PostgreSQL Job Trends in London

PostgreSQL (Postgres)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring PostgreSQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 113 128
Rank change year-on-year -53 +15 +38
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 337 347 512
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.30% 2.95% 2.74%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.09% 13.06% 11.47%
Number of salaries quoted 212 240 303
10th Percentile £52,500 £59,250 £48,750
25th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £64,735
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £105,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +20.00% +9.38%
75th Percentile £95,000 £137,500 £115,000
90th Percentile £115,000 - £136,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,788 2,656 4,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 10.77% 22.56% 23.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,747 1,657 2,838
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £77,500 £82,865
Median % change year-on-year - -6.47% +10.86%
75th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £135,000 £142,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

PostgreSQL
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PostgreSQL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

PostgreSQL job vacancy trend in London

PostgreSQL
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing PostgreSQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PostgreSQL in London over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Salary histogram for PostgreSQL in London

PostgreSQL
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PostgreSQL within the London region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Central London +25 48 £87,500 -27.08% 51
West London -6 14 £80,000 +25.98% 19
South London -21 7 £72,000 -
East London -10 3 - - 1
PostgreSQL
England

PostgreSQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 19 (5.64%) Apache Spark
2 15 (4.45%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (3.86%) Apache
4 11 (3.26%) Confluence
5 7 (2.08%) Camunda
6 3 (0.89%) nginx
7 2 (0.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.59%) Luigi
7 2 (0.59%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.59%) Tornado
8 1 (0.30%) JBoss
8 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.30%) Moodle
8 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (3.26%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 188 (55.79%) AWS
2 81 (24.04%) Azure
3 56 (16.62%) GCP
4 49 (14.54%) GitHub
5 42 (12.46%) SaaS
6 37 (10.98%) Amazon EKS
7 29 (8.61%) Amazon S3
7 29 (8.61%) Serverless
8 23 (6.82%) AWS Lambda
9 21 (6.23%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (5.04%) GitHub Copilot
11 15 (4.45%) Amazon EC2
11 15 (4.45%) Power Platform
12 14 (4.15%) Amazon SQS
13 13 (3.86%) Amazon ECS
13 13 (3.86%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (3.26%) Anthropic Claude
14 11 (3.26%) Lucidchart
14 11 (3.26%) Vertex AI
15 9 (2.67%) Amazon ElastiCache
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.93%) Broadband
2 7 (2.08%) VPN
3 6 (1.78%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.48%) BGP
5 4 (1.19%) Firewall
6 3 (0.89%) Network Security
6 3 (0.89%) VLAN
7 2 (0.59%) OpenVPN
8 1 (0.30%) 4G
8 1 (0.30%) 5G
8 1 (0.30%) AMQP
8 1 (0.30%) DNS
8 1 (0.30%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.30%) HTTP
8 1 (0.30%) MPLS
8 1 (0.30%) SMS
8 1 (0.30%) SNMP
8 1 (0.30%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (18.69%) MongoDB
2 57 (16.91%) Redis
3 53 (15.73%) MySQL
3 53 (15.73%) Relational Database
4 39 (11.57%) SQL Server
5 33 (9.79%) Amazon RDS
6 32 (9.50%) NoSQL
7 25 (7.42%) Amazon Aurora
8 22 (6.53%) DynamoDB
9 17 (5.04%) Data Warehouse
10 15 (4.45%) Big Data
10 15 (4.45%) Power BI
11 14 (4.15%) Metadata
12 13 (3.86%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (3.56%) Data Lake
14 11 (3.26%) Amazon Redshift
15 10 (2.97%) Db2
15 10 (2.97%) DTS
16 9 (2.67%) Pinecone
17 8 (2.37%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 53 (15.73%) Git
2 24 (7.12%) Jenkins
3 20 (5.93%) TeamCity
4 15 (4.45%) GitLab
5 11 (3.26%) JUnit
6 10 (2.97%) Mockito
7 8 (2.37%) Claude Code
8 7 (2.08%) Vite
9 4 (1.19%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.89%) Gradle
10 3 (0.89%) Maven
10 3 (0.89%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.89%) webpack
11 2 (0.59%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.59%) JMeter
11 2 (0.59%) Storybook
12 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.30%) kappa
12 1 (0.30%) Mocha
12 1 (0.30%) Valgrind
General
1 77 (22.85%) Social Skills
2 71 (21.07%) Finance
3 49 (14.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 32 (9.50%) Law
5 31 (9.20%) Banking
6 23 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (6.82%) Retail
7 20 (5.93%) Games
7 20 (5.93%) Public Sector
8 11 (3.26%) Financial Institution
9 10 (2.97%) Legal
10 9 (2.67%) Legal Technology
11 5 (1.48%) Back Office
11 5 (1.48%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.89%) Billing
12 3 (0.89%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.89%) Marketing
