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 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 136 171
Rank change year-on-year -119 +35 -7
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 522 1,184 932
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.88% 2.11% 1.93%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.80% 11.81% 8.90%
Number of salaries quoted 373 551 794
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £137,500 £115,000 £101,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -

All Database and 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 6,691 10,026 10,473
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.33% 17.87% 21.68%
Number of salaries quoted 4,257 5,731 8,137
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £95,063
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -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 22 December 2025.

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 22 December 2025. 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 -101 466 £75,000 -3.23% 1,004
London -54 271 £95,000 +8.57% 236
Work from Home -89 232 £73,801 +5.43% 624
UK excluding London -148 223 £65,000 - 861
North of England 0 80 £70,000 +1.00% 194
South East -111 55 £62,500 -19.35% 219
Yorkshire +15 43 £70,000 -3.45% 86
Midlands -5 31 £60,100 -7.54% 161
South West -48 29 £50,000 -23.08% 90
North West -9 28 £74,401 +16.71% 94
West Midlands +21 21 £61,350 -5.62% 82
East of England -46 13 £42,500 -26.09% 130
East Midlands -20 10 £60,100 +0.17% 74
Scotland -30 10 £73,801 +27.24% 41
North East +10 9 £53,850 -22.30% 15
Wales -28 5 £73,801 +13.54% 22
Northern Ireland -10 3 £73,801 +13.54% 14

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 49 (9.39%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (4.79%) Apache Spark
3 19 (3.64%) WebSphere
4 17 (3.26%) Confluence
4 17 (3.26%) Tomcat
5 16 (3.07%) WebSphere Application Server
6 13 (2.49%) OpenStack
7 8 (1.53%) nginx
8 6 (1.15%) Apache
8 6 (1.15%) ArcGIS
8 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.77%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.77%) Oracle Spatial
10 3 (0.57%) CMS
10 3 (0.57%) Luigi
10 3 (0.57%) WildFly
11 2 (0.38%) Camunda
11 2 (0.38%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.38%) SharePoint
12 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 9 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 9 (1.72%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.77%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.19%) Endur
2 1 (0.19%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 371 (71.07%) AWS
2 179 (34.29%) Azure
3 144 (27.59%) GCP
4 92 (17.62%) Serverless
5 68 (13.03%) Amazon ECS
6 62 (11.88%) dbt
7 58 (11.11%) GitHub
8 56 (10.73%) Amazon S3
9 49 (9.39%) Amazon EKS
10 48 (9.20%) AWS Lambda
11 44 (8.43%) AWS CloudFormation
12 38 (7.28%) SaaS
13 37 (7.09%) Amazon EC2
14 33 (6.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 28 (5.36%) Amazon SQS
16 27 (5.17%) Amazon ECR
17 22 (4.21%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 21 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
18 21 (4.02%) Pulumi
19 20 (3.83%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.21%) TCP/IP
2 19 (3.64%) SSL
3 13 (2.49%) Firewall
4 7 (1.34%) VPN
5 6 (1.15%) DNS
5 6 (1.15%) HTTP
5 6 (1.15%) iSCSI
5 6 (1.15%) Remote Desktop
5 6 (1.15%) SAN
6 5 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.77%) FTP
7 4 (0.77%) IMAP
7 4 (0.77%) OpenLDAP
7 4 (0.77%) SMTP
7 4 (0.77%) SSH
8 3 (0.57%) AMQP
8 3 (0.57%) Internet
8 3 (0.57%) MQTT
9 2 (0.38%) BGP
9 2 (0.38%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (24.52%) SQL Server
2 107 (20.50%) Relational Database
