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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 222 170
Rank change year-on-year -67 -52 +45
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 618 651 1,463
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.71% 1.50% 1.66%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.90% 9.55% 10.35%
Number of salaries quoted 475 480 951
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,875 £59,125 £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 £87,500 £110,000 £93,125
90th Percentile £102,750 £137,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £69,305 £75,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.59% +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 7,827 6,816 14,135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.94% 15.73% 16.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5,324 4,534 10,486
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £45,369 £46,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,743 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.22% +5.64% -8.00%

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 July 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 July 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 -85 261 £85,000 -18.47% 131
North of England -12 121 £65,000 -3.70% 70
South East -3 119 £59,500 +10.70% 74
North West -16 52 £65,000 -3.70% 37
South West -40 46 £62,500 +4.17% 30
North East -29 36 £60,000 +14.29% 14
Yorkshire -26 33 £65,000 -3.70% 19
East of England -20 26 £52,500 +66.67% 22
Midlands -38 22 £75,000 +11.11% 46
West Midlands -42 18 £80,000 +18.41% 21
East Midlands -41 4 £65,000 +18.18% 25
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 (4.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (3.88%) Apache Airflow
3 21 (3.40%) Confluence
4 20 (3.24%) Apache
5 14 (2.27%) Apache Spark
6 11 (1.78%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.97%) WordPress
8 5 (0.81%) Camunda
8 5 (0.81%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.16%) CMS
9 1 (0.16%) Documentum
9 1 (0.16%) IIS
9 1 (0.16%) JBoss
9 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.16%) Moodle
9 1 (0.16%) nginx
9 1 (0.16%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.16%) WildFly
Applications
1 13 (2.10%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 357 (57.77%) AWS
2 243 (39.32%) Azure
3 105 (16.99%) GCP
4 65 (10.52%) GitHub
5 61 (9.87%) Serverless
6 57 (9.22%) SaaS
7 45 (7.28%) Azure DevOps
8 39 (6.31%) Amazon S3
9 37 (5.99%) Amazon EKS
10 36 (5.83%) Power Platform
11 33 (5.34%) Amazon ECS
12 31 (5.02%) Microsoft 365
13 27 (4.37%) Azure Service Bus
14 25 (4.05%) GitHub Actions
15 24 (3.88%) Azure AKS
16 21 (3.40%) Amazon EC2
17 19 (3.07%) AWS Lambda
18 17 (2.75%) Azure Monitor
19 16 (2.59%) Amazon SQS
20 15 (2.43%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.02%) Broadband
2 15 (2.43%) Firewall
3 13 (2.10%) DNS
4 12 (1.94%) DHCP
5 10 (1.62%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.29%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.29%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.29%) SAN
6 8 (1.29%) VPN
7 4 (0.65%) Network Security
7 4 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.32%) HTTP
8 2 (0.32%) PBX
8 2 (0.32%) VLAN
9 1 (0.16%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (0.16%) LAN
9 1 (0.16%) LTE
9 1 (0.16%) SMS
9 1 (0.16%) SSL
9 1 (0.16%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (27.18%) MongoDB
2 156 (25.24%) MySQL
3 104 (16.83%) SQL Server
4 101 (16.34%) Relational Database
5 98 (15.86%) NoSQL
6 61 (9.87%) Redis
7 31 (5.02%) Power BI
8 29 (4.69%) DynamoDB
9 26 (4.21%) Data Warehouse
10 25 (4.05%) Elasticsearch
11 24 (3.88%) Amazon RDS
12 20 (3.24%) Amazon Redshift
12 20 (3.24%) Metadata
13 17 (2.75%) Big Data
14 15 (2.43%) Amazon Aurora
14 15 (2.43%) Apache Cassandra
15 13 (2.10%) RDBMS
15 13 (2.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 12 (1.94%) Data Lake
17 11 (1.78%) Db2
Development Applications
1 114 (18.45%) Git
2 42 (6.80%) GitLab
3 33 (5.34%) Jenkins
4 24 (3.88%) JIRA
5 21 (3.40%) JUnit
6 17 (2.75%) Mockito
7 14 (2.27%) TeamCity
8 12 (1.94%) Bitbucket
9 10 (1.62%) JMeter
10 9 (1.46%) Vite
11 8 (1.29%) Claude Code
12 6 (0.97%) Maven
12 6 (0.97%) Selenium
13 4 (0.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.65%) Cucumber
14 3 (0.49%) Eclipse
14 3 (0.49%) Gatling
14 3 (0.49%) Storybook
15 2 (0.32%) ESLint
15 2 (0.32%) Jaeger
General
1 137 (22.17%) Social Skills
2 83 (13.43%) Finance
3 79 (12.78%) Public Sector
4 49 (7.93%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (5.50%) Games
7 28 (4.53%) Law
8 26 (4.21%) Retail
9 22 (3.56%) Banking
10 19 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (2.91%) Manufacturing
12 16 (2.59%) Front Office
12 16 (2.59%) Legal
13 15 (2.43%) Advertising
14 11 (1.78%) Legal Technology
15 7 (1.13%) Aviation
16 6 (0.97%) Aerospace
16 6 (0.97%) Tech for Good
16 6 (0.97%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.81%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 189 (30.58%) Developer
2 137 (22.17%) Senior
3 131 (21.20%) Software Engineer
4 113 (18.28%) Lead
5 60 (9.71%) Python Engineer
6 55 (8.90%) Full-Stack Developer
7 48 (7.77%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 46 (7.44%) Lead Developer
9 45 (7.28%) Python Developer
10 41 (6.63%) Data Engineer
10 41 (6.63%) Lead Software Engineer
11 36 (5.83%) Architect
12 35 (5.66%) DevOps Engineer
13 31 (5.02%) Java Engineer
14 30 (4.85%) Java Developer
14 30 (4.85%) Senior Software Engineer
15 28 (4.53%) Senior Developer
16 25 (4.05%) Ruby Developer
17 21 (3.40%) Senior DevOps
18 20 (3.24%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (23.30%) React
2 142 (22.98%) Node.js
3 119 (19.26%) RESTful
4 89 (14.40%) REST
5 74 (11.97%) Spring
6 71 (11.49%) Spring Boot
7 65 (10.52%) Kafka
8 55 (8.90%) FastAPI
9 51 (8.25%) CSS
10 47 (7.61%) Next.js
11 45 (7.28%) HTML
12 43 (6.96%) JSON
13 39 (6.31%) .NET
14 31 (5.02%) AngularJS
15 29 (4.69%) Ruby on Rails
16 28 (4.53%) Django
17 27 (4.37%) Flask
18 26 (4.21%) JWT
18 26 (4.21%) Vue
19 24 (3.88%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 136 (22.01%) Cloud Native
2 73 (11.81%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (5.50%) Low-Code
4 32 (5.18%) Onboarding
4 32 (5.18%) Video\Live Streaming
5 26 (4.21%) Legacy Systems
6 25 (4.05%) Product Ownership
7 21 (3.40%) Algorithms
8 18 (2.91%) AI Agents
8 18 (2.91%) Data Structures
9 17 (2.75%) Blog
10 16 (2.59%) Derivative
10 16 (2.59%) Equities
10 16 (2.59%) Fixed Income
11 14 (2.27%) Replication
12 13 (2.10%) Management Information System
13 11 (1.78%) Distributed Computing
13 11 (1.78%) Renewable Energy
14 10 (1.62%) EPoS
14 10 (1.62%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 86 (13.92%) Linux
2 40 (6.47%) Windows
3 19 (3.07%) Unix
4 16 (2.59%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.13%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (1.13%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.65%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.49%) CentOS
9 1 (0.16%) Debian
9 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (44.50%) CI/CD
2 226 (36.57%) Software Engineering
3 218 (35.28%) Agile
4 171 (27.67%) Full-Stack Development
4 171 (27.67%) Microservices
5 158 (25.57%) AI
6 145 (23.46%) DevOps
7 137 (22.17%) Infrastructure as Code
8 131 (21.20%) Mentoring
9 123 (19.90%) Test Automation
10 114 (18.45%) Containerisation
11 106 (17.15%) Observability
12 104 (16.83%) Continuous Improvement
13 99 (16.02%) Problem-Solving
14 83 (13.43%) Analytics
15 79 (12.78%) API Design
16 73 (11.81%) Data Modelling
17 69 (11.17%) TDD
18 66 (10.68%) Clean Code
18 66 (10.68%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 266 (43.04%) Python
2 190 (30.74%) SQL
3 176 (28.48%) Java
4 123 (19.90%) TypeScript
5 121 (19.58%) JavaScript
6 49 (7.93%) Go
7 48 (7.77%) C#
8 38 (6.15%) PowerShell
9 33 (5.34%) Bash
10 29 (4.69%) Ruby
11 23 (3.72%) PHP
12 15 (2.43%) C++
13 14 (2.27%) Scala
14 12 (1.94%) T-SQL
15 10 (1.62%) RPG
15 10 (1.62%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.97%) Korn
17 5 (0.81%) C
17 5 (0.81%) Kotlin
18 4 (0.65%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 82 (13.27%) Security Cleared
2 69 (11.17%) Degree
3 59 (9.55%) SC Cleared
4 29 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.24%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.27%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.78%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.81%) PhD
11 4 (0.65%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.49%) RHCE
13 2 (0.32%) CISSP
13 2 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.32%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.32%) RHCSA
13 2 (0.32%) SnowPro
14 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (8.74%) Data Quality
2 25 (4.05%) QA
3 22 (3.56%) GDPR
4 15 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.10%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.49%) SLA
7 2 (0.32%) Good Clinical Practice
7 2 (0.32%) WCAG
8 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.16%) MiFID
8 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 167 (27.02%) Docker
2 27 (4.37%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.46%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.49%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.32%) Firmware
5 2 (0.32%) Samba
6 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 159 (25.73%) Kubernetes
2 119 (19.26%) Terraform
3 34 (5.50%) Grafana
4 29 (4.69%) Argo
5 28 (4.53%) Ansible
6 21 (3.40%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.62%) Kibana
8 7 (1.13%) Progress Chef
8 7 (1.13%) Puppet
9 6 (0.97%) Istio
9 6 (0.97%) Kustomize
10 3 (0.49%) AWS Copilot
10 3 (0.49%) HAProxy
10 3 (0.49%) Plesk
10 3 (0.49%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.49%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.32%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.32%) Nagios
11 2 (0.32%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 65 (10.52%) Microsoft
2 60 (9.71%) Oracle
3 32 (5.18%) Google
4 22 (3.56%) OpenAI
5 15 (2.43%) Red Hat
6 12 (1.94%) Dynatrace
7 11 (1.78%) Databricks
8 10 (1.62%) IBM
9 9 (1.46%) Splunk
10 8 (1.29%) Dell
11 7 (1.13%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.81%) Salesforce
13 4 (0.65%) Confluent
13 4 (0.65%) Netezza
13 4 (0.65%) Pega
13 4 (0.65%) Remedy
14 3 (0.49%) Atlassian
14 3 (0.49%) Revolut
14 3 (0.49%) VMware
15 2 (0.32%) TikTok