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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 237 207
Rank change year-on-year -86 -30 +22
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 286 336 961
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.43% 1.19% 1.41%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.81% 7.61% 8.26%
Number of salaries quoted 205 229 587
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,840 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,400 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,490 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.01% +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 4,926 4,414 11,636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.44% 15.57% 17.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,820 2,933 8,161
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £31,750
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 6 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 6 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 -26 103 £67,500 - 36
South East -45 89 £57,500 -8.00% 53
North West -30 45 £70,905 +4.85% 15
Yorkshire -25 44 £52,130 -12.93% 7
South West -42 37 £62,500 -3.85% 19
Scotland -28 20 £66,250 -0.18% 5
East of England -30 19 £47,500 -13.64% 7
Midlands -47 19 £55,200 -15.08% 15
North East -21 14 £55,000 -20.73% 14
West Midlands -33 10 £51,350 -21.00% 6
East Midlands -41 9 £60,100 -14.14% 9
Wales -52 3 £55,200 -15.08% 1
Northern Ireland -42 1 £73,801 +34.18%
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 (8.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (5.24%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (4.20%) OpenStack
4 8 (2.80%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.40%) Apache
5 4 (1.40%) Confluence
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.70%) WildFly
6 2 (0.70%) WordPress
7 1 (0.35%) Camunda
7 1 (0.35%) CMS
7 1 (0.35%) IIS
7 1 (0.35%) JBoss
7 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.70%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 175 (61.19%) AWS
2 106 (37.06%) Azure
3 59 (20.63%) GCP
4 54 (18.88%) Serverless
5 29 (10.14%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (10.14%) GitHub
5 29 (10.14%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (9.79%) Amazon S3
7 27 (9.44%) Amazon ECS
8 26 (9.09%) SaaS
9 24 (8.39%) Amazon EKS
9 24 (8.39%) Power Platform
10 22 (7.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 21 (7.34%) AWS Lambda
12 19 (6.64%) Amazon SQS
12 19 (6.64%) AWS CloudFormation
13 18 (6.29%) Azure AKS
14 16 (5.59%) AWS Step Functions
15 15 (5.24%) Azure Service Bus
16 14 (4.90%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.55%) Firewall
2 11 (3.85%) DHCP
2 11 (3.85%) DNS
3 9 (3.15%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.80%) iSCSI
4 8 (2.80%) Remote Desktop
4 8 (2.80%) SAN
5 7 (2.45%) Internet
5 7 (2.45%) Network Security
6 5 (1.75%) Broadband
6 5 (1.75%) VPN
7 3 (1.05%) VLAN
7 3 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.70%) HTTP
8 2 (0.70%) MQTT
8 2 (0.70%) PBX
9 1 (0.35%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (0.35%) LAN
9 1 (0.35%) LTE
9 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (31.82%) SQL Server
2 73 (25.52%) MongoDB
3 71 (24.83%) MySQL
4 55 (19.23%) Relational Database
5 52 (18.18%) NoSQL
6 24 (8.39%) Power BI
7 19 (6.64%) Redis
8 18 (6.29%) DynamoDB
9 17 (5.94%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (3.50%) Apache Cassandra
12 9 (3.15%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (3.15%) Oracle Database
12 9 (3.15%) RDBMS
13 8 (2.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (2.10%) BigQuery
14 6 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 4 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
15 4 (1.40%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 95 (33.22%) Git
2 27 (9.44%) GitLab
3 25 (8.74%) Jenkins
4 19 (6.64%) JUnit
5 15 (5.24%) JIRA
6 9 (3.15%) Mockito
6 9 (3.15%) Selenium
7 7 (2.45%) Bitbucket
7 7 (2.45%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.40%) JMeter
8 4 (1.40%) Maven
9 2 (0.70%) DBeaver
9 2 (0.70%) Gradle
9 2 (0.70%) MSTest
10 1 (0.35%) Appium
10 1 (0.35%) jMock
10 1 (0.35%) Katalon Studio
10 1 (0.35%) PHPUnit
10 1 (0.35%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.35%) utPLSQL
General
1 92 (32.17%) Social Skills
2 40 (13.99%) Public Sector
3 30 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (6.64%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (6.29%) Finance
7 12 (4.20%) Advertising
8 10 (3.50%) Manufacturing
8 10 (3.50%) Retail
9 9 (3.15%) Aerospace
10 8 (2.80%) Games
11 7 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.75%) Automotive
13 3 (1.05%) Health Technology
13 3 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.05%) Tech for Good
14 2 (0.70%) Aviation
14 2 (0.70%) Banking
14 2 (0.70%) Legal
14 2 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 87 (30.42%) Developer
2 66 (23.08%) Senior
3 40 (13.99%) Software Engineer
4 35 (12.24%) Full-Stack Developer
5 25 (8.74%) Java Developer
6 21 (7.34%) Lead
7 16 (5.59%) DevOps Engineer
7 16 (5.59%) Java Engineer
8 14 (4.90%) Analyst
8 14 (4.90%) IT Support
8 14 (4.90%) Python Engineer
