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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 242 206
Rank change year-on-year -65 -36 +65
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 317 361 1,014
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.48% 1.23% 1.31%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.28% 8.25% 8.65%
Number of salaries quoted 244 230 594
10th Percentile £40,935 £32,500 £36,625
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,750 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +18.60% -6.52%
75th Percentile £74,987 £74,165 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £63,206
% change year-on-year -10.00% +18.66% -9.71%

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 5,047 4,374 11,728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.66% 14.85% 15.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,196 2,737 8,146
10th Percentile £34,500 £31,250 £32,250
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 £83,146 £78,750
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 10 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 10 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 -16 115 £67,500 - 53
South East -7 108 £57,500 +9.52% 44
North West -11 49 £69,310 -0.11% 34
Yorkshire -28 38 £56,065 -16.94% 12
South West -48 38 £62,500 - 18
North East -23 28 £65,000 +23.81% 7
East of England -26 22 £47,500 +36.69% 11
Scotland -4 18 £67,500 +8.00% 9
Midlands -43 13 £75,000 +11.01% 19
West Midlands -39 10 £77,500 +14.71% 10
Wales -59 4 £69,401 -4.36% 4
East Midlands -30 3 £67,500 +3.85% 9
Northern Ireland -38 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 (7.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.42%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (2.84%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.52%) OpenStack
5 7 (2.21%) Confluence
6 4 (1.26%) Apache
7 3 (0.95%) WordPress
8 2 (0.63%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.32%) CMS
9 1 (0.32%) IIS
9 1 (0.32%) JBoss
9 1 (0.32%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.32%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 184 (58.04%) AWS
2 126 (39.75%) Azure
3 57 (17.98%) GCP
4 52 (16.40%) Serverless
5 31 (9.78%) Amazon ECS
6 30 (9.46%) GitHub
6 30 (9.46%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (9.46%) SaaS
7 29 (9.15%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (8.52%) Power Platform
9 23 (7.26%) Amazon EKS
10 20 (6.31%) Azure AKS
11 19 (5.99%) Amazon S3
12 16 (5.05%) Azure Service Bus
13 14 (4.42%) Amazon EC2
13 14 (4.42%) AWS Lambda
13 14 (4.42%) Azure Monitor
14 12 (3.79%) Azure Functions
15 11 (3.47%) GitHub Actions
16 10 (3.15%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.73%) Firewall
2 11 (3.47%) DHCP
2 11 (3.47%) DNS
3 10 (3.15%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.52%) iSCSI
4 8 (2.52%) Remote Desktop
4 8 (2.52%) SAN
5 7 (2.21%) Broadband
5 7 (2.21%) Internet
5 7 (2.21%) Network Security
6 6 (1.89%) VPN
7 4 (1.26%) VLAN
8 3 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.63%) MQTT
9 2 (0.63%) PBX
10 1 (0.32%) Asterisk PBX
10 1 (0.32%) LTE
10 1 (0.32%) Multicast
10 1 (0.32%) SMS
10 1 (0.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (30.60%) MongoDB
2 93 (29.34%) MySQL
3 80 (25.24%) SQL Server
4 62 (19.56%) NoSQL
5 54 (17.03%) Relational Database
6 26 (8.20%) Power BI
7 22 (6.94%) Redis
8 17 (5.36%) Amazon RDS
9 14 (4.42%) Elasticsearch
10 12 (3.79%) Apache Cassandra
11 11 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (3.47%) RDBMS
12 9 (2.84%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (2.84%) DynamoDB
12 9 (2.84%) Oracle Database
13 8 (2.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (1.58%) BigQuery
14 5 (1.58%) GIS
14 5 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 88 (27.76%) Git
2 22 (6.94%) GitLab
3 21 (6.62%) Jenkins
4 19 (5.99%) JIRA
5 14 (4.42%) JUnit
6 11 (3.47%) Mockito
7 10 (3.15%) JMeter
8 8 (2.52%) Bitbucket
9 5 (1.58%) Selenium
10 3 (0.95%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.95%) DBeaver
10 3 (0.95%) Maven
10 3 (0.95%) Mocha
11 2 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.63%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.63%) MSTest
12 1 (0.32%) ERwin
12 1 (0.32%) PHPUnit
12 1 (0.32%) Subversion
12 1 (0.32%) Toad
General
1 96 (30.28%) Social Skills
2 56 (17.67%) Public Sector
3 33 (10.41%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (5.99%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (5.68%) Finance
7 17 (5.36%) Manufacturing
8 14 (4.42%) Advertising
9 11 (3.47%) Aerospace
9 11 (3.47%) Retail
10 10 (3.15%) Games
11 7 (2.21%) Automotive
11 7 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.21%) Legal
12 5 (1.58%) Aviation
13 4 (1.26%) Health Technology
13 4 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.26%) Tech for Good
14 3 (0.95%) Law
14 3 (0.95%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 84 (26.50%) Developer
2 66 (20.82%) Senior
3 53 (16.72%) Software Engineer
4 34 (10.73%) Full-Stack Developer
5 31 (9.78%) Lead
6 26 (8.20%) Java Developer
7 24 (7.57%) DevOps Engineer
8 19 (5.99%) Python Engineer
9 18 (5.68%) Java Engineer
10 15 (4.73%) Architect
10 15 (4.73%) DBA
10 15 (4.73%) Senior DevOps
10 15 (4.73%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 15 (4.73%) Software Developer
