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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 333 298 156
Rank change year-on-year -35 -142 +57
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 394 269 789
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.46% 0.78% 1.54%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.42% 6.79% 11.91%
Number of salaries quoted 304 168 311
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,635 £46,438 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,148 £84,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £69,310 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.59% +11.11% -3.57%

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 5,309 3,962 6,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.14% 11.46% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3,795 2,441 3,387
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,313 £37,500 £41,594
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £80,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +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 10 October 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 10 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -5 131 £70,000 +5.66% 95
North of England -10 118 £65,000 -3.70% 110
North West -7 54 £61,250 -12.50% 67
South West -59 50 £82,500 +52.78% 41
Midlands -36 41 £75,000 +3.45% 41
North East -43 39 £65,000 +25.30% 15
West Midlands -44 31 £85,000 +17.24% 27
Wales -52 28 £64,000 -1.54% 16
East of England -32 27 £52,500 +72.13% 47
Yorkshire -26 25 £65,000 -7.14% 32
Scotland -4 11 £65,000 -11.93% 44
East Midlands -32 10 £60,000 +20.00% 14
Northern Ireland -82 1 - - 27
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 11 (2.79%) Apache
1 11 (2.79%) Confluence
2 10 (2.54%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.52%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.27%) WordPress
5 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.51%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.25%) CMS
7 1 (0.25%) Documentum
7 1 (0.25%) IIS
7 1 (0.25%) JBoss
7 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.25%) nginx
7 1 (0.25%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 2 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (0.51%) Shopify
2 1 (0.25%) Finacle
2 1 (0.25%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.25%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 217 (55.08%) AWS
2 165 (41.88%) Azure
3 68 (17.26%) GitHub
4 57 (14.47%) GCP
5 41 (10.41%) Serverless
6 30 (7.61%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (6.85%) GitHub Actions
8 26 (6.60%) Amazon ECS
9 22 (5.58%) AWS CloudFormation
9 22 (5.58%) SaaS
10 21 (5.33%) Amazon EKS
11 19 (4.82%) Azure AKS
12 17 (4.31%) Amazon S3
13 15 (3.81%) Amazon EC2
13 15 (3.81%) Azure Monitor
13 15 (3.81%) GitHub Copilot
14 14 (3.55%) Azure Data Factory
14 14 (3.55%) Azure Service Bus
15 13 (3.30%) Azure Functions
16 12 (3.05%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.03%) DNS
2 6 (1.52%) Firewall
2 6 (1.52%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.02%) DHCP
3 4 (1.02%) HTTP
4 3 (0.76%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (0.76%) VPN
5 2 (0.51%) 4G
5 2 (0.51%) 5G
5 2 (0.51%) Broadband
5 2 (0.51%) iSCSI
5 2 (0.51%) SAN
5 2 (0.51%) SSH
5 2 (0.51%) VLAN
6 1 (0.25%) Internet
6 1 (0.25%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.25%) SMS
6 1 (0.25%) SSL
6 1 (0.25%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.25%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (29.95%) MySQL
2 101 (25.63%) MongoDB
3 89 (22.59%) Relational Database
4 84 (21.32%) SQL Server
5 60 (15.23%) NoSQL
6 37 (9.39%) Redis
7 24 (6.09%) Elasticsearch
8 16 (4.06%) Amazon RDS
9 13 (3.30%) DynamoDB
10 9 (2.28%) GIS
10 9 (2.28%) Pinecone
10 9 (2.28%) Spatial Data
11 8 (2.03%) Oracle Database
11 8 (2.03%) RDBMS
12 7 (1.78%) Chroma
13 6 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
14 5 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (1.27%) Apache Cassandra
14 5 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (1.27%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 124 (31.47%) Git
2 41 (10.41%) GitLab
3 38 (9.64%) Jenkins
4 16 (4.06%) JIRA
4 16 (4.06%) JUnit
5 12 (3.05%) JMeter
6 9 (2.28%) Mockito
7 8 (2.03%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.78%) Selenium
9 5 (1.27%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.27%) Eclipse
9 5 (1.27%) Mocha
9 5 (1.27%) RSpec
9 5 (1.27%) Storybook
10 4 (1.02%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (1.02%) minitest
10 4 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.76%) Claude Code
11 3 (0.76%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.76%) Vite
General
1 89 (22.59%) Social Skills
2 77 (19.54%) Public Sector
3 52 (13.20%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (5.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (5.58%) Banking
6 18 (4.57%) Finance
7 17 (4.31%) Law
8 14 (3.55%) Manufacturing
9 12 (3.05%) Legal
10 9 (2.28%) Aerospace
11 8 (2.03%) Retail
12 7 (1.78%) Tech for Good
13 6 (1.52%) Automotive
13 6 (1.52%) Aviation
13 6 (1.52%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.02%) Games
14 4 (1.02%) Legal Technology
14 4 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.76%) Advertising
15 3 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 140 (35.53%) Developer
2 114 (28.93%) Senior
3 96 (24.37%) Software Engineer
4 51 (12.94%) Lead
5 44 (11.17%) Full-Stack Developer
