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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 212 174
Rank change year-on-year -71 -38 +37
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 618 707 1,689
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.67% 1.60% 1.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.76% 9.58% 9.55%
Number of salaries quoted 456 513 1,174
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £63,206
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +18.66% -9.71%
75th Percentile £85,000 £105,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £137,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £63,750 £53,750
% change year-on-year -1.96% +18.60% -6.52%

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 7,962 7,379 17,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.68% 16.69% 16.62%
Number of salaries quoted 5,063 4,749 12,601
10th Percentile £35,250 £36,197 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,960 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,751 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £97,500
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 10 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 10 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 -79 529 £69,305 -7.59% 258
Work from Home +34 328 £67,500 -5.92% 164
UK excluding London -65 317 £62,500 -1.96% 147
London -92 212 £84,625 -10.92% 137
North of England -16 115 £67,500 - 51
South East -7 108 £57,500 +9.52% 43
North West -11 49 £69,310 -0.11% 33
Yorkshire -28 38 £56,065 -16.94% 11
South West -48 38 £62,500 - 16
North East -23 28 £65,000 +23.81% 7
East of England -26 22 £47,500 +36.69% 11
Scotland -4 18 £67,500 +8.00% 6
Midlands -43 13 £75,000 +11.01% 18
West Midlands -39 10 £77,500 +14.71% 10
Wales -59 4 £69,401 -4.36% 4
East Midlands -30 3 £67,500 +3.85% 8
Northern Ireland -38 1 £73,801 +34.18% 3

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 (4.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (4.37%) Apache Airflow
3 22 (3.56%) Apache
4 17 (2.75%) Apache Spark
5 14 (2.27%) Confluence
6 12 (1.94%) SharePoint
7 8 (1.29%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.97%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.65%) WordPress
10 3 (0.49%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.49%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.49%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.32%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.16%) CMS
12 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.16%) Moodle
12 1 (0.16%) nginx
12 1 (0.16%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.16%) WildFly
Applications
1 7 (1.13%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 375 (60.68%) AWS
2 221 (35.76%) Azure
3 107 (17.31%) GCP
4 100 (16.18%) Serverless
5 63 (10.19%) GitHub
6 58 (9.39%) Amazon ECS
7 55 (8.90%) Amazon S3
7 55 (8.90%) SaaS
8 52 (8.41%) AWS Lambda
9 44 (7.12%) Amazon EC2
10 40 (6.47%) Amazon SQS
11 39 (6.31%) Power Platform
12 38 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
13 36 (5.83%) Amazon EKS
14 35 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
15 27 (4.37%) Azure AKS
15 27 (4.37%) Azure Service Bus
16 21 (3.40%) GitHub Actions
17 20 (3.24%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 17 (2.75%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.02%) Broadband
2 17 (2.75%) Firewall
3 16 (2.59%) DNS
3 16 (2.59%) TCP/IP
4 15 (2.43%) DHCP
5 10 (1.62%) VPN
6 8 (1.29%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.29%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.29%) SAN
7 7 (1.13%) Internet
7 7 (1.13%) Network Security
7 7 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.65%) VLAN
9 3 (0.49%) HTTP
10 2 (0.32%) LAN
10 2 (0.32%) MQTT
10 2 (0.32%) PBX
10 2 (0.32%) WAN
11 1 (0.16%) Asterisk PBX
11 1 (0.16%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (29.61%) MongoDB
2 138 (22.33%) MySQL
3 107 (17.31%) SQL Server
4 97 (15.70%) Relational Database
5 93 (15.05%) NoSQL
6 48 (7.77%) Redis
7 31 (5.02%) Power BI
8 26 (4.21%) Elasticsearch
9 25 (4.05%) Amazon RDS
10 23 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
11 19 (3.07%) DynamoDB
12 18 (2.91%) GIS
13 17 (2.75%) Apache Cassandra
13 17 (2.75%) Oracle Database
14 14 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
15 13 (2.10%) Metadata
15 13 (2.10%) RDBMS
16 11 (1.78%) MariaDB
16 11 (1.78%) Pinecone
16 11 (1.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 119 (19.26%) Git
2 44 (7.12%) Jenkins
3 38 (6.15%) GitLab
4 25 (4.05%) JIRA
5 24 (3.88%) Cypress.io
6 20 (3.24%) JUnit
7 17 (2.75%) Mockito
8 13 (2.10%) Bitbucket
8 13 (2.10%) TeamCity
9 10 (1.62%) JMeter
10 8 (1.29%) Maven
11 7 (1.13%) Selenium
12 6 (0.97%) Claude Code
12 6 (0.97%) Vite
13 5 (0.81%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.65%) Liquibase
15 3 (0.49%) DBeaver
15 3 (0.49%) Mocha
15 3 (0.49%) Storybook
16 2 (0.32%) Jaeger
General
1 147 (23.79%) Social Skills
2 90 (14.56%) Finance
3 80 (12.94%) Public Sector
4 57 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (7.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (5.50%) Games
7 31 (5.02%) Retail
8 27 (4.37%) Law
9 24 (3.88%) Banking
10 19 (3.07%) Manufacturing
10 19 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (2.59%) Front Office
12 15 (2.43%) Advertising
13 14 (2.27%) Legal
14 11 (1.78%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (1.13%) Automotive
16 7 (1.13%) Aviation
17 5 (0.81%) Telecoms
18 4 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 211 (34.14%) Developer
