PostgreSQL DBA Job Trends in the UK excluding London

PostgreSQL Database Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median PostgreSQL Database Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 555 627 586
Rank change year-on-year +72 -41 +259
Permanent jobs requiring a PostgreSQL DBA 1 23 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.003% 0.042% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.044% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 10
10th Percentile - £67,875 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £68,438 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £72,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.59% +51.04% -12.73%
75th Percentile £56,250 £76,250 £85,438
90th Percentile - - £89,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £71,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% -16.08% -4.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 30,543 52,477 32,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.26% 95.20% 93.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,279 31,143 24,618
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,620 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

PostgreSQL DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured PostgreSQL DBA in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PostgreSQL DBA in the UK excluding London

PostgreSQL DBA
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for PostgreSQL DBA job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for PostgreSQL DBA job vacancies in the UK excluding London

PostgreSQL DBA
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PostgreSQL DBA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 September 2025. 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
South East - 1 £52,500 - 2
PostgreSQL DBA
UK

PostgreSQL DBA Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 September 2025, PostgreSQL DBA job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring PostgreSQL DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering

PostgreSQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared