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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 229 156
Rank change year-on-year -29 -73 +48
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 796 710 1,387
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.75% 1.42% 1.66%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.90% 9.37% 10.58%
Number of salaries quoted 592 516 880
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £75,000 £64,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +16.73% -8.21%
75th Percentile £85,000 £110,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -8.33%

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 8,945 7,578 13,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.42% 15.17% 15.72%
Number of salaries quoted 5,995 4,818 8,602
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £112,500
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 13 August 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 13 August 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 -42 680 £70,000 -6.67% 845
UK excluding London -57 391 £65,000 +4.00% 307
Work from Home +22 390 £69,305 -13.37% 351
London -75 300 £85,000 -19.05% 617
North of England -10 131 £65,000 -3.70% 68
South East 0 128 £62,500 -1.96% 90
North West +5 60 £65,000 -3.70% 42
South West -46 45 £62,500 +8.70% 38
North East -25 41 £60,000 +15.66% 11
Yorkshire -21 30 £65,000 -3.70% 15
East of England -26 29 £52,500 +66.67% 19
Midlands -58 27 £75,000 +11.01% 33
West Midlands -44 20 £81,887 +19.00% 15
Wales -53 19 £70,000 -9.68% 12
Scotland -1 17 £65,000 -1.89% 35
East Midlands -31 7 £60,000 +9.09% 18
Northern Ireland -75 1 £73,801 +34.18% 12

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 35 (4.40%) Apache Airflow
2 31 (3.89%) Apache
3 28 (3.52%) Apache Spark
4 26 (3.27%) Confluence
5 18 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (1.38%) SharePoint
7 7 (0.88%) Camunda
8 6 (0.75%) WordPress
9 5 (0.63%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.38%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.38%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.38%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.38%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.25%) CMS
11 2 (0.25%) Luigi
11 2 (0.25%) Tornado
12 1 (0.13%) Moodle
12 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.13%) WildFly
Applications
1 12 (1.51%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.25%) Shopify
2 1 (0.13%) Finacle
2 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.13%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 467 (58.67%) AWS
2 286 (35.93%) Azure
3 129 (16.21%) GCP
4 122 (15.33%) GitHub
5 101 (12.69%) Serverless
6 75 (9.42%) Amazon S3
7 73 (9.17%) Amazon ECS
8 70 (8.79%) SaaS
9 56 (7.04%) Azure DevOps
10 55 (6.91%) AWS Lambda
11 52 (6.53%) Amazon EC2
12 49 (6.16%) GitHub Actions
13 46 (5.78%) Amazon SQS
14 41 (5.15%) Amazon EKS
15 38 (4.77%) Power Platform
16 37 (4.65%) GitHub Copilot
17 29 (3.64%) Azure AKS
18 28 (3.52%) AWS CloudFormation
18 28 (3.52%) Azure Service Bus
19 23 (2.89%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.40%) Broadband
2 15 (1.88%) Firewall
3 12 (1.51%) DNS
4 11 (1.38%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.26%) DHCP
6 8 (1.01%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.01%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.01%) SAN
7 6 (0.75%) SMS
7 6 (0.75%) VPN
8 5 (0.63%) AMQP
8 5 (0.63%) HTTP
9 2 (0.25%) MQTT
9 2 (0.25%) Network Security
9 2 (0.25%) PBX
9 2 (0.25%) VLAN
9 2 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.13%) Asterisk PBX
10 1 (0.13%) Multicast
10 1 (0.13%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 211 (26.51%) MongoDB
