Hybrid/Remote PostgreSQL Job Trends

PostgreSQL (Postgres)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring PostgreSQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 109 157
Rank change year-on-year -66 +48 -38
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 259 389 670
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.46% 2.93% 2.06%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 11.17% 11.59% 9.24%
Number of salaries quoted 208 262 537
10th Percentile £42,500 £48,787 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £80,108 £102,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,750 £131,750 £105,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +15.38% -7.14%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,318 3,356 7,248
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.05% 25.27% 22.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,723 2,432 6,236
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,177 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £90,000 £74,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £121,125 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

PostgreSQL
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PostgreSQL and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

PostgreSQL job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

PostgreSQL
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PostgreSQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PostgreSQL over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

PostgreSQL salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

PostgreSQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 14 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.25%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.93%) Apache
4 4 (1.54%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.54%) ArcGIS
4 4 (1.54%) GeoServer
4 4 (1.54%) OpenStack
4 4 (1.54%) Oracle Spatial
5 2 (0.77%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.77%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.77%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.77%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.39%) Camunda
6 1 (0.39%) Confluence
6 1 (0.39%) JBoss
6 1 (0.39%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.39%) WildFly
Cloud Services
1 188 (72.59%) AWS
2 97 (37.45%) Azure
3 72 (27.80%) GCP
4 50 (19.31%) Serverless
5 40 (15.44%) Amazon ECS
6 37 (14.29%) AWS Lambda
7 34 (13.13%) Amazon S3
8 32 (12.36%) SaaS
9 31 (11.97%) Amazon SQS
10 25 (9.65%) Amazon EC2
11 24 (9.27%) GitHub
12 18 (6.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 17 (6.56%) AWS CloudFormation
13 17 (6.56%) dbt
14 16 (6.18%) Power Platform
15 15 (5.79%) Amazon EKS
16 14 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
16 14 (5.41%) OpenShift
17 13 (5.02%) Azure DevOps
18 11 (4.25%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.18%) TCP/IP
2 7 (2.70%) Broadband
3 4 (1.54%) DHCP
3 4 (1.54%) DNS
3 4 (1.54%) VPN
3 4 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.77%) Firewall
4 2 (0.77%) iSCSI
4 2 (0.77%) Network Security
4 2 (0.77%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (0.77%) SAN
4 2 (0.77%) SSL
5 1 (0.39%) AMQP
5 1 (0.39%) LAN
5 1 (0.39%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (25.10%) MongoDB
2 48 (18.53%) SQL Server
3 44 (16.99%) MySQL
4 38 (14.67%) NoSQL
5 33 (12.74%) Relational Database
6 25 (9.65%) Redis
7 15 (5.79%) Elasticsearch
8 13 (5.02%) Amazon RDS
8 13 (5.02%) DynamoDB
9 12 (4.63%) Power BI
10 10 (3.86%) BigQuery
11 9 (3.47%) MariaDB
12 8 (3.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (1.93%) Metadata
14 4 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (1.54%) Apache Cassandra
14 4 (1.54%) GIS
14 4 (1.54%) Oracle Database
14 4 (1.54%) QGIS
15 3 (1.16%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 47 (18.15%) Git
2 22 (8.49%) Cypress.io
3 20 (7.72%) Jenkins
4 17 (6.56%) GitLab
5 10 (3.86%) JUnit
5 10 (3.86%) Selenium
6 9 (3.47%) Cucumber
6 9 (3.47%) TeamCity
7 6 (2.32%) CircleCI
8 5 (1.93%) JIRA
9 2 (0.77%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.77%) Maven
9 2 (0.77%) MSTest
10 1 (0.39%) Gradle
10 1 (0.39%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.39%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.39%) JMeter
10 1 (0.39%) jMock
10 1 (0.39%) Karma Test Runner
10 1 (0.39%) PHPUnit
General
1 70 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 44 (16.99%) Finance
3 28 (10.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 27 (10.42%) Public Sector
5 25 (9.65%) Law
6 23 (8.88%) Retail
7 20 (7.72%) Banking
8 18 (6.95%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (3.47%) Financial Institution
9 9 (3.47%) Front Office
10 7 (2.70%) Games
11 5 (1.93%) Back Office
12 4 (1.54%) Legal
12 4 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.54%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.16%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.16%) Aviation
14 2 (0.77%) Advertising
14 2 (0.77%) Electronics
14 2 (0.77%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 82 (31.66%) Developer
2 74 (28.57%) Senior
3 58 (22.39%) Software Engineer
4 39 (15.06%) Full-Stack Developer
5 33 (12.74%) Lead
6 27 (10.42%) Python Engineer
7 24 (9.27%) Java Engineer
8 23 (8.88%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 19 (7.34%) Senior Software Engineer
10 16 (6.18%) Lead Developer
10 16 (6.18%) Lead Software Engineer
11 14 (5.41%) Data Engineer
11 14 (5.41%) Java Software Engineer
12 13 (5.02%) Analyst
12 13 (5.02%) AWS Engineer
12 13 (5.02%) Java Developer
12 13 (5.02%) Senior Developer
13 11 (4.25%) Architect
13 11 (4.25%) Python Developer
14 9 (3.47%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (33.98%) React
2 68 (26.25%) Node.js
3 44 (16.99%) Django
4 40 (15.44%) RESTful
5 31 (11.97%) Spring
6 29 (11.20%) Spring Boot
7 27 (10.42%) FastAPI
7 27 (10.42%) REST
8 23 (8.88%) Jest
8 23 (8.88%) Ruby on Rails
9 20 (7.72%) .NET
9 20 (7.72%) Flask
9 20 (7.72%) Kafka
10 16 (6.18%) AngularJS
10 16 (6.18%) JSON
11 15 (5.79%) CSS
11 15 (5.79%) HTML
11 15 (5.79%) Vue
12 12 (4.63%) Elastic Stack
12 12 (4.63%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 59 (22.78%) Cloud Native
2 18 (6.95%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (6.56%) Product Ownership
4 16 (6.18%) Blog
5 14 (5.41%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.86%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (3.47%) Data Structures
8 8 (3.09%) Algorithms
8 8 (3.09%) Derivative
8 8 (3.09%) Equities
8 8 (3.09%) Fixed Income
8 8 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.70%) Linux Command Line
9 7 (2.70%) Low-Code
9 7 (2.70%) Video\Live Streaming
10 6 (2.32%) CUDA
10 6 (2.32%) Distributed Architecture
10 6 (2.32%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (2.32%) Replication
11 5 (1.93%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 33 (12.74%) Linux
2 18 (6.95%) Unix
3 14 (5.41%) Windows
4 7 (2.70%) Android
4 7 (2.70%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.54%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.54%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.77%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.39%) AIX
8 1 (0.39%) CentOS
8 1 (0.39%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (39.77%) CI/CD
2 95 (36.68%) Software Engineering
3 93 (35.91%) Microservices
4 84 (32.43%) Full-Stack Development
5 79 (30.50%) DevOps
6 76 (29.34%) Agile
7 64 (24.71%) Test Automation
8 55 (21.24%) Mentoring
9 51 (19.69%) Infrastructure as Code
10 42 (16.22%) Containerisation
11 41 (15.83%) AI
12 40 (15.44%) TDD
13 38 (14.67%) Clean Code
13 38 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
14 31 (11.97%) Analytics
14 31 (11.97%) Technical Leadership
15 30 (11.58%) Event-Driven
15 30 (11.58%) Observability
16 29 (11.20%) Computer Science
16 29 (11.20%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 111 (42.86%) Python
2 82 (31.66%) Java
3 79 (30.50%) SQL
4 65 (25.10%) JavaScript
5 44 (16.99%) TypeScript
6 25 (9.65%) Ruby
7 20 (7.72%) PowerShell
8 18 (6.95%) C#
9 16 (6.18%) Go
10 14 (5.41%) PHP
11 12 (4.63%) Delphi
12 9 (3.47%) T-SQL
13 7 (2.70%) Bash
14 4 (1.54%) Pascal
15 2 (0.77%) Korn
15 2 (0.77%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.77%) Scala
16 1 (0.39%) Dart
16 1 (0.39%) Elm
16 1 (0.39%) Rust
Qualifications
1 39 (15.06%) Degree
2 37 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 34 (13.13%) SC Cleared
4 23 (8.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.93%) AWS Certification
5 5 (1.93%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.16%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.77%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.39%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.18%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.02%) QA
3 11 (4.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.70%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.32%) GDPR
6 2 (0.77%) SLA
6 2 (0.77%) WCAG
7 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.39%) HL7
7 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.39%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 86 (33.20%) Docker
2 10 (3.86%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 2 (0.77%) Firmware
5 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.39%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 75 (28.96%) Kubernetes
2 66 (25.48%) Terraform
3 31 (11.97%) Grafana
4 16 (6.18%) Ansible
5 15 (5.79%) Argo
6 13 (5.02%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.93%) AWS Copilot
8 3 (1.16%) Data Guard
8 3 (1.16%) Kibana
8 3 (1.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.77%) Istio
9 2 (0.77%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.77%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.39%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.39%) Packer
10 1 (0.39%) Plesk
10 1 (0.39%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 22 (8.49%) Oracle
2 18 (6.95%) Microsoft
3 15 (5.79%) Google
4 14 (5.41%) Red Hat
5 4 (1.54%) Databricks
5 4 (1.54%) ESRI
5 4 (1.54%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.16%) Revolut
6 3 (1.16%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.77%) Dell
7 2 (0.77%) Dynatrace
7 2 (0.77%) IBM
7 2 (0.77%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.39%) Apple
8 1 (0.39%) Cisco
8 1 (0.39%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.39%) Foundry
8 1 (0.39%) Juniper
8 1 (0.39%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.39%) VMware