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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 244 204
Rank change year-on-year -71 -40 +22
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 287 338 955
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.44% 1.19% 1.39%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.78% 7.60% 8.22%
Number of salaries quoted 206 226 581
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,380 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,625 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +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 4,969 4,448 11,615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.58% 15.60% 16.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,901 2,937 8,141
10th Percentile £34,500 £32,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -32 106 £67,500 -0.19% 45
South East -36 93 £57,500 -8.00% 52
North West -25 45 £70,905 +2.19% 21
Yorkshire -26 45 £52,130 -12.93% 11
South West -39 37 £62,500 -3.85% 17
Scotland -24 20 £66,250 -0.18% 3
East of England -25 19 £47,500 -5.00% 7
North East -35 16 £55,000 -20.73% 13
Midlands -54 14 £65,000 -1.89% 19
East Midlands -26 7 £65,000 -7.14% 10
West Midlands -48 7 £67,500 +3.85% 9
Wales -52 2 £59,401 -8.61% 1
Northern Ireland -39 1 £73,801 +34.18%
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 (8.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (5.23%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (4.18%) OpenStack
4 8 (2.79%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.39%) Apache
5 4 (1.39%) Confluence
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.70%) WildFly
6 2 (0.70%) WordPress
7 1 (0.35%) Camunda
7 1 (0.35%) CMS
7 1 (0.35%) IIS
7 1 (0.35%) JBoss
7 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.70%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 174 (60.63%) AWS
2 109 (37.98%) Azure
3 59 (20.56%) GCP
4 56 (19.51%) Serverless
5 29 (10.10%) Amazon ECS
5 29 (10.10%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (10.10%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (10.10%) SaaS
6 28 (9.76%) Amazon S3
7 27 (9.41%) GitHub
8 24 (8.36%) Amazon EKS
8 24 (8.36%) Power Platform
9 21 (7.32%) AWS Lambda
10 19 (6.62%) Amazon SQS
10 19 (6.62%) AWS CloudFormation
11 18 (6.27%) Azure AKS
12 16 (5.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 16 (5.57%) AWS Step Functions
13 15 (5.23%) Azure Service Bus
14 12 (4.18%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.53%) Firewall
2 11 (3.83%) DHCP
2 11 (3.83%) DNS
3 9 (3.14%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.79%) iSCSI
4 8 (2.79%) Remote Desktop
4 8 (2.79%) SAN
5 7 (2.44%) Internet
5 7 (2.44%) Network Security
6 5 (1.74%) Broadband
6 5 (1.74%) VPN
7 3 (1.05%) VLAN
7 3 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.70%) MQTT
8 2 (0.70%) PBX
9 1 (0.35%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (0.35%) HTTP
9 1 (0.35%) LAN
9 1 (0.35%) LTE
9 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (29.62%) SQL Server
2 74 (25.78%) MongoDB
3 73 (25.44%) MySQL
4 53 (18.47%) NoSQL
4 53 (18.47%) Relational Database
5 24 (8.36%) Power BI
6 18 (6.27%) DynamoDB
6 18 (6.27%) Redis
7 16 (5.57%) Elasticsearch
8 13 (4.53%) Amazon RDS
9 11 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (3.14%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (3.14%) Apache Cassandra
10 9 (3.14%) Oracle Database
10 9 (3.14%) RDBMS
11 8 (2.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (2.09%) BigQuery
12 6 (2.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (1.39%) Data Lake
13 4 (1.39%) Looker
Development Applications
1 93 (32.40%) Git
2 21 (7.32%) GitLab
3 19 (6.62%) Jenkins
4 14 (4.88%) JIRA
5 12 (4.18%) JUnit
6 9 (3.14%) Mockito
7 7 (2.44%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.39%) JMeter
8 4 (1.39%) Maven
9 2 (0.70%) DBeaver
9 2 (0.70%) Gradle
9 2 (0.70%) MSTest
9 2 (0.70%) Selenium
10 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.35%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.35%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.35%) jMock
10 1 (0.35%) PHPUnit
10 1 (0.35%) Subversion
General
1 89 (31.01%) Social Skills
2 41 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 30 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (6.62%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (6.27%) Finance
7 13 (4.53%) Manufacturing
8 12 (4.18%) Advertising
9 11 (3.83%) Retail
10 9 (3.14%) Aerospace
11 8 (2.79%) Games
12 7 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.74%) Automotive
14 3 (1.05%) Health Technology
14 3 (1.05%) Legal
14 3 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.05%) Tech for Good
15 2 (0.70%) Aviation
15 2 (0.70%) Banking
15 2 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 87 (30.31%) Developer
2 64 (22.30%) Senior
3 39 (13.59%) Software Engineer
4 35 (12.20%) Full-Stack Developer
5 25 (8.71%) Java Developer
6 21 (7.32%) Lead
7 16 (5.57%) DevOps Engineer
7 16 (5.57%) Python Engineer
8 15 (5.23%) Java Engineer
9 14 (4.88%) .NET Developer
9 14 (4.88%) IT Support
9 14 (4.88%) Senior DevOps
9 14 (4.88%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 13 (4.53%) Analyst
