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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 230 160
Rank change year-on-year -32 -70 +38
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 790 697 1,367
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.40% 1.65%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.84% 9.29% 10.57%
Number of salaries quoted 584 500 864
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,305 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +15.38% -7.14%
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 8,937 7,504 12,927
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.31% 15.04% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,000 4,801 8,467
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £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 20 August 2026.

Salary histogram for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Top 16 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 20 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 -44 675 £70,000 -6.67% 279
UK excluding London -60 388 £65,000 +4.00% 169
Work from Home +26 385 £67,500 -18.18% 133
London -77 296 £85,000 -19.05% 161
South East -17 128 £62,500 +8.70% 57
North of England +3 125 £65,000 -3.70% 27
North West -8 58 £65,000 -3.70% 14
South West -58 46 £62,500 +19.05% 19
North East -28 40 £65,000 +26.83% 5
Midlands -38 31 £72,155 +3.08% 27
East of England -23 29 £52,500 +66.67% 12
Yorkshire -30 27 £69,308 +2.68% 8
West Midlands -40 22 £81,887 +12.95% 13
Wales -53 19 £70,000 -9.68% 7
Scotland -15 17 £65,000 -3.70% 17
East Midlands -26 9 £60,000 +9.09% 13

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 34 (4.30%) Apache Airflow
2 31 (3.92%) Apache
3 27 (3.42%) Apache Spark
4 26 (3.29%) Confluence
5 15 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (1.14%) SharePoint
7 7 (0.89%) Camunda
8 6 (0.76%) WordPress
9 5 (0.63%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.38%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.38%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.38%) CMS
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%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.13%) WildFly
Applications
1 11 (1.39%) MS Visio
2 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
1 458 (57.97%) AWS
2 280 (35.44%) Azure
3 126 (15.95%) GitHub
4 122 (15.44%) GCP
5 101 (12.78%) Serverless
6 75 (9.49%) Amazon S3
7 74 (9.37%) SaaS
8 68 (8.61%) Amazon ECS
9 56 (7.09%) Azure DevOps
10 55 (6.96%) AWS Lambda
11 52 (6.58%) Amazon EC2
11 52 (6.58%) GitHub Actions
12 46 (5.82%) Amazon SQS
13 40 (5.06%) Amazon EKS
14 39 (4.94%) GitHub Copilot
15 34 (4.30%) Power Platform
16 29 (3.67%) Azure AKS
17 28 (3.54%) Azure Service Bus
18 25 (3.16%) AWS CloudFormation
19 20 (2.53%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.43%) Broadband
2 14 (1.77%) Firewall
3 10 (1.27%) DNS
4 8 (1.01%) DHCP
5 7 (0.89%) iSCSI
5 7 (0.89%) Remote Desktop
5 7 (0.89%) SAN
5 7 (0.89%) SMS
6 6 (0.76%) AMQP
7 5 (0.63%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.63%) VPN
8 4 (0.51%) HTTP
9 2 (0.25%) MQTT
9 2 (0.25%) Network Security
9 2 (0.25%) PBX
9 2 (0.25%) VLAN
10 1 (0.13%) Asterisk PBX
10 1 (0.13%) Internet
10 1 (0.13%) Multicast
10 1 (0.13%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (26.33%) MongoDB
2 189 (23.92%) MySQL
3 143 (18.10%) Relational Database
4 133 (16.84%) SQL Server
5 101 (12.78%) NoSQL
6 89 (11.27%) Redis
7 46 (5.82%) DynamoDB
8 37 (4.68%) Data Warehouse
9 35 (4.43%) Elasticsearch
10 33 (4.18%) Amazon RDS
11 25 (3.16%) Power BI
12 22 (2.78%) Amazon Redshift
12 22 (2.78%) Metadata
13 20 (2.53%) Big Data
14 17 (2.15%) Amazon Aurora
14 17 (2.15%) Apache Cassandra
15 15 (1.90%) GIS
15 15 (1.90%) Oracle Database
16 14 (1.77%) Data Lake
16 14 (1.77%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 175 (22.15%) Git
2 56 (7.09%) Jenkins
3 55 (6.96%) GitLab
4 35 (4.43%) JIRA
5 29 (3.67%) JUnit
6 28 (3.54%) Cypress.io
7 23 (2.91%) Mockito
8 13 (1.65%) Bitbucket
9 11 (1.39%) TeamCity
9 11 (1.39%) Vite
10 10 (1.27%) Claude Code
10 10 (1.27%) JMeter
11 7 (0.89%) Maven
11 7 (0.89%) RSpec
11 7 (0.89%) Storybook
12 6 (0.76%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.76%) Mocha
12 6 (0.76%) Selenium
13 5 (0.63%) Eclipse
13 5 (0.63%) Gatling
General
1 191 (24.18%) Social Skills
2 105 (13.29%) Finance
3 104 (13.16%) Public Sector
4 76 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (5.06%) Law
7 37 (4.68%) Games
8 31 (3.92%) Banking
9 23 (2.91%) Legal
10 20 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (2.28%) Retail
12 17 (2.15%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.77%) Tech for Good
14 13 (1.65%) Advertising
14 13 (1.65%) Legal Technology
15 11 (1.39%) Aerospace
15 11 (1.39%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.27%) Health Technology
17 9 (1.14%) Aviation
18 8 (1.01%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 273 (34.56%) Developer
2 214 (27.09%) Senior
3 158 (20.00%) Software Engineer
4 128 (16.20%) Lead
5 91 (11.52%) Full-Stack Developer
6 68 (8.61%) Python Engineer
7 61 (7.72%) Senior Software Engineer
8 60 (7.59%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 54 (6.84%) Data Engineer
