PostgreSQL Job Trends

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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 136 193
Rank change year-on-year -131 +57 0
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 518 1,125 1,210
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.77% 2.27% 1.62%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.59% 12.48% 8.27%
Number of salaries quoted 357 531 1,015
10th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £114,000 £118,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +6.23%

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 6,821 9,012 14,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.17% 18.15% 19.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,181 5,086 11,541
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,375 £47,813 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 14 February 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 14 February 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 -137 439 £75,000 -6.25% 295
London -73 244 £92,500 +5.71% 86
Work from Home -98 240 £70,000 - 168
UK excluding London -162 220 £60,000 -7.69% 210
North of England -17 85 £68,750 -0.80% 62
South East -130 49 £55,000 -31.25% 52
Yorkshire -9 40 £60,000 +8.91% 19
North West -25 34 £77,500 +11.82% 32
South West -61 26 £62,500 -5.66% 24
Midlands -23 25 £55,200 -15.08% 30
West Midlands +4 16 £45,000 -30.77% 21
Scotland -34 15 £73,801 +27.24% 23
East of England -39 15 £42,500 -26.09% 16
North East -7 11 £52,500 -24.25% 12
East Midlands -33 9 £65,000 +8.33% 9
Wales -24 6 £73,801 +13.54% 6
Northern Ireland -24 4 £73,801 +25.62% 1

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 35 (6.76%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (3.47%) Apache Spark
3 15 (2.90%) Confluence
4 13 (2.51%) OpenStack
4 13 (2.51%) Tomcat
4 13 (2.51%) WebSphere
5 12 (2.32%) WebSphere Application Server
6 11 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (1.54%) ArcGIS
8 7 (1.35%) Apache
9 4 (0.77%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.77%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.77%) SharePoint
10 3 (0.58%) CMS
10 3 (0.58%) nginx
11 2 (0.39%) Camunda
11 2 (0.39%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.39%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.39%) WildFly
12 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
Applications
1 10 (1.93%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.19%) Endur
2 1 (0.19%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 351 (67.76%) AWS
2 190 (36.68%) Azure
3 139 (26.83%) GCP
4 91 (17.57%) Serverless
5 67 (12.93%) Amazon ECS
6 59 (11.39%) Amazon S3
6 59 (11.39%) GitHub
7 54 (10.42%) AWS Lambda
8 53 (10.23%) dbt
9 50 (9.65%) Amazon EKS
10 48 (9.27%) AWS CloudFormation
11 43 (8.30%) SaaS
12 36 (6.95%) Amazon SQS
13 34 (6.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 33 (6.37%) Amazon EC2
15 30 (5.79%) Amazon ECR
16 29 (5.60%) Power Platform
17 27 (5.21%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 26 (5.02%) Pulumi
19 23 (4.44%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.37%) TCP/IP
2 13 (2.51%) SSL
3 11 (2.12%) VPN
4 10 (1.93%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (1.35%) Firewall
5 7 (1.35%) Internet
6 6 (1.16%) Network Security
7 5 (0.97%) DHCP
7 5 (0.97%) DNS
7 5 (0.97%) VLAN
8 3 (0.58%) HTTP
8 3 (0.58%) MQTT
8 3 (0.58%) WAN
9 2 (0.39%) AMQP
9 2 (0.39%) BGP
9 2 (0.39%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.39%) OSPF
9 2 (0.39%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.39%) RTMP