10 13 (4.53%) DBA
11 12 (4.18%) Data Engineer
11 12 (4.18%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 11 (3.83%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 11 (3.83%) Java Software Engineer
12 11 (3.83%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (27.87%) React
2 57 (19.86%) Node.js
3 50 (17.42%) RESTful
4 47 (16.38%) REST
5 39 (13.59%) Spring
6 37 (12.89%) .NET
6 37 (12.89%) Spring Boot
7 24 (8.36%) AngularJS
8 23 (8.01%) HTML
9 22 (7.67%) CSS
9 22 (7.67%) Django
10 21 (7.32%) Vue
11 18 (6.27%) .NET Core
11 18 (6.27%) JSON
11 18 (6.27%) Web Services
12 16 (5.57%) Kafka
13 14 (4.88%) FastAPI
13 14 (4.88%) XML
14 13 (4.53%) Flask
15 12 (4.18%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 55 (19.16%) Cloud Native
2 25 (8.71%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.53%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.53%) Product Ownership
4 12 (4.18%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.18%) Replication
5 9 (3.14%) Algorithms
5 9 (3.14%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.44%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (2.09%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.74%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.74%) Video\Live Streaming
9 4 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.39%) CUDA
9 4 (1.39%) IoT
9 4 (1.39%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.39%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 67 (23.34%) Linux
2 33 (11.50%) Windows
3 24 (8.36%) Unix
4 18 (6.27%) Windows Server
5 10 (3.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.09%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (2.09%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (2.09%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.05%) CentOS
8 1 (0.35%) AIX
8 1 (0.35%) Debian
8 1 (0.35%) Solaris
8 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (48.08%) CI/CD
2 120 (41.81%) Agile
3 89 (31.01%) DevOps
4 77 (26.83%) Microservices
5 73 (25.44%) Full-Stack Development
6 71 (24.74%) Software Engineering
7 69 (24.04%) Problem-Solving
8 56 (19.51%) Test Automation
9 55 (19.16%) Infrastructure as Code
10 53 (18.47%) Mentoring
11 48 (16.72%) TDD
12 47 (16.38%) Containerisation
13 46 (16.03%) Scrum
14 42 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
15 41 (14.29%) AI
16 36 (12.54%) Data Modelling
17 35 (12.20%) Analytics
18 33 (11.50%) Computer Science
19 24 (8.36%) Business Intelligence
19 24 (8.36%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 111 (38.68%) Python
2 101 (35.19%) SQL
3 88 (30.66%) Java
4 53 (18.47%) JavaScript
5 48 (16.72%) TypeScript
6 28 (9.76%) C#
7 23 (8.01%) Go
7 23 (8.01%) PowerShell
8 16 (5.57%) Bash
9 15 (5.23%) C
10 14 (4.88%) PHP
11 9 (3.14%) Shell Script
11 9 (3.14%) T-SQL
12 8 (2.79%) C++
13 6 (2.09%) Korn
14 4 (1.39%) Scala
15 2 (0.70%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.70%) R
16 1 (0.35%) Delphi
16 1 (0.35%) Perl
Qualifications
1 45 (15.68%) Degree
2 24 (8.36%) Security Cleared
3 18 (6.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (6.27%) SC Cleared
4 11 (3.83%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.14%) AWS Certification
6 8 (2.79%) AWS Certified Developer
6 8 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (2.44%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.74%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.05%) RHCE
11 2 (0.70%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.10%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (4.18%) QA
3 11 (3.83%) GDPR
4 7 (2.44%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.05%) NCSC
6 2 (0.70%) SLA
6 2 (0.70%) WCAG
7 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.35%) Good Clinical Practice
7 1 (0.35%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 92 (32.06%) Docker
2 30 (10.45%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.14%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (1.39%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.70%) Samba
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.35%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 87 (30.31%) Kubernetes
2 62 (21.60%) Terraform
3 24 (8.36%) Ansible
4 16 (5.57%) Argo
5 9 (3.14%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.79%) Grafana
7 6 (2.09%) Progress Chef
7 6 (2.09%) Puppet
8 5 (1.74%) Kibana
9 4 (1.39%) AWS Copilot
9 4 (1.39%) Control-M
9 4 (1.39%) Data Guard
9 4 (1.39%) Nagios
9 4 (1.39%) Rancher
10 3 (1.05%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (1.05%) Plesk
11 2 (0.70%) Istio
11 2 (0.70%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.35%) Podman
Vendors
1 45 (15.68%) Oracle
2 33 (11.50%) Microsoft
3 26 (9.06%) Google
4 13 (4.53%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.79%) Dell
6 7 (2.44%) Pega
7 5 (1.74%) Dynatrace
7 5 (1.74%) Informatica
8 4 (1.39%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.39%) Splunk
8 4 (1.39%) VMware
9 3 (1.05%) Confluent
9 3 (1.05%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.70%) Databricks
10 2 (0.70%) D-Link
10 2 (0.70%) Meraki
10 2 (0.70%) WSO2
11 1 (0.35%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.35%) Siemens
11 1 (0.35%) SolarWinds