Postman Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Postman
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Postman skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 494 434 576
Rank change year-on-year -60 +142 -104
Permanent jobs citing Postman 79 78 158
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.27% 0.23%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.26% 2.81% 2.44%
Number of salaries quoted 62 68 145
10th Percentile £32,525 £33,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £34,688 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £61,875 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £79,875 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -4.00%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

Postman falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,422 2,773 6,466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.70% 9.62% 9.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,672 1,825 4,602
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,950 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

Postman
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Postman relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Postman job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Postman
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Postman.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Postman

Postman
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Postman in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Postman in the UK excluding London

Postman
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 Postman within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
South East +6 33 £49,250 +15.88% 14
North of England -48 23 £50,000 -2.73% 11
North West -8 13 £51,250 +2.50% 10
West Midlands -20 9 £42,500 -17.07% 7
Midlands -49 9 £42,500 -5.56% 9
South West -51 8 £35,000 -54.84% 9
Yorkshire -47 6 £50,000 -16.39%
Scotland -4 4 £58,750 -20.34%
North East -44 4 £47,500 -5.00% 1
East of England -13 1 £62,500 +13.64% 1
Wales -31 1 £62,500 -
Postman
UK

Postman
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 4 (5.06%) Confluence
2 3 (3.80%) CMS
2 3 (3.80%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 28 (35.44%) Azure
2 20 (25.32%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (11.39%) AWS
3 9 (11.39%) SaaS
4 6 (7.59%) BrowserStack
5 4 (5.06%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (5.06%) GitHub
5 4 (5.06%) Serverless
6 3 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (3.80%) Tricentis Tosca
7 2 (2.53%) Figma
7 2 (2.53%) Miro
7 2 (2.53%) Sauce Labs
8 1 (1.27%) Boomi
8 1 (1.27%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.27%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.27%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.27%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.06%) HTTP
2 2 (2.53%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.80%) Relational Database
1 3 (3.80%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.53%) CockroachDB
3 1 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.27%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.27%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 39 (49.37%) JIRA
2 37 (46.84%) Selenium
3 30 (37.97%) SoapUI
4 22 (27.85%) Team Foundation Server
5 18 (22.78%) REST Assured
6 16 (20.25%) Cypress.io
6 16 (20.25%) WebDriver
7 13 (16.46%) JMeter
8 11 (13.92%) Jenkins
9 10 (12.66%) Cucumber
10 9 (11.39%) GitLab
11 7 (8.86%) Git
12 6 (7.59%) Appium
13 5 (6.33%) Gatling
13 5 (6.33%) JUnit
13 5 (6.33%) LoadRunner
13 5 (6.33%) SpecFlow
14 4 (5.06%) Burp Suite
14 4 (5.06%) SonarQube
15 3 (3.80%) TestRail
General
1 24 (30.38%) Social Skills
2 21 (26.58%) Finance
3 10 (12.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.06%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.53%) Retail
7 1 (1.27%) Advertising
7 1 (1.27%) Legal
7 1 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 19 (24.05%) Analyst
2 17 (21.52%) Lead
3 16 (20.25%) Test Analyst
4 10 (12.66%) QA Engineer
5 7 (8.86%) Head of Testing
5 7 (8.86%) Test Engineer
5 7 (8.86%) Tester
6 6 (7.59%) Automation Engineer
6 6 (7.59%) Senior
7 4 (5.06%) Head of Engineering
7 4 (5.06%) QA Automation Engineer
7 4 (5.06%) Software Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) Automation Tester
8 3 (3.80%) Developer
8 3 (3.80%) Lead Test Analyst
8 3 (3.80%) QA Tester
8 3 (3.80%) Quality Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (3.80%) Test Leader
9 2 (2.53%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (41.77%) .NET
2 25 (31.65%) HTML
2 25 (31.65%) SOAP
3 19 (24.05%) Playwright
4 9 (11.39%) REST
5 6 (7.59%) .NET Framework
6 5 (6.33%) AngularJS
7 4 (5.06%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (5.06%) pytest
8 3 (3.80%) CSS
8 3 (3.80%) Swagger
9 2 (2.53%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (2.53%) Gherkin
9 2 (2.53%) Razor View Engine
9 2 (2.53%) XML
10 1 (1.27%) ADO
10 1 (1.27%) JSON
10 1 (1.27%) Kafka
10 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (1.27%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.19%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.33%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (6.33%) Mobile App
3 3 (3.80%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.53%) Over-the-Top Content
5 1 (1.27%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.27%) Blockchain
5 1 (1.27%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.27%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.27%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.06%) Kali Linux
1 4 (5.06%) Linux
2 3 (3.80%) Android
2 3 (3.80%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (70.89%) Agile
2 49 (62.03%) API Testing
3 42 (53.16%) Test Automation
4 39 (49.37%) Software Testing
5 34 (43.04%) Test Management
6 32 (40.51%) CI/CD
6 32 (40.51%) Scrum
7 26 (32.91%) Non-Functional Testing
7 26 (32.91%) Test Scripting
8 25 (31.65%) DevOps
9 22 (27.85%) Cross-Browser Testing
10 18 (22.78%) Mentoring
11 16 (20.25%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (18.99%) Manual Testing
12 15 (18.99%) Test Strategy
13 13 (16.46%) Logistics
14 12 (15.19%) AI
14 12 (15.19%) BDD
15 10 (12.66%) Acceptance Criteria
16 9 (11.39%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 41 (51.90%) Java
2 36 (45.57%) SQL
3 35 (44.30%) C#
4 13 (16.46%) Python
5 11 (13.92%) JavaScript
6 3 (3.80%) PHP
6 3 (3.80%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.53%) C
7 2 (2.53%) Go
8 1 (1.27%) JCL
Qualifications
1 24 (30.38%) Degree
2 19 (24.05%) ISTQB
3 16 (20.25%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 4 (5.06%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.06%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 3 (3.80%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.27%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (37.97%) QA
2 5 (6.33%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.53%) GDPR
3 2 (2.53%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (7.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.06%) Grafana
1 4 (5.06%) HP Fortify
2 1 (1.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (12.66%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.86%) Salesforce
3 4 (5.06%) Veracode
4 3 (3.80%) Oracle
4 3 (3.80%) Splunk
5 2 (2.53%) Roku
6 1 (1.27%) AppDynamics
6 1 (1.27%) IFS