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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 220 157
Rank change year-on-year -47 -63 +54
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 672 629 1,269
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.69% 1.43% 1.74%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.40% 9.40% 11.22%
Number of salaries quoted 489 455 768
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £65,465
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +14.57% -6.48%
75th Percentile £86,250 £110,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £69,305 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.59% +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 8,004 6,690 11,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.27% 15.26% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 5,566 4,400 7,558
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,500 £37,250
25th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £86,250
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 27 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 27 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 -73 294 £85,000 -19.05% 83
South East -4 126 £65,000 +18.18% 30
North of England -7 124 £65,000 -3.70% 28
North West -5 57 £65,000 -3.70% 19
South West -60 48 £63,750 +30.77% 34
North East -27 40 £65,000 +30.98% 3
Midlands -40 31 £72,155 +3.08% 25
East of England -30 30 £52,500 +69.35% 4
Yorkshire -34 27 £69,308 +2.68% 6
West Midlands -44 22 £83,774 +15.55% 14
East Midlands -20 9 £60,000 +9.09% 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 31 (4.61%) Apache Airflow
2 26 (3.87%) Apache
3 21 (3.13%) Apache Spark
3 21 (3.13%) Confluence
4 13 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.34%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.04%) Camunda
7 6 (0.89%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.89%) WordPress
8 3 (0.45%) CMS
9 2 (0.30%) Luigi
9 2 (0.30%) Tornado
10 1 (0.15%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.15%) Documentum
10 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
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%) WildFly
Applications
1 11 (1.64%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Shopify
2 1 (0.15%) Finacle
2 1 (0.15%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 369 (54.91%) AWS
2 236 (35.12%) Azure
3 100 (14.88%) GitHub
4 86 (12.80%) GCP
5 62 (9.23%) Serverless
6 60 (8.93%) SaaS
7 51 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (6.85%) Amazon S3
9 39 (5.80%) GitHub Actions
10 38 (5.65%) Amazon ECS
11 34 (5.06%) Amazon EKS
11 34 (5.06%) GitHub Copilot
12 31 (4.61%) Power Platform
13 28 (4.17%) Azure Service Bus
14 26 (3.87%) AWS Lambda
14 26 (3.87%) Azure AKS
15 25 (3.72%) Amazon EC2
16 18 (2.68%) Amazon SQS
17 17 (2.53%) Anthropic Claude
17 17 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.61%) Broadband
2 13 (1.93%) Firewall
3 10 (1.49%) DNS
4 7 (1.04%) DHCP
5 6 (0.89%) iSCSI
5 6 (0.89%) Remote Desktop
5 6 (0.89%) SAN
6 5 (0.74%) HTTP
7 4 (0.60%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.45%) VPN
9 2 (0.30%) SMS
9 2 (0.30%) VLAN
10 1 (0.15%) 4G
10 1 (0.15%) 5G
10 1 (0.15%) AMQP
10 1 (0.15%) Asterisk PBX
10 1 (0.15%) Internet
10 1 (0.15%) Multicast
10 1 (0.15%) Network Security
10 1 (0.15%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (25.15%) MongoDB
2 160 (23.81%) MySQL
3 131 (19.49%) Relational Database
4 123 (18.30%) SQL Server
5 89 (13.24%) NoSQL
6 68 (10.12%) Redis
7 41 (6.10%) DynamoDB
8 31 (4.61%) Data Warehouse
8 31 (4.61%) Elasticsearch
9 27 (4.02%) Amazon RDS
10 25 (3.72%) Power BI
11 20 (2.98%) Metadata
12 19 (2.83%) Amazon Redshift
12 19 (2.83%) Big Data
13 16 (2.38%) Amazon Aurora
14 15 (2.23%) Apache Cassandra
15 13 (1.93%) RDBMS
16 12 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
16 12 (1.79%) Db2
16 12 (1.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 147 (21.88%) Git
2 49 (7.29%) GitLab
3 41 (6.10%) Jenkins
4 25 (3.72%) JUnit
5 23 (3.42%) JIRA
6 19 (2.83%) Mockito
7 12 (1.79%) Bitbucket
8 11 (1.64%) TeamCity
9 10 (1.49%) Claude Code
9 10 (1.49%) JMeter
9 10 (1.49%) Vite
10 7 (1.04%) Selenium
10 7 (1.04%) Storybook
11 6 (0.89%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.89%) Maven
12 5 (0.74%) Eclipse
12 5 (0.74%) Mocha
13 4 (0.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.60%) Cypress.io
14 3 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
General
1 163 (24.26%) Social Skills
2 86 (12.80%) Finance
3 83 (12.35%) Public Sector
4 54 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (7.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (5.80%) Law
7 36 (5.36%) Games
8 22 (3.27%) Banking
9 21 (3.13%) Legal
10 19 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (2.68%) Manufacturing
11 18 (2.68%) Retail
12 13 (1.93%) Advertising
12 13 (1.93%) Legal Technology
13 9 (1.34%) Aerospace
14 8 (1.19%) Aviation
14 8 (1.19%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.04%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.04%) Tech for Good
16 5 (0.74%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 214 (31.85%) Developer
2 181 (26.93%) Senior
3 143 (21.28%) Software Engineer
4 107 (15.92%) Lead
5 63 (9.38%) Full-Stack Developer
5 63 (9.38%) Python Engineer
6 54 (8.04%) Senior Software Engineer
7 52 (7.74%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 50 (7.44%) Data Engineer
9 47 (6.99%) Python Developer
10 44 (6.55%) Senior Developer
11 36 (5.36%) Architect
11 36 (5.36%) DevOps Engineer
11 36 (5.36%) Lead Developer
12 31 (4.61%) Lead Software Engineer
13 30 (4.46%) Ruby Developer
14 27 (4.02%) Database Engineer
15 26 (3.87%) Java Developer
16 25 (3.72%) Software Developer
17 24 (3.57%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (23.21%) React
2 142 (21.13%) Node.js
3 132 (19.64%) Terraform
4 117 (17.41%) RESTful
5 115 (17.11%) REST
6 81 (12.05%) Kafka
7 80 (11.90%) Spring
8 76 (11.31%) Spring Boot
9 71 (10.57%) CSS
10 64 (9.52%) .NET
11 62 (9.23%) Next.js
12 58 (8.63%) HTML
13 51 (7.59%) FastAPI
14 43 (6.40%) AngularJS
15 42 (6.25%) JSON
16 35 (5.21%) JWT
16 35 (5.21%) Ruby on Rails
17 28 (4.17%) Django
18 27 (4.02%) Flask
19 26 (3.87%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 139 (20.68%) Cloud Native
2 89 (13.24%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (5.21%) Low-Code
4 32 (4.76%) Video\Live Streaming
5 28 (4.17%) Product Ownership
6 26 (3.87%) Legacy Systems
7 24 (3.57%) AI Agents
8 23 (3.42%) Onboarding
9 20 (2.98%) Algorithms
10 19 (2.83%) Replication
11 13 (1.93%) Data Structures
12 12 (1.79%) Distributed Computing
12 12 (1.79%) Management Information System
12 12 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
13 11 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
13 11 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
14 10 (1.49%) Blog
14 10 (1.49%) IoT
14 10 (1.49%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 91 (13.54%) Linux
2 37 (5.51%) Windows
3 16 (2.38%) Unix
3 16 (2.38%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.89%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.30%) CentOS
7 1 (0.15%) Debian
7 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (46.58%) CI/CD
2 249 (37.05%) Software Engineering
3 233 (34.67%) Agile
4 199 (29.61%) AI
5 197 (29.32%) Full-Stack Development
6 177 (26.34%) Microservices
7 164 (24.40%) DevOps
8 154 (22.92%) Infrastructure as Code
9 128 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 126 (18.75%) Observability
11 124 (18.45%) Mentoring
12 123 (18.30%) Test Automation
13 120 (17.86%) Containerisation
14 117 (17.41%) Problem-Solving
15 88 (13.10%) API Design
16 83 (12.35%) Analytics
16 83 (12.35%) Data Modelling
17 80 (11.90%) Clean Code
18 78 (11.61%) Scrum
19 77 (11.46%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 282 (41.96%) Python
2 189 (28.13%) SQL
3 163 (24.26%) Java
4 135 (20.09%) TypeScript
5 129 (19.20%) JavaScript
6 71 (10.57%) C#
7 59 (8.78%) Go
8 35 (5.21%) Ruby
9 31 (4.61%) Bash
10 24 (3.57%) PowerShell
11 17 (2.53%) PHP
11 17 (2.53%) Scala
12 13 (1.93%) C++
13 12 (1.79%) Shell Script
14 10 (1.49%) RPG
15 6 (0.89%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.74%) Korn
17 4 (0.60%) T-SQL
18 3 (0.45%) Apex Code
18 3 (0.45%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 94 (13.99%) Security Cleared
2 93 (13.84%) Degree
3 72 (10.71%) SC Cleared
4 31 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (3.57%) Master's Degree
6 22 (3.27%) DV Cleared
7 19 (2.83%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.04%) PhD
11 6 (0.89%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.30%) CISSP
13 2 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.30%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.30%) RHCE
13 2 (0.30%) SnowPro
14 1 (0.15%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (8.18%) Data Quality
2 34 (5.06%) QA
3 26 (3.87%) GDPR
4 17 (2.53%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.74%) SLA
7 4 (0.60%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.45%) WCAG
9 2 (0.30%) Good Clinical Practice
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.15%) MiFID
10 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 188 (27.98%) Docker
2 17 (2.53%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.04%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.45%) Firmware
4 3 (0.45%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.15%) Samba
5 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 167 (24.85%) Kubernetes
2 40 (5.95%) Ansible
3 37 (5.51%) Grafana
4 31 (4.61%) Argo
5 22 (3.27%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.49%) Kibana
7 6 (0.89%) Istio
7 6 (0.89%) Kustomize
7 6 (0.89%) Progress Chef
7 6 (0.89%) Puppet
8 3 (0.45%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.45%) HAProxy
8 3 (0.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.45%) Plesk
8 3 (0.45%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.45%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.30%) Rancher
10 1 (0.15%) Consul
10 1 (0.15%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 71 (10.57%) Microsoft
2 63 (9.38%) Oracle
3 26 (3.87%) Google
4 22 (3.27%) OpenAI
5 21 (3.13%) Databricks
6 13 (1.93%) Dynatrace
6 13 (1.93%) Red Hat
7 10 (1.49%) IBM
8 9 (1.34%) Splunk
9 6 (0.89%) Dell
9 6 (0.89%) Salesforce
9 6 (0.89%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.60%) Netezza
10 4 (0.60%) Pega
10 4 (0.60%) Remedy
11 3 (0.45%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.45%) VMware
12 2 (0.30%) TikTok
12 2 (0.30%) UiPath
12 2 (0.30%) WSO2