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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 218 170
Rank change year-on-year -58 -48 +38
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 672 709 1,671
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.70% 1.53% 1.58%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.00% 9.56% 9.60%
Number of salaries quoted 509 518 1,130
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,625 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +20.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £85,250 £110,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £112,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +23.81% -8.70%

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 8,401 7,414 17,415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.75% 16.03% 16.47%
Number of salaries quoted 5,571 4,801 12,414
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.73%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £100,000
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 29 June 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 29 June 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 -67 575 £69,310 -7.59% 225
Work from Home +31 352 £67,500 -10.00% 124
UK excluding London -66 342 £65,000 - 149
London -78 233 £85,000 -10.53% 118
North of England -33 121 £65,000 -3.70% 36
South East -20 118 £59,500 +13.33% 46
North West -12 54 £67,500 - 21
South West -60 41 £62,500 - 15
Yorkshire -16 36 £58,565 -13.24% 9
North East -28 31 £65,000 +25.30% 6
East of England -24 23 £47,500 +50.79% 12
Scotland 0 18 £66,250 - 9
Midlands -60 16 £75,000 +11.11% 22
West Midlands -39 12 £77,500 +14.81% 13
Wales -53 6 £70,000 -9.68% 4
East Midlands -25 4 £65,000 +18.18% 9
Northern Ireland -37 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 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (4.02%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (3.42%) Apache
4 20 (2.98%) Apache Spark
5 18 (2.68%) Confluence
6 12 (1.79%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.89%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.89%) WordPress
8 4 (0.60%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.45%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.30%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.30%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.15%) CMS
11 1 (0.15%) Documentum
11 1 (0.15%) IIS
11 1 (0.15%) JBoss
11 1 (0.15%) nginx
11 1 (0.15%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (1.49%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 401 (59.67%) AWS
2 251 (37.35%) Azure
3 118 (17.56%) GCP
4 98 (14.58%) Serverless
5 79 (11.76%) GitHub
6 65 (9.67%) Amazon S3
6 65 (9.67%) SaaS
7 61 (9.08%) Amazon ECS
8 52 (7.74%) AWS Lambda
9 46 (6.85%) Amazon EC2
10 43 (6.40%) Power Platform
11 42 (6.25%) Amazon EKS
12 41 (6.10%) Azure DevOps
13 40 (5.95%) Amazon SQS
14 35 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
15 28 (4.17%) Azure AKS
15 28 (4.17%) GitHub Actions
16 27 (4.02%) Azure Service Bus
17 19 (2.83%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 18 (2.68%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.21%) Broadband
2 18 (2.68%) Firewall
3 16 (2.38%) DNS
3 16 (2.38%) TCP/IP
4 15 (2.23%) DHCP
5 11 (1.64%) VPN
6 8 (1.19%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.19%) SAN
7 7 (1.04%) Network Security
7 7 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.74%) VLAN
9 3 (0.45%) HTTP
9 3 (0.45%) Internet
10 2 (0.30%) LAN
10 2 (0.30%) MQTT
10 2 (0.30%) PBX
10 2 (0.30%) WAN
11 1 (0.15%) LTE
11 1 (0.15%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 198 (29.46%) MongoDB
2 159 (23.66%) MySQL
3 111 (16.52%) SQL Server
4 104 (15.48%) Relational Database
5 100 (14.88%) NoSQL
6 60 (8.93%) Redis
7 33 (4.91%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (4.91%) Power BI
8 29 (4.32%) Elasticsearch
9 28 (4.17%) Amazon RDS
10 24 (3.57%) DynamoDB
11 18 (2.68%) Amazon Redshift
11 18 (2.68%) Apache Cassandra
12 17 (2.53%) Metadata
12 17 (2.53%) Oracle Database
13 16 (2.38%) GIS
14 15 (2.23%) Pinecone
15 13 (1.93%) RDBMS
16 12 (1.79%) Big Data
16 12 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 129 (19.20%) Git
2 52 (7.74%) Jenkins
3 46 (6.85%) GitLab
4 30 (4.46%) JIRA
5 24 (3.57%) Cypress.io
6 21 (3.13%) JUnit
7 17 (2.53%) Mockito
8 14 (2.08%) Bitbucket
8 14 (2.08%) TeamCity
9 10 (1.49%) JMeter
10 9 (1.34%) Claude Code
10 9 (1.34%) Maven
10 9 (1.34%) Vite
11 6 (0.89%) Selenium
12 5 (0.74%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.74%) Gatling
13 4 (0.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.60%) Storybook
14 3 (0.45%) Eclipse
14 3 (0.45%) Mocha
General
1 152 (22.62%) Social Skills
2 96 (14.29%) Finance
3 90 (13.39%) Public Sector
4 61 (9.08%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (5.06%) Games
7 31 (4.61%) Retail
8 28 (4.17%) Law
9 26 (3.87%) Banking
10 21 (3.13%) Manufacturing
11 19 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (2.53%) Legal
13 16 (2.38%) Front Office
14 15 (2.23%) Advertising
15 11 (1.64%) Aerospace
16 10 (1.49%) Legal Technology
16 10 (1.49%) Telecoms
17 8 (1.19%) Aviation
18 7 (1.04%) Automotive
18 7 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 225 (33.48%) Developer
2 140 (20.83%) Senior
3 129 (19.20%) Software Engineer
4 115 (17.11%) Lead
5 83 (12.35%) Full-Stack Developer
6 53 (7.89%) Python Engineer
7 49 (7.29%) Lead Developer
8 45 (6.70%) Architect
9 44 (6.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 42 (6.25%) Data Engineer
11 41 (6.10%) Python Developer
12 40 (5.95%) DevOps Engineer
12 40 (5.95%) Java Developer
12 40 (5.95%) Lead Software Engineer
13 34 (5.06%) Java Engineer
14 29 (4.32%) Senior Developer
15 28 (4.17%) Software Developer
16 27 (4.02%) Senior Software Engineer
17 21 (3.13%) AWS Engineer
17 21 (3.13%) Ruby Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (26.93%) React
2 167 (24.85%) Node.js
3 125 (18.60%) RESTful
4 83 (12.35%) REST
5 79 (11.76%) Spring
6 76 (11.31%) Spring Boot
7 64 (9.52%) Kafka
8 54 (8.04%) FastAPI
9 53 (7.89%) CSS
10 50 (7.44%) Ruby on Rails
11 48 (7.14%) .NET
11 48 (7.14%) HTML
12 47 (6.99%) JSON
13 44 (6.55%) Next.js
14 38 (5.65%) AngularJS
15 34 (5.06%) Jest
16 32 (4.76%) Django
17 29 (4.32%) Vue
18 25 (3.72%) Redux
19 24 (3.57%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 146 (21.73%) Cloud Native
2 72 (10.71%) Distributed Systems
3 36 (5.36%) Low-Code
4 32 (4.76%) Video\Live Streaming
5 26 (3.87%) Product Ownership
6 24 (3.57%) Data Structures
6 24 (3.57%) Onboarding
7 23 (3.42%) Blog
8 22 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
9 21 (3.13%) Algorithms
10 18 (2.68%) Replication
11 16 (2.38%) Derivative
11 16 (2.38%) Equities
11 16 (2.38%) Fixed Income
11 16 (2.38%) Management Information System
12 15 (2.23%) AI Agents
13 13 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (1.64%) SCADA
15 9 (1.34%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 104 (15.48%) Linux
2 46 (6.85%) Windows
3 23 (3.42%) Unix
4 20 (2.98%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.60%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.45%) CentOS
8 3 (0.45%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.30%) Android
9 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.15%) AIX
10 1 (0.15%) Debian
10 1 (0.15%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (43.15%) CI/CD
2 242 (36.01%) Agile
3 227 (33.78%) Software Engineering
4 202 (30.06%) Microservices
5 199 (29.61%) Full-Stack Development
6 164 (24.40%) DevOps
7 153 (22.77%) AI
7 153 (22.77%) Infrastructure as Code
8 138 (20.54%) Mentoring
9 125 (18.60%) Test Automation
10 124 (18.45%) Containerisation
11 111 (16.52%) Problem-Solving
12 108 (16.07%) Continuous Improvement
13 106 (15.77%) Observability
14 86 (12.80%) Data Modelling
15 79 (11.76%) Analytics
16 77 (11.46%) API Design
17 74 (11.01%) Scrum
17 74 (11.01%) TDD
18 71 (10.57%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 290 (43.15%) Python
2 195 (29.02%) SQL
3 193 (28.72%) Java
4 163 (24.26%) JavaScript
5 134 (19.94%) TypeScript
6 55 (8.18%) Go
7 54 (8.04%) C#
8 53 (7.89%) Ruby
9 45 (6.70%) PowerShell
10 35 (5.21%) Bash
11 26 (3.87%) PHP
12 14 (2.08%) C++
12 14 (2.08%) Scala
13 13 (1.93%) Shell Script
14 12 (1.79%) T-SQL
15 10 (1.49%) Perl
16 9 (1.34%) C
17 7 (1.04%) Korn
17 7 (1.04%) RPG
18 6 (0.89%) VB
Qualifications
1 98 (14.58%) Security Cleared
2 79 (11.76%) Degree
3 68 (10.12%) SC Cleared
4 31 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.53%) DV Cleared
6 12 (1.79%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.64%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.60%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (0.60%) PhD
11 3 (0.45%) RHCE
11 3 (0.45%) SnowPro
12 2 (0.30%) CISSP
12 2 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.30%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.30%) RHCSA
13 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (8.33%) Data Quality
2 32 (4.76%) QA
3 24 (3.57%) GDPR
4 18 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.08%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.60%) WCAG
7 3 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.45%) SLA
8 2 (0.30%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.30%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.15%) HL7
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.15%) MiFID
9 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.15%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 190 (28.27%) Docker
2 30 (4.46%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.34%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 6 (0.89%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.30%) Firmware
5 2 (0.30%) Samba
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 192 (28.57%) Kubernetes
2 142 (21.13%) Terraform
3 41 (6.10%) Ansible
4 37 (5.51%) Grafana
5 31 (4.61%) Argo
6 22 (3.27%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.49%) Kibana
8 7 (1.04%) Progress Chef
8 7 (1.04%) Puppet
9 6 (0.89%) Istio
9 6 (0.89%) Kustomize
10 5 (0.74%) AWS Copilot
11 4 (0.60%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.45%) HAProxy
12 3 (0.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 3 (0.45%) Packer
12 3 (0.45%) Plesk
12 3 (0.45%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.45%) Rancher
12 3 (0.45%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 77 (11.46%) Microsoft
2 72 (10.71%) Oracle
3 33 (4.91%) Google
4 19 (2.83%) Red Hat
5 18 (2.68%) OpenAI
6 17 (2.53%) Dynatrace
7 15 (2.23%) Databricks
8 11 (1.64%) Splunk
9 8 (1.19%) Dell
9 8 (1.19%) IBM
9 8 (1.19%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.04%) Pega
11 6 (0.89%) VMware
12 5 (0.74%) Informatica
12 5 (0.74%) Salesforce
13 4 (0.60%) Confluent
13 4 (0.60%) ESRI
13 4 (0.60%) Netezza
13 4 (0.60%) Remedy
14 3 (0.45%) Revolut