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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 97 129
Rank change year-on-year -61 +32 +26
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 248 514 440
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.78% 3.33% 2.39%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.56% 14.32% 10.96%
Number of salaries quoted 178 269 390
10th Percentile £56,000 £55,750 £53,750
25th Percentile £69,422 £66,250 £61,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £87,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% +16.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £97,290
90th Percentile £137,500 £138,750 £120,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +14.81% -10.00%

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 2,348 3,589 4,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 16.89% 23.25% 21.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,536 2,176 3,191
10th Percentile £42,625 £50,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,688 £57,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +10.34% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £130,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.76%

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 12 January 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 12 January 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 -23 28 £100,000 +17.65% 51
South London -15 13 £62,600 +0.16% 15
East London -7 6 £85,000 - 5
West London -15 1 £62,500 -5.30% 4
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 36 (14.52%) Apache Airflow
2 20 (8.06%) Apache Spark
3 19 (7.66%) WebSphere
4 17 (6.85%) Tomcat
5 16 (6.45%) WebSphere Application Server
6 14 (5.65%) Confluence
7 4 (1.61%) Apache
8 3 (1.21%) Luigi
8 3 (1.21%) nginx
9 1 (0.40%) Camunda
9 1 (0.40%) CMS
9 1 (0.40%) IIS
9 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (3.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 9 (3.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.40%) Endur
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 170 (68.55%) AWS
2 81 (32.66%) GCP
3 71 (28.63%) Azure
4 36 (14.52%) Serverless
5 34 (13.71%) dbt
6 25 (10.08%) Amazon EKS
7 22 (8.87%) Amazon EC2
8 19 (7.66%) Amazon ECS
8 19 (7.66%) AWS Lambda
9 16 (6.45%) Amazon S3
10 15 (6.05%) GitHub
10 15 (6.05%) SaaS
11 13 (5.24%) Power Platform
12 12 (4.84%) Amazon EMR
12 12 (4.84%) AWS CloudFormation
13 11 (4.44%) Amazon ECR
14 8 (3.23%) Snowflake
15 7 (2.82%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 7 (2.82%) Route 53
16 6 (2.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.66%) SSL
2 7 (2.82%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.21%) WAN
4 2 (0.81%) BGP
4 2 (0.81%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.81%) Firewall
4 2 (0.81%) MQTT
4 2 (0.81%) OSPF
4 2 (0.81%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.81%) RTMP
4 2 (0.81%) VLAN
4 2 (0.81%) VPN
4 2 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.81%) Wireless
5 1 (0.40%) DNS
5 1 (0.40%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 55 (22.18%) Relational Database
3 44 (17.74%) MongoDB
3 44 (17.74%) MySQL
4 40 (16.13%) NoSQL
5 34 (13.71%) DB2
6 32 (12.90%) Data Warehouse
7 28 (11.29%) RDBMS
8 27 (10.89%) Apache Iceberg
9 23 (9.27%) Amazon Athena
9 23 (9.27%) Apache Arrow
9 23 (9.27%) Dremio
10 15 (6.05%) Big Data
10 15 (6.05%) Hadoop
11 14 (5.65%) DynamoDB
12 13 (5.24%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (5.24%) Apache Cassandra
12 13 (5.24%) Power BI
13 12 (4.84%) Redis
14 10 (4.03%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 51 (20.56%) Jenkins
2 24 (9.68%) Git
3 19 (7.66%) JIRA
4 17 (6.85%) Selenium
5 16 (6.45%) GitLab
6 15 (6.05%) Bitbucket
6 15 (6.05%) JMeter
6 15 (6.05%) JUnit
7 14 (5.65%) Cucumber
7 14 (5.65%) Mockito
8 13 (5.24%) TeamCity
9 5 (2.02%) Vite
10 4 (1.61%) CircleCI
10 4 (1.61%) Cypress.io
11 3 (1.21%) MLflow
11 3 (1.21%) Subversion
11 3 (1.21%) TestRail
12 2 (0.81%) Jaeger
12 2 (0.81%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.81%) webpack
General
1 83 (33.47%) Finance
2 57 (22.98%) Social Skills
3 36 (14.52%) Banking
4 26 (10.48%) Public Sector
5 24 (9.68%) Front Office
6 22 (8.87%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (8.06%) Law
8 12 (4.84%) Investment Banking
9 9 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (3.23%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.82%) Retail
12 5 (2.02%) Electronics
12 5 (2.02%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.02%) Marketing
13 4 (1.61%) Advertising
14 3 (1.21%) Legal
15 2 (0.81%) Agriculture
15 2 (0.81%) Back Office
15 2 (0.81%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 95 (38.31%) Developer
2 36 (14.52%) Software Engineer
3 34 (13.71%) Python Developer
4 32 (12.90%) Senior
5 30 (12.10%) AWS Engineer
6 29 (11.69%) Java Developer
