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 requiring Postman skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 238 346
Rank change year-on-year -20 +108 -16
Permanent jobs citing Postman 31 10 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.23% 0.15% 0.24%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.10% 1.27% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 30 9 34
10th Percentile - £39,250 £43,625
25th Percentile £32,750 £41,250 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -29.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £63,438
90th Percentile £83,750 £67,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +4.84%

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 requiring development application skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 608 790 1,388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.45% 11.68% 8.89%
Number of salaries quoted 429 513 1,040
10th Percentile £32,750 £33,550 £38,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,650 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.25% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £72,813
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 job vacancy trend in the South East

Postman
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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 11 April 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 11 April 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
Surrey - 13 £33,500 - 4
Thames Valley -1 11 £57,500 - 6
Berkshire +12 6 £42,500 - 4
Buckinghamshire - 5 £82,500 - 1
Kent - 4 £42,250 -
Hampshire -20 3 £37,500 -18.92%
West Sussex - 2 £57,500 - 2
Postman
England

Postman
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (6.45%) CMS
1 2 (6.45%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) AWS
2 4 (12.90%) SaaS
3 3 (9.68%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (9.68%) Serverless
4 2 (6.45%) Azure
5 1 (3.23%) Boomi
5 1 (3.23%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.45%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.23%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 21 (67.74%) JIRA
1 21 (67.74%) Selenium
1 21 (67.74%) SoapUI
2 19 (61.29%) Team Foundation Server
3 16 (51.61%) WebDriver
4 4 (12.90%) SpecFlow
5 3 (9.68%) Cypress.io
5 3 (9.68%) JMeter
6 2 (6.45%) Appium
6 2 (6.45%) Charles Proxy
6 2 (6.45%) Cucumber
6 2 (6.45%) Fiddler
6 2 (6.45%) REST Assured
6 2 (6.45%) TestRail
7 1 (3.23%) Gatling
7 1 (3.23%) JUnit
7 1 (3.23%) TestNG
General
1 14 (45.16%) Social Skills
2 12 (38.71%) Finance
3 1 (3.23%) Advertising
3 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (41.94%) Analyst
1 13 (41.94%) Test Analyst
2 11 (35.48%) Lead
3 3 (9.68%) Developer
3 3 (9.68%) Lead Test Analyst
3 3 (9.68%) Senior
3 3 (9.68%) Test Leader
3 3 (9.68%) Tester
4 2 (6.45%) Head of Engineering
4 2 (6.45%) Head of QA
4 2 (6.45%) Lead Software Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Software Developer
4 2 (6.45%) Software Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Test Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Automation Tester
5 1 (3.23%) Developer in Test
5 1 (3.23%) QA Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (80.65%) .NET
2 22 (70.97%) SOAP
3 20 (64.52%) HTML
4 4 (12.90%) AngularJS
4 4 (12.90%) REST
5 3 (9.68%) .NET Framework
5 3 (9.68%) ASP.NET Web API
5 3 (9.68%) Playwright
6 2 (6.45%) pytest
7 1 (3.23%) CSS
7 1 (3.23%) JSON
7 1 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Over-the-Top Content
1 2 (6.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Android
1 2 (6.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (70.97%) Agile
1 22 (70.97%) API Testing
2 21 (67.74%) Scrum
2 21 (67.74%) Test Management
3 20 (64.52%) Software Testing
4 19 (61.29%) Cross-Browser Testing
4 19 (61.29%) Non-Functional Testing
5 16 (51.61%) Test Scripting
6 14 (45.16%) Mentoring
7 11 (35.48%) Logistics
8 9 (29.03%) Test Automation
9 5 (16.13%) AI
10 4 (12.90%) BDD
10 4 (12.90%) CI/CD
10 4 (12.90%) Software Engineering
11 3 (9.68%) Architectural Patterns
11 3 (9.68%) Containerisation
11 3 (9.68%) Event-Driven
11 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (9.68%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 25 (80.65%) Java
2 24 (77.42%) C#
3 23 (74.19%) SQL
4 3 (9.68%) Python
5 2 (6.45%) Go
5 2 (6.45%) PHP
5 2 (6.45%) TypeScript
6 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (51.61%) Degree
1 16 (51.61%) ISTQB
1 16 (51.61%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.13%) QA
System Software
1 5 (16.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (6.45%) Roku
2 1 (3.23%) IFS
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle