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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 310 180 216
Rank change year-on-year -130 +36 +15
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 276 405 887
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.45% 1.56% 1.34%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.71% 9.55% 7.66%
Number of salaries quoted 196 241 570
10th Percentile £35,750 £39,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -2.86%
75th Percentile £74,987 £78,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £86,250
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 4,830 4,240 11,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.81% 16.30% 17.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,724 2,972 8,247
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,544 £31,750
25th Percentile £40,500 £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 £68,890 £70,313 £65,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -10.20%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 -45 99 £67,500 - 30
South East -106 73 £56,500 -19.29% 50
Yorkshire -37 44 £52,130 -12.73% 9
North West -28 43 £77,500 +14.71% 16
South West -53 34 £61,250 -5.77% 20
Scotland -30 24 £67,500 +8.00% 15
Midlands -48 22 £47,500 -26.92% 15
East of England -54 22 £45,000 -21.74% 8
West Midlands -26 13 £45,000 -30.77% 7
North East -23 12 £55,000 -20.73% 5
East Midlands -47 9 £60,100 -14.14% 8
Wales -49 5 £73,801 +13.54% 5
Northern Ireland -42 2 £73,801 +34.18% 1
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 21 (7.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (4.71%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (3.99%) OpenStack
4 7 (2.54%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.09%) Apache
6 2 (0.72%) Confluence
6 2 (0.72%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.72%) WildFly
7 1 (0.36%) Camunda
7 1 (0.36%) CMS
7 1 (0.36%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.72%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 173 (62.68%) AWS
2 108 (39.13%) Azure
3 70 (25.36%) GCP
4 51 (18.48%) Serverless
5 35 (12.68%) Amazon ECS
6 34 (12.32%) GitHub
7 32 (11.59%) AWS CloudFormation
8 30 (10.87%) Amazon S3
9 26 (9.42%) SaaS
10 25 (9.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 24 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
12 23 (8.33%) AWS Lambda
12 23 (8.33%) Power Platform
13 22 (7.97%) Amazon EKS
13 22 (7.97%) Amazon SQS
14 21 (7.61%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (7.25%) dbt
16 19 (6.88%) AWS Step Functions
17 14 (5.07%) Amazon ECR
17 14 (5.07%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.52%) TCP/IP
2 10 (3.62%) DHCP
2 10 (3.62%) DNS
2 10 (3.62%) Firewall
3 7 (2.54%) Internet
3 7 (2.54%) Network Security
3 7 (2.54%) VPN
4 6 (2.17%) iSCSI
4 6 (2.17%) Remote Desktop
4 6 (2.17%) SAN
5 5 (1.81%) Broadband
5 5 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.09%) VLAN
7 2 (0.72%) HTTP
7 2 (0.72%) MQTT
7 2 (0.72%) PBX
8 1 (0.36%) Asterisk PBX
8 1 (0.36%) LTE
8 1 (0.36%) Multicast
8 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (31.88%) SQL Server
2 65 (23.55%) MySQL
3 62 (22.46%) MongoDB
4 57 (20.65%) NoSQL
5 53 (19.20%) Relational Database
6 32 (11.59%) Redis
7 27 (9.78%) Elasticsearch
8 23 (8.33%) Power BI
9 21 (7.61%) DynamoDB
10 20 (7.25%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (3.26%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (3.26%) Apache Cassandra
12 9 (3.26%) Oracle Database
13 8 (2.90%) RDBMS
13 8 (2.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (2.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (2.17%) BigQuery
15 4 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
15 4 (1.45%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 86 (31.16%) Git
2 25 (9.06%) Jenkins
3 17 (6.16%) JUnit
4 16 (5.80%) GitLab
5 15 (5.43%) JIRA
6 9 (3.26%) Cucumber
6 9 (3.26%) Selenium
7 8 (2.90%) Bitbucket
7 8 (2.90%) Mockito
8 4 (1.45%) JMeter
8 4 (1.45%) Maven
9 2 (0.72%) DBeaver
9 2 (0.72%) Gradle
9 2 (0.72%) MSTest
10 1 (0.36%) Ant
10 1 (0.36%) Appium
10 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.36%) ERwin
10 1 (0.36%) PHPUnit
10 1 (0.36%) Toad
General
1 95 (34.42%) Social Skills
2 30 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (10.14%) Public Sector
4 20 (7.25%) Finance
5 19 (6.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (5.80%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (3.99%) Advertising
8 9 (3.26%) Aerospace
8 9 (3.26%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.90%) Games
10 7 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.54%) Retail
11 5 (1.81%) Automotive
12 3 (1.09%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.72%) Aviation
13 2 (0.72%) Banking
13 2 (0.72%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.72%) Legal
13 2 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.72%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 85 (30.80%) Developer
2 62 (22.46%) Senior
3 41 (14.86%) Software Engineer
4 31 (11.23%) Full-Stack Developer
5 27 (9.78%) Java Developer
6 19 (6.88%) Lead
7 17 (6.16%) Python Engineer
8 15 (5.43%) DBA
8 15 (5.43%) IT Support
