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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 249 178
Rank change year-on-year -60 -71 +69
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 387 361 868
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.52% 1.05% 1.41%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.80% 8.00% 10.42%
Number of salaries quoted 310 235 457
10th Percentile £40,720 £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,987 £74,258 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +20.00% -10.71%

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 5,690 4,515 8,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.61% 13.17% 13.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3,898 2,871 5,259
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,787 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,840 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,128 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.83% +0.83% -4.00%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -12 130 £65,000 -3.70% 49
South East -17 127 £60,000 -2.04% 58
North West -4 57 £65,000 -3.70% 29
South West -57 46 £62,500 +6.38% 22
North East -23 40 £55,000 +4.76% 3
Yorkshire -26 33 £65,000 -7.14% 17
East of England -22 28 £52,500 +64.06% 9
Midlands -48 26 £75,000 +10.90% 24
West Midlands -43 19 £80,000 +16.26% 14
Scotland -3 17 £65,000 -1.89% 25
Wales -57 17 £70,000 -9.68% 12
East Midlands -31 7 £60,000 +9.09% 10
Northern Ireland -79 1 £73,801 +34.18% 8
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 20 (5.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (3.36%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (2.58%) Confluence
4 9 (2.33%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.81%) Apache
6 5 (1.29%) OpenStack
6 5 (1.29%) WordPress
7 1 (0.26%) CMS
7 1 (0.26%) Documentum
7 1 (0.26%) IIS
7 1 (0.26%) JBoss
7 1 (0.26%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.26%) WildFly
Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.52%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 223 (57.62%) AWS
2 164 (42.38%) Azure
3 78 (20.16%) GCP
4 49 (12.66%) GitHub
5 42 (10.85%) Serverless
6 35 (9.04%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (8.01%) Amazon ECS
8 25 (6.46%) SaaS
9 23 (5.94%) Microsoft 365
10 22 (5.68%) Amazon EKS
10 22 (5.68%) Power Platform
11 21 (5.43%) Azure AKS
12 19 (4.91%) GitHub Actions
13 17 (4.39%) Azure Service Bus
14 15 (3.88%) Azure Monitor
15 14 (3.62%) Amazon EC2
15 14 (3.62%) AWS CloudFormation
16 13 (3.36%) Amazon S3
16 13 (3.36%) Azure Functions
16 13 (3.36%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.36%) Firewall
2 9 (2.33%) DNS
3 8 (2.07%) DHCP
3 8 (2.07%) iSCSI
3 8 (2.07%) Remote Desktop
3 8 (2.07%) SAN
4 7 (1.81%) Broadband
4 7 (1.81%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.03%) VPN
6 3 (0.78%) Network Security
7 2 (0.52%) HTTP
7 2 (0.52%) MQTT
7 2 (0.52%) PBX
7 2 (0.52%) VLAN
8 1 (0.26%) Asterisk PBX
8 1 (0.26%) LAN
8 1 (0.26%) LTE
8 1 (0.26%) Multicast
8 1 (0.26%) SMS
8 1 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (32.56%) MySQL
2 113 (29.20%) MongoDB
3 82 (21.19%) SQL Server
4 76 (19.64%) Relational Database
5 71 (18.35%) NoSQL
6 35 (9.04%) Redis
7 20 (5.17%) Power BI
8 19 (4.91%) Amazon RDS
9 18 (4.65%) Elasticsearch
10 12 (3.10%) Apache Cassandra
10 12 (3.10%) RDBMS
11 11 (2.84%) DynamoDB
12 10 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
13 9 (2.33%) Oracle Database
14 7 (1.81%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (1.81%) GIS
15 6 (1.55%) Pinecone
16 5 (1.29%) Metadata
16 5 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 108 (27.91%) Git
2 30 (7.75%) GitLab
3 29 (7.49%) Jenkins
4 22 (5.68%) JIRA
5 18 (4.65%) JUnit
6 12 (3.10%) Mockito
7 10 (2.58%) Bitbucket
7 10 (2.58%) JMeter
8 5 (1.29%) Eclipse
8 5 (1.29%) RSpec
8 5 (1.29%) Selenium
9 4 (1.03%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (1.03%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.03%) Maven
9 4 (1.03%) minitest
10 3 (0.78%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.78%) Mocha
10 3 (0.78%) Storybook
10 3 (0.78%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 97 (25.06%) Social Skills
2 76 (19.64%) Public Sector
3 39 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (8.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (6.72%) Finance
6 19 (4.91%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (3.88%) Manufacturing
8 14 (3.62%) Advertising
9 12 (3.10%) Law
9 12 (3.10%) Legal
10 11 (2.84%) Games
11 9 (2.33%) Aerospace
12 8 (2.07%) Automotive
12 8 (2.07%) Retail
13 7 (1.81%) Aviation
13 7 (1.81%) Banking
14 6 (1.55%) Tech for Good
15 4 (1.03%) Health Technology
15 4 (1.03%) Legal Technology
15 4 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 113 (29.20%) Developer
2 97 (25.06%) Senior
3 78 (20.16%) Software Engineer
4 49 (12.66%) Lead
5 41 (10.59%) Full-Stack Developer
6 31 (8.01%) DevOps Engineer
7 28 (7.24%) Python Engineer
8 26 (6.72%) Java Developer
8 26 (6.72%) Software Developer
9 24 (6.20%) Lead Software Engineer
10 21 (5.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 20 (5.17%) Senior Developer
