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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 153 183
Rank change year-on-year -128 +30 +7
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 556 826 1,482
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.67% 2.02% 1.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.31% 11.00% 8.69%
Number of salaries quoted 394 535 1,135
10th Percentile £39,125 £48,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £60,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £119,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -

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 7,611 7,507 17,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.18% 18.36% 18.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,520 5,172 12,548
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -10.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -144 461 £70,000 -6.67% 288
UK excluding London -143 275 £60,000 -7.69% 175
Work from Home -74 262 £65,000 -6.32% 201
London -105 206 £88,750 +1.43% 152
North of England -47 102 £60,000 -11.19% 57
South East -115 71 £55,750 -20.36% 48
Yorkshire -34 46 £52,130 -12.73% 19
North West -35 44 £75,901 +10.86% 33
South West -35 33 £61,250 -5.77% 20
Midlands -47 24 £46,250 -28.85% 18
Scotland -18 23 £67,500 +8.00% 12
East of England -64 20 £45,000 -21.74% 14
West Midlands -28 15 £43,875 -32.50% 8
North East -27 12 £55,000 -20.73% 6
East Midlands -53 9 £60,100 -14.14% 10
Wales -54 5 £73,801 +13.54% 7
Northern Ireland -42 2 £73,801 +34.18%

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 (5.04%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (4.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (2.88%) OpenStack
4 15 (2.70%) Apache Spark
5 14 (2.52%) Apache
5 14 (2.52%) Confluence
6 10 (1.80%) SharePoint
7 8 (1.44%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.72%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.72%) Oracle Spatial
8 4 (0.72%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.72%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.72%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.36%) Camunda
9 2 (0.36%) CMS
9 2 (0.36%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.36%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.36%) WildFly
10 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (1.62%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Endur
1 1 (0.18%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 343 (61.69%) AWS
2 208 (37.41%) Azure
3 142 (25.54%) GCP
4 96 (17.27%) Serverless
5 65 (11.69%) Amazon ECS
6 62 (11.15%) Amazon S3
7 59 (10.61%) GitHub
8 56 (10.07%) AWS Lambda
9 50 (8.99%) SaaS
10 46 (8.27%) Amazon SQS
11 43 (7.73%) Amazon EKS
12 39 (7.01%) AWS CloudFormation
13 34 (6.12%) Amazon EC2
14 33 (5.94%) dbt
14 33 (5.94%) Power Platform
15 32 (5.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 28 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
17 23 (4.14%) Azure DevOps
18 21 (3.78%) Amazon OpenSearch
19 20 (3.60%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.86%) TCP/IP
2 14 (2.52%) DHCP
2 14 (2.52%) DNS
3 11 (1.98%) VPN
4 10 (1.80%) Firewall
5 9 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (1.26%) Broadband
6 7 (1.26%) Internet
6 7 (1.26%) Network Security
7 5 (0.90%) iSCSI
7 5 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (0.90%) SAN
8 4 (0.72%) SSL
9 3 (0.54%) HTTP
9 3 (0.54%) VLAN
10 2 (0.36%) LAN
10 2 (0.36%) MQTT
10 2 (0.36%) PBX
10 2 (0.36%) WAN
11 1 (0.18%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (22.48%) SQL Server
2 111 (19.96%) MySQL
3 110 (19.78%) MongoDB
4 106 (19.06%) Relational Database
5 91 (16.37%) NoSQL
6 48 (8.63%) Redis
7 35 (6.29%) Elasticsearch
8 32 (5.76%) DynamoDB
9 30 (5.40%) Data Warehouse
10 29 (5.22%) Amazon RDS
10 29 (5.22%) Power BI
11 19 (3.42%) DB2
12 18 (3.24%) Oracle Database
13 17 (3.06%) Apache Cassandra
13 17 (3.06%) BigQuery
14 16 (2.88%) RDBMS
15 14 (2.52%) GIS
16 13 (2.34%) Amazon Redshift
17 10 (1.80%) Big Data
17 10 (1.80%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 128 (23.02%) Git
2 66 (11.87%) Jenkins
3 32 (5.76%) JIRA
4 26 (4.68%) GitLab
5 24 (4.32%) JUnit
6 23 (4.14%) Cypress.io
7 22 (3.96%) Cucumber
7 22 (3.96%) Selenium
8 21 (3.78%) Bitbucket
9 19 (3.42%) TeamCity
10 13 (2.34%) Mockito
11 10 (1.80%) Maven
12 7 (1.26%) Vite
13 6 (1.08%) CircleCI
14 5 (0.90%) Gradle
14 5 (0.90%) JMeter
15 3 (0.54%) Storybook
15 3 (0.54%) Subversion
16 2 (0.36%) ESLint
16 2 (0.36%) Jaeger
General
1 146 (26.26%) Social Skills
2 107 (19.24%) Finance
3 55 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (8.63%) Public Sector
5 46 (8.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (6.29%) Banking
7 32 (5.76%) Law
8 26 (4.68%) Retail
9 17 (3.06%) Front Office
10 15 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.16%) Advertising
12 11 (1.98%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.80%) Games
14 9 (1.62%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.62%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.08%) Legal
17 5 (0.90%) Automotive
17 5 (0.90%) Back Office
18 4 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 188 (33.81%) Developer
2 107 (19.24%) Senior
3 95 (17.09%) Software Engineer
4 79 (14.21%) Full-Stack Developer
5 75 (13.49%) Lead
6 56 (10.07%) Java Developer
7 39 (7.01%) Data Engineer
8 37 (6.65%) Python Engineer
9 30 (5.40%) Lead Developer
10 29 (5.22%) Architect
10 29 (5.22%) Java Engineer
11 27 (4.86%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 27 (4.86%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 24 (4.32%) Lead Software Engineer
13 22 (3.96%) Senior Software Engineer
14 21 (3.78%) Python Developer
15 19 (3.42%) Analyst
15 19 (3.42%) DBA
15 19 (3.42%) IT Support
15 19 (3.42%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (33.63%) React
2 112 (20.14%) Node.js
3 94 (16.91%) RESTful
4 78 (14.03%) Spring
5 75 (13.49%) Spring Boot
6 70 (12.59%) REST
7 68 (12.23%) Django
8 52 (9.35%) FastAPI
9 47 (8.45%) CSS
9 47 (8.45%) HTML
9 47 (8.45%) Kafka
10 46 (8.27%) .NET
11 42 (7.55%) AngularJS
12 36 (6.47%) Elastic Stack
13 35 (6.29%) Flask
14 33 (5.94%) Vue
15 31 (5.58%) JSON
15 31 (5.58%) Next.js
16 25 (4.50%) Web Services
17 23 (4.14%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 86 (15.47%) Cloud Native
2 56 (10.07%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (4.86%) Product Ownership
4 19 (3.42%) Data Structures
4 19 (3.42%) Replication
5 18 (3.24%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.24%) Onboarding
6 17 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (3.06%) Linux Command Line
7 16 (2.88%) Blog
7 16 (2.88%) Derivative
7 16 (2.88%) Equities
7 16 (2.88%) Fixed Income
8 15 (2.70%) Algorithms
8 15 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.62%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.62%) SCADA
11 8 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.44%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 79 (14.21%) Linux
2 30 (5.40%) Unix
3 27 (4.86%) Windows
4 15 (2.70%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.26%) Android
6 7 (1.26%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.08%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.90%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.54%) CentOS
9 3 (0.54%) Debian
10 2 (0.36%) VMS
10 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (40.11%) CI/CD
2 198 (35.61%) Agile
3 172 (30.94%) Microservices
4 167 (30.04%) Software Engineering
5 155 (27.88%) DevOps
6 154 (27.70%) Full-Stack Development
7 118 (21.22%) Problem-Solving
8 104 (18.71%) Infrastructure as Code
9 103 (18.53%) AI
10 102 (18.35%) Containerisation
11 97 (17.45%) Test Automation
12 92 (16.55%) Mentoring
13 69 (12.41%) TDD
14 68 (12.23%) Data Modelling
15 65 (11.69%) Scrum
16 59 (10.61%) Analytics
17 58 (10.43%) Clean Code
17 58 (10.43%) Fintech
18 55 (9.89%) Continuous Improvement
19 54 (9.71%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 249 (44.78%) Python
2 180 (32.37%) SQL
3 171 (30.76%) Java
4 148 (26.62%) JavaScript
5 106 (19.06%) TypeScript
6 45 (8.09%) C#
7 39 (7.01%) Go
8 30 (5.40%) PowerShell
9 26 (4.68%) Ruby
10 25 (4.50%) PHP
11 17 (3.06%) C
12 13 (2.34%) Delphi
13 11 (1.98%) T-SQL
14 10 (1.80%) Bash
14 10 (1.80%) Shell Script
15 9 (1.62%) C++
16 7 (1.26%) Perl
17 6 (1.08%) VB
18 5 (0.90%) Rust
19 4 (0.72%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 88 (15.83%) Security Cleared
2 77 (13.85%) Degree
3 63 (11.33%) SC Cleared
4 38 (6.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.88%) AWS Certification
6 15 (2.70%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.16%) AWS Certified Developer
8 8 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.26%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.54%) RHCE
12 2 (0.36%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.36%) RHCSA
12 2 (0.36%) SnowPro
13 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.01%) Data Quality
2 23 (4.14%) QA
3 15 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (2.52%) GDPR
5 11 (1.98%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.08%) SLA
7 3 (0.54%) NCSC
8 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.36%) WCAG
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.18%) HL7
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.18%) PSD2
9 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 191 (34.35%) Docker
2 26 (4.68%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.08%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.72%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.36%) Firmware
5 2 (0.36%) Samba
6 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 181 (32.55%) Kubernetes
2 124 (22.30%) Terraform
3 39 (7.01%) Ansible
4 37 (6.65%) Grafana
5 19 (3.42%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.80%) Argo
6 10 (1.80%) AWS Copilot
7 8 (1.44%) Kibana
8 5 (0.90%) Data Guard
8 5 (0.90%) Nagios
9 4 (0.72%) Control-M
10 3 (0.54%) Puppet
10 3 (0.54%) Rancher
11 2 (0.36%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.36%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.36%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.18%) Ambari
12 1 (0.18%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.18%) Plesk
12 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 66 (11.87%) Oracle
2 46 (8.27%) Google
3 45 (8.09%) Microsoft
4 18 (3.24%) Red Hat
5 13 (2.34%) Informatica
5 13 (2.34%) OpenAI
6 11 (1.98%) Pega
7 8 (1.44%) Atlassian
7 8 (1.44%) ESRI
7 8 (1.44%) IBM
7 8 (1.44%) Talend
8 6 (1.08%) Databricks
8 6 (1.08%) Dynatrace
8 6 (1.08%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.08%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.08%) WSO2
9 5 (0.90%) Confluent
9 5 (0.90%) Dell
9 5 (0.90%) Splunk
10 4 (0.72%) VMware