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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 134 193
Rank change year-on-year -150 +59 -7
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 518 1,097 1,194
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.75% 2.32% 1.58%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.54% 12.55% 8.09%
Number of salaries quoted 360 537 978
10th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £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 £99,063 £100,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £66,367 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.59% +15.42% +1.81%

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 6,874 8,739 14,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.93% 18.47% 19.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,144 5,031 11,525
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £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 £87,000 £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 24 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 24 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 -148 439 £75,000 -6.25% 311
Work from Home -100 238 £67,500 -6.24% 180
London -82 234 £95,000 +8.57% 144
UK excluding London -165 230 £60,000 -9.59% 220
North of England -29 89 £67,500 -2.61% 65
South East -136 58 £56,250 -29.69% 55
Yorkshire -13 42 £60,000 +4.59% 16
North West -27 36 £77,500 +11.70% 37
Midlands -35 25 £55,200 -15.08% 34
South West -56 23 £65,000 - 29
West Midlands -7 16 £45,000 -30.77% 26
Scotland -41 15 £73,801 +18.08% 18
East of England -50 15 £42,500 -26.09% 15
North East -8 11 £52,500 -24.25% 13
East Midlands -38 9 £65,000 +8.33% 8
Wales -29 6 £73,801 +13.54% 7
Northern Ireland -32 4 £73,801 +34.18% 2

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 17 (3.28%) Apache Spark
3 15 (2.90%) Confluence
4 14 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (2.51%) OpenStack
6 12 (2.32%) Tomcat
6 12 (2.32%) WebSphere
7 11 (2.12%) WebSphere Application Server
8 8 (1.54%) Apache
8 8 (1.54%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.77%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.77%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.77%) SharePoint
10 3 (0.58%) nginx
11 2 (0.39%) Camunda
11 2 (0.39%) CMS
11 2 (0.39%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.39%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.19%) IIS
12 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
1 351 (67.76%) AWS
2 195 (37.64%) Azure
3 141 (27.22%) GCP
4 90 (17.37%) Serverless
5 69 (13.32%) Amazon ECS
6 60 (11.58%) Amazon S3
7 57 (11.00%) GitHub
8 54 (10.42%) AWS Lambda
9 51 (9.85%) Amazon EKS
10 50 (9.65%) dbt
11 48 (9.27%) AWS CloudFormation
12 38 (7.34%) Amazon SQS
12 38 (7.34%) SaaS
13 35 (6.76%) Amazon EC2
14 34 (6.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 30 (5.79%) Amazon ECR
16 28 (5.41%) Power Platform
17 27 (5.21%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 26 (5.02%) Pulumi
19 21 (4.05%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 34 (6.56%) TCP/IP
2 12 (2.32%) SSL
2 12 (2.32%) VPN
3 11 (2.12%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (1.54%) Firewall
5 7 (1.35%) DHCP
5 7 (1.35%) DNS
5 7 (1.35%) Internet
6 6 (1.16%) Network Security
7 5 (0.97%) VLAN
8 3 (0.58%) HTTP
8 3 (0.58%) MQTT
8 3 (0.58%) WAN
9 2 (0.39%) BGP
9 2 (0.39%) OSPF
9 2 (0.39%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.39%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.39%) RTMP
9 2 (0.39%) SAN
9 2 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (22.20%) SQL Server
2 99 (19.11%) Relational Database
3 97 (18.73%) MongoDB
4 91 (17.57%) MySQL
5 78 (15.06%) NoSQL
6 53 (10.23%) Redis
7 41 (7.92%) Elasticsearch
8 36 (6.95%) Amazon RDS
9 32 (6.18%) DB2
10 31 (5.98%) Data Warehouse
11 30 (5.79%) DynamoDB
12 25 (4.83%) Power BI
13 20 (3.86%) RDBMS
14 17 (3.28%) Apache Cassandra
15 15 (2.90%) Apache Iceberg
15 15 (2.90%) Oracle Database
16 13 (2.51%) Big Data
17 12 (2.32%) Apache Arrow
17 12 (2.32%) BigQuery
18 11 (2.12%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 107 (20.66%) Git
2 85 (16.41%) Jenkins
3 31 (5.98%) JIRA
4 30 (5.79%) 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 20 (3.86%) Cypress.io
10 14 (2.70%) JMeter
10 14 (2.70%) Mockito
11 7 (1.35%) Maven
11 7 (1.35%) Vite
12 6 (1.16%) CircleCI
12 6 (1.16%) Subversion
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
2 114 (22.01%) Finance
3 51 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (8.30%) Banking
4 43 (8.30%) Public Sector
5 35 (6.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (6.37%) Law
7 24 (4.63%) Front Office
8 23 (4.44%) Retail
9 11 (2.12%) Financial Institution
