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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 225 159
Rank change year-on-year -36 -66 +47
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 779 716 1,393
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.75% 1.44% 1.66%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.74% 9.40% 10.52%
Number of salaries quoted 588 522 872
10th Percentile £42,350 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,188 £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 £85,000 £110,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -8.33%

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 8,914 7,616 13,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.60% 15.35% 15.80%
Number of salaries quoted 5,952 4,888 8,735
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,327
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £112,500
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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -42 667 £69,310 -7.59% 519
UK excluding London -57 389 £62,500 -3.85% 219
Work from Home +24 386 £67,500 -15.63% 267
London -67 288 £85,000 -19.05% 358
North of England -4 132 £65,000 -3.70% 50
South East -9 128 £60,000 -2.04% 65
North West -6 58 £65,000 -3.70% 33
South West -46 46 £62,500 +8.70% 22
North East -22 41 £55,000 +4.76% 4
Yorkshire -29 33 £65,000 -7.14% 13
East of England -31 27 £52,500 +64.06% 9
Midlands -58 26 £75,000 +11.01% 27
West Midlands -48 19 £80,000 +18.30% 14
Scotland -9 17 £65,000 -1.89% 27
Wales -47 17 £70,000 -9.68% 10
East Midlands -22 7 £60,000 +9.09% 13
Northern Ireland -82 1 £73,801 +34.18% 9

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 35 (4.49%) Apache Airflow
2 29 (3.72%) Apache
3 28 (3.59%) Apache Spark
4 26 (3.34%) Confluence
5 22 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (1.41%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.77%) Camunda
7 6 (0.77%) WordPress
8 5 (0.64%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.39%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.26%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.13%) CMS
11 1 (0.13%) Documentum
11 1 (0.13%) Luigi
11 1 (0.13%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (1.67%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 458 (58.79%) AWS
2 290 (37.23%) Azure
3 132 (16.94%) GCP
4 111 (14.25%) GitHub
5 97 (12.45%) Serverless
6 72 (9.24%) Amazon S3
7 69 (8.86%) Amazon ECS
8 68 (8.73%) SaaS
9 56 (7.19%) Azure DevOps
10 52 (6.68%) AWS Lambda
11 51 (6.55%) Amazon EC2
12 45 (5.78%) Amazon SQS
13 43 (5.52%) Amazon EKS
13 43 (5.52%) GitHub Actions
14 41 (5.26%) Power Platform
15 29 (3.72%) Azure AKS
15 29 (3.72%) GitHub Copilot
16 28 (3.59%) Azure Service Bus
17 26 (3.34%) AWS CloudFormation
17 26 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.49%) Broadband
2 15 (1.93%) Firewall
3 13 (1.67%) DNS
4 12 (1.54%) TCP/IP
5 11 (1.41%) DHCP
6 8 (1.03%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.03%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.03%) SAN
7 7 (0.90%) VPN
8 5 (0.64%) HTTP
8 5 (0.64%) SMS
9 4 (0.51%) AMQP
10 3 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.26%) MQTT
11 2 (0.26%) Network Security
11 2 (0.26%) PBX
11 2 (0.26%) VLAN
12 1 (0.13%) Asterisk PBX
12 1 (0.13%) LTE
12 1 (0.13%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 210 (26.96%) MongoDB
2 193 (24.78%) MySQL
3 132 (16.94%) Relational Database
4 125 (16.05%) SQL Server
5 112 (14.38%) NoSQL
6 92 (11.81%) Redis
7 41 (5.26%) DynamoDB
8 37 (4.75%) Data Warehouse
9 35 (4.49%) Amazon RDS
9 35 (4.49%) Elasticsearch
10 30 (3.85%) Power BI
11 23 (2.95%) Metadata
12 21 (2.70%) Amazon Redshift
12 21 (2.70%) Big Data
13 19 (2.44%) Apache Cassandra
14 17 (2.18%) Amazon Aurora
15 16 (2.05%) Oracle Database
16 15 (1.93%) GIS
17 14 (1.80%) DTS
17 14 (1.80%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 163 (20.92%) Git
2 56 (7.19%) Jenkins
3 51 (6.55%) GitLab
4 34 (4.36%) JIRA
5 28 (3.59%) JUnit
6 24 (3.08%) Cypress.io
7 22 (2.82%) Mockito
8 14 (1.80%) Bitbucket
9 13 (1.67%) TeamCity
10 11 (1.41%) Vite
11 10 (1.28%) JMeter
12 9 (1.16%) Claude Code
13 8 (1.03%) Maven
14 6 (0.77%) RSpec
14 6 (0.77%) Selenium
15 5 (0.64%) Cucumber
15 5 (0.64%) Eclipse
15 5 (0.64%) Gatling
16 4 (0.51%) minitest
16 4 (0.51%) Storybook
General
1 177 (22.72%) Social Skills
2 109 (13.99%) Public Sector
3 105 (13.48%) Finance
4 71 (9.11%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (6.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (4.49%) Games
7 34 (4.36%) Law
8 26 (3.34%) Banking
9 21 (2.70%) Legal
9 21 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (2.57%) Retail
11 17 (2.18%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.80%) Advertising
13 12 (1.54%) Front Office
13 12 (1.54%) Legal Technology
14 11 (1.41%) Tech for Good
15 10 (1.28%) Telecoms
16 9 (1.16%) Aerospace
16 9 (1.16%) Aviation
17 8 (1.03%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 263 (33.76%) Developer
2 200 (25.67%) Senior
3 154 (19.77%) Software Engineer
4 129 (16.56%) Lead
5 87 (11.17%) Full-Stack Developer
6 68 (8.73%) Python Engineer
7 56 (7.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 54 (6.93%) Data Engineer
9 51 (6.55%) Python Developer
10 49 (6.29%) Senior Software Engineer
11 47 (6.03%) Lead Developer
12 45 (5.78%) Architect
13 42 (5.39%) Senior Developer
14 41 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
15 40 (5.13%) Lead Software Engineer
16 39 (5.01%) Java Developer
16 39 (5.01%) Software Developer
17 32 (4.11%) Ruby Developer
18 29 (3.72%) Java Engineer
19 25 (3.21%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (25.42%) React
2 180 (23.11%) Node.js
3 146 (18.74%) RESTful
4 108 (13.86%) REST
5 95 (12.20%) Spring
6 90 (11.55%) Spring Boot
7 85 (10.91%) Kafka
8 67 (8.60%) CSS
9 63 (8.09%) Next.js
10 62 (7.96%) Ruby on Rails
11 59 (7.57%) .NET
11 59 (7.57%) FastAPI
11 59 (7.57%) HTML
12 51 (6.55%) JSON
13 44 (5.65%) AngularJS
14 41 (5.26%) Jest
15 39 (5.01%) Django
16 32 (4.11%) Vue
17 31 (3.98%) Hibernate
17 31 (3.98%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 164 (21.05%) Cloud Native
2 100 (12.84%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (5.01%) Low-Code
4 37 (4.75%) Product Ownership
5 32 (4.11%) Video\Live Streaming
6 29 (3.72%) Onboarding
7 27 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
8 26 (3.34%) AI Agents
9 21 (2.70%) Algorithms
10 20 (2.57%) Data Structures
10 20 (2.57%) Replication
11 17 (2.18%) Blog
12 15 (1.93%) Management Information System
12 15 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
13 14 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
14 12 (1.54%) Derivative
14 12 (1.54%) Distributed Computing
14 12 (1.54%) Equities
14 12 (1.54%) Public Cloud
14 12 (1.54%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 113 (14.51%) Linux
2 43 (5.52%) Windows
3 22 (2.82%) Unix
4 17 (2.18%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.77%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.51%) Android
7 4 (0.51%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.39%) CentOS
8 3 (0.39%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.39%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.13%) AIX
9 1 (0.13%) Debian
9 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (45.70%) CI/CD
2 289 (37.10%) Agile
3 268 (34.40%) Software Engineering
4 228 (29.27%) Microservices
5 227 (29.14%) Full-Stack Development
6 208 (26.70%) AI
7 202 (25.93%) DevOps
8 171 (21.95%) Infrastructure as Code
9 163 (20.92%) Mentoring
10 142 (18.23%) Containerisation
10 142 (18.23%) Observability
11 139 (17.84%) Continuous Improvement
12 136 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
13 133 (17.07%) Test Automation
14 99 (12.71%) API Design
15 97 (12.45%) Clean Code
16 93 (11.94%) Analytics
17 85 (10.91%) Data Modelling
18 84 (10.78%) Event-Driven
18 84 (10.78%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 337 (43.26%) Python
2 227 (29.14%) SQL
3 199 (25.55%) Java
4 182 (23.36%) JavaScript
5 145 (18.61%) TypeScript
6 65 (8.34%) Ruby
7 64 (8.22%) C#
8 59 (7.57%) Go
9 36 (4.62%) PowerShell
10 35 (4.49%) Bash
11 25 (3.21%) PHP
12 18 (2.31%) Scala
13 14 (1.80%) C++
14 12 (1.54%) Shell Script
15 10 (1.28%) RPG
16 8 (1.03%) Perl
17 7 (0.90%) Kotlin
17 7 (0.90%) T-SQL
18 6 (0.77%) Korn
19 5 (0.64%) VB
Qualifications
1 110 (14.12%) Security Cleared
2 95 (12.20%) Degree
3 78 (10.01%) SC Cleared
4 32 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.82%) DV Cleared
6 20 (2.57%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.93%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.77%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.77%) PhD
11 4 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.39%) RHCE
13 2 (0.26%) CISSP
13 2 (0.26%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.26%) RHCSA
13 2 (0.26%) SnowPro
14 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (8.09%) Data Quality
2 47 (6.03%) QA
3 27 (3.47%) GDPR
4 18 (2.31%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.51%) SLA
6 4 (0.51%) WCAG
7 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.26%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.26%) NCSC
8 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.13%) HL7
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.13%) MiFID
9 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.13%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 235 (30.17%) Docker
2 24 (3.08%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.39%) Firmware
4 3 (0.39%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.26%) Samba
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 203 (26.06%) Kubernetes
2 161 (20.67%) Terraform
3 47 (6.03%) Ansible
4 41 (5.26%) Grafana
5 30 (3.85%) Argo
6 27 (3.47%) Prometheus
7 11 (1.41%) Kibana
8 6 (0.77%) Istio
8 6 (0.77%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.77%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.77%) Puppet
9 5 (0.64%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.64%) Data Guard
10 4 (0.51%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 4 (0.51%) Packer
11 3 (0.39%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.39%) Plesk
11 3 (0.39%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.39%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.26%) logstash
Vendors
1 87 (11.17%) Microsoft
2 72 (9.24%) Oracle
3 48 (6.16%) Google
4 25 (3.21%) Databricks
5 21 (2.70%) OpenAI
6 19 (2.44%) Dynatrace
7 18 (2.31%) Red Hat
8 14 (1.80%) IBM
8 14 (1.80%) Splunk
9 8 (1.03%) Dell
9 8 (1.03%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.90%) Informatica
10 7 (0.90%) Pega
11 6 (0.77%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.64%) Meraki
13 4 (0.51%) Confluent
13 4 (0.51%) Netezza
13 4 (0.51%) Remedy
13 4 (0.51%) TIBCO
14 3 (0.39%) UiPath