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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 226 175
Rank change year-on-year -52 -51 +35
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 703 728 1,618
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.72% 1.49% 1.58%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.15% 9.57% 9.61%
Number of salaries quoted 534 530 1,080
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,813 £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 £87,375 £110,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,875 £137,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year - +20.93% -9.19%

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 8,627 7,609 16,839
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.83% 15.61% 16.41%
Number of salaries quoted 5,720 4,919 11,901
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,500 £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 9 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 9 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 -60 603 £69,310 -7.59% 316
Work from Home +28 364 £69,310 -7.59% 156
UK excluding London -73 352 £65,000 - 209
London -78 254 £85,000 -15.00% 179
North of England -17 118 £65,000 -3.70% 51
South East -33 118 £59,500 +8.18% 49
North West -18 53 £67,500 - 30
South West -44 45 £62,500 +4.17% 49
Yorkshire -26 33 £65,000 -3.70% 11
North East -23 32 £65,000 +23.81% 10
East of England -26 24 £52,500 +61.54% 13
Midlands -50 22 £75,000 +11.11% 19
Scotland -10 18 £65,000 -1.89% 15
West Midlands -37 18 £77,500 +14.81% 10
Wales -59 9 £70,000 -9.68% 7
East Midlands -35 4 £65,000 +18.18% 9
Northern Ireland -67 1 £73,801 +34.18% 7

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 (3.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (3.70%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (3.27%) Apache
4 21 (2.99%) Apache Spark
4 21 (2.99%) Confluence
5 12 (1.71%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.85%) WordPress
7 5 (0.71%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.57%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.57%) Camunda
9 3 (0.43%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.28%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.28%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.28%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.14%) CMS
11 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.14%) Moodle
11 1 (0.14%) nginx
11 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
11 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
1 412 (58.61%) AWS
2 265 (37.70%) Azure
3 125 (17.78%) GCP
4 95 (13.51%) Serverless
5 82 (11.66%) GitHub
6 67 (9.53%) Amazon S3
7 66 (9.39%) SaaS
8 60 (8.53%) Amazon ECS
9 50 (7.11%) AWS Lambda
10 46 (6.54%) Amazon EC2
10 46 (6.54%) Azure DevOps
11 44 (6.26%) Amazon EKS
12 43 (6.12%) Power Platform
13 39 (5.55%) Amazon SQS
14 33 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
15 30 (4.27%) GitHub Actions
16 28 (3.98%) Azure AKS
17 27 (3.84%) Azure Service Bus
18 20 (2.84%) AWS CloudFormation
19 19 (2.70%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.98%) 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
1 196 (27.88%) MongoDB
2 167 (23.76%) MySQL
3 113 (16.07%) SQL Server
4 106 (15.08%) Relational Database
5 102 (14.51%) NoSQL
6 68 (9.67%) Redis
7 35 (4.98%) Data Warehouse
8 33 (4.69%) Power BI
9 30 (4.27%) Amazon RDS
9 30 (4.27%) Elasticsearch
10 28 (3.98%) DynamoDB
11 20 (2.84%) Amazon Redshift
11 20 (2.84%) Metadata
12 18 (2.56%) Apache Cassandra
12 18 (2.56%) Big Data
13 17 (2.42%) Oracle Database
14 16 (2.28%) GIS
15 14 (1.99%) Amazon Aurora
15 14 (1.99%) DTS
15 14 (1.99%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 133 (18.92%) Git
2 50 (7.11%) Jenkins
3 46 (6.54%) GitLab
4 30 (4.27%) JIRA
5 24 (3.41%) JUnit
6 22 (3.13%) Cypress.io
7 20 (2.84%) Mockito
8 15 (2.13%) TeamCity
9 14 (1.99%) Bitbucket
10 10 (1.42%) JMeter
11 9 (1.28%) Claude Code
11 9 (1.28%) Maven
11 9 (1.28%) Vite
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
1 151 (21.48%) Social Skills
2 99 (14.08%) Finance
3 94 (13.37%) Public Sector