3 101 (19.35%) MySQL
4 89 (17.05%) MongoDB
5 80 (15.33%) NoSQL
6 43 (8.24%) Redis
7 38 (7.28%) Data Warehouse
7 38 (7.28%) DB2
8 37 (7.09%) Apache Iceberg
8 37 (7.09%) RDBMS
9 35 (6.70%) Amazon RDS
10 34 (6.51%) DynamoDB
11 32 (6.13%) Amazon Athena
11 32 (6.13%) Apache Arrow
11 32 (6.13%) Dremio
12 30 (5.75%) Elasticsearch
13 20 (3.83%) Apache Cassandra
14 19 (3.64%) Big Data
14 19 (3.64%) Power BI
15 16 (3.07%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 101 (19.35%) Jenkins
2 98 (18.77%) Git
3 35 (6.70%) JUnit
4 34 (6.51%) JIRA
5 29 (5.56%) Cucumber
6 28 (5.36%) GitLab
7 26 (4.98%) Selenium
8 22 (4.21%) JMeter
9 21 (4.02%) Bitbucket
9 21 (4.02%) Mockito
10 13 (2.49%) Cypress.io
10 13 (2.49%) TeamCity
11 6 (1.15%) Vite
12 5 (0.96%) REST Assured
13 4 (0.77%) CircleCI
13 4 (0.77%) Gradle
13 4 (0.77%) Maven
13 4 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.77%) Subversion
13 4 (0.77%) Vagrant
General
1 135 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 117 (22.41%) Finance
3 42 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (8.05%) Public Sector
4 37 (7.09%) Banking
5 33 (6.32%) Front Office
6 21 (4.02%) Law
7 18 (3.45%) Marketing
8 17 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (3.07%) Retail
10 12 (2.30%) Investment Banking
11 11 (2.11%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.72%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.72%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.53%) Advertising
14 8 (1.53%) Electronics
14 8 (1.53%) Legal
14 8 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.96%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 210 (40.23%) Developer
2 97 (18.58%) Senior
3 84 (16.09%) Software Engineer
4 63 (12.07%) Full-Stack Developer
5 59 (11.30%) Java Developer
6 55 (10.54%) Python Developer
7 54 (10.34%) Lead
8 41 (7.85%) Python Engineer
9 40 (7.66%) AWS Engineer
10 38 (7.28%) AWS Developer
11 36 (6.90%) Python Software Engineer
12 34 (6.51%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 33 (6.32%) AWS Software Engineer
14 32 (6.13%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 30 (5.75%) Software Developer
16 27 (5.17%) Principal Engineer
17 26 (4.98%) Data Engineer
18 24 (4.60%) Architect
19 23 (4.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 23 (4.41%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (31.03%) React
2 115 (22.03%) Node.js
3 84 (16.09%) Spring
4 77 (14.75%) Spring Boot
5 76 (14.56%) RESTful
6 75 (14.37%) REST
7 71 (13.60%) Django
8 69 (13.22%) AngularJS
9 60 (11.49%) HTML
10 59 (11.30%) FastAPI
11 54 (10.34%) Kafka
12 53 (10.15%) Vue
13 49 (9.39%) .NET
14 47 (9.00%) CSS
15 38 (7.28%) Flask
16 37 (7.09%) Elastic Stack
17 35 (6.70%) Web Services
18 33 (6.32%) NumPy
18 33 (6.32%) Pandas
19 32 (6.13%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 69 (13.22%) Distributed Systems
2 59 (11.30%) Cloud Native
3 32 (6.13%) Equities
3 32 (6.13%) Fixed Income
3 32 (6.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 29 (5.56%) Linux Command Line
5 28 (5.36%) Management Information System
6 26 (4.98%) Product Ownership
7 18 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (2.87%) Algorithms
8 15 (2.87%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (2.49%) Replication
10 12 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (2.30%) Mobile App
11 9 (1.72%) Data Structures
12 8 (1.53%) Marketing Technology
13 7 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
13 7 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (1.15%) Clustering
15 4 (0.77%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 98 (18.77%) Linux
2 45 (8.62%) Unix
3 40 (7.66%) Windows
