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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 265 198
Rank change year-on-year -62 -67 +26
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 297 332 970
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.45% 1.13% 1.40%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.95% 7.66% 8.36%
Number of salaries quoted 215 220 587
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,150 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,987 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,750 £87,500 £83,750
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 4,990 4,337 11,599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.52% 14.77% 16.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,990 2,847 8,117
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,000
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 £70,000 £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 18 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 18 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 -13 111 £67,500 -1.47% 41
South East -20 101 £57,500 -4.17% 38
Yorkshire -14 48 £60,000 - 10
North West -3 43 £69,310 -0.11% 24
South West -52 35 £62,500 -3.85% 19
Scotland -12 20 £66,250 +2.82% 6
North East -23 20 £65,000 -6.32% 7
East of England -37 18 £55,000 +30.18% 6
Midlands -48 14 £65,000 -3.70% 23
West Midlands -34 9 £69,310 +2.68% 8
East Midlands -36 5 £65,000 -7.14% 15
Wales -50 2 £59,401 -8.61% 4
Northern Ireland -43 1 £73,801 +34.18% 1
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 (8.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.71%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (4.38%) OpenStack
4 8 (2.69%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.68%) Confluence
6 4 (1.35%) Apache
7 2 (0.67%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.67%) WildFly
7 2 (0.67%) WordPress
8 1 (0.34%) Camunda
8 1 (0.34%) CMS
8 1 (0.34%) IIS
8 1 (0.34%) JBoss
8 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.67%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.67%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 184 (61.95%) AWS
2 119 (40.07%) Azure
3 60 (20.20%) Serverless
4 58 (19.53%) GCP
5 34 (11.45%) Amazon ECS
6 30 (10.10%) Azure DevOps
6 30 (10.10%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (10.10%) SaaS
7 29 (9.76%) GitHub
8 28 (9.43%) Amazon EKS
8 28 (9.43%) Amazon S3
9 24 (8.08%) Power Platform
10 20 (6.73%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (6.40%) Amazon SQS
11 19 (6.40%) Azure AKS
12 18 (6.06%) AWS CloudFormation
13 15 (5.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 15 (5.05%) AWS Step Functions
13 15 (5.05%) Azure Service Bus
14 13 (4.38%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.38%) Firewall
2 11 (3.70%) DHCP
2 11 (3.70%) DNS
3 10 (3.37%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.69%) iSCSI
4 8 (2.69%) Remote Desktop
4 8 (2.69%) SAN
5 7 (2.36%) Internet
5 7 (2.36%) Network Security
6 5 (1.68%) Broadband
6 5 (1.68%) VPN
7 3 (1.01%) VLAN
7 3 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.67%) MQTT
8 2 (0.67%) PBX
9 1 (0.34%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (0.34%) LAN
9 1 (0.34%) LTE
9 1 (0.34%) Multicast
9 1 (0.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (28.28%) MongoDB
2 83 (27.95%) SQL Server
3 81 (27.27%) MySQL
4 60 (20.20%) NoSQL
5 56 (18.86%) Relational Database
6 24 (8.08%) Power BI
7 17 (5.72%) DynamoDB
7 17 (5.72%) Redis
8 16 (5.39%) Elasticsearch
9 14 (4.71%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (3.37%) RDBMS
12 9 (3.03%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (3.03%) Apache Cassandra
12 9 (3.03%) Oracle Database
13 8 (2.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 5 (1.68%) BigQuery
16 4 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
16 4 (1.35%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 95 (31.99%) Git
2 23 (7.74%) Jenkins
3 21 (7.07%) GitLab
4 15 (5.05%) JIRA
4 15 (5.05%) JUnit
5 12 (4.04%) Mockito
6 8 (2.69%) JMeter
7 7 (2.36%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.35%) Maven
9 3 (1.01%) Selenium
10 2 (0.67%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.67%) DBeaver
10 2 (0.67%) Gradle
10 2 (0.67%) MSTest
11 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.34%) ERwin
11 1 (0.34%) jMock
11 1 (0.34%) PHPUnit
11 1 (0.34%) Subversion
11 1 (0.34%) Toad
General
1 93 (31.31%) Social Skills
2 52 (17.51%) Public Sector
3 30 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (6.40%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (6.06%) Finance
7 15 (5.05%) Manufacturing
8 12 (4.04%) Advertising
9 11 (3.70%) Retail
10 10 (3.37%) Aerospace
11 8 (2.69%) Games
12 7 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (2.02%) Automotive
14 3 (1.01%) Aviation
14 3 (1.01%) Health Technology
14 3 (1.01%) Legal
14 3 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.01%) Tech for Good
15 2 (0.67%) Banking
15 2 (0.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 88 (29.63%) Developer
2 63 (21.21%) Senior
3 49 (16.50%) Software Engineer
4 37 (12.46%) Full-Stack Developer
5 28 (9.43%) Java Developer
6 26 (8.75%) Lead
7 18 (6.06%) Python Engineer
8 17 (5.72%) DevOps Engineer
9 16 (5.39%) Java Engineer
10 15 (5.05%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 14 (4.71%) .NET Developer
