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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 225 164
Rank change year-on-year -32 -61 +40
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 767 717 1,414
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.75% 1.45% 1.62%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.67% 9.42% 10.21%
Number of salaries quoted 588 527 896
10th Percentile £42,000 £43,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £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 £88,125
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 8,845 7,608 13,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.70% 15.42% 15.90%
Number of salaries quoted 5,893 4,905 9,345
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +0.83% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £111,250
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 29 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 29 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 -52 659 £69,310 -7.59% 290
UK excluding London -47 385 £62,500 -3.85% 158
Work from Home +20 382 £67,500 -15.63% 153
London -66 284 £85,000 -19.05% 179
North of England -7 129 £65,000 -3.70% 39
South East -17 125 £60,000 +4.35% 46
North West -19 56 £65,000 -3.70% 22
South West -45 47 £62,500 +4.17% 19
North East -22 40 £55,000 +4.76% 5
Yorkshire -25 33 £65,000 -7.14% 12
East of England -29 28 £52,500 +64.06% 12
Midlands -52 26 £75,000 +10.90% 17
West Midlands -42 19 £80,000 +16.26% 9
Scotland -5 17 £65,000 -3.70% 17
Wales -52 17 £70,000 -9.68% 5
East Midlands -30 7 £60,000 +9.09% 8
Northern Ireland -75 1 £73,801 +34.18% 3

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 30 (3.91%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (3.26%) Apache
2 25 (3.26%) Apache Spark
2 25 (3.26%) Confluence
2 25 (3.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.43%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.78%) Camunda
4 6 (0.78%) WordPress
5 5 (0.65%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.39%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.26%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.13%) CMS
8 1 (0.13%) Documentum
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (1.69%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 447 (58.28%) AWS
2 290 (37.81%) Azure
3 130 (16.95%) GCP
4 103 (13.43%) GitHub
5 95 (12.39%) Serverless
6 70 (9.13%) Amazon S3
7 68 (8.87%) SaaS
8 65 (8.47%) Amazon ECS
9 54 (7.04%) Azure DevOps
10 51 (6.65%) AWS Lambda
11 48 (6.26%) Amazon EC2
12 44 (5.74%) Amazon SQS
13 43 (5.61%) Amazon EKS
14 41 (5.35%) Power Platform
15 40 (5.22%) GitHub Actions
16 29 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
17 28 (3.65%) Azure AKS
17 28 (3.65%) Azure Service Bus
18 25 (3.26%) AWS CloudFormation
18 25 (3.26%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.56%) Broadband
2 15 (1.96%) Firewall
3 14 (1.83%) DNS
4 12 (1.56%) DHCP
4 12 (1.56%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.04%) iSCSI
5 8 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (1.04%) SAN
5 8 (1.04%) VPN
6 5 (0.65%) SMS
7 4 (0.52%) AMQP
7 4 (0.52%) HTTP
7 4 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.39%) Network Security
9 2 (0.26%) MQTT
9 2 (0.26%) PBX
9 2 (0.26%) VLAN
10 1 (0.13%) LTE
10 1 (0.13%) SSL
10 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 206 (26.86%) MongoDB
2 190 (24.77%) MySQL
3 123 (16.04%) Relational Database
4 122 (15.91%) SQL Server
5 110 (14.34%) NoSQL
6 88 (11.47%) Redis
7 38 (4.95%) DynamoDB
8 35 (4.56%) Data Warehouse
9 33 (4.30%) Amazon RDS
9 33 (4.30%) Elasticsearch
10 31 (4.04%) Power BI
11 22 (2.87%) Metadata
12 21 (2.74%) Amazon Redshift
12 21 (2.74%) Big Data
13 20 (2.61%) Apache Cassandra
14 17 (2.22%) Amazon Aurora
15 16 (2.09%) Oracle Database
16 14 (1.83%) Data Lake
16 14 (1.83%) DTS
16 14 (1.83%) GIS
Development Applications
1 158 (20.60%) Git
2 54 (7.04%) Jenkins
3 50 (6.52%) GitLab
4 34 (4.43%) JIRA
5 26 (3.39%) JUnit
6 22 (2.87%) Cypress.io
7 21 (2.74%) Mockito
8 14 (1.83%) Bitbucket
9 13 (1.69%) TeamCity
10 11 (1.43%) Vite
11 10 (1.30%) JMeter
12 9 (1.17%) Claude Code
13 8 (1.04%) Maven
14 6 (0.78%) RSpec
14 6 (0.78%) Selenium
15 5 (0.65%) Cucumber
15 5 (0.65%) Gatling
15 5 (0.65%) Storybook
16 4 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 4 (0.52%) minitest
General
1 168 (21.90%) Social Skills
2 105 (13.69%) Public Sector
3 103 (13.43%) Finance
4 70 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (6.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (4.56%) Games
7 29 (3.78%) Law
8 25 (3.26%) Banking
9 21 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (2.61%) Legal
10 20 (2.61%) Retail
11 17 (2.22%) Manufacturing
12 16 (2.09%) Front Office
13 15 (1.96%) Advertising
14 12 (1.56%) Legal Technology
15 11 (1.43%) Tech for Good
16 10 (1.30%) Telecoms
17 9 (1.17%) Aerospace
18 8 (1.04%) Automotive
18 8 (1.04%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 261 (34.03%) Developer
2 192 (25.03%) Senior
3 153 (19.95%) Software Engineer
4 131 (17.08%) Lead
5 85 (11.08%) Full-Stack Developer
6 66 (8.60%) Python Engineer
7 56 (7.30%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 52 (6.78%) Lead Developer
8 52 (6.78%) Python Developer
