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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 220 162
Rank change year-on-year -51 -58 +46
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 641 650 1,392
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.72% 1.50% 1.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.15% 9.55% 10.76%
Number of salaries quoted 491 481 891
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £59,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £110,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £137,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +20.00% -10.71%

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 7,869 6,806 12,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.86% 15.71% 15.83%
Number of salaries quoted 5,391 4,505 9,403
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,064 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,743 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.22% +1.24% -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 22 July 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 22 July 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 -73 273 £85,000 -18.47% 189
South East -13 124 £59,500 +8.18% 46
North of England -13 120 £65,000 -3.70% 47
North West -18 50 £65,000 -3.70% 27
South West -47 49 £62,500 +4.17% 22
North East -25 37 £55,000 +4.76% 6
Yorkshire -35 33 £65,000 -3.70% 14
East of England -10 29 £52,500 +66.67% 9
Midlands -39 24 £75,000 +11.01% 17
West Midlands -25 20 £80,000 +18.30% 9
East Midlands -31 4 £65,000 +18.18% 8
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 (4.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (3.74%) Apache Airflow
3 21 (3.28%) Confluence
4 20 (3.12%) Apache
5 16 (2.50%) Apache Spark
6 11 (1.72%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.94%) Camunda
7 6 (0.94%) WordPress
8 5 (0.78%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.16%) CMS
9 1 (0.16%) Documentum
9 1 (0.16%) IIS
9 1 (0.16%) JBoss
9 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.16%) Moodle
9 1 (0.16%) nginx
9 1 (0.16%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.16%) WildFly
Applications
1 13 (2.03%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.31%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 365 (56.94%) AWS
2 248 (38.69%) Azure
3 107 (16.69%) GCP
4 69 (10.76%) GitHub
5 62 (9.67%) Serverless
6 59 (9.20%) SaaS
7 47 (7.33%) Azure DevOps
8 41 (6.40%) Amazon S3
9 38 (5.93%) Amazon EKS
10 37 (5.77%) Power Platform
11 33 (5.15%) Amazon ECS
12 31 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
13 27 (4.21%) Azure Service Bus
13 27 (4.21%) GitHub Actions
14 24 (3.74%) Azure AKS
15 22 (3.43%) Amazon EC2
16 20 (3.12%) AWS Lambda
17 18 (2.81%) Amazon SQS
18 17 (2.65%) Azure Monitor
19 15 (2.34%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.84%) Broadband
2 15 (2.34%) Firewall
3 13 (2.03%) DNS
4 12 (1.87%) DHCP
5 10 (1.56%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.25%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.25%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.25%) SAN
6 8 (1.25%) VPN
7 4 (0.62%) Network Security
7 4 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.31%) HTTP
8 2 (0.31%) PBX
8 2 (0.31%) VLAN
9 1 (0.16%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (0.16%) LAN
9 1 (0.16%) LTE
9 1 (0.16%) SMS
9 1 (0.16%) SSL
9 1 (0.16%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (26.37%) MongoDB
2 161 (25.12%) MySQL
3 104 (16.22%) Relational Database
3 104 (16.22%) SQL Server
4 99 (15.44%) NoSQL
5 66 (10.30%) Redis
6 32 (4.99%) Power BI
7 30 (4.68%) DynamoDB
8 26 (4.06%) Data Warehouse
8 26 (4.06%) Elasticsearch
9 24 (3.74%) Amazon RDS
10 21 (3.28%) Metadata
11 20 (3.12%) Amazon Redshift
12 19 (2.96%) Big Data
13 15 (2.34%) Amazon Aurora
13 15 (2.34%) Apache Cassandra
14 13 (2.03%) RDBMS
14 13 (2.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 12 (1.87%) Data Lake
16 11 (1.72%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 119 (18.56%) Git
2 41 (6.40%) GitLab
3 34 (5.30%) Jenkins
4 24 (3.74%) JIRA
5 22 (3.43%) JUnit
6 18 (2.81%) Mockito
7 14 (2.18%) TeamCity
8 12 (1.87%) Bitbucket
9 10 (1.56%) JMeter
9 10 (1.56%) Vite
10 8 (1.25%) Claude Code
11 6 (0.94%) Maven
11 6 (0.94%) Selenium
12 4 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.62%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.47%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.47%) Gatling
13 3 (0.47%) Storybook
14 2 (0.31%) ESLint
14 2 (0.31%) webpack
General
1 141 (22.00%) Social Skills
2 88 (13.73%) Finance
3 81 (12.64%) Public Sector
4 52 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (6.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (5.30%) Games
7 29 (4.52%) Law
8 26 (4.06%) Retail
9 22 (3.43%) Banking
10 19 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (2.65%) Legal
11 17 (2.65%) Manufacturing
12 16 (2.50%) Front Office
13 15 (2.34%) Advertising
14 11 (1.72%) Legal Technology
15 7 (1.09%) Aerospace
15 7 (1.09%) Aviation
15 7 (1.09%) Tech for Good
16 6 (0.94%) Automotive
16 6 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 196 (30.58%) Developer
2 146 (22.78%) Senior
3 140 (21.84%) Software Engineer
4 115 (17.94%) Lead
5 64 (9.98%) Python Engineer
