PostgreSQL (Postgres)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring PostgreSQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 223 165
Rank change year-on-year -66 -58 +17
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 595 656 1,653
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 1.53% 1.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.51% 9.30% 9.50%
Number of salaries quoted 428 484 1,194
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,920 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,125 £102,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £137,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -4.35%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,925 7,051 17,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.58% 16.43% 17.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,847 4,631 12,490
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

PostgreSQL
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PostgreSQL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

PostgreSQL job vacancy trend in the UK

PostgreSQL
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PostgreSQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PostgreSQL over the 6 months to 22 May 2026.

Salary histogram for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PostgreSQL within the UK over the 6 months to 22 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
England -68 501 £69,305 -7.59% 257
Work from Home +38 305 £67,490 -6.25% 142
UK excluding London -59 302 £62,500 -3.85% 126
London -102 198 £85,000 -8.11% 154
North of England -4 114 £67,500 -2.71% 42
South East -30 102 £57,500 +9.52% 35
Yorkshire -14 48 £60,000 -7.69% 6
North West -14 43 £69,310 -0.55% 29
South West -46 38 £62,500 -3.85% 12
North East -20 23 £65,000 +4.00% 7
Scotland -15 19 £66,250 +10.42% 3
East of England -35 18 £55,000 +48.65% 9
Midlands -57 13 £68,405 +1.25% 18
West Midlands -40 10 £74,655 +10.60% 6
East Midlands -42 3 £65,000 -7.14% 12
Wales -55 2 £59,401 -12.16% 3
Northern Ireland -42 1 £73,801 +34.18% 7

PostgreSQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 28 (4.71%) Apache Airflow
1 28 (4.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (3.70%) Apache
3 21 (3.53%) Apache Spark
4 14 (2.35%) Confluence
4 14 (2.35%) OpenStack
5 11 (1.85%) SharePoint
6 8 (1.34%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.67%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.67%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.50%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.34%) Camunda
9 2 (0.34%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.34%) WildFly
9 2 (0.34%) WordPress
10 1 (0.17%) CMS
10 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.17%) nginx
10 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 7 (1.18%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Shopify
2 1 (0.17%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 370 (62.18%) AWS
2 221 (37.14%) Azure
3 115 (19.33%) GCP
4 109 (18.32%) Serverless
5 63 (10.59%) Amazon ECS
5 63 (10.59%) GitHub
6 62 (10.42%) Amazon S3
7 57 (9.58%) AWS Lambda
8 56 (9.41%) SaaS
9 51 (8.57%) Amazon SQS
10 43 (7.23%) Amazon EC2
11 42 (7.06%) Amazon EKS
12 39 (6.55%) Azure DevOps
13 35 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
14 34 (5.71%) Power Platform
15 25 (4.20%) AWS CloudFormation
15 25 (4.20%) Azure AKS
16 24 (4.03%) GitHub Actions
17 23 (3.87%) Azure Service Bus
18 20 (3.36%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.70%) Broadband
2 16 (2.69%) DNS
2 16 (2.69%) Firewall
2 16 (2.69%) TCP/IP
3 15 (2.52%) DHCP
4 9 (1.51%) VPN
5 8 (1.34%) iSCSI
5 8 (1.34%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (1.34%) SAN
6 7 (1.18%) Internet
6 7 (1.18%) Network Security
6 7 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.50%) HTTP
7 3 (0.50%) VLAN
8 2 (0.34%) LAN
8 2 (0.34%) MQTT
8 2 (0.34%) PBX
8 2 (0.34%) WAN
9 1 (0.17%) LTE
9 1 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (28.24%) MongoDB
2 131 (22.02%) MySQL
3 115 (19.33%) SQL Server
4 103 (17.31%) NoSQL
5 95 (15.97%) Relational Database
6 39 (6.55%) Redis
7 31 (5.21%) DynamoDB
8 28 (4.71%) Elasticsearch
9 27 (4.54%) Power BI
10 25 (4.20%) Data Warehouse
11 22 (3.70%) Amazon RDS
12 21 (3.53%) Apache Cassandra
13 20 (3.36%) GIS
14 18 (3.03%) Oracle Database
15 16 (2.69%) RDBMS
16 13 (2.18%) Amazon Redshift
17 12 (2.02%) BigQuery
18 11 (1.85%) Big Data
18 11 (1.85%) MariaDB
18 11 (1.85%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 127 (21.34%) Git
2 53 (8.91%) Jenkins
3 39 (6.55%) GitLab
4 25 (4.20%) Cypress.io
4 25 (4.20%) JIRA
5 22 (3.70%) JUnit
6 18 (3.03%) Mockito
7 17 (2.86%) Bitbucket
8 16 (2.69%) TeamCity
9 9 (1.51%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.51%) JMeter
9 9 (1.51%) Maven
9 9 (1.51%) Selenium
10 7 (1.18%) Vite
11 4 (0.67%) CircleCI
11 4 (0.67%) Liquibase
12 3 (0.50%) DBeaver
12 3 (0.50%) Gradle
12 3 (0.50%) Storybook
13 2 (0.34%) Jaeger
General
1 147 (24.71%) Social Skills
2 97 (16.30%) Finance
3 76 (12.77%) Public Sector
4 60 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (7.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (5.38%) Retail
7 30 (5.04%) Law
8 28 (4.71%) Banking
9 25 (4.20%) Games
10 19 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (3.03%) Manufacturing
12 17 (2.86%) Front Office
13 14 (2.35%) Advertising
14 11 (1.85%) Legal
15 10 (1.68%) Aerospace
16 9 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (1.01%) Automotive
18 4 (0.67%) Aviation
18 4 (0.67%) Financial Institution
19 3 (0.50%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 206 (34.62%) Developer
2 116 (19.50%) Senior
3 104 (17.48%) Software Engineer
4 89 (14.96%) Lead
5 86 (14.45%) Full-Stack Developer
6 50 (8.40%) Java Developer
7 47 (7.90%) Python Engineer
8 39 (6.55%) Lead Developer
9 34 (5.71%) Data Engineer
10 33 (5.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 33 (5.55%) Lead Software Engineer
11 31 (5.21%) Architect
11 31 (5.21%) Java Engineer
12 30 (5.04%) Python Developer
13 24 (4.03%) DevOps Engineer
13 24 (4.03%) Senior Developer
14 22 (3.70%) Full-Stack Java Developer
14 22 (3.70%) Software Developer
15 21 (3.53%) AWS Engineer
16 20 (3.36%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (30.92%) React
2 156 (26.22%) Node.js
3 111 (18.66%) RESTful
4 78 (13.11%) REST
5 72 (12.10%) Spring
6 69 (11.60%) Spring Boot
7 50 (8.40%) .NET
7 50 (8.40%) Kafka
8 46 (7.73%) CSS
8 46 (7.73%) HTML
9 45 (7.56%) FastAPI
10 44 (7.39%) JSON
11 37 (6.22%) AngularJS
12 36 (6.05%) Django
13 35 (5.88%) Ruby on Rails
14 30 (5.04%) Jest
14 30 (5.04%) Next.js
15 27 (4.54%) Vue
16 26 (4.37%) Web Services
17 25 (4.20%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 118 (19.83%) Cloud Native
