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 7 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 219 170
Rank change year-on-year -61 -49 +30
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 690 722 1,638
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.71% 1.50% 1.58%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.06% 9.56% 9.61%
Number of salaries quoted 525 526 1,099
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £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 £86,250 £110,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +23.81% -10.02%

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 8,566 7,556 17,040
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.78% 15.73% 16.41%
Number of salaries quoted 5,698 4,883 12,107
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £102,500
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 7 July 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 7 July 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 -66 590 £69,310 -7.59% 373
Work from Home +27 360 £68,403 -8.80% 304
UK excluding London -67 348 £65,000 - 295
London -86 244 £85,000 -15.00% 154
North of England -21 119 £65,000 -3.70% 60
South East -20 118 £59,500 +8.18% 84
North West -17 53 £67,500 - 32
South West -51 43 £62,500 +2.04% 27
Yorkshire -15 34 £65,000 -3.70% 17
North East -25 32 £65,000 +25.30% 11
East of England -28 23 £50,000 +58.73% 34
Midlands -45 20 £75,000 +11.11% 44
Scotland -12 18 £65,000 -1.89% 23
West Midlands -38 16 £75,000 +11.11% 24
Wales -60 8 £70,000 -9.68% 13
East Midlands -30 4 £65,000 +18.18% 20
Northern Ireland -56 1 £73,801 +34.18% 14

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 (4.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (3.77%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (3.33%) Apache
4 20 (2.90%) Apache Spark
4 20 (2.90%) Confluence
5 12 (1.74%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.87%) WordPress
7 5 (0.72%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.58%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.43%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.43%) Camunda
10 2 (0.29%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.14%) CMS
11 1 (0.14%) Documentum
11 1 (0.14%) Moodle
11 1 (0.14%) nginx
11 1 (0.14%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (1.74%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 408 (59.13%) AWS
2 262 (37.97%) Azure
3 122 (17.68%) GCP
4 96 (13.91%) Serverless
5 79 (11.45%) GitHub
6 66 (9.57%) Amazon S3
7 65 (9.42%) SaaS
8 60 (8.70%) Amazon ECS
9 51 (7.39%) AWS Lambda
10 46 (6.67%) Amazon EC2
11 45 (6.52%) Azure DevOps
12 43 (6.23%) Amazon EKS
13 42 (6.09%) Power Platform
14 40 (5.80%) Amazon SQS
15 34 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
16 28 (4.06%) Azure AKS
16 28 (4.06%) GitHub Actions
17 27 (3.91%) Azure Service Bus
18 20 (2.90%) AWS CloudFormation
19 19 (2.75%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.07%) Broadband
2 17 (2.46%) Firewall
3 15 (2.17%) DNS
3 15 (2.17%) TCP/IP
4 14 (2.03%) DHCP
5 10 (1.45%) VPN
6 8 (1.16%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.16%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.16%) SAN
7 6 (0.87%) Network Security
7 6 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.58%) VLAN
9 3 (0.43%) HTTP
10 2 (0.29%) LAN
10 2 (0.29%) MQTT
10 2 (0.29%) PBX
10 2 (0.29%) WAN
11 1 (0.14%) Asterisk PBX
11 1 (0.14%) LTE
11 1 (0.14%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 198 (28.70%) MongoDB
2 165 (23.91%) MySQL
3 112 (16.23%) SQL Server
4 104 (15.07%) Relational Database
5 102 (14.78%) NoSQL
6 62 (8.99%) Redis
7 34 (4.93%) Data Warehouse
8 32 (4.64%) Power BI
9 29 (4.20%) Amazon RDS
9 29 (4.20%) Elasticsearch
10 27 (3.91%) DynamoDB
11 19 (2.75%) Amazon Redshift
12 18 (2.61%) Apache Cassandra
12 18 (2.61%) Metadata
13 17 (2.46%) Oracle Database
14 16 (2.32%) GIS
15 14 (2.03%) Big Data
15 14 (2.03%) Pinecone
16 13 (1.88%) DTS
16 13 (1.88%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 129 (18.70%) Git
2 50 (7.25%) Jenkins
3 45 (6.52%) GitLab
4 30 (4.35%) JIRA
5 23 (3.33%) Cypress.io
5 23 (3.33%) JUnit
6 19 (2.75%) Mockito
7 14 (2.03%) Bitbucket
7 14 (2.03%) TeamCity
8 10 (1.45%) JMeter
9 9 (1.30%) Claude Code
9 9 (1.30%) Maven
9 9 (1.30%) Vite
10 6 (0.87%) Selenium
11 5 (0.72%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.72%) Gatling
12 4 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.58%) Storybook
13 3 (0.43%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.43%) Mocha
General
1 151 (21.88%) Social Skills
2 97 (14.06%) Finance
3 93 (13.48%) Public Sector
4 61 (8.84%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (6.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (4.93%) Games
7 30 (4.35%) Retail
8 28 (4.06%) Law
9 27 (3.91%) Banking
10 20 (2.90%) Manufacturing
11 19 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (2.61%) Legal
13 16 (2.32%) Front Office
14 15 (2.17%) Advertising
15 11 (1.59%) Legal Technology
16 10 (1.45%) Aerospace
16 10 (1.45%) Telecoms
17 8 (1.16%) Aviation
18 7 (1.01%) Automotive
19 5 (0.72%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 230 (33.33%) Developer
2 147 (21.30%) Senior
3 133 (19.28%) Software Engineer
4 120 (17.39%) Lead
5 82 (11.88%) Full-Stack Developer
6 55 (7.97%) Python Engineer
7 50 (7.25%) Lead Developer
8 47 (6.81%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 46 (6.67%) Architect
