Amazon ECS Contract Job Trends in England

Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Amazon ECS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 427 354 420
Rank change year-on-year -73 +66 +31
Contract jobs citing Amazon ECS 213 147 108
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.47% 0.53% 0.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.33% 1.43% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 109 89
10th Percentile £384 £350 £406
25th Percentile £456 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £650 £638 £875
90th Percentile £760 £738 £888
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +4.76% -2.33% -10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £63.00 - -
25th Percentile £66.00 - -
Median hourly rate £72.00 - -
75th Percentile £73.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £72.00 - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

Amazon ECS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 15,975 10,267 11,194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.93% 37.18% 33.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,666 6,947 7,935
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £723 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 553 271 219
10th Percentile £15.55 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £18.31 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.54% +4.00% -22.65%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £54.38
90th Percentile £83.54 £67.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £27.88 £25.00
% change year-on-year +25.54% +11.52% -28.15%

Amazon ECS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Amazon ECS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Amazon ECS job vacancy trend in England

Amazon ECS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Amazon ECS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Amazon ECS

Amazon ECS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Amazon ECS in England over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Amazon ECS in England

Amazon ECS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Amazon ECS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Amazon ECS

Amazon ECS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Amazon ECS within the England region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -20 133 £575 +9.52% 71
North of England -76 35 £525 +5.00% 26
North West -40 25 £600 +23.08% 12
Midlands -43 24 £463 -2.63% 6
West Midlands -38 23 £475 - 2
South East -73 10 £600 +6.67% 15
East of England -16 8 £550 +22.22% 5
North East -34 8 £413 -2.94% 5
South West -42 3 £380 -39.20% 11
Yorkshire -53 2 £500 - 9
East Midlands - 1 £358 - 4
Amazon ECS
UK

Amazon ECS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 22 (10.33%) Confluence
2 9 (4.23%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (4.23%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.82%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.88%) OpenStack
5 3 (1.41%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 208 (97.65%) AWS
2 157 (73.71%) Serverless
3 154 (72.30%) AWS Lambda
4 126 (59.15%) Amazon S3
5 125 (58.69%) Amazon EKS
6 72 (33.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 69 (32.39%) GitHub
8 67 (31.46%) GitHub Actions
9 54 (25.35%) Amazon EC2
9 54 (25.35%) AWS CloudFormation
10 52 (24.41%) Amazon SQS
11 33 (15.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 21 (9.86%) Amazon EventBridge
12 21 (9.86%) AWS CodePipeline
13 20 (9.39%) AWS Step Functions
14 16 (7.51%) Azure
15 13 (6.10%) Amazon Bedrock
15 13 (6.10%) Datadog
16 12 (5.63%) GCP
17 11 (5.16%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.35%) Network Security
2 3 (1.41%) Firewall
3 2 (0.94%) DNS
3 2 (0.94%) HTTP
3 2 (0.94%) SSL
3 2 (0.94%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (26.29%) Amazon RDS
2 51 (23.94%) DynamoDB
3 33 (15.49%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (9.86%) NoSQL
5 14 (6.57%) Amazon Athena
5 14 (6.57%) MongoDB
6 12 (5.63%) Amazon Aurora
6 12 (5.63%) Big Data
7 9 (4.23%) Relational Database
8 5 (2.35%) Presto
9 4 (1.88%) Apache Hudi
9 4 (1.88%) Redis
10 3 (1.41%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.41%) DocumentDB
10 3 (1.41%) Metadata
10 3 (1.41%) MySQL
11 2 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.94%) Db2
11 2 (0.94%) Flink
11 2 (0.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 64 (30.05%) Jenkins
2 43 (20.19%) GitLab
3 24 (11.27%) JIRA
4 23 (10.80%) Git
5 15 (7.04%) Bitbucket
6 8 (3.76%) Cypress.io
7 5 (2.35%) JUnit
8 3 (1.41%) Mockito
9 2 (0.94%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.94%) MLflow
9 2 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.47%) Gatling
10 1 (0.47%) git-flow
10 1 (0.47%) Maven
10 1 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.47%) RhodeCode
10 1 (0.47%) Selenium
10 1 (0.47%) Snyk
10 1 (0.47%) SonarQube
General
1 56 (26.29%) Social Skills
2 33 (15.49%) Finance
2 33 (15.49%) Public Sector
3 20 (9.39%) Banking
4 16 (7.51%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.82%) Law
7 5 (2.35%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.88%) Retail
9 3 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.94%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.94%) Local Government
11 1 (0.47%) Front Office
11 1 (0.47%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (20.66%) AWS Engineer
2 39 (18.31%) Developer
2 39 (18.31%) Senior
3 29 (13.62%) Lead
4 26 (12.21%) DevOps Engineer
5 25 (11.74%) Cloud Engineer
6 23 (10.80%) Scrum Master
7 21 (9.86%) Architect
7 21 (9.86%) AWS DevOps
7 21 (9.86%) Software Engineer
8 15 (7.04%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 15 (7.04%) Java Developer
9 14 (6.57%) Data Engineer
10 13 (6.10%) AWS Developer
10 13 (6.10%) AWS Software Engineer
11 12 (5.63%) Lead DevOps
11 12 (5.63%) Python Engineer
11 12 (5.63%) Technical Leader
12 10 (4.69%) AWS Architect
13 9 (4.23%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (18.31%) React
2 36 (16.90%) REST
2 36 (16.90%) Spring
3 35 (16.43%) Kafka
4 34 (15.96%) Spring Boot
5 27 (12.68%) RESTful
6 26 (12.21%) Node.js
7 22 (10.33%) FastAPI
8 15 (7.04%) AWS CDK
9 11 (5.16%) Flask
10 10 (4.69%) AngularJS
10 10 (4.69%) Elastic Stack
10 10 (4.69%) OAuth
10 10 (4.69%) OAuth2
11 9 (4.23%) .NET
11 9 (4.23%) GraphQL
11 9 (4.23%) Jest
12 7 (3.29%) JWT
12 7 (3.29%) Play Framework
13 6 (2.82%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 96 (45.07%) Cloud Native
2 40 (18.78%) Distributed Systems
2 40 (18.78%) Product Ownership
3 13 (6.10%) Security Posture
4 9 (4.23%) Cloud Security Posture
5 7 (3.29%) Virtual Team
6 6 (2.82%) Public Cloud
7 5 (2.35%) AI Agents
7 5 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.88%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.88%) Distributed Architecture
8 4 (1.88%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.88%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.88%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.41%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.41%) NHS
9 3 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.94%) Autonomous Agent
Operating Systems
1 30 (14.08%) Linux
2 11 (5.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (3.76%) Unix
4 6 (2.82%) Windows
5 1 (0.47%) Android
5 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (70.89%) CI/CD
2 120 (56.34%) Infrastructure as Code
3 116 (54.46%) DevOps
4 95 (44.60%) Agile
5 88 (41.31%) Microservices
6 78 (36.62%) Containerisation
7 68 (31.92%) Observability
8 67 (31.46%) Test Automation
9 47 (22.07%) Software Engineering
10 46 (21.60%) Event-Driven
11 41 (19.25%) Continuous Improvement
11 41 (19.25%) DevSecOps
12 39 (18.31%) Scrum
13 38 (17.84%) AI
13 38 (17.84%) Platform Engineering
14 36 (16.90%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 35 (16.43%) Technical Leadership
16 29 (13.62%) Deployment Automation
16 29 (13.62%) Full-Stack Development
17 28 (13.15%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 101 (47.42%) Python
2 71 (33.33%) Java
3 39 (18.31%) TypeScript
4 29 (13.62%) Bash
4 29 (13.62%) JavaScript
5 28 (13.15%) SQL
6 14 (6.57%) PowerShell
7 11 (5.16%) Scala
8 6 (2.82%) Bicep
9 5 (2.35%) C#
9 5 (2.35%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (2.35%) Search Processing Language
10 3 (1.41%) Go
10 3 (1.41%) Groovy
11 2 (0.94%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.94%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.94%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.47%) C
12 1 (0.47%) SPARQL
12 1 (0.47%) Swift
Qualifications
1 73 (34.27%) Security Cleared
2 58 (27.23%) SC Cleared
3 33 (15.49%) AWS Certification
4 20 (9.39%) DV Cleared
5 11 (5.16%) SAFe Agilist
6 10 (4.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 10 (4.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (4.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 7 (3.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 6 (2.82%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.82%) Degree
10 5 (2.35%) CISSP
11 4 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.94%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.47%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.04%) QA
2 5 (2.35%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.88%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.94%) NCSC
5 1 (0.47%) HL7
5 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.47%) NIST
5 1 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 106 (49.77%) Docker
2 3 (1.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 120 (56.34%) Terraform
2 70 (32.86%) Kubernetes
3 20 (9.39%) Grafana
4 19 (8.92%) Ansible
5 16 (7.51%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.82%) Kibana
7 5 (2.35%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.41%) Puppet
10 2 (0.94%) Consul
10 2 (0.94%) Istio
10 2 (0.94%) Packer
10 2 (0.94%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.47%) Argo
11 1 (0.47%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.47%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.47%) linkerd
Vendors
1 20 (9.39%) Splunk
2 9 (4.23%) Microsoft
3 8 (3.76%) Dynatrace
4 6 (2.82%) Databricks
4 6 (2.82%) Red Hat
5 5 (2.35%) Amplitude
5 5 (2.35%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.35%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.41%) Confluent
6 3 (1.41%) Google
7 2 (0.94%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.94%) Oracle
7 2 (0.94%) Sybase
8 1 (0.47%) Informatica
8 1 (0.47%) New Relic
8 1 (0.47%) NVIDIA
8 1 (0.47%) Qualys
8 1 (0.47%) Talend
8 1 (0.47%) Tenable