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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 316 229 208
Rank change year-on-year -87 -21 +18
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 280 339 950
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.43% 1.25% 1.40%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.72% 8.06% 8.14%
Number of salaries quoted 200 231 588
10th Percentile £36,200 £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 £87,500 £85,000
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 4,895 4,206 11,675
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.49% 15.46% 17.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,784 2,951 8,190
10th Percentile £33,500 £32,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £40,750 £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 £71,250 £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 2 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 2 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 -37 101 £67,500 - 33
South East -47 85 £57,500 -11.54% 57
Yorkshire -35 46 £52,130 -12.93% 9
North West -29 43 £70,905 +4.85% 13
South West -45 36 £62,500 -3.85% 17
Scotland -41 20 £66,250 -0.18% 7
Midlands -43 20 £55,200 -15.08% 18
East of England -35 19 £47,500 -13.64% 9
North East -32 12 £55,000 -20.73% 11
West Midlands -32 11 £47,500 -26.92% 8
East Midlands -42 9 £60,100 -14.14% 10
Wales -51 3 £55,200 -15.08% 1
Northern Ireland -45 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 (8.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (5.36%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (4.29%) OpenStack
4 8 (2.86%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.43%) Apache
6 3 (1.07%) Confluence
7 2 (0.71%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.71%) WildFly
7 2 (0.71%) WordPress
8 1 (0.36%) Camunda
8 1 (0.36%) CMS
8 1 (0.36%) IIS
8 1 (0.36%) JBoss
8 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.71%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 171 (61.07%) AWS
2 106 (37.86%) Azure
3 58 (20.71%) GCP
4 53 (18.93%) Serverless
5 30 (10.71%) Azure DevOps
6 29 (10.36%) Amazon S3
7 28 (10.00%) GitHub
7 28 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
8 25 (8.93%) Amazon ECS
8 25 (8.93%) SaaS
9 24 (8.57%) Power Platform
10 23 (8.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 22 (7.86%) Amazon EKS
11 22 (7.86%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (7.14%) Amazon SQS
12 20 (7.14%) AWS CloudFormation
13 18 (6.43%) Azure AKS
14 17 (6.07%) AWS Step Functions
15 15 (5.36%) Azure Service Bus
16 14 (5.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.64%) Firewall
2 11 (3.93%) DHCP
2 11 (3.93%) DNS
3 8 (2.86%) iSCSI
3 8 (2.86%) Remote Desktop
3 8 (2.86%) SAN
3 8 (2.86%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.50%) Internet
4 7 (2.50%) Network Security
5 5 (1.79%) Broadband
5 5 (1.79%) VPN
6 3 (1.07%) VLAN
6 3 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.71%) HTTP
7 2 (0.71%) MQTT
7 2 (0.71%) PBX
8 1 (0.36%) Asterisk PBX
8 1 (0.36%) LAN
8 1 (0.36%) LTE
8 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (32.50%) SQL Server
2 70 (25.00%) MongoDB
3 69 (24.64%) MySQL
4 53 (18.93%) NoSQL
5 51 (18.21%) Relational Database
6 24 (8.57%) Power BI
7 19 (6.79%) DynamoDB
7 19 (6.79%) Redis
8 17 (6.07%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (3.93%) Amazon RDS
9 11 (3.93%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (3.57%) Apache Cassandra
11 9 (3.21%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (3.21%) Oracle Database
12 8 (2.86%) RDBMS
12 8 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (2.14%) BigQuery
13 6 (2.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (1.43%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 93 (33.21%) Git
2 27 (9.64%) GitLab
3 23 (8.21%) Jenkins
4 18 (6.43%) JUnit
5 13 (4.64%) JIRA
6 9 (3.21%) Selenium
7 8 (2.86%) Mockito
8 7 (2.50%) Bitbucket
8 7 (2.50%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.43%) Maven
10 3 (1.07%) JMeter
11 2 (0.71%) DBeaver
11 2 (0.71%) Gradle
11 2 (0.71%) MSTest
12 1 (0.36%) Appium
12 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.36%) Katalon Studio
12 1 (0.36%) PHPUnit
12 1 (0.36%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.36%) utPLSQL
General
1 90 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 39 (13.93%) Public Sector
3 30 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (6.79%) Finance
5 19 (6.79%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (4.29%) Advertising
7 9 (3.21%) Aerospace
7 9 (3.21%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.21%) Retail
8 8 (2.86%) Games
9 7 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.79%) Automotive
11 2 (0.71%) Aviation
11 2 (0.71%) Banking
11 2 (0.71%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.71%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.71%) Legal
11 2 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 84 (30.00%) Developer
2 65 (23.21%) Senior
3 39 (13.93%) Software Engineer
4 32 (11.43%) Full-Stack Developer
5 24 (8.57%) Java Developer
6 20 (7.14%) Lead
7 16 (5.71%) DevOps Engineer
8 15 (5.36%) Java Engineer
9 14 (5.00%) Analyst
9 14 (5.00%) IT Support
9 14 (5.00%) Python Engineer
9 14 (5.00%) Senior DevOps
