Postman Job Trends in the South East

Postman
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East citing Postman skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	337	245	291
Rank change year-on-year	-92	+46	-65
Permanent jobs citing Postman	18	32	26
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East	0.087%	0.36%	0.23%
As % of the Development Applications category	2.27%	4.81%	2.07%
Number of salaries quoted	13	31	19
10^th Percentile	£36,700	£32,750	£46,250
25^th Percentile	£42,500	£41,250	£59,375
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£48,500	£47,500	£72,500
Median % change year-on-year	+2.11%	-34.48%	+34.88%
75^th Percentile	£63,750	£58,750	£73,750
90^th Percentile	-	£63,750	£74,000
England median annual salary	£50,000	£52,500	£62,500
% change year-on-year	-4.76%	-16.00%	+4.17%

All Development Application Skills
South East

Postman falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing development application skills in the South East.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing development application skills	793	665	1,258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East	3.82%	7.46%	11.07%
Number of salaries quoted	524	375	672
10^th Percentile	£35,000	£30,800	£37,500
25^th Percentile	£46,250	£41,125	£46,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£72,500	£75,000
90^th Percentile	£79,625	£82,500	£83,750
England median annual salary	£62,500	£60,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+4.17%	-	-7.69%

Postman Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Postman relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Postman Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Postman.

Postman Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Postman in the South East over the 6 months to 2 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Postman in the South East

Postman Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Postman within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Thames Valley	-27	7	£62,500	+31.58%
Oxfordshire	-41	4	£62,500	+47.06%
Kent	-	3	-	-
East Sussex	-6	2	£57,500	-4.17%	2
Berkshire	-20	2	£36,700	-22.74%
West Sussex	-34	2	£48,500	-25.38%
Buckinghamshire	-11	1	£45,000	-5.26%
Surrey	-55	1	£37,500	-11.76%	2
Hampshire	-64	1	£45,000	-14.29%	3
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Postman Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 2 November 2026, job vacancies citing Postman also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region citing Postman.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	66.7%	12
2	QA	61.1%	11
2	REST	61.1%	11
4	API Testing	55.6%	10
4	JavaScript	55.6%	10
6	Agile	44.4%	8
6	AI	44.4%	8
6	Git	44.4%	8
9	.NET	38.9%	7
9	.NET Framework	38.9%	7
9	C#	38.9%	7
9	Playwright	38.9%	7
9	Software Engineering	38.9%	7
9	Test Automation	38.9%	7
15	Degree	33.3%	6
15	Microsoft	33.3%	6
15	Swagger	33.3%	6
15	TypeScript	33.3%	6
19	JIRA	27.8%	5
20	Agile Testing	22.2%	4
20	Azure DevOps	22.2%	4
20	BDD	22.2%	4
20	C	22.2%	4
20	Coaching	22.2%	4
20	CSS	22.2%	4
20	Cucumber	22.2%	4
20	DevOps	22.2%	4
20	Exploratory Testing	22.2%	4
20	Gherkin	22.2%	4
20	GitHub	22.2%	4

Postman Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Development Applications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Git	44.4%	8
2	JIRA	27.8%	5
3	Cucumber	22.2%	4
4	Browser DevTools	11.1%	2
4	Cypress.io	11.1%	2
4	Jenkins	11.1%	2
4	Selenium	11.1%	2
4	TestRail	11.1%	2
4	Zephyr	11.1%	2
10	GitLab	5.6%	1
10	SoapUI	5.6%	1