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 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 251 199
Rank change year-on-year -66 -52 +59
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 342 362 1,026
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.49% 1.16% 1.34%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.40% 8.25% 8.98%
Number of salaries quoted 271 233 586
10th Percentile £40,800 £31,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +23.81% -8.70%
75th Percentile £74,987 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,148 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +20.00% -10.71%

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 5,347 4,387 11,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.73% 14.01% 14.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3,583 2,770 7,922
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.73%

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 29 June 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 29 June 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
North of England -33 121 £65,000 -3.70% 40
South East -20 118 £59,500 +13.33% 47
North West -12 54 £67,500 - 24
South West -60 41 £62,500 - 16
Yorkshire -16 36 £58,565 -13.24% 9
North East -28 31 £65,000 +25.30% 7
East of England -24 23 £47,500 +50.79% 13
Scotland 0 18 £66,250 - 9
Midlands -60 16 £75,000 +11.11% 21
West Midlands -39 12 £77,500 +14.81% 12
Wales -53 6 £70,000 -9.68% 4
East Midlands -25 4 £65,000 +18.18% 9
Northern Ireland -37 1 £73,801 +34.18% 6
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 24 (7.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (3.51%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (2.63%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.05%) Confluence
5 6 (1.75%) OpenStack
6 5 (1.46%) WordPress
7 4 (1.17%) Apache
8 2 (0.58%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.29%) CMS
9 1 (0.29%) Documentum
9 1 (0.29%) IIS
9 1 (0.29%) JBoss
9 1 (0.29%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.29%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.58%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 194 (56.73%) AWS
2 142 (41.52%) Azure
3 64 (18.71%) GCP
4 47 (13.74%) Serverless
5 37 (10.82%) GitHub
6 30 (8.77%) Amazon ECS
6 30 (8.77%) Azure DevOps
6 30 (8.77%) Microsoft 365
7 28 (8.19%) SaaS
8 27 (7.89%) Power Platform
9 21 (6.14%) Amazon EKS
9 21 (6.14%) Azure AKS
10 16 (4.68%) Amazon S3
10 16 (4.68%) Azure Service Bus
11 15 (4.39%) Azure Monitor
12 13 (3.80%) Amazon EC2
12 13 (3.80%) GitHub Actions
13 12 (3.51%) Azure Functions
14 11 (3.22%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (2.92%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.68%) Firewall
2 11 (3.22%) DHCP
2 11 (3.22%) DNS
3 10 (2.92%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.34%) iSCSI
4 8 (2.34%) Remote Desktop
4 8 (2.34%) SAN
5 7 (2.05%) Broadband
5 7 (2.05%) Network Security
5 7 (2.05%) VPN
6 5 (1.46%) VLAN
7 3 (0.88%) Internet
7 3 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.58%) MQTT
8 2 (0.58%) PBX
9 1 (0.29%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (0.29%) LTE
9 1 (0.29%) Multicast
9 1 (0.29%) SMS
9 1 (0.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (31.58%) MongoDB
2 104 (30.41%) MySQL
3 79 (23.10%) SQL Server
4 66 (19.30%) NoSQL
5 60 (17.54%) Relational Database
6 26 (7.60%) Power BI
6 26 (7.60%) Redis
7 17 (4.97%) Amazon RDS
8 16 (4.68%) Elasticsearch
9 12 (3.51%) Apache Cassandra
10 11 (3.22%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (3.22%) RDBMS
11 9 (2.63%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (2.63%) Oracle Database
12 8 (2.34%) DynamoDB
12 8 (2.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (1.75%) GIS
13 6 (1.75%) Pinecone
14 5 (1.46%) BigQuery
14 5 (1.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 87 (25.44%) Git
2 25 (7.31%) GitLab
3 24 (7.02%) Jenkins
4 19 (5.56%) JIRA
5 16 (4.68%) JUnit
6 12 (3.51%) Mockito
7 10 (2.92%) Bitbucket
7 10 (2.92%) JMeter
8 5 (1.46%) Selenium
9 4 (1.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (1.17%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.17%) Maven
10 3 (0.88%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.88%) DBeaver
10 3 (0.88%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.88%) Mocha
11 2 (0.58%) MSTest
11 2 (0.58%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.58%) Vite
12 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
General
1 96 (28.07%) Social Skills
2 63 (18.42%) Public Sector
3 35 (10.23%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (6.14%) Finance
6 19 (5.56%) Manufacturing
6 19 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (4.09%) Advertising
8 11 (3.22%) Aerospace
8 11 (3.22%) Retail
9 10 (2.92%) Games
9 10 (2.92%) Legal
10 7 (2.05%) Automotive
11 6 (1.75%) Aviation
12 5 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.17%) Banking
13 4 (1.17%) Health Technology
13 4 (1.17%) Legal Technology
13 4 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.17%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 90 (26.32%) Developer
2 72 (21.05%) Senior
3 67 (19.59%) Software Engineer
4 43 (12.57%) Lead
5 38 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
6 30 (8.77%) DevOps Engineer
