PostgreSQL (Postgres)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PostgreSQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PostgreSQL over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 178 166 98
Rank change year-on-year -12 -68 +28
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 1,037 2,803 4,330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.98% 2.29% 3.41%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 9.25% 9.87% 12.62%
Number of salaries quoted 806 1,504 2,076
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £86,250 £91,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £107,500 £100,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +4.76%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

PostgreSQL is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 11,214 28,399 34,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.45% 23.23% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,322 17,485 22,575
10th Percentile £36,750 £36,750 £35,457
25th Percentile £46,875 £46,250 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +6.84% +6.36%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +2.04%

PostgreSQL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PostgreSQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PostgreSQL.

Salary trend for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PostgreSQL over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

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 10 December 2023. 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 -6 872 £70,000 -6.67% 496
Work from Home -10 607 £70,000 -3.45% 290
UK excluding London +29 587 £60,000 - 305
London -23 384 £80,000 -5.88% 278
North of England +87 161 £60,000 - 67
South East +49 128 £57,500 -8.00% 102
North West +91 89 £60,000 -9.43% 38
South West +12 78 £60,000 +9.09% 26
Midlands +27 64 £60,000 +6.23% 23
East of England +66 62 £65,000 -13.33% 38
Yorkshire +58 61 £60,000 - 23
Scotland -2 53 £65,000 +30.00% 35
East Midlands +33 39 £65,000 +18.18% 11
Wales +29 30 £62,500 +4.17% 4
West Midlands +39 28 £55,000 -2.62% 12
Northern Ireland +36 21 £70,000 +33.33% 11
North East +24 11 £62,500 +25.00% 8

PostgreSQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 102 (9.84%) Apache
2 61 (5.88%) Apache Airflow
3 59 (5.69%) Apache Spark
4 35 (3.38%) Confluence
5 34 (3.28%) SharePoint
6 25 (2.41%) GeoServer
6 25 (2.41%) OpenStack
7 24 (2.31%) ArcGIS
8 14 (1.35%) nginx
9 11 (1.06%) Tomcat
10 9 (0.87%) JBoss
10 9 (0.87%) Red Hat Fuse
11 8 (0.77%) Apache Solr
11 8 (0.77%) Luigi
12 7 (0.68%) CMS
13 6 (0.58%) Drupal
14 2 (0.19%) Jetty
15 1 (0.096%) IIS
15 1 (0.096%) SAS
15 1 (0.096%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.39%) LibreOffice
3 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.096%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.16%) iTrent
2 2 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.096%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 571 (55.06%) AWS
2 266 (25.65%) Azure
3 173 (16.68%) GCP
4 110 (10.61%) Serverless
5 93 (8.97%) Power Platform
6 92 (8.87%) GitHub
7 78 (7.52%) AWS Lambda
8 69 (6.65%) Amazon ECS
9 61 (5.88%) Amazon S3
10 56 (5.40%) GitHub Actions
11 52 (5.01%) SaaS
12 50 (4.82%) Amazon EC2
13 47 (4.53%) Vertex AI
14 42 (4.05%) Cloud Computing
15 41 (3.95%) dbt
16 39 (3.76%) AWS CloudFormation
17 37 (3.57%) Amazon EKS
18 31 (2.99%) Pulumi
19 29 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
20 23 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.09%) TCP/IP
2 30 (2.89%) Firewall
3 16 (1.54%) PBX
4 13 (1.25%) HTTP
5 10 (0.96%) DNS
5 10 (0.96%) Internet
6 8 (0.77%) WAN
7 7 (0.68%) FTP
8 6 (0.58%) VPN
9 4 (0.39%) 5G
9 4 (0.39%) LAN
9 4 (0.39%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.39%) SMTP
9 4 (0.39%) VoIP
10 3 (0.29%) AMQP
11 2 (0.19%) Asterisk PBX
11 2 (0.19%) BGP
11 2 (0.19%) OSPF
11 2 (0.19%) Software-Defined Networking
11 2 (0.19%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 359 (34.62%) MySQL
2 175 (16.88%) MongoDB
3 157 (15.14%) Relational Database
4 152 (14.66%) SQL Server
5 141 (13.60%) NoSQL
6 102 (9.84%) Oracle Database
7 92 (8.87%) Redis
8 83 (8.00%) Power BI
9 81 (7.81%) Oracle Database 11g
10 71 (6.85%) Big Data
11 63 (6.08%) Elasticsearch
12 62 (5.98%) Data Lake
13 61 (5.88%) Tableau
14 60 (5.79%) Amazon RDS
15 59 (5.69%) BigQuery
16 51 (4.92%) Bigtable
17 50 (4.82%) Looker
18 47 (4.53%) Amazon Redshift
19 36 (3.47%) Apache Ignite
20 34 (3.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 232 (22.37%) Git
2 178 (17.16%) Jenkins
3 68 (6.56%) JIRA
4 31 (2.99%) JUnit
4 31 (2.99%) Maven
5 30 (2.89%) Bitbucket
6 27 (2.60%) GitLab
7 25 (2.41%) Cypress.io
8 18 (1.74%) Selenium
9 17 (1.64%) Cucumber
10 13 (1.25%) Mocha
11 9 (0.87%) SonarQube
11 9 (0.87%) Subversion
12 8 (0.77%) Artifactory
13 7 (0.68%) Gradle
13 7 (0.68%) NUnit
13 7 (0.68%) Postman
13 7 (0.68%) TestNG
13 7 (0.68%) webpack
14 6 (0.58%) REST Assured
General
1 250 (24.11%) Finance
2 170 (16.39%) Social Skills
3 134 (12.92%) Analytical Skills
4 122 (11.76%) Banking
5 51 (4.92%) Retail
6 44 (4.24%) Front Office
7 40 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 37 (3.57%) Public Sector
9 25 (2.41%) Games
10 24 (2.31%) Tech for Good
11 18 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (1.45%) Legal
14 13 (1.25%) Marketing
15 12 (1.16%) Manufacturing
16 10 (0.96%) Telecoms
17 8 (0.77%) Military
18 6 (0.58%) Advertising
18 6 (0.58%) Aerospace
18 6 (0.58%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 475 (45.81%) Developer
2 334 (32.21%) Senior
3 196 (18.90%) Software Engineer
4 170 (16.39%) Senior Developer
5 95 (9.16%) Full Stack Developer
6 94 (9.06%) Java Developer
7 79 (7.62%) Python Developer
8 70 (6.75%) Database Developer
9 69 (6.65%) PostgreSQL Developer
10 67 (6.46%) Python Engineer
11 66 (6.36%) Senior Database Developer
12 56 (5.40%) Full Stack Engineer
13 54 (5.21%) Senior Software Engineer
14 52 (5.01%) Software Developer
15 51 (4.92%) React Developer
16 48 (4.63%) .NET Developer
16 48 (4.63%) Lead
17 45 (4.34%) Data Engineer
17 45 (4.34%) Python Software Engineer
18 40 (3.86%) Developer/Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (24.20%) React
2 189 (18.23%) Node.js
3 165 (15.91%) CSS
4 154 (14.85%) RESTful
5 140 (13.50%) HTML
6 129 (12.44%) .NET
7 128 (12.34%) AngularJS
8 105 (10.13%) Spring
9 101 (9.74%) Kafka
10 90 (8.68%) Django
10 90 (8.68%) REST
11 75 (7.23%) gRPC
12 68 (6.56%) Web Services
13 65 (6.27%) Spring Boot
14 58 (5.59%) Express.js
15 54 (5.21%) .NET Framework
16 49 (4.73%) MERN Stack
17 43 (4.15%) MEAN Stack
18 40 (3.86%) JSON
18 40 (3.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
2 36 (3.47%) Public Cloud
3 32 (3.09%) Cloud Native
4 28 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
5 25 (2.41%) Fixed Income
5 25 (2.41%) Product Ownership
