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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 135 176
Rank change year-on-year -114 +41 +12
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 438 1,062 865
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.82% 2.21% 1.74%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.47% 12.34% 8.59%
Number of salaries quoted 317 480 729
10th Percentile £41,655 £50,000 £43,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £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 £100,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £131,000 £120,000 £110,000
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 5,861 8,608 10,070
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.98% 17.91% 20.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3,878 4,834 8,045
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,780 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -6.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -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 16 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 16 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 -60 252 £90,000 +2.86% 160
North of England +8 78 £73,801 +6.48% 89
South East -127 43 £60,000 -25.00% 166
Yorkshire +14 40 £70,000 +16.92% 33
Midlands 0 32 £55,200 -15.08% 58
North West -5 30 £85,000 +22.64% 45
South West -44 30 £57,000 -12.31% 71
West Midlands +12 22 £55,200 -15.08% 25
East of England -36 12 £42,500 -26.09% 73
East Midlands -23 10 £60,100 +0.17% 33
North East +2 8 £55,200 -20.35% 12
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 38 (8.68%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (5.02%) Apache Spark
3 19 (4.34%) WebSphere
4 18 (4.11%) Confluence
5 17 (3.88%) Tomcat
6 16 (3.65%) WebSphere Application Server
7 13 (2.97%) OpenStack
8 7 (1.60%) nginx
9 4 (0.91%) Apache
10 3 (0.68%) CMS
10 3 (0.68%) Luigi
11 2 (0.46%) Camunda
11 2 (0.46%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.46%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.46%) 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 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 9 (2.05%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.91%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
4 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
1 311 (71.00%) AWS
2 147 (33.56%) Azure
3 112 (25.57%) GCP
4 79 (18.04%) Serverless
5 54 (12.33%) GitHub
6 49 (11.19%) Amazon ECS
7 47 (10.73%) Amazon EKS
8 46 (10.50%) Amazon S3
9 43 (9.82%) dbt
10 39 (8.90%) AWS Lambda
11 35 (7.99%) AWS CloudFormation
12 34 (7.76%) SaaS
13 31 (7.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 26 (5.94%) Amazon EC2
15 22 (5.02%) Amazon SQS
16 21 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
16 21 (4.79%) Power Platform
17 20 (4.57%) GitHub Actions
18 18 (4.11%) Amazon ECR
19 17 (3.88%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.34%) SSL
2 17 (3.88%) TCP/IP
3 11 (2.51%) Firewall
4 9 (2.05%) DNS
5 8 (1.83%) VPN
5 8 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (1.60%) Internet
7 6 (1.37%) HTTP
8 5 (1.14%) VLAN
9 4 (0.91%) FTP
9 4 (0.91%) IMAP
9 4 (0.91%) OpenLDAP
9 4 (0.91%) SMTP
9 4 (0.91%) SSH
10 3 (0.68%) DHCP
10 3 (0.68%) MQTT
10 3 (0.68%) Network Security
10 3 (0.68%) WAN
11 2 (0.46%) AMQP
11 2 (0.46%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (26.26%) SQL Server
2 97 (22.15%) Relational Database
3 91 (20.78%) MySQL
4 79 (18.04%) MongoDB
5 72 (16.44%) NoSQL
6 38 (8.68%) Data Warehouse
6 38 (8.68%) DB2
7 34 (7.76%) Redis
8 32 (7.31%) DynamoDB
9 29 (6.62%) RDBMS
10 27 (6.16%) Apache Iceberg
11 25 (5.71%) Amazon RDS
12 23 (5.25%) Amazon Athena
12 23 (5.25%) Apache Arrow
12 23 (5.25%) Dremio
13 21 (4.79%) Elasticsearch
14 20 (4.57%) Power BI
15 17 (3.88%) Apache Cassandra
16 15 (3.42%) Big Data
16 15 (3.42%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 97 (22.15%) Git
2 93 (21.23%) Jenkins
3 31 (7.08%) GitLab
3 31 (7.08%) JIRA
4 28 (6.39%) Cucumber
4 28 (6.39%) JUnit
5 25 (5.71%) Selenium
6 21 (4.79%) Bitbucket
7 18 (4.11%) JMeter
8 16 (3.65%) Mockito
9 14 (3.20%) TeamCity
10 8 (1.83%) Vite
11 7 (1.60%) Cypress.io
12 5 (1.14%) REST Assured
13 4 (0.91%) CircleCI
13 4 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.91%) Subversion
13 4 (0.91%) Vagrant
14 3 (0.68%) Gradle
14 3 (0.68%) TestRail
General
1 118 (26.94%) Social Skills
2 98 (22.37%) Finance
3 38 (8.68%) Banking
4 37 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (8.45%) Public Sector
5 24 (5.48%) Front Office
6 22 (5.02%) Law
7 18 (4.11%) Retail
8 13 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (2.97%) Marketing
9 12 (2.74%) Investment Banking
10 10 (2.28%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.05%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.83%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.37%) Advertising
13 6 (1.37%) Electronics
13 6 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.68%) Legal
15 3 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 168 (38.36%) Developer
2 73 (16.67%) Senior
3 66 (15.07%) Software Engineer
4 51 (11.64%) Java Developer
5 47 (10.73%) Full-Stack Developer
6 46 (10.50%) Lead
7 41 (9.36%) Python Developer
