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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 132 195
Rank change year-on-year -148 +63 -4
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 447 973 1,057
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.70% 2.37% 1.52%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.24% 12.65% 8.13%
Number of salaries quoted 324 481 862
10th Percentile £39,125 £50,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,475 £62,500 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,151 £77,500 £65,465
Median % change year-on-year -4.32% +18.38% -9.70%
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £136,000 £122,500 £109,500
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 6,175 7,689 13,005
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.73% 18.71% 18.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,923 4,600 10,584
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,980 £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 5 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 5 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 -80 233 £95,000 +8.57% 171
North of England -33 91 £67,500 -2.61% 80
South East -144 60 £56,250 -29.69% 66
Yorkshire -18 42 £56,065 -2.27% 25
North West -35 38 £77,500 +11.76% 43
Midlands -23 26 £55,200 -15.08% 39
South West -48 23 £65,000 - 29
West Midlands -10 17 £50,100 -22.92% 29
East of England -50 16 £42,500 -26.09% 25
North East -15 11 £55,000 -20.69% 13
East Midlands -32 9 £65,000 +8.33% 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 27 (6.04%) Apache Airflow
2 17 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (3.36%) Apache Spark
3 15 (3.36%) Confluence
4 13 (2.91%) OpenStack
5 11 (2.46%) Apache
5 11 (2.46%) Tomcat
5 11 (2.46%) WebSphere
6 10 (2.24%) WebSphere Application Server
7 4 (0.89%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.45%) Camunda
8 2 (0.45%) CMS
8 2 (0.45%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.45%) nginx
8 2 (0.45%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.22%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (2.46%) MS Visio
2 9 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.22%) Endur
2 1 (0.22%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 298 (66.67%) AWS
2 169 (37.81%) Azure
3 122 (27.29%) GCP
4 73 (16.33%) Serverless
5 49 (10.96%) Amazon EKS
5 49 (10.96%) GitHub
6 42 (9.40%) Amazon ECS
7 40 (8.95%) Amazon S3
8 36 (8.05%) AWS CloudFormation
8 36 (8.05%) AWS Lambda
9 34 (7.61%) dbt
10 32 (7.16%) SaaS
11 29 (6.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 27 (6.04%) Power Platform
13 24 (5.37%) Amazon SQS
14 21 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
15 20 (4.47%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (4.25%) Amazon ECR
16 19 (4.25%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 17 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.37%) TCP/IP
2 14 (3.13%) VPN
3 12 (2.68%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (2.46%) SSL
5 9 (2.01%) DHCP
5 9 (2.01%) DNS
5 9 (2.01%) Firewall
6 7 (1.57%) Internet
6 7 (1.57%) Network Security
7 5 (1.12%) VLAN
8 3 (0.67%) iSCSI
8 3 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.67%) SAN
8 3 (0.67%) WAN
9 2 (0.45%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.45%) HTTP
9 2 (0.45%) MQTT
9 2 (0.45%) PBX
9 2 (0.45%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.45%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (23.04%) SQL Server
2 91 (20.36%) Relational Database
3 88 (19.69%) MySQL
4 81 (18.12%) MongoDB
5 77 (17.23%) NoSQL
6 40 (8.95%) Redis
7 31 (6.94%) DB2
8 30 (6.71%) Data Warehouse
8 30 (6.71%) DynamoDB
9 28 (6.26%) Elasticsearch
10 26 (5.82%) Power BI
11 21 (4.70%) Amazon RDS
12 17 (3.80%) RDBMS
13 15 (3.36%) Apache Cassandra
14 12 (2.68%) BigQuery
14 12 (2.68%) Oracle Database
15 11 (2.46%) Apache Iceberg
15 11 (2.46%) Big Data
16 10 (2.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 9 (2.01%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 98 (21.92%) Git
2 76 (17.00%) Jenkins
3 31 (6.94%) JIRA
4 29 (6.49%) GitLab
5 27 (6.04%) Cucumber
6 25 (5.59%) Selenium
7 22 (4.92%) JUnit
8 21 (4.70%) Bitbucket
8 21 (4.70%) TeamCity
9 12 (2.68%) JMeter
10 10 (2.24%) Mockito
11 7 (1.57%) Vite
12 6 (1.34%) Cypress.io
13 5 (1.12%) REST Assured
13 5 (1.12%) Subversion
14 4 (0.89%) CircleCI
14 4 (0.89%) Jaeger
14 4 (0.89%) Maven
14 4 (0.89%) Sonatype Nexus
15 3 (0.67%) Gradle
General
1 122 (27.29%) Social Skills
2 96 (21.48%) Finance
3 48 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (9.40%) Banking
5 39 (8.72%) Public Sector
6 32 (7.16%) Law
7 26 (5.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (5.37%) Front Office
9 23 (5.15%) Retail
10 10 (2.24%) Financial Institution
10 10 (2.24%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.57%) Advertising
11 7 (1.57%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.12%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.89%) Back Office
13 4 (0.89%) Marketing
14 3 (0.67%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 151 (33.78%) Developer
2 87 (19.46%) Software Engineer
3 81 (18.12%) Senior
4 58 (12.98%) Lead
5 51 (11.41%) Full-Stack Developer
6 48 (10.74%) Java Developer
7 33 (7.38%) Java Engineer
8 30 (6.71%) Data Engineer
9 29 (6.49%) Python Engineer
10 27 (6.04%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 25 (5.59%) Lead Developer
