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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 96 122
Rank change year-on-year -88 +26 +19
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 227 453 522
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.33% 3.39% 2.39%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.85% 14.98% 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 163 268 470
10th Percentile £52,420 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £68,813 £70,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £87,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +12.90% -8.82%
75th Percentile £111,250 £112,500 £97,447
90th Percentile £150,000 £137,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £73,801 £75,000 £65,465
% change year-on-year -1.60% +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 2,304 3,024 4,700
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 13.49% 22.63% 21.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,497 1,992 3,673
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £61,438 £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 £115,000
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 17 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 17 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 -41 31 £98,750 +17.91% 80
South London -20 8 £62,600 +0.16%
East London -19 2 £85,000 - 7
West London -29 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 (6.17%) Apache Airflow
1 14 (6.17%) Apache Spark
2 13 (5.73%) Confluence
3 8 (3.52%) Apache
3 8 (3.52%) Tomcat
3 8 (3.52%) WebSphere
4 7 (3.08%) WebSphere Application Server
5 4 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.44%) Camunda
6 1 (0.44%) IIS
6 1 (0.44%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.44%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (3.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 8 (3.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Endur
1 1 (0.44%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 146 (64.32%) AWS
2 79 (34.80%) Azure
3 72 (31.72%) GCP
4 25 (11.01%) Serverless
5 23 (10.13%) Amazon EKS
6 16 (7.05%) GitHub
6 16 (7.05%) SaaS
7 14 (6.17%) Amazon EC2
7 14 (6.17%) Amazon S3
7 14 (6.17%) dbt
8 13 (5.73%) Amazon ECS
8 13 (5.73%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (3.96%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 9 (3.96%) AWS CloudFormation
9 9 (3.96%) Power Platform
10 8 (3.52%) Amazon ECR
10 8 (3.52%) Amazon EMR
10 8 (3.52%) LangSmith
10 8 (3.52%) Vercel
11 5 (2.20%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.41%) TCP/IP
2 8 (3.52%) SSL
3 4 (1.76%) DHCP
3 4 (1.76%) DNS
3 4 (1.76%) VPN
3 4 (1.76%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.88%) Broadband
5 1 (0.44%) LAN
5 1 (0.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (21.59%) Relational Database
2 37 (16.30%) MySQL
3 36 (15.86%) SQL Server
4 35 (15.42%) MongoDB
5 32 (14.10%) NoSQL
6 24 (10.57%) DB2
7 23 (10.13%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (6.17%) RDBMS
9 13 (5.73%) DynamoDB
9 13 (5.73%) Redis
10 11 (4.85%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (3.96%) Big Data
11 9 (3.96%) BigQuery
11 9 (3.96%) Hadoop
11 9 (3.96%) Power BI
12 8 (3.52%) Pinecone
13 6 (2.64%) Amazon Aurora
13 6 (2.64%) DataStage
13 6 (2.64%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (2.64%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 35 (15.42%) Jenkins
2 31 (13.66%) Git
3 20 (8.81%) TeamCity
4 14 (6.17%) JIRA
5 13 (5.73%) Bitbucket
5 13 (5.73%) Cucumber
5 13 (5.73%) GitLab
5 13 (5.73%) Selenium
6 8 (3.52%) JUnit
7 7 (3.08%) Mockito
7 7 (3.08%) Vite
8 6 (2.64%) JMeter
9 4 (1.76%) CircleCI
10 3 (1.32%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.88%) ESLint
11 2 (0.88%) Gradle
11 2 (0.88%) Jaeger
11 2 (0.88%) Storybook
11 2 (0.88%) Subversion
11 2 (0.88%) webpack
General
1 71 (31.28%) Finance
2 51 (22.47%) Social Skills
3 38 (16.74%) Banking
4 32 (14.10%) Law
5 25 (11.01%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (10.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (9.25%) Public Sector
8 20 (8.81%) Retail
9 17 (7.49%) Front Office
10 6 (2.64%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.76%) Back Office
11 4 (1.76%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.76%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.32%) Electronics
12 3 (1.32%) Legal
13 2 (0.88%) Games
14 1 (0.44%) Health Technology
14 1 (0.44%) Marketing
14 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.44%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 73 (32.16%) Developer
2 46 (20.26%) Lead
3 41 (18.06%) Software Engineer
4 36 (15.86%) Senior
