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 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 235 154
Rank change year-on-year -33 -81 +49
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 784 658 1,357
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.71% 1.34% 1.71%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.88% 9.18% 11.08%
Number of salaries quoted 580 464 786
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £59,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,403 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.80% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £110,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -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 8,826 7,164 12,247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.00% 14.60% 15.41%
Number of salaries quoted 5,992 4,529 7,665
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £37,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.92% +3.81% -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 4 September 2026.

Salary histogram for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Top 16 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 4 September 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 -41 664 £69,310 -7.59% 919
UK excluding London -53 384 £65,000 +4.00% 355
Work from Home +8 377 £67,500 -25.00% 439
London -73 289 £85,000 -19.05% 679
South East -18 124 £65,000 - 89
North of England -17 122 £65,000 -3.70% 73
North West -8 57 £65,000 -3.70% 46
South West -56 49 £65,000 +30.00% 58
North East -32 39 £65,000 +26.83% 11
Midlands -45 32 £75,000 +7.14% 39
East of England -25 28 £52,500 +72.13% 22
Yorkshire -39 26 £69,310 -0.99% 17
West Midlands -35 23 £83,774 +15.55% 26
Wales -53 21 £67,500 -12.90% 13
Scotland -3 17 £65,000 -3.70% 36
East Midlands -34 9 £60,000 +9.09% 12

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 31 (3.95%) Apache Airflow
2 27 (3.44%) Apache
3 26 (3.32%) Apache Spark
3 26 (3.32%) Confluence
4 11 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.02%) SharePoint
6 7 (0.89%) Camunda
7 6 (0.77%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.77%) WordPress
8 3 (0.38%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.38%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.38%) CMS
8 3 (0.38%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.26%) Luigi
9 2 (0.26%) Tornado
10 1 (0.13%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.13%) Moodle
10 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.13%) WildFly
Applications
1 11 (1.40%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Shopify
2 1 (0.13%) Finacle
2 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.13%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 451 (57.53%) AWS
2 270 (34.44%) Azure
3 131 (16.71%) GitHub
4 108 (13.78%) GCP
5 99 (12.63%) Serverless
6 77 (9.82%) SaaS
7 73 (9.31%) Amazon S3
8 69 (8.80%) Amazon ECS
9 56 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
9 56 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
10 54 (6.89%) GitHub Actions
11 50 (6.38%) Amazon EC2
12 45 (5.74%) Amazon SQS
13 43 (5.48%) Amazon EKS
14 41 (5.23%) GitHub Copilot
15 34 (4.34%) Power Platform
16 30 (3.83%) Azure AKS
17 29 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
18 27 (3.44%) AWS CloudFormation
19 20 (2.55%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 34 (4.34%) Broadband
2 12 (1.53%) Firewall
3 10 (1.28%) SMS
4 9 (1.15%) AMQP
4 9 (1.15%) DNS
5 6 (0.77%) DHCP
6 5 (0.64%) HTTP
6 5 (0.64%) iSCSI
6 5 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (0.64%) SAN
6 5 (0.64%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.26%) MQTT
7 2 (0.26%) VLAN
7 2 (0.26%) VPN
8 1 (0.13%) Asterisk PBX
8 1 (0.13%) Internet
8 1 (0.13%) SSH
8 1 (0.13%) SSL
8 1 (0.13%) WAN
8 1 (0.13%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (26.02%) MongoDB
2 184 (23.47%) MySQL
3 140 (17.86%) Relational Database
4 132 (16.84%) SQL Server
5 99 (12.63%) NoSQL
6 88 (11.22%) Redis
7 45 (5.74%) DynamoDB
8 37 (4.72%) Elasticsearch
9 36 (4.59%) Amazon RDS
10 35 (4.46%) Data Warehouse
11 25 (3.19%) Power BI
12 20 (2.55%) Metadata
13 19 (2.42%) Amazon Aurora
13 19 (2.42%) Big Data
14 18 (2.30%) Amazon Redshift
15 15 (1.91%) GIS
15 15 (1.91%) Oracle Database
15 15 (1.91%) Pinecone
16 14 (1.79%) Apache Cassandra
16 14 (1.79%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 181 (23.09%) Git
2 63 (8.04%) Jenkins
3 57 (7.27%) GitLab
4 31 (3.95%) JIRA
5 28 (3.57%) Cypress.io
5 28 (3.57%) JUnit
6 22 (2.81%) Mockito
7 13 (1.66%) Bitbucket
8 12 (1.53%) TeamCity
9 11 (1.40%) Claude Code
9 11 (1.40%) Vite
10 10 (1.28%) JMeter
11 8 (1.02%) Maven
12 7 (0.89%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.89%) Mocha
12 7 (0.89%) RSpec
12 7 (0.89%) Selenium
13 6 (0.77%) Storybook
14 5 (0.64%) Eclipse
14 5 (0.64%) Gatling
General
1 187 (23.85%) Social Skills
2 105 (13.39%) Public Sector
3 95 (12.12%) Finance
4 72 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (7.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (4.97%) Law
7 35 (4.46%) Banking
8 34 (4.34%) Games
9 24 (3.06%) Legal
10 20 (2.55%) Retail
11 18 (2.30%) Manufacturing
12 17 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (2.17%) Tech for Good
13 13 (1.66%) Health Technology
13 13 (1.66%) Legal Technology
14 12 (1.53%) Aerospace
14 12 (1.53%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.40%) Advertising
16 9 (1.15%) Aviation
17 8 (1.02%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 270 (34.44%) Developer
