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 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 131 197
Rank change year-on-year -139 +66 -9
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 521 1,111 1,182
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.75% 2.33% 1.58%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.57% 12.61% 8.07%
Number of salaries quoted 364 552 967
10th Percentile £41,250 £48,787 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £61,250 £50,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £98,750 £98,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £119,250 £118,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £66,934 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.36% +16.41% +1.81%

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 6,882 8,807 14,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.88% 18.50% 19.53%
Number of salaries quoted 4,164 5,094 11,403
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £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 26 February 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 26 February 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 -151 441 £75,000 -6.25% 239
Work from Home -103 241 £68,750 -1.79% 139
London -82 234 £95,000 +8.57% 115
UK excluding London -169 231 £60,000 -10.36% 149
North of England -32 90 £68,750 -0.80% 50
South East -140 57 £56,250 -29.69% 25
Yorkshire -25 42 £60,000 +4.59% 13
North West -37 37 £77,500 +11.76% 29
Midlands -22 26 £55,200 -15.08% 24
South West -50 23 £65,000 -1.89% 23
West Midlands +2 17 £50,100 -22.92% 21
Scotland -39 15 £73,801 +22.49% 14
East of England -51 15 £42,500 -26.09% 10
North East -4 11 £52,500 -24.29% 9
East Midlands -35 9 £65,000 +8.33% 3
Wales -31 6 £73,801 +13.54% 6
Northern Ireland -28 4 £73,801 +34.18% 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 34 (6.53%) Apache Airflow
2 17 (3.26%) Apache Spark
3 15 (2.88%) Confluence
3 15 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (2.50%) OpenStack
5 12 (2.30%) Tomcat
5 12 (2.30%) WebSphere
6 11 (2.11%) WebSphere Application Server
7 9 (1.73%) Apache
8 8 (1.54%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.77%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.77%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.77%) SharePoint
10 3 (0.58%) nginx
11 2 (0.38%) Camunda
11 2 (0.38%) CMS
11 2 (0.38%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.38%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.19%) WildFly
Applications
1 11 (2.11%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.19%) Endur
2 1 (0.19%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 354 (67.95%) AWS
2 196 (37.62%) Azure
3 140 (26.87%) GCP
4 95 (18.23%) Serverless
5 69 (13.24%) Amazon ECS
6 62 (11.90%) Amazon S3
7 57 (10.94%) AWS Lambda
8 56 (10.75%) GitHub
9 50 (9.60%) Amazon EKS
9 50 (9.60%) dbt
10 49 (9.40%) AWS CloudFormation
11 39 (7.49%) Amazon SQS
12 38 (7.29%) SaaS
13 36 (6.91%) Amazon EC2
14 34 (6.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 30 (5.76%) Amazon ECR
16 28 (5.37%) Power Platform
17 27 (5.18%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 26 (4.99%) Pulumi
19 21 (4.03%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 35 (6.72%) TCP/IP
2 13 (2.50%) VPN
3 12 (2.30%) SSL
3 12 (2.30%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (1.54%) DHCP
4 8 (1.54%) DNS
4 8 (1.54%) Firewall
5 7 (1.34%) Internet
6 6 (1.15%) Network Security
7 5 (0.96%) VLAN
8 3 (0.58%) HTTP
8 3 (0.58%) MQTT
8 3 (0.58%) WAN
9 2 (0.38%) BGP
9 2 (0.38%) OSPF