12 19 (4.91%) Data Engineer
12 19 (4.91%) Python Developer
13 18 (4.65%) DBA
14 17 (4.39%) Architect
14 17 (4.39%) Senior Software Engineer
15 16 (4.13%) Java Engineer
16 15 (3.88%) Senior DevOps
16 15 (3.88%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (24.03%) React
2 76 (19.64%) Node.js
3 66 (17.05%) RESTful
4 62 (16.02%) REST
5 47 (12.14%) Spring
6 46 (11.89%) CSS
7 45 (11.63%) Spring Boot
8 42 (10.85%) HTML
9 37 (9.56%) .NET
10 36 (9.30%) Kafka
11 29 (7.49%) AngularJS
11 29 (7.49%) Vue
12 26 (6.72%) Django
12 26 (6.72%) Next.js
13 23 (5.94%) Hibernate
14 22 (5.68%) Flask
15 21 (5.43%) FastAPI
16 18 (4.65%) jQuery
16 18 (4.65%) RabbitMQ
17 17 (4.39%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 83 (21.45%) Cloud Native
2 44 (11.37%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (6.72%) Product Ownership
4 16 (4.13%) Algorithms
5 14 (3.62%) AI Agents
6 13 (3.36%) Replication
7 12 (3.10%) Data Structures
7 12 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (3.10%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (2.84%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.84%) Renewable Energy
8 11 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.58%) Robotics
10 8 (2.07%) Linux Command Line
10 8 (2.07%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.81%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.81%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.55%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 90 (23.26%) Linux
2 35 (9.04%) Windows
3 19 (4.91%) Unix
4 16 (4.13%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.78%) CentOS
8 1 (0.26%) AIX
8 1 (0.26%) Debian
8 1 (0.26%) Solaris
8 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (50.90%) CI/CD
2 163 (42.12%) Agile
3 134 (34.63%) Software Engineering
4 131 (33.85%) DevOps
5 113 (29.20%) Microservices
6 104 (26.87%) Full-Stack Development
7 96 (24.81%) Mentoring
8 88 (22.74%) Problem-Solving
9 80 (20.67%) Infrastructure as Code
10 77 (19.90%) AI
11 68 (17.57%) Containerisation
11 68 (17.57%) Test Automation
12 67 (17.31%) Continuous Improvement
13 60 (15.50%) TDD
14 55 (14.21%) Observability
15 49 (12.66%) Scrum
16 48 (12.40%) Analytics
17 45 (11.63%) Coaching
18 44 (11.37%) Data Modelling
19 39 (10.08%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 147 (37.98%) Python
2 132 (34.11%) SQL
3 109 (28.17%) Java
4 92 (23.77%) JavaScript
5 66 (17.05%) TypeScript
6 41 (10.59%) C#
7 30 (7.75%) PowerShell
8 29 (7.49%) Bash
9 21 (5.43%) Go
10 13 (3.36%) Ruby
11 12 (3.10%) C++
11 12 (3.10%) PHP
12 9 (2.33%) Shell Script
13 7 (1.81%) Scala
14 6 (1.55%) Korn
14 6 (1.55%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.78%) C
15 3 (0.78%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.78%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 65 (16.80%) Degree
2 57 (14.73%) Security Cleared
3 45 (11.63%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (4.91%) DV Cleared
6 16 (4.13%) Master's Degree
7 14 (3.62%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.55%) PhD
11 4 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.78%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.78%) RHCE
13 2 (0.52%) CISSP
13 2 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.52%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.52%) RHCSA
14 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.49%) Data Quality
2 22 (5.68%) QA
3 12 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.84%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.84%) GDPR
5 3 (0.78%) SLA
6 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
6 2 (0.52%) NCSC
6 2 (0.52%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.52%) WCAG
7 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.26%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 127 (32.82%) Docker
2 24 (6.20%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.78%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.52%) Samba
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 116 (29.97%) Kubernetes
2 82 (21.19%) Terraform
3 26 (6.72%) Ansible
4 23 (5.94%) Grafana
5 22 (5.68%) Argo
6 20 (5.17%) Prometheus
7 11 (2.84%) Kibana
8 6 (1.55%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.55%) Puppet
9 4 (1.03%) AWS Copilot
9 4 (1.03%) Kustomize
10 3 (0.78%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.78%) Istio
10 3 (0.78%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.78%) Plesk
10 3 (0.78%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.78%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.52%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.52%) Rancher
12 1 (0.26%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 50 (12.92%) Microsoft
2 41 (10.59%) Oracle
3 32 (8.27%) Google
4 14 (3.62%) Red Hat
4 14 (3.62%) Splunk
5 11 (2.84%) Dynatrace
6 8 (2.07%) Dell
7 7 (1.81%) Pega
8 6 (1.55%) Databricks
8 6 (1.55%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.29%) Meraki
10 4 (1.03%) IBM
10 4 (1.03%) Informatica
10 4 (1.03%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.03%) TIBCO
11 3 (0.78%) Confluent
11 3 (0.78%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.78%) VMware
12 2 (0.52%) D-Link
12 2 (0.52%) UiPath