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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 140 189
Rank change year-on-year -130 +49 0
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 551 943 1,344
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 2.23% 1.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.80% 12.02% 8.27%
Number of salaries quoted 385 542 1,076
10th Percentile £40,000 £48,750 £40,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £93,000 £95,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £112,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% +0.34%

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 7,063 7,844 16,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.37% 18.54% 19.01%
Number of salaries quoted 4,232 5,109 12,241
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.57% -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 20 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 20 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 -141 459 £73,801 -1.60% 286
UK excluding London -145 261 £60,000 -7.69% 175
Work from Home -91 250 £65,000 -6.32% 214
London -97 223 £90,000 +2.86% 150
North of England -24 94 £65,000 -6.22% 57
South East -128 66 £58,750 -21.67% 41
Yorkshire -21 42 £52,130 -12.73% 22
North West -26 40 £77,500 +11.82% 30
South West -43 30 £62,500 -3.85% 20
Midlands -36 26 £55,200 -15.08% 20
Scotland -31 20 £67,500 +12.03% 14
East of England -66 19 £45,000 -21.74% 18
West Midlands -4 16 £45,000 -30.77% 10
North East -21 12 £53,565 -22.76% 6
East Midlands -51 10 £65,000 -7.14% 10
Wales -45 7 £73,801 +13.54% 7
Northern Ireland -31 4 £73,801 +18.74% 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 26 (4.72%) Apache Airflow
2 19 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (3.09%) Apache Spark
4 15 (2.72%) Confluence
4 15 (2.72%) OpenStack
5 14 (2.54%) Apache
6 8 (1.45%) ArcGIS
6 8 (1.45%) SharePoint
6 8 (1.45%) Tomcat
6 8 (1.45%) WebSphere
7 7 (1.27%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (0.73%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.73%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.36%) Camunda
9 2 (0.36%) CMS
9 2 (0.36%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.36%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.18%) IIS
10 1 (0.18%) JBoss
Applications
1 10 (1.81%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Endur
1 1 (0.18%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 355 (64.43%) AWS
2 211 (38.29%) Azure
3 147 (26.68%) GCP
4 96 (17.42%) Serverless
5 69 (12.52%) Amazon ECS
6 63 (11.43%) Amazon S3
7 58 (10.53%) AWS Lambda
8 56 (10.16%) GitHub
9 47 (8.53%) Amazon EKS
9 47 (8.53%) AWS CloudFormation
10 43 (7.80%) Amazon SQS
10 43 (7.80%) SaaS
11 39 (7.08%) dbt
12 36 (6.53%) Amazon EC2
13 34 (6.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 32 (5.81%) Power Platform
15 28 (5.08%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 27 (4.90%) Amazon ECR
17 25 (4.54%) Pulumi
18 24 (4.36%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 34 (6.17%) TCP/IP
2 12 (2.18%) VPN
3 11 (2.00%) DHCP
3 11 (2.00%) DNS
4 10 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (1.45%) SSL
6 7 (1.27%) Broadband
6 7 (1.27%) Firewall
6 7 (1.27%) Internet
6 7 (1.27%) Network Security
7 3 (0.54%) HTTP
7 3 (0.54%) iSCSI
7 3 (0.54%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.54%) SAN
7 3 (0.54%) VLAN
8 2 (0.36%) LAN
8 2 (0.36%) PBX
8 2 (0.36%) WAN
9 1 (0.18%) AMQP
9 1 (0.18%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (22.14%) SQL Server
2 109 (19.78%) MongoDB
3 106 (19.24%) MySQL
3 106 (19.24%) Relational Database
4 88 (15.97%) NoSQL
5 54 (9.80%) Redis
6 42 (7.62%) Elasticsearch
7 36 (6.53%) Amazon RDS
8 31 (5.63%) Data Warehouse
8 31 (5.63%) DynamoDB
9 28 (5.08%) Power BI
10 26 (4.72%) DB2
11 19 (3.45%) Apache Cassandra
12 18 (3.27%) RDBMS
13 17 (3.09%) BigQuery
14 16 (2.90%) Oracle Database
15 13 (2.36%) Amazon Redshift
16 12 (2.18%) Big Data
16 12 (2.18%) GIS
17 9 (1.63%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 122 (22.14%) Git
2 76 (13.79%) Jenkins
3 30 (5.44%) GitLab
3 30 (5.44%) JIRA
4 28 (5.08%) JUnit
5 26 (4.72%) Cucumber
6 22 (3.99%) Cypress.io
6 22 (3.99%) Selenium
7 21 (3.81%) Bitbucket
8 20 (3.63%) TeamCity
9 15 (2.72%) Mockito
10 8 (1.45%) JMeter
10 8 (1.45%) Maven
11 7 (1.27%) Vite
12 6 (1.09%) CircleCI
13 5 (0.91%) Gradle
14 4 (0.73%) Subversion
15 3 (0.54%) REST Assured
15 3 (0.54%) Storybook
16 2 (0.36%) Jaeger
General
1 144 (26.13%) Social Skills
2 108 (19.60%) Finance
3 59 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (9.07%) Public Sector
5 46 (8.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (7.08%) Banking
7 34 (6.17%) Law
8 25 (4.54%) Retail
9 17 (3.09%) Front Office
10 10 (1.81%) Games
10 10 (1.81%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.63%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.45%) Advertising
13 7 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.09%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.91%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.73%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.73%) Back Office
16 4 (0.73%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 188 (34.12%) Developer
2 109 (19.78%) Senior
3 94 (17.06%) Software Engineer
4 77 (13.97%) Full-Stack Developer
5 72 (13.07%) Lead
6 57 (10.34%) Java Developer
7 33 (5.99%) Data Engineer
8 30 (5.44%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 29 (5.26%) Python Engineer