2 190 (23.87%) MySQL
3 140 (17.59%) Relational Database
4 132 (16.58%) SQL Server
5 107 (13.44%) NoSQL
6 95 (11.93%) Redis
7 46 (5.78%) DynamoDB
8 37 (4.65%) Amazon RDS
8 37 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
8 37 (4.65%) Elasticsearch
9 28 (3.52%) Power BI
10 22 (2.76%) Amazon Redshift
10 22 (2.76%) Metadata
11 21 (2.64%) Big Data
12 18 (2.26%) Apache Cassandra
13 17 (2.14%) Amazon Aurora
14 15 (1.88%) GIS
14 15 (1.88%) Oracle Database
15 14 (1.76%) Data Lake
15 14 (1.76%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 169 (21.23%) Git
2 56 (7.04%) Jenkins
3 52 (6.53%) GitLab
4 35 (4.40%) JIRA
5 29 (3.64%) JUnit
6 25 (3.14%) Cypress.io
7 23 (2.89%) Mockito
8 13 (1.63%) Bitbucket
9 11 (1.38%) TeamCity
9 11 (1.38%) Vite
10 10 (1.26%) Claude Code
10 10 (1.26%) JMeter
11 7 (0.88%) Maven
11 7 (0.88%) RSpec
12 6 (0.75%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.75%) Selenium
13 5 (0.63%) Eclipse
13 5 (0.63%) Gatling
14 4 (0.50%) minitest
14 4 (0.50%) Mocha
General
1 188 (23.62%) Social Skills
2 108 (13.57%) Finance
3 106 (13.32%) Public Sector
4 75 (9.42%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (7.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (4.77%) Law
7 36 (4.52%) Games
8 29 (3.64%) Banking
9 23 (2.89%) Legal
10 22 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (2.26%) Retail
12 17 (2.14%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.76%) Advertising
14 13 (1.63%) Legal Technology
14 13 (1.63%) Tech for Good
15 12 (1.51%) Front Office
16 10 (1.26%) Telecoms
17 9 (1.13%) Aerospace
17 9 (1.13%) Aviation
17 9 (1.13%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 271 (34.05%) Developer
2 215 (27.01%) Senior
3 158 (19.85%) Software Engineer
4 132 (16.58%) Lead
5 88 (11.06%) Full-Stack Developer
6 69 (8.67%) Python Engineer
7 59 (7.41%) Senior Software Engineer
8 57 (7.16%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 55 (6.91%) Data Engineer
10 50 (6.28%) Python Developer
11 48 (6.03%) Lead Developer
12 46 (5.78%) Architect
12 46 (5.78%) Senior Developer
13 41 (5.15%) DevOps Engineer
14 40 (5.03%) Java Developer
15 38 (4.77%) Lead Software Engineer
16 37 (4.65%) Software Developer
17 34 (4.27%) Ruby Developer
18 27 (3.39%) Database Engineer
19 26 (3.27%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (25.75%) React
2 186 (23.37%) Node.js
3 145 (18.22%) RESTful
4 110 (13.82%) REST
5 98 (12.31%) Spring
6 94 (11.81%) Spring Boot
7 89 (11.18%) Kafka
8 71 (8.92%) CSS
9 67 (8.42%) .NET
10 66 (8.29%) Ruby on Rails
11 64 (8.04%) Next.js
12 62 (7.79%) HTML
13 58 (7.29%) FastAPI
14 49 (6.16%) JSON
15 47 (5.90%) AngularJS
16 44 (5.53%) Jest
17 40 (5.03%) Django
18 35 (4.40%) RabbitMQ
19 33 (4.15%) JWT
20 32 (4.02%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 159 (19.97%) Cloud Native
2 105 (13.19%) Distributed Systems
3 40 (5.03%) Product Ownership
4 38 (4.77%) Low-Code
5 32 (4.02%) Video\Live Streaming
6 30 (3.77%) AI Agents
7 26 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
8 25 (3.14%) Onboarding
9 21 (2.64%) Algorithms
10 20 (2.51%) Replication
11 16 (2.01%) Blog
11 16 (2.01%) Data Structures
11 16 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (1.88%) Management Information System
13 12 (1.51%) Distributed Computing
13 12 (1.51%) IoT
13 12 (1.51%) Public Cloud
13 12 (1.51%) Renewable Energy
13 12 (1.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 117 (14.70%) Linux
2 42 (5.28%) Windows
3 22 (2.76%) Unix
4 17 (2.14%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.75%) Android
6 6 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.75%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.50%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.38%) CentOS
