,000 +11.11% 8
East Midlands -38 3 £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 28 (5.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (4.37%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (3.78%) Apache
4 14 (2.78%) Apache Spark
4 14 (2.78%) Confluence
4 14 (2.78%) OpenStack
5 10 (1.99%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.40%) Camunda
6 2 (0.40%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.40%) WordPress
7 1 (0.20%) CMS
7 1 (0.20%) IIS
7 1 (0.20%) JBoss
7 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.20%) nginx
7 1 (0.20%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.20%) WildFly
Applications
1 7 (1.39%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Shopify
2 1 (0.20%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 311 (61.83%) AWS
2 198 (39.36%) Azure
3 101 (20.08%) GCP
4 72 (14.31%) Serverless
5 55 (10.93%) GitHub
6 50 (9.94%) SaaS
7 42 (8.35%) Amazon EKS
8 37 (7.36%) Amazon ECS
8 37 (7.36%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (6.16%) Amazon S3
10 31 (6.16%) Power Platform
11 24 (4.77%) Amazon SQS
12 23 (4.57%) Azure AKS
12 23 (4.57%) Azure Service Bus
12 23 (4.57%) GitHub Actions
13 22 (4.37%) AWS Lambda
14 19 (3.78%) AWS CloudFormation
15 14 (2.78%) Azure Functions
15 14 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.37%) Broadband
2 16 (3.18%) DNS
2 16 (3.18%) Firewall
3 15 (2.98%) DHCP
4 14 (2.78%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.79%) VPN
6 8 (1.59%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.59%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.59%) SAN
7 7 (1.39%) Internet
7 7 (1.39%) Network Security
7 7 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.60%) VLAN
9 2 (0.40%) HTTP
9 2 (0.40%) LAN
9 2 (0.40%) PBX
9 2 (0.40%) WAN
10 1 (0.20%) Asterisk PBX
10 1 (0.20%) LTE
10 1 (0.20%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (28.03%) MongoDB
2 124 (24.65%) MySQL
3 99 (19.68%) SQL Server
4 98 (19.48%) NoSQL
5 92 (18.29%) Relational Database
6 29 (5.77%) DynamoDB
7 28 (5.57%) Redis
8 27 (5.37%) Power BI
9 22 (4.37%) Elasticsearch
10 20 (3.98%) Data Warehouse
11 17 (3.38%) Apache Cassandra
12 15 (2.98%) RDBMS
13 14 (2.78%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (2.19%) MariaDB
14 11 (2.19%) Oracle Database
15 10 (1.99%) Amazon Redshift
16 9 (1.79%) Big Data
16 9 (1.79%) BigQuery
16 9 (1.79%) Metadata
16 9 (1.79%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 115 (22.86%) Git
2 42 (8.35%) Jenkins
3 38 (7.55%) GitLab
4 23 (4.57%) JIRA
5 17 (3.38%) JUnit
6 16 (3.18%) TeamCity
7 15 (2.98%) Bitbucket
8 14 (2.78%) Mockito
9 9 (1.79%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.79%) JMeter
9 9 (1.79%) Selenium
10 7 (1.39%) Vite
11 6 (1.19%) Maven
12 3 (0.60%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.60%) DBeaver
13 2 (0.40%) CircleCI
13 2 (0.40%) ESLint
13 2 (0.40%) Gatling
13 2 (0.40%) Jaeger
13 2 (0.40%) webpack
General
1 133 (26.44%) Social Skills
2 77 (15.31%) Finance
3 63 (12.52%) Public Sector
4 49 (9.74%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (6.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (6.36%) Retail
7 27 (5.37%) Banking
7 27 (5.37%) Law
8 25 (4.97%) Games
9 19 (3.78%) Manufacturing
9 19 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (3.38%) Front Office
11 14 (2.78%) Advertising
12 8 (1.59%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.59%) Legal
13 4 (0.80%) Automotive
13 4 (0.80%) Aviation
13 4 (0.80%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.80%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.60%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 164 (32.60%) Developer
2 101 (20.08%) Senior
3 98 (19.48%) Software Engineer
4 82 (16.30%) Lead
5 58 (11.53%) Full-Stack Developer
6 47 (9.34%) Python Engineer
7 43 (8.55%) Java Developer
8 35 (6.96%) Lead Developer
9 34 (6.76%) Lead Software Engineer
10 32 (6.36%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 30 (5.96%) Data Engineer
11 30 (5.96%) Java Engineer
12 29 (5.77%) Python Developer
13 23 (4.57%) Senior Developer
14 22 (4.37%) DevOps Engineer
15 21 (4.17%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 20 (3.98%) AWS Engineer
16 20 (3.98%) Senior DevOps
17 19 (3.78%) DBA
17 19 (3.78%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (28.63%) React
2 128 (25.45%) Node.js
3 104 (20.68%) RESTful
4 76 (15.11%) REST
5 63 (12.52%) Spring
6 60 (11.93%) Spring Boot
7 46 (9.15%) .NET
8 44 (8.75%) FastAPI
8 44 (8.75%) Kafka
9 42 (8.35%) CSS
10 40 (7.95%) HTML
11 34 (6.76%) JSON
12 32 (6.36%) AngularJS
13 30 (5.96%) Django
