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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 284 163
Rank change year-on-year -45 -121 +57
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 388 302 831
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.47% 0.87% 1.49%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.86% 7.20% 11.46%
Number of salaries quoted 304 182 369
10th Percentile £40,935 £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £44,063 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,148 £78,750 £78,750
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 5,653 4,197 7,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.87% 12.15% 13.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,960 2,601 3,950
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £52,837
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +2.20% -3.93%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -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 9 September 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 September 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 -5 123 £65,000 - 79
North of England -20 121 £65,000 -3.70% 74
North West -2 57 £65,000 -3.70% 45
South West -52 51 £65,000 +30.00% 58
North East -34 39 £65,000 +26.83% 9
Midlands -55 33 £75,000 +7.14% 34
East of England -35 29 £52,500 +72.13% 24
Yorkshire -45 25 £69,310 -0.99% 21
West Midlands -40 24 £83,774 +15.55% 25
Wales -50 23 £65,000 -16.13% 10
Scotland -1 18 £65,000 -3.70% 32
East Midlands -33 9 £60,000 +9.09% 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 13 (3.35%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (2.58%) Apache
2 10 (2.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.32%) Confluence
4 7 (1.80%) OpenStack
5 6 (1.55%) SharePoint
6 5 (1.29%) WordPress
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.26%) CMS
7 1 (0.26%) Documentum
7 1 (0.26%) IIS
7 1 (0.26%) JBoss
7 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.26%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.26%) WildFly
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Shopify
2 1 (0.26%) Finacle
2 1 (0.26%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.26%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 210 (54.12%) AWS
2 158 (40.72%) Azure
3 67 (17.27%) GCP
4 60 (15.46%) GitHub
5 40 (10.31%) Serverless
6 37 (9.54%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (6.70%) Amazon ECS
8 25 (6.44%) SaaS
9 22 (5.67%) Azure AKS
9 22 (5.67%) GitHub Actions
10 19 (4.90%) Amazon EKS
11 18 (4.64%) Azure Service Bus
12 17 (4.38%) AWS CloudFormation
13 16 (4.12%) GitHub Copilot
14 15 (3.87%) Amazon EC2
14 15 (3.87%) Azure Monitor
15 14 (3.61%) Amazon S3
15 14 (3.61%) Azure Functions
16 13 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
16 13 (3.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.58%) Firewall
2 8 (2.06%) DNS
3 6 (1.55%) Broadband
4 5 (1.29%) DHCP
4 5 (1.29%) HTTP
4 5 (1.29%) iSCSI
4 5 (1.29%) Remote Desktop
4 5 (1.29%) SAN
4 5 (1.29%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.52%) 4G
5 2 (0.52%) 5G
5 2 (0.52%) MQTT
5 2 (0.52%) SSH
5 2 (0.52%) VLAN
5 2 (0.52%) VPN
6 1 (0.26%) Internet
6 1 (0.26%) LAN
6 1 (0.26%) Multicast
6 1 (0.26%) SMS
6 1 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (30.15%) MySQL
2 102 (26.29%) MongoDB
3 84 (21.65%) Relational Database
4 83 (21.39%) SQL Server
5 56 (14.43%) NoSQL
6 32 (8.25%) Redis
7 20 (5.15%) Elasticsearch
8 16 (4.12%) Amazon RDS
9 14 (3.61%) DynamoDB
10 10 (2.58%) Power BI
11 9 (2.32%) Oracle Database
12 8 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (2.06%) GIS
12 8 (2.06%) RDBMS
13 7 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (1.55%) Apache Cassandra
14 6 (1.55%) Pinecone
15 5 (1.29%) MariaDB
15 5 (1.29%) Metadata
15 5 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 120 (30.93%) Git
2 35 (9.02%) GitLab
3 32 (8.25%) Jenkins
4 18 (4.64%) JIRA
5 17 (4.38%) JUnit
6 11 (2.84%) Mockito
7 10 (2.58%) JMeter
8 9 (2.32%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.80%) Selenium
10 5 (1.29%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.29%) Eclipse
10 5 (1.29%) Mocha
10 5 (1.29%) RSpec
10 5 (1.29%) Storybook
11 4 (1.03%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (1.03%) Maven
11 4 (1.03%) minitest
12 3 (0.77%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.77%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 91 (23.45%) Social Skills
2 78 (20.10%) Public Sector
3 44 (11.34%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (7.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (5.15%) Finance
6 17 (4.38%) Law
7 15 (3.87%) Manufacturing
8 13 (3.35%) Banking
8 13 (3.35%) Legal
8 13 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (3.09%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.32%) Advertising
11 8 (2.06%) Automotive
11 8 (2.06%) Aviation
11 8 (2.06%) Games
12 7 (1.80%) Retail
13 6 (1.55%) Tech for Good
13 6 (1.55%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (1.03%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 125 (32.22%) Developer
2 107 (27.58%) Senior
3 85 (21.91%) Software Engineer
4 48 (12.37%) Lead
5 40 (10.31%) Full-Stack Developer
6 33 (8.51%) Python Engineer
7 31 (7.99%) DevOps Engineer
8 30 (7.73%) Java Developer
8 30 (7.73%) Software Developer
