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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 227 168
Rank change year-on-year -66 -59 +15
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 595 662 1,653
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 1.51% 1.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.51% 9.16% 9.49%
Number of salaries quoted 426 498 1,195
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £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 £86,844 £102,500 £89,375
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 7,919 7,226 17,412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.58% 16.45% 17.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4,833 4,857 12,496
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 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,400 £115,000 £97,500
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 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 21 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 -66 501 £69,305 -7.59% 250
UK excluding London -61 305 £62,500 -3.85% 121
Work from Home +39 304 £65,000 -9.09% 161
London -97 195 £85,000 -5.56% 151
North of England -3 116 £67,500 -0.09% 38
South East -20 104 £57,500 +9.52% 37
Yorkshire -10 50 £60,000 - 6
North West -6 43 £69,310 -0.11% 26
South West -44 37 £62,500 -3.85% 14
North East -25 23 £65,000 +4.00% 6
Scotland -10 19 £66,250 +8.16% 4
East of England -31 18 £55,000 +48.65% 9
Midlands -47 13 £68,405 +1.25% 16
West Midlands -54 10 £74,655 +10.60% 6
East Midlands -28 3 £65,000 -7.14% 10
Wales -50 2 £59,401 -12.16% 3
Northern Ireland -44 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 28 (4.71%) Apache Airflow
1 28 (4.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (3.70%) Apache
3 21 (3.53%) Apache Spark
4 14 (2.35%) Confluence
4 14 (2.35%) OpenStack
5 11 (1.85%) SharePoint
6 8 (1.34%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.67%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.67%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.50%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.34%) Camunda
9 2 (0.34%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.34%) WildFly
9 2 (0.34%) WordPress
10 1 (0.17%) CMS
10 1 (0.17%) IIS
10 1 (0.17%) JBoss
10 1 (0.17%) nginx
10 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (1.18%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Shopify
2 1 (0.17%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 371 (62.35%) AWS
2 222 (37.31%) Azure
3 115 (19.33%) GCP
4 109 (18.32%) Serverless
5 64 (10.76%) GitHub
6 63 (10.59%) Amazon S3
7 62 (10.42%) Amazon ECS
8 58 (9.75%) AWS Lambda
9 57 (9.58%) SaaS
10 52 (8.74%) Amazon SQS
11 43 (7.23%) Amazon EC2
12 42 (7.06%) Amazon EKS
13 40 (6.72%) Azure DevOps
14 35 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
15 34 (5.71%) Power Platform
16 25 (4.20%) AWS CloudFormation
16 25 (4.20%) Azure AKS
16 25 (4.20%) GitHub Actions
17 23 (3.87%) Azure Service Bus
18 20 (3.36%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.70%) Broadband
2 16 (2.69%) DNS
2 16 (2.69%) Firewall
2 16 (2.69%) TCP/IP
3 15 (2.52%) DHCP
4 9 (1.51%) VPN
5 8 (1.34%) iSCSI
5 8 (1.34%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (1.34%) SAN
6 7 (1.18%) Internet
6 7 (1.18%) Network Security
6 7 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.50%) HTTP
7 3 (0.50%) 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
1 167 (28.07%) MongoDB
2 130 (21.85%) MySQL
3 116 (19.50%) SQL Server
4 103 (17.31%) NoSQL
5 96 (16.13%) Relational Database
6 39 (6.55%) Redis
7 32 (5.38%) DynamoDB
8 28 (4.71%) Elasticsearch
9 27 (4.54%) Power BI
10 26 (4.37%) Data Warehouse
11 22 (3.70%) Amazon RDS
12 21 (3.53%) Apache Cassandra
13 20 (3.36%) GIS
14 17 (2.86%) Oracle Database
15 16 (2.69%) RDBMS
16 13 (2.18%) Amazon Redshift
17 12 (2.02%) BigQuery
18 11 (1.85%) Big Data
18 11 (1.85%) MariaDB
18 11 (1.85%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 130 (21.85%) Git
2 53 (8.91%) Jenkins
3 39 (6.55%) GitLab
4 25 (4.20%) Cypress.io
4 25 (4.20%) JIRA
5 22 (3.70%) JUnit
6 18 (3.03%) Mockito
7 17 (2.86%) Bitbucket
8 16 (2.69%) TeamCity
9 9 (1.51%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.51%) JMeter
9 9 (1.51%) Maven
9 9 (1.51%) Selenium
10 7 (1.18%) Vite
11 4 (0.67%) CircleCI
11 4 (0.67%) Liquibase
12 3 (0.50%) DBeaver
12 3 (0.50%) Gradle
12 3 (0.50%) Storybook
13 2 (0.34%) Jaeger
General
1 148 (24.87%) Social Skills
2 97 (16.30%) Finance
3 75 (12.61%) Public Sector
4 60 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (7.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (5.38%) Retail
7 30 (5.04%) Law
8 28 (4.71%) Banking
9 25 (4.20%) Games
10 19 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (3.03%) Manufacturing
12 17 (2.86%) Front Office
13 14 (2.35%) Advertising
14 10 (1.68%) Aerospace
14 10 (1.68%) Legal
15 9 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.01%) Automotive
17 4 (0.67%) Aviation
17 4 (0.67%) Financial Institution
18 3 (0.50%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 208 (34.96%) Developer
2 116 (19.50%) Senior
3 104 (17.48%) Software Engineer
4 88 (14.79%) Lead
5 86 (14.45%) Full-Stack Developer
6 50 (8.40%) Java Developer
7 47 (7.90%) Python Engineer
