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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 222 161
Rank change year-on-year -72 -61 +59
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 517 619 1,550
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.62% 1.59% 1.73%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.18% 9.58% 10.36%
Number of salaries quoted 392 451 1,084
10th Percentile £42,050 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,125 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,305 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £86,531 £110,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £104,875 £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 7,199 6,459 14,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.65% 16.64% 16.72%
Number of salaries quoted 4,662 4,302 11,446
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £100,000
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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -106 202 £84,250 -11.32% 217
North of England -11 116 £67,500 - 52
South East -11 106 £57,500 +9.52% 36
North West -19 47 £69,310 -0.11% 33
Yorkshire -24 44 £60,000 -9.43% 10
South West -57 38 £62,500 +2.04% 24
North East -30 25 £65,000 +4.00% 9
East of England -34 22 £47,500 +28.38% 10
Midlands -56 13 £75,000 +11.01% 21
West Midlands -54 10 £77,500 +14.81% 11
East Midlands -23 3 £70,000 - 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 28 (5.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (4.26%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (3.68%) Apache
4 14 (2.71%) Confluence
5 12 (2.32%) OpenStack
6 11 (2.13%) Apache Spark
6 11 (2.13%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.77%) WordPress
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.19%) Camunda
9 1 (0.19%) CMS
9 1 (0.19%) IIS
9 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.19%) Moodle
9 1 (0.19%) nginx
9 1 (0.19%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.19%) WildFly
Applications
1 8 (1.55%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 309 (59.77%) AWS
2 199 (38.49%) Azure
3 96 (18.57%) GCP
4 68 (13.15%) Serverless
5 52 (10.06%) GitHub
6 50 (9.67%) SaaS
7 40 (7.74%) Amazon EKS
8 37 (7.16%) Azure DevOps
9 35 (6.77%) Amazon ECS
10 34 (6.58%) Microsoft 365
11 33 (6.38%) Power Platform
12 28 (5.42%) Amazon S3
13 26 (5.03%) Azure Service Bus
14 23 (4.45%) Azure AKS
15 20 (3.87%) Amazon SQS
15 20 (3.87%) AWS Lambda
15 20 (3.87%) GitHub Actions
16 16 (3.09%) AWS CloudFormation
17 15 (2.90%) Amazon EC2
17 15 (2.90%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.26%) Broadband
2 16 (3.09%) DNS
2 16 (3.09%) Firewall
3 15 (2.90%) DHCP
4 14 (2.71%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.74%) VPN
6 8 (1.55%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.55%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.55%) SAN
7 7 (1.35%) Internet
7 7 (1.35%) Network Security
7 7 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.58%) VLAN
9 2 (0.39%) HTTP
9 2 (0.39%) LAN
9 2 (0.39%) PBX
9 2 (0.39%) WAN
10 1 (0.19%) LTE
10 1 (0.19%) SMS
10 1 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (27.66%) MongoDB
2 122 (23.60%) MySQL
3 94 (18.18%) NoSQL
4 92 (17.79%) SQL Server
5 91 (17.60%) Relational Database
6 30 (5.80%) Redis
7 28 (5.42%) Power BI
8 22 (4.26%) DynamoDB
9 21 (4.06%) Elasticsearch
10 20 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
11 15 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (2.90%) Apache Cassandra
12 13 (2.51%) RDBMS
13 11 (2.13%) MariaDB
14 10 (1.93%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (1.93%) Metadata
14 10 (1.93%) Oracle Database
14 10 (1.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 9 (1.74%) BigQuery
15 9 (1.74%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 110 (21.28%) Git
2 39 (7.54%) Jenkins
3 36 (6.96%) GitLab
4 23 (4.45%) JIRA
5 16 (3.09%) JUnit
6 14 (2.71%) Bitbucket
6 14 (2.71%) TeamCity
7 13 (2.51%) Mockito
8 10 (1.93%) JMeter
9 7 (1.35%) Cucumber
9 7 (1.35%) Selenium
9 7 (1.35%) Vite
10 5 (0.97%) Claude Code
10 5 (0.97%) Maven
11 3 (0.58%) DBeaver
12 2 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.39%) CircleCI
12 2 (0.39%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.39%) Gatling
12 2 (0.39%) MSTest
General
1 136 (26.31%) Social Skills
2 73 (14.12%) Finance
3 65 (12.57%) Public Sector
4 46 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (6.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (6.00%) Retail
7 25 (4.84%) Banking
7 25 (4.84%) Games
8 24 (4.64%) Law
9 19 (3.68%) Manufacturing
9 19 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (3.09%) Front Office
11 15 (2.90%) Advertising
12 10 (1.93%) Legal
13 9 (1.74%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.97%) Automotive
14 5 (0.97%) Aviation
14 5 (0.97%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.77%) Tech for Good
16 3 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 165 (31.91%) Developer
2 102 (19.73%) Senior
3 99 (19.15%) Software Engineer
4 82 (15.86%) Lead
5 54 (10.44%) Full-Stack Developer
6 48 (9.28%) Python Engineer
7 40 (7.74%) Java Developer
8 36 (6.96%) Lead Developer
9 33 (6.38%) Lead Software Engineer
10 32 (6.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 30 (5.80%) Data Engineer
11 30 (5.80%) Java Engineer
12 29 (5.61%) Python Developer
13 27 (5.22%) DevOps Engineer
14 24 (4.64%) Senior Developer
15 22 (4.26%) Architect
15 22 (4.26%) AWS Engineer
16 21 (4.06%) Senior DevOps
17 20 (3.87%) DBA
17 20 (3.87%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (26.69%) React
2 126 (24.37%) Node.js
3 101 (19.54%) RESTful
4 75 (14.51%) REST
5 66 (12.77%) Spring
6 62 (11.99%) Spring Boot
7 48 (9.28%) Kafka
8 46 (8.90%) FastAPI
9 43 (8.32%) .NET
10 41 (7.93%) CSS
11 39 (7.54%) HTML
12 36 (6.96%) JSON
13 31 (6.00%) Django
14 29 (5.61%) AngularJS
15 28 (5.42%) Next.js
16 25 (4.84%) Vue
17 24 (4.64%) Flask
17 24 (4.64%) Redux
18 20 (3.87%) Web Services
19 18 (3.48%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 115 (22.24%) Cloud Native
2 49 (9.48%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (4.45%) Video\Live Streaming
4 22 (4.26%) Low-Code
5 20 (3.87%) Product Ownership
6 17 (3.29%) Algorithms
6 17 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (3.29%) Onboarding
7 16 (3.09%) Blog
7 16 (3.09%) Derivative
7 16 (3.09%) Equities
7 16 (3.09%) Fixed Income
7 16 (3.09%) Replication
8 15 (2.90%) Data Structures
9 14 (2.71%) Management Information System
10 11 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.93%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.55%) Renewable Energy
13 7 (1.35%) Driving Licence
13 7 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 77 (14.89%) Linux
2 41 (7.93%) Windows
3 19 (3.68%) Unix
3 19 (3.68%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.35%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.77%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.58%) CentOS
8 2 (0.39%) Android
8 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.19%) Debian
9 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (44.29%) CI/CD
2 196 (37.91%) Agile
3 171 (33.08%) Software Engineering
4 148 (28.63%) Full-Stack Development
5 145 (28.05%) Microservices
6 119 (23.02%) DevOps
7 115 (22.24%) Infrastructure as Code
8 107 (20.70%) AI
9 105 (20.31%) Test Automation
10 102 (19.73%) Mentoring
11 96 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
12 94 (18.18%) Containerisation
13 85 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
14 72 (13.93%) Scrum
15 65 (12.57%) Observability
16 63 (12.19%) Analytics
16 63 (12.19%) TDD
17 57 (11.03%) API Design
18 53 (10.25%) Data Modelling
19 50 (9.67%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 221 (42.75%) Python
2 161 (31.14%) Java
3 156 (30.17%) SQL
4 118 (22.82%) JavaScript
5 111 (21.47%) TypeScript
6 44 (8.51%) Go
7 43 (8.32%) C#
8 34 (6.58%) PowerShell
9 26 (5.03%) Bash
10 24 (4.64%) PHP
11 16 (3.09%) Ruby
12 12 (2.32%) C
12 12 (2.32%) T-SQL
13 11 (2.13%) C++
13 11 (2.13%) Shell Script
14 9 (1.74%) Scala
15 7 (1.35%) Korn
16 5 (0.97%) RPG
17 4 (0.77%) Delphi
17 4 (0.77%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 67 (12.96%) Degree
2 60 (11.61%) Security Cleared
3 47 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 28 (5.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.48%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.93%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.74%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.16%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.77%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.58%) PhD
11 3 (0.58%) RHCE
12 2 (0.39%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.39%) RHCSA
13 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.19%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.74%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.64%) QA
3 20 (3.87%) GDPR
4 16 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.93%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.58%) SLA
7 2 (0.39%) Good Clinical Practice
7 2 (0.39%) WCAG
8 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.19%) MiFID
8 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 152 (29.40%) Docker
2 30 (5.80%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.74%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.77%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.39%) Firmware
5 2 (0.39%) Samba
6 1 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 156 (30.17%) Kubernetes
2 109 (21.08%) Terraform
3 30 (5.80%) Grafana
4 29 (5.61%) Ansible
4 29 (5.61%) Argo
5 18 (3.48%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.93%) Kibana
7 7 (1.35%) Progress Chef
7 7 (1.35%) Puppet
8 6 (1.16%) Istio
8 6 (1.16%) Kustomize
9 3 (0.58%) AWS Copilot
9 3 (0.58%) Data Guard
9 3 (0.58%) Nagios
9 3 (0.58%) Plesk
9 3 (0.58%) Rancher
10 2 (0.39%) HAProxy
10 2 (0.39%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 63 (12.19%) Microsoft
2 53 (10.25%) Oracle
3 23 (4.45%) Google
4 16 (3.09%) Red Hat
5 13 (2.51%) OpenAI
6 11 (2.13%) Dynatrace
7 9 (1.74%) Splunk
8 8 (1.55%) Dell
9 7 (1.35%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.16%) Databricks
11 5 (0.97%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.97%) IBM
11 5 (0.97%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.77%) Confluent
12 4 (0.77%) Netezza
12 4 (0.77%) Pega
12 4 (0.77%) Remedy
12 4 (0.77%) VMware
13 3 (0.58%) Revolut
14 2 (0.39%) TikTok