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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 222 168
Rank change year-on-year -39 -54 +31
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 759 723 1,426
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.75% 1.46% 1.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.60% 9.46% 10.14%
Number of salaries quoted 587 532 910
10th Percentile £42,000 £42,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +22.45% -12.50%
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 8,829 7,640 14,060
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.72% 15.45% 15.92%
Number of salaries quoted 5,888 4,940 9,553
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,182 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% +1.97% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,313 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £110,000
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 27 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 27 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 -54 652 £69,310 -7.59% 287
UK excluding London -42 382 £62,500 -3.85% 152
Work from Home +24 381 £67,500 -15.63% 153
London -65 279 £85,000 -19.05% 179
North of England -4 126 £65,000 -3.70% 40
South East -8 125 £60,000 +4.35% 49
North West -12 54 £65,000 -3.70% 25
South West -46 47 £62,500 +4.17% 16
North East -22 39 £55,000 +4.76% 4
Yorkshire -30 33 £65,000 -5.45% 11
East of England -19 28 £52,500 +64.06% 8
Midlands -46 26 £75,000 +10.90% 16
West Midlands -38 19 £80,000 +16.26% 9
Scotland -5 17 £65,000 -3.70% 17
Wales -52 17 £70,000 -9.68% 2
East Midlands -30 7 £60,000 +9.09% 7
Northern Ireland -72 1 £73,801 +34.18% 4

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 29 (3.82%) Apache Airflow
2 26 (3.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (3.29%) Apache Spark
3 25 (3.29%) Confluence
4 24 (3.16%) Apache
5 12 (1.58%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.79%) Camunda
6 6 (0.79%) WordPress
7 5 (0.66%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.40%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.26%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.13%) CMS
10 1 (0.13%) Documentum
10 1 (0.13%) IIS
10 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.13%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.13%) WildFly
Applications
1 13 (1.71%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 441 (58.10%) AWS
2 292 (38.47%) Azure
3 129 (17.00%) GCP
4 102 (13.44%) GitHub
5 97 (12.78%) Serverless
6 70 (9.22%) Amazon S3
7 69 (9.09%) SaaS
8 65 (8.56%) Amazon ECS
9 55 (7.25%) Azure DevOps
10 51 (6.72%) AWS Lambda
11 48 (6.32%) Amazon EC2
12 44 (5.80%) Amazon SQS
13 42 (5.53%) Amazon EKS
13 42 (5.53%) Power Platform
14 40 (5.27%) GitHub Actions
15 30 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
16 29 (3.82%) Azure Service Bus
17 28 (3.69%) Azure AKS
18 25 (3.29%) AWS CloudFormation
19 24 (3.16%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.61%) Broadband
2 15 (1.98%) Firewall
3 14 (1.84%) DNS
4 12 (1.58%) DHCP
4 12 (1.58%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.05%) iSCSI
5 8 (1.05%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (1.05%) SAN
5 8 (1.05%) VPN
6 4 (0.53%) HTTP
6 4 (0.53%) SMS
6 4 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.40%) AMQP
7 3 (0.40%) Network Security
8 2 (0.26%) MQTT
8 2 (0.26%) PBX
8 2 (0.26%) VLAN
9 1 (0.13%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (0.13%) LTE
9 1 (0.13%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 205 (27.01%) MongoDB
2 191 (25.16%) MySQL
3 123 (16.21%) SQL Server
4 122 (16.07%) Relational Database
5 110 (14.49%) NoSQL
6 87 (11.46%) Redis
7 37 (4.87%) DynamoDB
8 35 (4.61%) Data Warehouse
9 33 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
9 33 (4.35%) Elasticsearch
10 31 (4.08%) Power BI
11 22 (2.90%) Metadata
12 21 (2.77%) Amazon Redshift
12 21 (2.77%) Big Data
13 20 (2.64%) Apache Cassandra
14 17 (2.24%) Amazon Aurora
15 16 (2.11%) Oracle Database
16 14 (1.84%) Data Lake
16 14 (1.84%) DTS
16 14 (1.84%) GIS
Development Applications
1 156 (20.55%) Git
2 54 (7.11%) Jenkins
3 50 (6.59%) GitLab
4 34 (4.48%) JIRA
5 26 (3.43%) JUnit
6 22 (2.90%) Cypress.io
7 21 (2.77%) Mockito
8 14 (1.84%) Bitbucket
9 12 (1.58%) TeamCity
10 11 (1.45%) Vite
11 10 (1.32%) JMeter
12 9 (1.19%) Claude Code
13 8 (1.05%) Maven
14 6 (0.79%) RSpec
14 6 (0.79%) Selenium
15 5 (0.66%) Cucumber
15 5 (0.66%) Gatling
15 5 (0.66%) Storybook
16 4 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 4 (0.53%) minitest
General
1 161 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 105 (13.83%) Public Sector
3 101 (13.31%) Finance
4 72 (9.49%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (4.61%) Games
7 27 (3.56%) Law
8 23 (3.03%) Banking
9 21 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (2.50%) Legal
10 19 (2.50%) Retail
11 16 (2.11%) Front Office
11 16 (2.11%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.98%) Advertising
13 11 (1.45%) Legal Technology
14 10 (1.32%) Tech for Good
14 10 (1.32%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.19%) Aerospace
16 8 (1.05%) Automotive
16 8 (1.05%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 259 (34.12%) Developer
2 187 (24.64%) Senior
3 148 (19.50%) Software Engineer
4 130 (17.13%) Lead