10 49 (6.20%) Senior Developer
11 48 (6.08%) Python Developer
12 46 (5.82%) Architect
13 44 (5.57%) Lead Developer
14 42 (5.32%) Java Developer
15 41 (5.19%) DevOps Engineer
16 37 (4.68%) Software Developer
17 35 (4.43%) Lead Software Engineer
18 34 (4.30%) Ruby Developer
19 28 (3.54%) Database Engineer
20 26 (3.29%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (26.20%) React
2 184 (23.29%) Node.js
3 166 (21.01%) Terraform
4 145 (18.35%) RESTful
5 118 (14.94%) REST
6 102 (12.91%) Spring
7 98 (12.41%) Spring Boot
8 91 (11.52%) Kafka
9 77 (9.75%) CSS
10 69 (8.73%) .NET
11 68 (8.61%) Next.js
12 66 (8.35%) Ruby on Rails
13 64 (8.10%) HTML
14 56 (7.09%) FastAPI
15 50 (6.33%) AngularJS
16 48 (6.08%) JSON
17 46 (5.82%) Jest
18 38 (4.81%) RabbitMQ
19 35 (4.43%) Django
20 34 (4.30%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 155 (19.62%) Cloud Native
2 109 (13.80%) Distributed Systems
3 41 (5.19%) Product Ownership
4 37 (4.68%) Low-Code
5 32 (4.05%) Video\Live Streaming
6 31 (3.92%) AI Agents
7 26 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
8 24 (3.04%) Onboarding
9 21 (2.66%) Replication
10 20 (2.53%) Algorithms
11 19 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (2.15%) Blog
12 17 (2.15%) Data Structures
12 17 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
13 14 (1.77%) Management Information System
14 13 (1.65%) Virtual Team
15 12 (1.52%) Distributed Computing
15 12 (1.52%) IoT
15 12 (1.52%) Public Cloud
15 12 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 113 (14.30%) Linux
2 40 (5.06%) Windows
3 17 (2.15%) Unix
3 17 (2.15%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.76%) Android
5 6 (0.76%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.51%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.38%) CentOS
8 1 (0.13%) AIX
8 1 (0.13%) Debian
8 1 (0.13%) Solaris
8 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (46.46%) CI/CD
2 289 (36.58%) Agile
3 281 (35.57%) Software Engineering
4 237 (30.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 231 (29.24%) Microservices
6 222 (28.10%) AI
7 205 (25.95%) DevOps
8 178 (22.53%) Infrastructure as Code
9 158 (20.00%) Mentoring
10 149 (18.86%) Observability
11 147 (18.61%) Continuous Improvement
12 144 (18.23%) Containerisation
13 142 (17.97%) Problem-Solving
14 130 (16.46%) Test Automation
15 104 (13.16%) API Design
16 97 (12.28%) Clean Code
17 94 (11.90%) Event-Driven
18 92 (11.65%) Scrum
19 91 (11.52%) Data Modelling
20 88 (11.14%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 332 (42.03%) Python
2 216 (27.34%) SQL
3 191 (24.18%) Java
4 187 (23.67%) JavaScript
5 159 (20.13%) TypeScript
6 71 (8.99%) C#
7 68 (8.61%) Ruby
8 64 (8.10%) Go
9 34 (4.30%) Bash
10 29 (3.67%) PowerShell
11 22 (2.78%) PHP
12 18 (2.28%) Scala
13 14 (1.77%) C++
14 12 (1.52%) Shell Script
15 10 (1.27%) RPG
16 9 (1.14%) Kotlin
17 7 (0.89%) Perl
18 5 (0.63%) Korn
19 4 (0.51%) T-SQL
19 4 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 113 (14.30%) Security Cleared
2 102 (12.91%) Degree
3 84 (10.63%) SC Cleared
4 30 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (3.04%) Master's Degree
6 22 (2.78%) DV Cleared
7 17 (2.15%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (0.89%) PhD
11 6 (0.76%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.38%) RHCE
14 2 (0.25%) CISSP
14 2 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.25%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.25%) RHCSA
14 2 (0.25%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (7.85%) Data Quality
2 54 (6.84%) QA
3 30 (3.80%) GDPR
4 20 (2.53%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.76%) SLA
7 5 (0.63%) WCAG
8 4 (0.51%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.25%) Good Clinical Practice
10 2 (0.25%) NCSC
11 1 (0.13%) HL7
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.13%) MiFID
11 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.13%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 244 (30.89%) Docker
2 19 (2.41%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.01%) 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 (26.46%) Kubernetes
2 57 (7.22%) Ansible
3 44 (5.57%) Grafana
4 31 (3.92%) Argo
5 30 (3.80%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.27%) Kibana
7 6 (0.76%) Istio
7 6 (0.76%) Kustomize
7 6 (0.76%) Progress Chef
7 6 (0.76%) Puppet
8 5 (0.63%) Data Guard
8 5 (0.63%) Packer
9 4 (0.51%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.38%) HAProxy
10 3 (0.38%) Plesk
10 3 (0.38%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.38%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.25%) Bugsnag
11 2 (0.25%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.25%) logstash
Vendors
1 84 (10.63%) Microsoft
2 75 (9.49%) Oracle
3 42 (5.32%) Google
4 26 (3.29%) Databricks
5 23 (2.91%) OpenAI
6 18 (2.28%) Red Hat
7 17 (2.15%) Dynatrace
8 16 (2.03%) Splunk
9 14 (1.77%) IBM
10 8 (1.01%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.89%) Dell
11 7 (0.89%) Pega
11 7 (0.89%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.76%) Informatica
13 5 (0.63%) Meraki
14 4 (0.51%) Netezza
14 4 (0.51%) Remedy
14 4 (0.51%) TIBCO
15 3 (0.38%) Atlassian
15 3 (0.38%) New Relic