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 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 295 342
Rank change year-on-year -79 +47 -33
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 211 188 192
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.51% 0.77% 0.53%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.39% 4.05% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 136 141
10th Percentile £394 £413 £406
25th Percentile £416 £463 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £520
Median % change year-on-year -11.19% +8.27% -13.33%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £575
90th Percentile £650 £654 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -14.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £71.90 - -
25th Percentile £73.25 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile £92.50 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 - -

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 6,230 4,641 6,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.18% 19.08% 17.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,279 3,242 4,505
10th Percentile £350 £363 £355
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £528
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.57% -4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £653 £675
90th Percentile £700 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 87 134
10th Percentile £14.58 £20.21 £14.00
25th Percentile £24.97 £23.50 £20.98
Median hourly rate £45.00 £32.05 £40.13
Median % change year-on-year +40.41% -20.12% -30.22%
75th Percentile £74.00 £65.31 £58.68
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £74.25
UK median hourly rate £47.54 £33.81 £40.00
% change year-on-year +40.63% -15.49% -31.73%

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 19 May 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Amazon RDS in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2026.

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 19 May 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 -69 118 £503 -13.36% 31
Midlands -27 51 £475 -5.00% 5
West Midlands -27 44 £472 -10.10% 5
North of England -54 22 £419 -16.25% 22
South East -65 11 £530 -7.83% 17
South West -24 9 £591 +1.16% 20
Yorkshire -46 9 £400 -20.00% 7
North West -37 8 £445 -2.41% 13
East Midlands -24 7 £519 +66.88%
North East - 5 £425 - 2
East of England -30 2 - - 3
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 24 (11.37%) Confluence
2 6 (2.84%) SAS
3 4 (1.90%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.95%) Cloud Foundry
5 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.95%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.47%) Apache
6 1 (0.47%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.95%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 208 (98.58%) AWS
2 135 (63.98%) Amazon S3
3 106 (50.24%) AWS Lambda
3 106 (50.24%) Serverless
4 104 (49.29%) Amazon EC2
5 72 (34.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 51 (24.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 49 (23.22%) Amazon ECS
8 43 (20.38%) Amazon EKS
9 38 (18.01%) Azure
10 37 (17.54%) GitHub
11 31 (14.69%) AWS CloudFormation
12 30 (14.22%) Amazon SQS
13 26 (12.32%) AWS KMS
14 25 (11.85%) GitHub Actions
14 25 (11.85%) Route 53
15 16 (7.58%) Amazon Kinesis
16 15 (7.11%) AWS Fargate
16 15 (7.11%) Power Platform
17 11 (5.21%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.27%) DNS
2 5 (2.37%) Network Security
3 4 (1.90%) Firewall
3 4 (1.90%) VPN
4 3 (1.42%) DHCP
4 3 (1.42%) HTTP
4 3 (1.42%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.95%) OpenVPN
6 1 (0.47%) AMQP
6 1 (0.47%) Internet
6 1 (0.47%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.47%) LAN
6 1 (0.47%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.47%) SMTP
6 1 (0.47%) SSL
6 1 (0.47%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (26.07%) DynamoDB
2 53 (25.12%) PostgreSQL
3 41 (19.43%) Amazon Aurora
4 21 (9.95%) MySQL
5 16 (7.58%) SQL Server
6 15 (7.11%) Power BI
7 14 (6.64%) Amazon Athena
7 14 (6.64%) Amazon Redshift
7 14 (6.64%) NoSQL
8 13 (6.16%) MongoDB
8 13 (6.16%) Pentaho
9 9 (4.27%) Redis
9 9 (4.27%) Relational Database
10 8 (3.79%) Oracle Database
10 8 (3.79%) Tableau
11 7 (3.32%) Data Lake
11 7 (3.32%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (3.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (2.37%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 68 (32.23%) Jenkins
2 52 (24.64%) Git
3 30 (14.22%) GitLab
4 27 (12.80%) JIRA
5 22 (10.43%) JUnit
6 18 (8.53%) Maven
6 18 (8.53%) Mockito
7 16 (7.58%) SonarQube
8 11 (5.21%) DbUnit
8 11 (5.21%) jMock
9 9 (4.27%) Bitbucket Server
10 5 (2.37%) Cucumber
10 5 (2.37%) git-flow
10 5 (2.37%) Snyk
11 4 (1.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (1.90%) Flyway
11 4 (1.90%) Oracle APEX
11 4 (1.90%) Postman
11 4 (1.90%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (1.42%) Gradle
General
1 48 (22.75%) Social Skills
2 45 (21.33%) Public Sector
3 27 (12.80%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (9.00%) Finance
5 10 (4.74%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (3.79%) Banking
7 6 (2.84%) Legal
8 4 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.42%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.95%) Front Office
10 2 (0.95%) Local Government
11 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.47%) Marketing
11 1 (0.47%) Military
11 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (21.80%) Developer
2 34 (16.11%) Senior
3 29 (13.74%) AWS Engineer