6 39 (9.90%) Senior Developer
7 38 (9.64%) Software Developer
8 31 (7.87%) Java Developer
9 29 (7.36%) Python Engineer
10 26 (6.60%) DevOps Engineer
10 26 (6.60%) Senior Software Engineer
11 25 (6.35%) Lead Software Engineer
12 23 (5.84%) Data Engineer
13 22 (5.58%) Python Developer
14 19 (4.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 18 (4.57%) DBA
16 17 (4.31%) Azure Engineer
17 16 (4.06%) Senior Data Engineer
18 15 (3.81%) Lead Developer
19 13 (3.30%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (27.41%) React
2 83 (21.07%) Terraform
3 77 (19.54%) Node.js
4 66 (16.75%) RESTful
5 62 (15.74%) REST
6 58 (14.72%) .NET
7 57 (14.47%) Kafka
8 55 (13.96%) Spring
9 54 (13.71%) Spring Boot
10 50 (12.69%) CSS
11 42 (10.66%) HTML
12 35 (8.88%) Next.js
13 32 (8.12%) Hibernate
14 30 (7.61%) RabbitMQ
15 27 (6.85%) Vue
16 25 (6.35%) AngularJS
17 22 (5.58%) FastAPI
17 22 (5.58%) JPA
18 19 (4.82%) Flask
19 17 (4.31%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 81 (20.56%) Cloud Native
2 53 (13.45%) Distributed Systems
3 31 (7.87%) Product Ownership
4 24 (6.09%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (4.06%) AI Agents
6 16 (4.06%) Hybrid Cloud
6 16 (4.06%) Virtual Team
7 13 (3.30%) Algorithms
8 12 (3.05%) Renewable Energy
9 10 (2.54%) Data Structures
9 10 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (2.28%) Public Cloud
10 9 (2.28%) Robotics
11 6 (1.52%) Distributed Computing
11 6 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.27%) Clustering
12 5 (1.27%) IoT
13 4 (1.02%) Mobile App
13 4 (1.02%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 84 (21.32%) Linux
2 30 (7.61%) Windows
3 14 (3.55%) Unix
4 13 (3.30%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.52%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.25%) AIX
7 1 (0.25%) CentOS
7 1 (0.25%) Debian
7 1 (0.25%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.25%) Solaris
7 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (51.02%) CI/CD
2 174 (44.16%) Software Engineering
3 172 (43.65%) Agile
4 134 (34.01%) DevOps
5 117 (29.70%) Microservices
6 112 (28.43%) Full-Stack Development
7 104 (26.40%) Mentoring
8 97 (24.62%) Problem-Solving
9 96 (24.37%) Infrastructure as Code
10 94 (23.86%) AI
11 66 (16.75%) Containerisation
12 65 (16.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 65 (16.50%) Observability
13 56 (14.21%) Test Automation
14 55 (13.96%) Scrum
15 53 (13.45%) Decision-Making
16 47 (11.93%) Technical Leadership
17 45 (11.42%) Analytics
17 45 (11.42%) TDD
18 44 (11.17%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 143 (36.29%) Python
2 116 (29.44%) SQL
3 106 (26.90%) Java
4 96 (24.37%) JavaScript
5 82 (20.81%) TypeScript
6 61 (15.48%) C#
7 25 (6.35%) Go
8 23 (5.84%) Bash
9 19 (4.82%) PHP
10 18 (4.57%) PowerShell
11 13 (3.30%) Ruby
12 12 (3.05%) Shell Script
13 11 (2.79%) C++
14 7 (1.78%) Scala
15 5 (1.27%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.51%) Korn
16 2 (0.51%) PL/SQL
17 1 (0.25%) C
17 1 (0.25%) COBOL
17 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 67 (17.01%) Security Cleared
2 58 (14.72%) Degree
3 57 (14.47%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.09%) Master's Degree
5 23 (5.84%) Azure Certification
6 22 (5.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (5.08%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (2.28%) PhD
9 4 (1.02%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.02%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.51%) CISSP
10 2 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.51%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.51%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.63%) QA
2 23 (5.84%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.54%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.28%) GDPR
5 4 (1.02%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.51%) Good Clinical Practice
7 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.25%) SLA
7 1 (0.25%) SOC 1
System Software
1 126 (31.98%) Docker
2 9 (2.28%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.76%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.51%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.25%) Ceph
6 1 (0.25%) Lustre
6 1 (0.25%) NFS
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.25%) Samba
6 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 117 (29.70%) Kubernetes
2 39 (9.90%) Grafana
3 33 (8.38%) Prometheus
4 30 (7.61%) Ansible
5 22 (5.58%) Argo
6 11 (2.79%) Kibana
7 7 (1.78%) Kustomize
8 6 (1.52%) Istio
8 6 (1.52%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.52%) Puppet
9 3 (0.76%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.76%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.51%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.51%) Plesk
10 2 (0.51%) Rancher
11 1 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.25%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.25%) logstash
11 1 (0.25%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.25%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 44 (11.17%) Microsoft
2 36 (9.14%) Oracle
3 27 (6.85%) Splunk
4 12 (3.05%) Dynatrace
4 12 (3.05%) Google
4 12 (3.05%) OpenAI
5 11 (2.79%) Databricks
5 11 (2.79%) Red Hat
6 7 (1.78%) Mistral
7 6 (1.52%) Informatica
8 5 (1.27%) VMware
9 4 (1.02%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.02%) IBM
9 4 (1.02%) TIBCO
10 3 (0.76%) Meraki
11 2 (0.51%) Dell
11 2 (0.51%) SAP
11 2 (0.51%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.51%) UiPath
12 1 (0.25%) OneLogin