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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 134 183
Rank change year-on-year -129 +49 +7
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 426 1,058 900
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.79% 2.21% 1.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.30% 12.34% 8.53%
Number of salaries quoted 305 474 762
10th Percentile £41,520 £50,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +14.81% -6.90%
75th Percentile £100,000 £101,875 £88,750
90th Percentile £126,000 £121,750 £110,000
UK median annual salary £74,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.33% +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 5,838 8,573 10,553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.88% 17.94% 19.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,817 4,794 8,483
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,663 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,780 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -6.98%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £96,250
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 19 January 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 19 January 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 -66 247 £90,000 +2.86% 172
North of England +1 75 £73,801 +6.48% 128
South East -129 42 £60,000 -25.00% 234
Yorkshire +1 38 £65,000 +8.81% 51
Midlands -6 32 £55,200 -15.08% 90
North West -18 29 £85,000 +22.64% 59
South West -53 27 £54,000 -16.92% 103
West Midlands +16 22 £55,200 -15.08% 30
East of England -38 12 £42,500 -26.09% 114
East Midlands -23 10 £60,100 +0.17% 58
North East +5 8 £55,200 -20.35% 19
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 35 (8.22%) Apache Airflow
2 21 (4.93%) Apache Spark
3 19 (4.46%) WebSphere
4 18 (4.23%) Confluence
5 17 (3.99%) Tomcat
6 16 (3.76%) WebSphere Application Server
7 13 (3.05%) OpenStack
8 7 (1.64%) nginx
9 4 (0.94%) Apache
10 3 (0.70%) CMS
10 3 (0.70%) Luigi
11 2 (0.47%) Camunda
11 2 (0.47%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.47%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.47%) SharePoint
12 1 (0.23%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.23%) IIS
12 1 (0.23%) JBoss
12 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 9 (2.11%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.94%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.23%) Endur
2 1 (0.23%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 301 (70.66%) AWS
2 141 (33.10%) Azure
3 105 (24.65%) GCP
4 77 (18.08%) Serverless
5 54 (12.68%) GitHub
6 49 (11.50%) Amazon ECS
7 47 (11.03%) Amazon EKS
8 45 (10.56%) Amazon S3
9 40 (9.39%) dbt
10 38 (8.92%) AWS Lambda
11 35 (8.22%) AWS CloudFormation
12 31 (7.28%) SaaS
13 30 (7.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 26 (6.10%) Amazon EC2
15 22 (5.16%) Amazon SQS
16 21 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
17 20 (4.69%) GitHub Actions
17 20 (4.69%) Power Platform
18 18 (4.23%) Amazon ECR
19 16 (3.76%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.46%) SSL
2 17 (3.99%) TCP/IP
3 11 (2.58%) Firewall
4 9 (2.11%) DNS
5 8 (1.88%) VPN
5 8 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (1.64%) Internet
7 6 (1.41%) HTTP
8 5 (1.17%) VLAN
9 4 (0.94%) FTP
9 4 (0.94%) IMAP
9 4 (0.94%) OpenLDAP
9 4 (0.94%) SMTP
9 4 (0.94%) SSH
10 3 (0.70%) DHCP
10 3 (0.70%) MQTT
10 3 (0.70%) Network Security
10 3 (0.70%) WAN
11 2 (0.47%) Reverse Proxy
11 2 (0.47%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (26.06%) SQL Server
2 97 (22.77%) Relational Database
3 86 (20.19%) MySQL
4 76 (17.84%) MongoDB
5 72 (16.90%) NoSQL
6 37 (8.69%) Data Warehouse
6 37 (8.69%) DB2
7 34 (7.98%) Redis
8 31 (7.28%) DynamoDB
9 29 (6.81%) RDBMS
10 25 (5.87%) Amazon RDS
11 24 (5.63%) Apache Iceberg
12 21 (4.93%) Elasticsearch
13 20 (4.69%) Amazon Athena
13 20 (4.69%) Apache Arrow
13 20 (4.69%) Dremio
14 19 (4.46%) Power BI
15 17 (3.99%) Apache Cassandra
16 15 (3.52%) Hadoop
17 14 (3.29%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 97 (22.77%) Git
2 91 (21.36%) Jenkins
3 31 (7.28%) GitLab
3 31 (7.28%) JIRA
4 28 (6.57%) JUnit
5 27 (6.34%) Cucumber
6 25 (5.87%) Selenium
7 21 (4.93%) Bitbucket
8 18 (4.23%) JMeter
9 16 (3.76%) Mockito
10 14 (3.29%) TeamCity
11 8 (1.88%) Vite
12 7 (1.64%) Cypress.io
13 5 (1.17%) REST Assured
14 4 (0.94%) CircleCI
14 4 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
14 4 (0.94%) Subversion
14 4 (0.94%) Vagrant
15 3 (0.70%) MLflow
15 3 (0.70%) TestRail
General
1 117 (27.46%) Social Skills
2 93 (21.83%) Finance
3 38 (8.92%) Banking
4 37 (8.69%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (8.69%) Public Sector
5 22 (5.16%) Law
6 21 (4.93%) Front Office
7 15 (3.52%) Retail
8 13 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.82%) Investment Banking
10 10 (2.35%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.35%) Marketing
11 9 (2.11%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.88%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.41%) Electronics
13 6 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.17%) Advertising
15 4 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.70%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 160 (37.56%) Developer
2 73 (17.14%) Senior
3 63 (14.79%) Software Engineer
4 51 (11.97%) Java Developer
5 47 (11.03%) Full-Stack Developer
6 42 (9.86%) Lead
7 35 (8.22%) Python Developer
8 32 (7.51%) AWS Engineer
9 29 (6.81%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 29 (6.81%) Python Engineer
10 25 (5.87%) AWS Developer
10 25 (5.87%) Data Engineer
11 24 (5.63%) Principal Engineer
11 24 (5.63%) Python Software Engineer
12 21 (4.93%) AWS Software Engineer
12 21 (4.93%) Linux Support
13 20 (4.69%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 19 (4.46%) Applications Support
14 19 (4.46%) Senior Software Engineer
15 18 (4.23%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (29.81%) React
2 85 (19.95%) Node.js
3 75 (17.61%) Spring
4 69 (16.20%) Spring Boot
5 66 (15.49%) REST
6 62 (14.55%) RESTful
7 55 (12.91%) FastAPI
8 54 (12.68%) Django
9 52 (12.21%) AngularJS
10 51 (11.97%) HTML
11 44 (10.33%) Kafka
12 42 (9.86%) Vue
13 41 (9.62%) .NET
13 41 (9.62%) CSS
14 35 (8.22%) Elastic Stack
15 30 (7.04%) Flask
15 30 (7.04%) Web Services
16 24 (5.63%) .NET Core
17 22 (5.16%) Next.js
18 21 (4.93%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 59 (13.85%) Distributed Systems
2 55 (12.91%) Cloud Native
3 22 (5.16%) Linux Command Line
3 22 (5.16%) Management Information System
4 20 (4.69%) Equities
4 20 (4.69%) Fixed Income
4 20 (4.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 20 (4.69%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.29%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (3.05%) Replication
7 12 (2.82%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.64%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.64%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.41%) Clustering
10 6 (1.41%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (0.94%) Distributed Architecture
11 4 (0.94%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 78 (18.31%) Linux
2 38 (8.92%) Windows
3 33 (7.75%) Unix
4 21 (4.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (3.05%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.64%) Android
6 7 (1.64%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.41%) VMS
8 4 (0.94%) Amazon Linux
8 4 (0.94%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.70%) Debian
9 3 (0.70%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.23%) Fedora
10 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (46.24%) CI/CD
2 174 (40.85%) Agile
3 135 (31.69%) Microservices
4 124 (29.11%) Software Engineering
5 122 (28.64%) DevOps
6 121 (28.40%) Problem-Solving
7 97 (22.77%) Full-Stack Development
8 88 (20.66%) Containerisation
9 67 (15.73%) AI
9 67 (15.73%) Fintech
9 67 (15.73%) Infrastructure as Code
10 60 (14.08%) Test Automation
11 51 (11.97%) ETL
11 51 (11.97%) Scrum
12 50 (11.74%) TDD
13 48 (11.27%) Technical Leadership
14 47 (11.03%) Mentoring
15 43 (10.09%) Business Intelligence
16 41 (9.62%) BDD
17 40 (9.39%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 219 (51.41%) Python
2 140 (32.86%) Java
2 140 (32.86%) SQL
3 122 (28.64%) JavaScript
4 89 (20.89%) TypeScript
5 36 (8.45%) C#
6 27 (6.34%) Go
7 16 (3.76%) PowerShell
8 15 (3.52%) PHP
8 15 (3.52%) Shell Script
9 11 (2.58%) C
10 9 (2.11%) Rust
11 8 (1.88%) Delphi
12 6 (1.41%) T-SQL
13 5 (1.17%) Ruby
14 4 (0.94%) Groovy
15 3 (0.70%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.70%) RPG
15 3 (0.70%) Scala
16 2 (0.47%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 67 (15.73%) Security Cleared
2 59 (13.85%) Degree
3 46 (10.80%) SC Cleared
4 34 (7.98%) AWS Certification
5 24 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (4.23%) ITIL Certification
7 12 (2.82%) AWS Certified Developer
7 12 (2.82%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.41%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.41%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.47%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.47%) HNC
10 2 (0.47%) HND
10 2 (0.47%) MCSA
10 2 (0.47%) MCSE
10 2 (0.47%) SnowPro
10 2 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.93%) SLA
2 16 (3.76%) QA
3 14 (3.29%) GDPR
4 11 (2.58%) Data Quality
5 9 (2.11%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.70%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.70%) SEPA
8 2 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.47%) 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
1 166 (38.97%) Docker
2 4 (0.94%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.94%) DFS Replication
2 4 (0.94%) Dovecot
2 4 (0.94%) Postfix
2 4 (0.94%) Squid
3 3 (0.70%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.47%) NFS
5 1 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 149 (34.98%) Kubernetes
2 89 (20.89%) Terraform
3 29 (6.81%) Ansible
4 24 (5.63%) Grafana
5 19 (4.46%) Kibana
6 15 (3.52%) Prometheus
7 9 (2.11%) Argo
8 6 (1.41%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (1.17%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.94%) Nessus
10 4 (0.94%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.94%) Puppet
11 3 (0.70%) Nagios
11 3 (0.70%) Rancher
12 2 (0.47%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.23%) Ambari
13 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 61 (14.32%) Oracle
2 25 (5.87%) Red Hat
3 23 (5.40%) Microsoft
4 22 (5.16%) Google
4 22 (5.16%) IBM
5 18 (4.23%) ServiceNow
6 16 (3.76%) Atlassian
7 15 (3.52%) Informatica
7 15 (3.52%) Splunk
8 13 (3.05%) Dynatrace
8 13 (3.05%) Talend
9 10 (2.35%) OpenAI
10 8 (1.88%) SAP
11 5 (1.17%) VMware
12 4 (0.94%) Jaspersoft
12 4 (0.94%) Pega
12 4 (0.94%) WSO2
13 3 (0.70%) CA Agile Central
13 3 (0.70%) Dell
13 3 (0.70%) RedGate