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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 118 119
Rank change year-on-year -45 +1 +50
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 358 341 526
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.37% 2.91% 2.92%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.51% 12.92% 12.01%
Number of salaries quoted 214 234 300
10th Percentile £53,250 £60,375 £48,750
25th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £64,471
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,750 £105,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.24% +20.00% +9.38%
75th Percentile £95,000 £137,500 £115,000
90th Percentile £115,000 - £136,250
England median annual salary £71,991 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.01% +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 2,861 2,639 4,379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 10.95% 22.53% 24.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,767 1,654 2,778
10th Percentile £46,000 £46,716 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - -6.06% +10.74%
75th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £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 14 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 14 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 +29 47 £88,750 -26.04% 53
West London -9 14 £80,000 +25.98% 13
South London -21 7 £72,000 -
East London -9 3 - - 2
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 17 (4.75%) Apache Spark
2 13 (3.63%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (3.07%) Apache
3 11 (3.07%) Confluence
4 7 (1.96%) Camunda
5 4 (1.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (1.12%) nginx
6 2 (0.56%) Luigi
6 2 (0.56%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.56%) Tornado
7 1 (0.28%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.28%) Hedera
7 1 (0.28%) JBoss
7 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.28%) Moodle
7 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (3.07%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 204 (56.98%) AWS
2 82 (22.91%) Azure
3 67 (18.72%) GCP
4 54 (15.08%) GitHub
5 50 (13.97%) SaaS
6 46 (12.85%) Amazon EKS
7 31 (8.66%) Amazon S3
8 27 (7.54%) Serverless
9 25 (6.98%) GitHub Actions
10 22 (6.15%) AWS Lambda
11 18 (5.03%) Amazon EC2
11 18 (5.03%) GitHub Copilot
12 16 (4.47%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 16 (4.47%) Power Platform
13 14 (3.91%) Amazon SQS
13 14 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (3.63%) Amazon ECS
15 12 (3.35%) Google Compute Engine
15 12 (3.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 11 (3.07%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.59%) Broadband
2 15 (4.19%) VPN
3 13 (3.63%) TCP/IP
4 12 (3.35%) BGP
5 8 (2.23%) Firewall
5 8 (2.23%) Network Security
6 5 (1.40%) VLAN
7 3 (0.84%) OpenVPN
8 1 (0.28%) 4G
8 1 (0.28%) 5G
8 1 (0.28%) AMQP
8 1 (0.28%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.28%) DNS
8 1 (0.28%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.28%) HTTP
8 1 (0.28%) MPLS
8 1 (0.28%) SMS
8 1 (0.28%) SNMP
8 1 (0.28%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (17.88%) MongoDB
2 60 (16.76%) Redis
3 55 (15.36%) MySQL
4 53 (14.80%) Relational Database
5 42 (11.73%) Amazon RDS
6 39 (10.89%) SQL Server
7 30 (8.38%) NoSQL
8 28 (7.82%) Amazon Aurora
9 22 (6.15%) DynamoDB
10 17 (4.75%) Data Warehouse
11 16 (4.47%) Power BI
12 15 (4.19%) Metadata
13 14 (3.91%) Big Data
14 13 (3.63%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (3.35%) Data Lake
16 11 (3.07%) Amazon Redshift
17 10 (2.79%) Db2
17 10 (2.79%) DTS
18 8 (2.23%) Pinecone
18 8 (2.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 58 (16.20%) Git
2 29 (8.10%) TeamCity
3 25 (6.98%) Jenkins
4 15 (4.19%) GitLab
5 11 (3.07%) JUnit
6 10 (2.79%) Mockito
7 9 (2.51%) Claude Code
8 6 (1.68%) Vite
9 4 (1.12%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.84%) Gradle
10 3 (0.84%) Maven
10 3 (0.84%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.84%) webpack
11 2 (0.56%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.56%) JMeter
11 2 (0.56%) Storybook
12 1 (0.28%) CMake
12 1 (0.28%) kappa
12 1 (0.28%) Mocha
12 1 (0.28%) Valgrind
General
1 87 (24.30%) Social Skills
2 83 (23.18%) Finance
3 56 (15.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 38 (10.61%) Law
5 35 (9.78%) Banking
6 29 (8.10%) Retail
7 26 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
8 22 (6.15%) Public Sector
9 20 (5.59%) Games
10 18 (5.03%) Financial Institution
11 12 (3.35%) Back Office
12 10 (2.79%) Legal
13 9 (2.51%) Legal Technology
14 5 (1.40%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.84%) Marketing
15 3 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.56%) Billing
16 2 (0.56%) Manufacturing
17 1 (0.28%) Electronics
17 1 (0.28%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 104 (29.05%) Senior
2 101 (28.21%) Developer
3 66 (18.44%) Software Engineer
4 53 (14.80%) Lead