9 2 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (22.97%) SQL Server
2 98 (18.92%) Relational Database
3 95 (18.34%) MongoDB
3 95 (18.34%) MySQL
4 76 (14.67%) NoSQL
5 53 (10.23%) Redis
6 40 (7.72%) Elasticsearch
7 36 (6.95%) Amazon RDS
8 34 (6.56%) Data Warehouse
9 33 (6.37%) DB2
10 31 (5.98%) DynamoDB
11 25 (4.83%) Power BI
12 23 (4.44%) RDBMS
13 18 (3.47%) Apache Cassandra
13 18 (3.47%) Apache Iceberg
14 15 (2.90%) Apache Arrow
14 15 (2.90%) Oracle Database
15 14 (2.70%) Amazon Athena
15 14 (2.70%) Big Data
15 14 (2.70%) Dremio
Development Applications
1 106 (20.46%) Git
2 85 (16.41%) Jenkins
3 32 (6.18%) JIRA
4 30 (5.79%) GitLab
5 28 (5.41%) Cucumber
6 27 (5.21%) JUnit
7 26 (5.02%) Selenium
8 22 (4.25%) Bitbucket
9 21 (4.05%) TeamCity
10 18 (3.47%) Cypress.io
11 14 (2.70%) JMeter
12 13 (2.51%) Mockito
13 7 (1.35%) Maven
14 6 (1.16%) CircleCI
14 6 (1.16%) Subversion
14 6 (1.16%) Vite
15 5 (0.97%) REST Assured
16 4 (0.77%) Gradle
16 4 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
17 3 (0.58%) MLflow
General
1 137 (26.45%) Social Skills
2 118 (22.78%) Finance
3 53 (10.23%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (8.69%) Banking
5 43 (8.30%) Public Sector
6 35 (6.76%) Law
7 34 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (4.44%) Front Office
9 22 (4.25%) Retail
10 11 (2.12%) Financial Institution
10 11 (2.12%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.74%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.35%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.16%) Marketing
13 6 (1.16%) Tech for Good
14 5 (0.97%) Advertising
15 4 (0.77%) Back Office
15 4 (0.77%) Electronics
15 4 (0.77%) Legal
Job Titles
1 186 (35.91%) Developer
2 101 (19.50%) Senior
3 94 (18.15%) Software Engineer
4 69 (13.32%) Full-Stack Developer
5 58 (11.20%) Lead
6 56 (10.81%) Java Developer
7 33 (6.37%) Java Engineer
8 32 (6.18%) Python Developer
9 31 (5.98%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 28 (5.41%) Python Engineer
11 27 (5.21%) Data Engineer
12 24 (4.63%) Principal Engineer
13 22 (4.25%) AWS Engineer
14 21 (4.05%) Architect
15 20 (3.86%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 20 (3.86%) Lead Developer
15 20 (3.86%) Platform Engineer
15 20 (3.86%) Python Software Engineer
15 20 (3.86%) Senior Developer
16 19 (3.67%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (33.20%) React
2 111 (21.43%) Node.js
3 85 (16.41%) Spring
4 79 (15.25%) Spring Boot
5 76 (14.67%) RESTful
6 71 (13.71%) Django
7 68 (13.13%) REST
8 54 (10.42%) AngularJS
9 52 (10.04%) FastAPI
9 52 (10.04%) Kafka
10 49 (9.46%) HTML
11 48 (9.27%) .NET
12 44 (8.49%) CSS
13 39 (7.53%) Vue
14 36 (6.95%) Elastic Stack
15 30 (5.79%) Flask
16 29 (5.60%) Web Services
17 27 (5.21%) JSON
18 26 (5.02%) Next.js
19 25 (4.83%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 73 (14.09%) Cloud Native
2 58 (11.20%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (5.60%) Linux Command Line
4 24 (4.63%) Product Ownership
5 22 (4.25%) Equities
5 22 (4.25%) Fixed Income
6 19 (3.67%) Management Information System
7 17 (3.28%) Data Structures
8 16 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (2.90%) Blog
9 15 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (2.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (2.32%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
12 10 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.74%) Algorithms
13 9 (1.74%) Derivative
13 9 (1.74%) Mobile App
13 9 (1.74%) Replication
14 6 (1.16%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 94 (18.15%) Linux
2 45 (8.69%) Unix
3 31 (5.98%) Windows
