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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 219 175
Rank change year-on-year -58 -44 +30
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 679 712 1,666
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.70% 1.53% 1.58%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.06% 9.56% 9.62%
Number of salaries quoted 516 520 1,126
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,875 £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 £85,063 £110,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £113,750
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 8,426 7,445 17,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.73% 15.98% 16.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,588 4,815 12,344
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £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 1 July 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 1 July 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 -63 581 £69,310 -7.59% 368
Work from Home +33 357 £67,500 -10.00% 203
UK excluding London -69 345 £65,000 - 193
London -85 237 £85,000 -10.53% 219
North of England -20 121 £65,000 -3.70% 42
South East -19 118 £59,500 +10.70% 54
North West -17 54 £67,500 - 23
South West -47 42 £62,500 +2.04% 25
Yorkshire -23 36 £58,565 -13.24% 11
North East -31 31 £65,000 +25.30% 8
East of England -24 23 £47,500 +50.79% 16
Scotland -1 18 £66,250 - 16
Midlands -63 18 £75,000 +11.11% 27
West Midlands -48 14 £77,500 +14.81% 17
Wales -60 7 £70,000 -9.68% 9
East Midlands -32 4 £65,000 +18.18% 10
Northern Ireland -36 1 £73,801 +34.18% 6

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 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (3.98%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (3.39%) Apache
4 20 (2.95%) Apache Spark
5 19 (2.80%) Confluence
6 12 (1.77%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.88%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.88%) WordPress
8 4 (0.59%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.44%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.29%) Camunda
10 2 (0.29%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.15%) CMS
11 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.15%) Moodle
11 1 (0.15%) nginx
11 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.15%) WildFly
Applications
1 11 (1.62%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 404 (59.50%) AWS
2 256 (37.70%) Azure
3 119 (17.53%) GCP
4 99 (14.58%) Serverless
5 79 (11.63%) GitHub
6 66 (9.72%) Amazon S3
6 66 (9.72%) SaaS
7 61 (8.98%) Amazon ECS
8 53 (7.81%) AWS Lambda
9 46 (6.77%) Amazon EC2
10 43 (6.33%) Azure DevOps
11 42 (6.19%) Amazon EKS
11 42 (6.19%) Power Platform
12 41 (6.04%) Amazon SQS
13 35 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
14 28 (4.12%) Azure AKS
14 28 (4.12%) GitHub Actions
15 27 (3.98%) Azure Service Bus
16 19 (2.80%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 18 (2.65%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.15%) Broadband
2 18 (2.65%) Firewall
3 16 (2.36%) DNS
3 16 (2.36%) TCP/IP
4 15 (2.21%) DHCP
5 11 (1.62%) VPN
6 8 (1.18%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.18%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.18%) SAN
7 7 (1.03%) Network Security
7 7 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.74%) VLAN
9 3 (0.44%) HTTP
9 3 (0.44%) Internet
10 2 (0.29%) LAN
10 2 (0.29%) MQTT
10 2 (0.29%) PBX
10 2 (0.29%) WAN
11 1 (0.15%) Multicast
11 1 (0.15%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 198 (29.16%) MongoDB
2 160 (23.56%) MySQL
3 112 (16.49%) SQL Server
4 104 (15.32%) Relational Database
5 100 (14.73%) NoSQL
6 61 (8.98%) Redis
7 32 (4.71%) Data Warehouse
7 32 (4.71%) Power BI
8 30 (4.42%) Elasticsearch
9 29 (4.27%) Amazon RDS
10 24 (3.53%) DynamoDB
11 18 (2.65%) Amazon Redshift
11 18 (2.65%) Apache Cassandra
12 17 (2.50%) Oracle Database
13 16 (2.36%) GIS
13 16 (2.36%) Metadata
14 15 (2.21%) Pinecone
15 13 (1.91%) RDBMS
16 12 (1.77%) DTS
16 12 (1.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 129 (19.00%) Git
2 52 (7.66%) Jenkins
3 46 (6.77%) GitLab
4 30 (4.42%) JIRA
5 24 (3.53%) Cypress.io
6 22 (3.24%) JUnit
7 18 (2.65%) Mockito
8 14 (2.06%) Bitbucket
8 14 (2.06%) TeamCity
9 10 (1.47%) JMeter
10 9 (1.33%) Claude Code
10 9 (1.33%) Maven
10 9 (1.33%) Vite
11 6 (0.88%) Selenium
12 5 (0.74%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.74%) Gatling
13 4 (0.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.59%) Storybook
14 3 (0.44%) Eclipse
14 3 (0.44%) Mocha
General
1 153 (22.53%) Social Skills
2 96 (14.14%) Finance
3 90 (13.25%) Public Sector
4 61 (8.98%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (7.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (5.01%) Games
7 31 (4.57%) Retail
8 28 (4.12%) Law
9 26 (3.83%) Banking
10 21 (3.09%) Manufacturing
11 19 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (2.50%) Legal
13 16 (2.36%) Front Office
14 15 (2.21%) Advertising
15 11 (1.62%) Aerospace
16 10 (1.47%) Legal Technology
16 10 (1.47%) Telecoms
17 8 (1.18%) Aviation
18 7 (1.03%) Automotive
18 7 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 226 (33.28%) Developer
2 142 (20.91%) Senior
3 130 (19.15%) Software Engineer
4 118 (17.38%) Lead
5 83 (12.22%) Full-Stack Developer
6 54 (7.95%) Python Engineer
