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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 320 332 369
Rank change year-on-year +12 +37 -23
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 227 173 215
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 0.56% 0.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.21% 3.11% 3.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 111 166
10th Percentile £380 £450 £413
25th Percentile £436 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +2.73% -7.56%
75th Percentile £575 £706 £638
90th Percentile £638 £788 £738
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £68.25 - -
25th Percentile £71.19 - -
Median hourly rate £82.50 - -
75th Percentile £87.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £82.50 - -

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 5,388 5,556 6,386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.29% 18.10% 16.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,757 3,716 4,546
10th Percentile £325 £350 £356
25th Percentile £410 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £623 £663 £650
90th Percentile £725 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £530 £534
% change year-on-year -5.66% -0.75% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 78 130
10th Percentile £21.21 £18.35 £18.38
25th Percentile £29.25 £24.31 £22.69
Median hourly rate £46.50 £38.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +22.37% -17.71% -9.45%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.55 £64.52
90th Percentile £84.30 £66.00 £77.55
UK median hourly rate £47.61 £31.55 £46.18
% change year-on-year +50.93% -31.69% -7.64%

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 5 December 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Amazon RDS in England over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Amazon RDS in England

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 5 December 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 -22 110 £513 -14.58% 17
Midlands +5 45 £475 -6.77% 4
West Midlands +1 37 £475 -6.77% 4
North of England -23 30 £500 -23.08% 15
South East +6 17 £449 +12.13% 18
North West -9 16 £413 -38.89% 9
East of England - 10 £550 -
Yorkshire -24 9 £518 -11.91% 5
South West -1 8 £523 -12.97% 10
East Midlands -7 8 £380 -24.00%
North East -3 5 £450 - 1
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 30 (13.22%) Confluence
2 11 (4.85%) nginx
3 7 (3.08%) Apache
4 6 (2.64%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.76%) IIS
5 4 (1.76%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.44%) CICS
6 1 (0.44%) Jupyter
Applications
1 11 (4.85%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 6 (2.64%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.44%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.76%) Maximo
2 1 (0.44%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 220 (96.92%) AWS
2 149 (65.64%) Amazon S3
3 127 (55.95%) Amazon EC2
4 120 (52.86%) Serverless
5 119 (52.42%) AWS Lambda
6 79 (34.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 74 (32.60%) Amazon ECS
8 70 (30.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 67 (29.52%) AWS CloudFormation
10 64 (28.19%) GitHub
11 49 (21.59%) Amazon EKS
12 39 (17.18%) GitHub Actions
13 38 (16.74%) Azure
14 29 (12.78%) Route 53
15 25 (11.01%) AWS KMS
16 24 (10.57%) AWS Step Functions
17 23 (10.13%) Amazon ELB
17 23 (10.13%) Datadog
18 21 (9.25%) Amazon Kinesis
18 21 (9.25%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 34 (14.98%) DNS
2 32 (14.10%) Firewall
3 23 (10.13%) HTTP
4 22 (9.69%) SMTP
5 21 (9.25%) FTP
5 21 (9.25%) SSH
6 11 (4.85%) IMAP
6 11 (4.85%) OpenLDAP
7 9 (3.96%) VPN
8 4 (1.76%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (1.32%) Network Security
10 2 (0.88%) Internet
10 2 (0.88%) Kerberos
10 2 (0.88%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.44%) DHCP