14 27 (5.37%) Next.js
15 25 (4.97%) Vue
16 24 (4.77%) Flask
16 24 (4.77%) Redux
17 21 (4.17%) Elastic Stack
17 21 (4.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 111 (22.07%) Cloud Native
2 52 (10.34%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (4.97%) Product Ownership
4 23 (4.57%) Video\Live Streaming
5 22 (4.37%) Low-Code
6 17 (3.38%) Algorithms
6 17 (3.38%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.38%) Onboarding
7 16 (3.18%) Blog
7 16 (3.18%) Derivative
7 16 (3.18%) Equities
7 16 (3.18%) Fixed Income
8 15 (2.98%) Data Structures
8 15 (2.98%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (2.98%) Replication
9 13 (2.58%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.79%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
11 8 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 71 (14.12%) Linux
2 40 (7.95%) Windows
3 20 (3.98%) Windows Server
4 18 (3.58%) Unix
5 10 (1.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (1.59%) Windows Server 2008
6 8 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.80%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.60%) CentOS
9 2 (0.40%) Android
9 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.20%) Debian
10 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (45.92%) CI/CD
2 199 (39.56%) Agile
3 174 (34.59%) Software Engineering
4 150 (29.82%) Full-Stack Development
5 149 (29.62%) Microservices
6 118 (23.46%) DevOps
7 111 (22.07%) Infrastructure as Code
8 110 (21.87%) Test Automation
9 103 (20.48%) AI
10 99 (19.68%) Mentoring
11 95 (18.89%) Problem-Solving
12 89 (17.69%) Containerisation
13 80 (15.90%) Continuous Improvement
14 72 (14.31%) Scrum
15 66 (13.12%) TDD
16 65 (12.92%) Analytics
17 58 (11.53%) Observability
18 55 (10.93%) API Design
19 53 (10.54%) Data Modelling
20 49 (9.74%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 222 (44.14%) Python
2 166 (33.00%) Java
3 159 (31.61%) SQL
4 117 (23.26%) JavaScript
5 109 (21.67%) TypeScript
6 45 (8.95%) Go
7 42 (8.35%) C#
8 31 (6.16%) PowerShell
9 22 (4.37%) PHP
10 21 (4.17%) Bash
11 13 (2.58%) C
12 11 (2.19%) C++
12 11 (2.19%) Ruby
13 10 (1.99%) Shell Script
13 10 (1.99%) T-SQL
14 9 (1.79%) Scala
15 7 (1.39%) Korn
16 4 (0.80%) Delphi
16 4 (0.80%) Pascal
16 4 (0.80%) RPG
Qualifications
1 64 (12.72%) Degree
2 57 (11.33%) Security Cleared
3 45 (8.95%) SC Cleared
4 26 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (3.38%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.99%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.59%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.59%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.19%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.60%) RHCE
12 2 (0.40%) PhD
12 2 (0.40%) RHCSA
13 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.20%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.75%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.17%) QA
3 19 (3.78%) GDPR
4 16 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.79%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.60%) SLA
7 2 (0.40%) WCAG
8 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.20%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.20%) MiFID
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
8 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 154 (30.62%) Docker
2 30 (5.96%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.79%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.80%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.40%) Firmware
5 2 (0.40%) Samba
6 1 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 155 (30.82%) Kubernetes
2 109 (21.67%) Terraform
3 30 (5.96%) Ansible
4 27 (5.37%) Grafana
5 25 (4.97%) Argo
6 17 (3.38%) Prometheus
7 9 (1.79%) Kibana
8 8 (1.59%) Progress Chef
8 8 (1.59%) Puppet
9 5 (0.99%) Istio
10 4 (0.80%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.80%) Nagios
10 4 (0.80%) Rancher
11 3 (0.60%) AWS Copilot
11 3 (0.60%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.60%) Plesk
12 2 (0.40%) HAProxy
12 2 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.40%) Oracle RMAN
13 1 (0.20%) Podman
Vendors
1 59 (11.73%) Microsoft
2 55 (10.93%) Oracle
3 23 (4.57%) Google
4 15 (2.98%) Red Hat
5 13 (2.58%) OpenAI
6 11 (2.19%) Dynatrace
7 8 (1.59%) Dell
7 8 (1.59%) Splunk
8 6 (1.19%) Atlassian
8 6 (1.19%) Databricks
8 6 (1.19%) ServiceNow
9 5 (0.99%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.80%) Confluent
10 4 (0.80%) IBM
10 4 (0.80%) Informatica
10 4 (0.80%) Pega
10 4 (0.80%) Talend
10 4 (0.80%) VMware
11 3 (0.60%) Netezza
11 3 (0.60%) Revolut