9 14 (5.00%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 13 (4.64%) .NET Developer
10 13 (4.64%) DBA
11 12 (4.29%) Data Engineer
11 12 (4.29%) Java Software Engineer
12 11 (3.93%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 11 (3.93%) IT Support Technician
12 11 (3.93%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (26.07%) React
2 49 (17.50%) Node.js
2 49 (17.50%) RESTful
3 44 (15.71%) Spring
4 43 (15.36%) REST
4 43 (15.36%) Spring Boot
5 33 (11.79%) .NET
6 27 (9.64%) Django
7 21 (7.50%) AngularJS
8 19 (6.79%) Vue
9 18 (6.43%) Elastic Stack
9 18 (6.43%) HTML
10 17 (6.07%) .NET Core
10 17 (6.07%) JSON
10 17 (6.07%) Web Services
11 16 (5.71%) CSS
11 16 (5.71%) Flask
11 16 (5.71%) Kafka
12 13 (4.64%) FastAPI
12 13 (4.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (19.64%) Cloud Native
2 23 (8.21%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.64%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.64%) Product Ownership
4 12 (4.29%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (4.29%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.29%) Replication
5 9 (3.21%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.50%) Algorithms
6 7 (2.50%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.79%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.79%) Video\Live Streaming
8 4 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.43%) CUDA
8 4 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.43%) IoT
8 4 (1.43%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.43%) Web Conferencing
9 3 (1.07%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 66 (23.57%) Linux
2 33 (11.79%) Windows
3 24 (8.57%) Unix
4 18 (6.43%) Windows Server
5 10 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.14%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (2.14%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (2.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.07%) CentOS
8 1 (0.36%) AIX
8 1 (0.36%) Debian
8 1 (0.36%) Solaris
8 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (48.93%) CI/CD
2 121 (43.21%) Agile
3 94 (33.57%) DevOps
4 81 (28.93%) Microservices
5 73 (26.07%) Software Engineering
6 71 (25.36%) Problem-Solving
7 63 (22.50%) Full-Stack Development
8 60 (21.43%) Test Automation
9 56 (20.00%) Mentoring
10 53 (18.93%) Infrastructure as Code
11 52 (18.57%) TDD
12 51 (18.21%) Containerisation
13 46 (16.43%) Scrum
14 40 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
15 38 (13.57%) AI
16 34 (12.14%) Data Modelling
17 32 (11.43%) Analytics
18 30 (10.71%) Computer Science
19 25 (8.93%) BDD
20 24 (8.57%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 110 (39.29%) Python
2 101 (36.07%) SQL
3 95 (33.93%) Java
4 47 (16.79%) JavaScript
5 39 (13.93%) TypeScript
6 25 (8.93%) C#
7 23 (8.21%) Go
7 23 (8.21%) PowerShell
8 16 (5.71%) Bash
8 16 (5.71%) C
9 14 (5.00%) PHP
10 9 (3.21%) T-SQL
11 8 (2.86%) C++
11 8 (2.86%) Shell Script
12 7 (2.50%) Delphi
13 6 (2.14%) Korn
14 4 (1.43%) Scala
15 2 (0.71%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.71%) R
16 1 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 42 (15.00%) Degree
2 23 (8.21%) Security Cleared
3 17 (6.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (6.07%) SC Cleared
4 11 (3.93%) DV Cleared
5 10 (3.57%) AWS Certification
6 9 (3.21%) AWS Certified Developer
7 8 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.79%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.79%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.07%) RHCE
11 2 (0.71%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.36%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (4.29%) QA
3 9 (3.21%) GDPR
4 6 (2.14%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.07%) NCSC
6 2 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.71%) SLA
6 2 (0.71%) WCAG
7 1 (0.36%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 93 (33.21%) Docker
2 30 (10.71%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.21%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (1.43%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.71%) Samba
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.36%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 90 (32.14%) Kubernetes
2 63 (22.50%) Terraform
3 23 (8.21%) Ansible
4 16 (5.71%) Argo
5 14 (5.00%) Grafana
6 9 (3.21%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.14%) Progress Chef
7 6 (2.14%) Puppet
8 4 (1.43%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (1.43%) Control-M
8 4 (1.43%) Data Guard
8 4 (1.43%) Kibana
8 4 (1.43%) Nagios
8 4 (1.43%) Rancher
9 3 (1.07%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.71%) Istio
10 2 (0.71%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.71%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.71%) Plesk
11 1 (0.36%) Podman
Vendors
1 48 (17.14%) Oracle
2 32 (11.43%) Microsoft
3 26 (9.29%) Google
4 13 (4.64%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.86%) Dell
6 7 (2.50%) Pega
7 5 (1.79%) Informatica
8 4 (1.43%) Dynatrace
8 4 (1.43%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.43%) VMware
9 3 (1.07%) Confluent
9 3 (1.07%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.07%) Splunk
10 2 (0.71%) Databricks
10 2 (0.71%) D-Link
10 2 (0.71%) Meraki
10 2 (0.71%) WSO2
11 1 (0.36%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.36%) NVIDIA
11 1 (0.36%) SolarWinds