9 11 (2.12%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.54%) Investment Banking
11 7 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.16%) Advertising
12 6 (1.16%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.97%) Marketing
13 5 (0.97%) Tech for Good
14 4 (0.77%) Back Office
14 4 (0.77%) Legal
15 3 (0.58%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 183 (35.33%) Developer
2 104 (20.08%) Senior
3 97 (18.73%) Software Engineer
4 70 (13.51%) Full-Stack Developer
5 59 (11.39%) Lead
6 56 (10.81%) Java Developer
7 33 (6.37%) Java Engineer
8 31 (5.98%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 29 (5.60%) Data Engineer
9 29 (5.60%) Python Developer
10 28 (5.41%) Python Engineer
11 23 (4.44%) Lead Developer
11 23 (4.44%) Principal Engineer
12 21 (4.05%) Architect
12 21 (4.05%) Lead Software Engineer
13 20 (3.86%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 20 (3.86%) Platform Engineer
13 20 (3.86%) Senior Software Engineer
14 19 (3.67%) Java Software Engineer
14 19 (3.67%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (34.17%) React
2 111 (21.43%) Node.js
3 85 (16.41%) Spring
4 79 (15.25%) Spring Boot
5 77 (14.86%) RESTful
6 70 (13.51%) Django
7 61 (11.78%) REST
8 54 (10.42%) Kafka
9 52 (10.04%) FastAPI
10 50 (9.65%) HTML
11 48 (9.27%) AngularJS
12 45 (8.69%) .NET
12 45 (8.69%) CSS
13 37 (7.14%) Vue
14 36 (6.95%) Elastic Stack
15 29 (5.60%) Flask
16 28 (5.41%) Next.js
16 28 (5.41%) Web Services
17 26 (5.02%) JSON
18 24 (4.63%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 74 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 57 (11.00%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (5.60%) Linux Command Line
4 23 (4.44%) Equities
4 23 (4.44%) Fixed Income
5 22 (4.25%) Product Ownership
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 14 (2.70%) Onboarding
10 13 (2.51%) Derivative
11 11 (2.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.74%) Algorithms
13 9 (1.74%) Mobile App
13 9 (1.74%) Replication
14 8 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
15 6 (1.16%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 93 (17.95%) Linux
2 45 (8.69%) Unix
3 29 (5.60%) Windows
4 17 (3.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (1.93%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.35%) Android
6 7 (1.35%) 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%) CentOS
11 1 (0.19%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (42.28%) CI/CD
2 199 (38.42%) Agile
3 166 (32.05%) Microservices
4 164 (31.66%) Software Engineering
5 142 (27.41%) DevOps
6 129 (24.90%) Full-Stack Development
7 127 (24.52%) Problem-Solving
8 98 (18.92%) Containerisation
9 90 (17.37%) Infrastructure as Code
10 87 (16.80%) Test Automation
11 82 (15.83%) Mentoring
12 80 (15.44%) AI
13 73 (14.09%) Fintech
14 68 (13.13%) TDD
15 62 (11.97%) Scrum
16 59 (11.39%) Clean Code
17 55 (10.62%) Technical Leadership
18 54 (10.42%) Data Modelling
19 53 (10.23%) BDD
20 52 (10.04%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 246 (47.49%) Python
2 182 (35.14%) Java
3 164 (31.66%) SQL
4 150 (28.96%) JavaScript
5 114 (22.01%) TypeScript
6 43 (8.30%) C#
7 31 (5.98%) Go
8 26 (5.02%) PowerShell
9 19 (3.67%) Ruby
10 18 (3.47%) PHP
11 15 (2.90%) C
11 15 (2.90%) Shell Script
12 12 (2.32%) Delphi
13 11 (2.12%) T-SQL
14 9 (1.74%) Rust
15 8 (1.54%) C++
16 7 (1.35%) Bash
17 4 (0.77%) Perl
18 3 (0.58%) RPG
18 3 (0.58%) VB
Qualifications
1 97 (18.73%) Security Cleared
2 66 (12.74%) SC Cleared
3 65 (12.55%) Degree
4 31 (5.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (4.83%) AWS Certification
6 16 (3.09%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.32%) AWS Certified Developer
8 11 (2.12%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (1.35%) 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%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.19%) RHCE
12 1 (0.19%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.79%) Data Quality
2 15 (2.90%) QA
3 13 (2.51%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.32%) GDPR
4 12 (2.32%) 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
1 197 (38.03%) Docker
2 15 (2.90%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.58%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 2 (0.39%) NFS
5 1 (0.19%) Samba
Systems Management
1 171 (33.01%) 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 69 (13.32%) Oracle
2 41 (7.92%) Google
3 31 (5.98%) Microsoft
4 23 (4.44%) Red Hat
5 16 (3.09%) IBM
5 16 (3.09%) Informatica
6 15 (2.90%) OpenAI
7 14 (2.70%) Atlassian
8 11 (2.12%) Dynatrace
8 11 (2.12%) Talend
9 10 (1.93%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.93%) Splunk
10 8 (1.54%) ESRI
11 5 (0.97%) Confluent
11 5 (0.97%) VMware
12 4 (0.77%) Databricks
12 4 (0.77%) Dell
12 4 (0.77%) Pega
12 4 (0.77%) SAP
12 4 (0.77%) WSO2