PostgreSQL Job Trends

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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 133 200
Rank change year-on-year -140 +67 -13
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 517 1,125 1,192
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.75% 2.30% 1.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.54% 12.54% 8.15%
Number of salaries quoted 360 539 986
10th Percentile £41,250 £49,044 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £61,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £95,313 £100,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £119,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £66,367 £58,500
% change year-on-year -9.59% +13.45% +3.58%

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 6,858 8,970 14,617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.00% 18.34% 19.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,167 5,099 11,456
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,375 £48,032 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 February 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 20 February 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 -138 439 £73,801 -7.75% 401
Work from Home -97 242 £67,500 -3.57% 220
London -83 235 £90,000 +2.86% 217
UK excluding London -164 228 £60,000 -9.59% 243
North of England -22 89 £67,500 -2.61% 72
South East -139 53 £56,250 -29.69% 56
Yorkshire -13 42 £60,000 +4.59% 18
North West -33 36 £77,500 +11.70% 42
South West -58 26 £65,000 - 28
Midlands -37 25 £55,200 -15.08% 43
West Midlands -5 16 £45,000 -30.77% 29
Scotland -37 15 £73,801 +22.49% 26
East of England -45 15 £42,500 -26.09% 13
North East -10 11 £52,500 -24.25% 13
East Midlands -33 9 £65,000 +8.33% 14
Wales -30 6 £73,801 +13.54% 9
Northern Ireland -28 4 £73,801 +34.18% 1

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 32 (6.19%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (3.48%) Apache Spark
3 15 (2.90%) Confluence
4 13 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (2.51%) OpenStack
4 13 (2.51%) Tomcat
4 13 (2.51%) WebSphere
5 12 (2.32%) WebSphere Application Server
6 8 (1.55%) ArcGIS
7 7 (1.35%) Apache
8 5 (0.97%) SharePoint
9 4 (0.77%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.77%) Oracle Spatial
10 3 (0.58%) nginx
11 2 (0.39%) Camunda
11 2 (0.39%) CMS
11 2 (0.39%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.39%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.19%) WildFly
Applications
1 11 (2.13%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.19%) Endur
2 1 (0.19%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 347 (67.12%) AWS
2 189 (36.56%) Azure
3 133 (25.73%) GCP
4 90 (17.41%) Serverless
5 68 (13.15%) Amazon ECS
6 59 (11.41%) Amazon S3
7 57 (11.03%) GitHub
8 53 (10.25%) AWS Lambda
9 50 (9.67%) Amazon EKS
10 49 (9.48%) dbt
11 48 (9.28%) AWS CloudFormation
12 42 (8.12%) SaaS
13 37 (7.16%) Amazon SQS
14 34 (6.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 34 (6.58%) Amazon EC2
15 32 (6.19%) Power Platform
16 30 (5.80%) Amazon ECR
17 27 (5.22%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 26 (5.03%) Pulumi
19 22 (4.26%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 34 (6.58%) TCP/IP
2 13 (2.51%) SSL
3 11 (2.13%) VPN
3 11 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (1.35%) DHCP
4 7 (1.35%) DNS
4 7 (1.35%) Firewall
4 7 (1.35%) Internet
5 5 (0.97%) Network Security
5 5 (0.97%) VLAN
6 3 (0.58%) HTTP
6 3 (0.58%) MQTT
6 3 (0.58%) WAN
7 2 (0.39%) AMQP
7 2 (0.39%) BGP
7 2 (0.39%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.39%) OSPF
7 2 (0.39%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.39%) RTMP
7 2 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (23.02%) SQL Server
2 100 (19.34%) Relational Database
3 95 (18.38%) MongoDB
3 95 (18.38%) MySQL
4 76 (14.70%) NoSQL
5 52 (10.06%) Redis
6 40 (7.74%) Elasticsearch
7 36 (6.96%) Amazon RDS
8 34 (6.58%) Data Warehouse
9 33 (6.38%) DB2
10 31 (6.00%) DynamoDB
11 28 (5.42%) Power BI
12 21 (4.06%) RDBMS
13 18 (3.48%) Apache Cassandra
14 15 (2.90%) Apache Iceberg
14 15 (2.90%) Oracle Database
15 14 (2.71%) Big Data
16 13 (2.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 12 (2.32%) Apache Arrow
17 12 (2.32%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 106 (20.50%) Git
2 84 (16.25%) Jenkins
3 31 (6.00%) JIRA
4 29 (5.61%) GitLab
5 28 (5.42%) Cucumber
6 27 (5.22%) JUnit
7 26 (5.03%) Selenium
8 22 (4.26%) Bitbucket
9 21 (4.06%) TeamCity
10 19 (3.68%) Cypress.io
11 14 (2.71%) JMeter
12 13 (2.51%) Mockito
13 7 (1.35%) Maven
14 6 (1.16%) CircleCI
14 6 (1.16%) Subversion
14 6 (1.16%) Vite
15 5 (0.97%) REST Assured
16 4 (0.77%) Gradle
16 4 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
17 3 (0.58%) TestRail
General
1 136 (26.31%) Social Skills
2 112 (21.66%) Finance
3 53 (10.25%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (8.70%) Banking
5 42 (8.12%) Public Sector
6 34 (6.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (6.58%) Law
7 23 (4.45%) Retail
8 20 (3.87%) Front Office
9 11 (2.13%) Financial Institution
9 11 (2.13%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.74%) Investment Banking
11 7 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.16%) Advertising
12 6 (1.16%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.97%) Marketing
13 5 (0.97%) Tech for Good
14 4 (0.77%) Back Office
14 4 (0.77%) Legal
15 3 (0.58%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 182 (35.20%) Developer
2 103 (19.92%) Senior
3 92 (17.79%) Software Engineer
4 70 (13.54%) Full-Stack Developer
5 56 (10.83%) Java Developer
6 54 (10.44%) Lead
7 33 (6.38%) Java Engineer
8 31 (6.00%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 28 (5.42%) Data Engineer
10 27 (5.22%) Python Developer
11 26 (5.03%) Python Engineer
12 23 (4.45%) Principal Engineer
13 21 (4.06%) Architect
14 20 (3.87%) Platform Engineer
14 20 (3.87%) Senior Software Engineer
15 19 (3.68%) Java Software Engineer
15 19 (3.68%) Lead Developer
15 19 (3.68%) Senior Developer
15 19 (3.68%) Senior Platform Engineer
15 19 (3.68%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (33.08%) React
2 106 (20.50%) Node.js
3 84 (16.25%) Spring
4 78 (15.09%) Spring Boot
5 77 (14.89%) RESTful
6 70 (13.54%) Django
7 65 (12.57%) REST
8 53 (10.25%) Kafka
9 51 (9.86%) AngularJS
9 51 (9.86%) FastAPI
10 50 (9.67%) HTML
11 48 (9.28%) .NET
12 45 (8.70%) CSS
13 37 (7.16%) Vue
14 36 (6.96%) Elastic Stack
15 29 (5.61%) Flask
15 29 (5.61%) Web Services
16 27 (5.22%) JSON
16 27 (5.22%) Next.js
17 25 (4.84%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 74 (14.31%) Cloud Native
2 57 (11.03%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (5.61%) Linux Command Line
4 22 (4.26%) Product Ownership
5 19 (3.68%) Equities
5 19 (3.68%) Fixed Income
6 18 (3.48%) Management Information System
7 17 (3.29%) Data Structures
8 16 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (2.90%) Blog
9 15 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (2.51%) Onboarding
11 11 (2.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.74%) Algorithms
13 9 (1.74%) Derivative
13 9 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (1.74%) Mobile App
13 9 (1.74%) Replication
14 6 (1.16%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 95 (18.38%) Linux
