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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 248 194
Rank change year-on-year -67 -54 +47
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 365 366 961
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.50% 1.08% 1.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.64% 8.08% 9.54%
Number of salaries quoted 297 240 538
10th Percentile £41,070 £31,250 £39,876
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,438 £42,500
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 £78,750
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 5,494 4,529 10,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.59% 13.32% 14.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,761 2,874 6,775
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £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 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,743 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.22% +1.24% -4.76%

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 20 July 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 20 July 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 -9 120 £65,000 -3.70% 33
South East -11 120 £59,750 +8.64% 41
North West -19 50 £65,000 -3.70% 19
South West -44 48 £62,500 +4.17% 15
North East -19 37 £55,000 +4.76% 7
Yorkshire -19 33 £65,000 -3.70% 7
East of England -22 28 £52,500 +66.67% 9
Midlands -46 23 £75,000 +11.11% 15
West Midlands -30 19 £80,000 +18.41% 7
Scotland -5 16 £65,000 -3.70% 13
Wales -56 13 £70,000 -9.68% 5
East Midlands -26 4 £65,000 +18.18% 8
Northern Ireland -66 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 24 (6.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (2.74%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (2.47%) Confluence
3 9 (2.47%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.37%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.37%) WordPress
5 4 (1.10%) Apache
6 1 (0.27%) CMS
6 1 (0.27%) Documentum
6 1 (0.27%) IIS
6 1 (0.27%) JBoss
6 1 (0.27%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.27%) WildFly
Applications
1 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.55%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.55%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 206 (56.44%) AWS
2 158 (43.29%) Azure
3 71 (19.45%) GCP
4 42 (11.51%) GitHub
4 42 (11.51%) Serverless
5 31 (8.49%) Azure DevOps
6 30 (8.22%) Amazon ECS
7 27 (7.40%) Microsoft 365
7 27 (7.40%) SaaS
8 25 (6.85%) Power Platform
9 21 (5.75%) Amazon EKS
10 20 (5.48%) Azure AKS
11 16 (4.38%) Azure Service Bus
12 15 (4.11%) Azure Monitor
12 15 (4.11%) GitHub Actions
13 13 (3.56%) Amazon EC2
13 13 (3.56%) Amazon S3
14 12 (3.29%) AWS CloudFormation
14 12 (3.29%) Azure Functions
15 10 (2.74%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.56%) Firewall
2 8 (2.19%) DHCP
2 8 (2.19%) DNS
2 8 (2.19%) iSCSI
2 8 (2.19%) Remote Desktop
2 8 (2.19%) SAN
3 7 (1.92%) Broadband
3 7 (1.92%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.10%) Network Security
4 4 (1.10%) VPN
5 2 (0.55%) MQTT
5 2 (0.55%) PBX
5 2 (0.55%) VLAN
6 1 (0.27%) Asterisk PBX
6 1 (0.27%) HTTP
6 1 (0.27%) LAN
6 1 (0.27%) LTE
6 1 (0.27%) Multicast
6 1 (0.27%) SMS
6 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (32.05%) MySQL
2 111 (30.41%) MongoDB
3 78 (21.37%) SQL Server
4 69 (18.90%) NoSQL
5 65 (17.81%) Relational Database
6 32 (8.77%) Redis
7 24 (6.58%) Power BI
8 17 (4.66%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (4.66%) Elasticsearch
9 12 (3.29%) Apache Cassandra
10 11 (3.01%) RDBMS
11 9 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (2.19%) Oracle Database
12 8 (2.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (1.92%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (1.92%) DynamoDB
14 6 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (1.64%) GIS
14 6 (1.64%) Pinecone
15 5 (1.37%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 93 (25.48%) Git
2 27 (7.40%) GitLab
3 24 (6.58%) Jenkins
4 21 (5.75%) JIRA
5 16 (4.38%) JUnit
6 12 (3.29%) Mockito
7 10 (2.74%) JMeter
8 9 (2.47%) Bitbucket
9 5 (1.37%) Selenium
10 4 (1.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (1.10%) Cucumber
10 4 (1.10%) Maven
11 3 (0.82%) Claude Code
11 3 (0.82%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.82%) Mocha
11 3 (0.82%) RSpec
12 2 (0.55%) minitest
12 2 (0.55%) MSTest
12 2 (0.55%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.55%) Vite
General
1 90 (24.66%) Social Skills
2 71 (19.45%) Public Sector
3 35 (9.59%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (6.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (6.30%) Finance
6 19 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (4.11%) Manufacturing
8 14 (3.84%) Advertising
9 10 (2.74%) Games
9 10 (2.74%) Legal
10 8 (2.19%) Aerospace
10 8 (2.19%) Retail
11 7 (1.92%) Automotive
11 7 (1.92%) Tech for Good
12 6 (1.64%) Aviation
12 6 (1.64%) Banking
12 6 (1.64%) Law
13 4 (1.10%) Health Technology
13 4 (1.10%) Legal Technology
13 4 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 102 (27.95%) Developer
2 85 (23.29%) Senior
3 74 (20.27%) Software Engineer
4 46 (12.60%) Lead
5 39 (10.68%) Full-Stack Developer
6 30 (8.22%) DevOps Engineer
7 25 (6.85%) Java Developer
8 24 (6.58%) Python Engineer
9 22 (6.03%) Lead Software Engineer
10 20 (5.48%) Software Developer
11 19 (5.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 19 (5.21%) Java Engineer
12 17 (4.66%) Data Engineer
12 17 (4.66%) Python Developer
13 16 (4.38%) Architect
14 15 (4.11%) DBA
14 15 (4.11%) Senior DevOps
14 15 (4.11%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 15 (4.11%) Senior Software Engineer
15 14 (3.84%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (23.01%) React
2 76 (20.82%) Node.js
3 64 (17.53%) RESTful
4 57 (15.62%) REST
5 46 (12.60%) Spring
6 44 (12.05%) Spring Boot
7 39 (10.68%) CSS
8 38 (10.41%) HTML
9 33 (9.04%) Kafka
10 31 (8.49%) .NET
11 26 (7.12%) Vue
12 25 (6.85%) AngularJS
12 25 (6.85%) Django
13 24 (6.58%) Next.js
14 21 (5.75%) Flask
15 20 (5.48%) FastAPI
15 20 (5.48%) Hibernate
16 19 (5.21%) JSON
17 17 (4.66%) jQuery
18 16 (4.38%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 75 (20.55%) Cloud Native
2 42 (11.51%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (5.75%) Product Ownership
4 16 (4.38%) Algorithms
5 14 (3.84%) AI Agents
5 14 (3.84%) Data Structures
5 14 (3.84%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (3.29%) Management Information System
6 12 (3.29%) Replication
7 11 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (3.01%) Renewable Energy
8 10 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.47%) Robotics
10 8 (2.19%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.92%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.92%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 83 (22.74%) Linux
2 34 (9.32%) Windows
3 19 (5.21%) Unix
4 15 (4.11%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.64%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.82%) CentOS
8 1 (0.27%) AIX
8 1 (0.27%) Debian
8 1 (0.27%) Solaris
8 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (49.32%) CI/CD
2 149 (40.82%) Agile
3 124 (33.97%) Software Engineering
4 119 (32.60%) DevOps
5 108 (29.59%) Microservices
6 97 (26.58%) Full-Stack Development
7 88 (24.11%) Mentoring
8 81 (22.19%) Problem-Solving
9 76 (20.82%) Infrastructure as Code
10 72 (19.73%) AI
11 66 (18.08%) Test Automation
12 65 (17.81%) Containerisation
13 60 (16.44%) TDD
14 58 (15.89%) Continuous Improvement
15 48 (13.15%) Observability
16 47 (12.88%) Analytics
16 47 (12.88%) Scrum
17 45 (12.33%) Data Modelling
18 42 (11.51%) Coaching
19 37 (10.14%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 141 (38.63%) Python
2 127 (34.79%) SQL
3 110 (30.14%) Java
4 83 (22.74%) JavaScript
5 62 (16.99%) TypeScript
6 34 (9.32%) C#
7 33 (9.04%) PowerShell
8 29 (7.95%) Bash
9 17 (4.66%) Go
10 13 (3.56%) C++
11 12 (3.29%) PHP
12 11 (3.01%) Ruby
13 10 (2.74%) T-SQL
14 9 (2.47%) Shell Script
15 7 (1.92%) Scala
16 6 (1.64%) Korn
17 4 (1.10%) C
18 3 (0.82%) Kotlin
18 3 (0.82%) PL/SQL
19 1 (0.27%) Rust
Qualifications
1 56 (15.34%) Degree
2 50 (13.70%) Security Cleared
3 38 (10.41%) SC Cleared
4 22 (6.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (4.38%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.56%) Azure Certification
7 9 (2.47%) Master's Degree
7 9 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.37%) PhD
10 4 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.82%) RHCE
12 2 (0.55%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.55%) CISSP
12 2 (0.55%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.55%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.55%) RHCSA
13 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.95%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.21%) QA
3 13 (3.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.01%) GDPR
5 9 (2.47%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.55%) Good Clinical Practice
6 2 (0.55%) NCSC
6 2 (0.55%) SLA
6 2 (0.55%) WCAG
7 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 115 (31.51%) Docker
2 27 (7.40%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.82%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.55%) Samba
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 109 (29.86%) Kubernetes
2 77 (21.10%) Terraform
3 25 (6.85%) Ansible
4 22 (6.03%) Argo
5 19 (5.21%) Grafana
6 17 (4.66%) Prometheus
7 10 (2.74%) Kibana
8 6 (1.64%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.64%) Puppet
9 4 (1.10%) AWS Copilot
9 4 (1.10%) Kustomize
10 3 (0.82%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.82%) Istio
10 3 (0.82%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.82%) Plesk
10 3 (0.82%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.82%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.55%) Nagios
11 2 (0.55%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.55%) Rancher
Vendors
1 46 (12.60%) Microsoft
2 43 (11.78%) Oracle
3 31 (8.49%) Google
4 14 (3.84%) Red Hat
5 13 (3.56%) Splunk
6 9 (2.47%) Dynatrace
7 8 (2.19%) Dell
8 7 (1.92%) Pega
9 6 (1.64%) OpenAI
10 5 (1.37%) Meraki
11 4 (1.10%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.82%) Confluent
12 3 (0.82%) Databricks
12 3 (0.82%) IBM
12 3 (0.82%) Informatica
12 3 (0.82%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.82%) TIBCO
12 3 (0.82%) VMware
13 2 (0.55%) Atlassian
13 2 (0.55%) UiPath