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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 409 300 369
Rank change year-on-year -109 +69 -10
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 239 222 157
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.52% 0.80% 0.48%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.42% 4.44% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 159 107
10th Percentile £400 £408 £409
25th Percentile £431 £463 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% -2.42% -6.43%
75th Percentile £652 £600 £617
90th Percentile £756 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £530 £525 £527
% change year-on-year +0.95% -0.28% -4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.00 £68.25 -
Median hourly rate £72.00 £80.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £73.00 £87.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £72.00 £80.00 -
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

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 6,998 5,000 6,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.10% 17.97% 18.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,674 3,436 4,188
10th Percentile £358 £334 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% -7.27% -
75th Percentile £620 £638 £675
90th Percentile £704 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £526
% change year-on-year - -4.90% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 80 80
10th Percentile £15.82 £21.25 £17.50
25th Percentile £24.72 £31.45 £21.25
Median hourly rate £38.50 £42.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.32% +19.99% -36.07%
75th Percentile £60.94 £65.00 £60.36
90th Percentile £75.10 £80.00 £71.85
UK median hourly rate £39.84 £40.00 £34.47
% change year-on-year -0.40% +16.06% -34.35%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -48 150 £550 -6.38% 94
North of England -59 32 £500 -2.44% 28
Midlands -69 26 £469 -1.26% 14
West Midlands -66 23 £469 -1.26% 7
Yorkshire -32 18 £500 - 7
South West -40 10 £542 -0.14% 13
South East -69 10 £460 -20.00% 19
North East -40 7 £425 -2.86% 8
North West -50 7 £525 -4.55% 13
East of England -27 4 £348 -36.82% 14
East Midlands -20 2 £449 +18.16% 7
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 (7.95%) Confluence
2 16 (6.69%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (2.93%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.51%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.51%) SAS
5 5 (2.09%) Apache
6 3 (1.26%) Cloud Foundry
6 3 (1.26%) Jupyter
6 3 (1.26%) nginx
7 2 (0.84%) Camunda
7 2 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.84%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.84%) WebLogic Portal
8 1 (0.42%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.42%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 3 (1.26%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.84%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.42%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.42%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 227 (94.98%) AWS
2 156 (65.27%) Amazon S3
3 127 (53.14%) AWS Lambda
4 126 (52.72%) Serverless
5 95 (39.75%) Amazon EC2
6 88 (36.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 63 (26.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 59 (24.69%) Amazon ECS
9 57 (23.85%) Amazon EKS
10 54 (22.59%) Azure
11 38 (15.90%) AWS CloudFormation
12 33 (13.81%) GitHub
13 30 (12.55%) AWS KMS
14 27 (11.30%) Amazon SQS
15 22 (9.21%) GitHub Actions
16 21 (8.79%) Route 53
17 19 (7.95%) GCP
18 16 (6.69%) AWS Step Functions
19 15 (6.28%) Snowflake
20 13 (5.44%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.69%) Firewall
2 13 (5.44%) DNS
3 8 (3.35%) DHCP
4 7 (2.93%) VPN
5 6 (2.51%) SMTP
6 4 (1.67%) HTTP
6 4 (1.67%) NetScaler
6 4 (1.67%) Network Security
6 4 (1.67%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.84%) FTP
7 2 (0.84%) IMAP
7 2 (0.84%) OpenLDAP
7 2 (0.84%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.84%) SSH
7 2 (0.84%) SSL
8 1 (0.42%) AMQP
8 1 (0.42%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.42%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (33.05%) PostgreSQL
2 56 (23.43%) Amazon Aurora
3 54 (22.59%) DynamoDB
4 24 (10.04%) SQL Server
5 21 (8.79%) Amazon Athena
5 21 (8.79%) MongoDB
5 21 (8.79%) MySQL
6 18 (7.53%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (7.11%) Amazon Redshift
8 15 (6.28%) Redis
9 13 (5.44%) Data Lake
9 13 (5.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 12 (5.02%) Big Data
11 11 (4.60%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (4.60%) Power BI
12 10 (4.18%) NoSQL
13 8 (3.35%) Relational Database
14 7 (2.93%) Apache Iceberg
14 7 (2.93%) Pentaho
15 6 (2.51%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 61 (25.52%) Jenkins
2 47 (19.67%) Git
3 42 (17.57%) GitLab
4 26 (10.88%) JIRA
5 14 (5.86%) JUnit
5 14 (5.86%) Mockito
6 11 (4.60%) Maven
6 11 (4.60%) SonarQube
7 10 (4.18%) Bitbucket
8 8 (3.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (2.93%) DbUnit
10 6 (2.51%) Bitbucket Server
10 6 (2.51%) jMock
10 6 (2.51%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (2.09%) Cucumber
12 4 (1.67%) Flyway
12 4 (1.67%) Postman
13 3 (1.26%) Sonatype Nexus
14 2 (0.84%) Gradle
14 2 (0.84%) Vagrant
General
1 66 (27.62%) Social Skills
2 52 (21.76%) Public Sector
3 31 (12.97%) Finance
4 24 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (8.37%) Banking
6 10 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.35%) Front Office
8 7 (2.93%) Back Office
9 6 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.67%) Legal
11 3 (1.26%) Billing
11 3 (1.26%) Law
11 3 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.84%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.84%) Local Government
12 2 (0.84%) Marketing
13 1 (0.42%) Games
13 1 (0.42%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.42%) Military
13 1 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 51 (21.34%) AWS Engineer