9 2 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.38%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.38%) RTMP
9 2 (0.38%) SAN
9 2 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (22.07%) SQL Server
2 98 (18.81%) MongoDB
2 98 (18.81%) Relational Database
3 91 (17.47%) MySQL
4 77 (14.78%) NoSQL
5 55 (10.56%) Redis
6 41 (7.87%) Elasticsearch
7 37 (7.10%) Amazon RDS
8 32 (6.14%) DB2
9 31 (5.95%) Data Warehouse
9 31 (5.95%) DynamoDB
10 25 (4.80%) Power BI
11 18 (3.45%) RDBMS
12 17 (3.26%) Apache Cassandra
13 15 (2.88%) Apache Iceberg
13 15 (2.88%) Oracle Database
14 13 (2.50%) Big Data
15 12 (2.30%) Apache Arrow
15 12 (2.30%) BigQuery
16 11 (2.11%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 108 (20.73%) Git
2 84 (16.12%) Jenkins
3 31 (5.95%) JIRA
4 30 (5.76%) GitLab
5 28 (5.37%) Cucumber
6 27 (5.18%) JUnit
7 26 (4.99%) Selenium
8 22 (4.22%) Bitbucket
9 21 (4.03%) TeamCity
10 20 (3.84%) Cypress.io
11 13 (2.50%) JMeter
11 13 (2.50%) Mockito
12 7 (1.34%) Maven
12 7 (1.34%) Vite
13 6 (1.15%) CircleCI
13 6 (1.15%) Subversion
14 5 (0.96%) REST Assured
15 4 (0.77%) Gradle
15 4 (0.77%) Jaeger
15 4 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 137 (26.30%) Social Skills
2 113 (21.69%) Finance
3 52 (9.98%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (8.25%) Banking
5 42 (8.06%) Public Sector
6 35 (6.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 34 (6.53%) Law
8 24 (4.61%) Front Office
9 23 (4.41%) Retail
10 11 (2.11%) Financial Institution
11 10 (1.92%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.54%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.15%) Advertising
15 5 (0.96%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.77%) Back Office
16 4 (0.77%) Legal
16 4 (0.77%) Marketing
16 4 (0.77%) Tech for Good
17 3 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 183 (35.12%) Developer
2 106 (20.35%) Senior
3 97 (18.62%) Software Engineer
4 70 (13.44%) Full-Stack Developer
5 59 (11.32%) Lead
6 55 (10.56%) Java Developer
7 33 (6.33%) Java Engineer
8 30 (5.76%) Data Engineer
8 30 (5.76%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 30 (5.76%) Python Engineer
9 28 (5.37%) Python Developer
10 23 (4.41%) Lead Developer
10 23 (4.41%) Principal Engineer
11 21 (4.03%) Architect
11 21 (4.03%) Lead Software Engineer
12 20 (3.84%) AWS Engineer
12 20 (3.84%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 20 (3.84%) Platform Engineer
12 20 (3.84%) Senior Software Engineer
12 20 (3.84%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (34.17%) React
2 112 (21.50%) Node.js
3 84 (16.12%) Spring
4 79 (15.16%) RESTful
5 78 (14.97%) Spring Boot
6 72 (13.82%) Django
7 60 (11.52%) REST
8 54 (10.36%) Kafka
9 52 (9.98%) FastAPI
10 49 (9.40%) HTML
11 48 (9.21%) AngularJS
12 45 (8.64%) .NET
12 45 (8.64%) CSS
13 39 (7.49%) Vue
14 36 (6.91%) Elastic Stack
15 29 (5.57%) Flask
16 28 (5.37%) Next.js
17 27 (5.18%) Web Services
18 25 (4.80%) JSON
19 24 (4.61%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 77 (14.78%) Cloud Native
2 56 (10.75%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (5.57%) Linux Command Line
4 23 (4.41%) Equities
4 23 (4.41%) Fixed Income
5 21 (4.03%) Product Ownership
6 17 (3.26%) Management Information System
7 16 (3.07%) Data Structures
7 16 (3.07%) Greenfield Project
8 15 (2.88%) Blog
8 15 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (2.88%) Onboarding
9 13 (2.50%) Derivative
10 11 (2.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.73%) Algorithms
12 9 (1.73%) Mobile App
12 9 (1.73%) Replication
13 8 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (1.34%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 92 (17.66%) Linux