6 56 (8.74%) Full-Stack Developer
7 49 (7.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 49 (7.64%) Python Developer
8 46 (7.18%) Lead Developer
9 43 (6.71%) Data Engineer
10 42 (6.55%) Lead Software Engineer
11 36 (5.62%) Architect
12 35 (5.46%) DevOps Engineer
12 35 (5.46%) Senior Software Engineer
13 30 (4.68%) Java Engineer
14 29 (4.52%) Java Developer
15 28 (4.37%) Senior Developer
16 26 (4.06%) Ruby Developer
17 21 (3.28%) AWS Engineer
17 21 (3.28%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (22.78%) React
2 144 (22.46%) Node.js
3 121 (18.88%) RESTful
4 94 (14.66%) REST
5 76 (11.86%) Spring
6 73 (11.39%) Spring Boot
7 68 (10.61%) Kafka
8 57 (8.89%) FastAPI
9 54 (8.42%) CSS
10 50 (7.80%) Next.js
11 48 (7.49%) HTML
12 45 (7.02%) JSON
13 39 (6.08%) .NET
14 31 (4.84%) AngularJS
15 30 (4.68%) Ruby on Rails
16 29 (4.52%) Django
17 28 (4.37%) JWT
18 27 (4.21%) Flask
19 26 (4.06%) Vue
20 24 (3.74%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 140 (21.84%) Cloud Native
2 78 (12.17%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (5.46%) Low-Code
4 33 (5.15%) Onboarding
5 32 (4.99%) Video\Live Streaming
6 26 (4.06%) Legacy Systems
7 25 (3.90%) Product Ownership
8 21 (3.28%) Algorithms
9 18 (2.81%) AI Agents
9 18 (2.81%) Data Structures
10 17 (2.65%) Blog
11 16 (2.50%) Derivative
11 16 (2.50%) Equities
11 16 (2.50%) Fixed Income
12 15 (2.34%) Replication
13 13 (2.03%) Management Information System
14 12 (1.87%) Distributed Computing
15 11 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
16 10 (1.56%) EPoS
16 10 (1.56%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 90 (14.04%) Linux
2 39 (6.08%) Windows
3 19 (2.96%) Unix
4 15 (2.34%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.94%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.62%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.47%) CentOS
9 1 (0.16%) Debian
9 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (45.24%) CI/CD
2 237 (36.97%) Software Engineering
3 223 (34.79%) Agile
4 179 (27.93%) Full-Stack Development
5 175 (27.30%) Microservices
6 166 (25.90%) AI
7 151 (23.56%) DevOps
8 140 (21.84%) Infrastructure as Code
9 134 (20.90%) Mentoring
10 127 (19.81%) Test Automation
11 118 (18.41%) Containerisation
12 111 (17.32%) Observability
13 110 (17.16%) Continuous Improvement
14 104 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
15 85 (13.26%) Analytics
16 83 (12.95%) API Design
17 75 (11.70%) Data Modelling
18 71 (11.08%) Clean Code
19 69 (10.76%) TDD
20 67 (10.45%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 282 (43.99%) Python
2 195 (30.42%) SQL
3 177 (27.61%) Java
4 128 (19.97%) TypeScript
5 126 (19.66%) JavaScript
6 52 (8.11%) Go
7 50 (7.80%) C#
8 38 (5.93%) PowerShell
9 33 (5.15%) Bash
10 30 (4.68%) Ruby
11 23 (3.59%) PHP
12 17 (2.65%) C++
13 15 (2.34%) Scala
14 12 (1.87%) T-SQL
15 11 (1.72%) Shell Script
16 10 (1.56%) RPG
17 6 (0.94%) Korn
18 5 (0.78%) C
18 5 (0.78%) Kotlin
19 4 (0.62%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 84 (13.10%) Security Cleared
2 70 (10.92%) Degree
3 61 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 29 (4.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.28%) DV Cleared
6 15 (2.34%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.87%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.94%) PhD
11 4 (0.62%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.47%) RHCE
13 2 (0.31%) CISSP
13 2 (0.31%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.31%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.31%) RHCSA
13 2 (0.31%) SnowPro
14 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (8.42%) Data Quality
2 26 (4.06%) QA
3 23 (3.59%) GDPR
4 16 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.03%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.47%) SLA
7 2 (0.31%) Good Clinical Practice
7 2 (0.31%) WCAG
8 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.16%) MiFID
8 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 175 (27.30%) Docker
2 27 (4.21%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.47%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.31%) Firmware
5 2 (0.31%) Samba
6 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 165 (25.74%) Kubernetes
2 124 (19.34%) Terraform
3 35 (5.46%) Grafana
4 29 (4.52%) Ansible
4 29 (4.52%) Argo
5 22 (3.43%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.56%) Kibana
7 6 (0.94%) Istio
7 6 (0.94%) Kustomize
7 6 (0.94%) Progress Chef
7 6 (0.94%) Puppet
8 3 (0.47%) AWS Copilot
8 3 (0.47%) HAProxy
8 3 (0.47%) Plesk
8 3 (0.47%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.47%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.31%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.31%) Nagios
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.31%) Rancher
Vendors
1 67 (10.45%) Microsoft
2 60 (9.36%) Oracle
3 33 (5.15%) Google
4 22 (3.43%) OpenAI
5 15 (2.34%) Red Hat
6 13 (2.03%) Databricks
7 12 (1.87%) Dynatrace
8 10 (1.56%) IBM
9 9 (1.40%) Splunk
10 8 (1.25%) Dell
11 7 (1.09%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.94%) Salesforce
13 4 (0.62%) Confluent
13 4 (0.62%) Netezza
13 4 (0.62%) Pega
13 4 (0.62%) Remedy
14 3 (0.47%) Atlassian
14 3 (0.47%) VMware
15 2 (0.31%) TikTok
15 2 (0.31%) UiPath