9 50 (6.52%) Data Engineer
10 46 (6.00%) Senior Software Engineer
11 45 (5.87%) Architect
12 42 (5.48%) Lead Software Engineer
13 41 (5.35%) DevOps Engineer
13 41 (5.35%) Java Developer
14 40 (5.22%) Senior Developer
15 37 (4.82%) Software Developer
16 31 (4.04%) Ruby Developer
17 30 (3.91%) Java Engineer
18 25 (3.26%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (25.42%) React
2 178 (23.21%) Node.js
3 143 (18.64%) RESTful
4 108 (14.08%) REST
5 96 (12.52%) Spring
6 91 (11.86%) Spring Boot
7 81 (10.56%) Kafka
8 66 (8.60%) CSS
9 63 (8.21%) Next.js
10 59 (7.69%) FastAPI
10 59 (7.69%) Ruby on Rails
11 57 (7.43%) HTML
12 55 (7.17%) .NET
13 52 (6.78%) JSON
14 43 (5.61%) AngularJS
15 37 (4.82%) Jest
16 36 (4.69%) Django
17 33 (4.30%) Vue
18 30 (3.91%) Hibernate
18 30 (3.91%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 158 (20.60%) Cloud Native
2 96 (12.52%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (5.08%) Low-Code
4 35 (4.56%) Product Ownership
5 32 (4.17%) Video\Live Streaming
6 31 (4.04%) Onboarding
7 27 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
8 24 (3.13%) AI Agents
9 22 (2.87%) Data Structures
10 21 (2.74%) Algorithms
11 20 (2.61%) Replication
12 16 (2.09%) Blog
12 16 (2.09%) Derivative
12 16 (2.09%) Equities
12 16 (2.09%) Fixed Income
13 15 (1.96%) Management Information System
14 14 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.56%) Distributed Computing
15 12 (1.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 111 (14.47%) Linux
2 44 (5.74%) Windows
3 21 (2.74%) Unix
4 17 (2.22%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.52%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.39%) CentOS
8 3 (0.39%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.26%) Android
9 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.13%) AIX
10 1 (0.13%) Debian
10 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (44.98%) CI/CD
2 283 (36.90%) Agile
3 265 (34.55%) Software Engineering
4 226 (29.47%) Microservices
5 224 (29.20%) Full-Stack Development
6 201 (26.21%) AI
7 197 (25.68%) DevOps
8 168 (21.90%) Infrastructure as Code
9 164 (21.38%) Mentoring
10 140 (18.25%) Containerisation
11 136 (17.73%) Observability
12 133 (17.34%) Continuous Improvement
13 132 (17.21%) Problem-Solving
14 130 (16.95%) Test Automation
15 96 (12.52%) API Design
16 91 (11.86%) Analytics
16 91 (11.86%) Clean Code
17 85 (11.08%) Data Modelling
18 81 (10.56%) Scrum
19 77 (10.04%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 333 (43.42%) Python
2 223 (29.07%) SQL
3 199 (25.95%) Java
4 180 (23.47%) JavaScript
5 143 (18.64%) TypeScript
6 62 (8.08%) Ruby
7 61 (7.95%) C#
8 57 (7.43%) Go
9 40 (5.22%) PowerShell
10 37 (4.82%) Bash
11 25 (3.26%) PHP
12 18 (2.35%) Scala
13 15 (1.96%) C++
14 12 (1.56%) Shell Script
15 10 (1.30%) RPG
16 9 (1.17%) T-SQL
17 8 (1.04%) Perl
18 6 (0.78%) Korn
18 6 (0.78%) Kotlin
19 5 (0.65%) VB
Qualifications
1 108 (14.08%) Security Cleared
2 87 (11.34%) Degree
3 76 (9.91%) SC Cleared
4 31 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.00%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.09%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.96%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.78%) PhD
11 5 (0.65%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.39%) RHCE
14 2 (0.26%) CISSP
14 2 (0.26%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.26%) RHCSA
14 2 (0.26%) SnowPro
15 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 1 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (7.95%) Data Quality
2 47 (6.13%) QA
3 24 (3.13%) GDPR
4 17 (2.22%) Accessibility
5 15 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.52%) SLA
6 4 (0.52%) WCAG
7 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.26%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.26%) NCSC
8 2 (0.26%) 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
1 227 (29.60%) Docker
2 25 (3.26%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.39%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.26%) Firmware
5 2 (0.26%) Samba
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 199 (25.95%) Kubernetes
2 158 (20.60%) Terraform
3 46 (6.00%) Ansible
4 39 (5.08%) Grafana
5 29 (3.78%) Argo
6 26 (3.39%) Prometheus
7 11 (1.43%) Kibana
8 6 (0.78%) Istio
8 6 (0.78%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.78%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.78%) Puppet
9 5 (0.65%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.65%) Data Guard
10 4 (0.52%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 4 (0.52%) Packer
11 3 (0.39%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.39%) Plesk
11 3 (0.39%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.39%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.26%) Nagios
Vendors
1 87 (11.34%) Microsoft
2 71 (9.26%) Oracle
3 47 (6.13%) Google
4 23 (3.00%) OpenAI
5 22 (2.87%) Databricks
6 19 (2.48%) Dynatrace
7 18 (2.35%) Red Hat
8 14 (1.83%) IBM
8 14 (1.83%) Splunk
9 8 (1.04%) Dell
9 8 (1.04%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.91%) Informatica
10 7 (0.91%) Pega
11 5 (0.65%) Meraki
11 5 (0.65%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.52%) Confluent
12 4 (0.52%) Netezza
12 4 (0.52%) Remedy
12 4 (0.52%) TIBCO
13 3 (0.39%) UiPath