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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 338 461
Rank change year-on-year -28 +123 +3
Contract jobs citing Amazon ECS 223 151 80
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.57% 0.62% 0.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.58% 1.64% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 134 58
10th Percentile £369 £400 £406
25th Percentile £450 £587 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £725 £495
Median % change year-on-year -27.59% +46.61% -17.58%
75th Percentile £650 £838 £588
90th Percentile £675 £875 £654
UK median daily rate £525 £650 £513
% change year-on-year -19.23% +26.83% -14.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £66.75 - -
25th Percentile £72.88 - -
Median hourly rate £74.50 - -
75th Percentile £90.63 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £74.50 - -

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 14,139 9,184 11,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.01% 37.63% 31.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,757 6,438 8,584
10th Percentile £313 £313 £281
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £610 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 434 186 319
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.24 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.22 £15.87
Median hourly rate £45.00 £26.50 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +69.81% +27.59% -24.47%
75th Percentile £67.84 £42.74 £32.63
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.25 £59.96
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.63 £21.00
% change year-on-year +53.82% +31.57% -30.86%

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 16 April 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Amazon ECS in England over the 6 months to 16 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Amazon ECS in England

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 16 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -17 150 £525 -30.00% 26
North of England -51 43 £544 -3.33% 19
North West -27 20 £625 +56.25% 11
Yorkshire -44 19 £500 -31.03% 6
South West -18 10 £461 +17.67% 1
South East -51 6 £530 -7.83% 7
West Midlands -53 6 £463 -14.21% 2
Midlands -62 6 £463 -14.21% 2
North East -16 4 £534 -28.83% 2
East of England - 1 - - 2
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 14 (6.28%) Apache Spark
2 12 (5.38%) Confluence
3 9 (4.04%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.35%) Apache
5 2 (0.90%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Bloomberg AIM
1 4 (1.79%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.45%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 222 (99.55%) AWS
2 160 (71.75%) Serverless
3 154 (69.06%) AWS Lambda
4 132 (59.19%) Amazon S3
5 96 (43.05%) Amazon EKS
5 96 (43.05%) AWS CloudFormation
6 85 (38.12%) GitHub
7 77 (34.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 69 (30.94%) GitHub Actions
9 54 (24.22%) Amazon EC2
10 40 (17.94%) AWS CodePipeline
11 35 (15.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 28 (12.56%) Amazon SQS
13 27 (12.11%) AWS Fargate
14 21 (9.42%) Amazon ECR
15 20 (8.97%) Azure
15 20 (8.97%) Datadog
16 17 (7.62%) AWS Step Functions
17 13 (5.83%) IaaS
17 13 (5.83%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.73%) DNS
2 6 (2.69%) Firewall
3 5 (2.24%) Network Security
3 5 (2.24%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.90%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (27.35%) Amazon RDS
2 57 (25.56%) DynamoDB
3 37 (16.59%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (11.66%) NoSQL
5 18 (8.07%) Amazon Aurora
5 18 (8.07%) Relational Database
6 17 (7.62%) Amazon Athena
7 15 (6.73%) MongoDB
8 8 (3.59%) SQL Server
9 7 (3.14%) Big Data
9 7 (3.14%) DB2
9 7 (3.14%) Redis
10 6 (2.69%) DocumentDB
10 6 (2.69%) Flink
11 5 (2.24%) Data Hub
11 5 (2.24%) MySQL
11 5 (2.24%) Presto
12 4 (1.79%) Apache Hudi
13 3 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (1.35%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 61 (27.35%) Jenkins
2 47 (21.08%) Git
3 37 (16.59%) GitLab
4 15 (6.73%) JIRA
5 12 (5.38%) Bitbucket
6 9 (4.04%) Cypress.io
7 7 (3.14%) JUnit
8 5 (2.24%) Maven
9 4 (1.79%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.35%) Gradle
10 3 (1.35%) Selenium
10 3 (1.35%) Snyk
10 3 (1.35%) Vite
11 2 (0.90%) MLflow
11 2 (0.90%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.90%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.45%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.45%) Mocha
12 1 (0.45%) Mockito
General
1 55 (24.66%) Social Skills
2 46 (20.63%) Public Sector
3 27 (12.11%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.07%) Finance
5 12 (5.38%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.59%) Front Office
8 7 (3.14%) Banking
9 3 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.90%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.90%) Local Government
10 2 (0.90%) Police
11 1 (0.45%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.45%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.45%) Law
11 1 (0.45%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.45%) Military
11 1 (0.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 46 (20.63%) Developer
2 38 (17.04%) AWS Engineer
3 36 (16.14%) DevOps Engineer
4 32 (14.35%) Senior
5 23 (10.31%) Architect
5 23 (10.31%) Lead
6 22 (9.87%) Cloud Engineer
7 17 (7.62%) Java Developer
8 16 (7.17%) AWS DevOps
8 16 (7.17%) Software Engineer
9 15 (6.73%) AWS Developer
9 15 (6.73%) Site Engineer
10 14 (6.28%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 14 (6.28%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 12 (5.38%) Java Engineer
12 11 (4.93%) Python Engineer
12 11 (4.93%) Senior Developer
13 10 (4.48%) Python Developer
13 10 (4.48%) Security Engineer
14 8 (3.59%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (20.18%) Kafka
2 40 (17.94%) Spring
3 38 (17.04%) Spring Boot
4 35 (15.70%) Node.js
5 34 (15.25%) RESTful
6 33 (14.80%) React
7 22 (9.87%) OAuth
8 16 (7.17%) REST
9 14 (6.28%) .NET
9 14 (6.28%) JWT
10 12 (5.38%) AWS CDK
11 11 (4.93%) OAuth2
12 9 (4.04%) FastAPI
12 9 (4.04%) Flask
12 9 (4.04%) OpenID
13 8 (3.59%) AngularJS
13 8 (3.59%) Jest
13 8 (3.59%) Next.js
14 7 (3.14%) Django
14 7 (3.14%) Play Framework
Miscellaneous
1 69 (30.94%) Cloud Native
2 24 (10.76%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (6.28%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.59%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (3.59%) NHS
5 7 (3.14%) Algorithms
5 7 (3.14%) Equities
6 5 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.35%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.35%) Derivative
8 3 (1.35%) Equity Derivative
8 3 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.35%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.90%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.90%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 47 (21.08%) Linux
2 5 (2.24%) Unix
3 4 (1.79%) Amazon Linux
3 4 (1.79%) Windows
4 2 (0.90%) VMS
5 1 (0.45%) Android
5 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (79.82%) CI/CD
2 131 (58.74%) Infrastructure as Code
3 110 (49.33%) DevOps
4 92 (41.26%) Containerisation
5 84 (37.67%) Microservices
6 76 (34.08%) Agile
7 43 (19.28%) Observability
8 41 (18.39%) Test Automation
9 36 (16.14%) Software Engineering
10 33 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
11 31 (13.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (13.90%) Event-Driven
12 29 (13.00%) Analytics
13 26 (11.66%) AI
13 26 (11.66%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 25 (11.21%) DevSecOps
15 24 (10.76%) Full-Stack Development
15 24 (10.76%) Platform Engineering
15 24 (10.76%) Technical Leadership
16 23 (10.31%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 123 (55.16%) Python
2 76 (34.08%) Java
3 42 (18.83%) SQL
4 34 (15.25%) JavaScript
5 28 (12.56%) TypeScript
6 27 (12.11%) Bash
7 14 (6.28%) Ruby
8 9 (4.04%) C#
9 7 (3.14%) Scala
10 6 (2.69%) Go
10 6 (2.69%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.79%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.35%) C++
12 3 (1.35%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.90%) Perl
14 1 (0.45%) C
14 1 (0.45%) Groovy
14 1 (0.45%) Swift
Qualifications
1 71 (31.84%) Security Cleared
2 59 (26.46%) SC Cleared
3 28 (12.56%) AWS Certification
4 16 (7.17%) Degree
5 12 (5.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (4.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 11 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (4.48%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 10 (4.48%) DV Cleared
8 8 (3.59%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.35%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (1.35%) CCSP
9 3 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.35%) CISSP
9 3 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.35%) OSCP
9 3 (1.35%) PhD
9 3 (1.35%) SAFe Agilist
9 3 (1.35%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.52%) QA
2 13 (5.83%) NIST
3 9 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (4.04%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.24%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.24%) GDPR
5 4 (1.79%) NCSC
6 2 (0.90%) GRC
7 1 (0.45%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.45%) HL7
System Software
1 131 (58.74%) Docker
2 5 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 141 (63.23%) Terraform
2 82 (36.77%) Kubernetes
3 27 (12.11%) Grafana
4 26 (11.66%) Ansible
5 25 (11.21%) Prometheus
6 13 (5.83%) Puppet
7 7 (3.14%) Kibana
8 5 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.79%) Progress Chef
10 3 (1.35%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (1.35%) Packer
11 2 (0.90%) Argo
11 2 (0.90%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.90%) Istio
11 2 (0.90%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 21 (9.42%) Splunk
2 11 (4.93%) Databricks
3 10 (4.48%) Microsoft
4 8 (3.59%) PagerDuty
5 7 (3.14%) Sybase
6 5 (2.24%) Google
6 5 (2.24%) Rapid7
7 4 (1.79%) AppDynamics
7 4 (1.79%) AVEVA
7 4 (1.79%) Bloomberg
7 4 (1.79%) Charles River
8 3 (1.35%) New Relic
8 3 (1.35%) Ping Identity
8 3 (1.35%) Qualys
8 3 (1.35%) Tenable
9 2 (0.90%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.90%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.90%) Oracle
9 2 (0.90%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.45%) CheckPoint