2 46 (8.90%) Unix
3 30 (5.80%) Windows
4 17 (3.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (1.93%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.74%) Android
6 9 (1.74%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.16%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.77%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.58%) Debian
10 2 (0.39%) VMS
10 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.19%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (42.17%) CI/CD
2 196 (37.91%) Agile
3 165 (31.91%) Microservices
4 163 (31.53%) Software Engineering
5 142 (27.47%) DevOps
6 133 (25.73%) Problem-Solving
7 127 (24.56%) Full-Stack Development
8 96 (18.57%) Containerisation
9 88 (17.02%) Infrastructure as Code
10 86 (16.63%) Test Automation
11 79 (15.28%) Mentoring
12 77 (14.89%) AI
13 71 (13.73%) Fintech
14 67 (12.96%) TDD
15 62 (11.99%) Scrum
16 59 (11.41%) Clean Code
17 58 (11.22%) Data Modelling
18 56 (10.83%) Technical Leadership
19 53 (10.25%) BDD
20 50 (9.67%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 244 (47.20%) Python
2 182 (35.20%) Java
3 165 (31.91%) SQL
4 146 (28.24%) JavaScript
5 108 (20.89%) TypeScript
6 44 (8.51%) C#
7 30 (5.80%) Go
8 26 (5.03%) PowerShell
9 21 (4.06%) PHP
10 18 (3.48%) Ruby
11 15 (2.90%) Shell Script
12 14 (2.71%) C
13 12 (2.32%) Delphi
13 12 (2.32%) T-SQL
14 9 (1.74%) Rust
15 8 (1.55%) C++
16 6 (1.16%) Bash
17 4 (0.77%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.77%) Perl
18 3 (0.58%) VB
Qualifications
1 93 (17.99%) Security Cleared
2 68 (13.15%) Degree
3 62 (11.99%) SC Cleared
4 34 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (5.03%) AWS Certification
6 15 (2.90%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.32%) AWS Certified Developer
7 12 (2.32%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.55%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.39%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.39%) HNC
10 2 (0.39%) HND
10 2 (0.39%) MCSA
10 2 (0.39%) MCSE
10 2 (0.39%) SnowPro
10 2 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.61%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.29%) QA
3 13 (2.51%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.51%) GDPR
3 13 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (2.51%) SLA
4 3 (0.58%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.58%) SEPA
5 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.39%) PSD2
6 1 (0.19%) GAAP
6 1 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 191 (36.94%) Docker
2 13 (2.51%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.58%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.39%) NFS
5 1 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 170 (32.88%) Kubernetes
2 111 (21.47%) Terraform
3 40 (7.74%) Ansible
4 33 (6.38%) Grafana
5 17 (3.29%) AWS Copilot
6 16 (3.09%) Kibana
7 15 (2.90%) Prometheus
8 11 (2.13%) Argo
9 4 (0.77%) Control-M
9 4 (0.77%) Nagios
9 4 (0.77%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.58%) Puppet
10 3 (0.58%) Rancher
11 2 (0.39%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.19%) Ambari
12 1 (0.19%) Podman
12 1 (0.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 72 (13.93%) Oracle
2 39 (7.54%) Google
3 32 (6.19%) Microsoft
4 23 (4.45%) Red Hat
5 17 (3.29%) IBM
5 17 (3.29%) Informatica
6 14 (2.71%) Atlassian
6 14 (2.71%) OpenAI
7 12 (2.32%) Talend
8 11 (2.13%) Dynatrace
9 10 (1.93%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.93%) Splunk
10 8 (1.55%) ESRI
11 5 (0.97%) SAP
11 5 (0.97%) VMware
12 4 (0.77%) Confluent
12 4 (0.77%) Databricks
12 4 (0.77%) Pega
12 4 (0.77%) WSO2
13 3 (0.58%) Revolut