8 14 (4.90%) Senior DevOps
8 14 (4.90%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 13 (4.55%) DBA
10 12 (4.20%) .NET Developer
10 12 (4.20%) Data Engineer
10 12 (4.20%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 12 (4.20%) Java Software Engineer
10 12 (4.20%) Senior Developer
11 11 (3.85%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (26.22%) React
2 54 (18.88%) Node.js
3 49 (17.13%) RESTful
4 47 (16.43%) REST
5 45 (15.73%) Spring
6 43 (15.03%) Spring Boot
7 34 (11.89%) .NET
8 28 (9.79%) Django
9 23 (8.04%) AngularJS
10 21 (7.34%) Vue
11 20 (6.99%) HTML
12 18 (6.29%) CSS
12 18 (6.29%) Elastic Stack
12 18 (6.29%) JSON
12 18 (6.29%) Web Services
13 17 (5.94%) Flask
14 16 (5.59%) .NET Core
14 16 (5.59%) Kafka
15 14 (4.90%) FastAPI
15 14 (4.90%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (19.23%) Cloud Native
2 25 (8.74%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.55%) Product Ownership
4 12 (4.20%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.20%) Replication
5 9 (3.15%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.45%) Algorithms
6 7 (2.45%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.75%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.75%) Video\Live Streaming
8 4 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.40%) CUDA
8 4 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.40%) IoT
8 4 (1.40%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (1.40%) Robotics
8 4 (1.40%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 66 (23.08%) Linux
2 33 (11.54%) Windows
3 24 (8.39%) Unix
4 18 (6.29%) Windows Server
5 10 (3.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.10%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (2.10%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (2.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.05%) CentOS
8 1 (0.35%) AIX
8 1 (0.35%) Debian
8 1 (0.35%) Solaris
8 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (49.30%) CI/CD
2 120 (41.96%) Agile
3 95 (33.22%) DevOps
4 82 (28.67%) Microservices
5 74 (25.87%) Software Engineering
6 70 (24.48%) Problem-Solving
7 69 (24.13%) Full-Stack Development
8 60 (20.98%) Test Automation
9 57 (19.93%) Mentoring
10 54 (18.88%) Infrastructure as Code
10 54 (18.88%) TDD
11 52 (18.18%) Containerisation
12 46 (16.08%) Scrum
13 41 (14.34%) Continuous Improvement
14 40 (13.99%) AI
15 35 (12.24%) Data Modelling
16 33 (11.54%) Analytics
17 30 (10.49%) Computer Science
18 26 (9.09%) BDD
19 25 (8.74%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 113 (39.51%) Python
2 100 (34.97%) SQL
3 96 (33.57%) Java
4 50 (17.48%) JavaScript
5 43 (15.03%) TypeScript
6 27 (9.44%) C#
7 23 (8.04%) Go
7 23 (8.04%) PowerShell
8 16 (5.59%) Bash
8 16 (5.59%) C
9 14 (4.90%) PHP
10 9 (3.15%) Shell Script
10 9 (3.15%) T-SQL
11 8 (2.80%) C++
12 7 (2.45%) Delphi
13 6 (2.10%) Korn
14 4 (1.40%) Scala
15 2 (0.70%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.70%) R
16 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 42 (14.69%) Degree
2 24 (8.39%) Security Cleared
3 18 (6.29%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.85%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.15%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.80%) AWS Certified Developer
7 8 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.75%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.75%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.05%) RHCE
11 2 (0.70%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (9.79%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (4.20%) QA
3 9 (3.15%) GDPR
4 6 (2.10%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.05%) NCSC
6 2 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.70%) SLA
6 2 (0.70%) WCAG
7 1 (0.35%) Good Clinical Practice
7 1 (0.35%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 94 (32.87%) Docker
2 30 (10.49%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (1.40%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.70%) Samba
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.35%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 91 (31.82%) Kubernetes
2 62 (21.68%) Terraform
3 24 (8.39%) Ansible
4 16 (5.59%) Argo
5 14 (4.90%) Grafana
6 9 (3.15%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.10%) Progress Chef
7 6 (2.10%) Puppet
8 5 (1.75%) Kibana
9 4 (1.40%) AWS Copilot
9 4 (1.40%) Control-M
9 4 (1.40%) Data Guard
9 4 (1.40%) Nagios
9 4 (1.40%) Rancher
10 3 (1.05%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.70%) Istio
11 2 (0.70%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.70%) Plesk
12 1 (0.35%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 48 (16.78%) Oracle
2 32 (11.19%) Microsoft
3 26 (9.09%) Google
4 13 (4.55%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.80%) Dell
6 7 (2.45%) Pega
7 5 (1.75%) Dynatrace
7 5 (1.75%) Informatica
8 4 (1.40%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.40%) Splunk
8 4 (1.40%) VMware
9 3 (1.05%) Confluent
9 3 (1.05%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.70%) Databricks
10 2 (0.70%) D-Link
10 2 (0.70%) Meraki
10 2 (0.70%) WSO2
11 1 (0.35%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.35%) Siemens
11 1 (0.35%) SolarWinds