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 22 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 221 171
Rank change year-on-year -65 -50 +40
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 644 713 1,707
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.68% 1.58% 1.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.85% 9.63% 9.57%
Number of salaries quoted 484 521 1,176
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £47,496
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 £100,875 £137,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 8,205 7,403 17,831
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.68% 16.40% 16.31%
Number of salaries quoted 5,386 4,786 12,698
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,500 £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% -10.16%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,751 £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 22 June 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 22 June 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 -61 552 £69,305 -7.59% 182
Work from Home +25 338 £67,500 -9.84% 110
UK excluding London -83 333 £62,500 -3.85% 141
London -98 219 £85,000 -10.53% 92
North of England -14 119 £65,000 -3.70% 34
South East -14 116 £59,500 +13.33% 47
North West -8 54 £67,500 -0.19% 22
South West -57 39 £62,500 +2.04% 10
Yorkshire -16 36 £52,130 -22.77% 6
North East -32 29 £65,000 +23.81% 6
East of England -25 23 £47,500 +50.79% 10
Scotland -6 18 £67,500 +3.85% 5
Midlands -58 14 £75,000 +11.11% 18
West Midlands -40 10 £77,500 +14.81% 9
Wales -58 5 £70,000 -9.68% 1
East Midlands -29 4 £65,000 +18.18% 9
Northern Ireland -41 1 £73,801 +34.18% 20

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 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (4.04%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (3.57%) Apache
4 19 (2.95%) Apache Spark
5 17 (2.64%) Confluence
6 12 (1.86%) SharePoint
7 7 (1.09%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.93%) WordPress
9 4 (0.62%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.47%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.31%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.31%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.31%) Oracle Spatial
12 1 (0.16%) CMS
12 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.16%) Moodle
12 1 (0.16%) nginx
12 1 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.16%) WildFly
Applications
1 9 (1.40%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.31%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 383 (59.47%) AWS
2 233 (36.18%) Azure
3 112 (17.39%) GCP
4 99 (15.37%) Serverless
5 72 (11.18%) GitHub
6 60 (9.32%) SaaS
7 59 (9.16%) Amazon S3
8 58 (9.01%) Amazon ECS
9 52 (8.07%) AWS Lambda
10 43 (6.68%) Amazon EC2
11 41 (6.37%) Power Platform
12 39 (6.06%) Amazon EKS
12 39 (6.06%) Amazon SQS
13 38 (5.90%) Azure DevOps
14 35 (5.43%) Microsoft 365
15 28 (4.35%) Azure AKS
16 27 (4.19%) Azure Service Bus
17 23 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
18 18 (2.80%) Azure Monitor
18 18 (2.80%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.43%) Broadband
2 18 (2.80%) Firewall
3 16 (2.48%) DNS
3 16 (2.48%) TCP/IP
4 15 (2.33%) DHCP
5 11 (1.71%) VPN
6 8 (1.24%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.24%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.24%) SAN
7 7 (1.09%) Network Security
7 7 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.78%) VLAN
9 4 (0.62%) Internet
10 3 (0.47%) HTTP
11 2 (0.31%) LAN
11 2 (0.31%) MQTT
11 2 (0.31%) PBX
11 2 (0.31%) WAN
12 1 (0.16%) LTE