9 29 (7.47%) Senior Developer
10 25 (6.44%) Lead Software Engineer
11 23 (5.93%) Senior Software Engineer
12 22 (5.67%) Data Engineer
12 22 (5.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 21 (5.41%) Python Developer
14 20 (5.15%) DBA
15 17 (4.38%) Architect
16 15 (3.87%) Senior DevOps
16 15 (3.87%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 14 (3.61%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (26.29%) React
2 87 (22.42%) Terraform
3 78 (20.10%) Node.js
4 67 (17.27%) REST
5 64 (16.49%) RESTful
6 54 (13.92%) CSS
7 51 (13.14%) Spring
8 50 (12.89%) .NET
8 50 (12.89%) Spring Boot
9 47 (12.11%) Kafka
10 46 (11.86%) HTML
11 31 (7.99%) AngularJS
12 29 (7.47%) Next.js
13 28 (7.22%) Hibernate
13 28 (7.22%) Vue
14 27 (6.96%) RabbitMQ
15 24 (6.19%) Flask
16 21 (5.41%) Django
16 21 (5.41%) JPA
17 20 (5.15%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 84 (21.65%) Cloud Native
2 50 (12.89%) Distributed Systems
3 31 (7.99%) Product Ownership
4 22 (5.67%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (3.87%) AI Agents
7 14 (3.61%) Algorithms
8 12 (3.09%) Renewable Energy
9 11 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
9 11 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (2.84%) Robotics
9 11 (2.84%) Virtual Team
10 10 (2.58%) Data Structures
11 9 (2.32%) Replication
12 8 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (2.06%) IoT
12 8 (2.06%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.55%) Distributed Computing
13 6 (1.55%) Low-Code
13 6 (1.55%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 88 (22.68%) Linux
2 33 (8.51%) Windows
3 15 (3.87%) Unix
4 14 (3.61%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.26%) AIX
7 1 (0.26%) CentOS
7 1 (0.26%) Debian
7 1 (0.26%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (53.09%) CI/CD
2 167 (43.04%) Agile
3 151 (38.92%) Software Engineering
4 138 (35.57%) DevOps
5 109 (28.09%) Microservices
6 108 (27.84%) Full-Stack Development
7 97 (25.00%) Mentoring
8 93 (23.97%) Infrastructure as Code
9 92 (23.71%) Problem-Solving
10 83 (21.39%) AI
11 68 (17.53%) Continuous Improvement
12 63 (16.24%) Containerisation
13 61 (15.72%) Test Automation
14 58 (14.95%) Scrum
15 55 (14.18%) Observability
16 49 (12.63%) Decision-Making
17 47 (12.11%) Data Modelling
18 45 (11.60%) TDD
19 44 (11.34%) Analytics
20 41 (10.57%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 144 (37.11%) Python
2 124 (31.96%) SQL
3 100 (25.77%) Java
4 95 (24.48%) JavaScript
5 75 (19.33%) TypeScript
6 54 (13.92%) C#
7 26 (6.70%) Bash
8 25 (6.44%) Go
9 22 (5.67%) PowerShell
10 13 (3.35%) Ruby
11 12 (3.09%) PHP
12 11 (2.84%) C++
12 11 (2.84%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.55%) Scala
14 5 (1.29%) Korn
15 3 (0.77%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.77%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.52%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.26%) COBOL
17 1 (0.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 67 (17.27%) Degree
2 62 (15.98%) Security Cleared
3 50 (12.89%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 24 (6.19%) Master's Degree
5 21 (5.41%) DV Cleared
6 19 (4.90%) Azure Certification
7 9 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (2.06%) PhD
9 7 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.03%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.52%) CISSP
11 2 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.52%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.52%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.26%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.25%) QA
2 26 (6.70%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.09%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.84%) GDPR
5 10 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.03%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
7 2 (0.52%) NCSC
7 2 (0.52%) WCAG
8 1 (0.26%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 122 (31.44%) Docker
2 13 (3.35%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.55%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.77%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 119 (30.67%) Kubernetes
2 31 (7.99%) Ansible
2 31 (7.99%) Grafana
3 27 (6.96%) Prometheus
4 23 (5.93%) Argo
5 10 (2.58%) Kibana
6 6 (1.55%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.55%) Puppet
7 5 (1.29%) Kustomize
8 4 (1.03%) Istio
9 3 (0.77%) Data Guard
9 3 (0.77%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.77%) Plesk
9 3 (0.77%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.77%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.52%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.52%) Rancher
11 1 (0.26%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.26%) Oracle Flashback
11 1 (0.26%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 45 (11.60%) Microsoft
2 40 (10.31%) Oracle
3 20 (5.15%) Google
3 20 (5.15%) Splunk
4 12 (3.09%) Red Hat
5 11 (2.84%) Dynatrace
6 10 (2.58%) Databricks
7 7 (1.80%) OpenAI
7 7 (1.80%) Pega
8 5 (1.29%) Dell
8 5 (1.29%) Meraki
9 4 (1.03%) IBM
9 4 (1.03%) Informatica
9 4 (1.03%) TIBCO
10 3 (0.77%) VMware
11 2 (0.52%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.52%) Mistral
11 2 (0.52%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.52%) UiPath
11 2 (0.52%) WSO2