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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 104 164
Rank change year-on-year -25 +60 -57
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 321 533 385
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.50% 3.10% 2.02%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.14% 13.03% 9.05%
Number of salaries quoted 217 271 325
10th Percentile £60,000 £48,750 £55,500
25th Percentile £75,000 £64,471 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £132,500 £110,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £137,500 £130,000 £124,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% -6.67%

All Database and 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 2,645 4,092 4,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.59% 23.78% 22.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,646 2,608 3,368
10th Percentile £45,313 £50,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,500 £58,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +9.59% -2.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £132,500 £139,125 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.84% -0.80%

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 2025. 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
South London -12 25 £55,200 -13.41% 5
Central London -25 22 £135,000 +68.75% 207
East London -11 6 £85,000 - 10
West London -18 3 £63,500 -5.93% 11
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 67 (20.87%) Apache Airflow
2 19 (5.92%) Apache Spark
2 19 (5.92%) WebSphere
3 17 (5.30%) Tomcat
4 16 (4.98%) WebSphere Application Server
5 7 (2.18%) Confluence
6 4 (1.25%) Apache
7 3 (0.93%) JBoss
7 3 (0.93%) Luigi
7 3 (0.93%) nginx
7 3 (0.93%) Red Hat Fuse
8 2 (0.62%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.31%) CMS
9 1 (0.31%) IIS
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (1.56%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.31%) Notion
2 1 (0.31%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 242 (75.39%) AWS
2 123 (38.32%) GCP
3 82 (25.55%) Azure
4 70 (21.81%) dbt
5 54 (16.82%) Serverless
6 41 (12.77%) Amazon EKS
7 40 (12.46%) Amazon EC2
8 38 (11.84%) Amazon ECS
9 24 (7.48%) AWS Lambda
10 20 (6.23%) Amazon S3
11 16 (4.98%) GitHub
12 13 (4.05%) Amazon EMR
12 13 (4.05%) Power Platform
12 13 (4.05%) SaaS
13 11 (3.43%) Amazon ECR
13 11 (3.43%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (2.49%) Amazon SQS
14 8 (2.49%) Snowflake
15 7 (2.18%) Route 53
15 7 (2.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.92%) SSL
2 6 (1.87%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.93%) MQTT
3 3 (0.93%) VPN
4 2 (0.62%) BGP
4 2 (0.62%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.62%) Firewall
4 2 (0.62%) OSPF
4 2 (0.62%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.62%) RTMP
4 2 (0.62%) VLAN
4 2 (0.62%) WAN
4 2 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.62%) Wireless
5 1 (0.31%) DNS
5 1 (0.31%) FTP
5 1 (0.31%) SMS
5 1 (0.31%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (26.17%) Relational Database
2 61 (19.00%) SQL Server
3 60 (18.69%) Apache Iceberg
4 55 (17.13%) Amazon Athena
4 55 (17.13%) Apache Arrow
4 55 (17.13%) Dremio
5 47 (14.64%) MySQL
6 46 (14.33%) MongoDB
7 43 (13.40%) RDBMS
8 38 (11.84%) NoSQL
9 29 (9.03%) Data Warehouse
10 25 (7.79%) DB2
11 18 (5.61%) Amazon RDS
12 17 (5.30%) Redis
13 15 (4.67%) Big Data
14 13 (4.05%) DynamoDB
14 13 (4.05%) Power BI
15 12 (3.74%) Hadoop
16 11 (3.43%) Apache Cassandra
17 7 (2.18%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 57 (17.76%) Jenkins
2 32 (9.97%) Git
3 27 (8.41%) JUnit
4 23 (7.17%) JMeter
4 23 (7.17%) Mockito
5 16 (4.98%) JIRA
6 15 (4.67%) GitLab
7 11 (3.43%) Bitbucket
7 11 (3.43%) Selenium
8 8 (2.49%) Cucumber
9 7 (2.18%) CircleCI
9 7 (2.18%) TeamCity
10 5 (1.56%) IntelliJ
10 5 (1.56%) Subversion
11 4 (1.25%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.93%) Maven
12 3 (0.93%) MLflow
12 3 (0.93%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.93%) TestRail
12 3 (0.93%) Vite
General
1 139 (43.30%) Finance
2 64 (19.94%) Front Office
3 48 (14.95%) Social Skills
4 46 (14.33%) Banking
5 43 (13.40%) Public Sector
6 34 (10.59%) Law
7 29 (9.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (6.23%) Analytical Skills
8 20 (6.23%) Marketing
9 16 (4.98%) Telecoms
10 14 (4.36%) Investment Banking
11 13 (4.05%) Electronics
11 13 (4.05%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.87%) Legal
13 5 (1.56%) Advertising
13 5 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.25%) Retail
15 3 (0.93%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 149 (46.42%) Developer
2 85 (26.48%) Software Engineer
3 68 (21.18%) Python Developer
4 59 (18.38%) AWS Engineer
4 59 (18.38%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 58 (18.07%) Python Engineer
6 56 (17.45%) AWS Software Engineer
7 55 (17.13%) AWS Developer
8 53 (16.51%) Python Software Engineer
9 46 (14.33%) Senior
