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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 223 172
Rank change year-on-year -61 -51 +40
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 608 693 1,686
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.65% 1.59% 1.64%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.62% 9.63% 9.60%
Number of salaries quoted 450 506 1,193
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £41,250
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 £85,000 £104,375 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £137,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -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 7,981 7,200 17,564
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.57% 16.54% 17.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,001 4,676 12,537
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £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 £83,738 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -72 517 £69,305 -7.59% 361
Work from Home +36 320 £67,500 -5.59% 386
UK excluding London -66 314 £62,500 - 166
London -106 202 £84,250 -11.32% 221
North of England -11 116 £67,500 - 56
South East -11 106 £57,500 +9.52% 39
North West -19 47 £69,310 -0.11% 34
Yorkshire -24 44 £60,000 -9.43% 12
South West -57 38 £62,500 +2.04% 24
North East -30 25 £65,000 +4.00% 10
East of England -34 22 £47,500 +28.38% 9
Scotland -15 18 £67,500 +8.00% 5
Midlands -56 13 £75,000 +11.01% 21
West Midlands -54 10 £77,500 +14.81% 11
East Midlands -23 3 £70,000 - 10
Wales -59 3 £65,000 -3.88% 6
Northern Ireland -43 1 £73,801 +34.18% 10

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 (4.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (4.44%) Apache Airflow
3 22 (3.62%) Apache
4 17 (2.80%) Apache Spark
5 14 (2.30%) Confluence
6 12 (1.97%) OpenStack
6 12 (1.97%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.99%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.66%) WordPress
9 3 (0.49%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.49%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.49%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.33%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.16%) Camunda
11 1 (0.16%) CMS
11 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.16%) Moodle
11 1 (0.16%) nginx
11 1 (0.16%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.16%) WildFly
Applications
1 8 (1.32%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 367 (60.36%) AWS
2 222 (36.51%) Azure
3 109 (17.93%) GCP
4 104 (17.11%) Serverless
5 64 (10.53%) GitHub
6 61 (10.03%) Amazon ECS
7 60 (9.87%) Amazon S3
8 57 (9.38%) SaaS
9 54 (8.88%) AWS Lambda
10 46 (7.57%) Amazon SQS
11 44 (7.24%) Amazon EC2
12 40 (6.58%) Amazon EKS
12 40 (6.58%) Azure DevOps
13 36 (5.92%) Power Platform
14 35 (5.76%) Microsoft 365
15 26 (4.28%) Azure AKS
15 26 (4.28%) Azure Service Bus
16 23 (3.78%) GitHub Actions
17 21 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
18 20 (3.29%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.62%) Broadband
2 16 (2.63%) DNS
2 16 (2.63%) Firewall
2 16 (2.63%) TCP/IP
3 15 (2.47%) DHCP
4 9 (1.48%) VPN
5 8 (1.32%) iSCSI
5 8 (1.32%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (1.32%) SAN
6 7 (1.15%) Internet
6 7 (1.15%) Network Security
6 7 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.49%) HTTP
7 3 (0.49%) VLAN
8 2 (0.33%) LAN
8 2 (0.33%) MQTT
8 2 (0.33%) PBX
8 2 (0.33%) WAN
9 1 (0.16%) SMS
9 1 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (27.96%) MongoDB
2 130 (21.38%) MySQL
3 108 (17.76%) SQL Server
4 97 (15.95%) NoSQL
5 96 (15.79%) Relational Database
6 42 (6.91%) Redis
7 28 (4.61%) Power BI
8 27 (4.44%) Elasticsearch
9 24 (3.95%) Amazon RDS
10 23 (3.78%) Data Warehouse
11 22 (3.62%) DynamoDB
12 18 (2.96%) Apache Cassandra
12 18 (2.96%) GIS
12 18 (2.96%) Oracle Database
13 14 (2.30%) Amazon Redshift
14 13 (2.14%) RDBMS
15 12 (1.97%) BigQuery
16 11 (1.81%) MariaDB
16 11 (1.81%) Metadata
16 11 (1.81%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 123 (20.23%) Git
2 50 (8.22%) Jenkins
3 37 (6.09%) GitLab
4 25 (4.11%) JIRA
5 24 (3.95%) Cypress.io
6 20 (3.29%) JUnit
7 17 (2.80%) Mockito
8 15 (2.47%) Bitbucket
9 14 (2.30%) TeamCity
10 10 (1.64%) JMeter
11 8 (1.32%) Maven
12 7 (1.15%) Cucumber
12 7 (1.15%) Selenium
12 7 (1.15%) Vite
13 5 (0.82%) Claude Code
14 4 (0.66%) CircleCI
14 4 (0.66%) Liquibase
15 3 (0.49%) DBeaver
15 3 (0.49%) Storybook
16 2 (0.33%) Gatling
General
1 151 (24.84%) Social Skills
2 91 (14.97%) Finance
3 78 (12.83%) Public Sector
4 56 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (7.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (5.26%) Retail
7 26 (4.28%) Banking
7 26 (4.28%) Law
8 25 (4.11%) Games
9 19 (3.13%) Manufacturing
9 19 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (2.63%) Front Office
11 15 (2.47%) Advertising
12 13 (2.14%) Legal
13 11 (1.81%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (1.15%) Automotive
16 6 (0.99%) Aviation
17 5 (0.82%) Telecoms
18 4 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 209 (34.38%) Developer
2 118 (19.41%) Senior
3 106 (17.43%) Software Engineer
4 90 (14.80%) Lead
5 83 (13.65%) Full-Stack Developer
6 48 (7.89%) Python Engineer
7 46 (7.57%) Java Developer
8 40 (6.58%) Lead Developer
9 35 (5.76%) Architect
10 34 (5.59%) Data Engineer
