PostgreSQL Jobs

PostgreSQL (Postgres)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PostgreSQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PostgreSQL over the 6 months to 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 217 70
Rank change year-on-year +72 -147 +40
Permanent jobs citing PostgreSQL 2,078 1,613 8,792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.95% 1.73% 5.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 11.26% 8.07% 18.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,179 1,135 2,097
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +16.32%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

PostgreSQL is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 18,458 19,994 48,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.34% 21.41% 28.22%
Number of salaries quoted 12,518 12,767 20,990
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

PostgreSQL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PostgreSQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PostgreSQL.

Salary trend for PostgreSQL in the UK

PostgreSQL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PostgreSQL over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

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 5 June 2024. 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 +81 1,783 £65,000 -7.14% 331
UK excluding London +120 1,345 £55,000 -4.35% 182
Work from Home +47 926 £65,000 -7.14% 202
London +35 647 £80,000 -5.88% 176
North of England +131 414 £55,000 - 48
South East +127 329 £52,500 -17.65% 48
North West +128 290 £53,750 -17.31% 38
Midlands +110 213 £50,000 - 18
East Midlands +86 139 £50,000 - 7
Scotland -37 115 £50,000 -13.04% 17
South West -6 108 £60,000 +1.37% 32
Yorkshire +64 83 £53,750 +19.44% 9
East of England -21 71 £57,500 -11.54% 9
West Midlands +6 70 £50,000 -0.99% 11
Wales +25 56 £51,051 -21.46% 2
North East +8 43 £65,465 +63.66% 1
Northern Ireland +20 39 £85,000 +70.00% 11

PostgreSQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 346 (16.65%) ArcGIS
2 332 (15.98%) GeoServer
3 168 (8.08%) Apache
4 137 (6.59%) Apache Airflow
5 42 (2.02%) Confluence
6 38 (1.83%) OpenStack
7 34 (1.64%) nginx
8 22 (1.06%) Apache Spark
9 15 (0.72%) SharePoint
10 12 (0.58%) JBoss
11 10 (0.48%) Red Hat Fuse
12 6 (0.29%) Luigi
13 4 (0.19%) CMS
13 4 (0.19%) IIS
14 3 (0.14%) Drupal
14 3 (0.14%) Tomcat
15 2 (0.096%) Cloud Foundry
15 2 (0.096%) Microsoft Exchange
15 2 (0.096%) Moodle
15 2 (0.096%) Totara
Applications
1 21 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.096%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.048%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.048%) Notion
5 1 (0.048%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (1.06%) NEC Housing
2 9 (0.43%) Sage X3
2 9 (0.43%) SAP Business One
3 6 (0.29%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.24%) Odoo
4 5 (0.24%) Shopify
5 3 (0.14%) iTrent
6 2 (0.096%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.048%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.048%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.048%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.048%) Ripple
7 1 (0.048%) Ripple XRP
Cloud Services
1 1,196 (57.56%) AWS
2 1,014 (48.80%) Azure
3 238 (11.45%) IBM Cloud
4 228 (10.97%) Serverless
5 180 (8.66%) GCP
6 179 (8.61%) Azure DevOps
7 129 (6.21%) Azure Service Bus
8 126 (6.06%) Azure API Management
8 126 (6.06%) Azure Functions
8 126 (6.06%) Azure Logic Apps
9 81 (3.90%) GitHub
10 79 (3.80%) SaaS
11 77 (3.71%) Amazon ECS
12 65 (3.13%) Amazon EKS
13 55 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
14 49 (2.36%) Amazon Kinesis
15 41 (1.97%) Amazon S3
16 33 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
16 33 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
17 30 (1.44%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 34 (1.64%) Firewall
2 19 (0.91%) DNS
3 18 (0.87%) HTTP
4 16 (0.77%) LAN
5 14 (0.67%) Internet
6 11 (0.53%) VPN
7 10 (0.48%) WAN
8 9 (0.43%) MQTT
8 9 (0.43%) PBX
9 8 (0.38%) FTP
10 7 (0.34%) SAN
10 7 (0.34%) Wireless
11 6 (0.29%) MPLS
11 6 (0.29%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.24%) BGP
12 5 (0.24%) Reverse Proxy
12 5 (0.24%) SSH
13 4 (0.19%) Ethernet
13 4 (0.19%) Network Security
14 3 (0.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 475 (22.86%) MongoDB
2 427 (20.55%) NoSQL
3 373 (17.95%) GIS
4 333 (16.03%) QGIS
5 321 (15.45%) MySQL
6 290 (13.96%) Relational Database
7 268 (12.90%) SQL Server
8 238 (11.45%) DB2
9 125 (6.02%) Redis
10 122 (5.87%) Oracle Database
11 99 (4.76%) Apache Ignite
12 93 (4.48%) Oracle Database 11g
13 68 (3.27%) Amazon Aurora
14 65 (3.13%) DynamoDB
15 51 (2.45%) Amazon RDS
16 48 (2.31%) Hadoop
17 43 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
18 42 (2.02%) RDBMS
19 32 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
20 31 (1.49%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 269 (12.95%) Git
2 135 (6.50%) Jenkins
3 81 (3.90%) JIRA
4 75 (3.61%) GitLab
5 69 (3.32%) Cypress.io
6 38 (1.83%) Bitbucket
7 29 (1.40%) JUnit
8 26 (1.25%) Subversion
9 21 (1.01%) Gatling
10 17 (0.82%) Cucumber
10 17 (0.82%) Maven
10 17 (0.82%) PHPUnit
10 17 (0.82%) Selenium
11 11 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
11 11 (0.53%) SonarQube
12 9 (0.43%) GNU Toolchain
12 9 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
13 8 (0.38%) JMeter
13 8 (0.38%) Mockito
14 7 (0.34%) Eclipse
General
1 354 (17.04%) Public Sector
2 349 (16.79%) Social Skills
3 345 (16.60%) Finance
4 153 (7.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 123 (5.92%) Analytical Skills
6 118 (5.68%) Banking
7 107 (5.15%) Front Office
8 69 (3.32%) Games
9 46 (2.21%) Electronics
9 46 (2.21%) Manufacturing
10 45 (2.17%) Retail
11 40 (1.92%) Marketing
12 36 (1.73%) Local Government
13 32 (1.54%) Law
14 30 (1.44%) Telecoms
15 27 (1.30%) Legal
16 23 (1.11%) Police
17 22 (1.06%) Back Office
18 21 (1.01%) Billing
19 18 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 853 (41.05%) Developer
2 684 (32.92%) Software Engineer
3 594 (28.59%) Senior
4 293 (14.10%) Senior Software Engineer
5 280 (13.47%) Full Stack Developer
6 209 (10.06%) Senior Developer
7 189 (9.10%) Full Stack Engineer
8 151 (7.27%) Python Developer
8 151 (7.27%) Python Engineer
9 135 (6.50%) Azure Engineer
10 132 (6.35%) Java Developer
11 126 (6.06%) Azure Developer
12 120 (5.77%) React Developer
13 111 (5.34%) Python Software Engineer
14 109 (5.25%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 94 (4.52%) Database Developer
15 94 (4.52%) PostgreSQL Developer
16 82 (3.95%) Java Engineer
17 80 (3.85%) Lead
17 80 (3.85%) Senior Database Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 969 (46.63%) React
2 709 (34.12%) CSS
3 683 (32.87%) .NET
4 472 (22.71%) REST
5 420 (20.21%) HTML
6 400 (19.25%) Web Services
7 377 (18.14%) AngularJS
8 342 (16.46%) PostGIS
9 338 (16.27%) OpenLayers
10 336 (16.17%) Leaflet
11 326 (15.69%) Node.js
12 323 (15.54%) Vue
13 322 (15.50%) .NET Core
14 270 (12.99%) jQuery
15 269 (12.95%) ASP.NET
16 260 (12.51%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 244 (11.74%) ASP.NET Core
