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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 255 187
Rank change year-on-year -52 -68 +57
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 373 362 929
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.51% 1.07% 1.39%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.72% 8.00% 9.81%
Number of salaries quoted 304 236 513
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,629 £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 5,548 4,524 9,471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.63% 13.36% 14.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,785 2,861 6,242
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £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 £65,603
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.23% +1.25% -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 23 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 23 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
South East -7 123 £59,500 +8.18% 43
North of England -14 121 £65,000 -3.70% 46
North West -14 51 £65,000 -3.70% 26
South West -41 48 £62,500 +4.17% 19
North East -27 37 £55,000 +4.76% 6
Yorkshire -26 33 £65,000 -3.70% 14
East of England -12 28 £52,500 +66.67% 8
Midlands -45 25 £75,000 +11.01% 18
West Midlands -41 19 £80,000 +18.30% 9
Scotland +1 16 £65,000 -3.70% 15
Wales -49 16 £70,000 -9.68% 2
East Midlands -31 6 £60,000 +9.09% 9
Northern Ireland -74 1 £73,801 +34.18% 8
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 23 (6.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (2.68%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (2.41%) Confluence
3 9 (2.41%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.34%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.34%) WordPress
5 4 (1.07%) 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 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.54%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 212 (56.84%) AWS
2 162 (43.43%) Azure
3 76 (20.38%) GCP
4 44 (11.80%) GitHub
5 41 (10.99%) Serverless
6 32 (8.58%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (8.04%) Amazon ECS
8 29 (7.77%) SaaS
9 26 (6.97%) Microsoft 365
10 24 (6.43%) Power Platform
11 21 (5.63%) Amazon EKS
12 20 (5.36%) Azure AKS
13 17 (4.56%) GitHub Actions
14 16 (4.29%) Azure Service Bus
15 15 (4.02%) Azure Monitor
16 13 (3.49%) Amazon EC2
16 13 (3.49%) Amazon S3
16 13 (3.49%) AWS CloudFormation
17 12 (3.22%) Azure Functions
18 10 (2.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.49%) Firewall
2 8 (2.14%) DHCP
2 8 (2.14%) DNS
2 8 (2.14%) iSCSI
2 8 (2.14%) Remote Desktop
2 8 (2.14%) SAN
3 7 (1.88%) Broadband
3 7 (1.88%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.07%) Network Security
4 4 (1.07%) VPN
5 2 (0.54%) MQTT
5 2 (0.54%) PBX
5 2 (0.54%) 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
1 121 (32.44%) MySQL
2 112 (30.03%) MongoDB
3 77 (20.64%) SQL Server
4 70 (18.77%) NoSQL
5 69 (18.50%) Relational Database
6 34 (9.12%) Redis
7 23 (6.17%) Power BI
8 18 (4.83%) Elasticsearch
9 17 (4.56%) Amazon RDS
10 12 (3.22%) Apache Cassandra
11 11 (2.95%) RDBMS
12 9 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (2.14%) Oracle Database
14 7 (1.88%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (1.88%) DynamoDB
14 7 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 6 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (1.61%) GIS
15 6 (1.61%) Pinecone
16 5 (1.34%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 100 (26.81%) Git
2 30 (8.04%) GitLab
3 27 (7.24%) Jenkins
4 21 (5.63%) JIRA
5 17 (4.56%) JUnit
6 12 (3.22%) Mockito
7 10 (2.68%) JMeter
8 9 (2.41%) Bitbucket
9 5 (1.34%) RSpec
9 5 (1.34%) Selenium
10 4 (1.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (1.07%) Cucumber
10 4 (1.07%) Eclipse
10 4 (1.07%) Maven
10 4 (1.07%) minitest
11 3 (0.80%) Claude Code
11 3 (0.80%) Mocha
11 3 (0.80%) Storybook
12 2 (0.54%) MSTest
12 2 (0.54%) TeamCity
General
1 92 (24.66%) Social Skills
2 73 (19.57%) Public Sector
3 38 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (6.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (6.43%) Finance
6 19 (5.09%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (4.02%) Manufacturing
8 14 (3.75%) Advertising
9 11 (2.95%) Legal
10 10 (2.68%) Games
11 9 (2.41%) Aerospace
12 8 (2.14%) Automotive
12 8 (2.14%) Retail
13 7 (1.88%) Banking
14 6 (1.61%) Aviation
14 6 (1.61%) Law
14 6 (1.61%) Tech for Good
15 4 (1.07%) Health Technology
15 4 (1.07%) Legal Technology
15 4 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 108 (28.95%) Developer
2 90 (24.13%) Senior
3 75 (20.11%) Software Engineer
4 46 (12.33%) Lead
5 40 (10.72%) Full-Stack Developer
6 30 (8.04%) DevOps Engineer
7 27 (7.24%) Python Engineer
8 26 (6.97%) Java Developer
9 24 (6.43%) Software Developer
10 22 (5.90%) Lead Software Engineer
11 20 (5.36%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 18 (4.83%) Data Engineer
12 18 (4.83%) Java Engineer
12 18 (4.83%) Python Developer
13 16 (4.29%) Architect
13 16 (4.29%) Senior Developer
13 16 (4.29%) Senior Software Engineer
14 15 (4.02%) DBA
14 15 (4.02%) Senior DevOps
14 15 (4.02%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (23.86%) React
2 75 (20.11%) Node.js
3 67 (17.96%) RESTful
4 58 (15.55%) REST
5 48 (12.87%) Spring
6 46 (12.33%) Spring Boot
7 42 (11.26%) CSS
8 39 (10.46%) HTML
9 36 (9.65%) Kafka
10 31 (8.31%) .NET
11 29 (7.77%) Vue
12 26 (6.97%) Django
12 26 (6.97%) Next.js
13 25 (6.70%) AngularJS
14 22 (5.90%) Hibernate
15 21 (5.63%) FastAPI
15 21 (5.63%) Flask
16 18 (4.83%) JSON
16 18 (4.83%) RabbitMQ
17 17 (4.56%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 77 (20.64%) Cloud Native
2 43 (11.53%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (6.43%) Product Ownership
4 16 (4.29%) Algorithms
5 14 (3.75%) AI Agents
6 13 (3.49%) Data Structures
6 13 (3.49%) Onboarding
7 12 (3.22%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (3.22%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (3.22%) Management Information System
7 12 (3.22%) Replication
8 11 (2.95%) Renewable Energy
8 11 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.41%) Robotics
10 8 (2.14%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.88%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.88%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.88%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 87 (23.32%) Linux
2 34 (9.12%) Windows
3 19 (5.09%) Unix
4 15 (4.02%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.61%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.80%) CentOS
8 1 (0.27%) AIX
8 1 (0.27%) Debian
8 1 (0.27%) Solaris
8 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (50.40%) CI/CD
2 156 (41.82%) Agile
3 127 (34.05%) Software Engineering
4 124 (33.24%) DevOps
5 110 (29.49%) Microservices
6 100 (26.81%) Full-Stack Development
7 90 (24.13%) Mentoring
8 84 (22.52%) Problem-Solving
9 76 (20.38%) Infrastructure as Code
10 73 (19.57%) AI
11 69 (18.50%) Test Automation
12 68 (18.23%) Containerisation
13 60 (16.09%) Continuous Improvement
13 60 (16.09%) TDD
14 51 (13.67%) Observability
15 48 (12.87%) Analytics
15 48 (12.87%) Scrum
16 44 (11.80%) Data Modelling
17 42 (11.26%) Coaching
18 38 (10.19%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 144 (38.61%) Python
2 129 (34.58%) SQL
3 111 (29.76%) Java
4 88 (23.59%) JavaScript
5 66 (17.69%) TypeScript
6 36 (9.65%) C#
7 32 (8.58%) PowerShell
8 29 (7.77%) Bash
9 19 (5.09%) Go
10 13 (3.49%) Ruby
11 12 (3.22%) C++
11 12 (3.22%) PHP
12 9 (2.41%) Shell Script
12 9 (2.41%) T-SQL
13 7 (1.88%) Scala
14 6 (1.61%) Korn
15 3 (0.80%) C
15 3 (0.80%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.80%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.27%) Rust
Qualifications
1 57 (15.28%) Degree
2 52 (13.94%) Security Cleared
3 40 (10.72%) SC Cleared
4 23 (6.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (4.56%) DV Cleared
6 14 (3.75%) Azure Certification
7 10 (2.68%) Master's Degree
8 9 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.61%) PhD
11 4 (1.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.80%) RHCE
13 2 (0.54%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.54%) CISSP
13 2 (0.54%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.54%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.54%) RHCSA
14 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.51%) Data Quality
2 22 (5.90%) QA
3 14 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.95%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.95%) GDPR
5 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.54%) Good Clinical Practice
5 2 (0.54%) NCSC
5 2 (0.54%) SLA
5 2 (0.54%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.54%) WCAG
6 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.27%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 121 (32.44%) Docker
2 26 (6.97%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.80%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.54%) Samba
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 112 (30.03%) Kubernetes
2 79 (21.18%) Terraform
3 25 (6.70%) Ansible
4 22 (5.90%) Argo
5 21 (5.63%) Grafana
6 18 (4.83%) Prometheus
7 10 (2.68%) Kibana
8 6 (1.61%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.61%) Puppet
9 4 (1.07%) AWS Copilot
9 4 (1.07%) Kustomize
10 3 (0.80%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.80%) Istio
10 3 (0.80%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.80%) Plesk
10 3 (0.80%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.80%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.54%) Rancher
12 1 (0.27%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 46 (12.33%) Microsoft
2 42 (11.26%) Oracle
3 33 (8.85%) Google
4 14 (3.75%) Red Hat
4 14 (3.75%) Splunk
5 9 (2.41%) Dynatrace
6 8 (2.14%) Dell
7 7 (1.88%) Pega
8 6 (1.61%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.34%) Meraki
10 4 (1.07%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.80%) Confluent
11 3 (0.80%) Databricks
11 3 (0.80%) IBM
11 3 (0.80%) Informatica
11 3 (0.80%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.80%) TIBCO
11 3 (0.80%) VMware
12 2 (0.54%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.54%) UiPath