4 17 (3.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.12%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.74%) Android
6 9 (1.74%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.97%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.77%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.58%) Debian
10 2 (0.39%) VMS
10 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.19%) CentOS
11 1 (0.19%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (42.66%) CI/CD
2 204 (39.38%) Agile
3 167 (32.24%) Software Engineering
4 165 (31.85%) Microservices
5 140 (27.03%) DevOps
6 132 (25.48%) Problem-Solving
7 126 (24.32%) Full-Stack Development
8 95 (18.34%) Containerisation
9 88 (16.99%) Infrastructure as Code
9 88 (16.99%) Test Automation
10 78 (15.06%) Mentoring
11 77 (14.86%) Fintech
12 75 (14.48%) AI
13 67 (12.93%) TDD
14 63 (12.16%) Scrum
15 59 (11.39%) Clean Code
15 59 (11.39%) Data Modelling
16 56 (10.81%) Technical Leadership
17 53 (10.23%) BDD
18 51 (9.85%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 247 (47.68%) Python
2 184 (35.52%) Java
3 164 (31.66%) SQL
4 150 (28.96%) JavaScript
5 113 (21.81%) TypeScript
6 44 (8.49%) C#
7 30 (5.79%) Go
8 24 (4.63%) PowerShell
9 19 (3.67%) PHP
10 18 (3.47%) Ruby
11 15 (2.90%) C
12 14 (2.70%) Shell Script
13 12 (2.32%) T-SQL
14 11 (2.12%) Delphi
15 9 (1.74%) Rust
16 7 (1.35%) C++
17 6 (1.16%) Bash
18 4 (0.77%) Kotlin
18 4 (0.77%) Perl
19 3 (0.58%) VB
Qualifications
1 93 (17.95%) Security Cleared
2 66 (12.74%) Degree
3 63 (12.16%) SC Cleared
4 33 (6.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (5.02%) AWS Certification
6 14 (2.70%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.32%) AWS Certified Developer
7 12 (2.32%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.54%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.39%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.39%) HNC
10 2 (0.39%) HND
10 2 (0.39%) MCSA
10 2 (0.39%) MCSE
10 2 (0.39%) SnowPro
10 2 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.41%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.47%) QA
3 15 (2.90%) SLA
4 14 (2.70%) Accessibility
5 13 (2.51%) GDPR
5 13 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.58%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.58%) SEPA
7 2 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.39%) PSD2
8 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.19%) GAAP
8 1 (0.19%) IFRS
8 1 (0.19%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 190 (36.68%) Docker
2 12 (2.32%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.58%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.39%) NFS
5 1 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (0.19%) pfSense
5 1 (0.19%) Samba
Systems Management
1 170 (32.82%) Kubernetes
2 112 (21.62%) Terraform
3 40 (7.72%) Ansible
4 34 (6.56%) Grafana
5 17 (3.28%) AWS Copilot
6 16 (3.09%) Kibana
7 15 (2.90%) Prometheus
8 11 (2.12%) Argo
9 4 (0.77%) Control-M
9 4 (0.77%) Nagios
9 4 (0.77%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.58%) Puppet
10 3 (0.58%) Rancher
11 2 (0.39%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.19%) Ambari
12 1 (0.19%) Podman
12 1 (0.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 74 (14.29%) Oracle
2 40 (7.72%) Google
3 30 (5.79%) Microsoft
4 22 (4.25%) Red Hat
5 19 (3.67%) Informatica
6 17 (3.28%) IBM
7 15 (2.90%) Atlassian
8 14 (2.70%) OpenAI
9 13 (2.51%) Talend
10 11 (2.12%) Dynatrace
10 11 (2.12%) Splunk
11 10 (1.93%) ServiceNow
12 8 (1.54%) ESRI
13 6 (1.16%) SAP
14 5 (0.97%) VMware
15 4 (0.77%) Confluent
15 4 (0.77%) Databricks
15 4 (0.77%) Pega
15 4 (0.77%) WSO2
16 3 (0.58%) Revolut