11 1 (0.44%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.44%) NAS
11 1 (0.44%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (0.44%) VLAN
11 1 (0.44%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (32.16%) PostgreSQL
2 41 (18.06%) DynamoDB
3 40 (17.62%) Amazon Aurora
4 30 (13.22%) MySQL
5 27 (11.89%) SQL Server
6 25 (11.01%) Relational Database
7 24 (10.57%) NoSQL
8 17 (7.49%) Amazon Athena
8 17 (7.49%) Amazon Redshift
9 16 (7.05%) MongoDB
10 12 (5.29%) RDBMS
10 12 (5.29%) Redis
11 10 (4.41%) Apache Cassandra
12 9 (3.96%) Hadoop
13 8 (3.52%) DB2
14 7 (3.08%) BigQuery
15 6 (2.64%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (2.64%) Couchbase
15 6 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
15 6 (2.64%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 97 (42.73%) Jenkins
2 64 (28.19%) Git
3 44 (19.38%) GitLab
4 34 (14.98%) JIRA
5 22 (9.69%) Vagrant
6 11 (4.85%) Maven
7 7 (3.08%) JUnit
7 7 (3.08%) SonarQube
8 6 (2.64%) Bitbucket
8 6 (2.64%) Cypress.io
9 5 (2.20%) Gradle
9 5 (2.20%) SonarLint
10 4 (1.76%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (1.76%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.88%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.88%) Gatling
12 1 (0.44%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.44%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.44%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.44%) RStudio
General
1 74 (32.60%) Social Skills
2 35 (15.42%) Public Sector
3 31 (13.66%) Finance
4 15 (6.61%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.29%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (4.41%) Banking
7 5 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.76%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.88%) Legal
9 2 (0.88%) Marketing
10 1 (0.44%) Front Office
10 1 (0.44%) Games
10 1 (0.44%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.44%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.44%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.44%) Military
Job Titles
1 62 (27.31%) AWS Engineer
2 56 (24.67%) DevOps Engineer
3 45 (19.82%) AWS DevOps
4 38 (16.74%) AWS DevOps Engineer
5 34 (14.98%) Developer
6 30 (13.22%) Platform Engineer
7 29 (12.78%) Senior
8 24 (10.57%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 21 (9.25%) Lead
10 17 (7.49%) AWS Developer
10 17 (7.49%) AWS Platform Engineer
10 17 (7.49%) Site Engineer
11 16 (7.05%) Architect
11 16 (7.05%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 14 (6.17%) Data Engineer
12 14 (6.17%) Software Engineer
13 13 (5.73%) Java Developer
14 9 (3.96%) DevOps Platform Engineer
15 8 (3.52%) Senior Developer
15 8 (3.52%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (16.30%) Kafka
2 28 (12.33%) Node.js
3 27 (11.89%) RESTful
4 18 (7.93%) Spring Boot
5 15 (6.61%) Elastic Stack
6 14 (6.17%) React
6 14 (6.17%) Spring
7 12 (5.29%) LDAP
8 10 (4.41%) AWS CDK
9 9 (3.96%) CSS
9 9 (3.96%) Jest
9 9 (3.96%) REST
10 8 (3.52%) Django
10 8 (3.52%) GraphQL
10 8 (3.52%) Keycloak
10 8 (3.52%) Sass
11 6 (2.64%) Enzyme
11 6 (2.64%) SOAP
11 6 (2.64%) XML
12 5 (2.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 42 (18.50%) Replication
2 28 (12.33%) Cloud Native
3 18 (7.93%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (5.73%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (3.08%) Virtual Team
6 6 (2.64%) Distributed Architecture
6 6 (2.64%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.64%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.20%) N-Tier
7 5 (2.20%) PKI
8 4 (1.76%) Clustering
8 4 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.76%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.76%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.88%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.88%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.88%) Derivative
