Amazon RDS Contract Job Trends in England

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Amazon RDS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 321 366
Rank change year-on-year -75 +45 +8
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 248 203 158
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.53% 0.73% 0.49%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.64% 4.00% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 138 107
10th Percentile £386 £394 £421
25th Percentile £431 £450 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +6.50% -7.06% -6.43%
75th Percentile £665 £588 £617
90th Percentile £750 £639 £700
UK median daily rate £530 £504 £526
% change year-on-year +5.16% -4.14% -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 0
10th Percentile - £68.25 -
25th Percentile £71.00 £71.19 -
Median hourly rate £72.00 £82.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% - -
75th Percentile £73.00 £87.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £72.00 £82.50 -
% change year-on-year -12.73% - -

All Database & BI Skills
England

Amazon RDS falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,805 5,069 5,839
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.62% 18.14% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,521 3,464 3,974
10th Percentile £350 £335 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -7.27% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £663
90th Percentile £716 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £501 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.10% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 74 84
10th Percentile £15.99 £20.83 £17.50
25th Percentile £22.19 £29.00 £22.30
Median hourly rate £41.71 £40.25 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% +11.02% -32.24%
75th Percentile £60.94 £64.94 £61.60
90th Percentile £74.68 £80.00 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £41.36 £38.85 £35.00
% change year-on-year +6.46% +10.99% -33.33%

Amazon RDS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Amazon RDS job vacancy trend in England

Amazon RDS
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Amazon RDS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Amazon RDS in England over the 6 months to 7 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Amazon RDS in England

Amazon RDS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Amazon RDS
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 RDS within the England region over the 6 months to 7 October 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 -21 161 £550 +5.26% 152
North of England -61 31 £500 - 37
Midlands -68 22 £459 -3.37% 18
West Midlands -69 19 £464 -2.32% 10
Yorkshire -22 18 £500 - 5
South West -37 12 £488 -6.25% 24
South East -71 12 £460 -0.54% 28
North West -47 7 £525 -4.55% 27
North East -36 6 £419 -1.47% 5
East of England -30 3 £345 -37.27% 16
East Midlands -20 2 £358 -5.79% 8
Amazon RDS
UK