6 21 (2.03%) Derivative
6 21 (2.03%) Equities
7 19 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
7 19 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (1.74%) Mobile App
9 16 (1.54%) Data Structures
10 15 (1.45%) Data Centre
11 12 (1.16%) Algorithms
11 12 (1.16%) IoT
12 10 (0.96%) Management Information System
12 10 (0.96%) Private Cloud
12 10 (0.96%) Replication
13 8 (0.77%) Clustering
13 8 (0.77%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 173 (16.68%) Linux
2 69 (6.65%) Windows
3 52 (5.01%) Unix
4 33 (3.18%) Ubuntu
5 23 (2.22%) Mac OS
6 15 (1.45%) CentOS
6 15 (1.45%) Windows Server
7 14 (1.35%) Debian
8 12 (1.16%) Windows 10
9 11 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.39%) Solaris
13 1 (0.096%) Android
13 1 (0.096%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.096%) VMS
13 1 (0.096%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 435 (41.95%) Agile
2 299 (28.83%) Software Engineering
3 230 (22.18%) CI/CD
4 210 (20.25%) DevOps
5 190 (18.32%) Artificial Intelligence
6 180 (17.36%) Full Stack Development
7 169 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
8 160 (15.43%) Microservices
9 139 (13.40%) Unit Testing
10 116 (11.19%) Scrum
11 110 (10.61%) Actionable Insight
12 108 (10.41%) Migration
13 104 (10.03%) Performance Tuning
14 103 (9.93%) TDD
15 99 (9.55%) Mentoring
16 97 (9.35%) Machine Learning
17 95 (9.16%) Fintech
18 92 (8.87%) ETL
19 88 (8.49%) Data Pipeline
20 86 (8.29%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 392 (37.80%) SQL
2 290 (27.97%) Python
3 246 (23.72%) JavaScript
4 243 (23.43%) Java
5 155 (14.95%) TypeScript
6 139 (13.40%) C#
7 96 (9.26%) PL/SQL
8 68 (6.56%) Go
9 58 (5.59%) Kotlin
10 53 (5.11%) Bash
11 45 (4.34%) PHP
12 37 (3.57%) PowerShell
13 28 (2.70%) C++
13 28 (2.70%) Scala
14 21 (2.03%) Ruby
15 15 (1.45%) Shell Script
16 12 (1.16%) T-SQL
17 10 (0.96%) C
17 10 (0.96%) Perl
18 8 (0.77%) VBA
Qualifications
1 144 (13.89%) Security Cleared
2 134 (12.92%) SC Cleared
3 116 (11.19%) Degree
4 64 (6.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (1.74%) CCNA
5 18 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (1.54%) AWS Certification
7 14 (1.35%) DV Cleared
8 10 (0.96%) Master's Degree
8 10 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (0.87%) Azure Certification
9 9 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.39%) MCSA
12 2 (0.19%) JNCIA
12 2 (0.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.096%) HNC
13 1 (0.096%) HND
13 1 (0.096%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (5.30%) QA
2 11 (1.06%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.77%) Data Quality
3 8 (0.77%) SLA
4 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.19%) WCAG
5 1 (0.096%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.096%) GDPR
5 1 (0.096%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.096%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.096%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.096%) NIST
5 1 (0.096%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 222 (21.41%) Docker
2 48 (4.63%) Active Directory
3 25 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.93%) Hyper-V
5 11 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.68%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 4 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (0.29%) Firmware
8 3 (0.29%) LXC
9 2 (0.19%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.19%) OpenSIPS
9 2 (0.19%) Postfix
9 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.19%) vSphere
10 1 (0.096%) HDFS
10 1 (0.096%) iptables
Systems Management
1 257 (24.78%) Kubernetes
2 181 (17.45%) Terraform
3 88 (8.49%) Ansible
4 28 (2.70%) Grafana
5 11 (1.06%) ZABBIX
6 7 (0.68%) Kibana
6 7 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
7 6 (0.58%) Nagios
8 5 (0.48%) Cobbler
8 5 (0.48%) Puppet
9 4 (0.39%) Consul
9 4 (0.39%) Data Guard
9 4 (0.39%) Docker Swarm
9 4 (0.39%) Istio
9 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.39%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.29%) Cacti
10 3 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.19%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.19%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 209 (20.15%) Oracle
2 127 (12.25%) Google
3 97 (9.35%) Microsoft
4 38 (3.66%) VMware
5 24 (2.31%) ESRI
6 21 (2.03%) Red Hat
7 20 (1.93%) Databricks
8 18 (1.74%) Atlassian
9 16 (1.54%) WSO2
10 14 (1.35%) Palo Alto
11 12 (1.16%) Cisco
12 5 (0.48%) Juniper
12 5 (0.48%) Remedy
12 5 (0.48%) SAP
13 4 (0.39%) CA Agile Central
13 4 (0.39%) Fortinet
13 4 (0.39%) Rackspace
13 4 (0.39%) Zend
14 3 (0.29%) IBM
14 3 (0.29%) Sitecore