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 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 107 125
Rank change year-on-year -91 +18 +14
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 216 423 532
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.23% 3.28% 2.40%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.28% 14.60% 11.26%
Number of salaries quoted 156 260 474
10th Percentile £52,450 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £68,953 £70,000 £60,451
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £87,500 £78,138
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +11.98% -8.07%
75th Percentile £110,313 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £150,000 £137,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £73,151 £75,000 £65,465
% change year-on-year -2.47% +14.57% -12.71%

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 2,327 2,897 4,723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 13.23% 22.44% 21.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,521 1,965 3,683
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +13.79% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £138,750 £117,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

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 26 March 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 26 March 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 -38 31 £95,000 +15.15% 63
South London -21 7 £62,600 +0.16%
East London -23 2 £85,000 - 4
West London -34 1 - - 5
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 14 (6.48%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (5.56%) Apache Spark
3 11 (5.09%) Confluence
4 8 (3.70%) Apache
5 7 (3.24%) Tomcat
5 7 (3.24%) WebSphere
6 6 (2.78%) WebSphere Application Server
7 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.46%) Camunda
8 1 (0.46%) IIS
8 1 (0.46%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.46%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 7 (3.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 7 (3.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Endur
1 1 (0.46%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 135 (62.50%) AWS
2 76 (35.19%) Azure
3 71 (32.87%) GCP
4 23 (10.65%) Serverless
5 21 (9.72%) Amazon EKS
6 19 (8.80%) SaaS
7 15 (6.94%) GitHub
8 13 (6.02%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (6.02%) dbt
9 12 (5.56%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (5.56%) Amazon S3
10 11 (5.09%) Amazon ECS
11 9 (4.17%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 9 (4.17%) AWS CloudFormation
12 8 (3.70%) LangSmith
13 7 (3.24%) Amazon ECR
13 7 (3.24%) Amazon EMR
13 7 (3.24%) Power Platform
13 7 (3.24%) Vercel
14 5 (2.31%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.63%) TCP/IP
2 7 (3.24%) SSL
3 4 (1.85%) DHCP
3 4 (1.85%) DNS
3 4 (1.85%) VPN
3 4 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.93%) Broadband
5 1 (0.46%) LAN
5 1 (0.46%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (22.22%) Relational Database
2 38 (17.59%) MySQL
3 32 (14.81%) MongoDB
4 31 (14.35%) NoSQL
4 31 (14.35%) SQL Server
5 21 (9.72%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (9.72%) DB2
6 12 (5.56%) RDBMS
6 12 (5.56%) Redis
7 11 (5.09%) DynamoDB
8 10 (4.63%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (4.17%) BigQuery
10 8 (3.70%) Big Data
10 8 (3.70%) Hadoop
10 8 (3.70%) Pinecone
11 7 (3.24%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (3.24%) Power BI
12 6 (2.78%) Amazon Aurora
13 5 (2.31%) Apache Cassandra
13 5 (2.31%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 32 (14.81%) Git
1 32 (14.81%) Jenkins
2 19 (8.80%) TeamCity
3 12 (5.56%) Bitbucket
3 12 (5.56%) Cucumber
3 12 (5.56%) GitLab
3 12 (5.56%) JIRA
3 12 (5.56%) Selenium
4 7 (3.24%) JUnit
4 7 (3.24%) Vite
5 6 (2.78%) Mockito
6 5 (2.31%) JMeter
7 4 (1.85%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.93%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.93%) ESLint
8 2 (0.93%) Gradle
8 2 (0.93%) Jaeger
8 2 (0.93%) Maven
8 2 (0.93%) Subversion
8 2 (0.93%) webpack
General
1 67 (31.02%) Finance
2 45 (20.83%) Social Skills
3 36 (16.67%) Banking
4 31 (14.35%) Law
5 23 (10.65%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (10.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (9.72%) Retail
7 20 (9.26%) Public Sector
8 17 (7.87%) Front Office
9 5 (2.31%) Back Office
9 5 (2.31%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.85%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.85%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.39%) Electronics
11 3 (1.39%) Legal
12 2 (0.93%) Games
13 1 (0.46%) Advertising
13 1 (0.46%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.46%) Marketing
13 1 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 70 (32.41%) Developer
2 48 (22.22%) Lead
