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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 225 173
Rank change year-on-year -54 -52 +34
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 713 728 1,592
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.72% 1.48% 1.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.23% 9.51% 9.66%
Number of salaries quoted 543 530 1,059
10th Percentile £42,100 £44,875 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,813 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +20.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £86,313 £110,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -7.08%

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 8,665 7,652 16,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.78% 15.54% 16.30%
Number of salaries quoted 5,751 4,938 11,572
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,475
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,182 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% +6.40% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £102,500
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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -52 616 £69,310 -7.59% 313
Work from Home +28 365 £67,500 -10.00% 163
UK excluding London -63 358 £62,500 -3.85% 189
London -83 260 £85,000 -15.00% 195
North of England -5 122 £65,000 -3.70% 47
South East -18 119 £59,500 +3.48% 47
North West -26 53 £65,000 -3.70% 28
South West -47 45 £62,500 +4.17% 44
North East -27 35 £65,000 +23.81% 8
Yorkshire -26 34 £65,000 -3.70% 11
East of England -25 26 £52,500 +66.67% 11
Midlands -52 22 £75,000 +11.11% 15
West Midlands -35 18 £77,500 +14.81% 7
Scotland -11 17 £65,000 -1.89% 11
Wales -58 9 £70,000 -9.68% 6
East Midlands -36 4 £65,000 +18.18% 8
Northern Ireland -64 1 £73,801 +34.18% 9

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 (3.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (3.51%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (3.23%) Apache
4 22 (3.09%) Confluence
5 21 (2.95%) Apache Spark
6 12 (1.68%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.84%) WordPress
8 5 (0.70%) Camunda
8 5 (0.70%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.56%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.42%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.28%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.28%) Oracle Spatial
12 1 (0.14%) CMS
12 1 (0.14%) Documentum
12 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.14%) Moodle
12 1 (0.14%) nginx
12 1 (0.14%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.14%) WildFly
Applications
1 13 (1.82%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 414 (58.06%) AWS
2 271 (38.01%) Azure
3 124 (17.39%) GCP
4 92 (12.90%) Serverless
5 85 (11.92%) GitHub
6 67 (9.40%) Amazon S3
7 64 (8.98%) SaaS
8 59 (8.27%) Amazon ECS
9 48 (6.73%) AWS Lambda
9 48 (6.73%) Azure DevOps
10 46 (6.45%) Amazon EC2
11 45 (6.31%) Amazon EKS
12 41 (5.75%) Power Platform
13 40 (5.61%) Amazon SQS
14 33 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
15 31 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
16 28 (3.93%) Azure AKS
17 27 (3.79%) Azure Service Bus
18 21 (2.95%) AWS CloudFormation
19 19 (2.66%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.91%) Broadband
2 16 (2.24%) Firewall
3 14 (1.96%) DNS
4 13 (1.82%) DHCP
4 13 (1.82%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.26%) VPN
6 8 (1.12%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.12%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.12%) SAN
7 5 (0.70%) Network Security
7 5 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.42%) HTTP
8 3 (0.42%) VLAN
9 2 (0.28%) MQTT
9 2 (0.28%) PBX
10 1 (0.14%) LAN
10 1 (0.14%) LTE
10 1 (0.14%) SMS
10 1 (0.14%) SSL
10 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (27.63%) MongoDB
2 175 (24.54%) MySQL
3 116 (16.27%) SQL Server
4 109 (15.29%) Relational Database
5 105 (14.73%) NoSQL
6 71 (9.96%) Redis
7 34 (4.77%) Data Warehouse
8 31 (4.35%) Power BI
9 30 (4.21%) DynamoDB
9 30 (4.21%) Elasticsearch
10 29 (4.07%) Amazon RDS
11 21 (2.95%) Metadata
12 20 (2.81%) Amazon Redshift
13 19 (2.66%) Big Data
14 18 (2.52%) Apache Cassandra
15 17 (2.38%) Oracle Database
16 16 (2.24%) GIS
17 15 (2.10%) Amazon Aurora
18 14 (1.96%) Data Lake
18 14 (1.96%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 136 (19.07%) Git
2 50 (7.01%) Jenkins
3 47 (6.59%) GitLab
4 31 (4.35%) JIRA
5 25 (3.51%) JUnit
6 22 (3.09%) Cypress.io
7 21 (2.95%) Mockito
8 15 (2.10%) TeamCity
9 14 (1.96%) Bitbucket
10 10 (1.40%) JMeter
10 10 (1.40%) Vite
11 9 (1.26%) Claude Code
11 9 (1.26%) Maven
12 6 (0.84%) Selenium
13 5 (0.70%) Cucumber
13 5 (0.70%) Gatling
14 4 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (0.56%) Storybook
15 3 (0.42%) Eclipse
15 3 (0.42%) Liquibase
General
1 151 (21.18%) Social Skills
2 99 (13.88%) Finance
3 97 (13.60%) Public Sector
4 62 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (6.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (4.77%) Games
7 30 (4.21%) Law
7 30 (4.21%) Retail
8 28 (3.93%) Banking
9 19 (2.66%) Manufacturing
9 19 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (2.52%) Legal
11 16 (2.24%) Front Office
12 15 (2.10%) Advertising
13 11 (1.54%) Legal Technology
14 10 (1.40%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.26%) Aerospace
16 8 (1.12%) Aviation
17 7 (0.98%) Automotive
18 6 (0.84%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 236 (33.10%) Developer
2 157 (22.02%) Senior
3 139 (19.50%) Software Engineer
4 125 (17.53%) Lead
5 82 (11.50%) Full-Stack Developer
6 58 (8.13%) Python Engineer
7 50 (7.01%) Lead Developer
8 47 (6.59%) Architect
8 47 (6.59%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 46 (6.45%) Data Engineer
9 46 (6.45%) Python Developer
10 41 (5.75%) Lead Software Engineer
11 40 (5.61%) DevOps Engineer
12 39 (5.47%) Java Developer
13 34 (4.77%) Senior Software Engineer
14 33 (4.63%) Java Engineer
15 31 (4.35%) Software Developer
16 30 (4.21%) Senior Developer
17 24 (3.37%) Ruby Developer
18 21 (2.95%) Database Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (25.67%) React
2 171 (23.98%) Node.js
3 136 (19.07%) RESTful
4 93 (13.04%) REST
5 88 (12.34%) Spring
6 85 (11.92%) Spring Boot
7 74 (10.38%) Kafka
8 58 (8.13%) FastAPI
9 56 (7.85%) CSS
10 51 (7.15%) JSON
10 51 (7.15%) Ruby on Rails
11 50 (7.01%) HTML
11 50 (7.01%) Next.js
12 48 (6.73%) .NET
13 38 (5.33%) AngularJS
14 33 (4.63%) Jest
15 32 (4.49%) Django
16 29 (4.07%) Vue
17 27 (3.79%) Flask
17 27 (3.79%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 152 (21.32%) Cloud Native
2 85 (11.92%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (5.33%) Low-Code
4 32 (4.49%) Onboarding
4 32 (4.49%) Video\Live Streaming
5 28 (3.93%) Product Ownership
6 26 (3.65%) Legacy Systems
7 24 (3.37%) Blog
7 24 (3.37%) Data Structures
8 21 (2.95%) Algorithms
9 19 (2.66%) AI Agents
10 17 (2.38%) Replication
11 16 (2.24%) Derivative
11 16 (2.24%) Equities
11 16 (2.24%) Fixed Income
12 15 (2.10%) Management Information System
13 14 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
14 12 (1.68%) Public Cloud
15 11 (1.54%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 103 (14.45%) Linux
2 43 (6.03%) Windows
3 21 (2.95%) Unix
4 17 (2.38%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.98%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.56%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.42%) CentOS
8 3 (0.42%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.14%) AIX
9 1 (0.14%) Debian
9 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 311 (43.62%) CI/CD
2 256 (35.90%) Agile
3 243 (34.08%) Software Engineering
4 213 (29.87%) Microservices
5 204 (28.61%) Full-Stack Development
6 178 (24.96%) DevOps
7 174 (24.40%) AI
8 158 (22.16%) Infrastructure as Code
9 148 (20.76%) Mentoring
10 133 (18.65%) Containerisation
11 129 (18.09%) Test Automation
12 117 (16.41%) Observability
13 116 (16.27%) Continuous Improvement
14 114 (15.99%) Problem-Solving
15 89 (12.48%) Data Modelling
16 88 (12.34%) API Design
17 86 (12.06%) Analytics
18 80 (11.22%) Clean Code
19 77 (10.80%) TDD
20 75 (10.52%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 310 (43.48%) Python
2 207 (29.03%) SQL
3 204 (28.61%) Java
4 164 (23.00%) JavaScript
5 133 (18.65%) TypeScript
6 55 (7.71%) C#
7 54 (7.57%) Go
7 54 (7.57%) Ruby
8 43 (6.03%) PowerShell
9 35 (4.91%) Bash
10 25 (3.51%) PHP
11 17 (2.38%) Scala
12 16 (2.24%) C++
13 12 (1.68%) T-SQL
14 10 (1.40%) Perl
14 10 (1.40%) RPG
14 10 (1.40%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.84%) C
15 6 (0.84%) Korn
15 6 (0.84%) VB
Qualifications
1 106 (14.87%) Security Cleared
2 78 (10.94%) Degree
3 69 (9.68%) SC Cleared
4 32 (4.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.66%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.82%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.54%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.70%) PhD
11 4 (0.56%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.42%) RHCE
13 2 (0.28%) CISSP
13 2 (0.28%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.28%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.28%) RHCSA
13 2 (0.28%) SnowPro
14 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (8.13%) Data Quality
2 34 (4.77%) QA
3 23 (3.23%) GDPR
4 16 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.96%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.56%) WCAG
7 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.42%) SLA
8 2 (0.28%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.28%) NCSC
9 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.14%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.14%) MiFID
9 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 200 (28.05%) Docker
2 28 (3.93%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.26%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.56%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.28%) Firmware
5 2 (0.28%) Samba
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 192 (26.93%) Kubernetes
2 149 (20.90%) Terraform
3 39 (5.47%) Ansible
3 39 (5.47%) Grafana
4 29 (4.07%) Argo
5 24 (3.37%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.40%) Kibana
7 7 (0.98%) Progress Chef
7 7 (0.98%) Puppet
8 6 (0.84%) Istio
8 6 (0.84%) Kustomize
9 5 (0.70%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.56%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.42%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.42%) Packer
11 3 (0.42%) Plesk
11 3 (0.42%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.42%) Rancher
11 3 (0.42%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 77 (10.80%) Microsoft
2 73 (10.24%) Oracle
3 40 (5.61%) Google
4 24 (3.37%) OpenAI
5 18 (2.52%) Red Hat
6 17 (2.38%) Dynatrace
7 16 (2.24%) Databricks
8 13 (1.82%) IBM
9 12 (1.68%) Splunk
10 8 (1.12%) Dell
10 8 (1.12%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.98%) Pega
12 5 (0.70%) Informatica
12 5 (0.70%) Salesforce
13 4 (0.56%) Confluent
13 4 (0.56%) ESRI
13 4 (0.56%) Meraki
13 4 (0.56%) Netezza
13 4 (0.56%) Remedy
13 4 (0.56%) VMware