Amazon RDS
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 19 (7.66%) Confluence
2 16 (6.45%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (3.23%) Apache
4 7 (2.82%) nginx
5 6 (2.42%) Apache Spark
5 6 (2.42%) SAS
5 6 (2.42%) SharePoint
6 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.21%) Cloud Foundry
7 3 (1.21%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.81%) Camunda
8 2 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.81%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.81%) WebLogic Portal
9 1 (0.40%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.40%) Mozilla Thunderbird
1 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Aladdin
1 2 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (0.81%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.40%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.40%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 232 (93.55%) AWS
2 159 (64.11%) Amazon S3
3 127 (51.21%) AWS Lambda
4 124 (50.00%) Serverless
5 101 (40.73%) Amazon EC2
6 90 (36.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 68 (27.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 65 (26.21%) Amazon EKS
9 64 (25.81%) Amazon ECS
10 60 (24.19%) Azure
11 40 (16.13%) AWS CloudFormation
12 32 (12.90%) GitHub
13 30 (12.10%) AWS KMS
14 27 (10.89%) Amazon SQS
15 24 (9.68%) GitHub Actions
16 22 (8.87%) GCP
17 20 (8.06%) Route 53
18 17 (6.85%) AWS Step Functions
19 16 (6.45%) Amazon EventBridge
20 15 (6.05%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.85%) Firewall
2 14 (5.65%) DNS
3 12 (4.84%) VPN
4 8 (3.23%) Network Security
5 7 (2.82%) DHCP
6 6 (2.42%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.02%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (2.02%) SMTP
8 4 (1.61%) HTTP
8 4 (1.61%) NetScaler
8 4 (1.61%) OpenVPN
9 2 (0.81%) FTP
9 2 (0.81%) IMAP
9 2 (0.81%) OpenLDAP
9 2 (0.81%) SSH
9 2 (0.81%) SSL
10 1 (0.40%) AMQP
10 1 (0.40%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.40%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.40%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (33.47%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (23.39%) Amazon Aurora
3 53 (21.37%) DynamoDB
4 29 (11.69%) SQL Server
5 25 (10.08%) MongoDB
6 23 (9.27%) Amazon Athena
7 21 (8.47%) MySQL
8 19 (7.66%) Data Warehouse
9 17 (6.85%) Amazon Redshift
10 16 (6.45%) Redis
11 13 (5.24%) Data Lake
12 12 (4.84%) Big Data
12 12 (4.84%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (4.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 10 (4.03%) Power BI
14 9 (3.63%) NoSQL
14 9 (3.63%) Relational Database
15 7 (2.82%) Apache Iceberg
15 7 (2.82%) Metadata
16 6 (2.42%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 65 (26.21%) Jenkins
2 51 (20.56%) Git
3 49 (19.76%) GitLab
4 27 (10.89%) JIRA
5 12 (4.84%) Bitbucket
5 12 (4.84%) JUnit
5 12 (4.84%) Maven
5 12 (4.84%) Mockito
6 10 (4.03%) SonarQube
7 8 (3.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (2.42%) Cucumber
8 6 (2.42%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (2.02%) DbUnit
10 4 (1.61%) Bitbucket Server
10 4 (1.61%) Gradle
10 4 (1.61%) jMock
10 4 (1.61%) Postman
11 3 (1.21%) Flyway
11 3 (1.21%) Sonatype Nexus
12 2 (0.81%) Vagrant
General
1 73 (29.44%) Social Skills
2 52 (20.97%) Public Sector
3 37 (14.92%) Finance
4 29 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (8.87%) Banking
6 11 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (4.03%) Back Office
8 8 (3.23%) Front Office
9 7 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.02%) Law
11 4 (1.61%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.61%) Local Government
12 3 (1.21%) Billing
12 3 (1.21%) Legal
12 3 (1.21%) Police
12 3 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.81%) Marketing
13 2 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.40%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 50 (20.16%) AWS Engineer
2 45 (18.15%) Senior
3 40 (16.13%) DevOps Engineer
4 37 (14.92%) Data Engineer
5 36 (14.52%) Architect
6 32 (12.90%) DBA
6 32 (12.90%) Developer
7 22 (8.87%) AWS DevOps
8 21 (8.47%) Lead
9 20 (8.06%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 19 (7.66%) AWS Architect
11 18 (7.26%) Java Developer
12 17 (6.85%) Administrator
12 17 (6.85%) AWS Data Engineer
13 16 (6.45%) Cloud Engineer
13 16 (6.45%) Technical Leader
14 14 (5.65%) Solutions Architect
15 13 (5.24%) Senior Data Engineer
16 10 (4.03%) Consultant
17 9 (3.63%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (51.21%) Terraform
2 33 (13.31%) REST
3 30 (12.10%) React
4 24 (9.68%) Spring
4 24 (9.68%) Spring Boot
5 21 (8.47%) Kafka
6 20 (8.06%) RESTful
7 18 (7.26%) AngularJS
8 17 (6.85%) FastAPI
9 13 (5.24%) ActiveMQ
10 12 (4.84%) Hibernate
10 12 (4.84%) JPA
11 11 (4.44%) GraphQL
11 11 (4.44%) RabbitMQ
11 11 (4.44%) SOAP
12 10 (4.03%) Node.js
13 8 (3.23%) .NET
13 8 (3.23%) JSON
