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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 133 197
Rank change year-on-year -145 +64 -11
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 518 1,117 1,203
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.75% 2.30% 1.60%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.56% 12.54% 8.18%
Number of salaries quoted 361 540 988
10th Percentile £41,250 £49,081 £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 £97,500 £100,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £118,875 £105,000
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 6,855 8,908 14,705
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.96% 18.36% 19.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,172 5,094 11,520
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,499 £47,750 £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 21 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 21 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 -140 440 £73,901 -7.62% 312
Work from Home -104 240 £67,500 -4.92% 184
London -77 234 £95,000 +8.57% 141
UK excluding London -158 230 £60,000 -9.59% 222
North of England -40 89 £67,500 -2.61% 69
South East -142 55 £57,500 -28.13% 55
Yorkshire -11 42 £60,000 +4.59% 18
North West -36 36 £77,500 +11.70% 38
South West -48 26 £65,000 - 26
Midlands -30 25 £55,200 -15.08% 36
West Midlands -11 16 £45,000 -30.77% 25
Scotland -27 15 £73,801 +22.49% 20
East of England -43 15 £42,500 -26.09% 13
North East -14 11 £52,500 -24.25% 14
East Midlands -41 9 £65,000 +8.33% 11
Wales -29 6 £73,801 +13.54% 7
Northern Ireland -31 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 33 (6.37%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (3.47%) Apache Spark
3 15 (2.90%) Confluence
4 13 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (2.51%) OpenStack
5 12 (2.32%) Tomcat
5 12 (2.32%) WebSphere
6 11 (2.12%) WebSphere Application Server
7 8 (1.54%) ArcGIS
8 7 (1.35%) Apache
9 5 (0.97%) SharePoint
10 4 (0.77%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.77%) Oracle Spatial
11 3 (0.58%) nginx
12 2 (0.39%) Camunda
12 2 (0.39%) CMS
12 2 (0.39%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.39%) Oracle Application Server
13 1 (0.19%) IIS
13 1 (0.19%) JBoss
Applications
1 11 (2.12%) 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
1 348 (67.18%) AWS
2 192 (37.07%) Azure
3 137 (26.45%) GCP
4 90 (17.37%) Serverless
5 68 (13.13%) Amazon ECS
6 59 (11.39%) Amazon S3
7 57 (11.00%) GitHub
8 53 (10.23%) AWS Lambda
9 51 (9.85%) Amazon EKS
10 50 (9.65%) dbt
11 48 (9.27%) AWS CloudFormation
12 41 (7.92%) SaaS
13 37 (7.14%) Amazon SQS
14 34 (6.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 34 (6.56%) Amazon EC2
15 31 (5.98%) Power Platform
16 30 (5.79%) Amazon ECR
17 27 (5.21%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 26 (5.02%) Pulumi
19 22 (4.25%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 34 (6.56%) TCP/IP
2 12 (2.32%) SSL
3 11 (2.12%) VPN
3 11 (2.12%) 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
1 118 (22.78%) SQL Server
2 100 (19.31%) Relational Database
3 96 (18.53%) MongoDB
4 94 (18.15%) MySQL
5 78 (15.06%) NoSQL
6 54 (10.42%) Redis
7 41 (7.92%) Elasticsearch
8 36 (6.95%) Amazon RDS
9 33 (6.37%) Data Warehouse
10 32 (6.18%) DB2
11 31 (5.98%) DynamoDB
12 27 (5.21%) Power BI
13 21 (4.05%) RDBMS
14 18 (3.47%) Apache Cassandra
15 15 (2.90%) Apache Iceberg
15 15 (2.90%) Oracle Database
16 14 (2.70%) Big Data
17 12 (2.32%) Apache Arrow
17 12 (2.32%) BigQuery
17 12 (2.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 106 (20.46%) Git
2 84 (16.22%) Jenkins
3 30 (5.79%) JIRA
4 29 (5.60%) GitLab
5 28 (5.41%) Cucumber
5 28 (5.41%) JUnit
6 26 (5.02%) Selenium
7 22 (4.25%) Bitbucket
8 21 (4.05%) TeamCity
9 19 (3.67%) Cypress.io
10 14 (2.70%) JMeter
10 14 (2.70%) Mockito
11 7 (1.35%) Maven
12 6 (1.16%) CircleCI
12 6 (1.16%) Subversion
12 6 (1.16%) Vite
13 5 (0.97%) REST Assured
14 4 (0.77%) Gradle
14 4 (0.77%) Jaeger
14 4 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 136 (26.25%) Social Skills
2 113 (21.81%) Finance
3 53 (10.23%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (8.49%) Banking
5 42 (8.11%) Public Sector
6 35 (6.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 34 (6.56%) Law
8 23 (4.44%) Retail
9 20 (3.86%) Front Office
10 11 (2.12%) Financial Institution
10 11 (2.12%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.54%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.16%) Advertising
13 6 (1.16%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.97%) Marketing
14 5 (0.97%) Tech for Good
15 4 (0.77%) Back Office
15 4 (0.77%) Legal
16 3 (0.58%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 181 (34.94%) Developer
2 103 (19.88%) Senior
3 94 (18.15%) Software Engineer
4 70 (13.51%) Full-Stack Developer
5 56 (10.81%) Java Developer
5 56 (10.81%) Lead
6 33 (6.37%) Java Engineer
7 31 (5.98%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 29 (5.60%) Data Engineer
9 27 (5.21%) Python Developer
10 26 (5.02%) Python Engineer
11 24 (4.63%) Principal Engineer
12 21 (4.05%) Architect
13 20 (3.86%) Platform Engineer
13 20 (3.86%) Senior Software Engineer
14 19 (3.67%) AWS Engineer
14 19 (3.67%) Java Software Engineer
14 19 (3.67%) Senior Developer
14 19 (3.67%) Senior Platform Engineer
14 19 (3.67%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (33.01%) React
2 107 (20.66%) Node.js
3 85 (16.41%) Spring
4 79 (15.25%) Spring Boot
5 78 (15.06%) RESTful
6 70 (13.51%) Django
7 64 (12.36%) REST
8 54 (10.42%) Kafka
9 51 (9.85%) FastAPI
10 50 (9.65%) AngularJS
10 50 (9.65%) HTML
11 47 (9.07%) .NET
12 45 (8.69%) CSS
13 37 (7.14%) Vue
14 36 (6.95%) Elastic Stack
15 29 (5.60%) Flask
15 29 (5.60%) Web Services
16 27 (5.21%) JSON
16 27 (5.21%) Next.js
17 25 (4.83%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 74 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 59 (11.39%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (5.41%) Linux Command Line
4 23 (4.44%) Product Ownership
5 19 (3.67%) Equities
5 19 (3.67%) Fixed Income
6 17 (3.28%) Management Information System
7 16 (3.09%) Data Structures
7 16 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
8 15 (2.90%) Blog
8 15 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (2.51%) Onboarding
10 11 (2.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.74%) Algorithms
12 9 (1.74%) Derivative
12 9 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.74%) Mobile App
12 9 (1.74%) Replication
13 6 (1.16%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 94 (18.15%) Linux
2 45 (8.69%) Unix
3 29 (5.60%) Windows
4 16 (3.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (1.93%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.54%) Android
6 8 (1.54%) 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
1 221 (42.66%) CI/CD
2 198 (38.22%) Agile
3 166 (32.05%) Microservices
4 164 (31.66%) Software Engineering
5 143 (27.61%) DevOps
6 132 (25.48%) Problem-Solving
7 128 (24.71%) Full-Stack Development
8 97 (18.73%) Containerisation
9 90 (17.37%) Infrastructure as Code
10 88 (16.99%) Test Automation
11 80 (15.44%) Mentoring
12 78 (15.06%) AI
13 71 (13.71%) Fintech
14 68 (13.13%) TDD
15 62 (11.97%) Scrum
16 59 (11.39%) Clean Code
17 57 (11.00%) Data Modelling
18 56 (10.81%) Technical Leadership
19 53 (10.23%) BDD
19 53 (10.23%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 243 (46.91%) Python
2 183 (35.33%) Java
3 164 (31.66%) SQL
4 147 (28.38%) JavaScript
5 109 (21.04%) TypeScript
6 44 (8.49%) C#
7 32 (6.18%) Go
8 26 (5.02%) PowerShell
9 20 (3.86%) PHP
10 18 (3.47%) Ruby
11 15 (2.90%) Shell Script
12 14 (2.70%) C
13 12 (2.32%) Delphi
13 12 (2.32%) T-SQL
14 9 (1.74%) Rust
15 8 (1.54%) C++
16 6 (1.16%) Bash
17 4 (0.77%) Perl
18 3 (0.58%) Pascal
18 3 (0.58%) RPG
Qualifications
1 93 (17.95%) Security Cleared
2 66 (12.74%) Degree
3 62 (11.97%) SC Cleared
4 33 (6.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (4.83%) AWS Certification
6 15 (2.90%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.32%) AWS Certified Developer
8 11 (2.12%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (1.54%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.39%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.39%) SnowPro
11 2 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.19%) HNC
12 1 (0.19%) HND
12 1 (0.19%) MCSE
12 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.79%) Data Quality
2 16 (3.09%) QA
3 13 (2.51%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.51%) GDPR
3 13 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.32%) SLA
5 3 (0.58%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.58%) SEPA
6 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.39%) PSD2
7 1 (0.19%) GAAP
7 1 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 195 (37.64%) 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
1 173 (33.40%) Kubernetes
2 112 (21.62%) Terraform
3 40 (7.72%) Ansible
4 33 (6.37%) Grafana
5 17 (3.28%) AWS Copilot
5 17 (3.28%) Prometheus
6 16 (3.09%) Kibana
7 11 (2.12%) Argo
8 4 (0.77%) Control-M
8 4 (0.77%) Nagios
8 4 (0.77%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.58%) Puppet
9 3 (0.58%) Rancher
10 2 (0.39%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.19%) Ambari
11 1 (0.19%) Podman
11 1 (0.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 71 (13.71%) Oracle
2 40 (7.72%) Google
3 31 (5.98%) Microsoft
4 22 (4.25%) Red Hat
5 17 (3.28%) Informatica
6 16 (3.09%) IBM
7 14 (2.70%) Atlassian
7 14 (2.70%) OpenAI
8 12 (2.32%) Talend
9 11 (2.12%) Dynatrace
10 10 (1.93%) Splunk
11 9 (1.74%) ServiceNow
12 8 (1.54%) ESRI
13 5 (0.97%) Confluent
13 5 (0.97%) SAP
13 5 (0.97%) VMware
14 4 (0.77%) Databricks
14 4 (0.77%) Pega
14 4 (0.77%) Salesforce
14 4 (0.77%) WSO2