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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 253 198
Rank change year-on-year -61 -55 +27
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 305 326 972
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.46% 1.12% 1.40%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.08% 7.63% 8.38%
Number of salaries quoted 222 215 583
10th Percentile £38,650 £35,650 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,434 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,987 £74,629 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,083 £84,700 £83,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +15.38% -7.14%

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 5,013 4,272 11,594
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.52% 14.61% 16.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,005 2,791 8,107
10th Percentile £34,500 £32,234 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £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 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 -3 116 £67,500 -0.09% 36
South East -20 104 £57,500 +9.52% 36
Yorkshire -10 50 £60,000 - 6
North West -6 43 £69,310 -0.11% 26
South West -44 37 £62,500 -3.85% 14
North East -25 23 £65,000 +4.00% 4
Scotland -10 19 £66,250 +8.16% 5
East of England -31 18 £55,000 +48.65% 9
Midlands -47 13 £68,405 +1.25% 16
West Midlands -54 10 £74,655 +10.60% 6
East Midlands -28 3 £65,000 -7.14% 10
Wales -50 2 £59,401 -12.16% 3
Northern Ireland -44 1 £73,801 +34.18% 3
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 (7.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.59%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (4.26%) OpenStack
4 8 (2.62%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.64%) Confluence
6 4 (1.31%) Apache
7 2 (0.66%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.66%) WildFly
7 2 (0.66%) WordPress
8 1 (0.33%) Camunda
8 1 (0.33%) CMS
8 1 (0.33%) IIS
8 1 (0.33%) JBoss
8 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.33%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 189 (61.97%) AWS
2 125 (40.98%) Azure
3 60 (19.67%) Serverless
4 58 (19.02%) GCP
5 35 (11.48%) Amazon ECS
6 32 (10.49%) GitHub
7 31 (10.16%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (10.16%) SaaS
8 30 (9.84%) Microsoft 365
9 29 (9.51%) Amazon EKS
10 28 (9.18%) Amazon S3
11 25 (8.20%) Power Platform
12 20 (6.56%) Amazon SQS
13 19 (6.23%) AWS Lambda
13 19 (6.23%) Azure AKS
14 17 (5.57%) AWS CloudFormation
15 16 (5.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 15 (4.92%) AWS Step Functions
16 15 (4.92%) Azure Service Bus
17 14 (4.59%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.59%) Firewall
2 11 (3.61%) DHCP
2 11 (3.61%) DNS
3 10 (3.28%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.62%) iSCSI
4 8 (2.62%) Remote Desktop
4 8 (2.62%) SAN
5 7 (2.30%) Internet
5 7 (2.30%) Network Security
6 5 (1.64%) Broadband
6 5 (1.64%) VPN
7 3 (0.98%) VLAN
7 3 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.66%) MQTT
8 2 (0.66%) PBX
9 1 (0.33%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (0.33%) LAN
9 1 (0.33%) LTE
9 1 (0.33%) Multicast
9 1 (0.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (28.85%) MongoDB
2 84 (27.54%) MySQL
3 82 (26.89%) SQL Server
4 65 (21.31%) NoSQL
5 57 (18.69%) Relational Database
6 25 (8.20%) Power BI
7 17 (5.57%) Redis
8 16 (5.25%) DynamoDB
9 15 (4.92%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (4.92%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (3.61%) Apache Cassandra
10 11 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (3.28%) RDBMS
12 9 (2.95%) Oracle Database
13 8 (2.62%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (2.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 5 (1.64%) BigQuery
15 5 (1.64%) GIS
16 4 (1.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 98 (32.13%) Git
2 24 (7.87%) Jenkins
3 22 (7.21%) GitLab
4 16 (5.25%) JUnit
5 15 (4.92%) JIRA
6 12 (3.93%) Mockito
7 9 (2.95%) JMeter
8 7 (2.30%) Bitbucket
9 4 (1.31%) Maven
10 3 (0.98%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.98%) DBeaver
10 3 (0.98%) Selenium
11 2 (0.66%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.66%) Gradle
11 2 (0.66%) MSTest
12 1 (0.33%) Ant
12 1 (0.33%) ERwin
12 1 (0.33%) IntelliJ
12 1 (0.33%) jMock
12 1 (0.33%) Toad
General
1 98 (32.13%) Social Skills
2 55 (18.03%) Public Sector
3 31 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (7.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (6.23%) Finance
5 19 (6.23%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (5.25%) Manufacturing
7 13 (4.26%) Advertising
8 11 (3.61%) Retail
9 10 (3.28%) Aerospace
10 8 (2.62%) Games
11 7 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.97%) Automotive
13 5 (1.64%) Legal
14 3 (0.98%) Aviation
14 3 (0.98%) Health Technology
14 3 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.98%) Tech for Good
15 2 (0.66%) Banking
15 2 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 93 (30.49%) Developer
2 63 (20.66%) Senior
3 52 (17.05%) Software Engineer
4 39 (12.79%) Full-Stack Developer
5 31 (10.16%) Java Developer
6 30 (9.84%) Lead
7 18 (5.90%) Python Engineer
8 17 (5.57%) DevOps Engineer
9 16 (5.25%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 16 (5.25%) Java Engineer
10 15 (4.92%) .NET Developer
10 15 (4.92%) Lead Software Engineer
11 14 (4.59%) IT Support