12 1 (0.16%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (29.66%) MongoDB
2 149 (23.14%) MySQL
3 107 (16.61%) SQL Server
4 97 (15.06%) NoSQL
4 97 (15.06%) Relational Database
5 56 (8.70%) Redis
6 32 (4.97%) Data Warehouse
6 32 (4.97%) Power BI
7 28 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
8 27 (4.19%) Elasticsearch
9 20 (3.11%) DynamoDB
10 18 (2.80%) Apache Cassandra
11 17 (2.64%) Oracle Database
12 16 (2.48%) Amazon Redshift
13 15 (2.33%) GIS
13 15 (2.33%) Metadata
13 15 (2.33%) Pinecone
14 13 (2.02%) RDBMS
15 11 (1.71%) Big Data
15 11 (1.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 124 (19.25%) Git
2 49 (7.61%) Jenkins
3 46 (7.14%) GitLab
4 29 (4.50%) JIRA
5 24 (3.73%) Cypress.io
6 21 (3.26%) JUnit
7 17 (2.64%) Mockito
8 14 (2.17%) Bitbucket
9 13 (2.02%) TeamCity
10 10 (1.55%) JMeter
11 9 (1.40%) Maven
11 9 (1.40%) Vite
12 8 (1.24%) Claude Code
13 6 (0.93%) Selenium
14 5 (0.78%) Cucumber
15 4 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 4 (0.62%) Gatling
15 4 (0.62%) Storybook
16 3 (0.47%) DBeaver
16 3 (0.47%) Liquibase
General
1 148 (22.98%) Social Skills
2 94 (14.60%) Finance
3 82 (12.73%) Public Sector
4 61 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (7.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (5.28%) Games
7 30 (4.66%) Retail
8 27 (4.19%) Law
9 24 (3.73%) Banking
10 20 (3.11%) Manufacturing
11 19 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (2.64%) Legal
13 16 (2.48%) Front Office
14 15 (2.33%) Advertising
15 11 (1.71%) Aerospace
16 10 (1.55%) Legal Technology
17 9 (1.40%) Telecoms
18 8 (1.24%) Aviation
18 8 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
19 7 (1.09%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 212 (32.92%) Developer
2 132 (20.50%) Senior
3 119 (18.48%) Software Engineer
4 103 (15.99%) Lead
5 80 (12.42%) Full-Stack Developer
6 50 (7.76%) Python Engineer
7 46 (7.14%) Lead Developer
8 44 (6.83%) Architect
9 41 (6.37%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 39 (6.06%) Java Developer
11 38 (5.90%) Data Engineer
11 38 (5.90%) DevOps Engineer
12 36 (5.59%) Python Developer
13 35 (5.43%) Java Engineer
13 35 (5.43%) Lead Software Engineer
14 30 (4.66%) Senior Developer
15 25 (3.88%) Software Developer
16 22 (3.42%) Senior Software Engineer
17 21 (3.26%) AWS Engineer
17 21 (3.26%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (27.48%) React
2 159 (24.69%) Node.js
3 119 (18.48%) RESTful
4 80 (12.42%) REST
5 76 (11.80%) Spring
6 73 (11.34%) Spring Boot
7 60 (9.32%) Kafka
8 51 (7.92%) CSS
9 50 (7.76%) FastAPI
10 49 (7.61%) Ruby on Rails
11 46 (7.14%) .NET
11 46 (7.14%) HTML
12 45 (6.99%) JSON
13 43 (6.68%) Next.js
14 35 (5.43%) AngularJS
15 33 (5.12%) Jest
16 32 (4.97%) Django
17 30 (4.66%) Vue
18 25 (3.88%) Redux
19 24 (3.73%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 143 (22.20%) Cloud Native
2 71 (11.02%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (5.28%) Low-Code
4 32 (4.97%) Video\Live Streaming
5 24 (3.73%) Product Ownership
6 22 (3.42%) Data Structures
7 21 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
8 20 (3.11%) Algorithms
8 20 (3.11%) Blog
8 20 (3.11%) Onboarding
9 18 (2.80%) Replication
10 16 (2.48%) Derivative
10 16 (2.48%) Equities
10 16 (2.48%) Fixed Income
10 16 (2.48%) Management Information System
11 13 (2.02%) AI Agents
12 11 (1.71%) SCADA
12 11 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
13 9 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 105 (16.30%) Linux
2 46 (7.14%) Windows
3 24 (3.73%) Unix
4 20 (3.11%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.09%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.62%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.47%) CentOS
