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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 221 163
Rank change year-on-year -76 -58 +27
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 469 590 1,475
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.58% 1.54% 1.77%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.76% 8.84% 10.08%
Number of salaries quoted 347 450 1,067
10th Percentile £40,750 £48,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £61,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +15.38% -13.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £137,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +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 6,942 6,672 14,635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.64% 17.36% 17.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,272 4,682 11,394
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.34% +12.61% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 -88 190 £90,000 +2.86% 153
North of England -37 100 £67,500 - 35
South East -57 86 £57,500 -8.00% 57
Yorkshire -31 45 £52,130 -12.93% 9
North West -35 43 £70,905 +4.85% 14
South West -42 36 £62,500 -3.85% 18
Midlands -46 20 £55,200 -15.08% 17
East of England -34 19 £47,500 -13.64% 8
North East -30 12 £55,000 -20.73% 12
West Midlands -24 11 £47,500 -26.92% 7
East Midlands -44 9 £60,100 -14.14% 10
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 29 (6.18%) Apache Airflow
2 28 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (3.84%) Apache
4 16 (3.41%) Apache Spark
5 14 (2.99%) Confluence
6 13 (2.77%) OpenStack
7 10 (2.13%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.43%) Camunda
8 2 (0.43%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.43%) WordPress
9 1 (0.21%) CMS
9 1 (0.21%) IIS
9 1 (0.21%) JBoss
9 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.21%) nginx
9 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.21%) WildFly
Applications
1 8 (1.71%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 283 (60.34%) AWS
2 186 (39.66%) Azure
3 108 (23.03%) GCP
4 66 (14.07%) Serverless
5 51 (10.87%) GitHub
6 44 (9.38%) SaaS
7 38 (8.10%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (7.46%) Amazon EKS
9 34 (7.25%) Power Platform
10 33 (7.04%) Microsoft 365
11 32 (6.82%) Amazon S3
12 26 (5.54%) AWS Lambda
13 25 (5.33%) Azure AKS
13 25 (5.33%) Azure Service Bus
14 24 (5.12%) Amazon ECS
14 24 (5.12%) Amazon SQS
15 23 (4.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 21 (4.48%) AWS CloudFormation
17 19 (4.05%) GitHub Actions
17 19 (4.05%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.41%) DNS
2 15 (3.20%) DHCP
2 15 (3.20%) Firewall
3 13 (2.77%) Broadband
4 12 (2.56%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.92%) VPN
6 8 (1.71%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.71%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.71%) SAN
7 7 (1.49%) Internet
7 7 (1.49%) Network Security
7 7 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.64%) VLAN
9 2 (0.43%) HTTP
9 2 (0.43%) LAN
9 2 (0.43%) PBX
9 2 (0.43%) WAN
10 1 (0.21%) Asterisk PBX
10 1 (0.21%) LTE
10 1 (0.21%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (24.73%) MongoDB
2 114 (24.31%) SQL Server
3 107 (22.81%) MySQL
4 90 (19.19%) NoSQL
5 89 (18.98%) Relational Database
6 33 (7.04%) DynamoDB
7 30 (6.40%) Power BI
8 27 (5.76%) Redis
9 24 (5.12%) Data Warehouse
10 22 (4.69%) Elasticsearch
11 17 (3.62%) Apache Cassandra
12 14 (2.99%) RDBMS
13 13 (2.77%) BigQuery
13 13 (2.77%) DB2
14 11 (2.35%) Pinecone
15 10 (2.13%) MariaDB
16 9 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
16 9 (1.92%) Amazon Redshift
16 9 (1.92%) Oracle Database
17 8 (1.71%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 119 (25.37%) Git
2 46 (9.81%) Jenkins
3 44 (9.38%) GitLab
4 25 (5.33%) JIRA
5 20 (4.26%) JUnit
6 19 (4.05%) Bitbucket
6 19 (4.05%) Selenium
7 17 (3.62%) Cucumber
7 17 (3.62%) TeamCity
8 10 (2.13%) Mockito
9 9 (1.92%) Vite
10 7 (1.49%) Maven
11 4 (0.85%) CircleCI
12 3 (0.64%) Gradle
12 3 (0.64%) JMeter
13 2 (0.43%) DBeaver
13 2 (0.43%) Gatling
13 2 (0.43%) MSTest
13 2 (0.43%) Subversion
13 2 (0.43%) webpack
General
1 126 (26.87%) Social Skills
2 76 (16.20%) Finance
3 49 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (9.59%) Public Sector
5 28 (5.97%) Banking
6 27 (5.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (5.76%) Retail
7 26 (5.54%) Law
8 19 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (3.62%) Front Office
10 16 (3.41%) Games
11 13 (2.77%) Advertising
12 10 (2.13%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.49%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.85%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.85%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.64%) Automotive
15 3 (0.64%) Aviation
15 3 (0.64%) Back Office
15 3 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 141 (30.06%) Developer
2 98 (20.90%) Senior
3 81 (17.27%) Software Engineer
4 72 (15.35%) Lead
5 49 (10.45%) Full-Stack Developer
6 41 (8.74%) Python Engineer
7 38 (8.10%) Java Developer
8 34 (7.25%) Data Engineer
9 32 (6.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 31 (6.61%) Java Engineer
11 28 (5.97%) Lead Developer
12 24 (5.12%) Lead Software Engineer
13 21 (4.48%) DevOps Engineer
13 21 (4.48%) Python Developer
14 20 (4.26%) Senior DevOps
15 19 (4.05%) Analyst
15 19 (4.05%) Java Software Engineer
15 19 (4.05%) Senior Developer
15 19 (4.05%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 18 (3.84%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (30.06%) React
2 104 (22.17%) Node.js
3 83 (17.70%) RESTful
4 58 (12.37%) REST
5 57 (12.15%) Spring
6 54 (11.51%) Spring Boot
7 44 (9.38%) FastAPI
8 43 (9.17%) Kafka
9 42 (8.96%) .NET
10 38 (8.10%) CSS
10 38 (8.10%) HTML
11 37 (7.89%) Django
12 31 (6.61%) AngularJS
13 29 (6.18%) Elastic Stack
14 28 (5.97%) Flask
15 25 (5.33%) JSON
15 25 (5.33%) Next.js
16 23 (4.90%) Redux
16 23 (4.90%) Vue
17 20 (4.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 91 (19.40%) Cloud Native
2 44 (9.38%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (5.54%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.84%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.62%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (3.62%) Onboarding
6 16 (3.41%) Derivative
6 16 (3.41%) Equities
6 16 (3.41%) Fixed Income
7 15 (3.20%) Greenfield Project
8 14 (2.99%) Algorithms
8 14 (2.99%) Blog
9 13 (2.77%) Data Structures
9 13 (2.77%) Low-Code
9 13 (2.77%) Video\Live Streaming
10 12 (2.56%) Replication
11 10 (2.13%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.49%) Driving Licence
13 7 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 66 (14.07%) Linux
2 37 (7.89%) Windows
3 19 (4.05%) Unix
3 19 (4.05%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.28%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.07%) Android
6 5 (1.07%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.85%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.64%) CentOS
9 1 (0.21%) Debian
9 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (47.12%) CI/CD
2 189 (40.30%) Agile
3 153 (32.62%) Software Engineering
4 142 (30.28%) Microservices
5 127 (27.08%) DevOps
6 126 (26.87%) Full-Stack Development
7 105 (22.39%) Test Automation
8 99 (21.11%) Infrastructure as Code
9 94 (20.04%) Problem-Solving
10 92 (19.62%) Containerisation
11 91 (19.40%) Mentoring
12 88 (18.76%) AI
13 69 (14.71%) Scrum
14 64 (13.65%) Analytics
15 62 (13.22%) Continuous Improvement
16 57 (12.15%) TDD
17 51 (10.87%) Observability
18 50 (10.66%) Data Modelling
19 47 (10.02%) Data Pipeline
20 45 (9.59%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 210 (44.78%) Python
2 161 (34.33%) Java
3 158 (33.69%) SQL
4 105 (22.39%) JavaScript
5 99 (21.11%) TypeScript
6 41 (8.74%) C#
6 41 (8.74%) Go
7 28 (5.97%) PowerShell
8 25 (5.33%) PHP
9 19 (4.05%) Bash
10 16 (3.41%) C
11 12 (2.56%) Delphi
12 9 (1.92%) C++
12 9 (1.92%) T-SQL
13 8 (1.71%) Scala
14 7 (1.49%) Korn
15 6 (1.28%) Shell Script
16 5 (1.07%) Ruby
17 4 (0.85%) Pascal
18 3 (0.64%) R
Qualifications
1 60 (12.79%) Degree
2 56 (11.94%) Security Cleared
3 46 (9.81%) SC Cleared
4 28 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.41%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.35%) AWS Certification
7 10 (2.13%) AWS Certified Developer
8 8 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.49%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.49%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.64%) RHCE
12 2 (0.43%) RHCSA
12 2 (0.43%) SnowPro
13 1 (0.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.21%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.74%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.48%) QA
3 15 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (2.99%) GDPR
5 9 (1.92%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.64%) SLA
7 2 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.43%) WCAG
8 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.21%) NCSC
8 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 153 (32.62%) Docker
2 30 (6.40%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.92%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.85%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.43%) Firmware
5 2 (0.43%) Samba
6 1 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 163 (34.75%) Kubernetes
2 112 (23.88%) Terraform
3 36 (7.68%) Grafana
4 29 (6.18%) Argo
5 28 (5.97%) Ansible
6 22 (4.69%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.28%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.28%) Puppet
8 5 (1.07%) Istio
9 4 (0.85%) Kibana
9 4 (0.85%) Kustomize
9 4 (0.85%) Nagios
9 4 (0.85%) Rancher
10 3 (0.64%) AWS Copilot
10 3 (0.64%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.43%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.43%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.43%) Plesk
12 1 (0.21%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 50 (10.66%) Microsoft
1 50 (10.66%) Oracle
2 22 (4.69%) Google
3 17 (3.62%) Red Hat
4 15 (3.20%) OpenAI
5 8 (1.71%) Dell
6 7 (1.49%) Atlassian
6 7 (1.49%) Databricks
7 6 (1.28%) Confluent
7 6 (1.28%) Informatica
8 5 (1.07%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.07%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.07%) Talend
9 4 (0.85%) Pega
9 4 (0.85%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.85%) VMware
10 3 (0.64%) Revolut
10 3 (0.64%) Splunk
11 2 (0.43%) Mapbox
11 2 (0.43%) WSO2