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 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 214 169
Rank change year-on-year -74 -45 +20
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 578 678 1,637
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 1.55% 1.69%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.30% 9.03% 9.42%
Number of salaries quoted 412 514 1,196
10th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,813 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £86,375 £99,688 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £137,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -4.35%

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 7,919 7,507 17,383
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.76% 17.17% 17.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,784 5,051 12,530
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £95,000
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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -77 487 £67,500 -10.00% 265
UK excluding London -66 290 £60,000 -7.69% 132
Work from Home +14 286 £65,000 -7.14% 148
London -92 196 £88,750 +1.43% 149
North of England -4 106 £67,500 -0.19% 34
South East -22 96 £57,500 -8.00% 48
Yorkshire -27 45 £52,130 -12.93% 7
North West -13 44 £69,310 -0.11% 16
South West -37 37 £62,500 -3.85% 20
Scotland -12 20 £66,250 +2.82% 2
East of England -33 19 £47,500 -5.00% 5
North East -25 17 £60,000 -13.52% 11
Midlands -50 14 £65,000 -3.70% 23
East Midlands -33 7 £65,000 -7.14% 13
West Midlands -42 7 £67,500 +1.89% 10
Wales -48 2 £59,401 -8.61% 1
Northern Ireland -41 1 £73,801 +34.18%

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 33 (5.71%) Apache Airflow
2 28 (4.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (3.46%) Apache Spark
4 19 (3.29%) Apache
5 15 (2.60%) Confluence
6 13 (2.25%) OpenStack
7 11 (1.90%) SharePoint
8 8 (1.38%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.69%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.69%) Oracle Spatial
10 3 (0.52%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.35%) Camunda
11 2 (0.35%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.35%) WildFly
11 2 (0.35%) WordPress
12 1 (0.17%) CMS
12 1 (0.17%) IIS
12 1 (0.17%) JBoss
12 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (1.38%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.35%) Shopify
2 1 (0.17%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 355 (61.42%) AWS
2 215 (37.20%) Azure
3 118 (20.42%) GCP
4 105 (18.17%) Serverless
5 62 (10.73%) Amazon S3
6 59 (10.21%) AWS Lambda
7 58 (10.03%) GitHub
8 55 (9.52%) SaaS
9 54 (9.34%) Amazon ECS
10 48 (8.30%) Amazon SQS
11 39 (6.75%) Azure DevOps
12 37 (6.40%) Amazon EC2
12 37 (6.40%) Amazon EKS
13 36 (6.23%) Power Platform
14 35 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
15 26 (4.50%) Azure AKS
16 24 (4.15%) AWS CloudFormation
16 24 (4.15%) Azure Service Bus
17 21 (3.63%) GitHub Actions
18 20 (3.46%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.81%) Broadband
2 16 (2.77%) DNS
2 16 (2.77%) TCP/IP
3 15 (2.60%) DHCP
3 15 (2.60%) Firewall
4 9 (1.56%) VPN
5 8 (1.38%) iSCSI
5 8 (1.38%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (1.38%) SAN
6 7 (1.21%) Internet
6 7 (1.21%) Network Security
6 7 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.52%) VLAN
8 2 (0.35%) HTTP
8 2 (0.35%) LAN
8 2 (0.35%) MQTT
8 2 (0.35%) PBX
8 2 (0.35%) WAN
9 1 (0.17%) LTE
9 1 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (26.99%) MongoDB
2 122 (21.11%) SQL Server
3 115 (19.90%) MySQL
4 95 (16.44%) Relational Database
5 92 (15.92%) NoSQL
6 35 (6.06%) Redis
7 33 (5.71%) DynamoDB
8 29 (5.02%) Power BI
9 28 (4.84%) Elasticsearch
10 25 (4.33%) Data Warehouse
11 20 (3.46%) Amazon RDS
12 19 (3.29%) Apache Cassandra
13 18 (3.11%) GIS
14 17 (2.94%) Oracle Database
15 15 (2.60%) RDBMS
16 14 (2.42%) Amazon Redshift
16 14 (2.42%) BigQuery
17 13 (2.25%) DB2
17 13 (2.25%) Pinecone
18 11 (1.90%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 130 (22.49%) Git
2 51 (8.82%) Jenkins
3 39 (6.75%) GitLab
4 27 (4.67%) JIRA
5 24 (4.15%) Cypress.io
6 19 (3.29%) Bitbucket
7 18 (3.11%) JUnit
8 16 (2.77%) TeamCity
9 15 (2.60%) Mockito
10 11 (1.90%) Selenium
11 10 (1.73%) Cucumber
12 9 (1.56%) Maven
12 9 (1.56%) Vite
13 6 (1.04%) CircleCI
14 5 (0.87%) JMeter
15 4 (0.69%) Liquibase
16 3 (0.52%) Gradle
16 3 (0.52%) Storybook
17 2 (0.35%) ESLint
17 2 (0.35%) Jaeger
General
1 141 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 95 (16.44%) Finance
3 58 (10.03%) Public Sector
4 56 (9.69%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (5.19%) Retail
7 28 (4.84%) Banking
7 28 (4.84%) Law
8 25 (4.33%) Games
9 19 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (2.94%) Front Office
11 15 (2.60%) Manufacturing
12 13 (2.25%) Advertising
13 9 (1.56%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.21%) Legal
15 5 (0.87%) Automotive
16 4 (0.69%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.52%) Back Office
17 3 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 193 (33.39%) Developer
2 118 (20.42%) Senior
3 92 (15.92%) Software Engineer
4 82 (14.19%) Full-Stack Developer
5 80 (13.84%) Lead
6 45 (7.79%) Java Developer
7 43 (7.44%) Python Engineer
8 37 (6.40%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 36 (6.23%) Data Engineer
10 34 (5.88%) Lead Developer
11 31 (5.36%) Architect
11 31 (5.36%) Java Engineer
12 28 (4.84%) Python Developer
13 24 (4.15%) Lead Software Engineer
14 23 (3.98%) DevOps Engineer
15 22 (3.81%) Senior Developer
16 20 (3.46%) Senior DevOps
16 20 (3.46%) Senior Software Engineer
16 20 (3.46%) Software Developer
17 19 (3.29%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (32.87%) React
2 143 (24.74%) Node.js
3 101 (17.47%) RESTful
4 71 (12.28%) REST
5 63 (10.90%) Spring
6 60 (10.38%) Spring Boot
7 54 (9.34%) .NET
8 49 (8.48%) Kafka
9 45 (7.79%) CSS
9 45 (7.79%) FastAPI
10 43 (7.44%) HTML
11 38 (6.57%) AngularJS
12 36 (6.23%) Django
12 36 (6.23%) JSON
13 32 (5.54%) Next.js
14 29 (5.02%) Ruby on Rails
14 29 (5.02%) Vue
15 28 (4.84%) Jest
16 25 (4.33%) Redux
17 23 (3.98%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 113 (19.55%) Cloud Native
2 59 (10.21%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (4.50%) Product Ownership
4 24 (4.15%) Low-Code
5 22 (3.81%) Video\Live Streaming
6 19 (3.29%) Data Structures
7 18 (3.11%) Management Information System
7 18 (3.11%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.77%) Derivative
8 16 (2.77%) Equities
8 16 (2.77%) Fixed Income
8 16 (2.77%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (2.60%) Blog
9 15 (2.60%) Replication
10 14 (2.42%) Algorithms
11 11 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.73%) AI Agents
12 10 (1.73%) SCADA
12 10 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.56%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 83 (14.36%) Linux
2 39 (6.75%) Windows
3 25 (4.33%) Unix
4 19 (3.29%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.21%) Android
6 7 (1.21%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.87%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.69%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.52%) CentOS
11 1 (0.17%) AIX
11 1 (0.17%) Debian
11 1 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (43.60%) CI/CD
2 215 (37.20%) Agile
3 180 (31.14%) Full-Stack Development
4 175 (30.28%) Software Engineering
5 172 (29.76%) Microservices
6 142 (24.57%) DevOps
7 119 (20.59%) Infrastructure as Code
8 116 (20.07%) Test Automation
9 113 (19.55%) AI
10 103 (17.82%) Problem-Solving
11 102 (17.65%) Mentoring
12 99 (17.13%) Containerisation
13 85 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
14 77 (13.32%) Scrum
15 70 (12.11%) Data Modelling
16 68 (11.76%) Analytics
16 68 (11.76%) Observability
17 59 (10.21%) TDD
18 53 (9.17%) Computer Science
19 52 (9.00%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 256 (44.29%) Python
2 173 (29.93%) Java
3 168 (29.07%) SQL
4 145 (25.09%) JavaScript
5 120 (20.76%) TypeScript
6 53 (9.17%) C#
7 51 (8.82%) Go
8 32 (5.54%) Ruby
9 30 (5.19%) PowerShell
10 27 (4.67%) PHP
11 20 (3.46%) Bash
12 16 (2.77%) C
13 11 (1.90%) Shell Script
14 10 (1.73%) C++
14 10 (1.73%) Scala
15 9 (1.56%) Perl
15 9 (1.56%) T-SQL
16 7 (1.21%) Korn
16 7 (1.21%) VB
17 5 (0.87%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 83 (14.36%) Security Cleared
2 71 (12.28%) Degree
3 56 (9.69%) SC Cleared
4 33 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.94%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.73%) AWS Certification
6 10 (1.73%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.56%) AWS Certified Developer
8 8 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.21%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.52%) RHCE
12 2 (0.35%) RHCSA
12 2 (0.35%) SnowPro
13 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.17%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.13%) Data Quality
2 26 (4.50%) QA
3 17 (2.94%) GDPR
4 15 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.90%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.52%) NCSC
6 3 (0.52%) SLA
7 2 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.35%) WCAG
8 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.17%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.17%) HL7
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.17%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 174 (30.10%) Docker
2 30 (5.19%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.56%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.69%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.35%) Firmware
5 2 (0.35%) Samba
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 178 (30.80%) Kubernetes
2 129 (22.32%) Terraform
3 43 (7.44%) Ansible
4 31 (5.36%) Argo
5 30 (5.19%) Grafana
6 21 (3.63%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.04%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.04%) Puppet
8 5 (0.87%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (0.87%) Data Guard
8 5 (0.87%) Istio
8 5 (0.87%) Kibana
9 4 (0.69%) Control-M
9 4 (0.69%) Kustomize
9 4 (0.69%) Nagios
9 4 (0.69%) Rancher
10 3 (0.52%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.52%) Packer
10 3 (0.52%) Plesk
11 2 (0.35%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 68 (11.76%) Oracle
2 60 (10.38%) Microsoft
3 29 (5.02%) Google
4 22 (3.81%) Red Hat
5 16 (2.77%) OpenAI
6 11 (1.90%) Informatica
7 9 (1.56%) Dynatrace
8 8 (1.38%) Dell
8 8 (1.38%) ESRI
9 7 (1.21%) Atlassian
9 7 (1.21%) Databricks
9 7 (1.21%) Pega
10 6 (1.04%) Confluent
10 6 (1.04%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.04%) Talend
11 5 (0.87%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.69%) IBM
12 4 (0.69%) Splunk
12 4 (0.69%) VMware
13 3 (0.52%) Revolut