9 14 (5.07%) .NET Developer
9 14 (5.07%) Analyst
9 14 (5.07%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 13 (4.71%) Java Engineer
10 13 (4.71%) Senior Software Engineer
11 12 (4.35%) Java Software Engineer
12 10 (3.62%) Administrator
12 10 (3.62%) Architect
12 10 (3.62%) Data Analyst
12 10 (3.62%) IT Support Technician
12 10 (3.62%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (27.90%) React
2 53 (19.20%) RESTful
3 46 (16.67%) Spring
3 46 (16.67%) Spring Boot
4 40 (14.49%) Django
4 40 (14.49%) REST
5 33 (11.96%) Node.js
6 32 (11.59%) .NET
7 24 (8.70%) Vue
8 21 (7.61%) AngularJS
9 19 (6.88%) HTML
9 19 (6.88%) Kafka
10 18 (6.52%) .NET Core
11 17 (6.16%) Elastic Stack
11 17 (6.16%) Flask
12 16 (5.80%) CSS
12 16 (5.80%) FastAPI
12 16 (5.80%) Web Services
13 15 (5.43%) JSON
14 14 (5.07%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 53 (19.20%) Cloud Native
2 29 (10.51%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (5.80%) Replication
4 13 (4.71%) Product Ownership
5 12 (4.35%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.99%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (3.99%) Linux Command Line
6 11 (3.99%) Management Information System
7 9 (3.26%) Data Structures
8 6 (2.17%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.81%) Clustering
9 5 (1.81%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.81%) Video\Live Streaming
10 4 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.45%) CUDA
10 4 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.45%) IoT
10 4 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 61 (22.10%) Linux
2 23 (8.33%) Unix
3 20 (7.25%) Windows
4 14 (5.07%) Windows Server
5 9 (3.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.09%) CentOS
6 3 (1.09%) Debian
7 2 (0.72%) VMS
7 2 (0.72%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.36%) AIX
8 1 (0.36%) Solaris
8 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (46.38%) CI/CD
2 102 (36.96%) Agile
3 100 (36.23%) DevOps
4 77 (27.90%) Microservices
4 77 (27.90%) Problem-Solving
5 73 (26.45%) Software Engineering
6 64 (23.19%) Infrastructure as Code
7 63 (22.83%) Full-Stack Development
8 56 (20.29%) Containerisation
9 54 (19.57%) TDD
10 51 (18.48%) Test Automation
11 42 (15.22%) AI
12 41 (14.86%) Mentoring
13 35 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
14 31 (11.23%) Data Modelling
14 31 (11.23%) Observability
15 30 (10.87%) Scrum
16 28 (10.14%) Computer Science
17 27 (9.78%) BDD
18 26 (9.42%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 117 (42.39%) Python
2 102 (36.96%) SQL
3 86 (31.16%) Java
4 50 (18.12%) JavaScript
5 37 (13.41%) TypeScript
6 24 (8.70%) Go
6 24 (8.70%) PowerShell
7 23 (8.33%) C#
8 16 (5.80%) C
9 14 (5.07%) PHP
10 11 (3.99%) Bash
10 11 (3.99%) T-SQL
11 8 (2.90%) C++
11 8 (2.90%) Shell Script
12 7 (2.54%) Delphi
13 4 (1.45%) Korn
14 2 (0.72%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.72%) R
14 2 (0.72%) Scala
15 1 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 38 (13.77%) Degree
2 33 (11.96%) Security Cleared
3 25 (9.06%) SC Cleared
4 17 (6.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.99%) AWS Certification
5 11 (3.99%) AWS Certified Developer
5 11 (3.99%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (1.09%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.09%) RHCE
8 2 (0.72%) RHCSA
9 1 (0.36%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.36%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.42%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.99%) QA
4 7 (2.54%) GDPR
5 5 (1.81%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.09%) NCSC
7 2 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.72%) SLA
7 2 (0.72%) WCAG
8 1 (0.36%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 105 (38.04%) Docker
2 27 (9.78%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.54%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (1.45%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.72%) Samba
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.36%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 88 (31.88%) Kubernetes
2 63 (22.83%) Terraform
3 19 (6.88%) Ansible
4 12 (4.35%) Grafana
5 8 (2.90%) AWS Copilot
6 7 (2.54%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.81%) Data Guard
7 5 (1.81%) Kibana
7 5 (1.81%) Nagios
8 4 (1.45%) Control-M
8 4 (1.45%) Rancher
9 3 (1.09%) Argo
9 3 (1.09%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.72%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.72%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.72%) Puppet
11 1 (0.36%) Oracle Flashback
11 1 (0.36%) Plesk
11 1 (0.36%) Podman
11 1 (0.36%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 44 (15.94%) Oracle
2 36 (13.04%) Google
3 29 (10.51%) Microsoft
4 9 (3.26%) Red Hat
5 7 (2.54%) Informatica
5 7 (2.54%) Pega
6 6 (2.17%) Dell
7 4 (1.45%) Dynatrace
7 4 (1.45%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.45%) Splunk
7 4 (1.45%) VMware
8 3 (1.09%) Confluent
8 3 (1.09%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.72%) D-Link
9 2 (0.72%) Meraki
9 2 (0.72%) RedGate
9 2 (0.72%) Talend
9 2 (0.72%) WSO2
10 1 (0.36%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.36%) SolarWinds