Postman Job Trends in the South East

Postman
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Postman skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 274 233
Rank change year-on-year +43 -41 +96
Permanent jobs citing Postman 47 22 42
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.46% 0.24% 0.51%
As % of the Development Applications category 7.11% 1.83% 4.28%
Number of salaries quoted 46 16 41
10th Percentile £32,750 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.63% +12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £58,750 £73,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £59,625 £74,375 £70,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -7.69% +8.33%

All Development Application Skills
South East

Postman falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 661 1,205 982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.41% 13.22% 11.99%
Number of salaries quoted 379 658 674
10th Percentile £30,250 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,125 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £79,000 £83,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -

Postman
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Postman relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Postman job vacancy trend in the South East

Postman
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Postman.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Postman

Postman
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Postman in the South East over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Postman in the South East

Postman
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Postman within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 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
Surrey +16 20 £42,500 -39.29% 7
Thames Valley +19 17 £47,500 - 24
Berkshire +6 15 £47,500 - 11
Hampshire +45 7 £52,500 +61.54% 8
Kent - 4 £42,250 - 4
West Sussex +4 3 £61,250 -15.52% 2
Buckinghamshire +6 1 £57,500 - 5
Oxfordshire - 1 £42,500 - 8
Postman
England

Postman
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (4.26%) CMS
1 2 (4.26%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.13%) Azure
1 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (2.13%) GitHub
1 1 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.51%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (80.85%) Selenium
2 37 (78.72%) SoapUI
3 35 (74.47%) JIRA
4 33 (70.21%) Team Foundation Server
5 31 (65.96%) WebDriver
6 4 (8.51%) Cucumber
7 2 (4.26%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (4.26%) Cypress.io
7 2 (4.26%) Fiddler
7 2 (4.26%) TestRail
8 1 (2.13%) Appium
8 1 (2.13%) Gatling
8 1 (2.13%) Jenkins
8 1 (2.13%) JMeter
8 1 (2.13%) JUnit
8 1 (2.13%) NUnit
8 1 (2.13%) REST Assured
8 1 (2.13%) TestNG
General
1 31 (65.96%) Finance
2 22 (46.81%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.51%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Legal
5 2 (4.26%) Advertising
6 1 (2.13%) Automotive
6 1 (2.13%) Banking
6 1 (2.13%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.13%) Games
6 1 (2.13%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (44.68%) Analyst
1 21 (44.68%) Test Analyst
2 12 (25.53%) Senior
3 11 (23.40%) Senior Analyst
3 11 (23.40%) Senior Test Analyst
4 10 (21.28%) Lead
5 8 (17.02%) QA Engineer
6 6 (12.77%) Test Leader
6 6 (12.77%) Tester
7 4 (8.51%) QA Automation Engineer
7 4 (8.51%) Test Engineer
8 3 (6.38%) Automation Engineer
8 3 (6.38%) Lead Test Analyst
9 2 (4.26%) Test Automation Engineer
10 1 (2.13%) Automation Tester
10 1 (2.13%) Developer
10 1 (2.13%) Quality Engineer
10 1 (2.13%) Senior Tester
10 1 (2.13%) Test Automation Specialist
10 1 (2.13%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (78.72%) SOAP
2 34 (72.34%) HTML
3 33 (70.21%) .NET
4 4 (8.51%) pytest
5 2 (4.26%) Playwright
6 1 (2.13%) CSS
6 1 (2.13%) RESTful
6 1 (2.13%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.15%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.38%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (4.26%) Over-the-Top Content
4 1 (2.13%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.26%) Android
1 2 (4.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (82.98%) Scrum
2 37 (78.72%) API Testing
3 36 (76.60%) Agile
4 35 (74.47%) Software Testing
4 35 (74.47%) Test Management
5 33 (70.21%) Cross-Browser Testing
5 33 (70.21%) Non-Functional Testing
5 33 (70.21%) Test Scripting
6 28 (59.57%) Mentoring
7 17 (36.17%) Logistics
8 8 (17.02%) Test Automation
9 6 (12.77%) Fintech
10 5 (10.64%) Manual Testing
10 5 (10.64%) User Experience
11 3 (6.38%) Batch Processing
11 3 (6.38%) CI/CD
11 3 (6.38%) QA Automation
11 3 (6.38%) Test Strategy
11 3 (6.38%) Validation
12 2 (4.26%) Traceability Matrix
Programming Languages
1 42 (89.36%) SQL
2 39 (82.98%) Java
3 37 (78.72%) C#
4 5 (10.64%) Python
5 4 (8.51%) Go
5 4 (8.51%) PHP
6 2 (4.26%) JavaScript
7 1 (2.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (65.96%) Degree
1 31 (65.96%) ISTQB
1 31 (65.96%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (25.53%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (4.26%) Roku