PostgreSQL Job Trends

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 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 138 192
Rank change year-on-year -132 +54 -3
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 554 941 1,348
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 2.23% 1.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.79% 12.00% 8.27%
Number of salaries quoted 387 539 1,076
10th Percentile £40,000 £48,750 £40,375
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £93,000 £95,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £111,750 £115,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -

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 7,111 7,840 16,298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.37% 18.55% 19.01%
Number of salaries quoted 4,267 5,098 12,246
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.57% -8.49%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 21 March 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 21 March 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 -145 462 £73,801 -1.60% 292
UK excluding London -153 262 £60,000 -7.69% 174
Work from Home -97 252 £65,000 -6.32% 210
London -94 225 £90,000 +2.86% 159
North of England -31 95 £62,500 -9.82% 55
South East -129 66 £58,750 -21.67% 44
Yorkshire -17 43 £52,130 -12.73% 21
North West -24 40 £77,500 +11.82% 30
South West -44 30 £62,500 -3.85% 20
Midlands -29 26 £55,200 -15.08% 19
Scotland -27 20 £67,500 +12.03% 14
East of England -62 19 £45,000 -21.74% 18
West Midlands -12 16 £45,000 -30.77% 9
North East -20 12 £53,565 -22.76% 5
East Midlands -46 10 £65,000 -7.14% 10
Wales -48 7 £73,801 +13.54% 7
Northern Ireland -32 4 £73,801 +18.74% 1

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 26 (4.69%) Apache Airflow
2 20 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (3.07%) Apache Spark
4 15 (2.71%) Confluence
4 15 (2.71%) OpenStack
5 14 (2.53%) Apache
6 9 (1.62%) SharePoint
7 8 (1.44%) ArcGIS
7 8 (1.44%) Tomcat
7 8 (1.44%) WebSphere
8 7 (1.26%) WebSphere Application Server
9 4 (0.72%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.72%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.36%) Camunda
10 2 (0.36%) CMS
10 2 (0.36%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.36%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.18%) IIS
11 1 (0.18%) JBoss
11 1 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 10 (1.81%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Endur
1 1 (0.18%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 355 (64.08%) AWS
2 211 (38.09%) Azure
3 147 (26.53%) GCP
4 96 (17.33%) Serverless
5 69 (12.45%) Amazon ECS
6 63 (11.37%) Amazon S3
7 58 (10.47%) AWS Lambda
8 56 (10.11%) GitHub
9 47 (8.48%) Amazon EKS
9 47 (8.48%) AWS CloudFormation
10 45 (8.12%) SaaS
11 43 (7.76%) Amazon SQS
12 39 (7.04%) dbt
13 36 (6.50%) Amazon EC2
14 34 (6.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 33 (5.96%) Power Platform
16 28 (5.05%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 27 (4.87%) Amazon ECR
18 25 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
18 25 (4.51%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 34 (6.14%) TCP/IP
2 12 (2.17%) DHCP
2 12 (2.17%) DNS
2 12 (2.17%) VPN
3 10 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (1.44%) SSL
5 7 (1.26%) Broadband
5 7 (1.26%) Firewall
5 7 (1.26%) Internet
5 7 (1.26%) Network Security
6 3 (0.54%) HTTP
6 3 (0.54%) iSCSI
6 3 (0.54%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (0.54%) SAN
6 3 (0.54%) VLAN
7 2 (0.36%) LAN
7 2 (0.36%) PBX
7 2 (0.36%) WAN
8 1 (0.18%) AMQP
8 1 (0.18%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (22.20%) SQL Server
