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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 114 127
Rank change year-on-year -70 +13 +40
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 311 360 510
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.21% 3.03% 2.66%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 11.13% 13.44% 11.28%
Number of salaries quoted 198 252 322
10th Percentile £52,500 £59,250 £48,750
25th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £105,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £95,938 £137,500 £115,000
90th Percentile £115,000 - £136,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £69,308
% change year-on-year -12.50% +15.43% -0.99%

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 2,793 2,679 4,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 10.90% 22.56% 23.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,769 1,694 2,948
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.82% +13.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £135,000 £142,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +2.36%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 47 £90,000 -25.00% 52
West London -9 14 £80,000 +25.98% 22
South London -24 5 - - 1
East London -5 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 18 (5.79%) Apache Spark
2 15 (4.82%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (3.86%) Apache
3 12 (3.86%) Confluence
4 7 (2.25%) Camunda
5 2 (0.64%) Luigi
5 2 (0.64%) nginx
5 2 (0.64%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.64%) Tornado
6 1 (0.32%) JBoss
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.32%) Moodle
6 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (3.54%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 174 (55.95%) AWS
2 78 (25.08%) Azure
3 50 (16.08%) GCP
4 41 (13.18%) GitHub
5 40 (12.86%) SaaS
6 34 (10.93%) Amazon EKS
7 29 (9.32%) Serverless
8 27 (8.68%) Amazon S3
9 23 (7.40%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (5.47%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (4.82%) GitHub Copilot
11 15 (4.82%) Power Platform
12 13 (4.18%) Amazon ECS
12 13 (4.18%) Amazon SQS
13 12 (3.86%) Amazon EC2
13 12 (3.86%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (3.54%) Lucidchart
15 9 (2.89%) Amazon ElastiCache
15 9 (2.89%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (2.89%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.43%) Broadband
2 4 (1.29%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.29%) VPN
3 3 (0.96%) BGP
3 3 (0.96%) VLAN
4 2 (0.64%) Firewall
5 1 (0.32%) 4G
5 1 (0.32%) 5G
5 1 (0.32%) AMQP
5 1 (0.32%) DNS
5 1 (0.32%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.32%) HTTP
5 1 (0.32%) MPLS
5 1 (0.32%) Network Security
5 1 (0.32%) OpenVPN
5 1 (0.32%) SMS
5 1 (0.32%) SNMP
5 1 (0.32%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (18.33%) MongoDB
2 54 (17.36%) Redis
3 51 (16.40%) Relational Database
4 47 (15.11%) MySQL
5 37 (11.90%) SQL Server
6 31 (9.97%) NoSQL
7 27 (8.68%) Amazon RDS
8 21 (6.75%) Amazon Aurora
8 21 (6.75%) DynamoDB
9 17 (5.47%) Data Warehouse
10 15 (4.82%) Big Data
10 15 (4.82%) Power BI
11 14 (4.50%) Metadata
12 11 (3.54%) Data Lake
12 11 (3.54%) Db2
12 11 (3.54%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (3.22%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (3.22%) DTS
14 8 (2.57%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (2.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 47 (15.11%) Git
2 21 (6.75%) Jenkins
3 17 (5.47%) TeamCity
4 12 (3.86%) GitLab
5 11 (3.54%) JUnit
6 10 (3.22%) Mockito
7 8 (2.57%) Claude Code
8 7 (2.25%) Vite
9 3 (0.96%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.96%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.96%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.96%) webpack
10 2 (0.64%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.64%) Gradle
10 2 (0.64%) JIRA
10 2 (0.64%) JMeter
10 2 (0.64%) Maven
10 2 (0.64%) Selenium
10 2 (0.64%) Storybook
11 1 (0.32%) CMake
General
1 73 (23.47%) Social Skills
2 62 (19.94%) Finance
3 47 (15.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 31 (9.97%) Banking
5 30 (9.65%) Law
6 21 (6.75%) Retail
7 20 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (6.43%) Games
8 18 (5.79%) Public Sector
9 10 (3.22%) Legal
10 9 (2.89%) Financial Institution
10 9 (2.89%) Legal Technology
11 5 (1.61%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.96%) Back Office
12 3 (0.96%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.96%) Marketing
12 3 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.64%) Billing
14 1 (0.32%) Advertising
14 1 (0.32%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 97 (31.19%) Developer
2 82 (26.37%) Senior
3 57 (18.33%) Software Engineer
4 56 (18.01%) Lead
5 32 (10.29%) Senior Software Engineer
6 29 (9.32%) Architect
7 28 (9.00%) Python Engineer
8 27 (8.68%) Data Engineer
9 26 (8.36%) Python Developer