3 39 (18.06%) Software Engineer
4 36 (16.67%) Senior
5 26 (12.04%) Data Engineer
6 24 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
6 24 (11.11%) Lead Developer
7 23 (10.65%) Java Developer
8 18 (8.33%) Lead Software Engineer
8 18 (8.33%) Python Engineer
9 16 (7.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 14 (6.48%) Architect
10 14 (6.48%) Python Developer
11 13 (6.02%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 13 (6.02%) Principal Engineer
12 12 (5.56%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 12 (5.56%) Java Engineer
12 12 (5.56%) Lead Software Developer
13 10 (4.63%) AWS Engineer
13 10 (4.63%) Product Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (33.80%) React
2 53 (24.54%) Node.js
3 35 (16.20%) FastAPI
4 30 (13.89%) HTML
4 30 (13.89%) RESTful
5 27 (12.50%) CSS
6 26 (12.04%) REST
7 25 (11.57%) Django
7 25 (11.57%) Spring
8 24 (11.11%) Kafka
9 22 (10.19%) Spring Boot
10 19 (8.80%) Redux
11 16 (7.41%) Next.js
12 15 (6.94%) Flask
13 13 (6.02%) Elastic Stack
14 12 (5.56%) AngularJS
14 12 (5.56%) LangChain
15 9 (4.17%) Gherkin
15 9 (4.17%) Web Services
16 8 (3.70%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 30 (13.89%) Cloud Native
2 25 (11.57%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (7.41%) Derivative
3 16 (7.41%) Equities
3 16 (7.41%) Fixed Income
4 15 (6.94%) Blog
5 14 (6.48%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (6.02%) Product Ownership
7 9 (4.17%) Linux Command Line
7 9 (4.17%) Management Information System
7 9 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (3.70%) Algorithms
9 5 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.31%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.85%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.85%) CCTV
10 4 (1.85%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.85%) Distributed Architecture
10 4 (1.85%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.39%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.33%) Linux
2 13 (6.02%) Unix
3 11 (5.09%) Windows
4 8 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (2.31%) Android
5 5 (2.31%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.85%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (40.28%) Agile
2 86 (39.81%) CI/CD
3 77 (35.65%) Software Engineering
4 68 (31.48%) Microservices
5 56 (25.93%) Full-Stack Development
6 54 (25.00%) Fintech
7 47 (21.76%) AI
8 42 (19.44%) Mentoring
9 37 (17.13%) Containerisation
9 37 (17.13%) Problem-Solving
9 37 (17.13%) Test Automation
10 36 (16.67%) DevOps
11 31 (14.35%) Infrastructure as Code
12 30 (13.89%) Technical Leadership
13 29 (13.43%) Clean Code
13 29 (13.43%) Data Modelling
14 28 (12.96%) Analytics
14 28 (12.96%) Data Pipeline
15 27 (12.50%) Scrum
16 26 (12.04%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 118 (54.63%) Python
2 76 (35.19%) Java
3 70 (32.41%) SQL
4 66 (30.56%) JavaScript
5 59 (27.31%) TypeScript
6 14 (6.48%) C#
6 14 (6.48%) Go
7 6 (2.78%) PHP
7 6 (2.78%) Shell Script
8 5 (2.31%) Delphi
8 5 (2.31%) Rust
9 4 (1.85%) Pascal
9 4 (1.85%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.85%) Ruby
10 3 (1.39%) RPG
11 2 (0.93%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.46%) Bash
12 1 (0.46%) C++
12 1 (0.46%) Elm
12 1 (0.46%) Korn
Qualifications
1 42 (19.44%) Security Cleared
2 34 (15.74%) SC Cleared
3 27 (12.50%) Degree
4 10 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.70%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.78%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.78%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.85%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.93%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.93%) SnowPro
8 2 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 11 (5.09%) QA
3 7 (3.24%) GDPR
4 6 (2.78%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.78%) SLA
5 2 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.93%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.93%) PSD2
System Software
1 68 (31.48%) Docker
2 2 (0.93%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 78 (36.11%) Kubernetes
2 47 (21.76%) Terraform
3 17 (7.87%) Grafana
4 9 (4.17%) Prometheus
5 8 (3.70%) Argo
6 7 (3.24%) Kibana
7 3 (1.39%) AWS Copilot
8 2 (0.93%) Ansible
9 1 (0.46%) Ambari
9 1 (0.46%) Istio
9 1 (0.46%) Puppet
9 1 (0.46%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 16 (7.41%) Oracle
2 12 (5.56%) Microsoft
3 11 (5.09%) Google
3 11 (5.09%) OpenAI
4 10 (4.63%) Atlassian
4 10 (4.63%) IBM
4 10 (4.63%) Red Hat
5 5 (2.31%) Dynatrace
5 5 (2.31%) Informatica
5 5 (2.31%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.31%) Splunk
5 5 (2.31%) Talend
6 4 (1.85%) Databricks
7 3 (1.39%) Revolut
8 2 (0.93%) Confluent
8 2 (0.93%) Dell
8 2 (0.93%) Mapbox
8 2 (0.93%) SAP
9 1 (0.46%) Intel
9 1 (0.46%) Sybase