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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 132 197
Rank change year-on-year -131 +65 -9
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 432 1,041 1,028
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.76% 2.26% 1.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.28% 12.52% 8.22%
Number of salaries quoted 305 472 875
10th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +19.23% -10.34%
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £126,000 £122,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +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 5,934 8,312 12,508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.41% 18.04% 19.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,857 4,689 10,313
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,497 £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 £77,500
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 5 February 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 5 February 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 -71 247 £90,000 +2.86% 158
North of England -19 76 £73,801 +6.48% 67
South East -134 45 £58,750 -26.56% 46
Yorkshire -1 36 £62,500 +30.97% 17
North West -32 32 £85,000 +22.64% 42
Midlands -9 28 £55,200 -15.08% 33
South West -48 26 £60,000 -7.69% 30
West Midlands +10 18 £50,100 -22.92% 22
East of England -39 15 £42,500 -26.09% 19
East Midlands -27 10 £60,100 +0.17% 11
North East -12 8 £55,200 -20.35% 9
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 (6.71%) Apache Airflow
2 21 (4.86%) Apache Spark
3 16 (3.70%) WebSphere
4 15 (3.47%) Confluence
4 15 (3.47%) Tomcat
5 14 (3.24%) WebSphere Application Server
6 13 (3.01%) OpenStack
7 6 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (1.16%) Apache
9 3 (0.69%) CMS
9 3 (0.69%) Luigi
9 3 (0.69%) nginx
9 3 (0.69%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.46%) Camunda
10 2 (0.46%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.46%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.23%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.23%) IIS
11 1 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 9 (2.08%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.23%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 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
1 290 (67.13%) AWS
2 144 (33.33%) Azure
3 109 (25.23%) GCP
4 76 (17.59%) Serverless
5 55 (12.73%) GitHub
6 47 (10.88%) Amazon EKS
7 43 (9.95%) Amazon ECS
7 43 (9.95%) Amazon S3
8 39 (9.03%) AWS Lambda
9 36 (8.33%) dbt
9 36 (8.33%) SaaS
10 34 (7.87%) AWS CloudFormation
11 30 (6.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 25 (5.79%) Power Platform
13 24 (5.56%) Amazon SQS
14 22 (5.09%) GitHub Actions
15 20 (4.63%) Azure DevOps
16 19 (4.40%) Amazon EC2
17 17 (3.94%) Amazon ECR
18 16 (3.70%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.17%) TCP/IP
2 16 (3.70%) SSL
3 9 (2.08%) VPN
3 9 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (1.62%) Firewall
4 7 (1.62%) Internet
5 6 (1.39%) DNS
6 5 (1.16%) Network Security
6 5 (1.16%) VLAN
7 4 (0.93%) DHCP
8 3 (0.69%) HTTP
8 3 (0.69%) MQTT
8 3 (0.69%) WAN
9 2 (0.46%) BGP
9 2 (0.46%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.46%) OSPF
9 2 (0.46%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.46%) RTMP
9 2 (0.46%) Wireless
10 1 (0.23%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (25.69%) SQL Server
2 97 (22.45%) Relational Database
3 82 (18.98%) MySQL
4 72 (16.67%) MongoDB
5 69 (15.97%) NoSQL
6 37 (8.56%) Data Warehouse
7 35 (8.10%) DB2
7 35 (8.10%) Redis
8 31 (7.18%) DynamoDB
9 26 (6.02%) RDBMS
10 23 (5.32%) Power BI
11 21 (4.86%) Amazon RDS
11 21 (4.86%) Elasticsearch
12 18 (4.17%) Apache Iceberg
13 17 (3.94%) Apache Cassandra
14 15 (3.47%) Apache Arrow
14 15 (3.47%) Big Data
14 15 (3.47%) Hadoop
15 14 (3.24%) Amazon Athena
15 14 (3.24%) Dremio
Development Applications
1 95 (21.99%) Git
2 82 (18.98%) Jenkins
3 31 (7.18%) GitLab
4 29 (6.71%) JIRA
5 27 (6.25%) Cucumber
6 25 (5.79%) Selenium
7 24 (5.56%) JUnit
8 21 (4.86%) Bitbucket
9 18 (4.17%) TeamCity
10 15 (3.47%) JMeter
11 12 (2.78%) Mockito
12 7 (1.62%) Vite
13 6 (1.39%) Cypress.io
14 5 (1.16%) REST Assured
15 4 (0.93%) CircleCI
15 4 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
15 4 (0.93%) Subversion
16 3 (0.69%) MLflow
16 3 (0.69%) TestRail
17 2 (0.46%) Jaeger
General
1 119 (27.55%) Social Skills
2 97 (22.45%) Finance
3 45 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (10.19%) Banking
5 31 (7.18%) Public Sector
6 30 (6.94%) Law
7 21 (4.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (4.40%) Front Office
8 19 (4.40%) Retail
9 11 (2.55%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.31%) Financial Institution
10 10 (2.31%) Investment Banking
11 8 (1.85%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.62%) Marketing
13 5 (1.16%) Advertising
13 5 (1.16%) Electronics
14 4 (0.93%) Back Office
15 3 (0.69%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.69%) Legal
15 3 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 156 (36.11%) Developer
2 74 (17.13%) Senior
3 69 (15.97%) Software Engineer
4 50 (11.57%) Java Developer
4 50 (11.57%) Lead
5 48 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
6 29 (6.71%) Python Developer
7 28 (6.48%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 26 (6.02%) Data Engineer