11 33 (5.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 33 (5.43%) Lead Software Engineer
12 31 (5.10%) Java Engineer
13 30 (4.93%) DevOps Engineer
13 30 (4.93%) Python Developer
14 27 (4.44%) Senior Developer
15 24 (3.95%) Software Developer
16 23 (3.78%) AWS Engineer
17 21 (3.45%) Senior DevOps
18 20 (3.29%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (29.28%) React
2 156 (25.66%) Node.js
3 110 (18.09%) RESTful
4 79 (12.99%) REST
5 75 (12.34%) Spring
6 71 (11.68%) Spring Boot
7 54 (8.88%) Kafka
8 48 (7.89%) FastAPI
9 47 (7.73%) .NET
10 46 (7.57%) CSS
10 46 (7.57%) JSON
11 44 (7.24%) HTML
12 40 (6.58%) Ruby on Rails
13 37 (6.09%) Django
14 34 (5.59%) AngularJS
15 32 (5.26%) Next.js
16 30 (4.93%) Jest
17 28 (4.61%) Vue
18 25 (4.11%) Redux
19 24 (3.95%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 126 (20.72%) Cloud Native
2 54 (8.88%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (3.95%) Low-Code
4 23 (3.78%) Video\Live Streaming
5 22 (3.62%) Data Structures
6 20 (3.29%) Product Ownership
7 19 (3.13%) Blog
7 19 (3.13%) Replication
8 18 (2.96%) Onboarding
9 17 (2.80%) Algorithms
9 17 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
10 16 (2.63%) Derivative
10 16 (2.63%) Equities
10 16 (2.63%) Fixed Income
10 16 (2.63%) Management Information System
11 12 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.64%) AI Agents
13 10 (1.64%) SCADA
14 9 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 92 (15.13%) Linux
2 43 (7.07%) Windows
3 25 (4.11%) Unix
4 19 (3.13%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.15%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.66%) Android
7 4 (0.66%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.66%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.66%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.49%) CentOS
9 1 (0.16%) AIX
9 1 (0.16%) Debian
9 1 (0.16%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (41.94%) CI/CD
2 225 (37.01%) Agile
3 183 (30.10%) Software Engineering
4 181 (29.77%) Full-Stack Development
5 180 (29.61%) Microservices
6 141 (23.19%) DevOps
7 128 (21.05%) Infrastructure as Code
8 122 (20.07%) AI
9 117 (19.24%) Mentoring
10 110 (18.09%) Test Automation
11 108 (17.76%) Problem-Solving
12 105 (17.27%) Containerisation
13 93 (15.30%) Continuous Improvement
14 78 (12.83%) Scrum
15 74 (12.17%) Observability
16 73 (12.01%) Data Modelling
17 70 (11.51%) TDD
18 67 (11.02%) Analytics
19 62 (10.20%) Clean Code
20 59 (9.70%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 261 (42.93%) Python
2 178 (29.28%) Java
3 171 (28.13%) SQL
4 158 (25.99%) JavaScript
5 122 (20.07%) TypeScript
6 48 (7.89%) C#
7 47 (7.73%) Go
8 41 (6.74%) Ruby
9 37 (6.09%) PowerShell
10 28 (4.61%) Bash
11 26 (4.28%) PHP
12 15 (2.47%) Shell Script
13 13 (2.14%) C
14 12 (1.97%) C++
14 12 (1.97%) T-SQL
15 11 (1.81%) Perl
15 11 (1.81%) Scala
16 7 (1.15%) Korn
16 7 (1.15%) VB
17 5 (0.82%) RPG
Qualifications
1 85 (13.98%) Security Cleared
2 74 (12.17%) Degree
3 57 (9.38%) SC Cleared
4 32 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.96%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.64%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.48%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.99%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.66%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.49%) PhD
11 3 (0.49%) RHCE
12 2 (0.33%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.33%) RHCSA
13 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.16%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (7.57%) Data Quality
2 29 (4.77%) QA
3 21 (3.45%) GDPR
4 16 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.81%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.49%) SLA
7 2 (0.33%) Good Clinical Practice
7 2 (0.33%) NCSC
7 2 (0.33%) WCAG
8 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.16%) HL7
8 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.16%) MiFID
8 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 173 (28.45%) Docker
2 30 (4.93%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.48%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.66%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.33%) Firmware
5 2 (0.33%) Samba
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 177 (29.11%) Kubernetes
2 131 (21.55%) Terraform
3 41 (6.74%) Ansible
4 33 (5.43%) Grafana
5 31 (5.10%) Argo
6 19 (3.13%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.64%) Kibana
8 7 (1.15%) Progress Chef
8 7 (1.15%) Puppet
9 6 (0.99%) Istio
9 6 (0.99%) Kustomize
10 5 (0.82%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.82%) Data Guard
11 4 (0.66%) Control-M
12 3 (0.49%) Nagios
12 3 (0.49%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 3 (0.49%) Packer
12 3 (0.49%) Plesk
12 3 (0.49%) Rancher
13 2 (0.33%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 72 (11.84%) Oracle
2 71 (11.68%) Microsoft
3 31 (5.10%) Google
4 20 (3.29%) Red Hat
5 14 (2.30%) Dynatrace
5 14 (2.30%) OpenAI
6 9 (1.48%) Splunk
7 8 (1.32%) Dell
7 8 (1.32%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.15%) Databricks
8 7 (1.15%) Pega
9 6 (0.99%) ESRI
9 6 (0.99%) IBM
9 6 (0.99%) Informatica
10 5 (0.82%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.82%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.66%) Confluent
11 4 (0.66%) Netezza
11 4 (0.66%) Remedy
11 4 (0.66%) VMware