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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 229 168
Rank change year-on-year -39 -61 +39
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 743 719 1,494
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.74% 1.46% 1.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.54% 9.43% 10.05%
Number of salaries quoted 578 529 976
10th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,563 £57,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +20.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £85,000 £110,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -8.33%

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 8,704 7,622 14,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.68% 15.52% 16.06%
Number of salaries quoted 5,828 4,911 10,240
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% +1.25% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £107,500
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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -64 640 £69,310 -7.59% 324
Work from Home +31 380 £67,500 -15.63% 179
UK excluding London -52 373 £62,500 -3.85% 175
London -60 273 £85,000 -17.87% 194
South East -7 123 £59,500 +8.18% 46
North of England -14 121 £65,000 -3.70% 51
North West -14 51 £65,000 -3.70% 30
South West -41 48 £62,500 +4.17% 24
North East -27 37 £55,000 +4.76% 6
Yorkshire -26 33 £65,000 -3.70% 15
East of England -12 28 £52,500 +66.67% 9
Midlands -45 25 £75,000 +11.01% 18
West Midlands -41 19 £80,000 +18.30% 9
Scotland +1 16 £65,000 -3.70% 18
Wales -49 16 £70,000 -9.68% 2
East Midlands -31 6 £60,000 +9.09% 9
Northern Ireland -74 1 £73,801 +34.18% 8

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 27 (3.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (3.36%) Apache Airflow
3 24 (3.23%) Confluence
4 23 (3.10%) Apache
4 23 (3.10%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.62%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.81%) Camunda
6 6 (0.81%) WordPress
7 5 (0.67%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.40%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.40%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.27%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.13%) CMS
10 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.13%) Moodle
10 1 (0.13%) nginx
10 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.13%) WildFly
Applications
1 13 (1.75%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 430 (57.87%) AWS
2 286 (38.49%) Azure
3 130 (17.50%) GCP
4 95 (12.79%) GitHub
5 94 (12.65%) Serverless
6 70 (9.42%) Amazon S3
7 67 (9.02%) SaaS
8 63 (8.48%) Amazon ECS
9 52 (7.00%) Azure DevOps
10 51 (6.86%) AWS Lambda
11 47 (6.33%) Amazon EC2
12 45 (6.06%) Amazon SQS
13 42 (5.65%) Amazon EKS
13 42 (5.65%) Power Platform
14 38 (5.11%) GitHub Actions
15 31 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
16 27 (3.63%) Azure AKS
16 27 (3.63%) Azure Service Bus
17 24 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
18 20 (2.69%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.71%) Broadband
2 15 (2.02%) Firewall
3 13 (1.75%) DNS
4 12 (1.62%) DHCP
4 12 (1.62%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.08%) iSCSI
5 8 (1.08%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (1.08%) SAN
5 8 (1.08%) VPN
6 4 (0.54%) Network Security
6 4 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.40%) HTTP
7 3 (0.40%) SMS
8 2 (0.27%) AMQP
8 2 (0.27%) MQTT
8 2 (0.27%) PBX
8 2 (0.27%) VLAN
9 1 (0.13%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (0.13%) Multicast
9 1 (0.13%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (27.19%) MongoDB
2 186 (25.03%) MySQL
3 117 (15.75%) Relational Database
4 116 (15.61%) SQL Server
5 108 (14.54%) NoSQL
6 85 (11.44%) Redis
7 34 (4.58%) Data Warehouse
8 32 (4.31%) DynamoDB
8 32 (4.31%) Elasticsearch
8 32 (4.31%) Power BI
9 30 (4.04%) Amazon RDS
10 22 (2.96%) Metadata
11 21 (2.83%) Big Data
12 20 (2.69%) Amazon Redshift
13 18 (2.42%) Apache Cassandra
14 16 (2.15%) Amazon Aurora
15 15 (2.02%) Oracle Database
16 14 (1.88%) Data Lake
16 14 (1.88%) DTS
16 14 (1.88%) GIS
Development Applications
1 150 (20.19%) Git
2 53 (7.13%) Jenkins
3 50 (6.73%) GitLab
4 33 (4.44%) JIRA
5 26 (3.50%) JUnit
6 22 (2.96%) Cypress.io
7 21 (2.83%) Mockito
8 13 (1.75%) Bitbucket
8 13 (1.75%) TeamCity
9 10 (1.35%) JMeter
9 10 (1.35%) Vite
10 9 (1.21%) Claude Code
11 8 (1.08%) Maven
12 6 (0.81%) Selenium
13 5 (0.67%) Cucumber
13 5 (0.67%) Gatling
13 5 (0.67%) RSpec
13 5 (0.67%) Storybook
14 4 (0.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (0.54%) minitest
General
1 157 (21.13%) Social Skills
2 103 (13.86%) Public Sector
3 100 (13.46%) Finance
4 70 (9.42%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (4.58%) Games
7 27 (3.63%) Law
8 24 (3.23%) Banking
9 23 (3.10%) Retail
10 19 (2.56%) Legal
10 19 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (2.29%) Manufacturing
12 16 (2.15%) Front Office
13 15 (2.02%) Advertising
14 11 (1.48%) Legal Technology
15 10 (1.35%) Telecoms
16 9 (1.21%) Aerospace
17 8 (1.08%) Automotive
17 8 (1.08%) Aviation
17 8 (1.08%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 255 (34.32%) Developer
2 178 (23.96%) Senior
3 146 (19.65%) Software Engineer
4 126 (16.96%) Lead
5 84 (11.31%) Full-Stack Developer
6 65 (8.75%) Python Engineer
7 52 (7.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 50 (6.73%) Lead Developer
8 50 (6.73%) Python Developer
9 47 (6.33%) Data Engineer
10 45 (6.06%) Architect