10 44 (13.71%) Java Developer
11 41 (12.77%) Lead
12 30 (9.35%) Full-Stack Developer
13 22 (6.85%) Data Engineer
14 21 (6.54%) Java Engineer
14 21 (6.54%) Linux Support
15 20 (6.23%) Applications Support
15 20 (6.23%) Backend Developer
15 20 (6.23%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 18 (5.61%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (37.07%) React
2 94 (29.28%) Node.js
3 74 (23.05%) AngularJS
4 64 (19.94%) REST
5 62 (19.31%) Vue
6 57 (17.76%) NumPy
6 57 (17.76%) Pandas
7 55 (17.13%) SciPy
8 54 (16.82%) FastAPI
9 53 (16.51%) Spring
10 50 (15.58%) Spring Boot
11 45 (14.02%) HTML
12 36 (11.21%) RESTful
13 34 (10.59%) Kafka
14 32 (9.97%) Web Services
15 29 (9.03%) Django
16 27 (8.41%) CSS
17 26 (8.10%) jQuery
18 25 (7.79%) Flask
19 24 (7.48%) Apache Camel
Miscellaneous
1 59 (18.38%) Equities
1 59 (18.38%) Fixed Income
1 59 (18.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 48 (14.95%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (11.84%) Cloud Native
4 23 (7.17%) Linux Command Line
5 20 (6.23%) Management Information System
6 14 (4.36%) Algorithms
7 11 (3.43%) Product Ownership
8 8 (2.49%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (2.18%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.87%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.87%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.87%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.56%) Derivative
11 5 (1.56%) Distributed Applications
11 5 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.25%) Reinsurance
13 3 (0.93%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.93%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 46 (14.33%) Linux
2 27 (8.41%) Unix
3 17 (5.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 17 (5.30%) Windows
4 4 (1.25%) Android
4 4 (1.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (56.70%) Agile
2 131 (40.81%) Software Engineering
3 121 (37.69%) CI/CD
4 91 (28.35%) Fintech
5 86 (26.79%) Microservices
6 67 (20.87%) Problem-Solving
7 61 (19.00%) Full-Stack Development
8 60 (18.69%) Asset Management
9 59 (18.38%) Investment Management
10 58 (18.07%) Containerisation
11 56 (17.45%) Risk Management
12 55 (17.13%) Order Management
12 55 (17.13%) Performance Attribution
13 54 (16.82%) AI
14 48 (14.95%) DevOps
15 42 (13.08%) Test Automation
16 40 (12.46%) Business Intelligence
17 39 (12.15%) Data Engineering
18 36 (11.21%) TDD
19 34 (10.59%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 214 (66.67%) Python
2 127 (39.56%) JavaScript
3 103 (32.09%) Java
4 101 (31.46%) TypeScript
5 74 (23.05%) SQL
6 26 (8.10%) Shell Script
7 16 (4.98%) C#
8 14 (4.36%) Rust
9 10 (3.12%) Kotlin
10 8 (2.49%) Go
11 7 (2.18%) Bash
12 5 (1.56%) PHP
12 5 (1.56%) Ruby
13 4 (1.25%) Scala
14 2 (0.62%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.62%) Groovy
14 2 (0.62%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.62%) SOQL
14 2 (0.62%) SOSL
15 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (16.51%) Security Cleared
2 38 (11.84%) Degree
3 30 (9.35%) SC Cleared
4 20 (6.23%) AWS Certification
5 18 (5.61%) ITIL Certification
6 13 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (3.12%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.56%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.62%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.62%) HNC
10 2 (0.62%) HND
10 2 (0.62%) MCSA
10 2 (0.62%) MCSE
10 2 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.31%) MCP
11 1 (0.31%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.85%) QA
2 19 (5.92%) SLA
3 12 (3.74%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.80%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.80%) GDPR
5 3 (0.93%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.93%) SEPA
6 2 (0.62%) PSD2
7 1 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.31%) GAAP
7 1 (0.31%) IFRS
7 1 (0.31%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.31%) MiFID
System Software
1 110 (34.27%) Docker
2 5 (1.56%) zsh
3 2 (0.62%) NFS
4 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 103 (32.09%) Kubernetes
2 41 (12.77%) Terraform
3 26 (8.10%) Kibana
4 13 (4.05%) Grafana
5 10 (3.12%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.49%) Ansible
7 7 (2.18%) Argo
8 4 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.93%) Puppet
10 2 (0.62%) AWS Copilot
10 2 (0.62%) logstash
10 2 (0.62%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.31%) Ambari
11 1 (0.31%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 47 (14.64%) Oracle
2 24 (7.48%) Dynatrace
2 24 (7.48%) Splunk
3 22 (6.85%) Google
4 21 (6.54%) Red Hat
5 20 (6.23%) IBM
6 13 (4.05%) SAP
6 13 (4.05%) ServiceNow
7 11 (3.43%) Atlassian
8 9 (2.80%) Databricks
9 8 (2.49%) Informatica
9 8 (2.49%) Microsoft
9 8 (2.49%) OpenAI
10 7 (2.18%) Talend
11 6 (1.87%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.25%) Vertica
13 3 (0.93%) CA Agile Central
14 2 (0.62%) AppDynamics
14 2 (0.62%) NETGEAR
14 2 (0.62%) Sonatype