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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 215 153
Rank change year-on-year -51 -62 +55
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 683 649 1,284
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.73% 1.49% 1.78%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.35% 9.58% 11.40%
Number of salaries quoted 507 473 780
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £58,750 £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 £86,625 £110,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 8,175 6,776 11,268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.76% 15.55% 15.60%
Number of salaries quoted 5,609 4,448 7,816
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,250
25th Percentile £45,438 £46,250 £46,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -0.80% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 8 August 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 8 August 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 -68 297 £85,000 -19.05% 352
North of England -7 134 £65,000 -3.70% 47
South East -17 129 £60,000 -2.04% 62
North West 0 60 £65,000 -3.70% 30
South West -56 47 £62,500 +8.70% 24
North East -21 41 £55,000 +4.76% 4
Yorkshire -31 33 £65,000 -5.45% 13
East of England -28 29 £52,500 +66.67% 7
Midlands -47 27 £75,000 +11.11% 26
West Midlands -38 20 £81,887 +21.09% 12
East Midlands -26 7 £60,000 +9.09% 14
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 (5.12%) Apache Airflow
2 27 (3.95%) Apache
3 22 (3.22%) Apache Spark
3 22 (3.22%) Confluence
4 21 (3.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.46%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.02%) Camunda
7 6 (0.88%) WordPress
8 5 (0.73%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.29%) Luigi
9 2 (0.29%) Tornado
10 1 (0.15%) Documentum
10 1 (0.15%) IIS
10 1 (0.15%) JBoss
10 1 (0.15%) Moodle
10 1 (0.15%) nginx
10 1 (0.15%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.15%) WildFly
Applications
1 13 (1.90%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 391 (57.25%) AWS
2 252 (36.90%) Azure
3 105 (15.37%) GCP
4 88 (12.88%) GitHub
5 62 (9.08%) Serverless
6 58 (8.49%) SaaS
7 51 (7.47%) Azure DevOps
8 43 (6.30%) Amazon S3
9 41 (6.00%) Amazon ECS
10 37 (5.42%) Amazon EKS
11 35 (5.12%) Power Platform
12 31 (4.54%) GitHub Actions
13 29 (4.25%) GitHub Copilot
14 28 (4.10%) Azure Service Bus
15 26 (3.81%) Azure AKS
16 24 (3.51%) Amazon EC2
16 24 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
17 22 (3.22%) AWS Lambda
18 18 (2.64%) Amazon SQS
18 18 (2.64%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.54%) Broadband
2 15 (2.20%) Firewall
3 13 (1.90%) DNS
4 11 (1.61%) DHCP
5 9 (1.32%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.17%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.17%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.17%) SAN
7 7 (1.02%) VPN
8 4 (0.59%) HTTP
9 3 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.29%) Network Security
10 2 (0.29%) PBX
10 2 (0.29%) SMS
10 2 (0.29%) VLAN
11 1 (0.15%) AMQP
11 1 (0.15%) Asterisk PBX
11 1 (0.15%) LAN
11 1 (0.15%) LTE
11 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (26.50%) MongoDB
2 170 (24.89%) MySQL
3 122 (17.86%) Relational Database
4 115 (16.84%) SQL Server
5 104 (15.23%) NoSQL
6 74 (10.83%) Redis
7 39 (5.71%) DynamoDB
8 30 (4.39%) Elasticsearch
9 29 (4.25%) Data Warehouse
9 29 (4.25%) Power BI
10 26 (3.81%) Amazon RDS
11 21 (3.07%) Metadata
12 20 (2.93%) Big Data
13 19 (2.78%) Amazon Redshift
14 17 (2.49%) Apache Cassandra
15 16 (2.34%) Amazon Aurora
16 13 (1.90%) RDBMS
16 13 (1.90%) Tableau
17 12 (1.76%) Data Lake
18 11 (1.61%) Db2
Development Applications
1 140 (20.50%) Git
2 44 (6.44%) GitLab
3 37 (5.42%) Jenkins
4 24 (3.51%) JIRA
4 24 (3.51%) JUnit
5 18 (2.64%) Mockito
6 13 (1.90%) Bitbucket
6 13 (1.90%) TeamCity
7 11 (1.61%) Vite
8 10 (1.46%) JMeter
9 9 (1.32%) Claude Code
10 6 (0.88%) Selenium
11 5 (0.73%) Eclipse
11 5 (0.73%) Maven
12 4 (0.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.59%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.59%) Storybook
13 3 (0.44%) Gatling
13 3 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
13 3 (0.44%) webpack
General
1 163 (23.87%) Social Skills
2 91 (13.32%) Finance
3 90 (13.18%) Public Sector
4 55 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (7.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (5.42%) Law
7 35 (5.12%) Games
8 22 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (3.07%) Legal
10 19 (2.78%) Banking
10 19 (2.78%) Retail
11 17 (2.49%) Manufacturing
12 14 (2.05%) Advertising
13 13 (1.90%) Legal Technology
14 12 (1.76%) Front Office
15 8 (1.17%) Aviation
16 7 (1.02%) Aerospace
16 7 (1.02%) Financial Institution
16 7 (1.02%) Tech for Good
17 6 (0.88%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 210 (30.75%) Developer
2 174 (25.48%) Senior
3 151 (22.11%) Software Engineer
4 117 (17.13%) Lead
5 66 (9.66%) Python Engineer
6 61 (8.93%) Full-Stack Developer
7 51 (7.47%) Data Engineer
7 51 (7.47%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 49 (7.17%) Python Developer