9 25 (5.79%) Python Engineer
10 24 (5.56%) Principal Engineer
11 22 (5.09%) AWS Engineer
11 22 (5.09%) Java Engineer
12 20 (4.63%) Senior Software Engineer
13 19 (4.40%) AWS Developer
13 19 (4.40%) Linux Support
13 19 (4.40%) Python Software Engineer
14 17 (3.94%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 16 (3.70%) Backend Developer
15 16 (3.70%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (30.79%) React
2 87 (20.14%) Node.js
3 77 (17.82%) Spring
4 72 (16.67%) Spring Boot
5 67 (15.51%) REST
6 62 (14.35%) RESTful
7 54 (12.50%) FastAPI
8 51 (11.81%) Django
9 47 (10.88%) HTML
9 47 (10.88%) Kafka
10 45 (10.42%) AngularJS
11 42 (9.72%) .NET
12 40 (9.26%) CSS
13 37 (8.56%) Vue
14 35 (8.10%) Elastic Stack
15 29 (6.71%) Flask
16 27 (6.25%) Web Services
17 25 (5.79%) .NET Core
18 24 (5.56%) Next.js
19 19 (4.40%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 58 (13.43%) Cloud Native
1 58 (13.43%) Distributed Systems
2 21 (4.86%) Product Ownership
3 20 (4.63%) Linux Command Line
3 20 (4.63%) Management Information System
4 18 (4.17%) Equities
4 18 (4.17%) Fixed Income
5 16 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (3.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (2.78%) Blog
7 12 (2.78%) Data Structures
8 11 (2.55%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 11 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (2.08%) Replication
11 7 (1.62%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.62%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.39%) Clustering
13 5 (1.16%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 70 (16.20%) Linux
2 31 (7.18%) Windows
3 29 (6.71%) Unix
4 18 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (2.78%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.62%) Android
6 7 (1.62%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.93%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.69%) Debian
8 3 (0.69%) 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%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.23%) Fedora
10 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (45.60%) CI/CD
2 169 (39.12%) Agile
3 139 (32.18%) Software Engineering
4 135 (31.25%) Microservices
5 117 (27.08%) DevOps
5 117 (27.08%) Problem-Solving
6 101 (23.38%) Full-Stack Development
7 87 (20.14%) Containerisation
8 71 (16.44%) Fintech
8 71 (16.44%) Infrastructure as Code
9 67 (15.51%) AI
10 66 (15.28%) Test Automation
11 55 (12.73%) Scrum
12 54 (12.50%) Mentoring
13 50 (11.57%) ETL
14 49 (11.34%) Technical Leadership
15 48 (11.11%) Data Modelling
16 47 (10.88%) Business Intelligence
16 47 (10.88%) TDD
17 41 (9.49%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 215 (49.77%) Python
2 154 (35.65%) Java
3 144 (33.33%) SQL
4 119 (27.55%) JavaScript
5 93 (21.53%) TypeScript
6 36 (8.33%) C#
7 29 (6.71%) Go
8 20 (4.63%) PowerShell
9 16 (3.70%) PHP
10 12 (2.78%) C
11 11 (2.55%) Shell Script
11 11 (2.55%) T-SQL
12 9 (2.08%) Delphi
12 9 (2.08%) Rust
13 5 (1.16%) C++
13 5 (1.16%) Ruby
14 4 (0.93%) Bash
15 3 (0.69%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.69%) RPG
15 3 (0.69%) Scala
Qualifications
1 64 (14.81%) Security Cleared
2 55 (12.73%) Degree
3 45 (10.42%) SC Cleared
4 29 (6.71%) AWS Certification
5 25 (5.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (3.47%) ITIL Certification
7 13 (3.01%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.78%) AWS Certified Developer
9 7 (1.62%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.69%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.46%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.46%) HNC
12 2 (0.46%) HND
12 2 (0.46%) MCSA
12 2 (0.46%) MCSE
12 2 (0.46%) SnowPro
12 2 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.17%) QA
2 17 (3.94%) SLA
3 16 (3.70%) Data Quality
4 13 (3.01%) GDPR
5 10 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (2.08%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.69%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.69%) SEPA
8 2 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.46%) PSD2
9 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.23%) GAAP
9 1 (0.23%) IFRS
9 1 (0.23%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 159 (36.81%) Docker
2 8 (1.85%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.69%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.46%) NFS
5 1 (0.23%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.23%) Dovecot
5 1 (0.23%) Postfix
5 1 (0.23%) Squid
Systems Management
1 151 (34.95%) Kubernetes
2 92 (21.30%) Terraform
3 30 (6.94%) Ansible
4 26 (6.02%) Grafana
5 16 (3.70%) Kibana
6 13 (3.01%) Prometheus
7 9 (2.08%) Argo
8 6 (1.39%) AWS Copilot
8 6 (1.39%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.16%) Puppet
10 4 (0.93%) Nagios
11 3 (0.69%) Rancher
12 2 (0.46%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.23%) Ambari
13 1 (0.23%) Nessus
13 1 (0.23%) Podman
13 1 (0.23%) Proxmox
13 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 63 (14.58%) Oracle
2 25 (5.79%) Google
2 25 (5.79%) Microsoft
3 21 (4.86%) Red Hat
4 19 (4.40%) IBM
5 16 (3.70%) Atlassian
6 15 (3.47%) Informatica
7 13 (3.01%) OpenAI
7 13 (3.01%) Talend
8 12 (2.78%) ServiceNow
9 11 (2.55%) Splunk
10 10 (2.31%) Dynatrace
11 7 (1.62%) SAP
12 5 (1.16%) VMware
13 4 (0.93%) Pega
13 4 (0.93%) WSO2
14 3 (0.69%) CA Agile Central
14 3 (0.69%) RedGate
14 3 (0.69%) Revolut
14 3 (0.69%) Salesforce