6 29 (11.69%) Lead
7 28 (11.29%) Full-Stack Developer
8 26 (10.48%) Python Engineer
9 24 (9.68%) AWS Software Engineer
10 23 (9.27%) AWS Developer
10 23 (9.27%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 23 (9.27%) Python Software Engineer
11 21 (8.47%) Data Engineer
11 21 (8.47%) Linux Support
11 21 (8.47%) Principal Engineer
12 19 (7.66%) Applications Support
12 19 (7.66%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 15 (6.05%) Backend Developer
14 14 (5.65%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (30.24%) React
2 62 (25.00%) Node.js
3 43 (17.34%) FastAPI
4 42 (16.94%) REST
5 39 (15.73%) AngularJS
5 39 (15.73%) HTML
6 32 (12.90%) Django
6 32 (12.90%) Spring
7 30 (12.10%) Spring Boot
7 30 (12.10%) Vue
8 29 (11.69%) CSS
9 27 (10.89%) RESTful
10 24 (9.68%) Kafka
10 24 (9.68%) NumPy
10 24 (9.68%) Pandas
11 23 (9.27%) SciPy
12 19 (7.66%) Flask
12 19 (7.66%) Web Services
13 17 (6.85%) Elastic Stack
13 17 (6.85%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 38 (15.32%) Distributed Systems
2 25 (10.08%) Cloud Native
3 23 (9.27%) Equities
3 23 (9.27%) Fixed Income
3 23 (9.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 20 (8.06%) Management Information System
5 18 (7.26%) Linux Command Line
6 15 (6.05%) Product Ownership
7 13 (5.24%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (4.84%) Algorithms
9 10 (4.03%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (2.82%) Data Structures
10 7 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.61%) Distributed Architecture
11 4 (1.61%) Mobile App
12 3 (1.21%) AI Agents
12 3 (1.21%) Replication
13 2 (0.81%) Distributed Computing
13 2 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 36 (14.52%) Linux
2 25 (10.08%) Unix
3 18 (7.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 18 (7.26%) Windows
4 7 (2.82%) Android
4 7 (2.82%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (47.98%) Agile
2 101 (40.73%) CI/CD
3 80 (32.26%) Software Engineering
4 74 (29.84%) Microservices
5 55 (22.18%) Fintech
6 54 (21.77%) Full-Stack Development
7 52 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
8 50 (20.16%) AI
9 44 (17.74%) Containerisation
9 44 (17.74%) DevOps
10 37 (14.92%) ETL
11 36 (14.52%) Business Intelligence
12 35 (14.11%) Data Engineering
13 34 (13.71%) Data Modelling
13 34 (13.71%) Test Automation
14 30 (12.10%) Data Pipeline
14 30 (12.10%) Scrum
15 29 (11.69%) Technical Leadership
16 28 (11.29%) Analytics
17 26 (10.48%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 154 (62.10%) Python
2 86 (34.68%) JavaScript
3 78 (31.45%) Java
4 75 (30.24%) SQL
5 62 (25.00%) TypeScript
6 15 (6.05%) C#
6 15 (6.05%) Shell Script
7 9 (3.63%) Rust
8 6 (2.42%) Go
9 5 (2.02%) PHP
10 4 (1.61%) Ruby
11 3 (1.21%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.21%) RPG
11 3 (1.21%) Scala
12 2 (0.81%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.40%) Bash
13 1 (0.40%) COBOL
13 1 (0.40%) Delphi
13 1 (0.40%) Korn
13 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (17.74%) Security Cleared
2 37 (14.92%) Degree
3 27 (10.89%) SC Cleared
4 19 (7.66%) AWS Certification
5 18 (7.26%) ITIL Certification
6 12 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (3.23%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.02%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.81%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.81%) HNC
10 2 (0.81%) HND
10 2 (0.81%) MCSA
10 2 (0.81%) MCSE
10 2 (0.81%) SnowPro
10 2 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.40%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.45%) SLA
2 11 (4.44%) QA
3 9 (3.63%) GDPR
4 8 (3.23%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.82%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.21%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.21%) SEPA
7 2 (0.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.81%) PSD2
8 1 (0.40%) GAAP
8 1 (0.40%) IFRS
8 1 (0.40%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 89 (35.89%) Docker
2 2 (0.81%) NFS
3 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 84 (33.87%) Kubernetes
2 40 (16.13%) Terraform
3 16 (6.45%) Kibana
4 11 (4.44%) Grafana
5 9 (3.63%) Argo
5 9 (3.63%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.42%) Ansible
7 3 (1.21%) Puppet
8 2 (0.81%) AWS Copilot
8 2 (0.81%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.40%) Ambari
9 1 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 37 (14.92%) Oracle
2 22 (8.87%) IBM
2 22 (8.87%) Red Hat
3 15 (6.05%) Atlassian
4 14 (5.65%) Google
5 13 (5.24%) Dynatrace
5 13 (5.24%) ServiceNow
5 13 (5.24%) Splunk
6 11 (4.44%) Informatica
6 11 (4.44%) Microsoft
7 10 (4.03%) Talend
8 6 (2.42%) OpenAI
8 6 (2.42%) SAP
9 2 (0.81%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.81%) Cisco
9 2 (0.81%) Confluent
9 2 (0.81%) Dataiku
9 2 (0.81%) Dell
9 2 (0.81%) NETGEAR
9 2 (0.81%) Salesforce