8 38 (6.39%) Lead Developer
9 34 (5.71%) Data Engineer
10 33 (5.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 33 (5.55%) Lead Software Engineer
11 31 (5.21%) Java Engineer
12 30 (5.04%) Architect
13 29 (4.87%) Python Developer
14 24 (4.03%) DevOps Engineer
14 24 (4.03%) Senior Developer
15 23 (3.87%) Software Developer
16 22 (3.70%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 21 (3.53%) AWS Engineer
18 20 (3.36%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (31.09%) React
2 155 (26.05%) Node.js
3 112 (18.82%) RESTful
4 79 (13.28%) REST
5 72 (12.10%) Spring
6 69 (11.60%) Spring Boot
7 53 (8.91%) .NET
8 50 (8.40%) Kafka
9 46 (7.73%) CSS
9 46 (7.73%) HTML
10 44 (7.39%) FastAPI
10 44 (7.39%) JSON
11 37 (6.22%) AngularJS
12 36 (6.05%) Django
13 35 (5.88%) Ruby on Rails
14 30 (5.04%) Jest
14 30 (5.04%) Next.js
15 27 (4.54%) Vue
16 26 (4.37%) Web Services
17 25 (4.20%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 118 (19.83%) Cloud Native
2 58 (9.75%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (4.20%) Product Ownership
4 24 (4.03%) Low-Code
5 23 (3.87%) Video\Live Streaming
6 20 (3.36%) Data Structures
6 20 (3.36%) Management Information System
7 19 (3.19%) Blog
8 18 (3.03%) Onboarding
9 17 (2.86%) Replication
10 16 (2.69%) Algorithms
10 16 (2.69%) Derivative
10 16 (2.69%) Equities
10 16 (2.69%) Fixed Income
11 15 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
13 12 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.68%) SCADA
15 9 (1.51%) Linux Command Line
15 9 (1.51%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 85 (14.29%) Linux
2 39 (6.55%) Windows
3 24 (4.03%) Unix
4 19 (3.19%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.01%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.84%) Android
7 5 (0.84%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.84%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.67%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.50%) CentOS
10 1 (0.17%) AIX
10 1 (0.17%) Debian
10 1 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (42.69%) CI/CD
2 228 (38.32%) Agile
3 186 (31.26%) Software Engineering
4 183 (30.76%) Microservices
5 181 (30.42%) Full-Stack Development
6 138 (23.19%) DevOps
7 121 (20.34%) Infrastructure as Code
8 114 (19.16%) AI
8 114 (19.16%) Test Automation
9 112 (18.82%) Mentoring
10 106 (17.82%) Problem-Solving
11 99 (16.64%) Containerisation
12 86 (14.45%) Continuous Improvement
13 79 (13.28%) Scrum
14 72 (12.10%) Data Modelling
14 72 (12.10%) TDD
15 69 (11.60%) Analytics
16 65 (10.92%) Observability
17 59 (9.92%) Clean Code
18 55 (9.24%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 262 (44.03%) Python
2 185 (31.09%) Java
3 178 (29.92%) SQL
4 160 (26.89%) JavaScript
5 117 (19.66%) TypeScript
6 49 (8.24%) C#
7 47 (7.90%) Go
8 36 (6.05%) Ruby
9 32 (5.38%) PowerShell
10 25 (4.20%) PHP
11 21 (3.53%) Bash
12 14 (2.35%) C
12 14 (2.35%) Shell Script
13 11 (1.85%) C++
13 11 (1.85%) Perl
13 11 (1.85%) Scala
14 10 (1.68%) T-SQL
15 7 (1.18%) Korn
15 7 (1.18%) VB
16 5 (0.84%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 82 (13.78%) Security Cleared
2 75 (12.61%) Degree
3 54 (9.08%) SC Cleared
4 33 (5.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.86%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.68%) AWS Certification
6 10 (1.68%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.34%) AWS Certified Developer
7 8 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.34%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.50%) 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 45 (7.56%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.03%) QA
3 18 (3.03%) GDPR
4 15 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.51%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.50%) NCSC
6 3 (0.50%) 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
1 174 (29.24%) Docker
2 30 (5.04%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.51%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.67%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.67%) 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
1 177 (29.75%) Kubernetes
2 129 (21.68%) Terraform
3 41 (6.89%) Ansible
4 30 (5.04%) Grafana
5 27 (4.54%) Argo
6 18 (3.03%) Prometheus
7 9 (1.51%) Kibana
8 6 (1.01%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.01%) Puppet
9 5 (0.84%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.84%) Data Guard
9 5 (0.84%) Istio
10 4 (0.67%) Control-M
10 4 (0.67%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.67%) Nagios
10 4 (0.67%) Rancher
11 3 (0.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.50%) Packer
11 3 (0.50%) Plesk
12 2 (0.34%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 72 (12.10%) Oracle
2 65 (10.92%) Microsoft
3 31 (5.21%) Google
4 20 (3.36%) Red Hat
5 14 (2.35%) Dynatrace
5 14 (2.35%) OpenAI
6 11 (1.85%) Informatica
7 8 (1.34%) Dell
7 8 (1.34%) ESRI
7 8 (1.34%) Splunk
8 7 (1.18%) Databricks
8 7 (1.18%) Pega
8 7 (1.18%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.01%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.01%) Talend
10 5 (0.84%) Confluent
10 5 (0.84%) IBM
10 5 (0.84%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.67%) VMware
12 3 (0.50%) Remedy