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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 222 168
Rank change year-on-year -64 -54 +17
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 575 663 1,638
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 1.53% 1.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.31% 8.96% 9.44%
Number of salaries quoted 409 503 1,196
10th Percentile £42,400 £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 £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +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 7,865 7,403 17,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.75% 17.05% 18.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4,744 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 £96,250 £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 13 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 13 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 -73 481 £67,500 -10.00% 258
Work from Home +26 289 £65,000 -7.14% 179
UK excluding London -78 286 £60,000 -7.69% 148
London -93 195 £88,750 -1.39% 126
North of England +3 107 £67,500 -1.47% 46
South East -25 96 £57,500 -4.17% 44
Yorkshire -35 45 £56,065 -6.56% 12
North West -7 44 £69,310 -0.11% 23
South West -40 35 £62,500 -3.85% 23
Scotland -7 20 £66,250 +8.16% 4
North East -26 18 £65,000 -6.32% 11
East of England -31 18 £55,000 +15.79% 5
Midlands -52 12 £65,000 -3.70% 25
West Midlands -37 7 £67,500 - 10
East Midlands -26 5 £65,000 -7.14% 15
Wales -53 2 £59,401 -8.61% 2
Northern Ireland -43 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 30 (5.22%) Apache Airflow
2 28 (4.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (3.48%) Apache
3 20 (3.48%) Apache Spark
4 14 (2.43%) Confluence
4 14 (2.43%) OpenStack
5 11 (1.91%) SharePoint
6 8 (1.39%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.70%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.70%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.52%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.35%) Camunda
9 2 (0.35%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.35%) WildFly
9 2 (0.35%) WordPress
10 1 (0.17%) CMS
10 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.17%) nginx
10 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 7 (1.22%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.35%) Shopify
2 1 (0.17%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 356 (61.91%) AWS
2 210 (36.52%) Azure
3 119 (20.70%) GCP
4 106 (18.43%) Serverless
5 63 (10.96%) Amazon S3
6 59 (10.26%) AWS Lambda
7 57 (9.91%) GitHub
8 56 (9.74%) Amazon ECS
8 56 (9.74%) SaaS
9 50 (8.70%) Amazon SQS
10 39 (6.78%) Amazon EKS
11 38 (6.61%) Amazon EC2
11 38 (6.61%) Azure DevOps
12 35 (6.09%) Microsoft 365
12 35 (6.09%) Power Platform
13 25 (4.35%) AWS CloudFormation
13 25 (4.35%) Azure AKS
14 24 (4.17%) Azure Service Bus
15 21 (3.65%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (3.30%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.83%) Broadband
2 16 (2.78%) DNS
2 16 (2.78%) TCP/IP
3 15 (2.61%) DHCP
3 15 (2.61%) Firewall
4 9 (1.57%) VPN
5 8 (1.39%) iSCSI
5 8 (1.39%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (1.39%) SAN
6 7 (1.22%) Internet
6 7 (1.22%) Network Security
6 7 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.52%) VLAN
8 2 (0.35%) HTTP
8 2 (0.35%) LAN
8 2 (0.35%) MQTT
8 2 (0.35%) PBX
8 2 (0.35%) WAN
9 1 (0.17%) LTE
9 1 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (27.30%) MongoDB
2 118 (20.52%) MySQL
2 118 (20.52%) SQL Server
3 92 (16.00%) NoSQL
3 92 (16.00%) Relational Database
4 36 (6.26%) Redis
5 32 (5.57%) DynamoDB
6 28 (4.87%) Elasticsearch
6 28 (4.87%) Power BI
7 25 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (3.48%) Amazon RDS
9 19 (3.30%) Apache Cassandra
10 18 (3.13%) GIS
11 17 (2.96%) Oracle Database
12 15 (2.61%) RDBMS
13 14 (2.43%) Amazon Redshift
13 14 (2.43%) BigQuery
14 12 (2.09%) DB2
14 12 (2.09%) Pinecone
15 11 (1.91%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 128 (22.26%) Git
2 50 (8.70%) Jenkins
3 38 (6.61%) GitLab
4 26 (4.52%) JIRA
5 25 (4.35%) Cypress.io
6 18 (3.13%) Bitbucket
6 18 (3.13%) JUnit
7 17 (2.96%) TeamCity
8 15 (2.61%) Mockito
9 10 (1.74%) Selenium
10 9 (1.57%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.57%) Maven
11 8 (1.39%) Vite
12 6 (1.04%) CircleCI
13 5 (0.87%) JMeter
14 4 (0.70%) Liquibase
15 3 (0.52%) Gradle
15 3 (0.52%) Storybook
16 2 (0.35%) MSTest
16 2 (0.35%) Subversion
General
1 138 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 96 (16.70%) Finance
3 62 (10.78%) Public Sector
4 56 (9.74%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (7.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (5.57%) Retail
7 30 (5.22%) Law
8 29 (5.04%) Banking
9 25 (4.35%) Games
10 19 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (2.96%) Front Office
12 16 (2.78%) Manufacturing
13 13 (2.26%) Advertising
14 9 (1.57%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (1.22%) Legal
16 5 (0.87%) Automotive
17 4 (0.70%) Financial Institution
17 4 (0.70%) Telecoms
18 3 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 193 (33.57%) Developer
2 120 (20.87%) Senior
3 97 (16.87%) Software Engineer
4 82 (14.26%) Full-Stack Developer
5 79 (13.74%) Lead
6 46 (8.00%) Java Developer
7 44 (7.65%) Python Engineer