10 28 (5.08%) Java Engineer
10 28 (5.08%) Lead Developer
11 27 (4.90%) Architect
12 26 (4.72%) Lead Software Engineer
13 22 (3.99%) Python Developer
14 21 (3.81%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 20 (3.63%) Analyst
15 20 (3.63%) Senior Software Engineer
16 19 (3.45%) Principal Engineer
16 19 (3.45%) Senior Developer
16 19 (3.45%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (33.03%) React
2 111 (20.15%) Node.js
3 90 (16.33%) RESTful
4 84 (15.25%) Spring
5 79 (14.34%) Spring Boot
6 73 (13.25%) Django
7 69 (12.52%) REST
8 53 (9.62%) FastAPI
9 51 (9.26%) HTML
10 50 (9.07%) Kafka
11 48 (8.71%) CSS
12 47 (8.53%) .NET
13 38 (6.90%) AngularJS
14 36 (6.53%) Elastic Stack
15 31 (5.63%) Flask
16 29 (5.26%) JSON
16 29 (5.26%) Next.js
16 29 (5.26%) Vue
17 26 (4.72%) Web Services
18 24 (4.36%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 85 (15.43%) Cloud Native
2 52 (9.44%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (5.08%) Product Ownership
4 27 (4.90%) Linux Command Line
5 19 (3.45%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.09%) Data Structures
6 17 (3.09%) Derivative
6 17 (3.09%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.90%) Equities
7 16 (2.90%) Fixed Income
7 16 (2.90%) Greenfield Project
8 15 (2.72%) Blog
8 15 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (2.72%) Replication
9 14 (2.54%) Algorithms
10 12 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.63%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.45%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.27%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 90 (16.33%) Linux
2 41 (7.44%) Unix
3 30 (5.44%) Windows
4 14 (2.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 14 (2.54%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.27%) Android
5 7 (1.27%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.27%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.73%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.54%) CentOS
7 3 (0.54%) Debian
8 2 (0.36%) VMS
8 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.18%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (41.20%) CI/CD
2 205 (37.21%) Agile
3 174 (31.58%) Microservices
4 170 (30.85%) Software Engineering
5 157 (28.49%) DevOps
6 150 (27.22%) Full-Stack Development
7 128 (23.23%) Problem-Solving
8 106 (19.24%) Infrastructure as Code
9 105 (19.06%) Containerisation
10 99 (17.97%) Test Automation
11 98 (17.79%) Mentoring
12 91 (16.52%) AI
13 66 (11.98%) TDD
14 65 (11.80%) Data Modelling
15 63 (11.43%) Scrum
16 61 (11.07%) Fintech
16 61 (11.07%) Observability
17 58 (10.53%) Clean Code
17 58 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
18 54 (9.80%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 255 (46.28%) Python
2 180 (32.67%) Java
3 172 (31.22%) SQL
4 150 (27.22%) JavaScript
5 113 (20.51%) TypeScript
6 46 (8.35%) C#
7 39 (7.08%) Go
8 29 (5.26%) PowerShell
9 23 (4.17%) PHP
9 23 (4.17%) Ruby
10 17 (3.09%) C
11 13 (2.36%) Delphi
12 12 (2.18%) Shell Script
13 11 (2.00%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.45%) C++
14 8 (1.45%) Rust
15 7 (1.27%) Bash
16 5 (0.91%) Perl
17 4 (0.73%) Pascal
17 4 (0.73%) VB
Qualifications
1 101 (18.33%) Security Cleared
2 72 (13.07%) Degree
2 72 (13.07%) SC Cleared
3 33 (5.99%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (3.63%) AWS Certification
5 18 (3.27%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.18%) AWS Certified Developer
7 8 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.27%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.54%) RHCE
10 2 (0.36%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.36%) RHCSA
10 2 (0.36%) SnowPro
10 2 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.35%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.36%) QA
3 14 (2.54%) GDPR
3 14 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.63%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.63%) SLA
5 3 (0.54%) NCSC
5 3 (0.54%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.36%) PSD2
7 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.18%) HL7
7 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 194 (35.21%) Docker
2 21 (3.81%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.73%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 4 (0.73%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.36%) Firmware
4 2 (0.36%) Samba
5 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 176 (31.94%) Kubernetes
2 123 (22.32%) Terraform
3 40 (7.26%) Ansible
4 33 (5.99%) Grafana
5 18 (3.27%) Prometheus
6 17 (3.09%) AWS Copilot
7 12 (2.18%) Kibana
8 10 (1.81%) Argo
9 5 (0.91%) Data Guard
9 5 (0.91%) Nagios
10 4 (0.73%) Control-M
11 3 (0.54%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.54%) Puppet
11 3 (0.54%) Rancher
12 2 (0.36%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.36%) Oracle RMAN
13 1 (0.18%) Ambari
13 1 (0.18%) Podman
13 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
13 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 71 (12.89%) Oracle
2 55 (9.98%) Google
3 39 (7.08%) Microsoft
4 21 (3.81%) Red Hat
5 14 (2.54%) Informatica
6 13 (2.36%) Atlassian
6 13 (2.36%) OpenAI
7 12 (2.18%) IBM
8 10 (1.81%) Pega
8 10 (1.81%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.63%) Talend
10 8 (1.45%) Dynatrace
10 8 (1.45%) ESRI
11 7 (1.27%) Splunk
12 6 (1.09%) Databricks
12 6 (1.09%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.91%) Confluent
13 5 (0.91%) Dell
13 5 (0.91%) VMware
13 5 (0.91%) WSO2