12 3 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.30%) Aviation
13 1 (0.30%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 98 (29.08%) Developer
2 92 (27.30%) Senior
3 62 (18.40%) Software Engineer
4 55 (16.32%) Lead
5 35 (10.39%) Senior Software Engineer
6 30 (8.90%) Architect
7 29 (8.61%) Python Engineer
8 28 (8.31%) Data Engineer
8 28 (8.31%) Python Developer
9 25 (7.42%) Ruby Developer
10 23 (6.82%) Database Engineer
11 22 (6.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 20 (5.93%) DBA
12 20 (5.93%) Full-Stack Developer
13 18 (5.34%) Lead Developer
13 18 (5.34%) Senior Developer
14 16 (4.75%) Lead Data Engineer
15 15 (4.45%) AWS Engineer
16 14 (4.15%) DevOps Engineer
16 14 (4.15%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (24.04%) Terraform
2 64 (18.99%) RESTful
3 61 (18.10%) React
4 58 (17.21%) REST
5 55 (16.32%) Kafka
6 47 (13.95%) Spring
7 46 (13.65%) Node.js
8 43 (12.76%) Spring Boot
9 35 (10.39%) FastAPI
10 33 (9.79%) Next.js
11 28 (8.31%) JWT
12 26 (7.72%) Ruby on Rails
13 24 (7.12%) JSON
14 16 (4.75%) OAuth
14 16 (4.75%) Sidekiq
15 15 (4.45%) CSS
15 15 (4.45%) OAuth2
16 14 (4.15%) Elastic Stack
16 14 (4.15%) GraphQL
17 12 (3.56%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 80 (23.74%) Cloud Native
2 65 (19.29%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (7.42%) Blog
4 24 (7.12%) Low-Code
5 22 (6.53%) Replication
6 21 (6.23%) Video\Live Streaming
7 18 (5.34%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (5.34%) Onboarding
8 15 (4.45%) AI Agents
9 10 (2.97%) EPoS
9 10 (2.97%) iSeries
10 7 (2.08%) Distributed Computing
10 7 (2.08%) Product Ownership
10 7 (2.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 6 (1.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (1.48%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.48%) Management Information System
13 4 (1.19%) Client/Server
13 4 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (1.19%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.75%) Linux
2 7 (2.08%) Windows
3 2 (0.59%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (46.29%) CI/CD
2 128 (37.98%) AI
3 110 (32.64%) Software Engineering
4 108 (32.05%) Observability
5 85 (25.22%) Agile
6 83 (24.63%) Infrastructure as Code
7 78 (23.15%) Full-Stack Development
8 76 (22.55%) Microservices
8 76 (22.55%) Test Automation
9 66 (19.58%) API Design
10 64 (18.99%) Continuous Improvement
11 63 (18.69%) Containerisation
12 60 (17.80%) Clean Code
13 59 (17.51%) DevOps
14 58 (17.21%) Event-Driven
15 52 (15.43%) Machine Learning
16 51 (15.13%) Problem-Solving
17 50 (14.84%) Fintech
18 47 (13.95%) LLM
19 46 (13.65%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 158 (46.88%) Python
2 90 (26.71%) SQL
3 78 (23.15%) Java
4 56 (16.62%) TypeScript
5 35 (10.39%) Go
6 33 (9.79%) JavaScript
7 26 (7.72%) Ruby
8 19 (5.64%) Bash
9 12 (3.56%) C#
10 11 (3.26%) Groovy
11 10 (2.97%) RPG
12 6 (1.78%) Scala
13 4 (1.19%) Apex Code
13 4 (1.19%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.89%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.89%) SOQL
14 3 (0.89%) SOSL
15 2 (0.59%) C++
15 2 (0.59%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.59%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (13.35%) Security Cleared
2 37 (10.98%) SC Cleared
3 21 (6.23%) Degree
4 8 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.19%) AWS Certification
5 4 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (0.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (0.89%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.89%) CCSP
6 3 (0.89%) CISM
6 3 (0.89%) CISSP
6 3 (0.89%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (0.59%) SnowPro
7 2 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.30%) CCNA
8 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.20%) Data Quality
2 17 (5.04%) QA
3 16 (4.75%) GDPR
4 6 (1.78%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.48%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.48%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.89%) NIST
7 2 (0.59%) WCAG
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.30%) MiFID
8 1 (0.30%) SLA
System Software
1 96 (28.49%) Docker
2 2 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.30%) Firmware
3 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 88 (26.11%) Kubernetes
2 52 (15.43%) Grafana
3 27 (8.01%) Prometheus
4 9 (2.67%) Ansible
4 9 (2.67%) Rancher
5 7 (2.08%) Argo
6 4 (1.19%) Kibana
7 3 (0.89%) Cilium
8 2 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.30%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.30%) Nagios
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.30%) Packer
9 1 (0.30%) Rsyslog
9 1 (0.30%) SCOM
9 1 (0.30%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 30 (8.90%) Oracle
2 28 (8.31%) Microsoft
3 20 (5.93%) Google
4 17 (5.04%) OpenAI
5 14 (4.15%) Databricks
5 14 (4.15%) Dynatrace
6 13 (3.86%) ServiceNow
7 10 (2.97%) IBM
8 6 (1.78%) Mistral
9 4 (1.19%) Netezza
9 4 (1.19%) Remedy
9 4 (1.19%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.59%) Adobe
10 2 (0.59%) Splunk
10 2 (0.59%) TikTok
11 1 (0.30%) ADVA
11 1 (0.30%) Confluent
11 1 (0.30%) RedGate
11 1 (0.30%) Refinitiv
11 1 (0.30%) SolarWinds