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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 231 158
Rank change year-on-year -32 -73 +45
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 797 705 1,379
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.75% 1.42% 1.65%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.90% 9.29% 10.52%
Number of salaries quoted 597 511 866
10th Percentile £43,250 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £47,487
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,305 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +20.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £85,000 £110,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.20% +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 8,956 7,590 13,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.45% 15.24% 15.70%
Number of salaries quoted 6,020 4,827 8,596
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £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 £84,500
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 12 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 12 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 -45 679 £69,655 -7.13% 869
UK excluding London -62 392 £64,500 +3.20% 320
Work from Home +25 390 £67,500 -15.63% 369
London -73 299 £85,000 -19.05% 630
North of England -12 131 £65,000 -3.70% 75
South East -15 128 £61,250 - 89
North West -15 59 £65,000 -3.70% 48
South West -50 46 £62,500 +8.70% 39
North East -25 41 £60,000 +15.66% 11
Yorkshire -23 31 £65,000 -3.70% 16
East of England -34 29 £52,500 +66.67% 19
Midlands -40 27 £75,000 +11.01% 36
West Midlands -38 20 £81,887 +19.00% 19
Wales -48 19 £70,000 -9.68% 12
Scotland -3 17 £65,000 -1.89% 38
East Midlands -23 7 £60,000 +9.09% 17
Northern Ireland -73 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 (4.39%) Apache Airflow
2 30 (3.76%) Apache
3 28 (3.51%) Apache Spark
4 27 (3.39%) Confluence
5 19 (2.38%) 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%) Luigi
11 2 (0.25%) Tornado
12 1 (0.13%) CMS
12 1 (0.13%) Documentum
12 1 (0.13%) Moodle
12 1 (0.13%) nginx
12 1 (0.13%) OpenEdge
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
Cloud Services
1 466 (58.47%) AWS
2 290 (36.39%) Azure
3 130 (16.31%) GCP
4 121 (15.18%) GitHub
5 101 (12.67%) Serverless
6 74 (9.28%) Amazon S3
7 73 (9.16%) Amazon ECS
8 71 (8.91%) SaaS
9 56 (7.03%) Azure DevOps
10 54 (6.78%) AWS Lambda
11 52 (6.52%) Amazon EC2
12 48 (6.02%) GitHub Actions
13 46 (5.77%) Amazon SQS
14 41 (5.14%) Amazon EKS
15 40 (5.02%) Power Platform
16 36 (4.52%) GitHub Copilot
17 29 (3.64%) Azure AKS
18 28 (3.51%) AWS CloudFormation
18 28 (3.51%) Azure Service Bus
19 23 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.39%) Broadband
2 15 (1.88%) Firewall
3 12 (1.51%) DNS
4 11 (1.38%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.25%) DHCP
6 8 (1.00%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.00%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.00%) 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%) LAN
10 1 (0.13%) SSL
10 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 213 (26.73%) MongoDB
2 192 (24.09%) MySQL
3 140 (17.57%) Relational Database
4 131 (16.44%) SQL Server
5 108 (13.55%) NoSQL
6 96 (12.05%) Redis
7 44 (5.52%) DynamoDB
8 38 (4.77%) Elasticsearch
9 37 (4.64%) Amazon RDS
10 36 (4.52%) Data Warehouse
11 29 (3.64%) Power BI
12 22 (2.76%) Metadata
13 21 (2.63%) Amazon Redshift
13 21 (2.63%) Big Data
14 19 (2.38%) Apache Cassandra
15 17 (2.13%) Amazon Aurora
16 15 (1.88%) GIS
16 15 (1.88%) Oracle Database
17 14 (1.76%) DTS
17 14 (1.76%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 170 (21.33%) Git
2 56 (7.03%) Jenkins
3 52 (6.52%) GitLab
4 35 (4.39%) JIRA
5 29 (3.64%) JUnit
6 25 (3.14%) Cypress.io
7 23 (2.89%) Mockito
8 14 (1.76%) Bitbucket
9 11 (1.38%) TeamCity
9 11 (1.38%) Vite
10 10 (1.25%) Claude Code
10 10 (1.25%) JMeter
11 8 (1.00%) Maven
12 7 (0.88%) RSpec
13 6 (0.75%) Cucumber
13 6 (0.75%) Selenium
14 5 (0.63%) Eclipse
14 5 (0.63%) Gatling
15 4 (0.50%) minitest
15 4 (0.50%) Storybook
General
1 185 (23.21%) Social Skills
2 109 (13.68%) Finance
3 108 (13.55%) Public Sector
4 74 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (7.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (4.64%) Law
7 35 (4.39%) Games
8 27 (3.39%) Banking
9 23 (2.89%) Legal
10 22 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (2.26%) Retail
12 17 (2.13%) 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 (1.25%) Telecoms
17 9 (1.13%) Aerospace
17 9 (1.13%) Aviation
17 9 (1.13%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 273 (34.25%) Developer
2 212 (26.60%) Senior
3 157 (19.70%) Software Engineer
4 134 (16.81%) Lead
5 89 (11.17%) Full-Stack Developer
6 69 (8.66%) Python Engineer
