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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 159 222
Rank change year-on-year -140 +63 +14
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 261 473 825
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.47% 1.85% 1.32%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.89% 10.86% 7.37%
Number of salaries quoted 180 250 547
10th Percentile £33,000 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,938 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,250 £86,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +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 4,433 4,357 11,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.95% 17.01% 17.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,543 2,912 8,140
10th Percentile £34,100 £32,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,833
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,751 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +10.87% -8.00%

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 27 March 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 27 March 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 -23 95 £65,000 -5.06% 57
South East -138 64 £58,250 -22.33% 48
Yorkshire -34 43 £52,130 -12.73% 19
North West -22 41 £76,250 +10.02% 33
South West -46 30 £62,500 -3.85% 20
Midlands -38 25 £55,200 -15.08% 18
Scotland -32 23 £67,500 +8.00% 12
East of England -73 19 £45,000 -21.74% 14
West Midlands -17 16 £45,000 -30.77% 8
North East -26 11 £53,565 -22.76% 6
East Midlands -47 9 £60,100 -14.14% 10
Wales -49 6 £73,801 +13.54% 7
Northern Ireland -35 4 £73,801 +18.74%
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 16 (6.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (5.36%) OpenStack
3 10 (3.83%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.92%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.15%) Apache
6 2 (0.77%) CMS
6 2 (0.77%) Confluence
6 2 (0.77%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.77%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.38%) Camunda
7 1 (0.38%) WildFly
Applications
1 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.77%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 171 (65.52%) AWS
2 104 (39.85%) Azure
3 70 (26.82%) GCP
4 51 (19.54%) Serverless
5 45 (17.24%) Amazon ECS
6 37 (14.18%) AWS CloudFormation
7 31 (11.88%) GitHub
8 30 (11.49%) Amazon S3
9 28 (10.73%) Amazon EKS
10 26 (9.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 24 (9.20%) dbt
11 24 (9.20%) SaaS
12 22 (8.43%) Amazon SQS
12 22 (8.43%) AWS Lambda
13 21 (8.05%) Power Platform
14 20 (7.66%) Amazon ECR
14 20 (7.66%) Pulumi
15 19 (7.28%) AWS Step Functions
15 19 (7.28%) Microsoft 365
16 18 (6.90%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.20%) TCP/IP
2 8 (3.07%) DHCP
2 8 (3.07%) DNS
2 8 (3.07%) VPN
3 7 (2.68%) Internet
3 7 (2.68%) Network Security
4 6 (2.30%) Firewall
4 6 (2.30%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (1.92%) Broadband
6 3 (1.15%) iSCSI
6 3 (1.15%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (1.15%) SAN
6 3 (1.15%) VLAN
7 2 (0.77%) PBX
8 1 (0.38%) HTTP
8 1 (0.38%) LAN
8 1 (0.38%) LTE
8 1 (0.38%) MQTT
8 1 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (29.50%) SQL Server
2 60 (22.99%) MySQL
3 55 (21.07%) Relational Database
4 53 (20.31%) MongoDB
5 51 (19.54%) NoSQL
6 38 (14.56%) Redis
7 33 (12.64%) Elasticsearch
8 25 (9.58%) Amazon RDS
9 21 (8.05%) Power BI
10 18 (6.90%) DynamoDB
11 10 (3.83%) Oracle Database
12 9 (3.45%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (3.45%) Apache Cassandra
12 9 (3.45%) RDBMS
13 8 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (3.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (2.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (2.30%) BigQuery
16 5 (1.92%) TimescaleDB
17 4 (1.53%) Looker
Development Applications
1 84 (32.18%) Git
2 35 (13.41%) Jenkins
3 21 (8.05%) JUnit
4 14 (5.36%) JIRA
5 13 (4.98%) GitLab
6 11 (4.21%) Mockito
7 10 (3.83%) Cucumber
8 8 (3.07%) Selenium
9 7 (2.68%) Bitbucket
10 6 (2.30%) JMeter
11 3 (1.15%) Maven
12 2 (0.77%) Appium
12 2 (0.77%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.77%) DBeaver
12 2 (0.77%) Gradle
12 2 (0.77%) Katalon Studio
12 2 (0.77%) REST Assured
13 1 (0.38%) Postman
13 1 (0.38%) utPLSQL
13 1 (0.38%) WebDriver
General
1 89 (34.10%) Social Skills
2 29 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (10.73%) Public Sector
4 18 (6.90%) Finance
5 16 (6.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.45%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.07%) Advertising
8 8 (3.07%) Games
9 7 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.30%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.92%) Retail
12 4 (1.53%) Automotive
13 3 (1.15%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.15%) Marketing
14 2 (0.77%) Legal
14 2 (0.77%) Tech for Good
15 1 (0.38%) Electronics
15 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 87 (33.33%) Developer
2 58 (22.22%) Senior
3 42 (16.09%) Software Engineer
4 35 (13.41%) Full-Stack Developer
5 33 (12.64%) Java Developer
6 20 (7.66%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 17 (6.51%) Lead
8 15 (5.75%) Analyst
8 15 (5.75%) Platform Engineer
9 14 (5.36%) .NET Developer
9 14 (5.36%) IT Support
9 14 (5.36%) Senior Platform Engineer
10 13 (4.98%) DBA
10 13 (4.98%) Java Engineer
10 13 (4.98%) Python Engineer
11 12 (4.60%) Java Software Engineer
11 12 (4.60%) Senior Software Engineer
12 10 (3.83%) Data Analyst
12 10 (3.83%) Junior
13 9 (3.45%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (27.97%) React
2 54 (20.69%) Spring
2 54 (20.69%) Spring Boot
3 49 (18.77%) RESTful
4 44 (16.86%) REST
5 42 (16.09%) Django
6 32 (12.26%) Node.js
7 28 (10.73%) .NET
8 23 (8.81%) Vue
9 22 (8.43%) AngularJS
10 21 (8.05%) HTML
10 21 (8.05%) Web Services
11 20 (7.66%) Elastic Stack
12 18 (6.90%) .NET Core
13 17 (6.51%) JSON
13 17 (6.51%) Kafka
14 16 (6.13%) CSS
15 15 (5.75%) Flask
16 14 (5.36%) AWS CDK
16 14 (5.36%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 45 (17.24%) Cloud Native
2 33 (12.64%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (6.51%) Linux Command Line
4 16 (6.13%) Replication
5 14 (5.36%) Product Ownership
6 11 (4.21%) Onboarding
7 9 (3.45%) Data Structures
7 9 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (3.07%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.30%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.92%) Clustering
10 5 (1.92%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.92%) Video\Live Streaming
11 4 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.53%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (1.15%) CUDA
12 3 (1.15%) Mobile App
12 3 (1.15%) SCADA
12 3 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.15%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 59 (22.61%) Linux
2 26 (9.96%) Unix
3 16 (6.13%) Windows
4 13 (4.98%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.15%) CentOS
6 3 (1.15%) Debian
6 3 (1.15%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.77%) VMS
7 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (47.89%) CI/CD
2 102 (39.08%) DevOps
3 100 (38.31%) Agile
4 81 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
5 77 (29.50%) Microservices
6 72 (27.59%) Software Engineering
7 67 (25.67%) Full-Stack Development
7 67 (25.67%) Infrastructure as Code
8 56 (21.46%) Containerisation
9 55 (21.07%) TDD
10 46 (17.62%) Test Automation
11 40 (15.33%) Mentoring
12 35 (13.41%) AI
13 33 (12.64%) BDD
13 33 (12.64%) Observability
14 30 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
15 29 (11.11%) Data Modelling
16 27 (10.34%) Clean Code
16 27 (10.34%) Scrum
17 25 (9.58%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 114 (43.68%) Python
2 90 (34.48%) Java
3 87 (33.33%) SQL
4 56 (21.46%) JavaScript
5 36 (13.79%) TypeScript
6 23 (8.81%) Go
7 21 (8.05%) PowerShell
8 20 (7.66%) C#
9 16 (6.13%) C
10 11 (4.21%) PHP
10 11 (4.21%) T-SQL
11 10 (3.83%) Shell Script
12 8 (3.07%) C++
13 7 (2.68%) Delphi
14 6 (2.30%) Bash
15 2 (0.77%) R
16 1 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.38%) Korn
16 1 (0.38%) Perl
16 1 (0.38%) Rust
Qualifications
1 40 (15.33%) Security Cleared
2 31 (11.88%) Degree
3 30 (11.49%) SC Cleared
4 16 (6.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (4.21%) AWS Certification
5 11 (4.21%) AWS Certified Developer
6 10 (3.83%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.15%) RHCE
9 2 (0.77%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.77%) RHCSA
10 1 (0.38%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.43%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (3.83%) QA
4 5 (1.92%) GDPR
5 3 (1.15%) NCSC
6 2 (0.77%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.77%) SLA
System Software
1 106 (40.61%) Docker
2 22 (8.43%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.53%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 4 (1.53%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.77%) Samba
5 1 (0.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 85 (32.57%) Kubernetes
2 66 (25.29%) Terraform
3 23 (8.81%) Ansible
4 14 (5.36%) AWS Copilot
5 9 (3.45%) Grafana
6 8 (3.07%) Kibana
7 5 (1.92%) Nagios
7 5 (1.92%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.53%) Control-M
8 4 (1.53%) Data Guard
9 3 (1.15%) Rancher
10 2 (0.77%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.77%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.77%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.77%) Puppet
11 1 (0.38%) Podman
11 1 (0.38%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 43 (16.48%) Google
2 42 (16.09%) Oracle
3 20 (7.66%) Microsoft
4 10 (3.83%) Pega
5 7 (2.68%) Informatica
6 6 (2.30%) Splunk
7 5 (1.92%) Dynatrace
7 5 (1.92%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.92%) WSO2
8 4 (1.53%) VMware
9 3 (1.15%) Confluent
9 3 (1.15%) Dell
9 3 (1.15%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.15%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.77%) D-Link
10 2 (0.77%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.77%) RedGate
10 2 (0.77%) Talend
11 1 (0.38%) Meraki
11 1 (0.38%) SolarWinds