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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 311 254 176
Rank change year-on-year -57 -78 +65
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 398 359 858
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.52% 1.04% 1.44%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.95% 7.95% 10.70%
Number of salaries quoted 314 232 448
10th Percentile £38,984 £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,987 £73,750 £69,063
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £69,305 £75,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.59% +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 5,723 4,515 8,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.44% 13.04% 13.48%
Number of salaries quoted 3,925 2,851 4,945
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £40,675 £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 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.82%

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 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 10 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 -3 135 £65,000 -3.70% 52
South East -13 130 £60,000 -2.04% 65
North West -5 60 £65,000 -3.70% 32
South West -55 46 £62,500 +8.70% 27
North East -26 42 £55,000 +4.76% 6
Yorkshire -33 33 £65,000 -3.70% 14
East of England -32 29 £52,500 +66.67% 11
Midlands -52 27 £75,000 +11.01% 26
West Midlands -43 20 £81,887 +19.00% 11
Wales -45 19 £70,000 -9.68% 10
Scotland -7 17 £65,000 -1.89% 26
East Midlands -25 7 £60,000 +9.09% 15
Northern Ireland -74 1 £73,801 +34.18% 4
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 17 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (4.02%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (2.51%) Apache
3 10 (2.51%) Confluence
4 9 (2.26%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.26%) OpenStack
5 5 (1.26%) WordPress
6 1 (0.25%) CMS
6 1 (0.25%) Documentum
6 1 (0.25%) IIS
6 1 (0.25%) JBoss
6 1 (0.25%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.25%) WildFly
Applications
1 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.50%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.50%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 229 (57.54%) AWS
2 165 (41.46%) Azure
3 78 (19.60%) GCP
4 54 (13.57%) GitHub
5 42 (10.55%) Serverless
6 37 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (7.79%) Amazon ECS
8 23 (5.78%) SaaS
9 22 (5.53%) Amazon EKS
9 22 (5.53%) Azure AKS
10 20 (5.03%) GitHub Actions
10 20 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (5.03%) Power Platform
11 18 (4.52%) Azure Service Bus
12 16 (4.02%) dbt
13 15 (3.77%) Amazon EC2
13 15 (3.77%) AWS CloudFormation
13 15 (3.77%) Azure Monitor
14 14 (3.52%) Azure Functions
15 13 (3.27%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.27%) Firewall
2 9 (2.26%) DNS
3 8 (2.01%) DHCP
3 8 (2.01%) iSCSI
3 8 (2.01%) Remote Desktop
3 8 (2.01%) SAN
4 7 (1.76%) Broadband
4 7 (1.76%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.01%) VPN
6 3 (0.75%) HTTP
7 2 (0.50%) MQTT
7 2 (0.50%) Network Security
7 2 (0.50%) PBX
7 2 (0.50%) VLAN
8 1 (0.25%) Asterisk PBX
8 1 (0.25%) LAN
8 1 (0.25%) LTE
8 1 (0.25%) Multicast
8 1 (0.25%) SMS
8 1 (0.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (31.66%) MySQL
2 115 (28.89%) MongoDB
3 84 (21.11%) SQL Server
4 81 (20.35%) Relational Database
5 70 (17.59%) NoSQL
6 37 (9.30%) Redis
7 21 (5.28%) Elasticsearch
8 20 (5.03%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (4.27%) Power BI
10 14 (3.52%) DynamoDB
11 12 (3.02%) RDBMS
12 11 (2.76%) Apache Cassandra
12 11 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
13 9 (2.26%) Oracle Database
14 8 (2.01%) GIS
15 7 (1.76%) Amazon Redshift
15 7 (1.76%) Azure SQL Database
16 6 (1.51%) Pinecone
17 5 (1.26%) Metadata
17 5 (1.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 112 (28.14%) Git
2 30 (7.54%) GitLab
3 29 (7.29%) Jenkins
4 21 (5.28%) JIRA
5 18 (4.52%) JUnit
6 12 (3.02%) Mockito
7 10 (2.51%) Bitbucket
7 10 (2.51%) JMeter
8 5 (1.26%) Eclipse
8 5 (1.26%) RSpec
8 5 (1.26%) Selenium
9 4 (1.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (1.01%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.01%) Maven
9 4 (1.01%) minitest
10 3 (0.75%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.75%) Mocha
10 3 (0.75%) Storybook
10 3 (0.75%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 99 (24.87%) Social Skills
2 79 (19.85%) Public Sector
3 41 (10.30%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (8.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (6.53%) Finance
6 19 (4.77%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (4.02%) Law
7 16 (4.02%) Manufacturing
8 13 (3.27%) Advertising
8 13 (3.27%) Legal
9 11 (2.76%) Games
10 9 (2.26%) Aerospace
11 8 (2.01%) Automotive
11 8 (2.01%) Aviation
11 8 (2.01%) Retail
12 7 (1.76%) Banking
13 6 (1.51%) Tech for Good
14 4 (1.01%) Health Technology
14 4 (1.01%) Legal Technology
14 4 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 118 (29.65%) Developer
2 106 (26.63%) Senior
3 85 (21.36%) Software Engineer
4 50 (12.56%) Lead
5 42 (10.55%) Full-Stack Developer
6 31 (7.79%) DevOps Engineer
7 29 (7.29%) Python Engineer
8 28 (7.04%) Software Developer
9 26 (6.53%) Java Developer
10 25 (6.28%) Lead Software Engineer