2 40 (16.74%) Senior
3 37 (15.48%) Data Engineer
4 36 (15.06%) Architect
4 36 (15.06%) DevOps Engineer
5 34 (14.23%) Developer
6 29 (12.13%) DBA
7 21 (8.79%) AWS DevOps
7 21 (8.79%) Lead
8 19 (7.95%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 17 (7.11%) AWS Architect
10 16 (6.69%) AWS Data Engineer
10 16 (6.69%) Cloud Engineer
11 15 (6.28%) Administrator
11 15 (6.28%) Java Developer
12 14 (5.86%) Technical Leader
13 12 (5.02%) Senior Data Engineer
13 12 (5.02%) Solutions Architect
14 10 (4.18%) Technical Architect
15 9 (3.77%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (48.54%) Terraform
2 32 (13.39%) React
3 26 (10.88%) REST
4 25 (10.46%) Spring
4 25 (10.46%) Spring Boot
5 20 (8.37%) AngularJS
5 20 (8.37%) Node.js
6 19 (7.95%) RESTful
7 18 (7.53%) Kafka
8 16 (6.69%) FastAPI
9 13 (5.44%) ActiveMQ
10 12 (5.02%) SOAP
11 11 (4.60%) Hibernate
11 11 (4.60%) JPA
12 9 (3.77%) JSON
12 9 (3.77%) Spring Batch
12 9 (3.77%) Spring Integration
12 9 (3.77%) Web Services
13 8 (3.35%) GraphQL
13 8 (3.35%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 59 (24.69%) Cloud Native
2 27 (11.30%) Replication
3 21 (8.79%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (6.28%) Product Ownership
5 10 (4.18%) NHS
6 8 (3.35%) Virtual Team
7 7 (2.93%) Clustering
7 7 (2.93%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.51%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (2.51%) Fixed Income
8 6 (2.51%) PKI
9 5 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.09%) Reinsurance
10 4 (1.67%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.67%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.67%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.67%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.26%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.26%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 48 (20.08%) Linux
2 22 (9.21%) Windows
3 13 (5.44%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.77%) Amazon Linux
5 8 (3.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (3.35%) Unix
6 4 (1.67%) AIX
6 4 (1.67%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.26%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.42%) CentOS
8 1 (0.42%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.42%) VMS
8 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (59.41%) CI/CD
2 116 (48.54%) DevOps
3 106 (44.35%) Infrastructure as Code
4 94 (39.33%) Agile
5 49 (20.50%) Performance Tuning
6 48 (20.08%) Data Modelling
7 47 (19.67%) Containerisation
8 44 (18.41%) Observability
8 44 (18.41%) Stakeholder Management
9 43 (17.99%) Microservices
10 37 (15.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 36 (15.06%) High Availability
11 36 (15.06%) Migration
12 34 (14.23%) Data Pipeline
12 34 (14.23%) Event-Driven
13 32 (13.39%) Data Integration
13 32 (13.39%) Software Engineering
14 30 (12.55%) Disaster Recovery
14 30 (12.55%) Scrum
15 29 (12.13%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 111 (46.44%) Python
2 80 (33.47%) SQL
3 58 (24.27%) Java
4 26 (10.88%) TypeScript
5 24 (10.04%) Bash
6 23 (9.62%) PowerShell
7 15 (6.28%) Groovy
8 13 (5.44%) JavaScript
9 7 (2.93%) Perl
9 7 (2.93%) Scala
10 4 (1.67%) C#
10 4 (1.67%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.67%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.26%) Go
11 3 (1.26%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.84%) Bicep
12 2 (0.84%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.84%) Ruby
13 1 (0.42%) R
Qualifications
1 100 (41.84%) Security Cleared
2 84 (35.15%) SC Cleared
3 44 (18.41%) AWS Certification
4 29 (12.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 17 (7.11%) Degree
6 16 (6.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (4.60%) Azure Certification
7 11 (4.60%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.93%) CISM
8 7 (2.93%) CISSP
8 7 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.67%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.26%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.84%) PMP
12 1 (0.42%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.62%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.35%) NIST
3 6 (2.51%) QA
4 3 (1.26%) HL7
4 3 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.26%) SLA
5 2 (0.84%) GDPR
5 2 (0.84%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.84%) PMO
6 1 (0.42%) NCSC
6 1 (0.42%) Solvency II
System Software
1 79 (33.05%) Docker
2 15 (6.28%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.93%) Hyper-V
3 7 (2.93%) Postfix
4 5 (2.09%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.67%) BitLocker
5 4 (1.67%) Microsoft App-V
5 4 (1.67%) Terminal Services
5 4 (1.67%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.84%) DFS Replication
6 2 (0.84%) Dovecot
6 2 (0.84%) Squid
6 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 57 (23.85%) Kubernetes
2 49 (20.50%) Grafana
3 37 (15.48%) Prometheus
4 22 (9.21%) Ansible
5 9 (3.77%) Istio
6 7 (2.93%) Argo
7 6 (2.51%) Kibana
8 5 (2.09%) Puppet
9 4 (1.67%) Rancher
9 4 (1.67%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.67%) vMotion
10 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (1.26%) Nagios
10 3 (1.26%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.84%) Consul
11 2 (0.84%) Nessus
11 2 (0.84%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.84%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.84%) Packer
11 2 (0.84%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 29 (12.13%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.21%) Oracle
3 21 (8.79%) ServiceNow
4 15 (6.28%) Dynatrace
5 11 (4.60%) Informatica
6 10 (4.18%) Databricks
6 10 (4.18%) Jaspersoft
7 9 (3.77%) VMware
8 8 (3.35%) Atlassian
9 7 (2.93%) Google
9 7 (2.93%) Salesforce
9 7 (2.93%) Talend
10 6 (2.51%) Denodo
10 6 (2.51%) Splunk
11 5 (2.09%) Amplitude
11 5 (2.09%) Citrix
12 4 (1.67%) Brio
12 4 (1.67%) Cisco
12 4 (1.67%) HP
12 4 (1.67%) Symantec