2 109 (19.68%) MongoDB
3 107 (19.31%) MySQL
4 106 (19.13%) Relational Database
5 88 (15.88%) NoSQL
6 54 (9.75%) Redis
7 42 (7.58%) Elasticsearch
8 36 (6.50%) Amazon RDS
9 31 (5.60%) Data Warehouse
9 31 (5.60%) DynamoDB
10 29 (5.23%) Power BI
11 26 (4.69%) DB2
12 19 (3.43%) Apache Cassandra
13 18 (3.25%) RDBMS
14 17 (3.07%) BigQuery
15 16 (2.89%) Oracle Database
16 13 (2.35%) Amazon Redshift
17 12 (2.17%) Big Data
17 12 (2.17%) GIS
18 9 (1.62%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 122 (22.02%) Git
2 76 (13.72%) Jenkins
3 30 (5.42%) GitLab
3 30 (5.42%) JIRA
4 28 (5.05%) JUnit
5 26 (4.69%) Cucumber
6 22 (3.97%) Cypress.io
6 22 (3.97%) Selenium
7 21 (3.79%) Bitbucket
8 20 (3.61%) TeamCity
9 15 (2.71%) Mockito
10 8 (1.44%) JMeter
10 8 (1.44%) Maven
11 7 (1.26%) Vite
12 6 (1.08%) CircleCI
13 5 (0.90%) Gradle
14 4 (0.72%) Subversion
15 3 (0.54%) REST Assured
15 3 (0.54%) Storybook
16 2 (0.36%) Jaeger
General
1 144 (25.99%) Social Skills
2 109 (19.68%) Finance
3 59 (10.65%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (9.03%) Public Sector
5 46 (8.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (7.22%) Banking
7 34 (6.14%) Law
8 26 (4.69%) Retail
9 17 (3.07%) Front Office
10 10 (1.81%) Financial Institution
10 10 (1.81%) Games
10 10 (1.81%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.62%) Advertising
12 7 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.08%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.90%) Back Office
14 5 (0.90%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.72%) Electronics
15 4 (0.72%) Legal
Job Titles
1 189 (34.12%) Developer
2 110 (19.86%) Senior
3 95 (17.15%) Software Engineer
4 78 (14.08%) Full-Stack Developer
5 73 (13.18%) Lead
6 57 (10.29%) Java Developer
7 33 (5.96%) Data Engineer
8 30 (5.42%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 29 (5.23%) Lead Developer
9 29 (5.23%) Python Engineer
10 28 (5.05%) Java Engineer
11 27 (4.87%) Architect
12 26 (4.69%) Lead Software Engineer
13 22 (3.97%) Python Developer
14 21 (3.79%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 21 (3.79%) Senior Software Engineer
15 20 (3.61%) Analyst
16 19 (3.43%) Platform Engineer
16 19 (3.43%) Senior Developer
16 19 (3.43%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (32.85%) React
2 111 (20.04%) Node.js
3 90 (16.25%) RESTful
4 84 (15.16%) Spring
5 79 (14.26%) Spring Boot
6 73 (13.18%) Django
7 69 (12.45%) REST
8 53 (9.57%) FastAPI
9 51 (9.21%) HTML
10 50 (9.03%) Kafka
11 48 (8.66%) CSS
12 47 (8.48%) .NET
13 38 (6.86%) AngularJS
14 36 (6.50%) Elastic Stack
15 31 (5.60%) Flask
16 29 (5.23%) JSON
16 29 (5.23%) Next.js
16 29 (5.23%) Vue
17 26 (4.69%) Web Services
18 24 (4.33%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 86 (15.52%) Cloud Native
2 53 (9.57%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (5.05%) Product Ownership
4 27 (4.87%) Linux Command Line
5 19 (3.43%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.07%) Data Structures
6 17 (3.07%) Derivative
6 17 (3.07%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.89%) Equities
7 16 (2.89%) Fixed Income
7 16 (2.89%) Greenfield Project
7 16 (2.89%) Replication
8 15 (2.71%) Blog
8 15 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (2.53%) Algorithms
10 12 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.62%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.44%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.26%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 90 (16.25%) Linux
2 41 (7.40%) Unix
3 30 (5.42%) Windows
4 14 (2.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 14 (2.53%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.26%) Android
