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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 223 163
Rank change year-on-year -41 -60 +41
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 775 713 1,407
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.75% 1.44% 1.62%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.71% 9.38% 10.19%
Number of salaries quoted 594 524 892
10th Percentile £42,150 £42,875 £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 8,893 7,605 13,810
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.64% 15.39% 15.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5,961 4,902 9,325
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,875 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% +1.46% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,938 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £111,250
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 31 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 31 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 -54 665 £69,310 -7.59% 304
UK excluding London -49 385 £62,500 -3.85% 164
Work from Home +29 384 £67,500 -15.63% 150
London -66 290 £85,000 -19.05% 188
North of England +3 130 £65,000 -3.70% 42
South East -19 125 £60,000 -2.04% 47
North West 0 57 £65,000 -3.70% 28
South West -49 46 £62,500 +4.17% 17
North East -20 40 £55,000 +4.76% 4
Yorkshire -29 33 £65,000 -7.14% 10
East of England -24 28 £52,500 +64.06% 9
Midlands -57 26 £75,000 +10.90% 22
West Midlands -34 19 £80,000 +16.26% 12
Scotland -7 17 £65,000 -1.89% 16
Wales -54 17 £70,000 -9.68% 7
East Midlands -26 7 £60,000 +9.09% 10
Northern Ireland -71 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 32 (4.13%) Apache Airflow
2 27 (3.48%) Apache Spark
3 26 (3.35%) Apache
3 26 (3.35%) Confluence
4 24 (3.10%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (1.42%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.77%) Camunda
6 6 (0.77%) WordPress
7 5 (0.65%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.39%) 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%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.13%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.13%) WildFly
Applications
1 13 (1.68%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 453 (58.45%) AWS
2 292 (37.68%) Azure
3 133 (17.16%) GCP
4 106 (13.68%) GitHub
5 95 (12.26%) Serverless
6 70 (9.03%) Amazon S3
7 69 (8.90%) SaaS
8 67 (8.65%) Amazon ECS
9 54 (6.97%) Azure DevOps
10 51 (6.58%) AWS Lambda
11 48 (6.19%) Amazon EC2
12 44 (5.68%) Amazon SQS
13 43 (5.55%) Amazon EKS
13 43 (5.55%) GitHub Actions
14 40 (5.16%) Power Platform
15 28 (3.61%) Azure AKS
15 28 (3.61%) Azure Service Bus
15 28 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
16 26 (3.35%) AWS CloudFormation
17 25 (3.23%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.52%) Broadband
2 15 (1.94%) Firewall
3 14 (1.81%) DNS
4 13 (1.68%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.55%) DHCP
6 8 (1.03%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.03%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.03%) SAN
6 8 (1.03%) VPN
7 5 (0.65%) SMS
8 4 (0.52%) AMQP
8 4 (0.52%) HTTP
8 4 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.39%) Network Security
10 2 (0.26%) MQTT
10 2 (0.26%) PBX
10 2 (0.26%) VLAN
11 1 (0.13%) LAN
11 1 (0.13%) SSL
11 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 207 (26.71%) MongoDB
2 191 (24.65%) MySQL
3 128 (16.52%) Relational Database
4 122 (15.74%) SQL Server
5 111 (14.32%) NoSQL
6 91 (11.74%) Redis
7 38 (4.90%) DynamoDB
8 36 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
9 35 (4.52%) Elasticsearch
10 34 (4.39%) Amazon RDS
11 30 (3.87%) Power BI
12 23 (2.97%) Metadata
13 21 (2.71%) Amazon Redshift
13 21 (2.71%) Big Data
14 20 (2.58%) Apache Cassandra
15 17 (2.19%) Amazon Aurora
16 16 (2.06%) Oracle Database
17 14 (1.81%) Data Lake
17 14 (1.81%) DTS
17 14 (1.81%) GIS
Development Applications
1 161 (20.77%) Git
2 56 (7.23%) Jenkins
3 50 (6.45%) GitLab
4 35 (4.52%) JIRA
5 28 (3.61%) JUnit
6 22 (2.84%) Cypress.io
6 22 (2.84%) Mockito
7 14 (1.81%) Bitbucket
8 13 (1.68%) TeamCity
9 11 (1.42%) Vite
10 10 (1.29%) JMeter
11 9 (1.16%) Claude Code
12 8 (1.03%) Maven
13 6 (0.77%) RSpec
13 6 (0.77%) Selenium
14 5 (0.65%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.65%) Eclipse
14 5 (0.65%) Gatling
14 5 (0.65%) Storybook
15 4 (0.52%) minitest
General
1 173 (22.32%) Social Skills
2 107 (13.81%) Finance
3 105 (13.55%) Public Sector
4 69 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (4.52%) Games
7 30 (3.87%) Law
8 25 (3.23%) Banking
9 21 (2.71%) Legal
9 21 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (2.58%) Retail
11 17 (2.19%) Manufacturing
12 16 (2.06%) Front Office
13 15 (1.94%) Advertising
14 12 (1.55%) Legal Technology
15 11 (1.42%) Tech for Good
16 10 (1.29%) Telecoms
17 9 (1.16%) Aerospace
18 8 (1.03%) Automotive
18 8 (1.03%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 264 (34.06%) Developer
2 194 (25.03%) Senior
3 153 (19.74%) Software Engineer
4 133 (17.16%) Lead
5 85 (10.97%) Full-Stack Developer
6 69 (8.90%) Python Engineer
7 57 (7.35%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 52 (6.71%) Data Engineer
8 52 (6.71%) Lead Developer
8 52 (6.71%) Python Developer
9 46 (5.94%) Senior Software Engineer
10 45 (5.81%) Architect
11 42 (5.42%) Java Developer
11 42 (5.42%) Lead Software Engineer
12 41 (5.29%) DevOps Engineer
13 40 (5.16%) Senior Developer
14 38 (4.90%) Software Developer
15 32 (4.13%) Ruby Developer
16 29 (3.74%) Java Engineer
17 25 (3.23%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (25.55%) React
2 178 (22.97%) Node.js
3 145 (18.71%) RESTful
4 110 (14.19%) REST
5 97 (12.52%) Spring
6 92 (11.87%) Spring Boot
7 83 (10.71%) Kafka
8 66 (8.52%) CSS
9 64 (8.26%) Next.js
10 60 (7.74%) Ruby on Rails
11 59 (7.61%) FastAPI
12 57 (7.35%) HTML
13 55 (7.10%) .NET
14 52 (6.71%) JSON
15 43 (5.55%) AngularJS
16 38 (4.90%) Django
16 38 (4.90%) Jest
17 33 (4.26%) Vue
18 31 (4.00%) Hibernate
18 31 (4.00%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 159 (20.52%) Cloud Native
2 99 (12.77%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (5.03%) Low-Code
4 36 (4.65%) Product Ownership
5 32 (4.13%) Video\Live Streaming
6 30 (3.87%) Onboarding
7 27 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
8 25 (3.23%) AI Agents
9 21 (2.71%) Algorithms
9 21 (2.71%) Data Structures
10 20 (2.58%) Replication
11 17 (2.19%) Blog
12 16 (2.06%) Derivative
12 16 (2.06%) Equities
12 16 (2.06%) Fixed Income
13 15 (1.94%) Management Information System
14 14 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.55%) Distributed Computing
15 12 (1.55%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 113 (14.58%) Linux
2 44 (5.68%) Windows
3 22 (2.84%) Unix
4 17 (2.19%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.77%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.52%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.39%) Android
8 3 (0.39%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.39%) CentOS
8 3 (0.39%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.13%) AIX
9 1 (0.13%) Debian
9 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (45.29%) CI/CD
2 288 (37.16%) Agile
3 266 (34.32%) Software Engineering
4 227 (29.29%) Microservices
5 225 (29.03%) Full-Stack Development
6 204 (26.32%) AI
7 200 (25.81%) DevOps
8 170 (21.94%) Infrastructure as Code
9 166 (21.42%) Mentoring
10 143 (18.45%) Containerisation
11 141 (18.19%) Observability
12 137 (17.68%) Continuous Improvement
13 133 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
13 133 (17.16%) Test Automation
14 98 (12.65%) API Design
15 93 (12.00%) Analytics
15 93 (12.00%) Clean Code
16 84 (10.84%) Data Modelling
17 83 (10.71%) Scrum
18 80 (10.32%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 338 (43.61%) Python
2 225 (29.03%) SQL
3 201 (25.94%) Java
4 181 (23.35%) JavaScript
5 147 (18.97%) TypeScript
6 63 (8.13%) Ruby
7 62 (8.00%) C#
8 59 (7.61%) Go
9 39 (5.03%) PowerShell
10 37 (4.77%) Bash
11 26 (3.35%) PHP
12 18 (2.32%) Scala
13 15 (1.94%) C++
14 12 (1.55%) Shell Script
15 10 (1.29%) RPG
16 8 (1.03%) Perl
16 8 (1.03%) T-SQL
17 7 (0.90%) Kotlin
18 6 (0.77%) Korn
19 5 (0.65%) VB
Qualifications
1 109 (14.06%) Security Cleared
2 88 (11.35%) Degree
3 77 (9.94%) SC Cleared
4 31 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.97%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.06%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.94%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.77%) PhD
11 5 (0.65%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.39%) RHCE
14 2 (0.26%) CISSP
14 2 (0.26%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.26%) RHCSA
14 2 (0.26%) SnowPro
15 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 1 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (7.87%) Data Quality
2 47 (6.06%) QA
3 25 (3.23%) GDPR
4 18 (2.32%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.52%) SLA
6 4 (0.52%) WCAG
7 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.26%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.26%) NCSC
8 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.13%) HL7
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.13%) MiFID
9 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.13%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 233 (30.06%) Docker
2 24 (3.10%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.39%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.39%) 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
1 203 (26.19%) Kubernetes
2 160 (20.65%) Terraform
3 46 (5.94%) Ansible
4 41 (5.29%) Grafana
5 29 (3.74%) Argo
6 27 (3.48%) Prometheus
7 11 (1.42%) Kibana
8 6 (0.77%) Istio
8 6 (0.77%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.77%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.77%) Puppet
9 5 (0.65%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.65%) Data Guard
10 4 (0.52%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 4 (0.52%) Packer
11 3 (0.39%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.39%) Plesk
11 3 (0.39%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.39%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 87 (11.23%) Microsoft
2 71 (9.16%) Oracle
3 48 (6.19%) Google
4 23 (2.97%) Databricks
4 23 (2.97%) OpenAI
5 19 (2.45%) Dynatrace
6 18 (2.32%) Red Hat
7 14 (1.81%) IBM
7 14 (1.81%) Splunk
8 8 (1.03%) Dell
8 8 (1.03%) ServiceNow
9 7 (0.90%) Informatica
9 7 (0.90%) Pega
10 5 (0.65%) Meraki
10 5 (0.65%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.52%) Confluent
11 4 (0.52%) Netezza
11 4 (0.52%) Remedy
11 4 (0.52%) TIBCO
12 3 (0.39%) UiPath