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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 221 168
Rank change year-on-year -51 -53 +37
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 730 717 1,512
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.46% 1.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.45% 9.44% 10.05%
Number of salaries quoted 567 528 993
10th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,438 £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 £85,000 £110,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -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 8,638 7,598 15,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.63% 15.44% 16.07%
Number of salaries quoted 5,790 4,900 10,387
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,622 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.03% +1.04% -4.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,313 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £107,500
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 21 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 21 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 -52 629 £69,310 -7.59% 294
Work from Home +28 377 £67,500 -14.29% 154
UK excluding London -61 367 £62,500 -3.85% 152
London -66 267 £85,000 -19.05% 177
North of England -6 120 £65,000 -3.70% 45
South East -21 120 £59,750 +3.91% 42
North West -16 50 £65,000 -3.70% 24
South West -41 48 £62,500 +4.17% 19
North East -21 37 £55,000 +4.76% 7
Yorkshire -32 33 £65,000 -3.70% 14
East of England -15 28 £52,500 +66.67% 8
Midlands -51 23 £75,000 +11.11% 16
West Midlands -32 19 £80,000 +18.41% 9
Scotland -5 16 £65,000 -3.70% 13
Wales -56 15 £70,000 -9.68% 3
East Midlands -28 4 £65,000 +18.18% 7
Northern Ireland -72 1 £73,801 +34.18% 7

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 (3.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (3.42%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (3.15%) Apache
3 23 (3.15%) Confluence
4 22 (3.01%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.64%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.82%) WordPress
7 5 (0.68%) Camunda
7 5 (0.68%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.41%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.41%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.27%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.14%) CMS
10 1 (0.14%) Documentum
10 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.14%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.14%) WildFly
Applications
1 13 (1.78%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 424 (58.08%) AWS
2 281 (38.49%) Azure
3 130 (17.81%) GCP
4 93 (12.74%) Serverless
5 89 (12.19%) GitHub
6 69 (9.45%) Amazon S3
7 65 (8.90%) SaaS
8 61 (8.36%) Amazon ECS
9 51 (6.99%) Azure DevOps
10 49 (6.71%) AWS Lambda
11 48 (6.58%) Amazon EC2
12 44 (6.03%) Amazon EKS
12 44 (6.03%) Amazon SQS
13 43 (5.89%) Power Platform
14 34 (4.66%) GitHub Actions
15 32 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
16 27 (3.70%) Azure AKS
16 27 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
17 22 (3.01%) AWS CloudFormation
18 20 (2.74%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.79%) Broadband
2 15 (2.05%) Firewall
3 13 (1.78%) DNS
4 12 (1.64%) DHCP
4 12 (1.64%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.10%) iSCSI
5 8 (1.10%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (1.10%) SAN
5 8 (1.10%) VPN
6 4 (0.55%) Network Security
6 4 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.41%) HTTP
8 2 (0.27%) MQTT
8 2 (0.27%) PBX
8 2 (0.27%) SMS
8 2 (0.27%) VLAN
9 1 (0.14%) LAN
9 1 (0.14%) LTE
9 1 (0.14%) SSL
9 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (27.53%) MongoDB
2 182 (24.93%) MySQL
3 116 (15.89%) SQL Server
4 114 (15.62%) Relational Database
5 106 (14.52%) NoSQL
6 81 (11.10%) Redis
7 34 (4.66%) Data Warehouse
8 33 (4.52%) Power BI
9 31 (4.25%) Elasticsearch
10 30 (4.11%) Amazon RDS
10 30 (4.11%) DynamoDB
11 22 (3.01%) Metadata
12 20 (2.74%) Amazon Redshift
12 20 (2.74%) Big Data
13 18 (2.47%) Apache Cassandra
14 15 (2.05%) Amazon Aurora
14 15 (2.05%) Oracle Database
15 14 (1.92%) Data Lake
15 14 (1.92%) DTS
15 14 (1.92%) GIS
Development Applications
1 142 (19.45%) Git
2 51 (6.99%) Jenkins
3 48 (6.58%) GitLab
4 32 (4.38%) JIRA
5 24 (3.29%) JUnit
6 23 (3.15%) Cypress.io
7 20 (2.74%) Mockito
8 14 (1.92%) TeamCity
9 13 (1.78%) Bitbucket
10 10 (1.37%) JMeter
10 10 (1.37%) Vite
11 9 (1.23%) Claude Code
12 8 (1.10%) Maven
13 6 (0.82%) Selenium
14 5 (0.68%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.68%) Gatling
14 5 (0.68%) RSpec
15 4 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 4 (0.55%) minitest
16 3 (0.41%) Mocha
General
1 152 (20.82%) Social Skills
2 99 (13.56%) Public Sector
3 98 (13.42%) Finance
4 67 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (6.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (4.66%) Games
7 28 (3.84%) Law
8 27 (3.70%) Banking
8 27 (3.70%) Retail
9 19 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (2.47%) Legal
11 17 (2.33%) Manufacturing
12 16 (2.19%) Front Office
13 15 (2.05%) Advertising
14 11 (1.51%) Legal Technology
15 10 (1.37%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.10%) Aerospace
16 8 (1.10%) Aviation
16 8 (1.10%) Tech for Good
17 7 (0.96%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 246 (33.70%) Developer
2 166 (22.74%) Senior
3 142 (19.45%) Software Engineer
4 127 (17.40%) Lead
5 83 (11.37%) Full-Stack Developer
6 61 (8.36%) Python Engineer