18 241 (11.60%) Ember.js
19 238 (11.45%) Backbone.js
20 186 (8.95%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 267 (12.85%) Algorithms
2 258 (12.42%) Data Structures
3 244 (11.74%) Blockchain
4 241 (11.60%) Hybrid Cloud
5 117 (5.63%) e-Learning
6 113 (5.44%) Hedge funds
7 99 (4.76%) Fixed Income
8 83 (3.99%) Distributed Systems
9 55 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
10 52 (2.50%) Equities
11 41 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
12 37 (1.78%) Blog
13 33 (1.59%) Product Ownership
14 31 (1.49%) Media Streaming
15 27 (1.30%) Client/Server
15 27 (1.30%) Driving Licence
16 22 (1.06%) IoT
16 22 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
17 20 (0.96%) Data Centre
18 19 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 510 (24.54%) Linux
2 325 (15.64%) Windows
3 243 (11.69%) Android
4 239 (11.50%) Apple iOS
5 59 (2.84%) Ubuntu
6 56 (2.69%) Unix
7 22 (1.06%) AIX
7 22 (1.06%) Windows Server
8 18 (0.87%) CentOS
8 18 (0.87%) Debian
9 10 (0.48%) Windows 10
10 9 (0.43%) Mac OS
11 8 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
12 7 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 7 (0.34%) SUSE
12 7 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
13 6 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
14 4 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
14 4 (0.19%) VMS
15 2 (0.096%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 926 (44.56%) Agile
2 835 (40.18%) Software Engineering
3 758 (36.48%) DevOps
4 635 (30.56%) Web Development
5 583 (28.06%) Full Stack Development
6 497 (23.92%) Artificial Intelligence
7 424 (20.40%) Actionable Insight
8 320 (15.40%) OO
9 311 (14.97%) User Experience
10 308 (14.82%) Design Patterns
11 274 (13.19%) Microservices
12 273 (13.14%) Mentoring
13 270 (12.99%) OOP
14 266 (12.80%) MVC
15 261 (12.56%) Problem-Solving
16 254 (12.22%) SOLID
17 251 (12.08%) MVVM
18 246 (11.84%) CI/CD
19 240 (11.55%) Responsive Web Design
20 238 (11.45%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1,041 (50.10%) Python
2 920 (44.27%) JavaScript
3 842 (40.52%) SQL
4 612 (29.45%) C#
5 575 (27.67%) Java
6 265 (12.75%) TypeScript
7 142 (6.83%) Go
8 106 (5.10%) Kotlin
9 104 (5.00%) PL/SQL
10 92 (4.43%) PHP
11 84 (4.04%) Scala
12 68 (3.27%) Bash
13 62 (2.98%) C++
14 61 (2.94%) C
15 48 (2.31%) PowerShell
16 46 (2.21%) Ruby
17 28 (1.35%) T-SQL
18 24 (1.15%) R
18 24 (1.15%) Shell Script
18 24 (1.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 469 (22.57%) Security Cleared
2 430 (20.69%) SC Cleared
3 210 (10.11%) Degree
4 108 (5.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (1.64%) Master's Degree
6 22 (1.06%) Oracle Certification
7 17 (0.82%) Azure Certification
8 13 (0.63%) AWS Certification
8 13 (0.63%) CCNA
8 13 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (0.53%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (0.19%) MCSE
12 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.19%) PhD
13 3 (0.14%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.096%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 2 (0.096%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.096%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (2.45%) QA
2 46 (2.21%) Accessibility
3 30 (1.44%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (0.29%) GMP
5 5 (0.24%) MiFID
5 5 (0.24%) SLA
6 2 (0.096%) GDPR
7 1 (0.048%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.048%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.048%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.048%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 349 (16.79%) Docker
2 47 (2.26%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.49%) Hyper-V
4 16 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 4 (0.19%) VMware Server
8 4 (0.19%) vSphere
9 3 (0.14%) VirtualBox
10 2 (0.096%) KVM
10 2 (0.096%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.048%) Dovecot
11 1 (0.048%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.048%) etcd
11 1 (0.048%) Firmware
11 1 (0.048%) iptables
11 1 (0.048%) Postfix
11 1 (0.048%) vCloud
11 1 (0.048%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 272 (13.09%) Kubernetes
2 174 (8.37%) Terraform
3 135 (6.50%) Ansible
4 41 (1.97%) Grafana
5 22 (1.06%) Puppet
6 16 (0.77%) Progress Chef
6 16 (0.77%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.67%) Kibana
8 8 (0.38%) Packer
9 7 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (0.34%) Data Guard
9 7 (0.34%) Foglight
10 6 (0.29%) logstash
10 6 (0.29%) Red Hat Spacewalk
11 5 (0.24%) Consul
11 5 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
11 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Clustering
12 4 (0.19%) Podman
12 4 (0.19%) SCOM
12 4 (0.19%) vMotion
Vendors
1 340 (16.36%) ESRI
2 261 (12.56%) Oracle
3 249 (11.98%) Red Hat
4 239 (11.50%) IBM
5 172 (8.28%) Google
6 115 (5.53%) Microsoft
7 39 (1.88%) SAP
8 34 (1.64%) VMware
9 33 (1.59%) WSO2
10 22 (1.06%) NEC
11 21 (1.01%) Atlassian
12 18 (0.87%) Apple
12 18 (0.87%) Splunk
13 16 (0.77%) Databricks
14 10 (0.48%) Cisco
15 9 (0.43%) Dynatrace
15 9 (0.43%) Palo Alto
15 9 (0.43%) Sage
16 8 (0.38%) New Relic
17 7 (0.34%) SaltStack