4 23 (10.90%) DBA
4 23 (10.90%) DevOps Engineer
5 21 (9.95%) Java Developer
6 20 (9.48%) Data Engineer
7 17 (8.06%) Software Engineer
8 14 (6.64%) Architect
8 14 (6.64%) AWS Developer
9 13 (6.16%) Senior Developer
10 12 (5.69%) Oracle DBA
10 12 (5.69%) Python Developer
11 11 (5.21%) Analyst
11 11 (5.21%) AWS DevOps
11 11 (5.21%) Lead
11 11 (5.21%) Site Engineer
11 11 (5.21%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 10 (4.74%) AWS Architect
12 10 (4.74%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (17.54%) Spring
1 37 (17.54%) Spring Boot
2 30 (14.22%) Node.js
2 30 (14.22%) React
3 29 (13.74%) RESTful
4 28 (13.27%) REST
5 27 (12.80%) Kafka
6 26 (12.32%) AngularJS
7 19 (9.00%) Hibernate
7 19 (9.00%) JPA
7 19 (9.00%) Spring Cloud
8 18 (8.53%) SOAP
9 15 (7.11%) ActiveMQ
9 15 (7.11%) Web Services
10 14 (6.64%) Spring Batch
10 14 (6.64%) Spring Integration
11 12 (5.69%) Django
11 12 (5.69%) GraphQL
12 11 (5.21%) PowerMock
13 10 (4.74%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 51 (24.17%) Cloud Native
2 22 (10.43%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (5.21%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.74%) Replication
5 6 (2.84%) NHS
6 4 (1.90%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.90%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.42%) Clustering
7 3 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.95%) Fixed Income
8 2 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.47%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.47%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.47%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.47%) Life Science
9 1 (0.47%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.47%) PMI
9 1 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 47 (22.27%) Linux
2 8 (3.79%) Unix
3 6 (2.84%) Windows
4 4 (1.90%) Amazon Linux
4 4 (1.90%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.95%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.47%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (56.40%) CI/CD
2 97 (45.97%) Agile
3 83 (39.34%) DevOps
4 62 (29.38%) Infrastructure as Code
5 52 (24.64%) Containerisation
6 44 (20.85%) Microservices
7 38 (18.01%) Scrum
8 34 (16.11%) Performance Tuning
9 33 (15.64%) Software Engineering
10 31 (14.69%) ETL
11 28 (13.27%) TDD
12 27 (12.80%) Event-Driven
12 27 (12.80%) Problem-Solving
12 27 (12.80%) Stakeholder Management
13 25 (11.85%) Observability
14 24 (11.37%) Continuous Improvement
14 24 (11.37%) Migration
15 23 (10.90%) Continuous Integration
15 23 (10.90%) Kanban
16 22 (10.43%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 90 (42.65%) SQL
2 77 (36.49%) Python
3 71 (33.65%) Java
4 17 (8.06%) Shell Script
5 16 (7.58%) Bash
5 16 (7.58%) JavaScript
6 13 (6.16%) PowerShell
6 13 (6.16%) TypeScript
7 8 (3.79%) Groovy
8 7 (3.32%) Go
8 7 (3.32%) PL/SQL
9 6 (2.84%) C#
10 5 (2.37%) Scala
11 4 (1.90%) Perl
12 3 (1.42%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.95%) Ruby
14 1 (0.47%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 101 (47.87%) Security Cleared
2 83 (39.34%) SC Cleared
3 25 (11.85%) AWS Certification
4 15 (7.11%) DV Cleared
5 10 (4.74%) Azure Certification
6 9 (4.27%) Degree
7 8 (3.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 7 (3.32%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.42%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (1.42%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (1.42%) OCP
10 3 (1.42%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (1.42%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.95%) PMP
11 2 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.47%) CEH
12 1 (0.47%) CISSP
12 1 (0.47%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.47%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.74%) NIST
2 9 (4.27%) Data Quality
2 9 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.79%) QA
4 7 (3.32%) GDPR
4 7 (3.32%) PCI DSS
4 7 (3.32%) PMO
5 3 (1.42%) SLA
6 1 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.47%) HL7
6 1 (0.47%) Solvency II
System Software
1 87 (41.23%) Docker
2 10 (4.74%) Postfix
3 4 (1.90%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.90%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.95%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.47%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.47%) HDFS
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.47%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.47%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 83 (39.34%) Terraform
2 54 (25.59%) Kubernetes
3 47 (22.27%) Grafana
4 29 (13.74%) Prometheus
5 15 (7.11%) Ansible
6 10 (4.74%) Progress Chef
7 8 (3.79%) Data Guard
8 5 (2.37%) Puppet
9 4 (1.90%) Argo
9 4 (1.90%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (1.42%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (1.42%) Foglight
10 3 (1.42%) Kibana
10 3 (1.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (1.42%) Rancher
11 2 (0.95%) Istio
11 2 (0.95%) Sysdig
11 2 (0.95%) systemd
12 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.47%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 31 (14.69%) Oracle
2 21 (9.95%) ServiceNow
3 14 (6.64%) Jaspersoft
4 13 (6.16%) Microsoft
5 12 (5.69%) Atlassian
5 12 (5.69%) Informatica
6 9 (4.27%) Dynatrace
6 9 (4.27%) Talend
7 8 (3.79%) Databricks
8 6 (2.84%) Denodo
9 5 (2.37%) Red Hat
9 5 (2.37%) Splunk
9 5 (2.37%) Sybase
10 4 (1.90%) AVEVA
10 4 (1.90%) Brio
10 4 (1.90%) Qualys
10 4 (1.90%) Tenable
11 2 (0.95%) Google
11 2 (0.95%) Netlify
11 2 (0.95%) PagerDuty
95 Amazon RDS jobs in England