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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 219 177
Rank change year-on-year -48 -42 +29
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 717 717 1,592
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.46% 1.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.30% 9.43% 9.66%
Number of salaries quoted 549 525 1,059
10th Percentile £42,000 £44,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +20.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £86,250 £110,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,250 £137,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -7.08%

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 8,641 7,603 16,472
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.75% 15.47% 16.29%
Number of salaries quoted 5,730 4,905 11,589
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,475
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,743 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% +5.64% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £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 15 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 15 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 -53 617 £69,310 -7.59% 513
Work from Home +30 371 £67,500 -10.00% 483
UK excluding London -55 361 £62,500 -3.85% 494
London -80 262 £85,000 -15.00% 162
North of England -16 122 £65,000 -3.70% 115
South East -10 119 £59,500 +3.48% 115
North West -20 53 £65,000 -3.70% 57
South West -48 45 £62,500 +4.17% 41
North East -33 35 £65,000 +23.81% 15
Yorkshire -24 34 £65,000 -3.70% 43
East of England -27 26 £52,500 +69.35% 60
Midlands -49 21 £75,000 +11.11% 52
Scotland -1 18 £66,250 - 63
West Midlands -41 17 £80,000 +18.41% 25
Wales -56 12 £70,000 -9.68% 26
East Midlands -30 4 £65,000 +18.18% 27
Northern Ireland -63 1 £73,801 +34.18% 31

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 (3.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (3.49%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (3.21%) Apache
4 22 (3.07%) Confluence
5 21 (2.93%) Apache Spark
6 12 (1.67%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.84%) WordPress
8 5 (0.70%) Camunda
8 5 (0.70%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.42%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.42%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.28%) GeoServer
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%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.14%) WildFly
Applications
1 13 (1.81%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 417 (58.16%) AWS
2 272 (37.94%) Azure
3 127 (17.71%) GCP
4 93 (12.97%) Serverless
5 84 (11.72%) GitHub
6 68 (9.48%) Amazon S3
7 66 (9.21%) SaaS
8 60 (8.37%) Amazon ECS
9 49 (6.83%) AWS Lambda
9 49 (6.83%) Azure DevOps
10 47 (6.56%) Amazon EC2
11 45 (6.28%) Amazon EKS
12 42 (5.86%) Amazon SQS
12 42 (5.86%) Power Platform
13 33 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
14 32 (4.46%) GitHub Actions
15 28 (3.91%) Azure AKS
16 27 (3.77%) Azure Service Bus
17 22 (3.07%) AWS CloudFormation
18 19 (2.65%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.88%) Broadband
2 16 (2.23%) Firewall
3 14 (1.95%) DNS
4 13 (1.81%) DHCP
4 13 (1.81%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.26%) VPN
6 8 (1.12%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.12%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.12%) SAN
7 5 (0.70%) Network Security
7 5 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.42%) HTTP
8 3 (0.42%) VLAN
9 2 (0.28%) MQTT
9 2 (0.28%) PBX
9 2 (0.28%) SMS
10 1 (0.14%) AMQP
10 1 (0.14%) Asterisk PBX
10 1 (0.14%) LTE
10 1 (0.14%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 198 (27.62%) MongoDB
2 178 (24.83%) MySQL
3 117 (16.32%) SQL Server
4 111 (15.48%) Relational Database
5 104 (14.50%) NoSQL
6 76 (10.60%) Redis
7 34 (4.74%) Data Warehouse
8 32 (4.46%) Power BI
9 30 (4.18%) DynamoDB
9 30 (4.18%) Elasticsearch
10 29 (4.04%) Amazon RDS
11 21 (2.93%) Metadata
12 20 (2.79%) Amazon Redshift
13 19 (2.65%) Big Data
14 18 (2.51%) Apache Cassandra
15 16 (2.23%) Oracle Database
16 15 (2.09%) Amazon Aurora
17 14 (1.95%) Data Lake
17 14 (1.95%) DTS
17 14 (1.95%) GIS
Development Applications
1 136 (18.97%) Git
2 48 (6.69%) Jenkins
3 46 (6.42%) GitLab
4 31 (4.32%) JIRA
5 24 (3.35%) JUnit
6 23 (3.21%) Cypress.io
7 20 (2.79%) Mockito
8 15 (2.09%) TeamCity
9 14 (1.95%) Bitbucket
10 10 (1.39%) JMeter
11 9 (1.26%) Claude Code
12 8 (1.12%) Maven
12 8 (1.12%) Vite
13 6 (0.84%) Selenium
14 5 (0.70%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.70%) Gatling
15 4 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 4 (0.56%) Storybook
16 3 (0.42%) Eclipse
16 3 (0.42%) RSpec
General
1 153 (21.34%) Social Skills
2 98 (13.67%) Public Sector
3 95 (13.25%) Finance
4 65 (9.07%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (6.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (4.74%) Games
7 29 (4.04%) Law
7 29 (4.04%) Retail
8 28 (3.91%) Banking
9 19 (2.65%) Manufacturing
9 19 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (2.51%) Legal
11 16 (2.23%) Front Office
12 15 (2.09%) Advertising
13 11 (1.53%) Legal Technology
14 10 (1.39%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.26%) Aerospace
16 8 (1.12%) Aviation
17 7 (0.98%) Automotive
