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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 222 168
Rank change year-on-year -59 -54 +17
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 584 663 1,638
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 1.53% 1.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.37% 8.96% 9.44%
Number of salaries quoted 414 503 1,196
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,284 £42,500
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 £86,375 £101,875 £89,063
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 7,921 7,403 17,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.73% 17.05% 18.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4,780 4,979 12,496
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £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 £76,250
90th Percentile £96,375 £115,000 £96,250
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 14 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 14 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 -71 490 £69,305 -7.59% 290
Work from Home +23 295 £65,000 -7.14% 193
UK excluding London -73 292 £62,500 -3.85% 149
London -93 199 £87,500 -2.78% 156
North of England +5 108 £67,500 -1.47% 47
South East -22 100 £57,500 -4.17% 45
Yorkshire -36 46 £60,000 - 11
North West -5 44 £69,310 -0.11% 26
South West -37 35 £62,500 -3.85% 21
Scotland -12 20 £66,250 +8.16% 3
North East -23 18 £65,000 -6.32% 10
East of England -34 18 £55,000 +15.79% 6
Midlands -51 13 £65,000 -3.70% 24
West Midlands -37 8 £68,405 +1.34% 8
East Midlands -29 5 £65,000 -7.14% 16
Wales -50 2 £59,401 -8.61% 3
Northern Ireland -41 1 £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 30 (5.14%) Apache Airflow
2 28 (4.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (3.42%) Apache
3 20 (3.42%) Apache Spark
4 14 (2.40%) Confluence
4 14 (2.40%) OpenStack
5 11 (1.88%) SharePoint
6 8 (1.37%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.68%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.68%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.51%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.34%) Camunda
9 2 (0.34%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.34%) WildFly
9 2 (0.34%) WordPress
10 1 (0.17%) CMS
10 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.17%) nginx
10 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (1.20%) 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
1 363 (62.16%) AWS
2 214 (36.64%) Azure
3 119 (20.38%) GCP
4 109 (18.66%) Serverless
5 63 (10.79%) Amazon S3
6 60 (10.27%) Amazon ECS
7 59 (10.10%) AWS Lambda
8 58 (9.93%) GitHub
9 56 (9.59%) SaaS
10 51 (8.73%) Amazon SQS
11 42 (7.19%) Amazon EKS
12 41 (7.02%) Amazon EC2
13 39 (6.68%) Azure DevOps
14 35 (5.99%) Microsoft 365
14 35 (5.99%) Power Platform
15 26 (4.45%) Azure AKS
16 25 (4.28%) AWS CloudFormation
17 24 (4.11%) Azure Service Bus
18 22 (3.77%) GitHub Actions
19 19 (3.25%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.77%) Broadband
2 16 (2.74%) DNS
2 16 (2.74%) TCP/IP
3 15 (2.57%) DHCP
3 15 (2.57%) Firewall
4 9 (1.54%) VPN
5 8 (1.37%) iSCSI
5 8 (1.37%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (1.37%) SAN
6 7 (1.20%) Internet
6 7 (1.20%) Network Security
6 7 (1.20%) 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%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (0.17%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (27.23%) MongoDB
2 120 (20.55%) MySQL
3 118 (20.21%) SQL Server
4 95 (16.27%) Relational Database
5 94 (16.10%) NoSQL
6 37 (6.34%) Redis
7 33 (5.65%) DynamoDB
8 28 (4.79%) Elasticsearch
8 28 (4.79%) Power BI
9 25 (4.28%) Data Warehouse
10 20 (3.42%) Amazon RDS
11 19 (3.25%) Apache Cassandra
12 18 (3.08%) GIS
13 17 (2.91%) Oracle Database
14 16 (2.74%) RDBMS
15 14 (2.40%) Amazon Redshift
15 14 (2.40%) BigQuery
16 12 (2.05%) DB2
16 12 (2.05%) Pinecone
17 11 (1.88%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 128 (21.92%) Git
2 53 (9.08%) Jenkins
3 38 (6.51%) GitLab
4 26 (4.45%) JIRA
5 25 (4.28%) Cypress.io
6 21 (3.60%) JUnit
7 18 (3.08%) Bitbucket
7 18 (3.08%) Mockito
8 17 (2.91%) TeamCity
9 10 (1.71%) Selenium
10 9 (1.54%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.54%) Maven
11 8 (1.37%) JMeter
11 8 (1.37%) Vite
12 6 (1.03%) CircleCI
13 4 (0.68%) Liquibase
14 3 (0.51%) Gradle
14 3 (0.51%) Storybook
15 2 (0.34%) ESLint
15 2 (0.34%) Jaeger
General
1 140 (23.97%) Social Skills
2 96 (16.44%) Finance
3 67 (11.47%) Public Sector
4 57 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (7.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (5.48%) Retail
7 31 (5.31%) Law
8 29 (4.97%) Banking
9 25 (4.28%) Games
10 19 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (2.91%) Front Office
12 16 (2.74%) Manufacturing
13 13 (2.23%) Advertising
14 9 (1.54%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.37%) Legal
16 5 (0.86%) Automotive
17 4 (0.68%) Aviation
17 4 (0.68%) Financial Institution
17 4 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 197 (33.73%) Developer
2 121 (20.72%) Senior
3 99 (16.95%) Software Engineer
4 84 (14.38%) Full-Stack Developer
5 81 (13.87%) Lead
6 48 (8.22%) Java Developer