5 85 (11.20%) Full-Stack Developer
6 66 (8.70%) Python Engineer
7 56 (7.38%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 50 (6.59%) Data Engineer
8 50 (6.59%) Lead Developer
8 50 (6.59%) Python Developer
9 45 (5.93%) Architect
10 42 (5.53%) Lead Software Engineer
10 42 (5.53%) Senior Software Engineer
11 41 (5.40%) DevOps Engineer
12 40 (5.27%) Java Developer
13 39 (5.14%) Senior Developer
14 36 (4.74%) Software Developer
15 30 (3.95%) Ruby Developer
16 29 (3.82%) Java Engineer
17 23 (3.03%) Database Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 196 (25.82%) React
2 179 (23.58%) Node.js
3 145 (19.10%) RESTful
4 109 (14.36%) REST
5 94 (12.38%) Spring
6 89 (11.73%) Spring Boot
7 81 (10.67%) Kafka
8 67 (8.83%) CSS
9 62 (8.17%) Next.js
10 60 (7.91%) FastAPI
11 59 (7.77%) HTML
12 58 (7.64%) Ruby on Rails
13 56 (7.38%) .NET
14 53 (6.98%) JSON
15 43 (5.67%) AngularJS
16 37 (4.87%) Jest
17 36 (4.74%) Django
18 33 (4.35%) Vue
19 30 (3.95%) Hibernate
19 30 (3.95%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 157 (20.69%) Cloud Native
2 96 (12.65%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (5.14%) Low-Code
4 34 (4.48%) Product Ownership
5 32 (4.22%) Onboarding
5 32 (4.22%) Video\Live Streaming
6 27 (3.56%) Legacy Systems
7 24 (3.16%) AI Agents
8 22 (2.90%) Data Structures
9 21 (2.77%) Algorithms
10 19 (2.50%) Replication
11 16 (2.11%) Derivative
11 16 (2.11%) Equities
11 16 (2.11%) Fixed Income
12 15 (1.98%) Blog
12 15 (1.98%) Management Information System
13 14 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (1.58%) Distributed Computing
14 12 (1.58%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 109 (14.36%) Linux
2 42 (5.53%) Windows
3 21 (2.77%) Unix
4 16 (2.11%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.79%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.53%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.40%) CentOS
8 3 (0.40%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.26%) Android
9 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.13%) AIX
10 1 (0.13%) Debian
10 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (45.19%) CI/CD
2 282 (37.15%) Agile
3 261 (34.39%) Software Engineering
4 226 (29.78%) Microservices
5 223 (29.38%) Full-Stack Development
6 198 (26.09%) DevOps
7 197 (25.96%) AI
8 168 (22.13%) Infrastructure as Code
9 165 (21.74%) Mentoring
10 140 (18.45%) Containerisation
11 137 (18.05%) Observability
12 131 (17.26%) Continuous Improvement
12 131 (17.26%) Test Automation
13 129 (17.00%) Problem-Solving
14 97 (12.78%) API Design
15 93 (12.25%) Analytics
16 89 (11.73%) Clean Code
17 86 (11.33%) Data Modelling
18 82 (10.80%) Scrum
19 77 (10.14%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 331 (43.61%) Python
2 221 (29.12%) SQL
3 196 (25.82%) Java
4 181 (23.85%) JavaScript
5 145 (19.10%) TypeScript
6 63 (8.30%) C#
7 61 (8.04%) Ruby
8 57 (7.51%) Go
9 41 (5.40%) PowerShell
10 36 (4.74%) Bash
11 26 (3.43%) PHP
12 18 (2.37%) Scala
13 15 (1.98%) C++
14 12 (1.58%) Shell Script
15 10 (1.32%) RPG
15 10 (1.32%) T-SQL
16 8 (1.05%) Perl
17 6 (0.79%) Korn
17 6 (0.79%) Kotlin
18 5 (0.66%) VB
Qualifications
1 108 (14.23%) Security Cleared
2 87 (11.46%) Degree
3 76 (10.01%) SC Cleared
4 32 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.90%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.11%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.98%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.79%) PhD
10 5 (0.66%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.40%) RHCE
13 2 (0.26%) CISSP
13 2 (0.26%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.26%) RHCSA
13 2 (0.26%) SnowPro
14 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (8.04%) Data Quality
2 45 (5.93%) QA
3 25 (3.29%) GDPR
4 17 (2.24%) Accessibility
4 17 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.53%) WCAG
6 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.40%) SLA
7 2 (0.26%) Good Clinical Practice
7 2 (0.26%) NCSC
7 2 (0.26%) 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
1 226 (29.78%) Docker
2 26 (3.43%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.40%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.26%) Firmware
5 2 (0.26%) Samba
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 199 (26.22%) Kubernetes
2 156 (20.55%) Terraform
3 44 (5.80%) Ansible
4 38 (5.01%) Grafana
5 29 (3.82%) Argo
6 26 (3.43%) Prometheus
7 11 (1.45%) Kibana
8 6 (0.79%) Istio
8 6 (0.79%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.79%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.79%) Puppet
9 5 (0.66%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.53%) Data Guard
10 4 (0.53%) Packer
11 3 (0.40%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.40%) Plesk
11 3 (0.40%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.40%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 85 (11.20%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.22%) Oracle
3 46 (6.06%) Google
4 23 (3.03%) OpenAI
5 21 (2.77%) Databricks
6 19 (2.50%) Dynatrace
7 18 (2.37%) Red Hat
8 14 (1.84%) IBM
8 14 (1.84%) Splunk
9 8 (1.05%) Dell
9 8 (1.05%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.92%) Informatica
10 7 (0.92%) Pega
11 6 (0.79%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.66%) Meraki
13 4 (0.53%) Confluent
13 4 (0.53%) Netezza
13 4 (0.53%) Remedy
13 4 (0.53%) TIBCO
14 3 (0.40%) UiPath