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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 285 211 175
Rank change year-on-year -74 -36 +34
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 631 712 1,698
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.67% 1.60% 1.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.84% 9.65% 9.54%
Number of salaries quoted 474 520 1,171
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +20.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £85,000 £110,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £102,625 £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 8,044 7,380 17,790
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.60% 16.56% 16.41%
Number of salaries quoted 5,228 4,765 12,646
10th Percentile £35,675 £35,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,750 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -10.16%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,751 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £98,750
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 17 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 17 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 -81 540 £69,305 -7.59% 793
Work from Home +29 330 £67,500 -6.24% 859
UK excluding London -78 323 £62,500 -3.85% 858
London -105 217 £85,000 -10.53% 178
South East -3 114 £59,500 +13.33% 192
North of England -18 114 £65,000 -3.70% 169
North West -20 48 £67,500 -1.47% 81
Yorkshire -26 38 £56,065 -16.94% 56
South West -48 38 £62,500 +2.04% 68
North East -31 28 £65,000 +23.81% 32
East of England -26 22 £47,500 +46.15% 114
Scotland -11 18 £67,500 +8.00% 97
Midlands -49 13 £75,000 +11.11% 108
West Midlands -39 9 £80,000 +18.52% 49
Wales -55 5 £70,000 -9.68% 56
East Midlands -36 4 £65,000 +8.33% 59
Northern Ireland -36 1 £73,801 +34.18% 71

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 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (4.28%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (3.65%) Apache
4 18 (2.85%) Apache Spark
5 16 (2.54%) Confluence
6 12 (1.90%) SharePoint
7 7 (1.11%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.79%) WordPress
9 4 (0.63%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.48%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.32%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.32%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.32%) Oracle Spatial
12 1 (0.16%) CMS
12 1 (0.16%) IIS
12 1 (0.16%) JBoss
12 1 (0.16%) nginx
12 1 (0.16%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.16%) WildFly
Applications
1 8 (1.27%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 381 (60.38%) AWS
2 229 (36.29%) Azure
3 108 (17.12%) GCP
4 101 (16.01%) Serverless
5 70 (11.09%) GitHub
6 59 (9.35%) SaaS
7 58 (9.19%) Amazon ECS
7 58 (9.19%) Amazon S3
8 54 (8.56%) AWS Lambda
9 45 (7.13%) Amazon EC2
10 41 (6.50%) Amazon SQS
11 40 (6.34%) Azure DevOps
11 40 (6.34%) Power Platform
12 37 (5.86%) Amazon EKS
13 35 (5.55%) Microsoft 365
14 27 (4.28%) Azure AKS
14 27 (4.28%) Azure Service Bus
15 24 (3.80%) GitHub Actions
16 18 (2.85%) Azure Monitor
16 18 (2.85%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.39%) Broadband
2 18 (2.85%) Firewall
3 16 (2.54%) DNS
3 16 (2.54%) TCP/IP
4 15 (2.38%) DHCP
5 11 (1.74%) VPN
6 8 (1.27%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.27%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.27%) SAN
7 7 (1.11%) Network Security
7 7 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.79%) Internet
8 5 (0.79%) VLAN
9 3 (0.48%) HTTP
10 2 (0.32%) LAN
10 2 (0.32%) MQTT
10 2 (0.32%) PBX
10 2 (0.32%) WAN
11 1 (0.16%) Asterisk PBX
11 1 (0.16%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (29.79%) MongoDB
2 143 (22.66%) MySQL
3 107 (16.96%) SQL Server
4 97 (15.37%) NoSQL
5 96 (15.21%) Relational Database
6 54 (8.56%) Redis
7 31 (4.91%) Power BI
8 28 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
9 26 (4.12%) Amazon RDS
10 25 (3.96%) Elasticsearch
11 18 (2.85%) DynamoDB
12 17 (2.69%) Apache Cassandra
12 17 (2.69%) Oracle Database
13 15 (2.38%) GIS
13 15 (2.38%) Pinecone
14 14 (2.22%) Amazon Redshift
15 13 (2.06%) Metadata
15 13 (2.06%) RDBMS
16 11 (1.74%) MariaDB
16 11 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 124 (19.65%) Git
2 48 (7.61%) Jenkins
3 44 (6.97%) GitLab
4 29 (4.60%) JIRA
5 25 (3.96%) Cypress.io
6 20 (3.17%) JUnit
7 16 (2.54%) Mockito
8 13 (2.06%) TeamCity
9 12 (1.90%) Bitbucket
10 10 (1.58%) JMeter
11 9 (1.43%) Vite
12 8 (1.27%) Maven
13 7 (1.11%) Selenium
14 6 (0.95%) Claude Code
15 5 (0.79%) Cucumber
16 4 (0.63%) Gatling
16 4 (0.63%) Storybook
17 3 (0.48%) DBeaver
17 3 (0.48%) Liquibase
17 3 (0.48%) Mocha
General
1 146 (23.14%) Social Skills
2 91 (14.42%) Finance
3 82 (13.00%) Public Sector
4 59 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (7.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (5.39%) Games
7 30 (4.75%) Retail
8 27 (4.28%) Law
9 25 (3.96%) Banking
10 20 (3.17%) Manufacturing
11 19 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (2.69%) Legal
13 16 (2.54%) Front Office
14 15 (2.38%) Advertising
15 11 (1.74%) Aerospace
16 10 (1.58%) Legal Technology
17 9 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
18 8 (1.27%) Aviation
18 8 (1.27%) Telecoms
19 7 (1.11%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 215 (34.07%) Developer
2 127 (20.13%) Senior
3 112 (17.75%) Software Engineer
4 98 (15.53%) Lead
5 82 (13.00%) Full-Stack Developer
6 50 (7.92%) Python Engineer
7 45 (7.13%) Lead Developer
8 42 (6.66%) Architect
9 40 (6.34%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 40 (6.34%) Java Developer
10 36 (5.71%) Data Engineer
10 36 (5.71%) Python Developer
11 35 (5.55%) Java Engineer
12 34 (5.39%) DevOps Engineer
13 33 (5.23%) Lead Software Engineer
14 30 (4.75%) Senior Developer
15 25 (3.96%) Software Developer
16 22 (3.49%) AWS Engineer
17 21 (3.33%) Senior DevOps
18 20 (3.17%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (27.73%) React
2 157 (24.88%) Node.js
3 118 (18.70%) RESTful
4 79 (12.52%) REST
5 73 (11.57%) Spring
6 70 (11.09%) Spring Boot
7 54 (8.56%) Kafka
8 50 (7.92%) CSS
8 50 (7.92%) FastAPI
9 49 (7.77%) Ruby on Rails
10 46 (7.29%) HTML
11 45 (7.13%) .NET
11 45 (7.13%) JSON
12 38 (6.02%) Next.js
13 34 (5.39%) AngularJS
13 34 (5.39%) Jest
14 32 (5.07%) Django
15 28 (4.44%) Vue
16 25 (3.96%) Redux
17 24 (3.80%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 138 (21.87%) Cloud Native
2 67 (10.62%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (5.39%) Low-Code
4 32 (5.07%) Video\Live Streaming
5 23 (3.65%) Product Ownership
6 21 (3.33%) Data Structures
7 20 (3.17%) Blog
8 19 (3.01%) Algorithms
8 19 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
9 18 (2.85%) Onboarding
9 18 (2.85%) Replication
10 16 (2.54%) Derivative
10 16 (2.54%) Equities
10 16 (2.54%) Fixed Income
10 16 (2.54%) Management Information System
11 13 (2.06%) AI Agents
12 11 (1.74%) SCADA
12 11 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
14 9 (1.43%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 100 (15.85%) Linux
2 45 (7.13%) Windows
3 25 (3.96%) Unix
4 20 (3.17%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.11%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.63%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.48%) CentOS
8 3 (0.48%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.32%) Android
9 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.16%) AIX
10 1 (0.16%) Debian
10 1 (0.16%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (42.95%) CI/CD
2 226 (35.82%) Agile
3 200 (31.70%) Software Engineering
4 191 (30.27%) Full-Stack Development
5 181 (28.68%) Microservices
6 148 (23.45%) DevOps
7 143 (22.66%) AI
7 143 (22.66%) Infrastructure as Code
8 119 (18.86%) Mentoring
9 116 (18.38%) Test Automation
10 113 (17.91%) Containerisation
11 105 (16.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 104 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
13 96 (15.21%) Observability
14 77 (12.20%) Data Modelling
15 74 (11.73%) Scrum
16 73 (11.57%) Analytics
16 73 (11.57%) API Design
17 68 (10.78%) TDD
18 63 (9.98%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 277 (43.90%) Python
2 182 (28.84%) SQL
3 180 (28.53%) Java
4 156 (24.72%) JavaScript
5 123 (19.49%) TypeScript
6 53 (8.40%) Go
7 50 (7.92%) C#
7 50 (7.92%) Ruby
8 41 (6.50%) PowerShell
9 32 (5.07%) Bash
10 26 (4.12%) PHP
11 15 (2.38%) Shell Script
12 14 (2.22%) C++
13 13 (2.06%) Scala
14 12 (1.90%) T-SQL
15 11 (1.74%) C
16 10 (1.58%) Perl
17 7 (1.11%) Korn
18 6 (0.95%) VB
19 5 (0.79%) RPG
Qualifications
1 89 (14.10%) Security Cleared
2 77 (12.20%) Degree
3 64 (10.14%) SC Cleared
4 31 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.69%) DV Cleared
6 11 (1.74%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.58%) Azure Certification
7 10 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.79%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (0.63%) PhD
11 3 (0.48%) RHCE
11 3 (0.48%) SnowPro
12 2 (0.32%) CISSP
12 2 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.32%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.32%) RHCSA
13 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.08%) Data Quality
2 30 (4.75%) QA
3 23 (3.65%) GDPR
4 18 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.06%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.48%) SLA
6 3 (0.48%) WCAG
7 2 (0.32%) Good Clinical Practice
7 2 (0.32%) NCSC
8 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.16%) HL7
8 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.16%) MiFID
8 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 177 (28.05%) Docker
2 30 (4.75%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.43%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 6 (0.95%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.32%) Firmware
5 2 (0.32%) Samba
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 179 (28.37%) Kubernetes
2 130 (20.60%) Terraform
3 37 (5.86%) Ansible
4 34 (5.39%) Grafana
5 29 (4.60%) Argo
6 21 (3.33%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.58%) Kibana
8 7 (1.11%) Progress Chef
8 7 (1.11%) Puppet
9 6 (0.95%) Istio
9 6 (0.95%) Kustomize
10 5 (0.79%) AWS Copilot
11 4 (0.63%) Control-M
11 4 (0.63%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.48%) HAProxy
12 3 (0.48%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 3 (0.48%) Packer
12 3 (0.48%) Plesk
13 2 (0.32%) Proxmox
13 2 (0.32%) Rancher
Vendors
1 76 (12.04%) Microsoft
2 72 (11.41%) Oracle
3 33 (5.23%) Google
4 19 (3.01%) Red Hat
5 18 (2.85%) OpenAI
6 15 (2.38%) Dynatrace
7 10 (1.58%) Databricks
7 10 (1.58%) Splunk
8 8 (1.27%) Dell
8 8 (1.27%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.11%) Pega
10 6 (0.95%) IBM
10 6 (0.95%) Informatica
10 6 (0.95%) VMware
11 5 (0.79%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.63%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.63%) Confluent
12 4 (0.63%) ESRI
12 4 (0.63%) Netezza
12 4 (0.63%) Remedy