9 48 (7.03%) Senior Software Engineer
10 44 (6.44%) Lead Developer
11 40 (5.86%) Lead Software Engineer
12 37 (5.42%) Senior Developer
13 36 (5.27%) DevOps Engineer
14 34 (4.98%) Architect
15 30 (4.39%) Ruby Developer
16 27 (3.95%) Java Engineer
17 26 (3.81%) Java Developer
18 24 (3.51%) DBA
19 23 (3.37%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (22.69%) React
2 147 (21.52%) Node.js
3 123 (18.01%) RESTful
4 101 (14.79%) REST
5 78 (11.42%) Spring
6 74 (10.83%) Kafka
7 73 (10.69%) Spring Boot
8 62 (9.08%) CSS
9 59 (8.64%) Next.js
10 54 (7.91%) FastAPI
10 54 (7.91%) HTML
11 53 (7.76%) .NET
12 44 (6.44%) JSON
13 39 (5.71%) AngularJS
14 35 (5.12%) Ruby on Rails
15 33 (4.83%) Django
15 33 (4.83%) JWT
16 28 (4.10%) Flask
17 25 (3.66%) Vue
18 24 (3.51%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 148 (21.67%) Cloud Native
2 86 (12.59%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (5.12%) Low-Code
4 32 (4.69%) Video\Live Streaming
5 28 (4.10%) Onboarding
5 28 (4.10%) Product Ownership
6 25 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
7 22 (3.22%) AI Agents
8 21 (3.07%) Algorithms
9 17 (2.49%) Replication
10 14 (2.05%) Data Structures
11 13 (1.90%) Management Information System
12 12 (1.76%) Derivative
12 12 (1.76%) Distributed Computing
12 12 (1.76%) Equities
12 12 (1.76%) Fixed Income
12 12 (1.76%) Renewable Energy
13 10 (1.46%) Blog
13 10 (1.46%) IoT
13 10 (1.46%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 94 (13.76%) Linux
2 41 (6.00%) Windows
3 19 (2.78%) Unix
4 17 (2.49%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.44%) CentOS
7 3 (0.44%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.15%) Debian
8 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (45.39%) CI/CD
2 251 (36.75%) Software Engineering
3 247 (36.16%) Agile
4 192 (28.11%) AI
5 191 (27.96%) Full-Stack Development
6 185 (27.09%) Microservices
7 162 (23.72%) DevOps
8 148 (21.67%) Infrastructure as Code
9 140 (20.50%) Mentoring
10 129 (18.89%) Continuous Improvement
11 128 (18.74%) Test Automation
12 125 (18.30%) Observability
13 123 (18.01%) Containerisation
14 121 (17.72%) Problem-Solving
15 89 (13.03%) API Design
16 88 (12.88%) Analytics
17 82 (12.01%) Clean Code
18 75 (10.98%) Machine Learning
19 73 (10.69%) Data Modelling
19 73 (10.69%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 295 (43.19%) Python
2 202 (29.58%) SQL
3 174 (25.48%) Java
4 135 (19.77%) TypeScript
5 134 (19.62%) JavaScript
6 62 (9.08%) C#
7 58 (8.49%) Go
8 35 (5.12%) Ruby
9 32 (4.69%) Bash
10 31 (4.54%) PowerShell
11 21 (3.07%) PHP
12 16 (2.34%) Scala
13 14 (2.05%) C++
14 11 (1.61%) Shell Script
15 10 (1.46%) RPG
16 6 (0.88%) Korn
16 6 (0.88%) T-SQL
17 5 (0.73%) Kotlin
18 4 (0.59%) C
19 3 (0.44%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 92 (13.47%) Degree
1 92 (13.47%) Security Cleared
2 69 (10.10%) SC Cleared
3 31 (4.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (3.37%) DV Cleared
5 21 (3.07%) Master's Degree
6 16 (2.34%) Azure Certification
7 10 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.88%) AWS Certification
9 6 (0.88%) PhD
10 4 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.44%) RHCE
12 2 (0.29%) CISSP
12 2 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.29%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.29%) RHCSA
12 2 (0.29%) SnowPro
13 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (8.64%) Data Quality
2 29 (4.25%) QA
3 25 (3.66%) GDPR
4 15 (2.20%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.59%) SLA
7 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.29%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.29%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.29%) WCAG
9 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.15%) MiFID
9 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 193 (28.26%) Docker
2 23 (3.37%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.44%) Firmware
4 3 (0.44%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.29%) Samba
6 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 172 (25.18%) Kubernetes
2 128 (18.74%) Terraform
3 35 (5.12%) Ansible
3 35 (5.12%) Grafana
4 31 (4.54%) Argo
5 22 (3.22%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.61%) Kibana
7 6 (0.88%) Istio
7 6 (0.88%) Kustomize
7 6 (0.88%) Progress Chef
7 6 (0.88%) Puppet
8 3 (0.44%) AWS Copilot
8 3 (0.44%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.44%) HAProxy
8 3 (0.44%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.44%) Plesk
8 3 (0.44%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.44%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.29%) Nagios
9 2 (0.29%) Rancher
Vendors
1 73 (10.69%) Microsoft
2 61 (8.93%) Oracle
3 32 (4.69%) Google
4 20 (2.93%) OpenAI
5 19 (2.78%) Databricks
6 15 (2.20%) Red Hat
7 13 (1.90%) Dynatrace
8 10 (1.46%) IBM
9 9 (1.32%) Splunk
10 8 (1.17%) Dell
11 7 (1.02%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.02%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.59%) Confluent
12 4 (0.59%) Netezza
12 4 (0.59%) Pega
12 4 (0.59%) Remedy
13 3 (0.44%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.44%) VMware
14 2 (0.29%) TikTok
14 2 (0.29%) UiPath