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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 262 179
Rank change year-on-year -57 -83 +49
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 386 339 852
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.49% 0.98% 1.42%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.87% 7.74% 10.78%
Number of salaries quoted 301 216 450
10th Percentile £38,984 £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,938 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,148 £81,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £69,305 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.59% +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 5,621 4,382 7,900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.08% 12.61% 13.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,917 2,780 4,772
10th Percentile £34,900 £30,750 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,612 £40,000 £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 - - -4.00%

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 25 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 25 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
South East -18 126 £65,000 +10.64% 47
North of England -14 124 £65,000 -3.70% 52
North West -10 57 £65,000 -3.70% 33
South West -58 47 £62,500 +25.00% 47
North East -23 40 £65,000 +26.83% 7
Midlands -42 32 £75,000 +7.14% 29
East of England -24 29 £52,500 +69.35% 13
Yorkshire -41 27 £69,308 +2.68% 12
West Midlands -47 23 £83,774 +15.55% 15
Wales -57 19 £70,000 -9.68% 6
Scotland -10 17 £65,000 -3.70% 15
East Midlands -24 9 £60,000 +9.09% 13
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 13 (3.37%) Apache Airflow
1 13 (3.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (2.85%) Apache
3 9 (2.33%) Confluence
4 8 (2.07%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.30%) OpenStack
5 5 (1.30%) WordPress
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.26%) CMS
6 1 (0.26%) Documentum
6 1 (0.26%) IIS
6 1 (0.26%) JBoss
6 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.26%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.26%) WildFly
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Shopify
2 1 (0.26%) Finacle
2 1 (0.26%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.26%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 214 (55.44%) AWS
2 157 (40.67%) Azure
3 69 (17.88%) GCP
4 58 (15.03%) GitHub
5 41 (10.62%) Serverless
6 37 (9.59%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (6.74%) Amazon ECS
8 24 (6.22%) SaaS
9 22 (5.70%) Azure AKS
9 22 (5.70%) GitHub Actions
10 19 (4.92%) Amazon EKS
11 18 (4.66%) Azure Service Bus
12 16 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
13 15 (3.89%) Amazon EC2
13 15 (3.89%) Azure Monitor
13 15 (3.89%) GitHub Copilot
13 15 (3.89%) Power Platform
14 14 (3.63%) Amazon S3
14 14 (3.63%) Azure Functions
15 13 (3.37%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.85%) Firewall
2 8 (2.07%) DNS
3 7 (1.81%) Broadband
3 7 (1.81%) DHCP
4 6 (1.55%) iSCSI
4 6 (1.55%) Remote Desktop
4 6 (1.55%) SAN
5 3 (0.78%) HTTP
5 3 (0.78%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.78%) VPN
6 2 (0.52%) MQTT
6 2 (0.52%) VLAN
7 1 (0.26%) Asterisk PBX
7 1 (0.26%) Internet
7 1 (0.26%) LAN
7 1 (0.26%) Multicast
7 1 (0.26%) Network Security
7 1 (0.26%) PBX
7 1 (0.26%) SMS
7 1 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (30.31%) MySQL
2 102 (26.42%) MongoDB
3 87 (22.54%) Relational Database
4 85 (22.02%) SQL Server
5 56 (14.51%) NoSQL
6 31 (8.03%) Redis
7 18 (4.66%) Elasticsearch
8 16 (4.15%) Amazon RDS
9 14 (3.63%) DynamoDB
10 12 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (3.11%) Power BI
10 12 (3.11%) RDBMS
11 10 (2.59%) Apache Cassandra
12 9 (2.33%) Oracle Database
13 8 (2.07%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (2.07%) GIS
14 7 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (1.55%) Pinecone
16 5 (1.30%) Metadata
16 5 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 116 (30.05%) Git
2 33 (8.55%) GitLab
3 29 (7.51%) Jenkins
4 20 (5.18%) JIRA
5 17 (4.40%) JUnit
6 11 (2.85%) Mockito
7 10 (2.59%) JMeter
8 9 (2.33%) Bitbucket
9 5 (1.30%) Eclipse
9 5 (1.30%) Mocha
9 5 (1.30%) RSpec
9 5 (1.30%) Selenium
9 5 (1.30%) Storybook
10 4 (1.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (1.04%) Cucumber
10 4 (1.04%) minitest
11 3 (0.78%) Claude Code
11 3 (0.78%) Maven
11 3 (0.78%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 95 (24.61%) Social Skills
2 74 (19.17%) Public Sector
3 42 (10.88%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (8.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 25 (6.48%) Finance
6 17 (4.40%) Law
7 16 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (3.89%) Manufacturing
9 13 (3.37%) Legal
10 12 (3.11%) Advertising
11 11 (2.85%) Aerospace
12 10 (2.59%) Games
13 9 (2.33%) Banking
14 8 (2.07%) Aviation
15 7 (1.81%) Automotive
15 7 (1.81%) Retail
16 6 (1.55%) Tech for Good
17 5 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
18 4 (1.04%) Health Technology
18 4 (1.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 122 (31.61%) Developer
2 102 (26.42%) Senior
3 82 (21.24%) Software Engineer
4 48 (12.44%) Lead
5 43 (11.14%) Full-Stack Developer
6 31 (8.03%) DevOps Engineer
7 30 (7.77%) Python Engineer
8 29 (7.51%) Software Developer
9 27 (6.99%) Java Developer
10 25 (6.48%) Lead Software Engineer
10 25 (6.48%) Senior Developer