11 23 (5.78%) Senior Developer
12 22 (5.53%) Senior Software Engineer
13 21 (5.28%) Data Engineer
14 20 (5.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 20 (5.03%) Python Developer
15 19 (4.77%) DBA
16 17 (4.27%) Architect
16 17 (4.27%) Java Engineer
17 15 (3.77%) Senior DevOps
17 15 (3.77%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (23.87%) React
2 78 (19.60%) Node.js
3 66 (16.58%) RESTful
4 64 (16.08%) REST
5 49 (12.31%) CSS
6 47 (11.81%) Spring
7 45 (11.31%) Spring Boot
8 44 (11.06%) HTML
9 43 (10.80%) .NET
10 38 (9.55%) Kafka
11 30 (7.54%) AngularJS
12 27 (6.78%) Vue
13 26 (6.53%) Django
13 26 (6.53%) Next.js
14 24 (6.03%) Hibernate
15 23 (5.78%) Flask
16 21 (5.28%) FastAPI
17 19 (4.77%) jQuery
17 19 (4.77%) RabbitMQ
18 17 (4.27%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 88 (22.11%) Cloud Native
2 45 (11.31%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (7.29%) Product Ownership
4 16 (4.02%) Algorithms
5 15 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (3.52%) AI Agents
7 13 (3.27%) Replication
8 12 (3.02%) Management Information System
8 12 (3.02%) Renewable Energy
8 12 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (2.76%) Robotics
10 10 (2.51%) Data Structures
11 9 (2.26%) Onboarding
12 8 (2.01%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (2.01%) Public Cloud
13 7 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (1.76%) IoT
13 7 (1.76%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 93 (23.37%) Linux
2 35 (8.79%) Windows
3 19 (4.77%) Unix
4 16 (4.02%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.51%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (1.51%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.75%) CentOS
8 1 (0.25%) AIX
8 1 (0.25%) Debian
8 1 (0.25%) Solaris
8 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (51.26%) CI/CD
2 168 (42.21%) Agile
3 144 (36.18%) Software Engineering
4 135 (33.92%) DevOps
5 115 (28.89%) Microservices
6 104 (26.13%) Full-Stack Development
7 103 (25.88%) Mentoring
8 92 (23.12%) Problem-Solving
9 86 (21.61%) Infrastructure as Code
10 83 (20.85%) AI
11 71 (17.84%) Continuous Improvement
12 67 (16.83%) Containerisation
12 67 (16.83%) Test Automation
13 61 (15.33%) TDD
14 57 (14.32%) Observability
15 51 (12.81%) Scrum
16 49 (12.31%) Analytics
17 48 (12.06%) Coaching
18 46 (11.56%) Data Modelling
19 42 (10.55%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 149 (37.44%) Python
2 132 (33.17%) SQL
3 108 (27.14%) Java
4 93 (23.37%) JavaScript
5 72 (18.09%) TypeScript
6 46 (11.56%) C#
7 27 (6.78%) Bash
8 26 (6.53%) PowerShell
9 22 (5.53%) Go
10 13 (3.27%) Ruby
11 12 (3.02%) PHP
12 11 (2.76%) C++
13 9 (2.26%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.76%) Scala
15 6 (1.51%) Korn
16 3 (0.75%) C
16 3 (0.75%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.75%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.75%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 72 (18.09%) Degree
2 60 (15.08%) Security Cleared
3 48 (12.06%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (5.28%) Master's Degree
6 20 (5.03%) DV Cleared
7 15 (3.77%) Azure Certification
8 11 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.51%) PhD
11 4 (1.01%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.75%) RHCE
13 2 (0.50%) CISSP
13 2 (0.50%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.50%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.50%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.50%) RHCSA
14 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.29%) Data Quality
2 23 (5.78%) QA
3 11 (2.76%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.76%) GDPR
4 9 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.75%) SLA
6 2 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.50%) Good Clinical Practice
6 2 (0.50%) NCSC
6 2 (0.50%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.50%) WCAG
7 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 129 (32.41%) Docker
2 22 (5.53%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.26%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.50%) Samba
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 119 (29.90%) Kubernetes
2 85 (21.36%) Terraform
3 28 (7.04%) Ansible
4 24 (6.03%) Grafana
5 22 (5.53%) Argo
6 21 (5.28%) Prometheus
7 11 (2.76%) Kibana
8 6 (1.51%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.51%) Puppet
9 4 (1.01%) AWS Copilot
9 4 (1.01%) Kustomize
10 3 (0.75%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.75%) Istio
10 3 (0.75%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.75%) Plesk
10 3 (0.75%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.75%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.50%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.50%) Rancher
12 1 (0.25%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 52 (13.07%) Microsoft
2 41 (10.30%) Oracle
3 32 (8.04%) Google
4 15 (3.77%) Splunk
5 14 (3.52%) Red Hat
6 11 (2.76%) Dynatrace
7 9 (2.26%) Databricks
8 8 (2.01%) Dell
9 7 (1.76%) Pega
10 6 (1.51%) OpenAI
11 5 (1.26%) Meraki
12 4 (1.01%) IBM
12 4 (1.01%) Informatica
12 4 (1.01%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.01%) TIBCO
13 3 (0.75%) Confluent
13 3 (0.75%) Salesforce
13 3 (0.75%) VMware
14 2 (0.50%) D-Link
14 2 (0.50%) UiPath