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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 224 158
Rank change year-on-year -70 -66 +35
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 491 581 1,498
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.61% 1.49% 1.78%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.92% 8.71% 10.20%
Number of salaries quoted 357 435 1,082
10th Percentile £41,700 £47,700 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,305 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +15.38% -10.34%
75th Percentile £88,148 £110,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £137,500 £115,000
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 7,095 6,671 14,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.76% 17.12% 17.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,456 4,549 11,391
10th Percentile £35,250 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 15 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 15 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 -99 196 £88,750 -1.39% 155
North of England -2 110 £67,500 -1.47% 44
South East -27 101 £57,500 -6.12% 42
Yorkshire -26 47 £60,000 - 11
North West -8 44 £69,310 -0.11% 25
South West -44 35 £62,500 -3.85% 19
North East -23 19 £65,000 -6.32% 8
East of England -30 18 £55,000 +15.79% 6
Midlands -50 14 £65,000 -3.70% 19
West Midlands -42 9 £69,310 +2.68% 4
East Midlands -25 5 £65,000 -7.14% 15
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 (5.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (4.68%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (3.67%) Apache
4 15 (3.05%) Confluence
5 14 (2.85%) Apache Spark
5 14 (2.85%) OpenStack
6 10 (2.04%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.41%) Camunda
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.41%) WordPress
8 1 (0.20%) CMS
8 1 (0.20%) IIS
8 1 (0.20%) JBoss
8 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.20%) nginx
8 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.20%) WildFly
Applications
1 8 (1.63%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Shopify
2 1 (0.20%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 304 (61.91%) AWS
2 189 (38.49%) Azure
3 103 (20.98%) GCP
4 72 (14.66%) Serverless
5 47 (9.57%) GitHub
5 47 (9.57%) SaaS
6 41 (8.35%) Amazon EKS
7 37 (7.54%) Azure DevOps
8 34 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
9 33 (6.72%) Amazon ECS
10 30 (6.11%) Amazon S3
10 30 (6.11%) Power Platform
11 25 (5.09%) Amazon SQS
12 24 (4.89%) AWS Lambda
12 24 (4.89%) Azure Service Bus
13 23 (4.68%) Azure AKS
14 20 (4.07%) AWS CloudFormation
14 20 (4.07%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (3.05%) dbt
16 14 (2.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.48%) Broadband
2 16 (3.26%) DNS
3 15 (3.05%) DHCP
3 15 (3.05%) Firewall
4 14 (2.85%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.83%) VPN
6 8 (1.63%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.63%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.63%) SAN
7 7 (1.43%) Internet
7 7 (1.43%) Network Security
7 7 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.61%) VLAN
9 2 (0.41%) HTTP
9 2 (0.41%) LAN
9 2 (0.41%) PBX
9 2 (0.41%) WAN
10 1 (0.20%) Asterisk PBX
10 1 (0.20%) LTE
10 1 (0.20%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (27.29%) MongoDB
2 116 (23.63%) MySQL
3 101 (20.57%) SQL Server
4 93 (18.94%) NoSQL
5 88 (17.92%) Relational Database
6 32 (6.52%) DynamoDB
7 27 (5.50%) Redis
8 26 (5.30%) Power BI
9 23 (4.68%) Data Warehouse
10 21 (4.28%) Elasticsearch
11 16 (3.26%) Apache Cassandra
11 16 (3.26%) RDBMS
12 13 (2.65%) DB2
13 11 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (2.24%) MariaDB
14 9 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (1.83%) Big Data
14 9 (1.83%) BigQuery
14 9 (1.83%) Oracle Database
14 9 (1.83%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 113 (23.01%) Git
2 42 (8.55%) Jenkins
3 37 (7.54%) GitLab
4 24 (4.89%) JIRA
5 17 (3.46%) Bitbucket
5 17 (3.46%) TeamCity
6 16 (3.26%) JUnit
7 14 (2.85%) Mockito
8 10 (2.04%) Selenium
9 9 (1.83%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.63%) JMeter
11 7 (1.43%) Vite
12 6 (1.22%) Maven
13 2 (0.41%) ESLint
13 2 (0.41%) Gatling
13 2 (0.41%) Gradle
13 2 (0.41%) Jaeger
13 2 (0.41%) MSTest
13 2 (0.41%) Storybook
13 2 (0.41%) webpack
General
1 123 (25.05%) Social Skills
2 77 (15.68%) Finance
3 58 (11.81%) Public Sector
4 48 (9.78%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (6.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (6.31%) Retail
6 28 (5.70%) Banking
7 27 (5.50%) Law
8 25 (5.09%) Games
9 19 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (3.46%) Front Office
11 16 (3.26%) Manufacturing
12 13 (2.65%) Advertising
13 8 (1.63%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.02%) Legal
15 4 (0.81%) Automotive
15 4 (0.81%) Aviation
15 4 (0.81%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.81%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.61%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 153 (31.16%) Developer
2 103 (20.98%) Senior
3 93 (18.94%) Software Engineer
4 76 (15.48%) Lead
5 53 (10.79%) Full-Stack Developer
6 45 (9.16%) Python Engineer
7 40 (8.15%) Java Developer
8 32 (6.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 31 (6.31%) Lead Developer
9 31 (6.31%) Lead Software Engineer
10 30 (6.11%) Java Engineer
11 29 (5.91%) Data Engineer
12 26 (5.30%) Python Developer
13 22 (4.48%) DevOps Engineer
14 20 (4.07%) AWS Engineer
14 20 (4.07%) Full-Stack Java Developer
14 20 (4.07%) Senior Developer
14 20 (4.07%) Senior DevOps
15 19 (3.87%) Java Software Engineer
15 19 (3.87%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (28.51%) React
2 122 (24.85%) Node.js
3 99 (20.16%) RESTful
4 71 (14.46%) REST
5 58 (11.81%) Spring
6 55 (11.20%) Spring Boot
7 46 (9.37%) .NET
8 42 (8.55%) Kafka
9 40 (8.15%) FastAPI
10 39 (7.94%) HTML
11 38 (7.74%) CSS
12 32 (6.52%) JSON
13 30 (6.11%) AngularJS
14 28 (5.70%) Django
15 26 (5.30%) Next.js
16 24 (4.89%) Redux
16 24 (4.89%) Vue
17 22 (4.48%) Web Services
18 21 (4.28%) Elastic Stack
19 20 (4.07%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 103 (20.98%) Cloud Native
2 52 (10.59%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (5.09%) Product Ownership
4 23 (4.68%) Video\Live Streaming
5 22 (4.48%) Low-Code
6 18 (3.67%) Management Information System
7 17 (3.46%) Onboarding
8 16 (3.26%) Blog
8 16 (3.26%) Derivative
8 16 (3.26%) Equities
8 16 (3.26%) Fixed Income
9 15 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (2.85%) Algorithms
10 14 (2.85%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (2.65%) Replication
12 12 (2.44%) Data Structures
13 8 (1.63%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (1.43%) Linux Command Line
14 7 (1.43%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 69 (14.05%) Linux
2 37 (7.54%) Windows
3 19 (3.87%) Unix
3 19 (3.87%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.22%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.81%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.61%) Android
7 3 (0.61%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.61%) CentOS
8 1 (0.20%) Debian
8 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (45.62%) CI/CD
2 193 (39.31%) Agile
3 171 (34.83%) Software Engineering
4 143 (29.12%) Microservices
5 141 (28.72%) Full-Stack Development
6 114 (23.22%) DevOps
7 109 (22.20%) Test Automation
8 105 (21.38%) Infrastructure as Code
9 96 (19.55%) AI
10 93 (18.94%) Mentoring
11 88 (17.92%) Problem-Solving
12 84 (17.11%) Containerisation
13 75 (15.27%) Continuous Improvement
14 73 (14.87%) Scrum
15 64 (13.03%) Analytics
16 61 (12.42%) TDD
17 58 (11.81%) Observability
18 52 (10.59%) API Design
19 48 (9.78%) Data Modelling
20 46 (9.37%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 218 (44.40%) Python
2 164 (33.40%) Java
3 156 (31.77%) SQL
4 116 (23.63%) JavaScript
5 103 (20.98%) TypeScript
6 45 (9.16%) Go
7 43 (8.76%) C#
8 29 (5.91%) PowerShell
9 24 (4.89%) PHP
10 20 (4.07%) Bash
11 14 (2.85%) C
12 10 (2.04%) C++
12 10 (2.04%) Shell Script
12 10 (2.04%) T-SQL
13 8 (1.63%) Ruby
13 8 (1.63%) Scala
14 7 (1.43%) Korn
15 5 (1.02%) Delphi
16 4 (0.81%) Pascal
16 4 (0.81%) RPG
Qualifications
1 61 (12.42%) Degree
2 54 (11.00%) Security Cleared
3 43 (8.76%) SC Cleared
4 26 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (3.46%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.83%) AWS Certification
6 9 (1.83%) Azure Certification
6 9 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.63%) AWS Certified Developer
7 8 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.63%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.61%) RHCE
10 2 (0.41%) PhD
10 2 (0.41%) RHCSA
11 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.20%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.54%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.28%) QA
3 16 (3.26%) GDPR
4 15 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.83%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.61%) SLA
7 2 (0.41%) WCAG
8 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.20%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
8 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 145 (29.53%) Docker
2 30 (6.11%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.83%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.81%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.41%) Firmware
5 2 (0.41%) Samba
6 1 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 152 (30.96%) Kubernetes
2 107 (21.79%) Terraform
3 27 (5.50%) Ansible
3 27 (5.50%) Grafana
4 25 (5.09%) Argo
5 18 (3.67%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.63%) Kibana
7 6 (1.22%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.22%) Puppet
8 5 (1.02%) Istio
9 4 (0.81%) Kustomize
9 4 (0.81%) Nagios
9 4 (0.81%) Rancher
10 3 (0.61%) AWS Copilot
10 3 (0.61%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.61%) Plesk
11 2 (0.41%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.41%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.20%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 54 (11.00%) Microsoft
2 47 (9.57%) Oracle
3 22 (4.48%) Google
4 15 (3.05%) Red Hat
5 13 (2.65%) OpenAI
6 10 (2.04%) Dynatrace
7 8 (1.63%) Dell
8 7 (1.43%) Splunk
9 6 (1.22%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.22%) Databricks
9 6 (1.22%) Informatica
9 6 (1.22%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.02%) Confluent
10 5 (1.02%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.02%) Talend
11 4 (0.81%) IBM
11 4 (0.81%) Pega
11 4 (0.81%) VMware
12 3 (0.61%) Netezza
12 3 (0.61%) Remedy