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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 359 417
Rank change year-on-year -56 +58 +52
Contract jobs citing Amazon ECS 212 151 113
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.46% 0.54% 0.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.33% 1.46% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 107 92
10th Percentile £389 £358 £409
25th Percentile £466 £450 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £525 £663
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -20.75% +10.42%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £888
90th Percentile £775 £693 -
UK median daily rate £545 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +3.81% -4.55% -8.33%
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 15,959 10,359 11,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.77% 37.33% 34.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,663 7,014 7,872
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £719 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 547 268 196
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.13 £18.51 £18.07
Median hourly rate £34.23 £26.30 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.15% -12.33% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £58.39
90th Percentile £82.62 £68.63 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £28.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year +18.23% -4.17% -14.29%

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 29 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 29 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 -28 133 £581 +10.67% 136
North of England -70 33 £500 - 47
Midlands -39 26 £463 -2.63% 12
West Midlands -32 24 £475 - 4
North West -54 23 £600 +26.32% 26
South East -61 11 £600 +9.09% 18
East of England -16 8 £550 +22.22% 13
North East -33 7 £406 -4.41% 10
Yorkshire -53 3 £500 - 11
South West -41 2 £403 -35.60% 26
East Midlands - 2 £358 - 8
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 23 (10.85%) Confluence
2 9 (4.25%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (3.77%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.83%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.89%) OpenStack
6 3 (1.42%) Apache
7 2 (0.94%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.47%) Mozilla Thunderbird
1 1 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.47%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 207 (97.64%) AWS
2 154 (72.64%) Serverless
3 152 (71.70%) AWS Lambda
4 123 (58.02%) Amazon S3
5 122 (57.55%) Amazon EKS
6 72 (33.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 67 (31.60%) GitHub
8 65 (30.66%) GitHub Actions
9 55 (25.94%) Amazon EC2
10 51 (24.06%) AWS CloudFormation
11 50 (23.58%) Amazon SQS
12 34 (16.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 20 (9.43%) AWS Step Functions
14 19 (8.96%) Amazon EventBridge
14 19 (8.96%) Azure
15 16 (7.55%) AWS CodePipeline
16 13 (6.13%) GCP
17 12 (5.66%) Datadog
18 11 (5.19%) Amazon Bedrock
18 11 (5.19%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.30%) Firewall
2 5 (2.36%) Network Security
3 4 (1.89%) DNS
3 4 (1.89%) HTTP
4 3 (1.42%) SSL
4 3 (1.42%) VPN
5 2 (0.94%) FTP
5 2 (0.94%) IMAP
5 2 (0.94%) OpenLDAP
5 2 (0.94%) SMTP
5 2 (0.94%) SSH
5 2 (0.94%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.47%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (27.36%) Amazon RDS
2 47 (22.17%) DynamoDB
3 34 (16.04%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (8.96%) NoSQL
5 14 (6.60%) Amazon Aurora
5 14 (6.60%) MongoDB
6 12 (5.66%) Amazon Athena
6 12 (5.66%) Big Data
7 10 (4.72%) Relational Database
8 5 (2.36%) Presto
9 4 (1.89%) Apache Hudi
9 4 (1.89%) Redis
10 3 (1.42%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.42%) DocumentDB
10 3 (1.42%) Metadata
10 3 (1.42%) MySQL
10 3 (1.42%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.94%) Apache Iceberg
11 2 (0.94%) Data Hub
11 2 (0.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 65 (30.66%) Jenkins
2 44 (20.75%) GitLab
3 25 (11.79%) Git
3 25 (11.79%) JIRA
4 13 (6.13%) Bitbucket
5 9 (4.25%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.89%) Mockito
7 3 (1.42%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.42%) JUnit
8 2 (0.94%) git-flow
8 2 (0.94%) MLflow
8 2 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.94%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.47%) Gatling
9 1 (0.47%) JMeter
9 1 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.47%) RhodeCode
9 1 (0.47%) Selenium
9 1 (0.47%) SonarQube
General
1 59 (27.83%) Social Skills
2 33 (15.57%) Public Sector
3 32 (15.09%) Finance
4 20 (9.43%) Banking
5 18 (8.49%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.83%) Law
8 5 (2.36%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.42%) Retail
10 2 (0.94%) Local Government
10 2 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.47%) Front Office
11 1 (0.47%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.47%) Military
11 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 46 (21.70%) AWS Engineer
2 38 (17.92%) Developer