9 2 (0.25%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.13%) AIX
10 1 (0.13%) Debian
10 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (45.98%) CI/CD
2 294 (36.93%) Agile
3 279 (35.05%) Software Engineering
4 230 (28.89%) Full-Stack Development
4 230 (28.89%) Microservices
5 222 (27.89%) AI
6 206 (25.88%) DevOps
7 177 (22.24%) Infrastructure as Code
8 163 (20.48%) Mentoring
9 152 (19.10%) Observability
10 146 (18.34%) Containerisation
10 146 (18.34%) Continuous Improvement
11 143 (17.96%) Problem-Solving
12 127 (15.95%) Test Automation
13 103 (12.94%) API Design
14 102 (12.81%) Clean Code
15 92 (11.56%) Analytics
16 91 (11.43%) Event-Driven
16 91 (11.43%) Scrum
17 87 (10.93%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 340 (42.71%) Python
2 219 (27.51%) SQL
3 194 (24.37%) Java
4 186 (23.37%) JavaScript
5 155 (19.47%) TypeScript
6 69 (8.67%) C#
7 68 (8.54%) Ruby
8 62 (7.79%) Go
9 35 (4.40%) Bash
10 31 (3.89%) PowerShell
11 24 (3.02%) PHP
12 18 (2.26%) Scala
13 14 (1.76%) C++
14 12 (1.51%) Shell Script
15 10 (1.26%) RPG
16 9 (1.13%) Kotlin
17 7 (0.88%) Perl
18 6 (0.75%) Korn
19 4 (0.50%) T-SQL
19 4 (0.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 114 (14.32%) Security Cleared
2 102 (12.81%) Degree
3 84 (10.55%) SC Cleared
4 30 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.89%) DV Cleared
5 23 (2.89%) Master's Degree
6 16 (2.01%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.75%) AWS Certification
9 6 (0.75%) PhD
10 4 (0.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.38%) RHCE
12 2 (0.25%) CISSP
12 2 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.25%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.25%) RHCSA
12 2 (0.25%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (7.91%) Data Quality
2 51 (6.41%) QA
3 30 (3.77%) GDPR
4 17 (2.14%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.63%) SLA
7 4 (0.50%) WCAG
8 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.25%) Good Clinical Practice
9 2 (0.25%) NCSC
9 2 (0.25%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.13%) HL7
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.13%) MiFID
10 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.13%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 244 (30.65%) Docker
2 21 (2.64%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.38%) Firmware
4 3 (0.38%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.25%) Samba
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 207 (26.01%) Kubernetes
2 164 (20.60%) Terraform
3 53 (6.66%) Ansible
4 42 (5.28%) Grafana
5 31 (3.89%) Argo
6 28 (3.52%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.26%) Kibana
8 6 (0.75%) Istio
8 6 (0.75%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.75%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.75%) Puppet
9 5 (0.63%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.63%) Data Guard
9 5 (0.63%) Packer
10 4 (0.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.38%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.38%) Plesk
11 3 (0.38%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.38%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.25%) Rancher
Vendors
1 85 (10.68%) Microsoft
2 75 (9.42%) Oracle
3 47 (5.90%) Google
4 26 (3.27%) Databricks
5 22 (2.76%) OpenAI
6 19 (2.39%) Red Hat
7 18 (2.26%) Dynatrace
8 15 (1.88%) Splunk
9 14 (1.76%) IBM
10 8 (1.01%) Dell
10 8 (1.01%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.88%) Pega
11 7 (0.88%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.75%) Informatica
13 5 (0.63%) Meraki
14 4 (0.50%) Netezza
14 4 (0.50%) Remedy
14 4 (0.50%) TIBCO
15 3 (0.38%) ESRI
15 3 (0.38%) New Relic