2 216 (27.55%) Senior
3 151 (19.26%) Software Engineer
4 119 (15.18%) Lead
5 87 (11.10%) Full-Stack Developer
6 64 (8.16%) Python Engineer
7 62 (7.91%) Senior Software Engineer
8 57 (7.27%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 54 (6.89%) Data Engineer
9 54 (6.89%) Senior Developer
10 48 (6.12%) Architect
11 46 (5.87%) Java Developer
12 45 (5.74%) Python Developer
13 43 (5.48%) DevOps Engineer
14 36 (4.59%) Software Developer
15 35 (4.46%) Lead Developer
16 34 (4.34%) Ruby Developer
17 29 (3.70%) Database Engineer
18 28 (3.57%) Lead Software Engineer
19 27 (3.44%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (25.77%) React
2 177 (22.58%) Terraform
3 176 (22.45%) Node.js
4 145 (18.49%) RESTful
5 122 (15.56%) REST
6 106 (13.52%) Spring
7 102 (13.01%) Spring Boot
8 101 (12.88%) Kafka
9 76 (9.69%) CSS
10 74 (9.44%) .NET
11 66 (8.42%) Next.js
11 66 (8.42%) Ruby on Rails
12 63 (8.04%) HTML
13 55 (7.02%) FastAPI
14 49 (6.25%) AngularJS
15 48 (6.12%) Jest
15 48 (6.12%) JSON
16 44 (5.61%) RabbitMQ
17 37 (4.72%) JPA
18 35 (4.46%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 164 (20.92%) Cloud Native
2 109 (13.90%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (4.97%) Product Ownership
4 36 (4.59%) Low-Code
5 31 (3.95%) AI Agents
5 31 (3.95%) Video\Live Streaming
6 27 (3.44%) Legacy Systems
7 23 (2.93%) Onboarding
7 23 (2.93%) Replication
8 21 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (2.42%) Algorithms
9 19 (2.42%) Blog
9 19 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
10 17 (2.17%) Data Structures
11 15 (1.91%) Virtual Team
12 13 (1.66%) Distributed Computing
12 13 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
13 12 (1.53%) IoT
13 12 (1.53%) Public Cloud
13 12 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 110 (14.03%) Linux
2 37 (4.72%) Windows
3 17 (2.17%) Unix
4 15 (1.91%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.77%) Android
6 6 (0.77%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.77%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.51%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.13%) AIX
8 1 (0.13%) CentOS
8 1 (0.13%) Debian
8 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (47.45%) CI/CD
2 281 (35.84%) Agile
3 277 (35.33%) Software Engineering
4 230 (29.34%) Full-Stack Development
5 228 (29.08%) Microservices
6 224 (28.57%) AI
7 211 (26.91%) DevOps
8 184 (23.47%) Infrastructure as Code
9 158 (20.15%) Observability
10 153 (19.52%) Mentoring
11 144 (18.37%) Continuous Improvement
12 142 (18.11%) Containerisation
13 140 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
14 132 (16.84%) Test Automation
15 104 (13.27%) API Design
16 101 (12.88%) Clean Code
17 97 (12.37%) Event-Driven
18 94 (11.99%) Scrum
19 91 (11.61%) Data Modelling
20 87 (11.10%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 320 (40.82%) Python
2 216 (27.55%) SQL
3 195 (24.87%) Java
4 178 (22.70%) JavaScript
5 153 (19.52%) TypeScript
6 76 (9.69%) C#
7 68 (8.67%) Ruby
8 61 (7.78%) Go
9 36 (4.59%) Bash
10 26 (3.32%) PowerShell
11 21 (2.68%) PHP
12 19 (2.42%) Scala
13 14 (1.79%) C++
14 13 (1.66%) Shell Script
15 10 (1.28%) Kotlin
15 10 (1.28%) RPG
16 7 (0.89%) Perl
17 5 (0.64%) Korn
18 4 (0.51%) T-SQL
18 4 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 116 (14.80%) Security Cleared
2 98 (12.50%) Degree
3 86 (10.97%) SC Cleared
4 32 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.19%) Master's Degree
6 22 (2.81%) DV Cleared
7 20 (2.55%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.02%) PhD
11 6 (0.77%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.26%) CISSP
13 2 (0.26%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.26%) SnowPro
14 1 (0.13%) RHCE
14 1 (0.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.53%) Data Quality
1 59 (7.53%) QA
2 30 (3.83%) GDPR
3 22 (2.81%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.64%) WCAG
6 4 (0.51%) SLA
6 4 (0.51%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.26%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.26%) NCSC
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.13%) MiFID
9 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 244 (31.12%) Docker
2 14 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.77%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (0.38%) Firmware
4 3 (0.38%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 211 (26.91%) Kubernetes
2 60 (7.65%) Ansible
3 55 (7.02%) Grafana
4 36 (4.59%) Prometheus
5 31 (3.95%) Argo
6 10 (1.28%) Kibana
7 7 (0.89%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.77%) Istio
8 6 (0.77%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.77%) Puppet
9 5 (0.64%) Data Guard
9 5 (0.64%) Packer
9 5 (0.64%) Rancher
10 4 (0.51%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.38%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.38%) Plesk
11 3 (0.38%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.38%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.26%) Bugsnag
12 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 80 (10.20%) Microsoft
2 73 (9.31%) Oracle
3 36 (4.59%) Google
4 25 (3.19%) Databricks
4 25 (3.19%) OpenAI
5 20 (2.55%) Dynatrace
6 18 (2.30%) Splunk
7 17 (2.17%) Red Hat
8 14 (1.79%) IBM
9 9 (1.15%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.02%) Mistral
11 7 (0.89%) Pega
12 5 (0.64%) Dell
12 5 (0.64%) Informatica
12 5 (0.64%) Meraki
12 5 (0.64%) Salesforce
13 4 (0.51%) Netezza
13 4 (0.51%) Remedy
13 4 (0.51%) TIBCO
14 3 (0.38%) New Relic