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 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 235 134 201
Rank change year-on-year -101 +67 -99
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 613 1,337 983
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.25% 1.88% 1.75%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.80% 11.95% 8.18%
Number of salaries quoted 421 647 836
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £49,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £69,308 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.21% -0.99% -
75th Percentile £110,000 £95,000 £86,563
90th Percentile £137,500 £115,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% -

All Database and 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 6,964 11,185 12,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.16% 15.76% 21.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,332 6,384 9,556
10th Percentile £33,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £115,000 £95,063
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%

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 15 October 2025.

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 15 October 2025. 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 -107 564 £80,000 +14.29% 270
London +3 342 £105,000 +20.00% 121
UK excluding London -131 271 £65,000 +13.04% 215
Work from Home -98 247 £85,000 +22.64% 270
North of England -78 76 £67,500 +3.85% 43
South East -105 76 £66,250 +26.19% 78
North West -102 40 £68,750 +14.58% 24
Midlands -34 37 £70,000 +16.67% 22
South West -17 35 £54,000 -16.92% 33
West Midlands +30 30 £72,500 +11.54% 16
Yorkshire +14 25 £70,000 -1.75% 16
Scotland -19 25 £73,801 +34.18% 14
East of England -26 21 £30,500 -46.96% 10
North East +16 11 £51,875 -25.15% 3
East Midlands -43 7 £50,000 - 6
Northern Ireland +1 4 £55,000 -15.38% 8
Wales -1 3 £65,000 - 9

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 91 (14.85%) Apache Airflow
2 27 (4.40%) Tomcat
3 24 (3.92%) Confluence
4 20 (3.26%) Apache Spark
5 17 (2.77%) WebSphere
6 15 (2.45%) nginx
7 14 (2.28%) WebSphere Application Server
8 11 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
9 10 (1.63%) IIS
10 6 (0.98%) Apache
10 6 (0.98%) JBoss
10 6 (0.98%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.82%) CMS
11 5 (0.82%) Red Hat Fuse
12 4 (0.65%) Headless CMS
13 3 (0.49%) Luigi
13 3 (0.49%) SAS
13 3 (0.49%) SharePoint
14 2 (0.33%) WildFly
14 2 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.31%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) Notion
4 1 (0.16%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.16%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.16%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 460 (75.04%) AWS
2 191 (31.16%) Azure
3 188 (30.67%) GCP
4 97 (15.82%) dbt
5 94 (15.33%) Serverless
6 73 (11.91%) Amazon EC2
7 66 (10.77%) Amazon ECS
8 60 (9.79%) Amazon S3
9 51 (8.32%) Amazon EKS
9 51 (8.32%) GitHub
10 41 (6.69%) AWS Lambda
11 31 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
11 31 (5.06%) SaaS
12 28 (4.57%) Power Platform
13 27 (4.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 27 (4.40%) Amazon SQS
14 26 (4.24%) Route 53
15 22 (3.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 20 (3.26%) AWS KMS
17 16 (2.61%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.24%) SSL
2 22 (3.59%) Firewall
3 11 (1.79%) iSCSI
3 11 (1.79%) Remote Desktop
3 11 (1.79%) SAN
3 11 (1.79%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.63%) DNS
5 9 (1.47%) DMARC
5 9 (1.47%) FTP
5 9 (1.47%) HTTP
5 9 (1.47%) SSH
6 8 (1.31%) IMAP
6 8 (1.31%) OpenLDAP
6 8 (1.31%) SMTP
6 8 (1.31%) VPN
7 7 (1.14%) MQTT
8 3 (0.49%) Asterisk PBX
8 3 (0.49%) Multicast
8 3 (0.49%) PuTTY