5 25 (11.01%) Data Engineer
5 25 (11.01%) Java Developer
6 24 (10.57%) Full-Stack Developer
7 23 (10.13%) Lead Developer
8 18 (7.93%) Lead Software Engineer
9 17 (7.49%) Principal Engineer
9 17 (7.49%) Python Engineer
10 16 (7.05%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 15 (6.61%) Python Developer
12 14 (6.17%) Architect
12 14 (6.17%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 12 (5.29%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 12 (5.29%) Java Engineer
13 12 (5.29%) Lead Software Developer
14 10 (4.41%) AWS Engineer
14 10 (4.41%) Product Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (33.04%) React
2 55 (24.23%) Node.js
3 38 (16.74%) FastAPI
4 31 (13.66%) HTML
4 31 (13.66%) RESTful
5 28 (12.33%) CSS
5 28 (12.33%) REST
6 27 (11.89%) Django
7 26 (11.45%) Spring
8 25 (11.01%) Kafka
9 23 (10.13%) Spring Boot
10 20 (8.81%) Redux
11 18 (7.93%) Next.js
12 15 (6.61%) Flask
13 14 (6.17%) Elastic Stack
14 12 (5.29%) LangChain
15 11 (4.85%) AngularJS
15 11 (4.85%) Web Services
16 10 (4.41%) Gherkin
17 9 (3.96%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 30 (13.22%) Cloud Native
2 26 (11.45%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (7.05%) Derivative
3 16 (7.05%) Equities
3 16 (7.05%) Fixed Income
4 15 (6.61%) Blog
4 15 (6.61%) Greenfield Project
5 14 (6.17%) Product Ownership
6 11 (4.85%) Management Information System
7 10 (4.41%) Linux Command Line
8 9 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (3.52%) Algorithms
10 6 (2.64%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (2.20%) Data Structures
11 5 (2.20%) Onboarding
12 4 (1.76%) AI Agents
12 4 (1.76%) CCTV
12 4 (1.76%) Distributed Architecture
12 4 (1.76%) Driving Licence
13 3 (1.32%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.37%) Linux
2 14 (6.17%) Unix
3 12 (5.29%) Windows
4 9 (3.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (2.20%) Android
5 5 (2.20%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.76%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (40.09%) Agile
1 91 (40.09%) CI/CD
2 82 (36.12%) Software Engineering
3 70 (30.84%) Microservices
4 59 (25.99%) Full-Stack Development
5 56 (24.67%) Fintech
6 48 (21.15%) AI
7 43 (18.94%) Mentoring
8 38 (16.74%) Containerisation
8 38 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (16.74%) Test Automation
9 37 (16.30%) DevOps
10 32 (14.10%) Infrastructure as Code
10 32 (14.10%) Technical Leadership
11 31 (13.66%) Data Modelling
12 30 (13.22%) Analytics
13 29 (12.78%) Clean Code
13 29 (12.78%) Data Engineering
14 28 (12.33%) Data Pipeline
14 28 (12.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 127 (55.95%) Python
2 79 (34.80%) Java
3 75 (33.04%) SQL
4 67 (29.52%) JavaScript
5 63 (27.75%) TypeScript
6 14 (6.17%) C#
6 14 (6.17%) Go
7 7 (3.08%) PHP
7 7 (3.08%) Rust
7 7 (3.08%) Shell Script
8 5 (2.20%) Delphi
8 5 (2.20%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.76%) Pascal
9 4 (1.76%) Ruby
10 3 (1.32%) RPG
11 2 (0.88%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.44%) Bash
12 1 (0.44%) C++
12 1 (0.44%) Elm
12 1 (0.44%) Korn
Qualifications
1 44 (19.38%) Security Cleared
2 35 (15.42%) SC Cleared
3 29 (12.78%) Degree
4 11 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.96%) AWS Certification
6 7 (3.08%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (2.64%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.76%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.88%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.88%) SnowPro
10 2 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.44%) HNC
11 1 (0.44%) HND
11 1 (0.44%) MCSA
11 1 (0.44%) MCSE
11 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.85%) Data Quality
1 11 (4.85%) QA
2 7 (3.08%) GDPR
2 7 (3.08%) SLA
3 6 (2.64%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (0.88%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.88%) PSD2
System Software
1 73 (32.16%) Docker
2 2 (0.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 79 (34.80%) Kubernetes
2 48 (21.15%) Terraform
3 17 (7.49%) Grafana
4 9 (3.96%) Kibana
4 9 (3.96%) Prometheus
5 8 (3.52%) Argo
6 3 (1.32%) AWS Copilot
7 2 (0.88%) Ansible
8 1 (0.44%) Ambari
8 1 (0.44%) Istio
8 1 (0.44%) Puppet
8 1 (0.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 19 (8.37%) Oracle
2 14 (6.17%) Microsoft
3 12 (5.29%) OpenAI
4 11 (4.85%) Atlassian
4 11 (4.85%) Google
4 11 (4.85%) IBM
4 11 (4.85%) Red Hat
5 7 (3.08%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.64%) Dynatrace
6 6 (2.64%) Informatica
6 6 (2.64%) Splunk
6 6 (2.64%) Talend
7 4 (1.76%) Databricks
8 3 (1.32%) Revolut
9 2 (0.88%) Confluent
9 2 (0.88%) Dell
9 2 (0.88%) Mapbox
9 2 (0.88%) SAP
10 1 (0.44%) Intel
10 1 (0.44%) Sybase