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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 223 155
Rank change year-on-year -33 -68 +45
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 793 703 1,378
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.74% 1.41% 1.66%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.79% 9.35% 10.65%
Number of salaries quoted 588 508 866
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,305 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £110,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -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 9,025 7,518 12,942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.45% 15.03% 15.62%
Number of salaries quoted 6,028 4,803 8,521
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £112,500
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 16 August 2026.

Salary histogram for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Top 16 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 August 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 -42 678 £69,655 -7.13% 175
UK excluding London -62 392 £65,000 +4.00% 138
Work from Home +16 385 £67,500 -15.63% 102
London -74 296 £85,000 -19.05% 84
South East -21 129 £62,500 +8.70% 48
North of England -19 127 £65,000 -3.70% 24
North West -2 59 £65,000 -3.70% 14
South West -64 47 £62,500 +8.70% 18
North East -34 39 £65,000 +25.30% 3
Midlands -40 31 £72,155 +6.70% 22
Yorkshire -28 29 £67,153 -0.51% 7
East of England -33 29 £52,500 +66.67% 4
West Midlands -42 22 £81,887 +16.98% 10
Wales -54 19 £70,000 -9.68% 5
Scotland -11 17 £65,000 -3.70% 13
East Midlands -24 9 £60,000 +9.09% 12

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 34 (4.29%) Apache Airflow
2 31 (3.91%) Apache
3 28 (3.53%) Apache Spark
4 26 (3.28%) Confluence
5 18 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (1.26%) SharePoint
7 7 (0.88%) Camunda
8 6 (0.76%) WordPress
9 5 (0.63%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.38%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.38%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.38%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.38%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.25%) CMS
11 2 (0.25%) Luigi
11 2 (0.25%) Tornado
12 1 (0.13%) Documentum
12 1 (0.13%) JBoss
12 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.13%) WildFly
Applications
1 12 (1.51%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.25%) Shopify
2 1 (0.13%) Finacle
2 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.13%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 459 (57.88%) AWS
2 279 (35.18%) Azure
3 123 (15.51%) GitHub
4 121 (15.26%) GCP
5 101 (12.74%) Serverless
6 75 (9.46%) Amazon S3
7 73 (9.21%) SaaS
8 68 (8.58%) Amazon ECS
9 56 (7.06%) Azure DevOps
10 55 (6.94%) AWS Lambda
11 52 (6.56%) Amazon EC2
12 50 (6.31%) GitHub Actions
13 46 (5.80%) Amazon SQS
14 40 (5.04%) Amazon EKS
15 38 (4.79%) GitHub Copilot
16 37 (4.67%) Power Platform
17 29 (3.66%) Azure AKS
18 28 (3.53%) Azure Service Bus
19 24 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
20 21 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.41%) Broadband
2 15 (1.89%) Firewall
3 12 (1.51%) DNS
4 10 (1.26%) DHCP
5 8 (1.01%) iSCSI
5 8 (1.01%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (1.01%) SAN
6 7 (0.88%) SMS
7 6 (0.76%) AMQP
7 6 (0.76%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.76%) VPN
8 4 (0.50%) HTTP
9 2 (0.25%) MQTT
9 2 (0.25%) Network Security
9 2 (0.25%) PBX
9 2 (0.25%) VLAN
9 2 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.13%) Asterisk PBX
10 1 (0.13%) LTE
10 1 (0.13%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 207 (26.10%) MongoDB
2 190 (23.96%) MySQL
3 145 (18.28%) Relational Database
4 135 (17.02%) SQL Server
5 103 (12.99%) NoSQL
6 88 (11.10%) Redis
7 46 (5.80%) DynamoDB
8 37 (4.67%) Data Warehouse
9 34 (4.29%) Elasticsearch
10 32 (4.04%) Amazon RDS
11 28 (3.53%) Power BI
12 22 (2.77%) Amazon Redshift
12 22 (2.77%) Metadata
13 21 (2.65%) Big Data
14 18 (2.27%) Apache Cassandra
15 17 (2.14%) Amazon Aurora
16 15 (1.89%) GIS
16 15 (1.89%) Oracle Database
17 14 (1.77%) RDBMS
17 14 (1.77%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 174 (21.94%) Git
2 56 (7.06%) Jenkins
3 55 (6.94%) GitLab
4 35 (4.41%) JIRA
5 29 (3.66%) JUnit
6 28 (3.53%) Cypress.io
7 23 (2.90%) Mockito
8 13 (1.64%) Bitbucket
9 11 (1.39%) TeamCity
9 11 (1.39%) Vite
10 10 (1.26%) Claude Code
10 10 (1.26%) JMeter
11 7 (0.88%) Maven
11 7 (0.88%) RSpec
11 7 (0.88%) Storybook
12 6 (0.76%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.76%) Mocha
12 6 (0.76%) Selenium
13 5 (0.63%) Eclipse
13 5 (0.63%) Gatling
General
1 191 (24.09%) Social Skills
2 104 (13.11%) Finance
3 103 (12.99%) Public Sector
4 77 (9.71%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (7.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (4.92%) Law
7 36 (4.54%) Games
8 30 (3.78%) Banking
9 23 (2.90%) Legal
10 22 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (2.14%) Manufacturing
11 17 (2.14%) Retail
12 14 (1.77%) Advertising
12 14 (1.77%) Tech for Good
13 13 (1.64%) Legal Technology
14 11 (1.39%) Aerospace
14 11 (1.39%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.26%) Health Technology
16 9 (1.13%) Aviation
17 8 (1.01%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 273 (34.43%) Developer
2 215 (27.11%) Senior
3 155 (19.55%) Software Engineer
4 128 (16.14%) Lead
5 91 (11.48%) Full-Stack Developer
6 69 (8.70%) Python Engineer
7 60 (7.57%) Senior Software Engineer
8 59 (7.44%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 55 (6.94%) Data Engineer
10 49 (6.18%) Senior Developer
11 48 (6.05%) Python Developer
12 46 (5.80%) Architect
13 44 (5.55%) Lead Developer
14 42 (5.30%) Java Developer
15 41 (5.17%) DevOps Engineer
16 37 (4.67%) Software Developer
17 35 (4.41%) Lead Software Engineer
18 34 (4.29%) Ruby Developer
19 27 (3.40%) Database Engineer
20 26 (3.28%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 208 (26.23%) React
2 182 (22.95%) Node.js
3 143 (18.03%) RESTful
4 115 (14.50%) REST
5 101 (12.74%) Spring
6 97 (12.23%) Spring Boot
7 90 (11.35%) Kafka
8 76 (9.58%) CSS
9 69 (8.70%) .NET
9 69 (8.70%) Next.js
10 66 (8.32%) Ruby on Rails
11 65 (8.20%) HTML
12 58 (7.31%) FastAPI
13 49 (6.18%) AngularJS
14 48 (6.05%) JSON
15 47 (5.93%) Jest
16 37 (4.67%) RabbitMQ
17 36 (4.54%) Django
18 33 (4.16%) Hibernate
18 33 (4.16%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 156 (19.67%) Cloud Native
2 106 (13.37%) Distributed Systems
3 41 (5.17%) Product Ownership
4 37 (4.67%) Low-Code
5 32 (4.04%) Video\Live Streaming
6 30 (3.78%) AI Agents
7 26 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
8 25 (3.15%) Onboarding
9 21 (2.65%) Algorithms
10 20 (2.52%) Replication
11 18 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
13 16 (2.02%) Blog
13 16 (2.02%) Data Structures
14 15 (1.89%) Management Information System
15 13 (1.64%) Distributed Computing
15 13 (1.64%) IoT
15 13 (1.64%) Virtual Team
16 12 (1.51%) Public Cloud
16 12 (1.51%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 115 (14.50%) Linux
2 41 (5.17%) Windows
3 18 (2.27%) Unix
4 17 (2.14%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.76%) Android
6 6 (0.76%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.50%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.38%) CentOS
