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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 236 140 186
Rank change year-on-year -96 +46 -7
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 492 1,144 805
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.01% 2.03% 1.79%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.16% 11.76% 8.39%
Number of salaries quoted 358 516 677
10th Percentile £42,328 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £58,125 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £107,500 £98,750 £89,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £116,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% +7.41% -6.90%

All Database and 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 9,727 9,591
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.41% 17.29% 21.35%
Number of salaries quoted 4,013 5,642 7,590
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,008 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +5.69% -1.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025. 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 -37 292 £98,750 +12.86% 113
North of England -8 78 £70,000 +4.24% 74
South East -102 64 £65,000 -8.77% 107
Yorkshire +11 38 £70,000 -3.45% 30
Midlands +8 37 £55,200 -15.08% 43
North West -19 28 £70,000 +16.67% 37
South West -34 28 £50,000 -23.08% 47
West Midlands +22 24 £61,350 -5.62% 23
East Midlands +5 13 £55,000 - 18
North East +14 12 £52,500 -24.25% 7
East of England -39 12 £42,500 -26.09% 37
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 63 (12.80%) Apache Airflow
2 27 (5.49%) Apache Spark
3 19 (3.86%) WebSphere
4 17 (3.46%) Tomcat
5 16 (3.25%) WebSphere Application Server
6 15 (3.05%) Confluence
7 9 (1.83%) OpenStack
8 8 (1.63%) nginx
9 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.81%) Apache
11 3 (0.61%) CMS
11 3 (0.61%) Luigi
12 2 (0.41%) Camunda
12 2 (0.41%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.41%) JBoss
12 2 (0.41%) SAS
12 2 (0.41%) SharePoint
13 1 (0.20%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.20%) IIS
13 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 7 (1.42%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.02%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.20%) Endur
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 355 (72.15%) AWS
2 165 (33.54%) Azure
3 148 (30.08%) GCP
4 81 (16.46%) Serverless
5 66 (13.41%) dbt
6 56 (11.38%) Amazon ECS
7 50 (10.16%) Amazon EKS
8 49 (9.96%) GitHub
9 41 (8.33%) Amazon S3
10 39 (7.93%) Amazon EC2
11 35 (7.11%) AWS Lambda
12 34 (6.91%) SaaS
13 28 (5.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 28 (5.69%) AWS CloudFormation
14 22 (4.47%) Power Platform
15 18 (3.66%) Amazon ECR
16 16 (3.25%) Amazon SQS
16 16 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
17 15 (3.05%) Amazon EMR
17 15 (3.05%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.86%) SSL
2 15 (3.05%) Firewall
3 13 (2.64%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.42%) DNS
4 7 (1.42%) HTTP
4 7 (1.42%) iSCSI
4 7 (1.42%) Remote Desktop
4 7 (1.42%) SAN
5 5 (1.02%) FTP
5 5 (1.02%) IMAP
5 5 (1.02%) OpenLDAP
5 5 (1.02%) SMTP
5 5 (1.02%) SSH
5 5 (1.02%) VPN
5 5 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.61%) MQTT
7 2 (0.41%) Multicast
7 2 (0.41%) PuTTY
7 2 (0.41%) RTMP
7 2 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 114 (23.17%) Relational Database
3 103 (20.93%) MySQL
4 80 (16.26%) MongoDB
5 76 (15.45%) NoSQL
6 50 (10.16%) Apache Iceberg
7 47 (9.55%) Amazon Athena
8 45 (9.15%) Apache Arrow
8 45 (9.15%) Dremio
9 44 (8.94%) RDBMS
10 39 (7.93%) Data Warehouse
11 35 (7.11%) DB2
11 35 (7.11%) Redis
12 31 (6.30%) DynamoDB
13 27 (5.49%) Amazon RDS
14 22 (4.47%) Big Data
15 21 (4.27%) Power BI
16 18 (3.66%) Apache Cassandra
16 18 (3.66%) Elasticsearch
16 18 (3.66%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 96 (19.51%) Jenkins
2 83 (16.87%) Git
3 37 (7.52%) JUnit
4 30 (6.10%) JIRA
5 26 (5.28%) JMeter
6 25 (5.08%) Cucumber
6 25 (5.08%) GitLab
7 24 (4.88%) Mockito
8 22 (4.47%) Selenium
9 18 (3.66%) Bitbucket
10 10 (2.03%) TeamCity
11 7 (1.42%) Cypress.io
12 5 (1.02%) REST Assured
12 5 (1.02%) Vagrant
13 4 (0.81%) CircleCI
13 4 (0.81%) Gradle
13 4 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.81%) Subversion
13 4 (0.81%) Vite
14 3 (0.61%) Maven
General
1 129 (26.22%) Finance
2 115 (23.37%) Social Skills
3 50 (10.16%) Public Sector
4 49 (9.96%) Front Office
5 38 (7.72%) Banking
6 37 (7.52%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (5.08%) Law
8 21 (4.27%) Marketing
9 18 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.85%) Retail
11 13 (2.64%) Investment Banking
12 12 (2.44%) Telecoms
13 11 (2.24%) Manufacturing
13 11 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (1.83%) Electronics
15 9 (1.83%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.63%) Advertising
17 6 (1.22%) Legal
18 4 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 207 (42.07%) Developer
2 93 (18.90%) Software Engineer
3 83 (16.87%) Senior
4 67 (13.62%) Python Developer
5 58 (11.79%) Java Developer
5 58 (11.79%) Lead
6 53 (10.77%) AWS Engineer
6 53 (10.77%) Python Engineer
7 50 (10.16%) AWS Developer
7 50 (10.16%) Full-Stack Developer
8 47 (9.55%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 47 (9.55%) Python Software Engineer
9 46 (9.35%) AWS Software Engineer
10 31 (6.30%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 31 (6.30%) Software Developer
11 27 (5.49%) Data Engineer
12 25 (5.08%) Principal Engineer
13 24 (4.88%) Lead Developer
14 23 (4.67%) Linux Support
15 21 (4.27%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (30.69%) React
2 112 (22.76%) Node.js
3 83 (16.87%) Spring
4 79 (16.06%) REST
5 77 (15.65%) AngularJS
6 75 (15.24%) Spring Boot
7 72 (14.63%) RESTful
8 64 (13.01%) Vue
9 60 (12.20%) HTML
10 59 (11.99%) FastAPI
11 56 (11.38%) Django
12 50 (10.16%) Kafka
13 46 (9.35%) NumPy
13 46 (9.35%) Pandas
14 45 (9.15%) SciPy
15 42 (8.54%) CSS
16 40 (8.13%) .NET
17 39 (7.93%) Flask
18 35 (7.11%) Web Services
19 29 (5.89%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 65 (13.21%) Distributed Systems
2 59 (11.99%) Cloud Native
3 47 (9.55%) Equities
3 47 (9.55%) Fixed Income
3 47 (9.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 31 (6.30%) Management Information System
5 25 (5.08%) Linux Command Line
6 24 (4.88%) Product Ownership
7 16 (3.25%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (2.64%) Algorithms
8 13 (2.64%) Replication
9 12 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (2.03%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.63%) Marketing Technology
12 7 (1.42%) Legacy Applications
13 6 (1.22%) Data Structures
13 6 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (1.02%) Clustering
15 4 (0.81%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 80 (16.26%) Linux
2 40 (8.13%) Windows
3 36 (7.32%) Unix
4 25 (5.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.63%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.42%) Ubuntu
6 7 (1.42%) VMS
6 7 (1.42%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.02%) Amazon Linux
7 5 (1.02%) Android