11 14 (4.42%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 14 (4.42%) IT Support
12 13 (4.10%) Data Engineer
12 13 (4.10%) Lead Software Engineer
13 12 (3.79%) Analyst
13 12 (3.79%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (23.03%) Node.js
1 73 (23.03%) React
2 54 (17.03%) RESTful
3 50 (15.77%) REST
4 41 (12.93%) Spring
5 38 (11.99%) Spring Boot
6 32 (10.09%) CSS
7 31 (9.78%) .NET
7 31 (9.78%) HTML
8 25 (7.89%) Vue
9 24 (7.57%) Django
10 23 (7.26%) AngularJS
11 19 (5.99%) JSON
12 18 (5.68%) Kafka
13 17 (5.36%) FastAPI
13 17 (5.36%) Flask
13 17 (5.36%) jQuery
14 15 (4.73%) Hibernate
14 15 (4.73%) Web Services
15 14 (4.42%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (19.24%) Cloud Native
2 29 (9.15%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.10%) Algorithms
3 13 (4.10%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.79%) Data Structures
4 12 (3.79%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.79%) Product Ownership
4 12 (3.79%) Replication
5 10 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.52%) Renewable Energy
7 7 (2.21%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (2.21%) Low-Code
7 7 (2.21%) Video\Live Streaming
8 6 (1.89%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.58%) Robotics
9 5 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.26%) IoT
10 4 (1.26%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.26%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 76 (23.97%) Linux
2 35 (11.04%) Windows
3 23 (7.26%) Unix
4 18 (5.68%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.21%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (2.21%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (2.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.95%) CentOS
8 1 (0.32%) AIX
8 1 (0.32%) Debian
8 1 (0.32%) Solaris
8 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (47.32%) CI/CD
2 134 (42.27%) Agile
3 93 (29.34%) DevOps
4 88 (27.76%) Software Engineering
5 84 (26.50%) Microservices
6 83 (26.18%) Full-Stack Development
7 68 (21.45%) Problem-Solving
8 67 (21.14%) Mentoring
9 63 (19.87%) Infrastructure as Code
10 57 (17.98%) AI
10 57 (17.98%) Test Automation
11 56 (17.67%) TDD
12 50 (15.77%) Continuous Improvement
13 48 (15.14%) Containerisation
14 47 (14.83%) Scrum
15 42 (13.25%) Analytics
15 42 (13.25%) Data Modelling
16 38 (11.99%) Computer Science
17 36 (11.36%) Coaching
18 34 (10.73%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 127 (40.06%) Python
2 111 (35.02%) SQL
3 102 (32.18%) Java
4 71 (22.40%) JavaScript
5 54 (17.03%) TypeScript
6 31 (9.78%) PowerShell
7 29 (9.15%) C#
8 24 (7.57%) Bash
9 20 (6.31%) Go
10 12 (3.79%) C
10 12 (3.79%) PHP
10 12 (3.79%) Shell Script
11 10 (3.15%) C++
11 10 (3.15%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.89%) Korn
13 5 (1.58%) Scala
14 4 (1.26%) Ruby
15 3 (0.95%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.32%) Perl
16 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 56 (17.67%) Degree
2 34 (10.73%) Security Cleared
3 27 (8.52%) SC Cleared
4 22 (6.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.79%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.84%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.84%) Master's Degree
6 9 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (1.26%) PhD
9 3 (0.95%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.95%) RHCE
10 2 (0.63%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.63%) RHCSA
11 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.32%) CISSP
11 1 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.09%) Data Quality
2 14 (4.42%) GDPR
2 14 (4.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.10%) QA
4 9 (2.84%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.63%) Good Clinical Practice
5 2 (0.63%) NCSC
5 2 (0.63%) SLA
5 2 (0.63%) WCAG
6 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.32%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 91 (28.71%) Docker
2 30 (9.46%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.84%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 5 (1.58%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.63%) Samba
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.32%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 95 (29.97%) Kubernetes
2 61 (19.24%) Terraform
3 26 (8.20%) Ansible
4 20 (6.31%) Argo
5 14 (4.42%) Grafana
6 12 (3.79%) Prometheus
7 10 (3.15%) Kibana
8 7 (2.21%) Progress Chef
8 7 (2.21%) Puppet
9 4 (1.26%) AWS Copilot
9 4 (1.26%) Control-M
9 4 (1.26%) Kustomize
10 3 (0.95%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.95%) Istio
10 3 (0.95%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.95%) Plesk
10 3 (0.95%) Rancher
11 2 (0.63%) Nagios
11 2 (0.63%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 51 (16.09%) Oracle
2 43 (13.56%) Microsoft
3 26 (8.20%) Google
4 14 (4.42%) Red Hat
5 9 (2.84%) Splunk
6 8 (2.52%) Dell
6 8 (2.52%) Dynatrace
7 7 (2.21%) Pega
8 5 (1.58%) VMware
9 4 (1.26%) Informatica
9 4 (1.26%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.95%) Confluent
10 3 (0.95%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.63%) Databricks
11 2 (0.63%) D-Link
11 2 (0.63%) Meraki
11 2 (0.63%) WSO2
12 1 (0.32%) Juniper
12 1 (0.32%) Siemens
12 1 (0.32%) SolarWinds