2 45 (8.64%) Unix
3 30 (5.76%) Windows
4 17 (3.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (1.92%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.34%) Android
6 7 (1.34%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.34%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.77%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.58%) Debian
9 2 (0.38%) VMS
9 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.19%) CentOS
10 1 (0.19%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (42.42%) CI/CD
2 199 (38.20%) Agile
3 168 (32.25%) Microservices
4 164 (31.48%) Software Engineering
5 145 (27.83%) DevOps
6 129 (24.76%) Full-Stack Development
7 127 (24.38%) Problem-Solving
8 98 (18.81%) Containerisation
9 93 (17.85%) Infrastructure as Code
10 87 (16.70%) Test Automation
11 83 (15.93%) Mentoring
12 82 (15.74%) AI
13 73 (14.01%) Fintech
14 67 (12.86%) TDD
15 61 (11.71%) Scrum
16 58 (11.13%) Clean Code
17 56 (10.75%) Data Modelling
18 55 (10.56%) Technical Leadership
19 53 (10.17%) Observability
20 52 (9.98%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 248 (47.60%) Python
2 182 (34.93%) Java
3 168 (32.25%) SQL
4 150 (28.79%) JavaScript
5 114 (21.88%) TypeScript
6 43 (8.25%) C#
7 32 (6.14%) Go
8 27 (5.18%) PowerShell
9 19 (3.65%) PHP
9 19 (3.65%) Ruby
10 16 (3.07%) C
11 14 (2.69%) Shell Script
12 13 (2.50%) Delphi
13 11 (2.11%) T-SQL
14 9 (1.73%) C++
14 9 (1.73%) Rust
15 7 (1.34%) Bash
16 4 (0.77%) Pascal
16 4 (0.77%) Perl
17 3 (0.58%) VB
Qualifications
1 97 (18.62%) Security Cleared
2 67 (12.86%) SC Cleared
3 66 (12.67%) Degree
4 31 (5.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (4.80%) AWS Certification
6 16 (3.07%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.30%) AWS Certified Developer
8 11 (2.11%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (1.34%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.38%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.38%) SnowPro
11 2 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.19%) RHCE
12 1 (0.19%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.95%) Data Quality
2 15 (2.88%) QA
3 12 (2.30%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.30%) GDPR
3 12 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (2.30%) SLA
4 3 (0.58%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.58%) SEPA
5 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.38%) PSD2
6 1 (0.19%) GAAP
6 1 (0.19%) HL7
6 1 (0.19%) NCSC
6 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 197 (37.81%) Docker
2 15 (2.88%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.58%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 2 (0.38%) NFS
5 1 (0.19%) Samba
Systems Management
1 170 (32.63%) Kubernetes
2 111 (21.31%) Terraform
3 40 (7.68%) Ansible
4 33 (6.33%) Grafana
5 18 (3.45%) Prometheus
6 17 (3.26%) AWS Copilot
7 15 (2.88%) Kibana
8 11 (2.11%) Argo
9 5 (0.96%) Nagios
10 4 (0.77%) Control-M
10 4 (0.77%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.58%) Puppet
11 3 (0.58%) Rancher
12 2 (0.38%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.19%) Ambari
13 1 (0.19%) Podman
13 1 (0.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 69 (13.24%) Oracle
2 40 (7.68%) Google
3 32 (6.14%) Microsoft
4 23 (4.41%) Red Hat
5 16 (3.07%) IBM
5 16 (3.07%) Informatica
6 15 (2.88%) OpenAI
7 14 (2.69%) Atlassian
8 11 (2.11%) Talend
9 10 (1.92%) Dynatrace
9 10 (1.92%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.73%) Splunk
11 8 (1.54%) ESRI
12 5 (0.96%) Confluent
12 5 (0.96%) Databricks
12 5 (0.96%) VMware
13 4 (0.77%) Dell
13 4 (0.77%) Pega
13 4 (0.77%) WSO2
14 3 (0.58%) Salesforce