11 25 (5.59%) Python Developer
12 23 (5.15%) Lead Software Engineer
13 21 (4.70%) Principal Engineer
14 20 (4.47%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 19 (4.25%) Analyst
15 19 (4.25%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 19 (4.25%) Java Software Engineer
15 19 (4.25%) Senior Software Engineer
16 17 (3.80%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (32.89%) React
2 93 (20.81%) Node.js
3 77 (17.23%) Spring
4 76 (17.00%) RESTful
5 70 (15.66%) Spring Boot
6 55 (12.30%) Django
6 55 (12.30%) REST
7 53 (11.86%) FastAPI
8 47 (10.51%) HTML
8 47 (10.51%) Kafka
9 43 (9.62%) CSS
10 39 (8.72%) .NET
10 39 (8.72%) AngularJS
11 34 (7.61%) Elastic Stack
12 33 (7.38%) Vue
13 27 (6.04%) Flask
14 26 (5.82%) Next.js
15 24 (5.37%) .NET Core
15 24 (5.37%) Web Services
16 23 (5.15%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 72 (16.11%) Cloud Native
2 51 (11.41%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (5.15%) Equities
3 23 (5.15%) Fixed Income
4 21 (4.70%) Linux Command Line
5 19 (4.25%) Product Ownership
6 18 (4.03%) Management Information System
7 17 (3.80%) Derivative
8 16 (3.58%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (3.36%) Blog
9 15 (3.36%) Onboarding
10 13 (2.91%) Data Structures
11 12 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (2.24%) Replication
12 10 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.79%) Algorithms
14 7 (1.57%) Driving Licence
14 7 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 7 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (1.57%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 67 (14.99%) Linux
2 28 (6.26%) Unix
2 28 (6.26%) Windows
3 17 (3.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (2.46%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.57%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.12%) Android
6 5 (1.12%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.67%) Debian
8 2 (0.45%) CentOS
8 2 (0.45%) VMS
8 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.22%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (43.40%) CI/CD
2 180 (40.27%) Agile
3 150 (33.56%) Software Engineering
4 144 (32.21%) Microservices
5 122 (27.29%) DevOps
6 110 (24.61%) Full-Stack Development
7 109 (24.38%) Problem-Solving
8 91 (20.36%) Containerisation
9 80 (17.90%) Test Automation
10 79 (17.67%) Infrastructure as Code
11 77 (17.23%) Mentoring
12 75 (16.78%) AI
13 71 (15.88%) Fintech
14 56 (12.53%) Scrum
14 56 (12.53%) TDD
15 50 (11.19%) Technical Leadership
16 47 (10.51%) Data Modelling
17 45 (10.07%) BDD
18 43 (9.62%) Business Intelligence
18 43 (9.62%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 218 (48.77%) Python
2 164 (36.69%) Java
3 154 (34.45%) SQL
4 124 (27.74%) JavaScript
5 103 (23.04%) TypeScript
6 35 (7.83%) C#
7 29 (6.49%) Go
8 25 (5.59%) PowerShell
9 16 (3.58%) PHP
10 15 (3.36%) C
11 12 (2.68%) Delphi
12 10 (2.24%) T-SQL
13 9 (2.01%) Rust
13 9 (2.01%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.57%) Bash
15 6 (1.34%) C++
16 4 (0.89%) Pascal
17 3 (0.67%) RPG
17 3 (0.67%) Ruby
18 2 (0.45%) Korn
Qualifications
1 70 (15.66%) Security Cleared
2 55 (12.30%) Degree
3 53 (11.86%) SC Cleared
4 23 (5.15%) AWS Certification
4 23 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.58%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.68%) AWS Certified Developer
7 10 (2.24%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (1.34%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.45%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.45%) RHCE
10 2 (0.45%) RHCSA
10 2 (0.45%) SnowPro
10 2 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.22%) MCSA
11 1 (0.22%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.82%) Data Quality
2 14 (3.13%) QA
3 12 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (2.68%) SLA
4 11 (2.46%) GDPR
5 10 (2.24%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.67%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.67%) SEPA
7 2 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.45%) PSD2
8 1 (0.22%) NCSC
System Software
1 166 (37.14%) Docker
2 18 (4.03%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.67%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 3 (0.67%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.45%) NFS
4 2 (0.45%) Samba
Systems Management
1 149 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 94 (21.03%) Terraform
3 29 (6.49%) Grafana
4 28 (6.26%) Ansible
5 17 (3.80%) Prometheus
6 14 (3.13%) Kibana
7 9 (2.01%) Argo
7 9 (2.01%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (1.12%) Nagios
9 4 (0.89%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.67%) Puppet
10 3 (0.67%) Rancher
11 2 (0.45%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.22%) Ambari
12 1 (0.22%) Podman
12 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 54 (12.08%) Oracle
2 32 (7.16%) Microsoft
3 31 (6.94%) Google
4 19 (4.25%) Red Hat
5 14 (3.13%) Atlassian
5 14 (3.13%) IBM
6 13 (2.91%) OpenAI
7 10 (2.24%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.01%) Informatica
9 8 (1.79%) Splunk
9 8 (1.79%) Talend
10 7 (1.57%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.12%) Confluent
11 5 (1.12%) Dell
11 5 (1.12%) VMware
12 4 (0.89%) Databricks
12 4 (0.89%) Pega
12 4 (0.89%) WSO2
13 3 (0.67%) CA Agile Central
13 3 (0.67%) Revolut