PostgreSQL Job Trends in Scotland
PostgreSQL (Postgres)
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland citing PostgreSQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 135 | 131 | 106 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -4 | -25 | +11 |
| Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL | 11 | 23 | 42 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland | 0.25% | 0.84% | 1.29% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 5.98% | 6.53% | 8.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8 | 13 | 26 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,075 | £54,000 | £36,875 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,875 | £60,000 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £73,801 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.93% | +34.18% | -15.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £78,790 | £63,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,000 | £91,758 | £72,697 |
| UK median annual salary | £70,000 | £75,000 | £69,308 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.67% | +8.21% | +2.68% |
All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Scotland
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 citing database or business intelligence skills in Scotland.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing database or business intelligence skills | 184 | 352 | 494 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 4.16% | 12.93% | 15.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 114 | 104 | 221 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,900 | £25,825 | £32,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,607 | £35,000 | £38,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,500 | £47,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.84% | -5.00% | -12.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £63,750 | £64,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £101,750 | £77,500 | £75,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | +8.33% |
PostgreSQL Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PostgreSQL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
PostgreSQL Salary Trend in Scotland
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PostgreSQL.
PostgreSQL Salary Histogram in Scotland
Salary distribution for jobs citing PostgreSQL in Scotland over the 6 months to 29 October 2026.
PostgreSQL Job Locations in Scotland
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PostgreSQL within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh | +11 | 6 | £65,000 | -11.93% | 3 |
| Glasgow | +2 | 5 | £57,500 | -23.33% | 5 |
| PostgreSQL UK |
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PostgreSQL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Database & Business Intelligence
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Relational Database | 36.4% | 4 |
| 2 | DuckDB | 27.3% | 3 |
| 2 | MongoDB | 27.3% | 3 |
| 2 | Parquet | 27.3% | 3 |
| 5 | Chroma | 18.2% | 2 |
| 5 | MySQL | 18.2% | 2 |
| 5 | Pinecone | 18.2% | 2 |
| 8 | Amazon Aurora | 9.1% | 1 |
| 8 | Amazon RDS | 9.1% | 1 |
| 8 | Azure SQL Database | 9.1% | 1 |
| 8 | MariaDB | 9.1% | 1 |
| 8 | RDBMS | 9.1% | 1 |
| 8 | Redis | 9.1% | 1 |
| 8 | SQL Server | 9.1% | 1 |