5 38 (10.61%) Senior Software Engineer
6 29 (8.10%) Architect
6 29 (8.10%) Python Developer
6 29 (8.10%) Python Engineer
7 27 (7.54%) Data Engineer
8 25 (6.98%) DBA
9 24 (6.70%) Ruby Developer
10 23 (6.42%) Database Engineer
11 22 (6.15%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 20 (5.59%) Full-Stack Developer
12 20 (5.59%) Senior Developer
13 18 (5.03%) Lead Developer
14 17 (4.75%) Java Engineer
15 16 (4.47%) Administrator
15 16 (4.47%) DevOps Engineer
16 15 (4.19%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (25.98%) Terraform
2 68 (18.99%) RESTful
3 63 (17.60%) React
3 63 (17.60%) REST
4 53 (14.80%) Kafka
5 50 (13.97%) Spring
6 49 (13.69%) Node.js
7 46 (12.85%) Spring Boot
8 35 (9.78%) FastAPI
9 31 (8.66%) Next.js
10 27 (7.54%) JWT
11 25 (6.98%) Ruby on Rails
12 22 (6.15%) JSON
13 17 (4.75%) CSS
13 17 (4.75%) OAuth
14 16 (4.47%) Elastic Stack
15 15 (4.19%) GraphQL
15 15 (4.19%) OAuth2
15 15 (4.19%) OpenTelemetry
15 15 (4.19%) Sidekiq
Miscellaneous
1 93 (25.98%) Cloud Native
2 73 (20.39%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (9.50%) Blog
4 24 (6.70%) Low-Code
5 22 (6.15%) Replication
6 21 (5.87%) Video\Live Streaming
7 20 (5.59%) Onboarding
8 19 (5.31%) Legacy Systems
9 16 (4.47%) AI Agents
10 10 (2.79%) EPoS
10 10 (2.79%) iSeries
10 10 (2.79%) Management Information System
11 9 (2.51%) Product Ownership
12 8 (2.23%) Security Posture
12 8 (2.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 7 (1.96%) Distributed Computing
13 7 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 6 (1.68%) Data Structures
14 6 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
15 5 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.15%) Linux
2 8 (2.23%) Windows
3 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.56%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (48.88%) CI/CD
2 131 (36.59%) AI
3 115 (32.12%) Observability
3 115 (32.12%) Software Engineering
4 90 (25.14%) Infrastructure as Code
5 88 (24.58%) Agile
6 83 (23.18%) Microservices
7 82 (22.91%) Test Automation
8 79 (22.07%) Full-Stack Development
9 66 (18.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 64 (17.88%) API Design
10 64 (17.88%) DevOps
11 61 (17.04%) Clean Code
11 61 (17.04%) Containerisation
11 61 (17.04%) Event-Driven
11 61 (17.04%) Fintech
12 58 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
13 52 (14.53%) Machine Learning
14 49 (13.69%) LLM
15 48 (13.41%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 167 (46.65%) Python
2 102 (28.49%) SQL
3 90 (25.14%) Java
4 58 (16.20%) TypeScript
5 43 (12.01%) Go
6 35 (9.78%) JavaScript
7 25 (6.98%) Ruby
8 22 (6.15%) Bash
9 14 (3.91%) C#
10 11 (3.07%) Groovy
11 10 (2.79%) RPG
12 6 (1.68%) Scala
13 4 (1.12%) Apex Code
13 4 (1.12%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.84%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.84%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.84%) SOQL
14 3 (0.84%) SOSL
14 3 (0.84%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.56%) C++
Qualifications
1 49 (13.69%) Security Cleared
2 41 (11.45%) SC Cleared
3 22 (6.15%) Degree
4 9 (2.51%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (2.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 8 (2.23%) CCSP
5 8 (2.23%) CISM
5 8 (2.23%) CISSP
5 8 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.68%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.84%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.84%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (0.56%) SnowPro
8 2 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.28%) CCNA
9 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.10%) Data Quality
2 18 (5.03%) QA
3 17 (4.75%) GDPR
4 12 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.35%) PCI DSS
4 12 (3.35%) SOC 2
5 9 (2.51%) Accessibility
6 8 (2.23%) NIST
7 2 (0.56%) SLA
7 2 (0.56%) WCAG
8 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.28%) MiFID
System Software
1 102 (28.49%) Docker
2 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.28%) Firmware
3 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 102 (28.49%) Kubernetes
2 63 (17.60%) Grafana
3 31 (8.66%) Prometheus
4 10 (2.79%) Ansible
5 9 (2.51%) Rancher
6 8 (2.23%) Cilium
7 7 (1.96%) Argo
8 5 (1.40%) Kibana
9 4 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.56%) Packer
10 2 (0.56%) Rsyslog
11 1 (0.28%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.28%) Nagios
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.28%) SCOM
11 1 (0.28%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 31 (8.66%) Oracle
2 28 (7.82%) Google
2 28 (7.82%) Microsoft
3 17 (4.75%) OpenAI
4 14 (3.91%) Databricks
4 14 (3.91%) Dynatrace
5 13 (3.63%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.79%) IBM
7 5 (1.40%) Mistral
8 4 (1.12%) Adobe
8 4 (1.12%) Netezza
8 4 (1.12%) Remedy
8 4 (1.12%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.56%) Splunk
9 2 (0.56%) TikTok
10 1 (0.28%) ADVA
10 1 (0.28%) Confluent
10 1 (0.28%) RedGate
10 1 (0.28%) Refinitiv
10 1 (0.28%) SolarWinds