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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 351 471
Rank change year-on-year +15 +120 +54
Contract jobs citing Amazon ECS 215 161 112
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 0.52% 0.29%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.83% 1.44% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 138 85
10th Percentile £364 £491 £405
25th Percentile £450 £613 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £725 £550
Median % change year-on-year -26.90% +31.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £888 £638
90th Percentile £696 - £733
UK median daily rate £530 £725 £550
% change year-on-year -26.90% +31.82% -8.33%

All Cloud 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 11,731 11,147 13,681
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.40% 36.15% 35.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,018 7,425 9,977
10th Percentile £304 £313 £288
25th Percentile £406 £425 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £650 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 150 269
10th Percentile £15.48 £17.00 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.47 £32.00 £25.45
Median % change year-on-year -20.41% +25.74% +13.11%
75th Percentile £51.38 £57.44 £58.00
90th Percentile £78.88 £70.00 £77.60
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £30.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year -13.33% +13.21% +20.45%

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025. 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 0 121 £530 -29.33% 25
North of England -11 54 £518 -26.07% 13
North West -3 27 £550 +37.50% 7
Yorkshire -14 24 £500 -31.03% 4
West Midlands -4 17 £475 -5.94% 1
Midlands -13 17 £475 +4.97% 3
South West +14 7 £625 +59.44% 3
South East -1 7 £530 +6.00% 18
East of England -8 5 £475 -5.00% 8
North East -6 3 £588 -21.67% 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 22 (10.23%) Confluence
2 12 (5.58%) nginx
3 10 (4.65%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (2.33%) CMS
4 5 (2.33%) Headless CMS
5 3 (1.40%) Apache
5 3 (1.40%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.40%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.47%) CICS
6 1 (0.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (5.58%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 2 (0.93%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Bloomberg AIM
1 1 (0.47%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 211 (98.14%) AWS
2 125 (58.14%) Serverless
3 119 (55.35%) AWS Lambda
4 112 (52.09%) Amazon S3
5 81 (37.67%) AWS CloudFormation
6 80 (37.21%) GitHub
7 73 (33.95%) Amazon EKS
8 72 (33.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 68 (31.63%) Amazon EC2
10 50 (23.26%) GitHub Actions
11 46 (21.40%) AWS Fargate
12 41 (19.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 35 (16.28%) Azure
14 26 (12.09%) Route 53
15 24 (11.16%) Datadog
16 21 (9.77%) Amazon SQS
17 19 (8.84%) AWS KMS
18 17 (7.91%) Apigee
19 16 (7.44%) AWS CodePipeline
19 16 (7.44%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 28 (13.02%) DNS
2 20 (9.30%) Firewall
3 12 (5.58%) IMAP
3 12 (5.58%) OpenLDAP
3 12 (5.58%) SMTP
4 10 (4.65%) FTP
4 10 (4.65%) HTTP
4 10 (4.65%) SSH
5 5 (2.33%) VPN
6 3 (1.40%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.93%) SSL
8 1 (0.47%) Broadband
8 1 (0.47%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.47%) NAS
8 1 (0.47%) Network Security
8 1 (0.47%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (35.81%) Amazon RDS
2 57 (26.51%) DynamoDB
3 50 (23.26%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (12.56%) Amazon Aurora
5 20 (9.30%) Relational Database
6 15 (6.98%) NoSQL
7 14 (6.51%) Amazon Athena
7 14 (6.51%) MongoDB
8 10 (4.65%) RDBMS
9 8 (3.72%) MySQL
9 8 (3.72%) SQL Server
10 7 (3.26%) Big Data
10 7 (3.26%) Redis
11 5 (2.33%) BigQuery
11 5 (2.33%) DB2
12 4 (1.86%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.86%) DocumentDB
13 3 (1.40%) Data Hub
13 3 (1.40%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 76 (35.35%) Jenkins
2 50 (23.26%) GitLab
3 48 (22.33%) Git
4 31 (14.42%) JIRA
5 12 (5.58%) Vagrant
6 11 (5.12%) Maven
7 10 (4.65%) SonarQube
8 7 (3.26%) Bitbucket
8 7 (3.26%) JUnit
9 6 (2.79%) Cypress.io
9 6 (2.79%) MLflow
10 5 (2.33%) Gradle
10 5 (2.33%) SonarLint
10 5 (2.33%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (1.86%) Cucumber
11 4 (1.86%) Terragrunt
12 3 (1.40%) RStudio
13 2 (0.93%) Selenium
14 1 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 1 (0.47%) Mocha
General
1 68 (31.63%) Social Skills
2 47 (21.86%) Public Sector
3 19 (8.84%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.37%) Finance
5 11 (5.12%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (4.19%) Banking
7 7 (3.26%) Aerospace
7 7 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.40%) Front Office
9 2 (0.93%) Military
9 2 (0.93%) Publishing
10 1 (0.47%) Games
10 1 (0.47%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.47%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.47%) Police
10 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (28.37%) AWS Engineer
2 53 (24.65%) DevOps Engineer
3 34 (15.81%) Senior
4 32 (14.88%) AWS DevOps
5 29 (13.49%) AWS DevOps Engineer
5 29 (13.49%) Developer
5 29 (13.49%) Platform Engineer
6 28 (13.02%) Lead
7 27 (12.56%) Software Engineer
8 24 (11.16%) AWS Platform Engineer
8 24 (11.16%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 20 (9.30%) Architect
10 12 (5.58%) DevOps Platform Engineer
10 12 (5.58%) Technical Architect
11 11 (5.12%) AWS Developer
11 11 (5.12%) Lead DevOps
12 10 (4.65%) Java Developer
12 10 (4.65%) Java Engineer
12 10 (4.65%) Site Engineer
12 10 (4.65%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (19.07%) Node.js
2 33 (15.35%) Kafka
3 27 (12.56%) RESTful
4 26 (12.09%) React
5 22 (10.23%) Spring
6 21 (9.77%) AWS CDK
6 21 (9.77%) Spring Boot
7 17 (7.91%) OAuth
8 15 (6.98%) JWT
8 15 (6.98%) REST
9 13 (6.05%) LDAP
10 12 (5.58%) FastAPI
11 10 (4.65%) Flask
12 9 (4.19%) .NET
12 9 (4.19%) Jest
12 9 (4.19%) OAuth2
13 7 (3.26%) AngularJS
13 7 (3.26%) HTML
13 7 (3.26%) Keycloak
13 7 (3.26%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 51 (23.72%) Cloud Native
2 19 (8.84%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (6.51%) Data Protection Act
4 12 (5.58%) Replication
5 8 (3.72%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.26%) PKI
7 6 (2.79%) NHS
8 5 (2.33%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (2.33%) N-Tier
9 4 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.40%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.40%) Equities
10 3 (1.40%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.93%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.93%) Derivative
11 2 (0.93%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (0.93%) Equity Derivative
11 2 (0.93%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.93%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 49 (22.79%) Linux
2 15 (6.98%) Amazon Linux
3 14 (6.51%) VMS
4 12 (5.58%) Windows
5 10 (4.65%) Ubuntu
6 9 (4.19%) Unix
7 7 (3.26%) CentOS
7 7 (3.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.47%) AIX
8 1 (0.47%) Android
8 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.47%) Solaris
8 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (76.28%) CI/CD
2 121 (56.28%) DevOps
3 108 (50.23%) Infrastructure as Code
4 92 (42.79%) Containerisation
5 72 (33.49%) Microservices
6 69 (32.09%) Agile
7 53 (24.65%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (20.47%) Software Engineering
9 36 (16.74%) Event-Driven
10 35 (16.28%) Platform Engineering
11 34 (15.81%) Configuration Management
11 34 (15.81%) Mentoring
12 32 (14.88%) AI
13 31 (14.42%) Observability
14 26 (12.09%) Cloud Security
14 26 (12.09%) Machine Learning
14 26 (12.09%) Technical Leadership
15 24 (11.16%) Full-Stack Development
16 23 (10.70%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 22 (10.23%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 125 (58.14%) Python
2 48 (22.33%) Java
3 33 (15.35%) SQL
4 31 (14.42%) Bash
5 26 (12.09%) TypeScript
6 20 (9.30%) JavaScript
7 19 (8.84%) PowerShell
8 17 (7.91%) Go
9 16 (7.44%) Groovy
10 11 (5.12%) Ruby
11 8 (3.72%) Shell Script
12 6 (2.79%) C#
13 4 (1.86%) Perl
14 3 (1.40%) C
14 3 (1.40%) C++
14 3 (1.40%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.47%) COBOL
15 1 (0.47%) PHP
15 1 (0.47%) Rust
15 1 (0.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 72 (33.49%) Security Cleared
2 58 (26.98%) SC Cleared
3 42 (19.53%) AWS Certification
4 31 (14.42%) Degree
5 20 (9.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 19 (8.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (5.12%) DV Cleared
8 10 (4.65%) Azure Certification
9 8 (3.72%) Master's Degree
10 7 (3.26%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (1.40%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.93%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 2 (0.93%) PhD
13 1 (0.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.47%) CCSP
13 1 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.47%) CISSP
13 1 (0.47%) OSCP
13 1 (0.47%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.05%) QA
2 9 (4.19%) NCSC
3 5 (2.33%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.33%) GDPR
3 5 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.86%) NIST
5 2 (0.93%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.93%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.47%) GRC
6 1 (0.47%) HL7
6 1 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 126 (58.60%) Docker
2 12 (5.58%) Dovecot
2 12 (5.58%) Postfix
2 12 (5.58%) Squid
3 10 (4.65%) DFS Replication
4 4 (1.86%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 139 (64.65%) Terraform
2 77 (35.81%) Kubernetes
3 37 (17.21%) Grafana
4 31 (14.42%) Ansible
5 24 (11.16%) Prometheus
6 12 (5.58%) Nessus
6 12 (5.58%) Puppet
7 11 (5.12%) Packer
8 10 (4.65%) Proxmox
9 9 (4.19%) Progress Chef
10 7 (3.26%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (1.40%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.93%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.47%) Argo
13 1 (0.47%) Kibana
13 1 (0.47%) Nagios
Vendors
1 16 (7.44%) ServiceNow
2 14 (6.51%) Splunk
3 12 (5.58%) Jaspersoft
4 9 (4.19%) IBM
5 8 (3.72%) Microsoft
6 7 (3.26%) Okta
6 7 (3.26%) PagerDuty
7 6 (2.79%) Gigya
8 5 (2.33%) CA Agile Central
8 5 (2.33%) Sybase
9 4 (1.86%) Google
9 4 (1.86%) Oracle
10 3 (1.40%) Databricks
10 3 (1.40%) Ping Identity
11 2 (0.93%) Cisco
11 2 (0.93%) CloudEndure
11 2 (0.93%) Confluent
12 1 (0.47%) CheckPoint
12 1 (0.47%) JDA
12 1 (0.47%) NetApp