7 51 (6.99%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 50 (6.85%) Lead Developer
9 49 (6.71%) Python Developer
10 47 (6.44%) Data Engineer
11 46 (6.30%) Architect
12 42 (5.75%) Lead Software Engineer
13 40 (5.48%) DevOps Engineer
14 37 (5.07%) Java Developer
15 36 (4.93%) Senior Software Engineer
16 34 (4.66%) Software Developer
17 32 (4.38%) Java Engineer
17 32 (4.38%) Senior Developer
18 29 (3.97%) Ruby Developer
19 22 (3.01%) Database Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (25.62%) React
2 175 (23.97%) Node.js
3 142 (19.45%) RESTful
4 97 (13.29%) REST
5 88 (12.05%) Spring
6 85 (11.64%) Spring Boot
7 78 (10.68%) Kafka
8 59 (8.08%) CSS
8 59 (8.08%) FastAPI
9 57 (7.81%) Ruby on Rails
10 54 (7.40%) Next.js
11 53 (7.26%) HTML
12 51 (6.99%) JSON
13 48 (6.58%) .NET
14 37 (5.07%) AngularJS
15 35 (4.79%) Jest
16 34 (4.66%) Django
17 32 (4.38%) Vue
18 27 (3.70%) Flask
18 27 (3.70%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 153 (20.96%) Cloud Native
2 91 (12.47%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (5.34%) Low-Code
4 34 (4.66%) Product Ownership
5 33 (4.52%) Onboarding
6 32 (4.38%) Video\Live Streaming
7 27 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
8 23 (3.15%) Data Structures
9 22 (3.01%) Blog
10 21 (2.88%) AI Agents
10 21 (2.88%) Algorithms
11 18 (2.47%) Replication
12 16 (2.19%) Derivative
12 16 (2.19%) Equities
12 16 (2.19%) Fixed Income
13 15 (2.05%) Management Information System
13 15 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
14 13 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
15 12 (1.64%) Public Cloud
16 11 (1.51%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 107 (14.66%) Linux
2 41 (5.62%) Windows
3 21 (2.88%) Unix
4 15 (2.05%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.82%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.55%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.41%) CentOS
8 3 (0.41%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.14%) AIX
9 1 (0.14%) Debian
9 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (44.52%) CI/CD
2 263 (36.03%) Agile
3 252 (34.52%) Software Engineering
4 219 (30.00%) Microservices
5 210 (28.77%) Full-Stack Development
6 188 (25.75%) DevOps
7 180 (24.66%) AI
8 162 (22.19%) Infrastructure as Code
9 156 (21.37%) Mentoring
10 137 (18.77%) Containerisation
11 129 (17.67%) Test Automation
12 124 (16.99%) Observability
13 121 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
14 120 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
15 92 (12.60%) API Design
16 88 (12.05%) Analytics
16 88 (12.05%) Data Modelling
17 84 (11.51%) Clean Code
18 77 (10.55%) Scrum
18 77 (10.55%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 321 (43.97%) Python
2 213 (29.18%) SQL
3 199 (27.26%) Java
4 168 (23.01%) JavaScript
5 133 (18.22%) TypeScript
6 60 (8.22%) Ruby
7 56 (7.67%) C#
8 54 (7.40%) Go
9 42 (5.75%) PowerShell
10 36 (4.93%) Bash
11 25 (3.42%) PHP
12 18 (2.47%) Scala
13 16 (2.19%) C++
14 12 (1.64%) Shell Script
14 12 (1.64%) T-SQL
15 10 (1.37%) RPG
16 8 (1.10%) Perl
17 6 (0.82%) Korn
18 5 (0.68%) C
18 5 (0.68%) VB
Qualifications
1 102 (13.97%) Security Cleared
2 78 (10.68%) Degree
3 69 (9.45%) SC Cleared
4 30 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.74%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.92%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.51%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.68%) PhD
11 4 (0.55%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.41%) RHCE
13 2 (0.27%) CISSP
13 2 (0.27%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.27%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.27%) RHCSA
13 2 (0.27%) SnowPro
14 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.95%) Data Quality
2 40 (5.48%) QA
3 24 (3.29%) GDPR
4 16 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (2.05%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.55%) WCAG
7 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.41%) SLA
8 2 (0.27%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.27%) 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
1 211 (28.90%) Docker
2 27 (3.70%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.41%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.27%) Firmware
5 2 (0.27%) Samba
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 196 (26.85%) Kubernetes
2 153 (20.96%) Terraform
3 40 (5.48%) Ansible
4 38 (5.21%) Grafana
5 29 (3.97%) Argo
6 25 (3.42%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.37%) Kibana
8 6 (0.82%) Istio
8 6 (0.82%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.82%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.82%) Puppet
9 5 (0.68%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.55%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.41%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.41%) Packer
11 3 (0.41%) Plesk
11 3 (0.41%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.41%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.27%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 79 (10.82%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.59%) Oracle
3 46 (6.30%) Google
4 22 (3.01%) OpenAI
5 18 (2.47%) Databricks
5 18 (2.47%) Red Hat
6 17 (2.33%) Dynatrace
7 13 (1.78%) IBM
7 13 (1.78%) Splunk
8 8 (1.10%) Dell
8 8 (1.10%) ServiceNow
9 7 (0.96%) Pega
10 6 (0.82%) Informatica
11 5 (0.68%) Meraki
11 5 (0.68%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.55%) Confluent
12 4 (0.55%) Netezza
12 4 (0.55%) Remedy
13 3 (0.41%) ESRI
13 3 (0.41%) TIBCO