11 14 (4.71%) IT Support
11 14 (4.71%) Senior DevOps
11 14 (4.71%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 13 (4.38%) DBA
12 13 (4.38%) Lead Software Engineer
13 12 (4.04%) Analyst
13 12 (4.04%) Data Engineer
13 12 (4.04%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 12 (4.04%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (26.94%) React
2 69 (23.23%) Node.js
3 58 (19.53%) RESTful
4 51 (17.17%) REST
5 43 (14.48%) Spring
6 41 (13.80%) Spring Boot
7 38 (12.79%) .NET
8 27 (9.09%) HTML
9 25 (8.42%) CSS
10 24 (8.08%) AngularJS
11 22 (7.41%) Django
11 22 (7.41%) Vue
12 20 (6.73%) JSON
12 20 (6.73%) Web Services
13 17 (5.72%) .NET Core
13 17 (5.72%) Kafka
14 16 (5.39%) jQuery
15 15 (5.05%) Hibernate
15 15 (5.05%) XML
16 14 (4.71%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 57 (19.19%) Cloud Native
2 25 (8.42%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.38%) Management Information System
4 12 (4.04%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.04%) Product Ownership
4 12 (4.04%) Replication
5 10 (3.37%) Algorithms
6 9 (3.03%) Data Structures
6 9 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.36%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (2.36%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.68%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.68%) Robotics
8 5 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.68%) Video\Live Streaming
9 4 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.35%) CUDA
9 4 (1.35%) IoT
9 4 (1.35%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 69 (23.23%) Linux
2 33 (11.11%) Windows
3 23 (7.74%) Unix
4 18 (6.06%) Windows Server
5 10 (3.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.02%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (2.02%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.01%) CentOS
8 1 (0.34%) AIX
8 1 (0.34%) Debian
8 1 (0.34%) Solaris
8 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (47.81%) CI/CD
2 132 (44.44%) Agile
3 92 (30.98%) DevOps
4 89 (29.97%) Microservices
5 82 (27.61%) Software Engineering
6 78 (26.26%) Full-Stack Development
7 67 (22.56%) Problem-Solving
8 61 (20.54%) Mentoring
9 57 (19.19%) Infrastructure as Code
9 57 (19.19%) TDD
10 56 (18.86%) Test Automation
11 50 (16.84%) Containerisation
11 50 (16.84%) Scrum
12 43 (14.48%) AI
13 42 (14.14%) Continuous Improvement
14 36 (12.12%) Analytics
14 36 (12.12%) Data Modelling
15 34 (11.45%) Computer Science
16 33 (11.11%) Coaching
17 25 (8.42%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 117 (39.39%) Python
2 107 (36.03%) SQL
3 100 (33.67%) Java
4 67 (22.56%) JavaScript
5 47 (15.82%) TypeScript
6 30 (10.10%) C#
7 24 (8.08%) PowerShell
8 18 (6.06%) Go
9 17 (5.72%) Bash
10 14 (4.71%) C
11 13 (4.38%) PHP
12 12 (4.04%) Shell Script
13 9 (3.03%) C++
13 9 (3.03%) T-SQL
14 6 (2.02%) Korn
15 4 (1.35%) Scala
16 2 (0.67%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.67%) R
17 1 (0.34%) Delphi
17 1 (0.34%) Perl
Qualifications
1 47 (15.82%) Degree
2 28 (9.43%) Security Cleared
3 22 (7.41%) SC Cleared
4 19 (6.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (4.04%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.69%) AWS Certification
6 8 (2.69%) Azure Certification
6 8 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.36%) AWS Certified Developer
8 6 (2.02%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.01%) RHCE
11 2 (0.67%) PhD
11 2 (0.67%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.76%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.04%) GDPR
2 12 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.70%) QA
4 8 (2.69%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.01%) NCSC
6 2 (0.67%) SLA
6 2 (0.67%) WCAG
7 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.34%) Good Clinical Practice
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 98 (33.00%) Docker
2 30 (10.10%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.03%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (1.35%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.67%) Samba
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.34%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 90 (30.30%) Kubernetes
2 62 (20.88%) Terraform
3 24 (8.08%) Ansible
4 16 (5.39%) Argo
5 9 (3.03%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.69%) Grafana
6 8 (2.69%) Kibana
7 6 (2.02%) Progress Chef
7 6 (2.02%) Puppet
8 4 (1.35%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (1.35%) Control-M
8 4 (1.35%) Data Guard
8 4 (1.35%) Nagios
8 4 (1.35%) Rancher
9 3 (1.01%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (1.01%) Plesk
10 2 (0.67%) Istio
10 2 (0.67%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.67%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.34%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 45 (15.15%) Oracle
2 36 (12.12%) Microsoft
3 25 (8.42%) Google
4 13 (4.38%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.69%) Dell
5 8 (2.69%) Dynatrace
6 7 (2.36%) Pega
6 7 (2.36%) Splunk
7 5 (1.68%) Informatica
8 4 (1.35%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.35%) VMware
9 3 (1.01%) Confluent
9 3 (1.01%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.67%) Databricks
10 2 (0.67%) D-Link
10 2 (0.67%) Meraki
10 2 (0.67%) WSO2
11 1 (0.34%) Juniper
11 1 (0.34%) Siemens
11 1 (0.34%) SolarWinds