7 57 (7.15%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 56 (7.03%) Senior Software Engineer
9 55 (6.90%) Data Engineer
10 51 (6.40%) Python Developer
11 49 (6.15%) Lead Developer
12 46 (5.77%) Architect
12 46 (5.77%) Senior Developer
13 41 (5.14%) DevOps Engineer
14 40 (5.02%) Java Developer
15 39 (4.89%) Lead Software Engineer
15 39 (4.89%) Software Developer
16 34 (4.27%) Ruby Developer
17 27 (3.39%) Database Engineer
18 26 (3.26%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (25.85%) React
2 185 (23.21%) Node.js
3 146 (18.32%) RESTful
4 111 (13.93%) REST
5 99 (12.42%) Spring
6 94 (11.79%) Spring Boot
7 87 (10.92%) Kafka
8 70 (8.78%) CSS
9 66 (8.28%) .NET
9 66 (8.28%) Ruby on Rails
10 64 (8.03%) Next.js
11 61 (7.65%) HTML
12 58 (7.28%) FastAPI
13 50 (6.27%) JSON
14 48 (6.02%) AngularJS
15 44 (5.52%) Jest
16 41 (5.14%) Django
17 35 (4.39%) RabbitMQ
18 33 (4.14%) JWT
19 32 (4.02%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 161 (20.20%) Cloud Native
2 104 (13.05%) Distributed Systems
3 40 (5.02%) Product Ownership
4 39 (4.89%) Low-Code
5 32 (4.02%) Video\Live Streaming
6 30 (3.76%) AI Agents
7 26 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
7 26 (3.26%) Onboarding
8 21 (2.63%) Algorithms
9 20 (2.51%) Replication
10 17 (2.13%) Data Structures
10 17 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (2.01%) Blog
11 16 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (1.88%) Management Information System
13 12 (1.51%) Equities
13 12 (1.51%) Fixed Income
13 12 (1.51%) Public Cloud
13 12 (1.51%) Renewable Energy
13 12 (1.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 117 (14.68%) Linux
2 42 (5.27%) Windows
3 22 (2.76%) Unix
4 17 (2.13%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.25%) 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
1 367 (46.05%) CI/CD
2 295 (37.01%) Agile
3 277 (34.76%) Software Engineering
4 232 (29.11%) Full-Stack Development
5 230 (28.86%) Microservices
6 222 (27.85%) AI
7 207 (25.97%) DevOps
8 177 (22.21%) Infrastructure as Code
9 164 (20.58%) Mentoring
10 151 (18.95%) Observability
11 147 (18.44%) Containerisation
12 146 (18.32%) Continuous Improvement
13 141 (17.69%) Problem-Solving
14 129 (16.19%) Test Automation
15 104 (13.05%) API Design
16 102 (12.80%) Clean Code
17 93 (11.67%) Analytics
18 91 (11.42%) Scrum
19 90 (11.29%) Event-Driven
20 87 (10.92%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 342 (42.91%) Python
2 220 (27.60%) SQL
3 198 (24.84%) Java
4 188 (23.59%) JavaScript
5 155 (19.45%) TypeScript
6 69 (8.66%) C#
6 69 (8.66%) Ruby
7 62 (7.78%) Go
8 35 (4.39%) Bash
9 32 (4.02%) PowerShell
10 25 (3.14%) PHP
11 19 (2.38%) Scala
12 14 (1.76%) C++
13 12 (1.51%) Shell Script
14 10 (1.25%) RPG
15 9 (1.13%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.88%) Perl
17 6 (0.75%) Korn
18 5 (0.63%) T-SQL
19 4 (0.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 113 (14.18%) Security Cleared
2 101 (12.67%) Degree
3 83 (10.41%) SC Cleared
4 31 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.89%) DV Cleared
6 22 (2.76%) Master's Degree
7 16 (2.01%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.75%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.75%) PhD
11 4 (0.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.38%) RHCE
13 2 (0.25%) CISSP
13 2 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.25%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.25%) RHCSA
13 2 (0.25%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (7.90%) Data Quality
2 51 (6.40%) QA
3 30 (3.76%) GDPR
4 18 (2.26%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.50%) SLA
6 4 (0.50%) WCAG
7 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.25%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.25%) NCSC
8 2 (0.25%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.13%) HL7
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.13%) MiFID
9 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.13%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 245 (30.74%) Docker
2 22 (2.76%) 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
1 209 (26.22%) Kubernetes
2 164 (20.58%) Terraform
3 53 (6.65%) Ansible
4 43 (5.40%) Grafana
5 31 (3.89%) Argo
6 29 (3.64%) Prometheus
7 11 (1.38%) 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%) Bugsnag
Vendors
1 86 (10.79%) Microsoft
2 74 (9.28%) Oracle
3 47 (5.90%) Google
4 25 (3.14%) Databricks
5 22 (2.76%) OpenAI
6 19 (2.38%) Dynatrace
6 19 (2.38%) Red Hat
7 15 (1.88%) Splunk
8 14 (1.76%) IBM
9 8 (1.00%) Dell
9 8 (1.00%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.88%) Pega
10 7 (0.88%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.75%) Informatica
12 5 (0.63%) Meraki
13 4 (0.50%) Netezza
13 4 (0.50%) Remedy
13 4 (0.50%) TIBCO
14 3 (0.38%) ESRI
14 3 (0.38%) VMware