2 58 (9.75%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (4.20%) Product Ownership
4 24 (4.03%) Low-Code
5 23 (3.87%) Video\Live Streaming
6 20 (3.36%) Data Structures
6 20 (3.36%) Management Information System
7 19 (3.19%) Blog
8 18 (3.03%) Onboarding
9 17 (2.86%) Replication
10 16 (2.69%) Algorithms
10 16 (2.69%) Derivative
10 16 (2.69%) Equities
10 16 (2.69%) Fixed Income
11 15 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
13 12 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.68%) SCADA
15 9 (1.51%) Linux Command Line
15 9 (1.51%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 86 (14.45%) Linux
2 39 (6.55%) Windows
3 24 (4.03%) Unix
4 19 (3.19%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.18%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.84%) Android
7 5 (0.84%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.84%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.67%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.50%) CentOS
10 1 (0.17%) AIX
10 1 (0.17%) Debian
10 1 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (42.35%) CI/CD
2 228 (38.32%) Agile
3 185 (31.09%) Software Engineering
4 182 (30.59%) Microservices
5 181 (30.42%) Full-Stack Development
6 137 (23.03%) DevOps
7 121 (20.34%) Infrastructure as Code
8 113 (18.99%) AI
8 113 (18.99%) Test Automation
9 112 (18.82%) Mentoring
10 106 (17.82%) Problem-Solving
11 98 (16.47%) Containerisation
12 87 (14.62%) Continuous Improvement
13 79 (13.28%) Scrum
14 73 (12.27%) TDD
15 72 (12.10%) Data Modelling
16 69 (11.60%) Analytics
17 65 (10.92%) Observability
18 59 (9.92%) Clean Code
19 55 (9.24%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 262 (44.03%) Python
2 185 (31.09%) Java
3 175 (29.41%) SQL
4 160 (26.89%) JavaScript
5 117 (19.66%) TypeScript
6 48 (8.07%) C#
7 47 (7.90%) Go
8 36 (6.05%) Ruby
9 32 (5.38%) PowerShell
10 24 (4.03%) PHP
11 22 (3.70%) Bash
12 14 (2.35%) C
12 14 (2.35%) Shell Script
13 11 (1.85%) C++
13 11 (1.85%) Perl
13 11 (1.85%) Scala
14 10 (1.68%) T-SQL
15 7 (1.18%) Korn
15 7 (1.18%) VB
16 4 (0.67%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 83 (13.95%) Security Cleared
2 74 (12.44%) Degree
3 55 (9.24%) SC Cleared
4 32 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.86%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.68%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.51%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.34%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.18%) AWS Certified Developer
9 7 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.50%) RHCE
12 2 (0.34%) PhD
12 2 (0.34%) RHCSA
13 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.17%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.17%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (7.56%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.03%) QA
3 18 (3.03%) GDPR
4 15 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.51%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.50%) NCSC
6 3 (0.50%) SLA
7 2 (0.34%) WCAG
8 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.17%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.17%) HL7
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.17%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 174 (29.24%) Docker
2 30 (5.04%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.51%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.67%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.34%) Firmware
5 2 (0.34%) Samba
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 176 (29.58%) Kubernetes
2 129 (21.68%) Terraform
3 42 (7.06%) Ansible
4 30 (5.04%) Grafana
5 27 (4.54%) Argo
6 18 (3.03%) Prometheus
7 9 (1.51%) Kibana
8 7 (1.18%) Progress Chef
8 7 (1.18%) Puppet
9 5 (0.84%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.84%) Data Guard
9 5 (0.84%) Istio
10 4 (0.67%) Control-M
10 4 (0.67%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.67%) Nagios
10 4 (0.67%) Rancher
11 3 (0.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.50%) Packer
11 3 (0.50%) Plesk
12 2 (0.34%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 74 (12.44%) Oracle
2 65 (10.92%) Microsoft
3 32 (5.38%) Google
4 20 (3.36%) Red Hat
5 14 (2.35%) Dynatrace
5 14 (2.35%) OpenAI
6 10 (1.68%) Informatica
7 8 (1.34%) Dell
7 8 (1.34%) ESRI
7 8 (1.34%) Splunk
8 7 (1.18%) Databricks
8 7 (1.18%) Pega
8 7 (1.18%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.01%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.01%) Talend
10 5 (0.84%) Confluent
10 5 (0.84%) IBM
10 5 (0.84%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.67%) VMware
12 3 (0.50%) Remedy