8 34 (5.91%) Data Engineer
8 34 (5.91%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 34 (5.91%) Lead Developer
9 31 (5.39%) Architect
10 30 (5.22%) Java Engineer
11 27 (4.70%) Python Developer
12 26 (4.52%) Lead Software Engineer
13 23 (4.00%) DevOps Engineer
14 22 (3.83%) Senior Developer
14 22 (3.83%) Senior Software Engineer
15 21 (3.65%) Software Developer
16 20 (3.48%) AWS Engineer
16 20 (3.48%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (32.17%) React
2 147 (25.57%) Node.js
3 102 (17.74%) RESTful
4 72 (12.52%) REST
5 64 (11.13%) Spring
6 61 (10.61%) Spring Boot
7 51 (8.87%) .NET
8 48 (8.35%) Kafka
9 43 (7.48%) CSS
9 43 (7.48%) FastAPI
10 41 (7.13%) HTML
11 38 (6.61%) JSON
12 36 (6.26%) AngularJS
13 34 (5.91%) Django
14 31 (5.39%) Next.js
14 31 (5.39%) Ruby on Rails
15 29 (5.04%) Jest
16 27 (4.70%) Vue
17 25 (4.35%) Redux
18 24 (4.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 113 (19.65%) Cloud Native
2 56 (9.74%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (4.35%) Product Ownership
4 24 (4.17%) Low-Code
5 23 (4.00%) Video\Live Streaming
6 19 (3.30%) Data Structures
6 19 (3.30%) Management Information System
7 18 (3.13%) Blog
7 18 (3.13%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.78%) Derivative
8 16 (2.78%) Equities
8 16 (2.78%) Fixed Income
9 15 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (2.61%) Replication
10 14 (2.43%) Algorithms
11 11 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.74%) SCADA
13 9 (1.57%) AI Agents
13 9 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 84 (14.61%) Linux
2 39 (6.78%) Windows
3 25 (4.35%) Unix
4 19 (3.30%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.22%) Android
6 7 (1.22%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.87%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.70%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.52%) CentOS
11 1 (0.17%) AIX
11 1 (0.17%) Debian
11 1 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (42.78%) CI/CD
2 215 (37.39%) Agile
3 180 (31.30%) Software Engineering
4 177 (30.78%) Full-Stack Development
5 171 (29.74%) Microservices
6 136 (23.65%) DevOps
7 116 (20.17%) Infrastructure as Code
7 116 (20.17%) Test Automation
8 112 (19.48%) AI
9 102 (17.74%) Mentoring
10 100 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
11 94 (16.35%) Containerisation
12 83 (14.43%) Continuous Improvement
13 78 (13.57%) Scrum
14 68 (11.83%) Data Modelling
15 67 (11.65%) Analytics
16 65 (11.30%) Observability
17 60 (10.43%) TDD
18 55 (9.57%) Clean Code
19 53 (9.22%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 255 (44.35%) Python
2 175 (30.43%) Java
3 164 (28.52%) SQL
4 149 (25.91%) JavaScript
5 116 (20.17%) TypeScript
6 49 (8.52%) C#
7 48 (8.35%) Go
8 33 (5.74%) Ruby
9 30 (5.22%) PowerShell
10 26 (4.52%) PHP
11 20 (3.48%) Bash
12 15 (2.61%) C
13 11 (1.91%) Shell Script
14 10 (1.74%) C++
14 10 (1.74%) Perl
14 10 (1.74%) Scala
15 9 (1.57%) T-SQL
16 7 (1.22%) Korn
16 7 (1.22%) VB
17 5 (0.87%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 79 (13.74%) Security Cleared
2 71 (12.35%) Degree
3 52 (9.04%) SC Cleared
4 32 (5.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.96%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.74%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.57%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.39%) AWS Certified Developer
8 8 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.22%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.52%) RHCE
12 2 (0.35%) RHCSA
12 2 (0.35%) 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 (7.83%) Data Quality
2 26 (4.52%) QA
3 17 (2.96%) GDPR
4 15 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.74%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.52%) NCSC
6 3 (0.52%) SLA
7 2 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.35%) 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
1 170 (29.57%) Docker
2 30 (5.22%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.57%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.70%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.35%) Firmware
5 2 (0.35%) Samba
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 174 (30.26%) Kubernetes
2 129 (22.43%) Terraform
3 42 (7.30%) Ansible
4 31 (5.39%) Grafana
5 30 (5.22%) Argo
6 20 (3.48%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.04%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.04%) Puppet
8 5 (0.87%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (0.87%) Data Guard
8 5 (0.87%) Istio
8 5 (0.87%) Kibana
9 4 (0.70%) Control-M
9 4 (0.70%) Kustomize
9 4 (0.70%) Nagios
9 4 (0.70%) Rancher
10 3 (0.52%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.52%) Packer
10 3 (0.52%) Plesk
11 2 (0.35%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 67 (11.65%) Oracle
2 60 (10.43%) Microsoft
3 30 (5.22%) Google
4 21 (3.65%) Red Hat
5 15 (2.61%) OpenAI
6 11 (1.91%) Informatica
7 9 (1.57%) Dynatrace
8 8 (1.39%) Dell
8 8 (1.39%) ESRI
9 7 (1.22%) Databricks
9 7 (1.22%) Pega
10 6 (1.04%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.04%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.04%) Talend
11 5 (0.87%) Confluent
11 5 (0.87%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.70%) IBM
12 4 (0.70%) Splunk
12 4 (0.70%) VMware
13 3 (0.52%) Revolut