8 3 (0.49%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (19.90%) MongoDB
2 119 (19.41%) Relational Database
3 118 (19.25%) SQL Server
4 116 (18.92%) MySQL
5 93 (15.17%) NoSQL
6 87 (14.19%) Amazon Athena
7 83 (13.54%) Apache Iceberg
8 80 (13.05%) Apache Arrow
8 80 (13.05%) Dremio
9 54 (8.81%) Amazon RDS
10 51 (8.32%) RDBMS
11 36 (5.87%) Amazon Aurora
11 36 (5.87%) DB2
12 33 (5.38%) DynamoDB
13 27 (4.40%) Redis
14 25 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
15 24 (3.92%) Power BI
16 22 (3.59%) Big Data
16 22 (3.59%) Elasticsearch
17 16 (2.61%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 111 (18.11%) Jenkins
2 87 (14.19%) Git
3 53 (8.65%) JUnit
4 44 (7.18%) Mockito
5 43 (7.01%) JIRA
6 29 (4.73%) GitLab
7 28 (4.57%) JMeter
8 23 (3.75%) Maven
9 19 (3.10%) Selenium
10 18 (2.94%) Bitbucket
11 17 (2.77%) Cucumber
12 16 (2.61%) SonarQube
13 11 (1.79%) Bitbucket Server
13 11 (1.79%) DbUnit
13 11 (1.79%) jMock
14 9 (1.47%) IntelliJ
15 8 (1.31%) Vagrant
16 6 (0.98%) Cypress.io
16 6 (0.98%) Subversion
17 5 (0.82%) REST Assured
General
1 215 (35.07%) Finance
2 123 (20.07%) Social Skills
3 99 (16.15%) Front Office
4 93 (15.17%) Public Sector
5 61 (9.95%) Banking
6 55 (8.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 46 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
7 46 (7.50%) Law
8 34 (5.55%) Marketing
9 24 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (3.75%) Manufacturing
11 21 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (2.45%) Electronics
12 15 (2.45%) Retail
12 15 (2.45%) Telecoms
13 12 (1.96%) Investment Banking
14 11 (1.79%) Advertising
15 9 (1.47%) Czech Language
15 9 (1.47%) Financial Institution
16 7 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 287 (46.82%) Developer
2 151 (24.63%) Software Engineer
3 97 (15.82%) Python Developer
4 94 (15.33%) AWS Engineer
5 93 (15.17%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 93 (15.17%) Senior
6 92 (15.01%) Java Developer
7 89 (14.52%) Lead
8 84 (13.70%) AWS Developer
9 83 (13.54%) AWS Software Engineer
10 82 (13.38%) Python Engineer
11 77 (12.56%) Python Software Engineer
12 58 (9.46%) Full-Stack Developer
12 58 (9.46%) Java Engineer
13 44 (7.18%) Lead Developer
14 36 (5.87%) Java Software Engineer
15 34 (5.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 31 (5.06%) Software Developer
17 28 (4.57%) Senior Developer
18 27 (4.40%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (33.44%) React
2 163 (26.59%) Node.js
3 142 (23.16%) AngularJS
4 119 (19.41%) Spring
5 112 (18.27%) Spring Boot
6 111 (18.11%) REST
7 96 (15.66%) Vue
8 94 (15.33%) RESTful
9 82 (13.38%) Pandas
10 81 (13.21%) NumPy
11 80 (13.05%) SciPy
12 70 (11.42%) Kafka
13 63 (10.28%) FastAPI
14 60 (9.79%) HTML
15 53 (8.65%) Web Services
16 44 (7.18%) Hibernate
17 43 (7.01%) jQuery
18 41 (6.69%) ActiveMQ
19 39 (6.36%) Django
20 37 (6.04%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 89 (14.52%) Equities
1 89 (14.52%) Fixed Income
1 89 (14.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 74 (12.07%) Cloud Native
3 58 (9.46%) Distributed Systems
4 30 (4.89%) Management Information System
5 29 (4.73%) Algorithms
6 27 (4.40%) Linux Command Line
7 25 (4.08%) Data Structures
7 25 (4.08%) Product Ownership
8 19 (3.10%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (2.28%) Replication
10 13 (2.12%) Public Cloud
11 12 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (1.79%) e-Learning
12 11 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.79%) Mobile App
13 10 (1.63%) Derivative
14 9 (1.47%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 131 (21.37%) Linux
2 65 (10.60%) Windows
3 45 (7.34%) Unix
4 26 (4.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (2.28%) Android
5 14 (2.28%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.96%) Ubuntu