8 34 (7.76%) AWS Engineer
9 32 (7.31%) Python Engineer
10 29 (6.62%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 28 (6.39%) AWS Developer
12 27 (6.16%) Python Software Engineer
13 25 (5.71%) Data Engineer
14 24 (5.48%) AWS Software Engineer
14 24 (5.48%) Principal Engineer
15 23 (5.25%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 21 (4.79%) Applications Support
16 21 (4.79%) Linux Support
17 20 (4.57%) Software Developer
18 19 (4.34%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (29.91%) React
2 89 (20.32%) Node.js
3 77 (17.58%) Spring
4 69 (15.75%) Spring Boot
5 66 (15.07%) REST
5 66 (15.07%) RESTful
6 56 (12.79%) AngularJS
7 55 (12.56%) FastAPI
8 54 (12.33%) Django
9 52 (11.87%) HTML
10 45 (10.27%) Kafka
10 45 (10.27%) Vue
11 42 (9.59%) .NET
11 42 (9.59%) CSS
12 35 (7.99%) Elastic Stack
13 30 (6.85%) Flask
13 30 (6.85%) Web Services
14 24 (5.48%) .NET Core
14 24 (5.48%) NumPy
14 24 (5.48%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 59 (13.47%) Distributed Systems
2 57 (13.01%) Cloud Native
3 23 (5.25%) Equities
3 23 (5.25%) Fixed Income
3 23 (5.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 22 (5.02%) Linux Command Line
4 22 (5.02%) Management Information System
5 20 (4.57%) Product Ownership
6 14 (3.20%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (2.97%) Replication
8 12 (2.74%) Algorithms
9 11 (2.51%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.60%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.60%) Legacy Applications
10 7 (1.60%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.37%) Clustering
12 5 (1.14%) Marketing Technology
13 4 (0.91%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 79 (18.04%) Linux
2 38 (8.68%) Windows
3 33 (7.53%) Unix
4 21 (4.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (2.97%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.60%) Android
6 7 (1.60%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.37%) VMS
8 4 (0.91%) Amazon Linux
8 4 (0.91%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.68%) Debian
9 3 (0.68%) 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 (44.98%) CI/CD
2 181 (41.32%) Agile
3 141 (32.19%) Microservices
4 127 (29.00%) Software Engineering
5 126 (28.77%) Problem-Solving
6 124 (28.31%) DevOps
7 98 (22.37%) Full-Stack Development
8 92 (21.00%) Containerisation
9 71 (16.21%) AI
10 70 (15.98%) Fintech
11 67 (15.30%) Infrastructure as Code
12 62 (14.16%) Test Automation
13 52 (11.87%) ETL
13 52 (11.87%) Scrum
14 51 (11.64%) TDD
15 50 (11.42%) Mentoring
15 50 (11.42%) Technical Leadership
16 44 (10.05%) Business Intelligence
17 43 (9.82%) Continuous Improvement
18 42 (9.59%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 227 (51.83%) Python
2 141 (32.19%) Java
2 141 (32.19%) SQL
3 127 (29.00%) JavaScript
4 93 (21.23%) TypeScript
5 37 (8.45%) C#
6 27 (6.16%) Go
7 16 (3.65%) PowerShell
8 15 (3.42%) PHP
8 15 (3.42%) Shell Script
9 11 (2.51%) C
10 9 (2.05%) Rust
11 8 (1.83%) Delphi
12 6 (1.37%) T-SQL
13 5 (1.14%) Ruby
14 4 (0.91%) Groovy
15 3 (0.68%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.68%) RPG
15 3 (0.68%) Scala
16 2 (0.46%) VB
Qualifications
1 67 (15.30%) Security Cleared
2 59 (13.47%) Degree
3 46 (10.50%) SC Cleared
4 34 (7.76%) AWS Certification
5 24 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (4.11%) ITIL Certification
7 12 (2.74%) AWS Certified Developer
7 12 (2.74%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.37%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.37%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.46%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.46%) HNC
10 2 (0.46%) HND
10 2 (0.46%) MCSA
10 2 (0.46%) MCSE
10 2 (0.46%) SnowPro
10 2 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.79%) SLA
2 17 (3.88%) QA
3 14 (3.20%) GDPR
4 11 (2.51%) Data Quality
5 9 (2.05%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.68%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.68%) 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
1 170 (38.81%) Docker
2 4 (0.91%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.91%) DFS Replication
2 4 (0.91%) Dovecot
2 4 (0.91%) Postfix
2 4 (0.91%) Squid
3 3 (0.68%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.46%) NFS
5 1 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 151 (34.47%) Kubernetes
2 91 (20.78%) Terraform
3 30 (6.85%) Ansible
4 24 (5.48%) Grafana
5 19 (4.34%) Kibana
6 16 (3.65%) Prometheus
7 9 (2.05%) Argo
8 6 (1.37%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (1.14%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.91%) Nessus
10 4 (0.91%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.91%) Puppet
11 3 (0.68%) Nagios
11 3 (0.68%) Rancher
12 2 (0.46%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.23%) Ambari
13 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 64 (14.61%) Oracle
2 25 (5.71%) Red Hat
3 24 (5.48%) Microsoft
4 23 (5.25%) Google
5 22 (5.02%) IBM
6 18 (4.11%) ServiceNow
7 16 (3.65%) Atlassian
8 15 (3.42%) Informatica
8 15 (3.42%) Splunk
9 13 (2.97%) Dynatrace
9 13 (2.97%) Talend
10 10 (2.28%) OpenAI
11 8 (1.83%) SAP
12 5 (1.14%) VMware
13 4 (0.91%) Jaspersoft
13 4 (0.91%) Pega
13 4 (0.91%) WSO2
14 3 (0.68%) Dell
14 3 (0.68%) RedGate
14 3 (0.68%) Salesforce