4 62 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (6.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (4.84%) Games
7 30 (4.27%) Retail
8 29 (4.13%) Law
9 28 (3.98%) Banking
10 19 (2.70%) Manufacturing
10 19 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (2.56%) Legal
12 16 (2.28%) Front Office
13 15 (2.13%) Advertising
14 11 (1.56%) 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 (32.86%) Developer
2 155 (22.05%) Senior
3 137 (19.49%) Software Engineer
4 123 (17.50%) Lead
5 81 (11.52%) Full-Stack Developer
6 57 (8.11%) Python Engineer
7 50 (7.11%) Lead Developer
8 47 (6.69%) Architect
8 47 (6.69%) Data Engineer
8 47 (6.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 44 (6.26%) Python Developer
10 41 (5.83%) Lead Software Engineer
11 40 (5.69%) DevOps Engineer
12 39 (5.55%) Java Developer
13 34 (4.84%) Java Engineer
14 32 (4.55%) Senior Software Engineer
15 30 (4.27%) Senior Developer
15 30 (4.27%) Software Developer
16 24 (3.41%) Ruby Developer
17 22 (3.13%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (25.89%) React
2 171 (24.32%) Node.js
3 133 (18.92%) RESTful
4 91 (12.94%) REST
5 86 (12.23%) Spring
6 83 (11.81%) Spring Boot
7 73 (10.38%) Kafka
8 57 (8.11%) FastAPI
9 54 (7.68%) CSS
10 51 (7.25%) Ruby on Rails
11 50 (7.11%) JSON
12 48 (6.83%) .NET
12 48 (6.83%) HTML
13 47 (6.69%) Next.js
14 38 (5.41%) AngularJS
15 33 (4.69%) Django
16 32 (4.55%) Jest
17 29 (4.13%) Vue
18 26 (3.70%) Flask
19 25 (3.56%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 151 (21.48%) Cloud Native
2 80 (11.38%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (5.26%) Low-Code
4 32 (4.55%) Video\Live Streaming
5 30 (4.27%) Onboarding
6 27 (3.84%) Product Ownership
7 25 (3.56%) Legacy Systems
8 24 (3.41%) Blog
8 24 (3.41%) Data Structures
9 21 (2.99%) Algorithms
10 17 (2.42%) AI Agents
10 17 (2.42%) Replication
11 16 (2.28%) Derivative
11 16 (2.28%) Equities
11 16 (2.28%) Fixed Income
12 15 (2.13%) Management Information System
13 14 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
14 12 (1.71%) Public Cloud
15 11 (1.56%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 101 (14.37%) Linux
2 43 (6.12%) Windows
3 22 (3.13%) 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 (43.53%) CI/CD
2 252 (35.85%) Agile
3 241 (34.28%) Software Engineering
4 212 (30.16%) Microservices
5 201 (28.59%) Full-Stack Development
6 175 (24.89%) DevOps
7 165 (23.47%) AI
8 157 (22.33%) Infrastructure as Code
9 146 (20.77%) Mentoring
10 131 (18.63%) Containerisation
10 131 (18.63%) Test Automation
11 116 (16.50%) Observability
12 114 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
13 112 (15.93%) Problem-Solving
14 88 (12.52%) Data Modelling
15 86 (12.23%) Analytics
15 86 (12.23%) API Design
16 79 (11.24%) Clean Code
17 78 (11.10%) TDD
18 76 (10.81%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 305 (43.39%) Python
2 205 (29.16%) SQL
3 203 (28.88%) Java
4 163 (23.19%) JavaScript
5 134 (19.06%) TypeScript
6 55 (7.82%) Go
7 54 (7.68%) C#
7 54 (7.68%) Ruby
8 43 (6.12%) PowerShell
9 35 (4.98%) Bash
10 26 (3.70%) PHP
11 17 (2.42%) Scala
12 15 (2.13%) C++
13 12 (1.71%) T-SQL
14 11 (1.56%) Shell Script
15 10 (1.42%) Perl
15 10 (1.42%) RPG
16 7 (1.00%) C
17 6 (0.85%) Korn
17 6 (0.85%) VB
Qualifications
1 105 (14.94%) Security Cleared
2 79 (11.24%) Degree
3 69 (9.82%) SC Cleared
4 32 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.70%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.85%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.56%) 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 60 (8.53%) Data Quality
2 34 (4.84%) QA
3 23 (3.27%) 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
1 199 (28.31%) Docker
2 28 (3.98%) 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 (27.60%) Kubernetes
2 148 (21.05%) Terraform
3 39 (5.55%) Ansible
3 39 (5.55%) Grafana
4 31 (4.41%) Argo
5 24 (3.41%) 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 (10.95%) Microsoft
2 75 (10.67%) 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 6 (0.85%) Informatica
13 5 (0.71%) Salesforce
14 4 (0.57%) Confluent
14 4 (0.57%) ESRI
14 4 (0.57%) Meraki
14 4 (0.57%) Netezza
14 4 (0.57%) Remedy
14 4 (0.57%) VMware