8 3 (0.47%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.31%) Android
9 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.16%) AIX
10 1 (0.16%) Debian
10 1 (0.16%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (43.32%) CI/CD
2 234 (36.34%) Agile
3 210 (32.61%) Software Engineering
4 193 (29.97%) Full-Stack Development
5 184 (28.57%) Microservices
6 154 (23.91%) DevOps
7 148 (22.98%) AI
8 145 (22.52%) Infrastructure as Code
9 127 (19.72%) Mentoring
10 116 (18.01%) Containerisation
10 116 (18.01%) Test Automation
11 109 (16.93%) Continuous Improvement
11 109 (16.93%) Problem-Solving
12 100 (15.53%) Observability
13 84 (13.04%) Data Modelling
14 76 (11.80%) Analytics
15 74 (11.49%) API Design
16 73 (11.34%) Scrum
17 69 (10.71%) TDD
18 66 (10.25%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 280 (43.48%) Python
2 188 (29.19%) SQL
3 183 (28.42%) Java
4 155 (24.07%) JavaScript
5 129 (20.03%) TypeScript
6 53 (8.23%) C#
6 53 (8.23%) Go
7 50 (7.76%) Ruby
8 45 (6.99%) PowerShell
9 35 (5.43%) Bash
10 26 (4.04%) PHP
11 14 (2.17%) C++
11 14 (2.17%) Scala
11 14 (2.17%) Shell Script
12 12 (1.86%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.55%) C
13 10 (1.55%) Perl
14 7 (1.09%) Korn
15 6 (0.93%) RPG
15 6 (0.93%) VB
Qualifications
1 94 (14.60%) Security Cleared
2 78 (12.11%) Degree
3 64 (9.94%) SC Cleared
4 31 (4.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.64%) DV Cleared
6 11 (1.71%) Azure Certification
6 11 (1.71%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.62%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.62%) PhD
10 3 (0.47%) RHCE
10 3 (0.47%) SnowPro
11 2 (0.31%) CISSP
11 2 (0.31%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.31%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.31%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (8.23%) Data Quality
2 31 (4.81%) QA
3 24 (3.73%) GDPR
4 18 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.02%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.47%) SLA
6 3 (0.47%) WCAG
7 2 (0.31%) Good Clinical Practice
7 2 (0.31%) NCSC
8 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.16%) HL7
8 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.16%) MiFID
8 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 177 (27.48%) Docker
2 30 (4.66%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 6 (0.93%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.31%) Firmware
5 2 (0.31%) Samba
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 186 (28.88%) Kubernetes
2 134 (20.81%) Terraform
3 40 (6.21%) Ansible
4 34 (5.28%) Grafana
5 31 (4.81%) Argo
6 21 (3.26%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.55%) Kibana
8 7 (1.09%) Progress Chef
8 7 (1.09%) Puppet
9 6 (0.93%) Istio
9 6 (0.93%) Kustomize
10 5 (0.78%) AWS Copilot
11 4 (0.62%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.47%) HAProxy
12 3 (0.47%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 3 (0.47%) Packer
12 3 (0.47%) Plesk
12 3 (0.47%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.47%) Rancher
12 3 (0.47%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 76 (11.80%) Microsoft
2 73 (11.34%) Oracle
3 33 (5.12%) Google
4 19 (2.95%) Red Hat
5 18 (2.80%) OpenAI
6 15 (2.33%) Dynatrace
7 12 (1.86%) Databricks
8 10 (1.55%) Splunk
9 8 (1.24%) Dell
9 8 (1.24%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.09%) IBM
10 7 (1.09%) Pega
11 6 (0.93%) Informatica
11 6 (0.93%) VMware
12 5 (0.78%) Salesforce
13 4 (0.62%) Confluent
13 4 (0.62%) ESRI
13 4 (0.62%) Netezza
13 4 (0.62%) Remedy
14 3 (0.47%) Revolut