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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 219 177
Rank change year-on-year -52 -42 +34
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 702 727 1,606
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.72% 1.49% 1.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.13% 9.55% 9.62%
Number of salaries quoted 534 529 1,070
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,305 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +20.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £86,844 £110,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,875 £137,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +18.18% -7.08%

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 8,640 7,613 16,698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.82% 15.56% 16.36%
Number of salaries quoted 5,729 4,917 11,778
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,195
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £102,500
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 10 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 10 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 -67 603 £69,310 -7.59% 295
Work from Home +36 364 £69,305 -7.59% 147
UK excluding London -71 352 £65,000 - 191
London -81 253 £85,000 -14.57% 172
North of England -22 119 £65,000 -3.70% 42
South East -34 118 £59,500 +8.18% 46
North West -16 53 £67,500 - 24
South West -42 45 £62,500 +4.17% 48
North East -24 33 £65,000 +23.81% 8
Yorkshire -24 33 £65,000 -3.70% 10
East of England -21 24 £52,500 +64.06% 12
Midlands -51 22 £75,000 +11.11% 19
West Midlands -28 18 £77,500 +14.81% 10
Scotland -4 17 £65,000 -1.89% 13
Wales -57 9 £70,000 -9.68% 6
East Midlands -29 4 £65,000 +18.18% 9
Northern Ireland -67 1 £73,801 +34.18% 6

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 28 (3.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (3.56%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (3.28%) Apache
4 22 (3.13%) Confluence
5 21 (2.99%) Apache Spark
6 12 (1.71%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.85%) WordPress
8 5 (0.71%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.57%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.57%) Camunda
10 3 (0.43%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.28%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.28%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.28%) Oracle Spatial
12 1 (0.14%) CMS
12 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.14%) Moodle
12 1 (0.14%) nginx
12 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.14%) WildFly
Applications
1 13 (1.85%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 411 (58.55%) AWS
2 266 (37.89%) Azure
3 125 (17.81%) GCP
4 94 (13.39%) Serverless
5 83 (11.82%) GitHub
6 66 (9.40%) Amazon S3
7 65 (9.26%) SaaS
8 60 (8.55%) Amazon ECS
9 49 (6.98%) AWS Lambda
10 46 (6.55%) Azure DevOps
11 45 (6.41%) Amazon EC2
12 44 (6.27%) Amazon EKS
13 43 (6.13%) Power Platform
14 39 (5.56%) Amazon SQS
15 33 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
16 30 (4.27%) GitHub Actions
17 28 (3.99%) Azure AKS
18 27 (3.85%) Azure Service Bus
19 20 (2.85%) AWS CloudFormation
20 19 (2.71%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.99%) Broadband
2 16 (2.28%) Firewall
3 14 (1.99%) DNS
4 13 (1.85%) DHCP
4 13 (1.85%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.28%) VPN
6 8 (1.14%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.14%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.14%) SAN
7 5 (0.71%) Network Security
7 5 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.43%) HTTP
8 3 (0.43%) VLAN
9 2 (0.28%) MQTT
9 2 (0.28%) PBX
10 1 (0.14%) LAN
10 1 (0.14%) Multicast
10 1 (0.14%) SMS
10 1 (0.14%) SSL
10 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (28.06%) MongoDB
2 168 (23.93%) MySQL
3 112 (15.95%) SQL Server
4 106 (15.10%) Relational Database
5 103 (14.67%) NoSQL
6 68 (9.69%) Redis
7 35 (4.99%) Data Warehouse
8 33 (4.70%) Power BI
9 30 (4.27%) Elasticsearch
10 29 (4.13%) Amazon RDS
11 28 (3.99%) DynamoDB
12 20 (2.85%) Metadata
13 19 (2.71%) Amazon Redshift
14 18 (2.56%) Apache Cassandra
14 18 (2.56%) Big Data
15 17 (2.42%) Oracle Database
16 16 (2.28%) GIS
17 14 (1.99%) Amazon Aurora
17 14 (1.99%) DTS
17 14 (1.99%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 133 (18.95%) Git
2 50 (7.12%) Jenkins
3 47 (6.70%) GitLab
4 31 (4.42%) JIRA
5 24 (3.42%) JUnit
6 22 (3.13%) Cypress.io
7 20 (2.85%) Mockito
8 15 (2.14%) TeamCity
9 14 (1.99%) Bitbucket
10 10 (1.42%) JMeter
10 10 (1.42%) Vite
11 9 (1.28%) Claude Code
11 9 (1.28%) Maven
12 6 (0.85%) Selenium
13 5 (0.71%) Cucumber
13 5 (0.71%) Gatling
14 4 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (0.57%) Storybook
15 3 (0.43%) Eclipse
15 3 (0.43%) Mocha
General
1 150 (21.37%) Social Skills
2 99 (14.10%) Finance
3 95 (13.53%) Public Sector
4 61 (8.69%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (4.84%) Games
7 30 (4.27%) Retail
8 29 (4.13%) Law
9 28 (3.99%) Banking
10 19 (2.71%) Manufacturing
10 19 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (2.56%) Legal
12 16 (2.28%) Front Office
13 15 (2.14%) Advertising
14 11 (1.57%) Legal Technology
15 10 (1.42%) Telecoms
16 9 (1.28%) Aerospace
17 8 (1.14%) Aviation
18 7 (1.00%) Automotive
19 5 (0.71%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 231 (32.91%) Developer
2 155 (22.08%) Senior
3 138 (19.66%) Software Engineer
4 123 (17.52%) Lead
5 82 (11.68%) Full-Stack Developer
6 57 (8.12%) Python Engineer
7 50 (7.12%) Lead Developer
8 47 (6.70%) Architect
8 47 (6.70%) Data Engineer
8 47 (6.70%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 43 (6.13%) Python Developer
10 41 (5.84%) Lead Software Engineer
11 40 (5.70%) DevOps Engineer
12 39 (5.56%) Java Developer
13 33 (4.70%) Java Engineer
14 32 (4.56%) Senior Software Engineer
15 30 (4.27%) Senior Developer
15 30 (4.27%) Software Developer
16 24 (3.42%) Ruby Developer
17 21 (2.99%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (26.07%) React
2 173 (24.64%) Node.js
3 133 (18.95%) RESTful
4 90 (12.82%) REST
5 86 (12.25%) Spring
6 83 (11.82%) Spring Boot
7 73 (10.40%) Kafka
8 57 (8.12%) FastAPI
9 55 (7.83%) CSS
10 51 (7.26%) Ruby on Rails
11 50 (7.12%) JSON
12 49 (6.98%) HTML
12 49 (6.98%) Next.js
13 48 (6.84%) .NET
14 38 (5.41%) AngularJS
15 33 (4.70%) Jest
16 32 (4.56%) Django
17 29 (4.13%) Vue
18 26 (3.70%) Flask
19 25 (3.56%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 152 (21.65%) Cloud Native
2 80 (11.40%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (5.27%) Low-Code
4 32 (4.56%) Video\Live Streaming
5 30 (4.27%) Onboarding
6 27 (3.85%) Product Ownership
7 26 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
8 24 (3.42%) Blog
8 24 (3.42%) Data Structures
9 21 (2.99%) Algorithms
10 18 (2.56%) AI Agents
11 17 (2.42%) Replication
12 16 (2.28%) Derivative
12 16 (2.28%) Equities
12 16 (2.28%) Fixed Income
13 15 (2.14%) Management Information System
14 14 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
15 12 (1.71%) Public Cloud
16 11 (1.57%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 100 (14.25%) Linux
2 43 (6.13%) Windows
3 21 (2.99%) Unix
4 17 (2.42%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.57%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.43%) CentOS
8 3 (0.43%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.28%) Android
9 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.14%) AIX
10 1 (0.14%) Debian
10 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (43.59%) CI/CD
2 253 (36.04%) Agile
3 242 (34.47%) Software Engineering
4 212 (30.20%) Microservices
5 202 (28.77%) Full-Stack Development
6 175 (24.93%) DevOps
7 166 (23.65%) AI
8 157 (22.36%) Infrastructure as Code
9 147 (20.94%) Mentoring
10 132 (18.80%) Test Automation
11 131 (18.66%) Containerisation
12 116 (16.52%) Observability
13 114 (16.24%) Continuous Improvement
14 112 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
15 87 (12.39%) Data Modelling
16 86 (12.25%) Analytics
16 86 (12.25%) API Design
17 79 (11.25%) Clean Code
18 78 (11.11%) TDD
19 77 (10.97%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 305 (43.45%) Python
2 206 (29.34%) SQL
3 202 (28.77%) Java
4 164 (23.36%) JavaScript
5 135 (19.23%) TypeScript
6 55 (7.83%) Go
7 54 (7.69%) C#
7 54 (7.69%) Ruby
8 43 (6.13%) PowerShell
9 35 (4.99%) Bash
10 25 (3.56%) PHP
11 17 (2.42%) Scala
12 15 (2.14%) C++
13 12 (1.71%) T-SQL
14 10 (1.42%) Perl
14 10 (1.42%) RPG
14 10 (1.42%) Shell Script
15 7 (1.00%) C
16 6 (0.85%) Korn
16 6 (0.85%) VB
Qualifications
1 105 (14.96%) Security Cleared
2 78 (11.11%) Degree
3 69 (9.83%) SC Cleared
4 32 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.71%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.85%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.57%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.71%) PhD
11 4 (0.57%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.43%) RHCE
13 2 (0.28%) CISSP
13 2 (0.28%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.28%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.28%) RHCSA
13 2 (0.28%) SnowPro
14 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (8.40%) Data Quality
2 34 (4.84%) QA
3 23 (3.28%) GDPR
4 16 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.99%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.57%) WCAG
7 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.43%) SLA
8 2 (0.28%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.28%) NCSC
9 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.14%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.14%) MiFID
9 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 198 (28.21%) Docker
2 28 (3.99%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.28%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.57%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.28%) Firmware
5 2 (0.28%) Samba
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 194 (27.64%) Kubernetes
2 148 (21.08%) Terraform
3 39 (5.56%) Ansible
3 39 (5.56%) Grafana
4 31 (4.42%) Argo
5 24 (3.42%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.42%) Kibana
7 7 (1.00%) Progress Chef
7 7 (1.00%) Puppet
8 6 (0.85%) Istio
8 6 (0.85%) Kustomize
9 5 (0.71%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.57%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.43%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.43%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.43%) Packer
11 3 (0.43%) Plesk
11 3 (0.43%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.43%) Rancher
11 3 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 77 (10.97%) Microsoft
2 74 (10.54%) Oracle
3 38 (5.41%) Google
4 22 (3.13%) OpenAI
5 18 (2.56%) Red Hat
6 17 (2.42%) Dynatrace
7 16 (2.28%) Databricks
8 13 (1.85%) IBM
9 12 (1.71%) Splunk
10 8 (1.14%) Dell
10 8 (1.14%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.00%) Pega
12 5 (0.71%) Informatica
12 5 (0.71%) Salesforce
13 4 (0.57%) Confluent
13 4 (0.57%) ESRI
13 4 (0.57%) Meraki
13 4 (0.57%) Netezza
13 4 (0.57%) Remedy
13 4 (0.57%) VMware