4 25 (4.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (1.72%) Ubuntu
5 9 (1.72%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.34%) Android
6 7 (1.34%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.15%) VMS
8 4 (0.77%) Amazon Linux
8 4 (0.77%) Debian
8 4 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.57%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.38%) CentOS
11 1 (0.19%) Fedora
11 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (42.72%) CI/CD
2 209 (40.04%) Agile
3 165 (31.61%) Microservices
4 153 (29.31%) Software Engineering
5 147 (28.16%) Problem-Solving
6 142 (27.20%) DevOps
7 122 (23.37%) Full-Stack Development
8 97 (18.58%) Containerisation
9 87 (16.67%) AI
10 80 (15.33%) Fintech
11 69 (13.22%) Infrastructure as Code
12 67 (12.84%) Test Automation
13 66 (12.64%) Clean Code
14 64 (12.26%) Mentoring
15 62 (11.88%) TDD
16 56 (10.73%) Scrum
17 55 (10.54%) Technical Leadership
18 54 (10.34%) ETL
19 49 (9.39%) BDD
20 48 (9.20%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 274 (52.49%) Python
2 153 (29.31%) SQL
3 152 (29.12%) JavaScript
4 150 (28.74%) Java
5 115 (22.03%) TypeScript
6 46 (8.81%) C#
7 24 (4.60%) Go
8 20 (3.83%) Shell Script
9 17 (3.26%) PHP
10 15 (2.87%) PowerShell
11 13 (2.49%) Ruby
12 10 (1.92%) C
13 9 (1.72%) Bash
13 9 (1.72%) Delphi
13 9 (1.72%) Rust
14 7 (1.34%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.77%) Groovy
15 4 (0.77%) Korn
15 4 (0.77%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.57%) RPG
Qualifications
1 88 (16.86%) Security Cleared
2 70 (13.41%) Degree
3 59 (11.30%) SC Cleared
4 34 (6.51%) AWS Certification
5 28 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
7 13 (2.49%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.30%) AWS Certified Developer
9 6 (1.15%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.15%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.57%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.38%) CCNP
11 2 (0.38%) HNC
11 2 (0.38%) HND
11 2 (0.38%) MCSA
11 2 (0.38%) MCSE
11 2 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.79%) QA
2 23 (4.41%) SLA
3 14 (2.68%) Accessibility
4 13 (2.49%) GDPR
5 10 (1.92%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.57%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.57%) SEPA
7 2 (0.38%) NIST
7 2 (0.38%) PSD2
8 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.19%) GAAP
8 1 (0.19%) IFRS
8 1 (0.19%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 213 (40.80%) Docker
2 6 (1.15%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 4 (0.77%) DFS Replication
3 4 (0.77%) Dovecot
3 4 (0.77%) Postfix
3 4 (0.77%) Squid
4 2 (0.38%) NFS
4 2 (0.38%) pfSense
4 2 (0.38%) Samba
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.19%) zsh
Systems Management
1 168 (32.18%) Kubernetes
2 96 (18.39%) Terraform
3 35 (6.70%) Ansible
4 27 (5.17%) Grafana
5 23 (4.41%) Kibana
6 18 (3.45%) Prometheus
7 12 (2.30%) AWS Copilot
8 9 (1.72%) Argo
9 5 (0.96%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.77%) Nessus
10 4 (0.77%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.77%) Puppet
11 3 (0.57%) Nagios
12 2 (0.38%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.38%) Rancher
13 1 (0.19%) Ambari
13 1 (0.19%) Control-M
13 1 (0.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 74 (14.18%) Oracle
2 36 (6.90%) Google
3 31 (5.94%) Red Hat
4 24 (4.60%) Splunk
5 23 (4.41%) Microsoft
6 22 (4.21%) IBM
7 18 (3.45%) Informatica
7 18 (3.45%) ServiceNow
8 17 (3.26%) Dynatrace
9 16 (3.07%) Atlassian
10 15 (2.87%) Talend
11 10 (1.92%) OpenAI
12 9 (1.72%) SAP
13 8 (1.53%) Dell
14 6 (1.15%) ESRI
15 5 (0.96%) Salesforce
16 4 (0.77%) Jaspersoft
16 4 (0.77%) Pega
16 4 (0.77%) RedGate
16 4 (0.77%) WSO2