11 14 (4.59%) Senior DevOps
11 14 (4.59%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 13 (4.26%) Architect
12 13 (4.26%) DBA
12 13 (4.26%) Software Developer
13 12 (3.93%) Analyst
13 12 (3.93%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (26.56%) React
2 71 (23.28%) Node.js
3 60 (19.67%) RESTful
4 52 (17.05%) REST
5 46 (15.08%) Spring
6 44 (14.43%) Spring Boot
7 39 (12.79%) .NET
8 29 (9.51%) HTML
9 27 (8.85%) CSS
10 26 (8.52%) AngularJS
11 23 (7.54%) Django
12 22 (7.21%) Vue
13 20 (6.56%) JSON
13 20 (6.56%) Web Services
14 19 (6.23%) Kafka
15 17 (5.57%) .NET Core
15 17 (5.57%) jQuery
16 16 (5.25%) Flask
17 15 (4.92%) Hibernate
17 15 (4.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (19.34%) Cloud Native
2 27 (8.85%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.26%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.93%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.93%) Product Ownership
4 12 (3.93%) Replication
5 11 (3.61%) Algorithms
6 10 (3.28%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.95%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (2.62%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (2.30%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.64%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.64%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.64%) Robotics
10 5 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.64%) Video\Live Streaming
11 4 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.31%) CUDA
11 4 (1.31%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 69 (22.62%) Linux
2 33 (10.82%) Windows
3 23 (7.54%) Unix
4 18 (5.90%) Windows Server
5 10 (3.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.97%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (1.97%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.97%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.98%) CentOS
8 1 (0.33%) AIX
8 1 (0.33%) Debian
8 1 (0.33%) Solaris
8 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (48.20%) CI/CD
2 138 (45.25%) Agile
3 95 (31.15%) DevOps
4 93 (30.49%) Microservices
5 85 (27.87%) Software Engineering
6 82 (26.89%) Full-Stack Development
7 69 (22.62%) Problem-Solving
8 64 (20.98%) Mentoring
9 60 (19.67%) Infrastructure as Code
9 60 (19.67%) TDD
10 56 (18.36%) Test Automation
11 51 (16.72%) Containerisation
11 51 (16.72%) Scrum
12 44 (14.43%) AI
12 44 (14.43%) Continuous Improvement
13 38 (12.46%) Computer Science
13 38 (12.46%) Data Modelling
14 37 (12.13%) Analytics
15 36 (11.80%) Coaching
16 27 (8.85%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 119 (39.02%) Python
2 112 (36.72%) SQL
3 105 (34.43%) Java
4 70 (22.95%) JavaScript
5 47 (15.41%) TypeScript
6 29 (9.51%) C#
7 25 (8.20%) PowerShell
8 19 (6.23%) Go
9 17 (5.57%) Bash
10 13 (4.26%) C
11 12 (3.93%) PHP
11 12 (3.93%) Shell Script
12 9 (2.95%) C++
12 9 (2.95%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.97%) Korn
14 5 (1.64%) Scala
15 2 (0.66%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.66%) R
16 1 (0.33%) Delphi
16 1 (0.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 51 (16.72%) Degree
2 29 (9.51%) Security Cleared
3 22 (7.21%) SC Cleared
4 21 (6.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.93%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.95%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.95%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (2.30%) AWS Certified Developer
9 6 (1.97%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.98%) RHCE
12 2 (0.66%) PhD
12 2 (0.66%) RHCSA
13 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (9.84%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.26%) GDPR
3 12 (3.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.28%) QA
5 7 (2.30%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.98%) NCSC
7 2 (0.66%) SLA
7 2 (0.66%) WCAG
8 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.33%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.33%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 101 (33.11%) Docker
2 30 (9.84%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.95%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (1.31%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.66%) Samba
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 92 (30.16%) Kubernetes
2 63 (20.66%) Terraform
3 24 (7.87%) Ansible
4 16 (5.25%) Argo
5 10 (3.28%) Grafana
5 10 (3.28%) Prometheus
6 9 (2.95%) Kibana
7 6 (1.97%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.97%) Puppet
8 4 (1.31%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (1.31%) Control-M
8 4 (1.31%) Data Guard
8 4 (1.31%) Nagios
8 4 (1.31%) Rancher
9 3 (0.98%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.98%) Plesk
10 2 (0.66%) Istio
10 2 (0.66%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.66%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.33%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 49 (16.07%) Oracle
2 38 (12.46%) Microsoft
3 25 (8.20%) Google
4 13 (4.26%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.62%) Dell
5 8 (2.62%) Dynatrace
5 8 (2.62%) Splunk
6 7 (2.30%) Pega
7 5 (1.64%) Informatica
8 4 (1.31%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.31%) VMware
9 3 (0.98%) Confluent
9 3 (0.98%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.66%) Databricks
10 2 (0.66%) D-Link
10 2 (0.66%) Meraki
10 2 (0.66%) WSO2
11 1 (0.33%) Juniper
11 1 (0.33%) Siemens
11 1 (0.33%) SolarWinds