Which roles ask for PostgreSQL at tech companies · 167 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
167 roles counted that list PostgreSQL, one per company, title and level; 395 postings in the window.
In short
PostgreSQL: listed in 167 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 134 and preferred in 33. The largest group is software engineer roles: 125 of 167 (75%).
- Required
- 134 of 167 (80%)
- Of the roles that list PostgreSQL
- Preferred
- 33 of 167 (20%)
- Of the roles that list PostgreSQL
- Largest group
- 125 of 167 (75%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for PostgreSQL
Roles listing PostgreSQL, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineer | 125 | 125 of 719 (17%) |
| Data engineer | 9 | 9 of 99 (9%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 7 | 7 of 70 (10%) |
| DevOps engineer | 5 | 5 of 58 (9%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 4 | 4 of 79 (5%) |
| Platform engineer | 4 | 4 of 57 (7%) |
| Software architect | 3 | 3 of 32 |
| AI engineer | 2 | 2 of 70 (3%) |
| Data architect | 2 | 2 of 11 |
| Forward deployed engineer | 2 | 2 of 63 (3%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- Okta5 roles
- Cloudflare4 roles
- GitLab4 roles
- Crusoe3 roles
- Notion3 roles
- Xsolla3 roles
- Be | Shaping the Future2 roles
- Caliberly2 roles
- Sezzle2 roles
- goPro Consultancy Group ltd.2 roles
Asked alongside
Out of the 167 PostgreSQL roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 66 of 167 (40%) |
| AWS | 61 of 167 (37%) |
| Docker | 48 of 167 (29%) |
| CI/CD | 46 of 167 (28%) |
| REST | 46 of 167 (28%) |
| MySQL | 45 of 167 (27%) |
| TypeScript | 44 of 167 (26%) |
| Git | 41 of 167 (25%) |
| React | 41 of 167 (25%) |
| Go | 40 of 167 (24%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Docker | 31 of 167 (19%) |
| Kubernetes | 31 of 167 (19%) |
| AWS | 28 of 167 (17%) |
| CI/CD | 26 of 167 (16%) |
| GCP | 21 of 167 (13%) |
| TypeScript | 18 of 167 (11%) |
| Azure | 16 of 167 (10%) |
| Observability | 16 of 167 (10%) |
| React | 16 of 167 (10%) |
| AI | 15 of 167 (9%) |
Experience
Of the 90 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 87 of 90 (97%)
- 2+ years
- 87 of 90 (97%)
- 3+ years
- 80 of 90 (89%)
- 5+ years
- 59 of 90 (66%)
- 8+ years
- 17 of 90 (19%)
- 10+ years
- 9 of 90 (10%)
Degree
Of the 120 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 16 of 120 (13%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 20 of 120 (17%)
- Preferred
- 2 of 120 (2%)
- Not mentioned
- 82 of 120 (68%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 167 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Median stated pay
- $154.9k a year
- Roles stating pay
- 54 of 167 (32%)
- Remote roles
- 130 of 167 (78%)
How we count: 167 roles from 135 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology