PostgreSQL Job Trends in the UK excluding London

PostgreSQL (Postgres)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring PostgreSQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 276 173
Rank change year-on-year -65 -103 +46
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 375 297 822
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.45% 0.86% 1.47%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.73% 7.07% 11.29%
Number of salaries quoted 292 178 371
10th Percentile £41,250 £30,875 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,813 £72,500 £69,375
90th Percentile £88,148 £79,125 £78,750
UK median annual salary £69,305 £75,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year -7.59% +17.65% -8.93%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5,570 4,199 7,284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.70% 12.16% 13.03%
Number of salaries quoted 3,908 2,597 3,959
10th Percentile £34,500 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,000 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -

PostgreSQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PostgreSQL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

PostgreSQL job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

PostgreSQL
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PostgreSQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PostgreSQL in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 September 2026.

Salary histogram for PostgreSQL in the UK excluding London

PostgreSQL
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 September 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
South East -11 121 £65,000 - 71
North of England -12 120 £65,000 -3.70% 68
North West -7 56 £65,000 -3.70% 35
South West -66 46 £65,000 +30.00% 45
North East -33 38 £65,000 +26.83% 7
Midlands -40 34 £75,000 +7.14% 30
East of England -28 27 £52,500 +72.13% 26
Yorkshire -48 26 £69,310 -0.99% 26
West Midlands -45 25 £83,774 +15.55% 24
Wales -49 23 £65,000 -5.45% 9
Scotland -4 14 £65,000 -3.70% 19
East Midlands -32 9 £60,000 +33.33% 5
PostgreSQL
UK

PostgreSQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 12 (3.20%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.40%) Apache
4 8 (2.13%) Confluence
5 6 (1.60%) OpenStack
5 6 (1.60%) SharePoint
6 5 (1.33%) WordPress
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.27%) CMS
7 1 (0.27%) Documentum
7 1 (0.27%) IIS
7 1 (0.27%) JBoss
7 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.27%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.27%) WildFly
Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Shopify
2 1 (0.27%) Finacle
2 1 (0.27%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.27%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 208 (55.47%) AWS
2 152 (40.53%) Azure
3 58 (15.47%) GCP
3 58 (15.47%) GitHub
4 41 (10.93%) Serverless
5 36 (9.60%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (6.93%) Amazon ECS
7 22 (5.87%) Azure AKS
7 22 (5.87%) GitHub Actions
7 22 (5.87%) SaaS
8 19 (5.07%) Amazon EKS
9 18 (4.80%) Azure Service Bus
10 17 (4.53%) AWS CloudFormation
11 16 (4.27%) Amazon EC2
11 16 (4.27%) GitHub Copilot
12 14 (3.73%) Amazon S3
12 14 (3.73%) Azure Functions
12 14 (3.73%) Azure Monitor
13 13 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (3.20%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.67%) Firewall
2 8 (2.13%) DNS
3 6 (1.60%) Broadband
4 5 (1.33%) DHCP
4 5 (1.33%) HTTP
4 5 (1.33%) iSCSI
4 5 (1.33%) Remote Desktop
4 5 (1.33%) SAN
4 5 (1.33%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.53%) 4G
5 2 (0.53%) 5G
5 2 (0.53%) MQTT
5 2 (0.53%) SSH
5 2 (0.53%) VLAN
5 2 (0.53%) VPN
6 1 (0.27%) Internet
6 1 (0.27%) LAN
6 1 (0.27%) Multicast
6 1 (0.27%) SMS
6 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (30.67%) MySQL
2 100 (26.67%) MongoDB
3 82 (21.87%) Relational Database
4 78 (20.80%) SQL Server
5 55 (14.67%) NoSQL
6 32 (8.53%) Redis
7 20 (5.33%) Elasticsearch
8 16 (4.27%) Amazon RDS
9 14 (3.73%) DynamoDB
10 9 (2.40%) Power BI
10 9 (2.40%) RDBMS
11 8 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (2.13%) GIS
11 8 (2.13%) Oracle Database
12 6 (1.60%) Apache Cassandra
12 6 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (1.60%) Pinecone
13 5 (1.33%) MariaDB
13 5 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (1.07%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 115 (30.67%) Git
2 35 (9.33%) GitLab
3 32 (8.53%) Jenkins
4 16 (4.27%) JIRA
4 16 (4.27%) JUnit
5 12 (3.20%) JMeter
6 10 (2.67%) Mockito
7 8 (2.13%) Bitbucket
7 8 (2.13%) Selenium
8 5 (1.33%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.33%) Eclipse
8 5 (1.33%) Mocha
8 5 (1.33%) RSpec
8 5 (1.33%) Storybook
9 4 (1.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (1.07%) Maven
9 4 (1.07%) minitest
10 3 (0.80%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.80%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 86 (22.93%) Social Skills
2 75 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 44 (11.73%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (5.07%) Finance
6 17 (4.53%) Law
7 15 (4.00%) Manufacturing
8 14 (3.73%) Banking
9 13 (3.47%) Legal
10 12 (3.20%) Aerospace
10 12 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.40%) Advertising
12 8 (2.13%) Automotive
12 8 (2.13%) Aviation
13 7 (1.87%) Games
13 7 (1.87%) Retail
14 6 (1.60%) Tech for Good
14 6 (1.60%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (1.07%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 121 (32.27%) Developer
2 105 (28.00%) Senior
3 83 (22.13%) Software Engineer
4 46 (12.27%) Lead
5 40 (10.67%) Full-Stack Developer
6 32 (8.53%) Python Engineer
7 31 (8.27%) Software Developer
8 30 (8.00%) DevOps Engineer
9 29 (7.73%) Java Developer
9 29 (7.73%) Senior Developer
10 24 (6.40%) Lead Software Engineer
11 23 (6.13%) Senior Software Engineer
12 22 (5.87%) Data Engineer
12 22 (5.87%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 22 (5.87%) Python Developer
13 19 (5.07%) DBA
14 15 (4.00%) Senior DevOps
14 15 (4.00%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 14 (3.73%) Azure Engineer
15 14 (3.73%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (26.40%) React
2 81 (21.60%) Terraform
3 77 (20.53%) Node.js
4 65 (17.33%) REST
5 62 (16.53%) RESTful
6 52 (13.87%) CSS
7 50 (13.33%) .NET
8 49 (13.07%) Spring
9 48 (12.80%) Spring Boot
10 46 (12.27%) Kafka
11 45 (12.00%) HTML
12 30 (8.00%) AngularJS
13 29 (7.73%) Next.js
14 27 (7.20%) Hibernate
14 27 (7.20%) Vue
15 26 (6.93%) RabbitMQ
16 23 (6.13%) Flask
17 20 (5.33%) Django
18 19 (5.07%) JPA
18 19 (5.07%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 81 (21.60%) Cloud Native
2 50 (13.33%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (8.00%) Product Ownership
4 21 (5.60%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (4.00%) AI Agents
6 15 (4.00%) Algorithms
7 12 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (3.20%) Renewable Energy
8 11 (2.93%) Hybrid Cloud
8 11 (2.93%) Robotics
8 11 (2.93%) Virtual Team
9 9 (2.40%) Data Structures
10 8 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (2.13%) IoT
10 8 (2.13%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.87%) Replication
12 6 (1.60%) Distributed Computing
12 6 (1.60%) Low-Code
12 6 (1.60%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 88 (23.47%) Linux
2 31 (8.27%) Windows
3 15 (4.00%) Unix
4 12 (3.20%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.60%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (1.60%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.53%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.27%) AIX
7 1 (0.27%) CentOS
7 1 (0.27%) Debian
7 1 (0.27%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (53.33%) CI/CD
2 159 (42.40%) Agile
3 149 (39.73%) Software Engineering
4 128 (34.13%) DevOps
5 106 (28.27%) Microservices
6 105 (28.00%) Full-Stack Development
7 92 (24.53%) Problem-Solving
8 91 (24.27%) Mentoring
9 90 (24.00%) Infrastructure as Code
10 82 (21.87%) AI
11 68 (18.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 60 (16.00%) Containerisation
13 59 (15.73%) Test Automation
14 57 (15.20%) Scrum
15 53 (14.13%) Observability
16 47 (12.53%) Decision-Making
17 46 (12.27%) Data Modelling
18 44 (11.73%) TDD
19 42 (11.20%) Analytics
20 40 (10.67%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 142 (37.87%) Python
2 119 (31.73%) SQL
3 98 (26.13%) Java
4 92 (24.53%) JavaScript
5 75 (20.00%) TypeScript
6 54 (14.40%) C#
7 26 (6.93%) Bash
8 25 (6.67%) Go
9 21 (5.60%) PowerShell
10 13 (3.47%) Ruby
11 12 (3.20%) Shell Script
12 11 (2.93%) C++
13 9 (2.40%) PHP
14 6 (1.60%) Scala
15 5 (1.33%) Korn
16 3 (0.80%) Kotlin
17 2 (0.53%) PL/SQL
18 1 (0.27%) COBOL
18 1 (0.27%) Micro Focus COBOL
18 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (17.33%) Degree
2 60 (16.00%) Security Cleared
3 49 (13.07%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.40%) Master's Degree
5 23 (6.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (5.07%) Azure Certification
6 19 (5.07%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (2.13%) PhD
9 6 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.07%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.53%) CISSP
11 2 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.53%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.27%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.53%) QA
2 25 (6.67%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.20%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.40%) GDPR
6 4 (1.07%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.53%) Good Clinical Practice
7 2 (0.53%) WCAG
8 1 (0.27%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.27%) NCSC
8 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 118 (31.47%) Docker
2 12 (3.20%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.60%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.80%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 113 (30.13%) Kubernetes
2 31 (8.27%) Grafana
3 30 (8.00%) Ansible
4 27 (7.20%) Prometheus
5 23 (6.13%) Argo
6 11 (2.93%) Kibana
7 6 (1.60%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.60%) Puppet
8 5 (1.33%) Kustomize
9 4 (1.07%) Istio
10 3 (0.80%) Plesk
10 3 (0.80%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.80%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.53%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.53%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.53%) Rancher
12 1 (0.27%) Fluentd
12 1 (0.27%) Oracle Flashback
12 1 (0.27%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 45 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 37 (9.87%) Oracle
3 21 (5.60%) Splunk
4 14 (3.73%) Google
5 12 (3.20%) Dynatrace
5 12 (3.20%) Red Hat
6 9 (2.40%) Databricks
7 7 (1.87%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.33%) Dell
8 5 (1.33%) Informatica
8 5 (1.33%) Meraki
9 4 (1.07%) IBM
9 4 (1.07%) TIBCO
10 3 (0.80%) Pega
10 3 (0.80%) VMware
11 2 (0.53%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.53%) Mistral
11 2 (0.53%) UiPath
12 1 (0.27%) FIS
12 1 (0.27%) OneLogin