7 26 (7.60%) Java Developer
8 20 (5.85%) Lead Software Engineer
8 20 (5.85%) Python Engineer
9 19 (5.56%) Java Engineer
10 17 (4.97%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 16 (4.68%) Architect
11 16 (4.68%) Software Developer
12 15 (4.39%) Data Engineer
12 15 (4.39%) DBA
12 15 (4.39%) Senior DevOps
12 15 (4.39%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 14 (4.09%) IT Support
14 13 (3.80%) Lead Developer
15 12 (3.51%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (23.39%) React
2 75 (21.93%) Node.js
3 58 (16.96%) RESTful
4 51 (14.91%) REST
5 44 (12.87%) Spring
6 42 (12.28%) Spring Boot
7 36 (10.53%) CSS
8 35 (10.23%) HTML
9 31 (9.06%) .NET
10 26 (7.60%) AngularJS
11 25 (7.31%) Vue
12 24 (7.02%) Django
13 23 (6.73%) Kafka
14 20 (5.85%) FastAPI
15 19 (5.56%) JSON
15 19 (5.56%) Next.js
16 18 (5.26%) Flask
17 17 (4.97%) Hibernate
17 17 (4.97%) jQuery
18 14 (4.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 70 (20.47%) Cloud Native
2 32 (9.36%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (4.68%) Algorithms
3 16 (4.68%) Product Ownership
4 14 (4.09%) Data Structures
5 13 (3.80%) Management Information System
6 12 (3.51%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.51%) Replication
7 10 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.63%) Renewable Energy
9 8 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (2.05%) AI Agents
10 7 (2.05%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (2.05%) Low-Code
10 7 (2.05%) Video\Live Streaming
11 5 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.46%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.46%) Robotics
11 5 (1.46%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 81 (23.68%) Linux
2 38 (11.11%) Windows
3 21 (6.14%) Unix
4 19 (5.56%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.05%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (2.05%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (2.05%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.88%) CentOS
8 1 (0.29%) AIX
8 1 (0.29%) Debian
8 1 (0.29%) Solaris
8 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (48.54%) CI/CD
2 143 (41.81%) Agile
3 110 (32.16%) Software Engineering
4 108 (31.58%) DevOps
5 98 (28.65%) Microservices
6 91 (26.61%) Full-Stack Development
7 80 (23.39%) Mentoring
8 75 (21.93%) Problem-Solving
9 70 (20.47%) Infrastructure as Code
10 63 (18.42%) AI
11 62 (18.13%) Test Automation
12 60 (17.54%) TDD
13 56 (16.37%) Containerisation
14 53 (15.50%) Continuous Improvement
15 48 (14.04%) Scrum
16 47 (13.74%) Data Modelling
17 45 (13.16%) Analytics
18 44 (12.87%) Observability
19 40 (11.70%) Coaching
20 37 (10.82%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 131 (38.30%) Python
2 123 (35.96%) SQL
3 110 (32.16%) Java
4 78 (22.81%) JavaScript
5 62 (18.13%) TypeScript
6 36 (10.53%) PowerShell
7 32 (9.36%) C#
8 29 (8.48%) Bash
9 17 (4.97%) Go
10 12 (3.51%) PHP
11 11 (3.22%) C++
12 10 (2.92%) Shell Script
12 10 (2.92%) T-SQL
13 9 (2.63%) Ruby
14 8 (2.34%) C
15 6 (1.75%) Korn
16 5 (1.46%) Scala
17 3 (0.88%) PL/SQL
18 1 (0.29%) Perl
18 1 (0.29%) R
Qualifications
1 55 (16.08%) Degree
2 43 (12.57%) Security Cleared
3 34 (9.94%) SC Cleared
4 22 (6.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.80%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.92%) Azure Certification
7 9 (2.63%) Master's Degree
7 9 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.17%) PhD
10 3 (0.88%) RHCE
11 2 (0.58%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.58%) CISSP
11 2 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.58%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.58%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.06%) Data Quality
2 16 (4.68%) QA
3 15 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (4.09%) GDPR
5 9 (2.63%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.58%) Good Clinical Practice
6 2 (0.58%) NCSC
6 2 (0.58%) SLA
6 2 (0.58%) WCAG
7 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 99 (28.95%) Docker
2 30 (8.77%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 6 (1.75%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.58%) Samba
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 105 (30.70%) Kubernetes
2 69 (20.18%) Terraform
3 29 (8.48%) Ansible
4 22 (6.43%) Argo
5 17 (4.97%) Grafana
6 15 (4.39%) Prometheus
7 10 (2.92%) Kibana
8 7 (2.05%) Progress Chef
8 7 (2.05%) Puppet
9 4 (1.17%) AWS Copilot
9 4 (1.17%) Kustomize
10 3 (0.88%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.88%) Istio
10 3 (0.88%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.88%) Plesk
10 3 (0.88%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.88%) Rancher
10 3 (0.88%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.58%) Control-M
11 2 (0.58%) Nagios
Vendors
1 50 (14.62%) Oracle
2 45 (13.16%) Microsoft
3 27 (7.89%) Google
4 14 (4.09%) Red Hat
5 11 (3.22%) Splunk
6 9 (2.63%) Dynatrace
7 8 (2.34%) Dell
8 7 (2.05%) Pega
9 6 (1.75%) VMware
10 4 (1.17%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.17%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.88%) Confluent
11 3 (0.88%) Databricks
11 3 (0.88%) Meraki
11 3 (0.88%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.58%) D-Link
12 2 (0.58%) Informatica
12 2 (0.58%) WSO2
13 1 (0.29%) NVIDIA
13 1 (0.29%) OneLogin