17 7 (0.98%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 241 (33.61%) Developer
2 160 (22.32%) Senior
3 139 (19.39%) Software Engineer
4 125 (17.43%) Lead
5 83 (11.58%) Full-Stack Developer
6 60 (8.37%) Python Engineer
7 50 (6.97%) Lead Developer
8 48 (6.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 47 (6.56%) Architect
10 46 (6.42%) Python Developer
11 45 (6.28%) Data Engineer
12 41 (5.72%) Lead Software Engineer
13 40 (5.58%) DevOps Engineer
14 39 (5.44%) Java Developer
15 35 (4.88%) Senior Software Engineer
16 33 (4.60%) Java Engineer
17 32 (4.46%) Senior Developer
17 32 (4.46%) Software Developer
18 27 (3.77%) Ruby Developer
19 21 (2.93%) Database Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (25.52%) React
2 172 (23.99%) Node.js
3 139 (19.39%) RESTful
4 94 (13.11%) REST
5 88 (12.27%) Spring
6 85 (11.85%) Spring Boot
7 75 (10.46%) Kafka
8 57 (7.95%) FastAPI
9 56 (7.81%) CSS
10 55 (7.67%) Ruby on Rails
11 51 (7.11%) JSON
12 50 (6.97%) HTML
12 50 (6.97%) Next.js
13 48 (6.69%) .NET
14 37 (5.16%) AngularJS
15 34 (4.74%) Jest
16 33 (4.60%) Django
17 31 (4.32%) Vue
18 27 (3.77%) Flask
18 27 (3.77%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 152 (21.20%) Cloud Native
2 86 (11.99%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (5.30%) Low-Code
4 32 (4.46%) Onboarding
4 32 (4.46%) Video\Live Streaming
5 31 (4.32%) Product Ownership
6 26 (3.63%) Legacy Systems
7 23 (3.21%) Blog
7 23 (3.21%) Data Structures
8 21 (2.93%) Algorithms
9 19 (2.65%) AI Agents
10 17 (2.37%) Replication
11 16 (2.23%) Derivative
11 16 (2.23%) Equities
11 16 (2.23%) Fixed Income
12 15 (2.09%) Management Information System
12 15 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
14 12 (1.67%) Public Cloud
15 11 (1.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 104 (14.50%) Linux
2 43 (6.00%) Windows
3 21 (2.93%) Unix
4 17 (2.37%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.98%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.56%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.42%) CentOS
8 3 (0.42%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.14%) AIX
9 1 (0.14%) Debian
9 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (43.65%) CI/CD
2 258 (35.98%) Agile
3 246 (34.31%) Software Engineering
4 214 (29.85%) Microservices
5 204 (28.45%) Full-Stack Development
6 181 (25.24%) DevOps
7 173 (24.13%) AI
8 157 (21.90%) Infrastructure as Code
9 150 (20.92%) Mentoring
10 134 (18.69%) Containerisation
11 129 (17.99%) Test Automation
12 119 (16.60%) Observability
13 116 (16.18%) Continuous Improvement
13 116 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
14 91 (12.69%) API Design
15 88 (12.27%) Data Modelling
16 86 (11.99%) Analytics
17 82 (11.44%) Clean Code
18 77 (10.74%) Scrum
18 77 (10.74%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 308 (42.96%) Python
2 207 (28.87%) SQL
3 203 (28.31%) Java
4 163 (22.73%) JavaScript
5 131 (18.27%) TypeScript
6 58 (8.09%) Ruby
7 54 (7.53%) C#
7 54 (7.53%) Go
8 43 (6.00%) PowerShell
9 36 (5.02%) Bash
10 25 (3.49%) PHP
11 17 (2.37%) Scala
12 16 (2.23%) C++
13 12 (1.67%) T-SQL
14 10 (1.39%) RPG
14 10 (1.39%) Shell Script
15 9 (1.26%) Perl
16 6 (0.84%) C
16 6 (0.84%) Korn
17 5 (0.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 101 (14.09%) Security Cleared
2 77 (10.74%) Degree
3 67 (9.34%) SC Cleared
4 31 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.65%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.81%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.53%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.70%) PhD
11 4 (0.56%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.42%) 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 58 (8.09%) Data Quality
2 39 (5.44%) QA
3 23 (3.21%) GDPR
4 16 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.95%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.56%) WCAG
7 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.42%) 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
1 202 (28.17%) Docker
2 28 (3.91%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.26%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 4 (0.56%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.56%) 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
1 192 (26.78%) Kubernetes
2 148 (20.64%) Terraform
3 40 (5.58%) Ansible
3 40 (5.58%) Grafana
4 29 (4.04%) Argo
5 25 (3.49%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.39%) Kibana
7 7 (0.98%) Progress Chef
7 7 (0.98%) Puppet
8 6 (0.84%) Istio
8 6 (0.84%) Kustomize
9 5 (0.70%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.56%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.42%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.42%) Packer
11 3 (0.42%) Plesk
11 3 (0.42%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.42%) Rancher
11 3 (0.42%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 77 (10.74%) Microsoft
2 73 (10.18%) Oracle
3 42 (5.86%) Google
4 22 (3.07%) OpenAI
5 18 (2.51%) Red Hat
6 17 (2.37%) Dynatrace
7 16 (2.23%) Databricks
8 13 (1.81%) IBM
8 13 (1.81%) Splunk
9 8 (1.12%) Dell
9 8 (1.12%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.98%) Pega
11 5 (0.70%) Informatica
11 5 (0.70%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.56%) Confluent
12 4 (0.56%) Meraki
12 4 (0.56%) Netezza
12 4 (0.56%) Remedy
12 4 (0.56%) VMware
13 3 (0.42%) Revolut