10 43 (6.23%) Data Engineer
10 43 (6.23%) Python Developer
11 40 (5.80%) DevOps Engineer
11 40 (5.80%) Lead Software Engineer
12 39 (5.65%) Java Developer
13 35 (5.07%) Java Engineer
14 30 (4.35%) Senior Software Engineer
15 29 (4.20%) Senior Developer
15 29 (4.20%) Software Developer
16 23 (3.33%) Ruby Developer
17 22 (3.19%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (26.52%) React
2 169 (24.49%) Node.js
3 131 (18.99%) RESTful
4 88 (12.75%) REST
5 84 (12.17%) Spring
6 81 (11.74%) Spring Boot
7 68 (9.86%) Kafka
8 55 (7.97%) FastAPI
9 54 (7.83%) CSS
10 51 (7.39%) Ruby on Rails
11 49 (7.10%) JSON
12 48 (6.96%) .NET
12 48 (6.96%) HTML
13 46 (6.67%) Next.js
14 38 (5.51%) AngularJS
15 33 (4.78%) Django
15 33 (4.78%) Jest
16 29 (4.20%) Vue
17 26 (3.77%) Flask
18 25 (3.62%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 149 (21.59%) Cloud Native
2 79 (11.45%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (5.36%) Low-Code
4 32 (4.64%) Video\Live Streaming
5 28 (4.06%) Onboarding
6 27 (3.91%) Product Ownership
7 24 (3.48%) Data Structures
7 24 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
8 23 (3.33%) Blog
9 21 (3.04%) Algorithms
10 18 (2.61%) Replication
11 17 (2.46%) AI Agents
12 16 (2.32%) Derivative
12 16 (2.32%) Equities
12 16 (2.32%) Fixed Income
12 16 (2.32%) Management Information System
13 14 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
15 11 (1.59%) SCADA
16 10 (1.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 102 (14.78%) Linux
2 45 (6.52%) Windows
3 22 (3.19%) Unix
4 19 (2.75%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.01%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.58%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.43%) CentOS
8 3 (0.43%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.29%) Android
9 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.14%) AIX
10 1 (0.14%) Debian
10 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (43.04%) CI/CD
2 248 (35.94%) Agile
3 235 (34.06%) Software Engineering
4 209 (30.29%) Microservices
5 201 (29.13%) Full-Stack Development
6 173 (25.07%) DevOps
7 159 (23.04%) AI
8 155 (22.46%) Infrastructure as Code
9 145 (21.01%) Mentoring
10 129 (18.70%) Containerisation
11 126 (18.26%) Test Automation
12 113 (16.38%) Observability
13 112 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
14 110 (15.94%) Continuous Improvement
15 86 (12.46%) Data Modelling
16 82 (11.88%) Analytics
16 82 (11.88%) API Design
17 76 (11.01%) Scrum
18 74 (10.72%) TDD
19 73 (10.58%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 298 (43.19%) Python
2 201 (29.13%) SQL
3 198 (28.70%) Java
4 163 (23.62%) JavaScript
5 133 (19.28%) TypeScript
6 54 (7.83%) C#
6 54 (7.83%) Go
6 54 (7.83%) Ruby
7 44 (6.38%) PowerShell
8 36 (5.22%) Bash
9 26 (3.77%) PHP
10 15 (2.17%) C++
11 14 (2.03%) Scala
12 12 (1.74%) Shell Script
12 12 (1.74%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.45%) Perl
14 9 (1.30%) RPG
15 7 (1.01%) C
15 7 (1.01%) Korn
16 6 (0.87%) VB
Qualifications
1 100 (14.49%) Security Cleared
2 80 (11.59%) Degree
3 67 (9.71%) SC Cleared
4 32 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.61%) DV Cleared
6 12 (1.74%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.59%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.72%) PhD
11 4 (0.58%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.43%) RHCE
13 2 (0.29%) CISSP
13 2 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.29%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.29%) RHCSA
13 2 (0.29%) SnowPro
14 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (8.26%) Data Quality
2 33 (4.78%) QA
3 23 (3.33%) GDPR
4 17 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.03%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.58%) WCAG
7 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.43%) SLA
8 2 (0.29%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.29%) NCSC
9 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.14%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.14%) MiFID
9 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 196 (28.41%) Docker
2 29 (4.20%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 5 (0.72%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.29%) Firmware
5 2 (0.29%) Samba
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 193 (27.97%) Kubernetes
2 145 (21.01%) Terraform
3 39 (5.65%) Ansible
4 38 (5.51%) Grafana
5 31 (4.49%) Argo
6 23 (3.33%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.45%) Kibana
8 7 (1.01%) Progress Chef
8 7 (1.01%) Puppet
9 6 (0.87%) Istio
9 6 (0.87%) Kustomize
10 5 (0.72%) AWS Copilot
11 4 (0.58%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.43%) HAProxy
12 3 (0.43%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 3 (0.43%) Packer
12 3 (0.43%) Plesk
12 3 (0.43%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.43%) Rancher
12 3 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 77 (11.16%) Microsoft
2 75 (10.87%) Oracle
3 37 (5.36%) Google
4 21 (3.04%) OpenAI
5 19 (2.75%) Red Hat
6 17 (2.46%) Dynatrace
7 15 (2.17%) Databricks
8 12 (1.74%) Splunk
9 11 (1.59%) IBM
10 8 (1.16%) Dell
10 8 (1.16%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.01%) Pega
12 5 (0.72%) Informatica
12 5 (0.72%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.72%) VMware
13 4 (0.58%) Confluent
13 4 (0.58%) ESRI
13 4 (0.58%) Meraki
13 4 (0.58%) Netezza
13 4 (0.58%) Remedy