7 9 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (1.31%) Amazon Linux
8 8 (1.31%) VMS
9 5 (0.82%) Windows Server
10 4 (0.65%) Debian
11 2 (0.33%) CentOS
12 1 (0.16%) Fedora
12 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (52.04%) Agile
2 216 (35.24%) Software Engineering
3 206 (33.61%) CI/CD
4 160 (26.10%) Microservices
5 157 (25.61%) Problem-Solving
6 125 (20.39%) Fintech
7 124 (20.23%) Full-Stack Development
8 119 (19.41%) DevOps
9 104 (16.97%) Containerisation
10 94 (15.33%) Asset Management
11 93 (15.17%) Investment Management
12 89 (14.52%) AI
13 88 (14.36%) Mentoring
14 87 (14.19%) Risk Management
15 82 (13.38%) TDD
16 80 (13.05%) Order Management
16 80 (13.05%) Performance Attribution
17 74 (12.07%) Test Automation
18 70 (11.42%) Scrum
19 66 (10.77%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 308 (50.24%) Python
2 221 (36.05%) Java
3 220 (35.89%) JavaScript
4 188 (30.67%) SQL
5 175 (28.55%) TypeScript
6 40 (6.53%) C#
7 30 (4.89%) Shell Script
8 29 (4.73%) PowerShell
9 27 (4.40%) Bash
10 16 (2.61%) PHP
10 16 (2.61%) Rust
11 10 (1.63%) Go
11 10 (1.63%) Groovy
11 10 (1.63%) Kotlin
11 10 (1.63%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.47%) Korn
12 9 (1.47%) VBA
13 6 (0.98%) C++
13 6 (0.98%) Ruby
14 5 (0.82%) R
Qualifications
1 96 (15.66%) Security Cleared
2 69 (11.26%) SC Cleared
3 67 (10.93%) Degree
4 34 (5.55%) AWS Certification
5 16 (2.61%) ITIL Certification
6 15 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.45%) DV Cleared
7 13 (2.12%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.98%) DBS Check
8 6 (0.98%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.33%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.33%) CCNA
10 2 (0.33%) CCNP
10 2 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.33%) HNC
10 2 (0.33%) HND
10 2 (0.33%) MCSA
10 2 (0.33%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (7.83%) QA
2 26 (4.24%) SLA
3 17 (2.77%) GDPR
4 14 (2.28%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.47%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.98%) NIST
8 3 (0.49%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.49%) SEPA
9 2 (0.33%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.33%) PSD2
10 1 (0.16%) GAAP
10 1 (0.16%) GRC
10 1 (0.16%) IFRS
10 1 (0.16%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.16%) MiFID
System Software
1 223 (36.38%) Docker
2 20 (3.26%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.79%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 11 (1.79%) Postfix
4 8 (1.31%) DFS Replication
4 8 (1.31%) Dovecot
4 8 (1.31%) Squid
5 5 (0.82%) zsh
6 3 (0.49%) Apache Flume
6 3 (0.49%) HDFS
7 2 (0.33%) KVM
7 2 (0.33%) NFS
7 2 (0.33%) pfSense
7 2 (0.33%) Samba
7 2 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.33%) Xen
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 177 (28.87%) Kubernetes
2 79 (12.89%) Terraform
3 32 (5.22%) Kibana
4 29 (4.73%) Ansible
5 20 (3.26%) Grafana
5 20 (3.26%) Prometheus
6 15 (2.45%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (1.31%) Nessus
8 8 (1.31%) Progress Chef
8 8 (1.31%) Proxmox
9 7 (1.14%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.82%) logstash
11 4 (0.65%) Puppet
12 3 (0.49%) Argo
12 3 (0.49%) Kustomize
12 3 (0.49%) Oozie
12 3 (0.49%) Packer
13 2 (0.33%) CFEngine
14 1 (0.16%) Nagios
Vendors
1 97 (15.82%) Oracle
2 49 (7.99%) Microsoft
3 43 (7.01%) Red Hat
4 39 (6.36%) Splunk
5 32 (5.22%) Google
6 29 (4.73%) IBM
7 27 (4.40%) Dynatrace
8 21 (3.43%) ServiceNow
9 20 (3.26%) Atlassian
9 20 (3.26%) Informatica
9 20 (3.26%) SAP
10 18 (2.94%) Databricks
11 13 (2.12%) Dell
11 13 (2.12%) Jaspersoft
11 13 (2.12%) Talend
12 10 (1.63%) OpenAI
13 9 (1.47%) Salesforce
14 7 (1.14%) WSO2
15 5 (0.82%) Cisco
15 5 (0.82%) RedGate