7 49 (7.22%) Lead Developer
8 45 (6.63%) Architect
8 45 (6.63%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 43 (6.33%) Data Engineer
10 41 (6.04%) Python Developer
11 40 (5.89%) DevOps Engineer
11 40 (5.89%) Java Developer
11 40 (5.89%) Lead Software Engineer
12 35 (5.15%) Java Engineer
13 29 (4.27%) Senior Developer
14 28 (4.12%) Software Developer
15 27 (3.98%) Senior Software Engineer
16 22 (3.24%) Ruby Developer
17 21 (3.09%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (26.80%) React
2 169 (24.89%) Node.js
3 126 (18.56%) RESTful
4 86 (12.67%) REST
5 82 (12.08%) Spring
6 79 (11.63%) Spring Boot
7 66 (9.72%) Kafka
8 54 (7.95%) CSS
8 54 (7.95%) FastAPI
9 51 (7.51%) Ruby on Rails
10 48 (7.07%) .NET
10 48 (7.07%) HTML
10 48 (7.07%) JSON
11 45 (6.63%) Next.js
12 38 (5.60%) AngularJS
13 34 (5.01%) Jest
14 32 (4.71%) Django
15 29 (4.27%) Vue
16 25 (3.68%) Redux
17 24 (3.53%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 147 (21.65%) Cloud Native
2 74 (10.90%) Distributed Systems
3 36 (5.30%) Low-Code
4 32 (4.71%) Video\Live Streaming
5 26 (3.83%) Product Ownership
6 24 (3.53%) Data Structures
6 24 (3.53%) Onboarding
7 23 (3.39%) Blog
7 23 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
8 21 (3.09%) Algorithms
9 18 (2.65%) Replication
10 16 (2.36%) Derivative
10 16 (2.36%) Equities
10 16 (2.36%) Fixed Income
10 16 (2.36%) Management Information System
11 15 (2.21%) AI Agents
12 13 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.62%) SCADA
14 9 (1.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 104 (15.32%) Linux
2 46 (6.77%) Windows
3 23 (3.39%) Unix
4 20 (2.95%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.03%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.59%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.44%) CentOS
8 3 (0.44%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.29%) Android
9 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.15%) AIX
10 1 (0.15%) Debian
10 1 (0.15%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (43.30%) CI/CD
2 245 (36.08%) Agile
3 229 (33.73%) Software Engineering
4 206 (30.34%) Microservices
5 200 (29.46%) Full-Stack Development
6 169 (24.89%) DevOps
7 156 (22.97%) AI
8 155 (22.83%) Infrastructure as Code
9 141 (20.77%) Mentoring
10 126 (18.56%) Containerisation
11 125 (18.41%) Test Automation
12 112 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
13 110 (16.20%) Continuous Improvement
13 110 (16.20%) Observability
14 85 (12.52%) Data Modelling
15 80 (11.78%) Analytics
15 80 (11.78%) API Design
16 75 (11.05%) Scrum
17 74 (10.90%) TDD
18 72 (10.60%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 293 (43.15%) Python
2 199 (29.31%) SQL
3 196 (28.87%) Java
4 163 (24.01%) JavaScript
5 135 (19.88%) TypeScript
6 56 (8.25%) Go
7 54 (7.95%) C#
7 54 (7.95%) Ruby
8 45 (6.63%) PowerShell
9 35 (5.15%) Bash
10 26 (3.83%) PHP
11 14 (2.06%) C++
11 14 (2.06%) Scala
12 13 (1.91%) Shell Script
13 12 (1.77%) T-SQL
14 10 (1.47%) Perl
15 9 (1.33%) C
16 8 (1.18%) RPG
17 7 (1.03%) Korn
18 6 (0.88%) VB
Qualifications
1 99 (14.58%) Security Cleared
2 79 (11.63%) Degree
3 69 (10.16%) SC Cleared
4 31 (4.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.65%) DV Cleared
6 12 (1.77%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.62%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.59%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (0.59%) PhD
11 3 (0.44%) RHCE
12 2 (0.29%) CISSP
12 2 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.29%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.29%) RHCSA
12 2 (0.29%) SnowPro
13 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (8.25%) Data Quality
2 32 (4.71%) QA
3 24 (3.53%) GDPR
4 18 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.06%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.59%) WCAG
7 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.44%) SLA
8 2 (0.29%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.29%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
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
1 192 (28.28%) Docker
2 30 (4.42%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 6 (0.88%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.29%) Firmware
5 2 (0.29%) Samba
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 192 (28.28%) Kubernetes
2 144 (21.21%) Terraform
3 41 (6.04%) Ansible
4 37 (5.45%) Grafana
5 31 (4.57%) Argo
6 22 (3.24%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.47%) Kibana
8 7 (1.03%) Progress Chef
8 7 (1.03%) Puppet
9 6 (0.88%) Istio
9 6 (0.88%) Kustomize
10 5 (0.74%) AWS Copilot
11 4 (0.59%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.44%) HAProxy
12 3 (0.44%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 3 (0.44%) Packer
12 3 (0.44%) Plesk
12 3 (0.44%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.44%) Rancher
12 3 (0.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 78 (11.49%) Microsoft
2 73 (10.75%) Oracle
3 35 (5.15%) Google
4 20 (2.95%) OpenAI
5 19 (2.80%) Red Hat
6 17 (2.50%) Dynatrace
7 15 (2.21%) Databricks
8 11 (1.62%) Splunk
9 10 (1.47%) IBM
10 8 (1.18%) Dell
10 8 (1.18%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.03%) Pega
12 6 (0.88%) Informatica
12 6 (0.88%) VMware
13 5 (0.74%) Salesforce
14 4 (0.59%) Confluent
14 4 (0.59%) ESRI
14 4 (0.59%) Netezza
14 4 (0.59%) Remedy
15 3 (0.44%) Meraki