5 7 (1.26%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.26%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.72%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.54%) CentOS
7 3 (0.54%) Debian
8 2 (0.36%) VMS
8 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.18%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (40.97%) CI/CD
2 205 (37.00%) Agile
3 174 (31.41%) Microservices
4 171 (30.87%) Software Engineering
5 157 (28.34%) DevOps
6 151 (27.26%) Full-Stack Development
7 129 (23.29%) Problem-Solving
8 106 (19.13%) Infrastructure as Code
9 105 (18.95%) Containerisation
10 99 (17.87%) Test Automation
11 98 (17.69%) Mentoring
12 91 (16.43%) AI
13 66 (11.91%) TDD
14 65 (11.73%) Data Modelling
15 63 (11.37%) Scrum
16 62 (11.19%) Fintech
17 61 (11.01%) Observability
18 58 (10.47%) Clean Code
18 58 (10.47%) Technical Leadership
19 55 (9.93%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 255 (46.03%) Python
2 181 (32.67%) Java
3 172 (31.05%) SQL
4 150 (27.08%) JavaScript
5 113 (20.40%) TypeScript
6 46 (8.30%) C#
7 39 (7.04%) Go
8 29 (5.23%) PowerShell
9 23 (4.15%) PHP
9 23 (4.15%) Ruby
10 17 (3.07%) C
11 13 (2.35%) Delphi
12 12 (2.17%) Shell Script
13 11 (1.99%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.44%) C++
14 8 (1.44%) Rust
15 7 (1.26%) Bash
16 5 (0.90%) Perl
17 4 (0.72%) Pascal
17 4 (0.72%) VB
Qualifications
1 101 (18.23%) Security Cleared
2 72 (13.00%) Degree
2 72 (13.00%) SC Cleared
3 33 (5.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (3.61%) AWS Certification
5 18 (3.25%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.17%) AWS Certified Developer
7 8 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.26%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.54%) RHCE
10 2 (0.36%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.36%) RHCSA
10 2 (0.36%) SnowPro
10 2 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.32%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.33%) QA
3 14 (2.53%) GDPR
3 14 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.62%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.62%) SLA
5 3 (0.54%) NCSC
5 3 (0.54%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.36%) PSD2
7 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.18%) HL7
7 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 194 (35.02%) Docker
2 22 (3.97%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.72%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 4 (0.72%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.36%) Firmware
4 2 (0.36%) Samba
5 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 177 (31.95%) Kubernetes
2 123 (22.20%) Terraform
3 40 (7.22%) Ansible
4 33 (5.96%) Grafana
5 18 (3.25%) Prometheus
6 17 (3.07%) AWS Copilot
7 12 (2.17%) Kibana
8 10 (1.81%) Argo
9 5 (0.90%) Data Guard
9 5 (0.90%) Nagios
10 4 (0.72%) Control-M
11 3 (0.54%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.54%) Puppet
11 3 (0.54%) Rancher
12 2 (0.36%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.36%) Oracle RMAN
13 1 (0.18%) Ambari
13 1 (0.18%) Istio
13 1 (0.18%) Podman
13 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 71 (12.82%) Oracle
2 55 (9.93%) Google
3 39 (7.04%) Microsoft
4 21 (3.79%) Red Hat
5 14 (2.53%) Informatica
6 13 (2.35%) Atlassian
6 13 (2.35%) OpenAI
7 12 (2.17%) IBM
8 10 (1.81%) Pega
8 10 (1.81%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.62%) Talend
10 8 (1.44%) Dynatrace
10 8 (1.44%) ESRI
11 7 (1.26%) Splunk
12 6 (1.08%) Databricks
12 6 (1.08%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.90%) Confluent
13 5 (0.90%) Dell
13 5 (0.90%) VMware
13 5 (0.90%) WSO2