9 2 (0.25%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.13%) AIX
10 1 (0.13%) Debian
10 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (46.03%) CI/CD
2 288 (36.32%) Agile
3 277 (34.93%) Software Engineering
4 236 (29.76%) Full-Stack Development
5 227 (28.63%) Microservices
6 223 (28.12%) AI
7 204 (25.73%) DevOps
8 174 (21.94%) Infrastructure as Code
9 156 (19.67%) Mentoring
10 149 (18.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 147 (18.54%) Observability
11 147 (18.54%) Problem-Solving
12 145 (18.28%) Containerisation
13 128 (16.14%) Test Automation
14 104 (13.11%) API Design
15 99 (12.48%) Clean Code
16 93 (11.73%) Scrum
17 92 (11.60%) Analytics
17 92 (11.60%) Event-Driven
18 87 (10.97%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 336 (42.37%) Python
2 219 (27.62%) SQL
3 189 (23.83%) Java
4 187 (23.58%) JavaScript
5 156 (19.67%) TypeScript
6 71 (8.95%) C#
7 68 (8.58%) Ruby
8 63 (7.94%) Go
9 35 (4.41%) Bash
10 31 (3.91%) PowerShell
11 24 (3.03%) PHP
12 18 (2.27%) Scala
13 15 (1.89%) C++
14 13 (1.64%) Shell Script
15 10 (1.26%) RPG
16 9 (1.13%) Kotlin
17 7 (0.88%) Perl
18 6 (0.76%) Korn
19 4 (0.50%) C
19 4 (0.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 114 (14.38%) Security Cleared
2 104 (13.11%) Degree
3 84 (10.59%) SC Cleared
4 31 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (3.03%) DV Cleared
5 24 (3.03%) Master's Degree
6 17 (2.14%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (0.88%) PhD
10 6 (0.76%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.38%) RHCE
13 2 (0.25%) CISSP
13 2 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.25%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.25%) RHCSA
13 2 (0.25%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (7.82%) Data Quality
2 53 (6.68%) QA
3 30 (3.78%) GDPR
4 20 (2.52%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.63%) SLA
6 5 (0.63%) WCAG
7 4 (0.50%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.25%) Good Clinical Practice
9 2 (0.25%) NCSC
10 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.13%) HL7
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.13%) MiFID
10 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.13%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 245 (30.90%) Docker
2 21 (2.65%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.38%) Firmware
4 3 (0.38%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.25%) Samba
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 209 (26.36%) Kubernetes
2 161 (20.30%) Terraform
3 56 (7.06%) Ansible
4 43 (5.42%) Grafana
5 31 (3.91%) Argo
6 29 (3.66%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.26%) Kibana
8 6 (0.76%) Istio
8 6 (0.76%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.76%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.76%) Puppet
9 5 (0.63%) Data Guard
9 5 (0.63%) Packer
10 4 (0.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.38%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.38%) Plesk
11 3 (0.38%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.38%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.25%) logstash
12 2 (0.25%) Rancher
Vendors
1 86 (10.84%) Microsoft
2 76 (9.58%) Oracle
3 41 (5.17%) Google
4 26 (3.28%) Databricks
5 22 (2.77%) OpenAI
6 19 (2.40%) Red Hat
7 17 (2.14%) Dynatrace
8 16 (2.02%) Splunk
9 14 (1.77%) IBM
10 8 (1.01%) Dell
10 8 (1.01%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.88%) Pega
11 7 (0.88%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.76%) Informatica
13 5 (0.63%) Meraki
14 4 (0.50%) Netezza
14 4 (0.50%) Remedy
14 4 (0.50%) TIBCO
15 3 (0.38%) Atlassian
15 3 (0.38%) ESRI