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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 228 171
Rank change year-on-year -70 -57 +13
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 589 666 1,655
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 1.51% 1.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.44% 9.15% 9.50%
Number of salaries quoted 422 501 1,200
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,375
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 £87,813
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 7,912 7,281 17,416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.58% 16.51% 17.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4,823 4,900 12,503
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 £77,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £115,000 £96,539
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 20 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 20 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 -66 496 £69,305 -7.59% 265
UK excluding London -66 300 £62,500 -3.85% 123
Work from Home +28 299 £65,000 -9.09% 174
London -91 196 £86,250 -5.48% 157
North of England -6 112 £67,500 -0.19% 43
South East -16 103 £57,500 +6.98% 35
Yorkshire -18 48 £60,000 - 10
North West -9 43 £69,310 -0.11% 28
South West -53 36 £62,500 -3.85% 16
North East -26 21 £65,000 -1.43% 5
Scotland -7 19 £66,250 +6.00% 5
East of England -35 18 £55,000 +48.65% 7
Midlands -50 14 £65,000 -3.70% 17
West Midlands -47 9 £69,310 +2.68% 5
East Midlands -34 5 £65,000 -7.14% 12
Wales -47 2 £59,401 -8.61% 3
Northern Ireland -42 1 £73,801 +34.18%

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 (4.75%) Apache Airflow
1 28 (4.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (3.74%) Apache
3 21 (3.57%) Apache Spark
4 15 (2.55%) Confluence
5 14 (2.38%) OpenStack
6 11 (1.87%) SharePoint
7 8 (1.36%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.68%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.68%) Oracle Spatial
9 3 (0.51%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.34%) Camunda
10 2 (0.34%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.34%) WildFly
10 2 (0.34%) WordPress
11 1 (0.17%) CMS
11 1 (0.17%) IIS
11 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.17%) nginx
11 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (1.36%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Shopify
2 1 (0.17%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 365 (61.97%) AWS
2 216 (36.67%) Azure
3 114 (19.35%) GCP
4 109 (18.51%) Serverless
5 63 (10.70%) Amazon S3
6 62 (10.53%) GitHub
7 60 (10.19%) Amazon ECS
8 58 (9.85%) AWS Lambda
9 57 (9.68%) SaaS
10 51 (8.66%) Amazon SQS
11 41 (6.96%) Amazon EC2
11 41 (6.96%) Amazon EKS
12 39 (6.62%) Azure DevOps
13 35 (5.94%) Microsoft 365
14 34 (5.77%) Power Platform
15 25 (4.24%) AWS CloudFormation
15 25 (4.24%) Azure AKS
16 24 (4.07%) GitHub Actions
17 23 (3.90%) Azure Service Bus
18 20 (3.40%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.74%) Broadband
2 16 (2.72%) DNS
2 16 (2.72%) TCP/IP
3 15 (2.55%) DHCP
3 15 (2.55%) Firewall
4 9 (1.53%) VPN
5 8 (1.36%) iSCSI
5 8 (1.36%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (1.36%) SAN
6 7 (1.19%) Internet
6 7 (1.19%) Network Security
6 7 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.51%) HTTP
7 3 (0.51%) 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
1 163 (27.67%) MongoDB
2 125 (21.22%) MySQL
3 119 (20.20%) SQL Server
4 98 (16.64%) NoSQL
5 94 (15.96%) Relational Database
6 40 (6.79%) Redis
7 32 (5.43%) DynamoDB
8 28 (4.75%) Elasticsearch
9 27 (4.58%) Power BI
10 26 (4.41%) Data Warehouse
11 21 (3.57%) Amazon RDS
12 19 (3.23%) Apache Cassandra
12 19 (3.23%) GIS
13 17 (2.89%) Oracle Database
14 16 (2.72%) RDBMS
15 13 (2.21%) Amazon Redshift
16 12 (2.04%) BigQuery
17 11 (1.87%) Big Data
17 11 (1.87%) MariaDB
17 11 (1.87%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 127 (21.56%) Git
2 53 (9.00%) Jenkins
3 39 (6.62%) GitLab
4 26 (4.41%) JIRA
5 25 (4.24%) Cypress.io
6 21 (3.57%) JUnit
7 18 (3.06%) Bitbucket
7 18 (3.06%) Mockito
8 17 (2.89%) TeamCity
9 10 (1.70%) Selenium
10 9 (1.53%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.53%) Maven
11 8 (1.36%) JMeter
12 7 (1.19%) Vite
13 4 (0.68%) CircleCI
13 4 (0.68%) Liquibase
14 3 (0.51%) DBeaver
14 3 (0.51%) Gradle
14 3 (0.51%) Storybook
15 2 (0.34%) Gatling
General
1 145 (24.62%) Social Skills
2 97 (16.47%) Finance
3 71 (12.05%) Public Sector
4 58 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (7.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (5.43%) Retail
7 29 (4.92%) Banking
7 29 (4.92%) Law
8 25 (4.24%) Games
9 19 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (2.89%) Front Office
10 17 (2.89%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.21%) Advertising
12 10 (1.70%) Aerospace
12 10 (1.70%) Legal
13 9 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.02%) Automotive
15 4 (0.68%) Aviation
15 4 (0.68%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.51%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 205 (34.80%) Developer
2 116 (19.69%) Senior
3 101 (17.15%) Software Engineer
4 86 (14.60%) Lead
5 84 (14.26%) Full-Stack Developer
6 49 (8.32%) Java Developer
7 47 (7.98%) Python Engineer
8 38 (6.45%) Lead Developer
9 34 (5.77%) Data Engineer
