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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 147 170
Rank change year-on-year -150 +23 +23
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 456 766 1,310
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.64% 2.09% 1.65%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.88% 11.13% 9.19%
Number of salaries quoted 330 470 1,006
10th Percentile £37,500 £50,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,813 £61,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,250 £75,000 £65,465
Median % change year-on-year -6.33% +14.57% -12.71%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £125,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +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 6,632 6,881 14,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.28% 18.81% 17.97%
Number of salaries quoted 4,133 4,752 11,339
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,386 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.57% -10.16%

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 April 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 April 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 -99 209 £90,000 +2.86% 152
North of England -38 102 £65,000 -3.88% 57
South East -129 65 £55,750 -20.36% 48
North West -28 45 £75,000 +9.54% 33
Yorkshire -29 45 £52,130 -12.73% 19
South West -38 32 £62,500 -3.85% 20
Midlands -53 25 £47,500 -26.92% 18
East of England -65 20 £45,000 -21.74% 14
West Midlands -23 16 £45,000 -30.77% 8
North East -18 12 £55,000 -20.69% 6
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 22 (4.82%) Apache Airflow
2 21 (4.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (3.51%) OpenStack
4 14 (3.07%) Confluence
5 12 (2.63%) Apache
5 12 (2.63%) Apache Spark
6 8 (1.75%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.88%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.88%) WebSphere
7 4 (0.88%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.44%) Camunda
8 2 (0.44%) CMS
8 2 (0.44%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.44%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.22%) IIS
9 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.22%) WildFly
Applications
1 9 (1.97%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Endur
1 1 (0.22%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 280 (61.40%) AWS
2 179 (39.25%) Azure
3 126 (27.63%) GCP
4 66 (14.47%) Serverless
5 48 (10.53%) GitHub
6 43 (9.43%) Amazon EKS
7 40 (8.77%) Amazon ECS
7 40 (8.77%) SaaS
8 35 (7.68%) Amazon S3
9 33 (7.24%) AWS CloudFormation
10 31 (6.80%) Power Platform
11 27 (5.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 27 (5.92%) AWS Lambda
11 27 (5.92%) dbt
12 25 (5.48%) Amazon SQS
13 24 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
14 21 (4.61%) Azure DevOps
15 19 (4.17%) GitHub Actions
16 18 (3.95%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 15 (3.29%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.04%) TCP/IP
2 13 (2.85%) DHCP
2 13 (2.85%) DNS
3 12 (2.63%) VPN
4 10 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (1.54%) Broadband
5 7 (1.54%) Firewall
5 7 (1.54%) Internet
5 7 (1.54%) Network Security
6 4 (0.88%) SSL
7 3 (0.66%) iSCSI
7 3 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.66%) SAN
7 3 (0.66%) VLAN
8 2 (0.44%) HTTP
8 2 (0.44%) LAN
8 2 (0.44%) PBX
8 2 (0.44%) WAN
9 1 (0.22%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (0.22%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (23.90%) SQL Server
2 102 (22.37%) MySQL
3 101 (22.15%) Relational Database
4 87 (19.08%) MongoDB
5 86 (18.86%) NoSQL
6 39 (8.55%) Redis
7 30 (6.58%) DynamoDB
8 29 (6.36%) Power BI
9 28 (6.14%) Data Warehouse
10 27 (5.92%) Elasticsearch
11 20 (4.39%) DB2
12 18 (3.95%) Amazon RDS
13 16 (3.51%) RDBMS
14 15 (3.29%) Apache Cassandra
15 14 (3.07%) BigQuery
16 11 (2.41%) Oracle Database
17 8 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
17 8 (1.75%) Big Data
17 8 (1.75%) Pinecone
17 8 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 112 (24.56%) Git
2 58 (12.72%) Jenkins
3 28 (6.14%) JIRA
4 23 (5.04%) GitLab
5 22 (4.82%) Cucumber
6 21 (4.61%) Selenium
7 20 (4.39%) Bitbucket
7 20 (4.39%) JUnit
7 20 (4.39%) TeamCity
8 11 (2.41%) Mockito
9 7 (1.54%) Vite
10 6 (1.32%) Maven
11 5 (1.10%) JMeter
12 4 (0.88%) CircleCI
13 3 (0.66%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.66%) Gradle
14 2 (0.44%) DBeaver
14 2 (0.44%) ESLint
14 2 (0.44%) Subversion
14 2 (0.44%) webpack
General
1 127 (27.85%) Social Skills
2 87 (19.08%) Finance
3 48 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (8.55%) Public Sector
5 37 (8.11%) Banking
6 31 (6.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 30 (6.58%) Law
8 27 (5.92%) Retail
9 17 (3.73%) Front Office
10 12 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (2.41%) Advertising
11 11 (2.41%) Manufacturing
12 10 (2.19%) Games
13 8 (1.75%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.32%) Aerospace
15 5 (1.10%) Back Office
15 5 (1.10%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.88%) Electronics
16 4 (0.88%) Marketing
17 3 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 150 (32.89%) Developer
2 83 (18.20%) Senior
2 83 (18.20%) Software Engineer
3 68 (14.91%) Lead
4 55 (12.06%) Full-Stack Developer
5 50 (10.96%) Java Developer
6 35 (7.68%) Python Engineer
7 34 (7.46%) Data Engineer
8 29 (6.36%) Java Engineer
9 27 (5.92%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 27 (5.92%) Lead Developer
10 24 (5.26%) Lead Software Engineer
11 23 (5.04%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 21 (4.61%) Python Developer
13 19 (4.17%) Analyst
13 19 (4.17%) IT Support
13 19 (4.17%) Java Software Engineer
13 19 (4.17%) Senior Software Engineer
14 16 (3.51%) DBA
15 14 (3.07%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (31.14%) React
2 87 (19.08%) Node.js
3 84 (18.42%) RESTful
4 69 (15.13%) Spring
5 66 (14.47%) Spring Boot
6 65 (14.25%) REST
7 59 (12.94%) Django
8 51 (11.18%) FastAPI
9 43 (9.43%) HTML
10 41 (8.99%) CSS
10 41 (8.99%) Kafka
11 39 (8.55%) .NET
12 35 (7.68%) Elastic Stack
13 34 (7.46%) AngularJS
14 33 (7.24%) Flask
15 28 (6.14%) Vue
16 26 (5.70%) Next.js
17 24 (5.26%) Web Services
18 22 (4.82%) .NET Core
19 21 (4.61%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 78 (17.11%) Cloud Native
2 49 (10.75%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (5.92%) Product Ownership
4 17 (3.73%) Onboarding
5 16 (3.51%) Blog
5 16 (3.51%) Derivative
5 16 (3.51%) Equities
5 16 (3.51%) Fixed Income
5 16 (3.51%) Linux Command Line
5 16 (3.51%) Management Information System
5 16 (3.51%) Replication
6 15 (3.29%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (3.07%) Algorithms
8 13 (2.85%) Data Structures
8 13 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.54%) Driving Licence
10 7 (1.54%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.54%) Video\Live Streaming
11 6 (1.32%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 58 (12.72%) Linux
2 26 (5.70%) Windows
3 21 (4.61%) Unix
4 15 (3.29%) Windows Server
5 10 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.54%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.10%) Android
7 5 (1.10%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.88%) Debian
9 3 (0.66%) CentOS
10 2 (0.44%) VMS
10 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (42.98%) CI/CD
2 173 (37.94%) Agile
3 153 (33.55%) Software Engineering
4 145 (31.80%) Microservices
5 127 (27.85%) DevOps
6 124 (27.19%) Full-Stack Development
7 103 (22.59%) Problem-Solving
8 93 (20.39%) Infrastructure as Code
9 92 (20.18%) Containerisation
10 90 (19.74%) Test Automation
11 83 (18.20%) AI
12 81 (17.76%) Mentoring
13 59 (12.94%) TDD
14 58 (12.72%) Fintech
15 56 (12.28%) Analytics
16 55 (12.06%) Scrum
17 52 (11.40%) Data Modelling
18 50 (10.96%) Clean Code
18 50 (10.96%) Technical Leadership
19 49 (10.75%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 214 (46.93%) Python
2 160 (35.09%) SQL
3 156 (34.21%) Java
4 115 (25.22%) JavaScript
5 93 (20.39%) TypeScript
6 37 (8.11%) Go
7 36 (7.89%) C#
8 27 (5.92%) PowerShell
9 19 (4.17%) PHP
10 15 (3.29%) C
11 12 (2.63%) Delphi
12 11 (2.41%) T-SQL
13 8 (1.75%) Bash
13 8 (1.75%) C++
14 6 (1.32%) Rust
14 6 (1.32%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.88%) Pascal
16 3 (0.66%) RPG
16 3 (0.66%) Ruby
16 3 (0.66%) Scala
Qualifications
1 64 (14.04%) Security Cleared
2 59 (12.94%) Degree
3 52 (11.40%) SC Cleared
4 29 (6.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.51%) AWS Certification
5 16 (3.51%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.63%) AWS Certified Developer
7 8 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.54%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.66%) RHCE
11 2 (0.44%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.44%) RHCSA
11 2 (0.44%) SnowPro
12 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (7.02%) Data Quality
2 20 (4.39%) QA
3 15 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (3.07%) GDPR
5 8 (1.75%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.32%) SLA
7 3 (0.66%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.44%) PSD2
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.22%) NCSC
9 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 162 (35.53%) Docker
2 23 (5.04%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.88%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 4 (0.88%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.44%) Firmware
4 2 (0.44%) Samba
5 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 158 (34.65%) Kubernetes
2 105 (23.03%) Terraform
3 32 (7.02%) Grafana
4 26 (5.70%) Ansible
5 18 (3.95%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.97%) AWS Copilot
7 8 (1.75%) Kibana
8 7 (1.54%) Argo
9 5 (1.10%) Nagios
10 4 (0.88%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.66%) Puppet
11 3 (0.66%) Rancher
12 2 (0.44%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.44%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.44%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.22%) Ambari
13 1 (0.22%) HAProxy
13 1 (0.22%) Podman
13 1 (0.22%) SQL Sentry
13 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 49 (10.75%) Oracle
2 39 (8.55%) Microsoft
3 35 (7.68%) Google
4 12 (2.63%) Red Hat
5 11 (2.41%) OpenAI
6 9 (1.97%) Atlassian
7 8 (1.75%) Informatica
7 8 (1.75%) Pega
8 7 (1.54%) IBM
8 7 (1.54%) Talend
9 6 (1.32%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.32%) WSO2
10 5 (1.10%) Confluent
10 5 (1.10%) Databricks
10 5 (1.10%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.10%) Splunk
11 4 (0.88%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.88%) VMware
12 3 (0.66%) Dell
12 3 (0.66%) SAP