10 25 (8.04%) Ruby Developer
11 24 (7.72%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 22 (7.07%) Database Engineer
12 22 (7.07%) Full-Stack Developer
13 19 (6.11%) Lead Developer
14 17 (5.47%) Senior Developer
15 16 (5.14%) Lead Data Engineer
16 15 (4.82%) AWS Engineer
17 14 (4.50%) Java Engineer
18 12 (3.86%) DevOps Engineer
18 12 (3.86%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (22.83%) Terraform
2 64 (20.58%) RESTful
3 55 (17.68%) React
4 54 (17.36%) Kafka
4 54 (17.36%) REST
5 45 (14.47%) Node.js
5 45 (14.47%) Spring
6 42 (13.50%) Spring Boot
7 34 (10.93%) Next.js
8 32 (10.29%) FastAPI
9 28 (9.00%) JWT
10 26 (8.36%) Ruby on Rails
11 24 (7.72%) JSON
12 16 (5.14%) OAuth
12 16 (5.14%) Sidekiq
13 15 (4.82%) CSS
13 15 (4.82%) OAuth2
14 13 (4.18%) Elastic Stack
14 13 (4.18%) HTML
15 12 (3.86%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 76 (24.44%) Cloud Native
2 60 (19.29%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (7.72%) Low-Code
4 21 (6.75%) Blog
4 21 (6.75%) Replication
4 21 (6.75%) Video\Live Streaming
5 17 (5.47%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (5.14%) Onboarding
7 12 (3.86%) AI Agents
8 10 (3.22%) EPoS
8 10 (3.22%) iSeries
9 7 (2.25%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (1.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.93%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.93%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 5 (1.61%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.29%) Client/Server
12 4 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.29%) Public Cloud
13 3 (0.96%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.22%) Linux
2 6 (1.93%) Windows
3 2 (0.64%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (46.30%) CI/CD
2 120 (38.59%) AI
3 103 (33.12%) Software Engineering
4 97 (31.19%) Observability
5 84 (27.01%) Agile
6 79 (25.40%) Full-Stack Development
7 76 (24.44%) Infrastructure as Code
8 72 (23.15%) Microservices
9 71 (22.83%) Test Automation
10 67 (21.54%) API Design
11 62 (19.94%) Containerisation
12 59 (18.97%) Continuous Improvement
13 58 (18.65%) Clean Code
14 56 (18.01%) DevOps
14 56 (18.01%) Event-Driven
15 49 (15.76%) Machine Learning
16 45 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
17 44 (14.15%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 44 (14.15%) Mentoring
18 42 (13.50%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 149 (47.91%) Python
2 81 (26.05%) SQL
3 73 (23.47%) Java
4 50 (16.08%) TypeScript
5 32 (10.29%) Go
6 31 (9.97%) JavaScript
7 26 (8.36%) Ruby
8 17 (5.47%) Bash
9 11 (3.54%) C#
10 10 (3.22%) Groovy
10 10 (3.22%) RPG
11 6 (1.93%) Scala
12 4 (1.29%) Apex Code
12 4 (1.29%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.96%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.96%) SOQL
13 3 (0.96%) SOSL
14 2 (0.64%) Bicep
14 2 (0.64%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.64%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (11.90%) Security Cleared
2 29 (9.32%) SC Cleared
3 18 (5.79%) Degree
4 7 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.96%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.64%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.64%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 2 (0.64%) SnowPro
6 2 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.32%) CCNA
7 1 (0.32%) CCSP
7 1 (0.32%) CISM
7 1 (0.32%) CISSP
7 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.97%) Data Quality
2 17 (5.47%) QA
3 16 (5.14%) GDPR
4 6 (1.93%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.96%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.96%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.64%) WCAG
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.32%) MiFID
7 1 (0.32%) NIST
7 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 88 (28.30%) Docker
2 1 (0.32%) Firmware
2 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 79 (25.40%) Kubernetes
2 43 (13.83%) Grafana
3 24 (7.72%) Prometheus
4 9 (2.89%) Rancher
5 8 (2.57%) Ansible
6 6 (1.93%) Argo
7 3 (0.96%) Kibana
8 2 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.32%) Cilium
9 1 (0.32%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.32%) Nagios
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.32%) SCOM
9 1 (0.32%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 26 (8.36%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.04%) Oracle
3 16 (5.14%) Google
4 14 (4.50%) Dynatrace
5 13 (4.18%) OpenAI
5 13 (4.18%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.86%) Databricks
7 10 (3.22%) IBM
8 4 (1.29%) Mistral
8 4 (1.29%) Netezza
8 4 (1.29%) Remedy
8 4 (1.29%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.64%) Splunk
9 2 (0.64%) TikTok
10 1 (0.32%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.32%) Ciena
10 1 (0.32%) Confluent
10 1 (0.32%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.32%) RedGate
10 1 (0.32%) SolarWinds