11 41 (5.52%) Lead Software Engineer
11 41 (5.52%) Senior Software Engineer
12 40 (5.38%) DevOps Engineer
13 39 (5.25%) Java Developer
14 36 (4.85%) Senior Developer
14 36 (4.85%) Software Developer
15 30 (4.04%) Java Engineer
15 30 (4.04%) Ruby Developer
16 22 (2.96%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (25.57%) React
2 174 (23.42%) Node.js
3 143 (19.25%) RESTful
4 103 (13.86%) REST
5 92 (12.38%) Spring
6 89 (11.98%) Spring Boot
7 79 (10.63%) Kafka
8 63 (8.48%) CSS
9 60 (8.08%) FastAPI
10 58 (7.81%) Next.js
11 57 (7.67%) Ruby on Rails
12 55 (7.40%) HTML
13 53 (7.13%) JSON
14 49 (6.59%) .NET
15 39 (5.25%) AngularJS
16 36 (4.85%) Jest
17 35 (4.71%) Django
18 33 (4.44%) Vue
19 30 (4.04%) Hibernate
20 29 (3.90%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 153 (20.59%) Cloud Native
2 94 (12.65%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (5.25%) Low-Code
4 34 (4.58%) Product Ownership
5 33 (4.44%) Onboarding
6 32 (4.31%) Video\Live Streaming
7 27 (3.63%) Legacy Systems
8 22 (2.96%) AI Agents
8 22 (2.96%) Data Structures
9 21 (2.83%) Algorithms
10 19 (2.56%) Blog
11 18 (2.42%) Replication
12 16 (2.15%) Derivative
12 16 (2.15%) Equities
12 16 (2.15%) Fixed Income
13 15 (2.02%) Management Information System
13 15 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
14 14 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
15 12 (1.62%) Distributed Computing
15 12 (1.62%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 108 (14.54%) Linux
2 41 (5.52%) Windows
3 21 (2.83%) Unix
4 15 (2.02%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.54%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.40%) CentOS
8 3 (0.40%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.13%) AIX
9 1 (0.13%) Android
9 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.13%) Debian
9 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (45.36%) CI/CD
2 274 (36.88%) Agile
3 257 (34.59%) Software Engineering
4 220 (29.61%) Microservices
5 216 (29.07%) Full-Stack Development
6 192 (25.84%) DevOps
7 187 (25.17%) AI
8 164 (22.07%) Infrastructure as Code
9 160 (21.53%) Mentoring
10 142 (19.11%) Containerisation
11 132 (17.77%) Test Automation
12 131 (17.63%) Observability
13 125 (16.82%) Continuous Improvement
14 124 (16.69%) Problem-Solving
15 95 (12.79%) API Design
16 90 (12.11%) Analytics
17 88 (11.84%) Clean Code
18 87 (11.71%) Data Modelling
19 81 (10.90%) Scrum
20 77 (10.36%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 326 (43.88%) Python
2 217 (29.21%) SQL
3 199 (26.78%) Java
4 173 (23.28%) JavaScript
5 141 (18.98%) TypeScript
6 60 (8.08%) Ruby
7 59 (7.94%) C#
8 56 (7.54%) Go
9 41 (5.52%) PowerShell
10 36 (4.85%) Bash
11 26 (3.50%) PHP
12 18 (2.42%) Scala
13 15 (2.02%) C++
14 12 (1.62%) Shell Script
15 11 (1.48%) T-SQL
16 10 (1.35%) RPG
17 8 (1.08%) Perl
18 6 (0.81%) Korn
18 6 (0.81%) Kotlin
19 5 (0.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 105 (14.13%) Security Cleared
2 81 (10.90%) Degree
3 72 (9.69%) SC Cleared
4 31 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (2.83%) DV Cleared
6 15 (2.02%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.62%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.81%) PhD
11 4 (0.54%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.40%) RHCE
13 2 (0.27%) CISSP
13 2 (0.27%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.27%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.27%) RHCSA
13 2 (0.27%) SnowPro
14 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (7.67%) Data Quality
2 43 (5.79%) QA
3 24 (3.23%) GDPR
4 17 (2.29%) Accessibility
4 17 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.54%) WCAG
6 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.40%) SLA
7 2 (0.27%) Good Clinical Practice
7 2 (0.27%) NCSC
7 2 (0.27%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.13%) HL7
8 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.13%) MiFID
8 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.13%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 219 (29.48%) Docker
2 26 (3.50%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.21%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.40%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.27%) Firmware
5 2 (0.27%) Samba
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 196 (26.38%) Kubernetes
2 155 (20.86%) Terraform
3 41 (5.52%) Ansible
4 40 (5.38%) Grafana
5 29 (3.90%) Argo
6 26 (3.50%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.35%) Kibana
8 6 (0.81%) Istio
8 6 (0.81%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.81%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.81%) Puppet
9 5 (0.67%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.54%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.40%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.40%) Packer
11 3 (0.40%) Plesk
11 3 (0.40%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.40%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.27%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 79 (10.63%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.42%) Oracle
3 47 (6.33%) Google
4 23 (3.10%) OpenAI
5 19 (2.56%) Databricks
6 18 (2.42%) Red Hat
7 17 (2.29%) Dynatrace
8 14 (1.88%) Splunk
9 13 (1.75%) IBM
10 8 (1.08%) Dell
10 8 (1.08%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.94%) Pega
12 6 (0.81%) Informatica
12 6 (0.81%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.67%) Meraki
14 4 (0.54%) Confluent
14 4 (0.54%) Netezza
14 4 (0.54%) Remedy
15 3 (0.40%) ESRI
15 3 (0.40%) TIBCO