7 5 (1.02%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.02%) Debian
8 3 (0.61%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.20%) Fedora
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (43.90%) Agile
2 207 (42.07%) CI/CD
3 162 (32.93%) Software Engineering
4 148 (30.08%) Microservices
5 127 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
6 124 (25.20%) DevOps
7 102 (20.73%) Full-Stack Development
8 96 (19.51%) Fintech
9 91 (18.50%) Containerisation
10 79 (16.06%) AI
11 70 (14.23%) Mentoring
12 62 (12.60%) Test Automation
13 61 (12.40%) TDD
14 56 (11.38%) ETL
15 55 (11.18%) Clean Code
16 50 (10.16%) Infrastructure as Code
17 49 (9.96%) Data Engineering
18 48 (9.76%) Asset Management
18 48 (9.76%) Business Intelligence
18 48 (9.76%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 267 (54.27%) Python
2 152 (30.89%) Java
3 151 (30.69%) JavaScript
4 144 (29.27%) SQL
5 113 (22.97%) TypeScript
6 42 (8.54%) C#
7 24 (4.88%) Shell Script
8 18 (3.66%) Go
9 14 (2.85%) Bash
9 14 (2.85%) PHP
9 14 (2.85%) PowerShell
10 10 (2.03%) Rust
11 8 (1.63%) Delphi
12 7 (1.42%) Korn
12 7 (1.42%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.22%) Ruby
14 5 (1.02%) Groovy
14 5 (1.02%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.81%) C
16 3 (0.61%) Scala
Qualifications
1 77 (15.65%) Security Cleared
2 65 (13.21%) Degree
3 53 (10.77%) SC Cleared
4 35 (7.11%) AWS Certification
5 24 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.66%) ITIL Certification
7 11 (2.24%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.03%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.83%) AWS Certified Developer
10 6 (1.22%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.61%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.41%) HNC
13 2 (0.41%) HND
13 2 (0.41%) MCSA
13 2 (0.41%) MCSE
13 2 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.20%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.50%) QA
2 22 (4.47%) SLA
3 14 (2.85%) Data Quality
4 13 (2.64%) GDPR
5 10 (2.03%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.61%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.61%) SEPA
7 2 (0.41%) NIST
7 2 (0.41%) PSD2
8 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.20%) GAAP
8 1 (0.20%) IFRS
8 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 189 (38.41%) Docker
2 7 (1.42%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 5 (1.02%) DFS Replication
3 5 (1.02%) Dovecot
3 5 (1.02%) Postfix
3 5 (1.02%) Squid
4 3 (0.61%) zsh
5 2 (0.41%) Apache Flume
5 2 (0.41%) HDFS
5 2 (0.41%) NFS
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 150 (30.49%) Kubernetes
2 74 (15.04%) Terraform
3 30 (6.10%) Kibana
4 26 (5.28%) Grafana
5 20 (4.07%) Ansible
6 19 (3.86%) Prometheus
7 7 (1.42%) Argo
8 6 (1.22%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (1.02%) Nessus
9 5 (1.02%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.02%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.81%) Puppet
11 3 (0.61%) logstash
11 3 (0.61%) Nagios
12 2 (0.41%) Oozie
13 1 (0.20%) Ambari
13 1 (0.20%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.20%) Rancher
13 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 69 (14.02%) Oracle
2 30 (6.10%) Red Hat
2 30 (6.10%) Splunk
3 28 (5.69%) Microsoft
4 26 (5.28%) Google
5 22 (4.47%) Dynatrace
6 21 (4.27%) IBM
7 20 (4.07%) ServiceNow
8 19 (3.86%) Informatica
9 15 (3.05%) Talend
10 14 (2.85%) Atlassian
11 13 (2.64%) SAP
12 9 (1.83%) Dell
13 8 (1.63%) Databricks
14 7 (1.42%) OpenAI
15 5 (1.02%) Jaspersoft
15 5 (1.02%) Salesforce
16 4 (0.81%) Pega
16 4 (0.81%) RedGate
16 4 (0.81%) WSO2