10 33 (5.60%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 31 (5.26%) Java Engineer
11 31 (5.26%) Lead Software Engineer
12 29 (4.92%) Architect
13 28 (4.75%) Python Developer
14 24 (4.07%) DevOps Engineer
15 23 (3.90%) Senior Developer
15 23 (3.90%) Software Developer
16 21 (3.57%) AWS Engineer
16 21 (3.57%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 20 (3.40%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (31.24%) React
2 151 (25.64%) Node.js
3 109 (18.51%) RESTful
4 78 (13.24%) REST
5 70 (11.88%) Spring
6 67 (11.38%) Spring Boot
7 53 (9.00%) .NET
8 49 (8.32%) Kafka
9 45 (7.64%) HTML
10 44 (7.47%) CSS
11 43 (7.30%) FastAPI
11 43 (7.30%) JSON
12 36 (6.11%) AngularJS
13 35 (5.94%) Django
13 35 (5.94%) Ruby on Rails
14 30 (5.09%) Jest
14 30 (5.09%) Next.js
15 27 (4.58%) Vue
16 25 (4.24%) Redux
16 25 (4.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 117 (19.86%) Cloud Native
2 57 (9.68%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (4.24%) Product Ownership
4 24 (4.07%) Low-Code
5 23 (3.90%) Video\Live Streaming
6 20 (3.40%) Management Information System
7 19 (3.23%) Data Structures
8 18 (3.06%) Blog
8 18 (3.06%) Onboarding
9 16 (2.72%) Derivative
9 16 (2.72%) Equities
9 16 (2.72%) Fixed Income
9 16 (2.72%) Replication
10 15 (2.55%) Algorithms
10 15 (2.55%) Greenfield Project
10 15 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.70%) SCADA
13 9 (1.53%) Linux Command Line
14 8 (1.36%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 84 (14.26%) Linux
2 39 (6.62%) Windows
3 24 (4.07%) Unix
4 19 (3.23%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.02%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.85%) Android
7 5 (0.85%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.85%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.68%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.51%) CentOS
10 1 (0.17%) AIX
10 1 (0.17%) Debian
10 1 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (42.44%) CI/CD
2 222 (37.69%) Agile
3 183 (31.07%) Software Engineering
4 178 (30.22%) Full-Stack Development
4 178 (30.22%) Microservices
5 135 (22.92%) DevOps
6 118 (20.03%) Infrastructure as Code
7 114 (19.35%) Test Automation
8 113 (19.19%) AI
9 109 (18.51%) Mentoring
10 103 (17.49%) Problem-Solving
11 97 (16.47%) Containerisation
12 85 (14.43%) Continuous Improvement
13 79 (13.41%) Scrum
14 70 (11.88%) Data Modelling
15 69 (11.71%) TDD
16 68 (11.54%) Analytics
17 64 (10.87%) Observability
18 58 (9.85%) Clean Code
19 55 (9.34%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 259 (43.97%) Python
2 182 (30.90%) Java
3 175 (29.71%) SQL
4 156 (26.49%) JavaScript
5 116 (19.69%) TypeScript
6 50 (8.49%) C#
7 46 (7.81%) Go
8 36 (6.11%) Ruby
9 32 (5.43%) PowerShell
10 26 (4.41%) PHP
11 21 (3.57%) Bash
12 15 (2.55%) C
13 14 (2.38%) Shell Script
14 11 (1.87%) C++
14 11 (1.87%) Scala
15 10 (1.70%) Perl
15 10 (1.70%) T-SQL
16 7 (1.19%) Korn
16 7 (1.19%) VB
17 5 (0.85%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 81 (13.75%) Security Cleared
2 72 (12.22%) Degree
3 53 (9.00%) SC Cleared
4 31 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.89%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.70%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.53%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.36%) AWS Certified Developer
8 8 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.36%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.51%) RHCE
11 2 (0.34%) PhD
11 2 (0.34%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.17%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.17%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (7.64%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.07%) QA
3 17 (2.89%) GDPR
4 15 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.53%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.51%) NCSC
6 3 (0.51%) 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
1 172 (29.20%) Docker
2 30 (5.09%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.53%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.68%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.68%) 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
1 175 (29.71%) Kubernetes
2 128 (21.73%) Terraform
3 41 (6.96%) Ansible
4 28 (4.75%) Grafana
5 27 (4.58%) Argo
6 17 (2.89%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.36%) Kibana
8 6 (1.02%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.02%) Puppet
9 5 (0.85%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.85%) Data Guard
9 5 (0.85%) Istio
10 4 (0.68%) Control-M
10 4 (0.68%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.68%) Nagios
10 4 (0.68%) Rancher
11 3 (0.51%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.51%) Packer
11 3 (0.51%) Plesk
12 2 (0.34%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 70 (11.88%) Oracle
2 64 (10.87%) Microsoft
3 31 (5.26%) Google
4 20 (3.40%) Red Hat
5 14 (2.38%) OpenAI
6 13 (2.21%) Dynatrace
7 11 (1.87%) Informatica
8 8 (1.36%) Dell
8 8 (1.36%) ESRI
9 7 (1.19%) Atlassian
9 7 (1.19%) Databricks
9 7 (1.19%) Pega
9 7 (1.19%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.19%) Splunk
10 6 (1.02%) Talend
11 5 (0.85%) Confluent
11 5 (0.85%) IBM
11 5 (0.85%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.68%) VMware
13 3 (0.51%) Remedy