3 36 (16.98%) Senior
4 29 (13.68%) Lead
5 27 (12.74%) DevOps Engineer
6 23 (10.85%) AWS DevOps
6 23 (10.85%) Scrum Master
7 22 (10.38%) Architect
7 22 (10.38%) Cloud Engineer
8 21 (9.91%) Software Engineer
9 16 (7.55%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 14 (6.60%) Data Engineer
10 14 (6.60%) Technical Leader
11 13 (6.13%) AWS Software Engineer
11 13 (6.13%) Java Developer
11 13 (6.13%) Lead DevOps
12 11 (5.19%) AWS Architect
12 11 (5.19%) AWS Developer
12 11 (5.19%) Python Engineer
13 9 (4.25%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (58.96%) Terraform
2 40 (18.87%) React
3 38 (17.92%) REST
4 36 (16.98%) Spring
5 34 (16.04%) Spring Boot
6 31 (14.62%) Kafka
7 25 (11.79%) RESTful
8 24 (11.32%) Node.js
9 23 (10.85%) FastAPI
10 15 (7.08%) AWS CDK
11 11 (5.19%) AngularJS
12 10 (4.72%) Elastic Stack
12 10 (4.72%) Flask
13 9 (4.25%) .NET
13 9 (4.25%) GraphQL
14 8 (3.77%) JWT
14 8 (3.77%) OAuth
14 8 (3.77%) OAuth2
15 7 (3.30%) Jest
15 7 (3.30%) Play Framework
Miscellaneous
1 97 (45.75%) Cloud Native
2 40 (18.87%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (18.40%) Product Ownership
4 13 (6.13%) Security Posture
5 9 (4.25%) Cloud Security Posture
6 8 (3.77%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.83%) Public Cloud
8 5 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.89%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.89%) Distributed Architecture
9 4 (1.89%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.89%) NHS
9 4 (1.89%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.89%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.42%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 32 (15.09%) Linux
2 11 (5.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (3.77%) Unix
3 8 (3.77%) Windows
4 2 (0.94%) Amazon Linux
4 2 (0.94%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.47%) Android
5 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.47%) VMS
5 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (69.34%) CI/CD
2 123 (58.02%) Infrastructure as Code
3 117 (55.19%) DevOps
4 96 (45.28%) Agile
5 82 (38.68%) Microservices
6 80 (37.74%) Containerisation
7 70 (33.02%) Observability
8 66 (31.13%) Test Automation
9 48 (22.64%) Software Engineering
10 47 (22.17%) Event-Driven
11 43 (20.28%) Continuous Improvement
12 39 (18.40%) DevSecOps
12 39 (18.40%) Platform Engineering
13 38 (17.92%) Scrum
13 38 (17.92%) Technical Leadership
14 37 (17.45%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 35 (16.51%) AI
16 31 (14.62%) Deployment Automation
17 30 (14.15%) Full-Stack Development
18 29 (13.68%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 104 (49.06%) Python
2 69 (32.55%) Java
3 42 (19.81%) TypeScript
4 30 (14.15%) Bash
4 30 (14.15%) JavaScript
5 26 (12.26%) SQL
6 16 (7.55%) PowerShell
7 11 (5.19%) Scala
8 6 (2.83%) Bicep
9 5 (2.36%) C#
9 5 (2.36%) Groovy
9 5 (2.36%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (2.36%) Search Processing Language
10 3 (1.42%) Go
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%) Cypher
12 1 (0.47%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 75 (35.38%) Security Cleared
2 59 (27.83%) SC Cleared
3 33 (15.57%) AWS Certification
4 20 (9.43%) DV Cleared
5 11 (5.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 11 (5.19%) SAFe Agilist
6 9 (4.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 9 (4.25%) Azure Certification
7 8 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (3.30%) Degree
9 5 (2.36%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 5 (2.36%) CISSP
10 4 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.47%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.49%) QA
2 5 (2.36%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.89%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.47%) HL7
4 1 (0.47%) NCSC
4 1 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 108 (50.94%) Docker
2 5 (2.36%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.94%) DFS Replication
3 2 (0.94%) Dovecot
3 2 (0.94%) Postfix
3 2 (0.94%) Squid
4 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 70 (33.02%) Kubernetes
2 22 (10.38%) Grafana
3 21 (9.91%) Ansible
4 17 (8.02%) Prometheus
5 6 (2.83%) Kibana
6 5 (2.36%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.89%) Nessus
8 3 (1.42%) Puppet
9 2 (0.94%) Consul
9 2 (0.94%) Istio
9 2 (0.94%) Packer
9 2 (0.94%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.94%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.47%) Argo
10 1 (0.47%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.47%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.47%) linkerd
10 1 (0.47%) WSUS
Vendors
1 20 (9.43%) Splunk
2 10 (4.72%) Microsoft
3 8 (3.77%) Dynatrace
4 6 (2.83%) Red Hat
4 6 (2.83%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.36%) Amplitude
5 5 (2.36%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.42%) Confluent
6 3 (1.42%) Databricks
6 3 (1.42%) Google
7 2 (0.94%) Jaspersoft
7 2 (0.94%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.94%) Oracle
8 1 (0.47%) Informatica
8 1 (0.47%) New Relic
8 1 (0.47%) NVIDIA
8 1 (0.47%) Talend