PostgreSQL DBA Job Trends in London

PostgreSQL Database Administrator
England > London

The median PostgreSQL Database Administrator salary in London is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 381 461 502
Rank change year-on-year +80 +41 +359
Permanent jobs requiring a PostgreSQL DBA 3 9 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.025% 0.047% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.050% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile - - £67,450
25th Percentile £51,250 - £67,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £74,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -19.46% -12.35%
75th Percentile £54,375 - £78,375
90th Percentile £54,750 - £80,400
England median annual salary £52,500 £71,250 £71,250
% change year-on-year -26.32% - -1.72%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 10,794 18,141 21,407
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.13% 95.44% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 7,022 11,576 17,684
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year - -0.68% +4.29%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £119,071 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

PostgreSQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured PostgreSQL DBA in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for PostgreSQL DBA in London

PostgreSQL DBA
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for PostgreSQL DBA job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for PostgreSQL DBA job vacancies in London

PostgreSQL DBA Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 15 September 2025, PostgreSQL DBA job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring PostgreSQL DBA in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (66.67%) Advertising
2 2 (66.67%) Replication
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Unix
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Shell Script

PostgreSQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 2 (66.67%) Advertising
1 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle