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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 142 186
Rank change year-on-year -136 +44 -1
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 546 890 1,424
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.70% 2.19% 1.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.50% 11.78% 8.57%
Number of salaries quoted 384 531 1,104
10th Percentile £40,000 £48,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,400 £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 £92,500 £95,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £111,250 £115,000 £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 7,283 7,553 16,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.39% 18.61% 18.76%
Number of salaries quoted 4,332 5,102 12,391
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +10.87% -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 27 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 27 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 -144 452 £72,500 -3.33% 288
UK excluding London -140 261 £60,000 -7.69% 175
Work from Home -89 249 £65,000 -6.32% 201
London -89 217 £90,000 +2.86% 152
North of England -23 95 £65,000 -5.06% 57
South East -138 64 £58,250 -22.33% 48
Yorkshire -34 43 £52,130 -12.73% 19
North West -22 41 £76,250 +10.02% 33
South West -46 30 £62,500 -3.85% 20
Midlands -38 25 £55,200 -15.08% 18
Scotland -32 23 £67,500 +8.00% 12
East of England -73 19 £45,000 -21.74% 14
West Midlands -17 16 £45,000 -30.77% 8
North East -26 11 £53,565 -22.76% 6
East Midlands -47 9 £60,100 -14.14% 10
Wales -49 6 £73,801 +13.54% 7
Northern Ireland -35 4 £73,801 +18.74%

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 25 (4.58%) Apache Airflow
2 20 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (2.75%) Apache Spark
3 15 (2.75%) OpenStack
4 13 (2.38%) Apache
4 13 (2.38%) Confluence
5 8 (1.47%) ArcGIS
5 8 (1.47%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.28%) Tomcat
6 7 (1.28%) WebSphere
7 6 (1.10%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (0.73%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.73%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.37%) Camunda
9 2 (0.37%) CMS
9 2 (0.37%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.37%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.18%) WildFly
Applications
1 9 (1.65%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Endur
1 1 (0.18%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 350 (64.10%) AWS
2 207 (37.91%) Azure
3 148 (27.11%) GCP
4 94 (17.22%) Serverless
5 69 (12.64%) Amazon ECS
6 62 (11.36%) Amazon S3
7 58 (10.62%) AWS Lambda
8 54 (9.89%) GitHub
9 47 (8.61%) AWS CloudFormation
10 45 (8.24%) Amazon EKS
10 45 (8.24%) SaaS
11 44 (8.06%) Amazon SQS
12 38 (6.96%) dbt
13 35 (6.41%) Amazon EC2
14 33 (6.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 32 (5.86%) Power Platform
16 27 (4.95%) Amazon ECR
16 27 (4.95%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 25 (4.58%) Pulumi
18 24 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 34 (6.23%) TCP/IP
2 12 (2.20%) DHCP
2 12 (2.20%) DNS
2 12 (2.20%) VPN
3 10 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (1.28%) Broadband
4 7 (1.28%) Internet
4 7 (1.28%) Network Security
4 7 (1.28%) SSL
5 6 (1.10%) Firewall
6 3 (0.55%) iSCSI
6 3 (0.55%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (0.55%) SAN
6 3 (0.55%) VLAN
7 2 (0.37%) HTTP
7 2 (0.37%) LAN
7 2 (0.37%) PBX
7 2 (0.37%) WAN
8 1 (0.18%) AMQP
8 1 (0.18%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (21.79%) SQL Server
2 109 (19.96%) MongoDB
3 108 (19.78%) MySQL
4 104 (19.05%) Relational Database
5 88 (16.12%) NoSQL
6 53 (9.71%) Redis
7 41 (7.51%) Elasticsearch
8 37 (6.78%) Amazon RDS
9 30 (5.49%) Data Warehouse
9 30 (5.49%) DynamoDB
10 28 (5.13%) Power BI
11 22 (4.03%) DB2
12 17 (3.11%) Apache Cassandra
12 17 (3.11%) BigQuery
13 16 (2.93%) Oracle Database
13 16 (2.93%) RDBMS
14 13 (2.38%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (2.20%) GIS
16 11 (2.01%) Big Data
17 9 (1.65%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 124 (22.71%) Git
2 71 (13.00%) Jenkins
3 28 (5.13%) GitLab
3 28 (5.13%) JIRA
4 26 (4.76%) JUnit
5 23 (4.21%) Cucumber
6 22 (4.03%) Cypress.io
7 21 (3.85%) Selenium
8 20 (3.66%) Bitbucket
9 19 (3.48%) TeamCity
10 14 (2.56%) Mockito
11 8 (1.47%) Maven
12 7 (1.28%) Vite
13 6 (1.10%) CircleCI
13 6 (1.10%) JMeter
14 5 (0.92%) Gradle
15 3 (0.55%) Storybook
15 3 (0.55%) Subversion
16 2 (0.37%) Jaeger
16 2 (0.37%) Katalon Studio
General
1 142 (26.01%) Social Skills
2 107 (19.60%) Finance
3 57 (10.44%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (8.97%) Public Sector
5 46 (8.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (6.78%) Banking
7 33 (6.04%) Law
8 26 (4.76%) Retail
9 17 (3.11%) Front Office
10 10 (1.83%) Financial Institution
10 10 (1.83%) Games
10 10 (1.83%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.65%) Advertising
12 7 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.10%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.10%) Legal
14 5 (0.92%) Back Office
14 5 (0.92%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.73%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 190 (34.80%) Developer
2 108 (19.78%) Senior
3 91 (16.67%) Software Engineer
4 80 (14.65%) Full-Stack Developer
5 71 (13.00%) Lead
6 56 (10.26%) Java Developer
7 33 (6.04%) Data Engineer
8 32 (5.86%) Python Engineer
9 30 (5.49%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 29 (5.31%) Architect
10 29 (5.31%) Lead Developer
11 27 (4.95%) Java Engineer
12 24 (4.40%) Lead Software Engineer
13 22 (4.03%) Python Developer
14 20 (3.66%) Analyst
14 20 (3.66%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 20 (3.66%) Senior Software Engineer
15 19 (3.48%) Platform Engineer
15 19 (3.48%) Senior Developer
15 19 (3.48%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (33.52%) React
2 111 (20.33%) Node.js
3 90 (16.48%) RESTful
4 82 (15.02%) Spring
5 78 (14.29%) Spring Boot
6 75 (13.74%) Django
7 69 (12.64%) REST
8 54 (9.89%) FastAPI
9 50 (9.16%) HTML
10 48 (8.79%) CSS
11 47 (8.61%) Kafka
12 44 (8.06%) .NET
13 40 (7.33%) AngularJS
14 35 (6.41%) Elastic Stack
15 33 (6.04%) Flask
16 31 (5.68%) Vue
17 29 (5.31%) Next.js
18 28 (5.13%) JSON
19 25 (4.58%) Web Services
20 24 (4.40%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 87 (15.93%) Cloud Native
2 55 (10.07%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (4.95%) Product Ownership
4 26 (4.76%) Linux Command Line
5 18 (3.30%) Replication
6 17 (3.11%) Data Structures
6 17 (3.11%) Derivative
6 17 (3.11%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.11%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.93%) Equities
7 16 (2.93%) Fixed Income
8 15 (2.75%) Blog
9 14 (2.56%) Algorithms
9 14 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.65%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (1.28%) Driving Licence
13 7 (1.28%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 86 (15.75%) Linux
2 39 (7.14%) Unix
3 28 (5.13%) Windows
4 14 (2.56%) Windows Server
5 13 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.28%) Android
6 7 (1.28%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.28%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.73%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.55%) CentOS
8 3 (0.55%) Debian
9 2 (0.37%) VMS
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (40.84%) CI/CD
2 200 (36.63%) Agile
3 171 (31.32%) Microservices
4 166 (30.40%) Software Engineering
5 155 (28.39%) DevOps
6 150 (27.47%) Full-Stack Development
7 128 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
8 107 (19.60%) Infrastructure as Code
9 104 (19.05%) Containerisation
10 96 (17.58%) Test Automation
11 95 (17.40%) Mentoring
12 94 (17.22%) AI
13 66 (12.09%) Data Modelling
14 64 (11.72%) TDD
15 62 (11.36%) Scrum
16 61 (11.17%) Clean Code
17 60 (10.99%) Fintech
18 59 (10.81%) Observability
19 57 (10.44%) Technical Leadership
20 55 (10.07%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 253 (46.34%) Python
2 174 (31.87%) Java
3 171 (31.32%) SQL
4 151 (27.66%) JavaScript
5 112 (20.51%) TypeScript
6 44 (8.06%) C#
7 39 (7.14%) Go
8 28 (5.13%) PowerShell
9 24 (4.40%) Ruby
10 22 (4.03%) PHP
11 17 (3.11%) C
12 13 (2.38%) Delphi
13 11 (2.01%) Shell Script
13 11 (2.01%) T-SQL
14 9 (1.65%) C++
15 7 (1.28%) Bash
15 7 (1.28%) Rust
16 5 (0.92%) Perl
17 4 (0.73%) Pascal
17 4 (0.73%) VB
Qualifications
1 99 (18.13%) Security Cleared
2 74 (13.55%) Degree
3 71 (13.00%) SC Cleared
4 36 (6.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.48%) AWS Certification
6 18 (3.30%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.20%) AWS Certified Developer
8 8 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.47%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.55%) RHCE
11 2 (0.37%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.37%) RHCSA
11 2 (0.37%) SnowPro
11 2 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.41%) Data Quality
2 23 (4.21%) QA
3 14 (2.56%) GDPR
3 14 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.65%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.47%) SLA
6 3 (0.55%) NCSC
6 3 (0.55%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.37%) PSD2
8 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.18%) HL7
8 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 189 (34.62%) Docker
2 22 (4.03%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.73%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 4 (0.73%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.37%) Firmware
4 2 (0.37%) Samba
5 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 175 (32.05%) Kubernetes
2 124 (22.71%) Terraform
3 38 (6.96%) Ansible
4 33 (6.04%) Grafana
5 18 (3.30%) Prometheus
6 17 (3.11%) AWS Copilot
7 10 (1.83%) Argo
7 10 (1.83%) Kibana
8 5 (0.92%) Data Guard
8 5 (0.92%) Nagios
9 4 (0.73%) Control-M
10 3 (0.55%) Puppet
10 3 (0.55%) Rancher
11 2 (0.37%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.37%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.37%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.18%) Ambari
12 1 (0.18%) Podman
12 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
12 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 69 (12.64%) Oracle
2 55 (10.07%) Google
3 37 (6.78%) Microsoft
4 19 (3.48%) Red Hat
5 13 (2.38%) Informatica
5 13 (2.38%) OpenAI
6 12 (2.20%) Atlassian
7 11 (2.01%) IBM
8 10 (1.83%) Pega
9 8 (1.47%) ESRI
9 8 (1.47%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.47%) Talend
10 7 (1.28%) Dynatrace
11 6 (1.10%) Databricks
11 6 (1.10%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.10%) Splunk
12 5 (0.92%) Confluent
12 5 (0.92%) Dell
12 5 (0.92%) WSO2
13 4 (0.73%) VMware