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 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 220 170
Rank change year-on-year -64 -50 +17
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 586 668 1,645
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 1.53% 1.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.38% 9.04% 9.45%
Number of salaries quoted 417 504 1,198
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,376 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £86,375 £102,500 £88,438
90th Percentile £107,500 £137,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -4.35%

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 7,936 7,389 17,400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.69% 16.89% 18.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4,809 4,961 12,502
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £96,539
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 16 May 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 16 May 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 -65 492 £69,305 -7.59% 267
Work from Home +30 297 £65,000 -7.14% 325
UK excluding London -69 295 £62,500 -3.85% 129
London -91 198 £86,250 -4.17% 151
North of England 0 109 £67,500 -1.47% 42
South East -21 101 £57,500 -4.17% 40
Yorkshire -26 47 £60,000 - 10
North West -6 43 £69,310 -0.11% 24
South West -41 35 £62,500 -3.85% 19
Scotland -13 20 £66,250 +2.82% 4
North East -27 19 £65,000 -6.32% 8
East of England -31 18 £55,000 +30.18% 6
Midlands -41 14 £65,000 -3.70% 17
West Midlands -51 9 £69,310 +2.68% 4
East Midlands -32 5 £65,000 -7.14% 13
Wales -49 2 £59,401 -8.61% 3
Northern Ireland -44 1 £73,801 +34.18%

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 (4.78%) Apache Airflow
1 28 (4.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (3.58%) Apache
3 20 (3.41%) Apache Spark
4 15 (2.56%) Confluence
5 14 (2.39%) OpenStack
6 11 (1.88%) SharePoint
7 8 (1.37%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.68%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.68%) Oracle Spatial
9 3 (0.51%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.34%) Camunda
10 2 (0.34%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.34%) WildFly
10 2 (0.34%) WordPress
11 1 (0.17%) CMS
11 1 (0.17%) nginx
11 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (1.37%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Shopify
2 1 (0.17%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 366 (62.46%) AWS
2 214 (36.52%) Azure
3 116 (19.80%) GCP
4 109 (18.60%) Serverless
5 63 (10.75%) Amazon S3
6 60 (10.24%) Amazon ECS
7 59 (10.07%) AWS Lambda
7 59 (10.07%) GitHub
8 54 (9.22%) SaaS
9 51 (8.70%) Amazon SQS
10 41 (7.00%) Amazon EC2
10 41 (7.00%) Amazon EKS
11 39 (6.66%) Azure DevOps
12 35 (5.97%) Microsoft 365
13 34 (5.80%) Power Platform
14 26 (4.44%) AWS CloudFormation
15 25 (4.27%) Azure AKS
16 24 (4.10%) Azure Service Bus
17 23 (3.92%) GitHub Actions
18 19 (3.24%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.75%) Broadband
2 16 (2.73%) DNS
2 16 (2.73%) TCP/IP
3 15 (2.56%) DHCP
3 15 (2.56%) Firewall
4 9 (1.54%) VPN
5 8 (1.37%) iSCSI
5 8 (1.37%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (1.37%) SAN
6 7 (1.19%) Internet
6 7 (1.19%) Network Security
6 7 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.51%) HTTP
7 3 (0.51%) VLAN
8 2 (0.34%) LAN
8 2 (0.34%) MQTT
8 2 (0.34%) PBX
8 2 (0.34%) WAN
9 1 (0.17%) LTE
9 1 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (27.65%) MongoDB
2 124 (21.16%) MySQL
3 119 (20.31%) SQL Server
4 96 (16.38%) NoSQL
5 93 (15.87%) Relational Database
6 38 (6.48%) Redis
7 33 (5.63%) DynamoDB
8 28 (4.78%) Elasticsearch
9 27 (4.61%) Power BI
10 26 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
11 20 (3.41%) Amazon RDS
12 19 (3.24%) Apache Cassandra
13 18 (3.07%) GIS
14 17 (2.90%) Oracle Database
15 16 (2.73%) RDBMS
16 14 (2.39%) Amazon Redshift
17 13 (2.22%) DB2
18 12 (2.05%) BigQuery
19 11 (1.88%) MariaDB
19 11 (1.88%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 125 (21.33%) Git
2 53 (9.04%) Jenkins
3 38 (6.48%) GitLab
4 26 (4.44%) JIRA
5 25 (4.27%) Cypress.io
6 21 (3.58%) JUnit
7 18 (3.07%) Bitbucket
7 18 (3.07%) Mockito
8 17 (2.90%) TeamCity
9 10 (1.71%) Selenium
10 9 (1.54%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.54%) Maven
11 8 (1.37%) JMeter
12 7 (1.19%) Vite
13 4 (0.68%) CircleCI
13 4 (0.68%) Liquibase
14 3 (0.51%) Gradle
14 3 (0.51%) Storybook
15 2 (0.34%) ESLint
15 2 (0.34%) Jaeger
General
1 140 (23.89%) Social Skills
2 96 (16.38%) Finance
3 70 (11.95%) Public Sector
4 57 (9.73%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (7.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (5.46%) Retail
7 29 (4.95%) Banking
7 29 (4.95%) Law
8 25 (4.27%) Games
9 19 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (2.90%) Front Office
11 16 (2.73%) Manufacturing
12 13 (2.22%) Advertising
13 10 (1.71%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.37%) Legal
16 6 (1.02%) Automotive
17 4 (0.68%) Aviation
17 4 (0.68%) Financial Institution
17 4 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 199 (33.96%) Developer
2 120 (20.48%) Senior
3 100 (17.06%) Software Engineer
4 84 (14.33%) Lead
5 83 (14.16%) Full-Stack Developer
6 47 (8.02%) Java Developer
7 45 (7.68%) Python Engineer
8 35 (5.97%) Lead Developer
9 33 (5.63%) Data Engineer
10 32 (5.46%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 31 (5.29%) Architect
11 31 (5.29%) Java Engineer
11 31 (5.29%) Lead Software Engineer
12 27 (4.61%) Python Developer
13 24 (4.10%) DevOps Engineer
14 23 (3.92%) Senior Developer
15 22 (3.75%) Software Developer
16 21 (3.58%) AWS Engineer
16 21 (3.58%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 21 (3.58%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (31.06%) React
2 152 (25.94%) Node.js
3 109 (18.60%) RESTful
4 75 (12.80%) REST
5 68 (11.60%) Spring
6 65 (11.09%) Spring Boot
7 51 (8.70%) .NET
8 48 (8.19%) Kafka
9 43 (7.34%) HTML
10 42 (7.17%) CSS
10 42 (7.17%) FastAPI
10 42 (7.17%) JSON
11 35 (5.97%) AngularJS
11 35 (5.97%) Django
12 32 (5.46%) Ruby on Rails
13 30 (5.12%) Jest
13 30 (5.12%) Next.js
14 27 (4.61%) Vue
15 25 (4.27%) Redux
15 25 (4.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 115 (19.62%) Cloud Native
2 57 (9.73%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (4.27%) Product Ownership
4 24 (4.10%) Low-Code
5 23 (3.92%) Video\Live Streaming
6 20 (3.41%) Management Information System
7 19 (3.24%) Data Structures
8 18 (3.07%) Blog
8 18 (3.07%) Onboarding
9 16 (2.73%) Derivative
9 16 (2.73%) Equities
9 16 (2.73%) Fixed Income
9 16 (2.73%) Replication
10 15 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
10 15 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (2.39%) Algorithms
12 11 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.71%) SCADA
14 9 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
15 8 (1.37%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 85 (14.51%) Linux
2 39 (6.66%) Windows
3 24 (4.10%) Unix
4 19 (3.24%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.02%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.85%) Android
7 5 (0.85%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.85%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.68%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.51%) CentOS
10 1 (0.17%) AIX
10 1 (0.17%) Debian
10 1 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (42.49%) CI/CD
2 223 (38.05%) Agile
3 185 (31.57%) Software Engineering
4 179 (30.55%) Microservices
5 174 (29.69%) Full-Stack Development
6 136 (23.21%) DevOps
7 117 (19.97%) Infrastructure as Code
8 115 (19.62%) Test Automation
9 113 (19.28%) AI
10 108 (18.43%) Mentoring
11 101 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
12 96 (16.38%) Containerisation
13 84 (14.33%) Continuous Improvement
14 81 (13.82%) Scrum
15 68 (11.60%) Analytics
15 68 (11.60%) Data Modelling
15 68 (11.60%) TDD
16 66 (11.26%) Observability
17 56 (9.56%) Clean Code
18 55 (9.39%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 259 (44.20%) Python
2 182 (31.06%) Java
3 172 (29.35%) SQL
4 156 (26.62%) JavaScript
5 115 (19.62%) TypeScript
6 50 (8.53%) C#
7 47 (8.02%) Go
8 33 (5.63%) Ruby
9 31 (5.29%) PowerShell
10 26 (4.44%) PHP
11 21 (3.58%) Bash
12 15 (2.56%) C
13 14 (2.39%) Shell Script
14 11 (1.88%) C++
15 10 (1.71%) Perl
15 10 (1.71%) Scala
15 10 (1.71%) T-SQL
16 7 (1.19%) Korn
16 7 (1.19%) VB
17 5 (0.85%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 80 (13.65%) Security Cleared
2 71 (12.12%) Degree
3 53 (9.04%) SC Cleared
4 32 (5.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.90%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.54%) AWS Certification
6 9 (1.54%) Azure Certification
6 9 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.37%) AWS Certified Developer
7 8 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.37%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.51%) RHCE
10 2 (0.34%) PhD
10 2 (0.34%) RHCSA
11 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.17%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.17%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.34%) Data Quality
2 25 (4.27%) QA
3 17 (2.90%) GDPR
4 15 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.71%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.51%) NCSC
6 3 (0.51%) SLA
7 2 (0.34%) WCAG
8 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.17%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.17%) HL7
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.17%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 169 (28.84%) Docker
2 30 (5.12%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.54%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.68%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.34%) Firmware
5 2 (0.34%) Samba
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 175 (29.86%) Kubernetes
2 128 (21.84%) Terraform
3 41 (7.00%) Ansible
4 30 (5.12%) Grafana
5 27 (4.61%) Argo
6 19 (3.24%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.37%) Kibana
8 6 (1.02%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.02%) Puppet
9 5 (0.85%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.85%) Data Guard
9 5 (0.85%) Istio
10 4 (0.68%) Control-M
10 4 (0.68%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.68%) Nagios
10 4 (0.68%) Rancher
11 3 (0.51%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.51%) Packer
11 3 (0.51%) Plesk
12 2 (0.34%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 67 (11.43%) Oracle
2 62 (10.58%) Microsoft
3 30 (5.12%) Google
4 20 (3.41%) Red Hat
5 14 (2.39%) OpenAI
6 13 (2.22%) Dynatrace
7 11 (1.88%) Informatica
8 8 (1.37%) Dell
8 8 (1.37%) ESRI
9 7 (1.19%) Databricks
9 7 (1.19%) Pega
9 7 (1.19%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.19%) Splunk
10 6 (1.02%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.02%) Talend
11 5 (0.85%) Confluent
11 5 (0.85%) IBM
11 5 (0.85%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.68%) VMware
13 3 (0.51%) Remedy