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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 137 194
Rank change year-on-year -141 +57 -8
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 546 960 1,328
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 2.24% 1.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.74% 12.09% 8.22%
Number of salaries quoted 383 543 1,075
10th Percentile £40,000 £48,750 £40,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,050 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.27% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £93,000 £96,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £112,250 £115,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -

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 7,051 7,939 16,161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.42% 18.56% 19.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4,217 5,135 12,218
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £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 18 March 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 18 March 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 -142 456 £73,801 -1.60% 302
UK excluding London -162 254 £60,000 -7.69% 187
Work from Home -100 246 £65,000 -6.27% 188
London -95 225 £90,000 +2.86% 161
North of England -33 95 £65,000 -5.06% 60
South East -124 64 £57,500 -23.33% 43
Yorkshire -21 43 £52,130 -12.73% 22
North West -28 40 £77,500 +11.82% 30
South West -42 27 £62,500 -3.85% 22
Midlands -32 26 £55,200 -15.08% 24
Scotland -34 18 £70,000 +16.18% 19
East of England -71 18 £45,000 -21.74% 14
West Midlands -13 17 £50,100 -22.92% 12
North East -17 12 £53,565 -22.76% 9
East Midlands -36 9 £65,000 -7.14% 12
Wales -44 7 £73,801 +13.54% 6
Northern Ireland -31 4 £73,801 +18.74% 2

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 25 (4.58%) Apache Airflow
2 19 (3.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (3.11%) Apache Spark
4 15 (2.75%) Confluence
5 14 (2.56%) OpenStack
6 13 (2.38%) Apache
7 8 (1.47%) ArcGIS
7 8 (1.47%) SharePoint
7 8 (1.47%) Tomcat
7 8 (1.47%) WebSphere
8 7 (1.28%) WebSphere Application Server
9 4 (0.73%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.73%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.37%) Camunda
10 2 (0.37%) CMS
10 2 (0.37%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.37%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.18%) IIS
11 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 10 (1.83%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Endur
1 1 (0.18%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 357 (65.38%) AWS
2 211 (38.64%) Azure
3 143 (26.19%) GCP
4 97 (17.77%) Serverless
5 71 (13.00%) Amazon ECS
6 64 (11.72%) Amazon S3
7 59 (10.81%) AWS Lambda
8 55 (10.07%) GitHub
9 47 (8.61%) Amazon EKS
9 47 (8.61%) AWS CloudFormation
10 44 (8.06%) Amazon SQS
11 42 (7.69%) SaaS
12 39 (7.14%) dbt
13 36 (6.59%) Amazon EC2
14 34 (6.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 33 (6.04%) Power Platform
16 28 (5.13%) Amazon ECR
17 27 (4.95%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 25 (4.58%) Pulumi
19 24 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.04%) TCP/IP
2 12 (2.20%) VPN
3 11 (2.01%) DHCP
3 11 (2.01%) DNS
4 10 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (1.47%) SSL
6 7 (1.28%) Firewall
6 7 (1.28%) Internet
6 7 (1.28%) Network Security
7 6 (1.10%) Broadband
8 3 (0.55%) HTTP
8 3 (0.55%) iSCSI
8 3 (0.55%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.55%) SAN
8 3 (0.55%) VLAN
9 2 (0.37%) PBX
10 1 (0.18%) AMQP
10 1 (0.18%) LAN
10 1 (0.18%) LTE
10 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (22.34%) SQL Server
2 110 (20.15%) MongoDB
3 105 (19.23%) MySQL
4 104 (19.05%) Relational Database
5 87 (15.93%) NoSQL
6 55 (10.07%) Redis
7 41 (7.51%) Elasticsearch
8 37 (6.78%) Amazon RDS
9 32 (5.86%) Data Warehouse
10 31 (5.68%) DynamoDB
11 29 (5.31%) Power BI
12 26 (4.76%) DB2
13 19 (3.48%) Apache Cassandra
14 18 (3.30%) RDBMS
15 17 (3.11%) BigQuery
16 15 (2.75%) Oracle Database
17 13 (2.38%) Amazon Redshift
18 12 (2.20%) Big Data
18 12 (2.20%) GIS
19 9 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 121 (22.16%) Git
2 76 (13.92%) Jenkins
3 31 (5.68%) JIRA
4 30 (5.49%) GitLab
5 28 (5.13%) JUnit
6 26 (4.76%) Cucumber
7 22 (4.03%) Cypress.io
7 22 (4.03%) Selenium
8 21 (3.85%) Bitbucket
9 20 (3.66%) TeamCity
10 15 (2.75%) Mockito
11 8 (1.47%) JMeter
11 8 (1.47%) Maven
12 7 (1.28%) Vite
13 6 (1.10%) CircleCI
14 5 (0.92%) Gradle
15 4 (0.73%) Subversion
16 3 (0.55%) REST Assured
16 3 (0.55%) Storybook
17 2 (0.37%) Jaeger
General
1 143 (26.19%) Social Skills
2 108 (19.78%) Finance
3 59 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (8.61%) Public Sector
5 43 (7.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (7.14%) Banking
7 34 (6.23%) Law
8 24 (4.40%) Retail
9 17 (3.11%) Front Office
10 10 (1.83%) Financial Institution
10 10 (1.83%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.65%) Games
12 8 (1.47%) Advertising
12 8 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.10%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.92%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.73%) Back Office
16 4 (0.73%) Electronics
16 4 (0.73%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 188 (34.43%) Developer
2 109 (19.96%) Senior
3 94 (17.22%) Software Engineer
4 77 (14.10%) Full-Stack Developer
5 70 (12.82%) Lead
6 57 (10.44%) Java Developer
7 32 (5.86%) Data Engineer
8 30 (5.49%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 29 (5.31%) Java Engineer
10 28 (5.13%) Lead Developer
11 27 (4.95%) Python Engineer
12 26 (4.76%) Architect
13 25 (4.58%) Lead Software Engineer
14 21 (3.85%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 21 (3.85%) Python Developer
14 21 (3.85%) Senior Software Engineer
15 20 (3.66%) Analyst
16 19 (3.48%) Platform Engineer
16 19 (3.48%) Principal Engineer
17 18 (3.30%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (33.33%) React
2 111 (20.33%) Node.js
3 90 (16.48%) RESTful
4 85 (15.57%) Spring
5 80 (14.65%) Spring Boot
6 71 (13.00%) Django
7 68 (12.45%) REST
8 52 (9.52%) FastAPI
9 51 (9.34%) HTML
10 49 (8.97%) CSS
10 49 (8.97%) Kafka
11 48 (8.79%) .NET
12 38 (6.96%) AngularJS
13 36 (6.59%) Elastic Stack
14 30 (5.49%) Next.js
15 29 (5.31%) Flask
15 29 (5.31%) JSON
15 29 (5.31%) Vue
16 27 (4.95%) Web Services
17 24 (4.40%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 82 (15.02%) Cloud Native
2 52 (9.52%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (4.95%) Linux Command Line
3 27 (4.95%) Product Ownership
4 19 (3.48%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.30%) Data Structures
6 17 (3.11%) Derivative
6 17 (3.11%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.93%) Equities
7 16 (2.93%) Fixed Income
7 16 (2.93%) Greenfield Project
8 15 (2.75%) Blog
8 15 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (2.56%) Replication
10 13 (2.38%) Algorithms
11 11 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.47%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.47%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 89 (16.30%) Linux
2 41 (7.51%) Unix
3 29 (5.31%) Windows
4 14 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (2.38%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.28%) Android
6 7 (1.28%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.28%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.73%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.55%) Debian
9 2 (0.37%) CentOS
9 2 (0.37%) VMS
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.18%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (41.03%) CI/CD
2 201 (36.81%) Agile
3 173 (31.68%) Microservices
4 170 (31.14%) Software Engineering
5 155 (28.39%) DevOps
6 150 (27.47%) Full-Stack Development
7 128 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
8 104 (19.05%) Containerisation
8 104 (19.05%) Infrastructure as Code
9 97 (17.77%) Test Automation
10 95 (17.40%) Mentoring
11 89 (16.30%) AI
12 66 (12.09%) TDD
13 65 (11.90%) Data Modelling
14 63 (11.54%) Scrum
15 62 (11.36%) Fintech
16 59 (10.81%) Observability
17 58 (10.62%) Clean Code
18 57 (10.44%) Technical Leadership
19 52 (9.52%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 251 (45.97%) Python
2 181 (33.15%) Java
3 173 (31.68%) SQL
4 149 (27.29%) JavaScript
5 114 (20.88%) TypeScript
6 45 (8.24%) C#
7 39 (7.14%) Go
8 29 (5.31%) PowerShell
9 23 (4.21%) PHP
9 23 (4.21%) Ruby
10 17 (3.11%) C
11 13 (2.38%) Delphi
12 12 (2.20%) Shell Script
13 11 (2.01%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.47%) C++
15 7 (1.28%) Bash
15 7 (1.28%) Rust
16 5 (0.92%) Perl
17 4 (0.73%) Pascal
17 4 (0.73%) VB
Qualifications
1 99 (18.13%) Security Cleared
2 72 (13.19%) Degree
3 71 (13.00%) SC Cleared
4 33 (6.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.66%) AWS Certification
6 16 (2.93%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.20%) AWS Certified Developer
8 7 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.28%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.37%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.37%) RHCE
10 2 (0.37%) RHCSA
10 2 (0.37%) SnowPro
10 2 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.18%) HNC
11 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.23%) Data Quality
2 23 (4.21%) QA
3 14 (2.56%) GDPR
3 14 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.65%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.65%) SLA
5 3 (0.55%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.37%) NCSC
6 2 (0.37%) PSD2
7 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.18%) HL7
7 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 196 (35.90%) Docker
2 21 (3.85%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.55%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 3 (0.55%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.37%) Firmware
4 2 (0.37%) Samba
Systems Management
1 173 (31.68%) Kubernetes
2 119 (21.79%) Terraform
3 39 (7.14%) Ansible
4 33 (6.04%) Grafana
5 18 (3.30%) Prometheus
6 17 (3.11%) AWS Copilot
7 12 (2.20%) Kibana
8 10 (1.83%) Argo
9 5 (0.92%) Nagios
10 4 (0.73%) Control-M
10 4 (0.73%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.55%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.55%) Puppet
11 3 (0.55%) Rancher
12 1 (0.18%) Ambari
12 1 (0.18%) Istio
12 1 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.18%) Podman
12 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
12 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 70 (12.82%) Oracle
2 52 (9.52%) Google
3 40 (7.33%) Microsoft
4 20 (3.66%) Red Hat
5 14 (2.56%) Informatica
6 13 (2.38%) Atlassian
6 13 (2.38%) OpenAI
7 12 (2.20%) IBM
8 10 (1.83%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.65%) Talend
10 8 (1.47%) Dynatrace
10 8 (1.47%) ESRI
10 8 (1.47%) Pega
11 7 (1.28%) Splunk
12 6 (1.10%) Databricks
12 6 (1.10%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.92%) Confluent
13 5 (0.92%) Dell
13 5 (0.92%) WSO2
14 4 (0.73%) VMware