11 23 (5.96%) Senior Software Engineer
12 22 (5.70%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 20 (5.18%) Data Engineer
13 20 (5.18%) Python Developer
14 19 (4.92%) DBA
15 17 (4.40%) Architect
16 15 (3.89%) Senior DevOps
16 15 (3.89%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 12 (3.11%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (26.17%) React
2 83 (21.50%) Terraform
3 79 (20.47%) Node.js
4 69 (17.88%) REST
5 59 (15.28%) RESTful
6 54 (13.99%) CSS
7 48 (12.44%) .NET
7 48 (12.44%) Spring
8 47 (12.18%) Spring Boot
9 46 (11.92%) HTML
10 39 (10.10%) Kafka
11 32 (8.29%) AngularJS
12 29 (7.51%) Next.js
13 28 (7.25%) Vue
14 25 (6.48%) Hibernate
15 22 (5.70%) Flask
16 21 (5.44%) Django
16 21 (5.44%) RabbitMQ
17 18 (4.66%) JPA
17 18 (4.66%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 77 (19.95%) Cloud Native
2 47 (12.18%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (7.51%) Product Ownership
4 18 (4.66%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (3.89%) AI Agents
5 15 (3.89%) Algorithms
6 13 (3.37%) Replication
6 13 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (3.11%) Renewable Energy
8 11 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (2.85%) Robotics
9 10 (2.59%) Data Structures
9 10 (2.59%) Management Information System
10 9 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (2.07%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.81%) IoT
12 7 (1.81%) Low-Code
12 7 (1.81%) Video\Live Streaming
12 7 (1.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 87 (22.54%) Linux
2 34 (8.81%) Windows
3 15 (3.89%) Unix
3 15 (3.89%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.52%) CentOS
7 1 (0.26%) AIX
7 1 (0.26%) Debian
7 1 (0.26%) Solaris
7 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (52.07%) CI/CD
2 161 (41.71%) Agile
3 144 (37.31%) Software Engineering
4 132 (34.20%) DevOps
5 110 (28.50%) Full-Stack Development
6 108 (27.98%) Microservices
7 94 (24.35%) Mentoring
8 91 (23.58%) Problem-Solving
9 87 (22.54%) Infrastructure as Code
10 83 (21.50%) AI
11 70 (18.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 62 (16.06%) Test Automation
13 61 (15.80%) Containerisation
14 53 (13.73%) Scrum
15 50 (12.95%) Observability
16 48 (12.44%) Data Modelling
17 46 (11.92%) TDD
18 44 (11.40%) Analytics
19 43 (11.14%) Decision-Making
20 40 (10.36%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 143 (37.05%) Python
2 123 (31.87%) SQL
3 98 (25.39%) Java
4 94 (24.35%) JavaScript
5 75 (19.43%) TypeScript
6 51 (13.21%) C#
7 25 (6.48%) Bash
8 24 (6.22%) Go
9 23 (5.96%) PowerShell
10 13 (3.37%) Ruby
11 11 (2.85%) C++
11 11 (2.85%) PHP
12 9 (2.33%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.55%) Scala
14 5 (1.30%) Korn
15 3 (0.78%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.78%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.52%) C
16 2 (0.52%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.26%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 71 (18.39%) Degree
2 59 (15.28%) Security Cleared
3 48 (12.44%) SC Cleared
4 23 (5.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (5.96%) Master's Degree
5 20 (5.18%) DV Cleared
6 17 (4.40%) Azure Certification
7 11 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.81%) PhD
10 4 (1.04%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.52%) CISSP
12 2 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.52%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.52%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.52%) RHCE
13 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.26%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.74%) Data Quality
1 26 (6.74%) QA
2 12 (3.11%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.85%) GDPR
4 10 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.04%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
6 2 (0.52%) NCSC
6 2 (0.52%) SLA
6 2 (0.52%) WCAG
7 1 (0.26%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 121 (31.35%) Docker
2 17 (4.40%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.81%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.78%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.26%) Samba
5 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 115 (29.79%) Kubernetes
2 31 (8.03%) Ansible
3 24 (6.22%) Grafana
4 22 (5.70%) Argo
5 21 (5.44%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.59%) Kibana
7 6 (1.55%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.55%) Puppet
8 4 (1.04%) Kustomize
9 3 (0.78%) Data Guard
9 3 (0.78%) Istio
9 3 (0.78%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.78%) Plesk
9 3 (0.78%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.78%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.52%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.52%) Rancher
11 1 (0.26%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.26%) Oracle Flashback
11 1 (0.26%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 49 (12.69%) Microsoft
2 41 (10.62%) Oracle
3 25 (6.48%) Google
4 16 (4.15%) Splunk
5 12 (3.11%) Red Hat
6 11 (2.85%) Dynatrace
7 10 (2.59%) Databricks
8 7 (1.81%) OpenAI
8 7 (1.81%) Pega
9 6 (1.55%) Dell
10 5 (1.30%) Meraki
11 4 (1.04%) IBM
11 4 (1.04%) Informatica
11 4 (1.04%) TIBCO
12 3 (0.78%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.78%) VMware
13 2 (0.52%) Atlassian
13 2 (0.52%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.52%) UiPath
13 2 (0.52%) WSO2