7 44 (7.53%) Python Engineer
8 34 (5.82%) Data Engineer
8 34 (5.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 34 (5.82%) Lead Developer
9 31 (5.31%) Architect
9 31 (5.31%) Java Engineer
10 28 (4.79%) Lead Software Engineer
11 27 (4.62%) Python Developer
12 24 (4.11%) DevOps Engineer
13 23 (3.94%) Senior Developer
14 22 (3.77%) Full-Stack Java Developer
14 22 (3.77%) Senior Software Engineer
15 21 (3.60%) Software Developer
16 20 (3.42%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 186 (31.85%) React
2 150 (25.68%) Node.js
3 106 (18.15%) RESTful
4 75 (12.84%) REST
5 67 (11.47%) Spring
6 64 (10.96%) Spring Boot
7 51 (8.73%) .NET
8 48 (8.22%) Kafka
9 44 (7.53%) HTML
10 43 (7.36%) CSS
10 43 (7.36%) FastAPI
11 41 (7.02%) JSON
12 36 (6.16%) AngularJS
13 34 (5.82%) Django
14 32 (5.48%) Ruby on Rails
15 31 (5.31%) Next.js
16 30 (5.14%) Jest
17 27 (4.62%) Vue
18 25 (4.28%) Redux
18 25 (4.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 115 (19.69%) Cloud Native
2 57 (9.76%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (4.28%) Product Ownership
4 24 (4.11%) Low-Code
5 23 (3.94%) Video\Live Streaming
6 19 (3.25%) Data Structures
6 19 (3.25%) Management Information System
7 18 (3.08%) Blog
7 18 (3.08%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.74%) Derivative
8 16 (2.74%) Equities
8 16 (2.74%) Fixed Income
8 16 (2.74%) Replication
9 15 (2.57%) Greenfield Project
10 14 (2.40%) Algorithms
10 14 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.71%) SCADA
13 9 (1.54%) AI Agents
13 9 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 85 (14.55%) Linux
2 39 (6.68%) Windows
3 25 (4.28%) Unix
4 19 (3.25%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.20%) Android
6 7 (1.20%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.03%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.86%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.68%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.51%) CentOS
11 1 (0.17%) AIX
11 1 (0.17%) Debian
11 1 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (43.15%) CI/CD
2 220 (37.67%) Agile
3 182 (31.16%) Software Engineering
4 179 (30.65%) Full-Stack Development
5 178 (30.48%) Microservices
6 139 (23.80%) DevOps
7 118 (20.21%) Infrastructure as Code
8 117 (20.03%) Test Automation
9 112 (19.18%) AI
10 106 (18.15%) Mentoring
11 101 (17.29%) Problem-Solving
12 96 (16.44%) Containerisation
13 83 (14.21%) Continuous Improvement
14 80 (13.70%) Scrum
15 69 (11.82%) Analytics
15 69 (11.82%) Data Modelling
16 67 (11.47%) Observability
17 65 (11.13%) TDD
18 56 (9.59%) Clean Code
19 54 (9.25%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 259 (44.35%) Python
2 180 (30.82%) Java
3 169 (28.94%) SQL
4 155 (26.54%) JavaScript
5 117 (20.03%) TypeScript
6 49 (8.39%) C#
7 48 (8.22%) Go
8 34 (5.82%) Ruby
9 31 (5.31%) PowerShell
10 26 (4.45%) PHP
11 21 (3.60%) Bash
12 15 (2.57%) C
13 14 (2.40%) Shell Script
14 10 (1.71%) C++
14 10 (1.71%) Perl
14 10 (1.71%) Scala
14 10 (1.71%) T-SQL
15 7 (1.20%) Korn
15 7 (1.20%) VB
16 5 (0.86%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 83 (14.21%) Security Cleared
2 71 (12.16%) Degree
3 56 (9.59%) SC Cleared
4 32 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.91%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.71%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.54%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.37%) AWS Certified Developer
8 8 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.20%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.51%) RHCE
12 2 (0.34%) RHCSA
12 2 (0.34%) SnowPro
13 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.17%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (7.71%) Data Quality
2 26 (4.45%) QA
3 18 (3.08%) GDPR
4 15 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.71%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.51%) NCSC
6 3 (0.51%) SLA
7 2 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.34%) WCAG
8 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
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
1 173 (29.62%) Docker
2 30 (5.14%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.54%) 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
1 178 (30.48%) Kubernetes
2 131 (22.43%) Terraform
3 42 (7.19%) Ansible
4 31 (5.31%) Grafana
5 30 (5.14%) Argo
6 20 (3.42%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.37%) Kibana
8 6 (1.03%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.03%) Puppet
9 5 (0.86%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.86%) Data Guard
9 5 (0.86%) 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%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 67 (11.47%) Oracle
2 62 (10.62%) Microsoft
3 30 (5.14%) Google
4 21 (3.60%) Red Hat
5 15 (2.57%) OpenAI
6 13 (2.23%) Dynatrace
7 11 (1.88%) Informatica
8 8 (1.37%) Dell
8 8 (1.37%) ESRI
9 7 (1.20%) Databricks
9 7 (1.20%) Pega
9 7 (1.20%) Splunk
10 6 (1.03%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.03%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.03%) Talend
11 5 (0.86%) Confluent
11 5 (0.86%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.68%) IBM
12 4 (0.68%) VMware
13 3 (0.51%) Revolut