14 7 (2.82%) Spring Batch
14 7 (2.82%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 62 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 30 (12.10%) Replication
3 21 (8.47%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (6.05%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.63%) NHS
5 9 (3.63%) Security Posture
6 7 (2.82%) PKI
6 7 (2.82%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.42%) Cloud Security Posture
7 6 (2.42%) Clustering
7 6 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.42%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.02%) Data Structures
8 5 (2.02%) Enterprise Cloud
8 5 (2.02%) Fixed Income
8 5 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.02%) Reference Data
8 5 (2.02%) Reinsurance
9 4 (1.61%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 53 (21.37%) Linux
2 29 (11.69%) Windows
3 12 (4.84%) Windows Server
4 10 (4.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (3.63%) Amazon Linux
6 7 (2.82%) Unix
7 6 (2.42%) Ubuntu
7 6 (2.42%) Windows 10
8 4 (1.61%) AIX
9 1 (0.40%) CentOS
9 1 (0.40%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.40%) VMS
9 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (63.31%) CI/CD
2 125 (50.40%) DevOps
3 120 (48.39%) Infrastructure as Code
4 100 (40.32%) Agile
5 56 (22.58%) Observability
5 56 (22.58%) Performance Tuning
6 54 (21.77%) Containerisation
7 51 (20.56%) Microservices
7 51 (20.56%) Stakeholder Management
8 48 (19.35%) Data Modelling
9 44 (17.74%) Continuous Improvement
9 44 (17.74%) Migration
10 40 (16.13%) Disaster Recovery
11 37 (14.92%) Event-Driven
11 37 (14.92%) High Availability
12 36 (14.52%) Data Integration
13 34 (13.71%) Root Cause Analysis
13 34 (13.71%) Technical Leadership
14 32 (12.90%) Data Pipeline
14 32 (12.90%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 116 (46.77%) Python
2 82 (33.06%) SQL
3 51 (20.56%) Java
4 28 (11.29%) PowerShell
5 25 (10.08%) Bash
5 25 (10.08%) TypeScript
6 19 (7.66%) Groovy
7 16 (6.45%) JavaScript
8 7 (2.82%) C#
8 7 (2.82%) Perl
8 7 (2.82%) Scala
9 4 (1.61%) Bicep
9 4 (1.61%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.61%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.21%) Go
10 3 (1.21%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.21%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 97 (39.11%) Security Cleared
2 84 (33.87%) SC Cleared
3 47 (18.95%) AWS Certification
4 29 (11.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 17 (6.85%) Degree
6 14 (5.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (4.44%) Azure Certification
7 11 (4.44%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.82%) CISM
8 7 (2.82%) CISSP
8 7 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.02%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.81%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.81%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.81%) PMP
12 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.68%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.82%) NIST
2 7 (2.82%) QA
3 3 (1.21%) HL7
3 3 (1.21%) SLA
4 2 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.40%) NCSC
5 1 (0.40%) Solvency II
System Software
1 89 (35.89%) Docker
2 17 (6.85%) Active Directory
3 11 (4.44%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (2.42%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.02%) Postfix
6 4 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (1.21%) BitLocker
7 3 (1.21%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (1.21%) Terminal Services
7 3 (1.21%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.81%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.81%) Dovecot
8 2 (0.81%) Squid
8 2 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.40%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 62 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 51 (20.56%) Grafana
3 40 (16.13%) Prometheus
4 25 (10.08%) Ansible
5 10 (4.03%) Kibana
6 8 (3.23%) Istio
6 8 (3.23%) Puppet
7 6 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (2.02%) Argo
9 4 (1.61%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.61%) Rancher
10 3 (1.21%) Nagios
10 3 (1.21%) vCenter Server
10 3 (1.21%) vMotion
11 2 (0.81%) Consul
11 2 (0.81%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.81%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.81%) Packer
11 2 (0.81%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (14.52%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.27%) ServiceNow
3 21 (8.47%) Oracle
4 15 (6.05%) Dynatrace
5 11 (4.44%) Informatica
6 8 (3.23%) Databricks
6 8 (3.23%) Jaspersoft
6 8 (3.23%) VMware
7 7 (2.82%) Google
7 7 (2.82%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.42%) Citrix
8 6 (2.42%) Splunk
8 6 (2.42%) Talend
9 5 (2.02%) Amplitude
9 5 (2.02%) Atlassian
9 5 (2.02%) Denodo
10 4 (1.61%) Brio
10 4 (1.61%) Cisco
11 3 (1.21%) HP
11 3 (1.21%) Symantec