2 124 (20.06%) Senior
3 104 (16.83%) Software Engineer
4 91 (14.72%) Lead
5 78 (12.62%) Full-Stack Developer
6 51 (8.25%) Python Engineer
7 42 (6.80%) Lead Developer
8 41 (6.63%) Java Developer
9 39 (6.31%) Architect
10 36 (5.83%) Python Developer
11 35 (5.66%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 35 (5.66%) Java Engineer
12 34 (5.50%) Data Engineer
13 32 (5.18%) DevOps Engineer
13 32 (5.18%) Lead Software Engineer
14 31 (5.02%) Senior Developer
15 25 (4.05%) Software Developer
16 22 (3.56%) AWS Engineer
17 21 (3.40%) Senior DevOps
18 20 (3.24%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (27.35%) React
2 154 (24.92%) Node.js
3 115 (18.61%) RESTful
4 79 (12.78%) REST
5 72 (11.65%) Spring
6 68 (11.00%) Spring Boot
7 52 (8.41%) Kafka
8 49 (7.93%) FastAPI
9 48 (7.77%) CSS
10 45 (7.28%) HTML
10 45 (7.28%) JSON
11 43 (6.96%) .NET
11 43 (6.96%) Ruby on Rails
12 37 (5.99%) Django
13 34 (5.50%) AngularJS
14 33 (5.34%) Jest
15 31 (5.02%) Next.js
16 29 (4.69%) Vue
17 25 (4.05%) Flask
17 25 (4.05%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 132 (21.36%) Cloud Native
2 63 (10.19%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (5.34%) Low-Code
4 32 (5.18%) Video\Live Streaming
5 23 (3.72%) Data Structures
6 21 (3.40%) Product Ownership
7 19 (3.07%) Algorithms
7 19 (3.07%) Blog
8 18 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
8 18 (2.91%) Replication
9 17 (2.75%) Onboarding
10 16 (2.59%) Derivative
10 16 (2.59%) Equities
10 16 (2.59%) Fixed Income
10 16 (2.59%) Management Information System
11 13 (2.10%) AI Agents
12 11 (1.78%) SCADA
13 10 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 96 (15.53%) Linux
2 43 (6.96%) Windows
3 25 (4.05%) Unix
4 19 (3.07%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.13%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (1.13%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.65%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.65%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.49%) CentOS
9 2 (0.32%) Android
9 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.16%) AIX
10 1 (0.16%) Debian
10 1 (0.16%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (41.75%) CI/CD
2 224 (36.25%) Agile
3 188 (30.42%) Software Engineering
4 184 (29.77%) Full-Stack Development
5 172 (27.83%) Microservices
6 136 (22.01%) AI
6 136 (22.01%) DevOps
7 135 (21.84%) Infrastructure as Code
8 116 (18.77%) Mentoring
9 115 (18.61%) Test Automation
10 107 (17.31%) Containerisation
10 107 (17.31%) Problem-Solving
11 104 (16.83%) Continuous Improvement
12 87 (14.08%) Observability
13 76 (12.30%) Data Modelling
14 74 (11.97%) Scrum
15 70 (11.33%) Analytics
16 69 (11.17%) API Design
17 68 (11.00%) TDD
18 62 (10.03%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 275 (44.50%) Python
2 178 (28.80%) Java
3 170 (27.51%) SQL
4 152 (24.60%) JavaScript
5 119 (19.26%) TypeScript
6 56 (9.06%) Go
7 48 (7.77%) C#
8 44 (7.12%) Ruby
9 39 (6.31%) PowerShell
10 30 (4.85%) Bash
11 26 (4.21%) PHP
12 15 (2.43%) Shell Script
13 13 (2.10%) C
13 13 (2.10%) C++
14 12 (1.94%) T-SQL
15 11 (1.78%) Perl
15 11 (1.78%) Scala
16 7 (1.13%) Korn
16 7 (1.13%) VB
17 4 (0.65%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 86 (13.92%) Security Cleared
2 77 (12.46%) Degree
3 59 (9.55%) SC Cleared
4 32 (5.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.59%) DV Cleared
6 11 (1.78%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.62%) Azure Certification
7 10 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.65%) PhD
10 3 (0.49%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.49%) RHCE
11 2 (0.32%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.32%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.16%) CISSP
12 1 (0.16%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.16%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (7.77%) Data Quality
2 29 (4.69%) QA
3 21 (3.40%) GDPR
4 17 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.94%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.49%) SLA
7 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.32%) Good Clinical Practice
7 2 (0.32%) NCSC
7 2 (0.32%) WCAG
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
1 168 (27.18%) Docker
2 30 (4.85%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.46%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 5 (0.81%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.32%) Firmware
5 2 (0.32%) Samba
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 175 (28.32%) Kubernetes
2 126 (20.39%) Terraform
3 38 (6.15%) Ansible
4 32 (5.18%) Grafana
5 29 (4.69%) Argo
6 19 (3.07%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.62%) Kibana
8 7 (1.13%) Progress Chef
8 7 (1.13%) Puppet
9 6 (0.97%) Istio
9 6 (0.97%) Kustomize
10 5 (0.81%) AWS Copilot
11 4 (0.65%) Control-M
11 4 (0.65%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.49%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 3 (0.49%) Packer
12 3 (0.49%) Plesk
12 3 (0.49%) Rancher
13 2 (0.32%) HAProxy
13 2 (0.32%) Nagios
Vendors
1 73 (11.81%) Microsoft
2 72 (11.65%) Oracle
3 32 (5.18%) Google
4 20 (3.24%) Red Hat
5 14 (2.27%) Dynatrace
5 14 (2.27%) OpenAI
6 9 (1.46%) Splunk
7 8 (1.29%) Dell
7 8 (1.29%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.13%) Databricks
8 7 (1.13%) Pega
9 6 (0.97%) ESRI
9 6 (0.97%) Informatica
10 5 (0.81%) IBM
10 5 (0.81%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.81%) VMware
11 4 (0.65%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.65%) Confluent
11 4 (0.65%) Netezza
11 4 (0.65%) Remedy