9 2 (0.88%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.88%) NHS
10 1 (0.44%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 69 (30.40%) Linux
2 30 (13.22%) Windows
3 25 (11.01%) Amazon Linux
4 23 (10.13%) VMS
5 11 (4.85%) Ubuntu
5 11 (4.85%) Unix
6 7 (3.08%) Windows Server
7 5 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.76%) CentOS
8 4 (1.76%) Solaris
9 1 (0.44%) AIX
9 1 (0.44%) Android
9 1 (0.44%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.44%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (61.67%) CI/CD
2 120 (52.86%) DevOps
3 85 (37.44%) Infrastructure as Code
4 66 (29.07%) Agile
5 65 (28.63%) Containerisation
6 52 (22.91%) Configuration Management
7 49 (21.59%) Microservices
8 42 (18.50%) Problem-Solving
9 37 (16.30%) Migration
10 36 (15.86%) Platform Engineering
11 34 (14.98%) Cloud Security
12 33 (14.54%) Observability
13 31 (13.66%) Change Management
14 30 (13.22%) Performance Tuning
15 29 (12.78%) Event-Driven
15 29 (12.78%) Software Engineering
16 23 (10.13%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 22 (9.69%) High Availability
18 21 (9.25%) Analytics
18 21 (9.25%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 132 (58.15%) Python
2 74 (32.60%) SQL
3 67 (29.52%) Java
4 39 (17.18%) PowerShell
5 37 (16.30%) Bash
6 27 (11.89%) Groovy
7 24 (10.57%) JavaScript
8 20 (8.81%) Shell Script
9 15 (6.61%) Perl
10 13 (5.73%) Go
10 13 (5.73%) TypeScript
11 6 (2.64%) JSX
12 5 (2.20%) Ruby
13 3 (1.32%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.88%) C
14 2 (0.88%) C#
14 2 (0.88%) PHP
15 1 (0.44%) Bicep
15 1 (0.44%) COBOL
15 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 80 (35.24%) Security Cleared
2 65 (28.63%) SC Cleared
3 47 (20.70%) AWS Certification
4 26 (11.45%) Degree
5 15 (6.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 13 (5.73%) Azure Certification
6 13 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (4.41%) DV Cleared
8 7 (3.08%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 3 (1.32%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (1.32%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.88%) OCP
10 2 (0.88%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.44%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.44%) PMP
11 1 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.17%) QA
2 8 (3.52%) GDPR
3 7 (3.08%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.20%) NCSC
6 4 (1.76%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.32%) NIST
7 3 (1.32%) SLA
8 2 (0.88%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.44%) GxP
9 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 100 (44.05%) Docker
2 21 (9.25%) DFS Replication
3 13 (5.73%) Active Directory
4 11 (4.85%) Dovecot
4 11 (4.85%) Postfix
4 11 (4.85%) Squid
5 4 (1.76%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.32%) NFS
7 1 (0.44%) HDFS
7 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 130 (57.27%) Terraform
2 66 (29.07%) Kubernetes
3 61 (26.87%) Grafana
4 49 (21.59%) Prometheus
5 36 (15.86%) Ansible
6 19 (8.37%) Progress Chef
7 17 (7.49%) Puppet
8 11 (4.85%) Nessus
9 10 (4.41%) Proxmox
10 7 (3.08%) Packer
11 4 (1.76%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (1.76%) Kibana
11 4 (1.76%) Rancher
12 3 (1.32%) Argo
12 3 (1.32%) ITRS Geneos
13 1 (0.44%) Docker Swarm
13 1 (0.44%) Istio
13 1 (0.44%) Nagios
13 1 (0.44%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.44%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 28 (12.33%) ServiceNow
2 22 (9.69%) Microsoft
3 21 (9.25%) Oracle
4 15 (6.61%) IBM
5 12 (5.29%) Splunk
6 11 (4.85%) Jaspersoft
7 10 (4.41%) PagerDuty
8 8 (3.52%) Dynatrace
9 7 (3.08%) Confluent
10 5 (2.20%) Gigya
11 4 (1.76%) CloudEndure
11 4 (1.76%) Okta
11 4 (1.76%) Sybase
12 3 (1.32%) CA Agile Central
12 3 (1.32%) Google
13 2 (0.88%) Cloudera
13 2 (0.88%) Databricks
13 2 (0.88%) Pega
13 2 (0.88%) Red Hat
13 2 (0.88%) UiPath