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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 405 305 366
Rank change year-on-year -100 +61 -12
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 228 221 165
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.50% 0.81% 0.50%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.28% 4.50% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 160 116
10th Percentile £391 £412 £411
25th Percentile £430 £463 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.90% -2.42% -6.43%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £609
90th Percentile £759 £650 £694
UK median daily rate £526 £525 £535
% change year-on-year +0.19% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile - £70.60 -
25th Percentile £71.00 £74.13 -
Median hourly rate £72.00 £80.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £73.00 £83.75 -
90th Percentile - £86.00 -
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 6,947 4,909 6,097
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.23% 17.93% 18.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,639 3,375 4,287
10th Percentile £358 £335 £350
25th Percentile £423 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% -7.27% -
75th Percentile £619 £638 £675
90th Percentile £705 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 80 91
10th Percentile £14.96 £21.02 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.62 £29.05 £19.92
Median hourly rate £38.38 £38.23 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year +0.38% +12.67% -38.31%
75th Percentile £62.44 £65.00 £58.73
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.88 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £38.38 £38.85 £32.50
% change year-on-year -1.21% +19.52% -40.91%

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 2 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 2 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 -58 142 £550 -8.33% 119
North of England -61 33 £481 -3.75% 32
Midlands -72 26 £469 -1.26% 16
West Midlands -62 23 £469 -1.26% 6
Yorkshire -25 19 £500 - 8
South West -39 10 £542 -0.14% 17
South East -76 8 £460 -20.00% 20
North East -40 7 £425 -2.86% 12
North West -52 7 £525 -4.55% 12
East of England -29 4 £348 -36.82% 12
East Midlands -18 2 £449 +18.16% 10
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 20 (8.77%) Confluence
2 14 (6.14%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (3.07%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.63%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.63%) SAS
5 5 (2.19%) Apache
6 3 (1.32%) Cloud Foundry
6 3 (1.32%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.88%) Camunda
7 2 (0.88%) nginx
8 1 (0.44%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.44%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.44%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 217 (95.18%) AWS
2 152 (66.67%) Amazon S3
3 121 (53.07%) AWS Lambda
4 120 (52.63%) Serverless
5 91 (39.91%) Amazon EC2
6 86 (37.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 64 (28.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 58 (25.44%) Amazon ECS
9 54 (23.68%) Amazon EKS
10 50 (21.93%) Azure
11 37 (16.23%) AWS CloudFormation
12 30 (13.16%) AWS KMS
12 30 (13.16%) GitHub
13 25 (10.96%) Amazon SQS
14 20 (8.77%) GitHub Actions
14 20 (8.77%) Route 53
15 19 (8.33%) GCP
16 15 (6.58%) AWS Step Functions
16 15 (6.58%) Snowflake
17 12 (5.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.02%) Firewall
2 11 (4.82%) DNS
3 7 (3.07%) DHCP
4 6 (2.63%) SMTP
4 6 (2.63%) VPN
5 4 (1.75%) HTTP
5 4 (1.75%) NetScaler
5 4 (1.75%) Network Security
5 4 (1.75%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.88%) FTP
6 2 (0.88%) IMAP
6 2 (0.88%) OpenLDAP
6 2 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.88%) SSH
6 2 (0.88%) SSL
7 1 (0.44%) AMQP
7 1 (0.44%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (31.58%) PostgreSQL
2 54 (23.68%) Amazon Aurora
3 48 (21.05%) DynamoDB
4 24 (10.53%) SQL Server
5 20 (8.77%) Amazon Athena
5 20 (8.77%) MongoDB
5 20 (8.77%) MySQL
6 18 (7.89%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (7.02%) Amazon Redshift
8 14 (6.14%) Redis
9 13 (5.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 12 (5.26%) Big Data
10 12 (5.26%) Data Lake
10 12 (5.26%) Power BI
11 9 (3.95%) NoSQL
12 8 (3.51%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (3.51%) Relational Database
13 7 (3.07%) Apache Iceberg
13 7 (3.07%) Pentaho
14 5 (2.19%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 59 (25.88%) Jenkins
2 42 (18.42%) Git
3 40 (17.54%) GitLab
4 26 (11.40%) JIRA
5 13 (5.70%) JUnit
5 13 (5.70%) Mockito
6 10 (4.39%) Maven
6 10 (4.39%) SonarQube
7 9 (3.95%) Bitbucket
8 8 (3.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (3.07%) DbUnit
10 6 (2.63%) Bitbucket Server
10 6 (2.63%) jMock
10 6 (2.63%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (1.75%) Cucumber
11 4 (1.75%) Postman
12 3 (1.32%) Flyway
12 3 (1.32%) Sonatype Nexus
13 2 (0.88%) Vagrant
14 1 (0.44%) Gradle
General
1 66 (28.95%) Social Skills
2 50 (21.93%) Public Sector
3 30 (13.16%) Finance
4 25 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (8.77%) Banking
6 8 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.07%) Front Office
8 6 (2.63%) Back Office
8 6 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.19%) Legal
10 3 (1.32%) Billing
10 3 (1.32%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.88%) Law
11 2 (0.88%) Local Government
11 2 (0.88%) Marketing
12 1 (0.44%) Games
12 1 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.44%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.44%) Military
Job Titles
1 48 (21.05%) AWS Engineer
2 36 (15.79%) DevOps Engineer
2 36 (15.79%) Senior
3 35 (15.35%) Data Engineer
4 33 (14.47%) Architect
4 33 (14.47%) Developer
5 28 (12.28%) DBA
6 21 (9.21%) AWS DevOps
7 20 (8.77%) Lead
8 19 (8.33%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 17 (7.46%) AWS Architect
10 15 (6.58%) Administrator
10 15 (6.58%) AWS Data Engineer
10 15 (6.58%) Cloud Engineer
11 14 (6.14%) Java Developer
12 13 (5.70%) Technical Leader
13 10 (4.39%) Senior Data Engineer
13 10 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (4.39%) Technical Architect
14 9 (3.95%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (47.81%) Terraform
2 31 (13.60%) React
3 25 (10.96%) REST
4 24 (10.53%) Spring
4 24 (10.53%) Spring Boot
5 21 (9.21%) Node.js
6 20 (8.77%) AngularJS
7 19 (8.33%) RESTful
8 16 (7.02%) Kafka
9 15 (6.58%) FastAPI
10 12 (5.26%) ActiveMQ
10 12 (5.26%) SOAP
11 10 (4.39%) Hibernate
11 10 (4.39%) JPA
11 10 (4.39%) JSON
12 9 (3.95%) Spring Batch
12 9 (3.95%) Spring Integration
12 9 (3.95%) Web Services
13 8 (3.51%) AWS CDK
14 7 (3.07%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 56 (24.56%) Cloud Native
2 25 (10.96%) Replication
3 21 (9.21%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (7.02%) Product Ownership
5 10 (4.39%) NHS
6 8 (3.51%) Virtual Team
7 7 (3.07%) Fixed Income
7 7 (3.07%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.63%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (2.63%) PKI
9 5 (2.19%) Clustering
10 4 (1.75%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.75%) Reinsurance
11 3 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.32%) Data Structures
11 3 (1.32%) Derivative
11 3 (1.32%) Equities
11 3 (1.32%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 46 (20.18%) Linux
2 20 (8.77%) Windows
3 13 (5.70%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.95%) Amazon Linux
5 8 (3.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.63%) Unix
7 4 (1.75%) AIX
7 4 (1.75%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.32%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.44%) CentOS
9 1 (0.44%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.44%) VMS
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (60.53%) CI/CD
2 109 (47.81%) DevOps
3 98 (42.98%) Infrastructure as Code
4 93 (40.79%) Agile
5 48 (21.05%) Performance Tuning
6 45 (19.74%) Data Modelling
7 44 (19.30%) Containerisation
8 43 (18.86%) Microservices
9 41 (17.98%) Observability
9 41 (17.98%) Stakeholder Management
10 38 (16.67%) High Availability
11 35 (15.35%) Data Pipeline
12 34 (14.91%) Continuous Improvement
13 33 (14.47%) Migration
14 30 (13.16%) Event-Driven
15 29 (12.72%) ETL
15 29 (12.72%) Scrum
16 28 (12.28%) Data Integration
16 28 (12.28%) Disaster Recovery
16 28 (12.28%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 106 (46.49%) Python
2 77 (33.77%) SQL
3 58 (25.44%) Java
4 25 (10.96%) TypeScript
5 23 (10.09%) Bash
6 22 (9.65%) PowerShell
7 14 (6.14%) Groovy
8 11 (4.82%) JavaScript
9 7 (3.07%) Perl
10 6 (2.63%) Scala
11 4 (1.75%) C#
11 4 (1.75%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.32%) Go
12 3 (1.32%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.88%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.88%) Ruby
14 1 (0.44%) Bicep
14 1 (0.44%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 96 (42.11%) Security Cleared
2 80 (35.09%) SC Cleared
3 41 (17.98%) AWS Certification
4 26 (11.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 17 (7.46%) Degree
6 16 (7.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (4.82%) DV Cleared
8 10 (4.39%) Azure Certification
9 7 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (2.63%) CISM
10 6 (2.63%) CISSP
11 4 (1.75%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.32%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.88%) PMP
14 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified Developer
14 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.09%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.07%) NIST
3 5 (2.19%) QA
4 3 (1.32%) HL7
4 3 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.32%) PMO
4 3 (1.32%) SLA
5 2 (0.88%) GDPR
5 2 (0.88%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.44%) NCSC
6 1 (0.44%) Solvency II
System Software
1 75 (32.89%) Docker
2 14 (6.14%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.07%) Postfix
4 6 (2.63%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (1.75%) BitLocker
6 4 (1.75%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (1.75%) Terminal Services
6 4 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.88%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.88%) Dovecot
7 2 (0.88%) Squid
8 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.44%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 56 (24.56%) Kubernetes
2 47 (20.61%) Grafana
3 36 (15.79%) Prometheus
4 22 (9.65%) Ansible
5 9 (3.95%) Istio
6 7 (3.07%) Argo
7 6 (2.63%) Kibana
8 5 (2.19%) Puppet
9 4 (1.75%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.75%) vMotion
10 3 (1.32%) Nagios
10 3 (1.32%) Progress Chef
10 3 (1.32%) Rancher
11 2 (0.88%) Consul
11 2 (0.88%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.88%) Foglight
11 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.88%) Nessus
11 2 (0.88%) Packer
11 2 (0.88%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 27 (11.84%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.21%) ServiceNow
3 17 (7.46%) Oracle
4 14 (6.14%) Dynatrace
5 10 (4.39%) Databricks
5 10 (4.39%) Informatica
5 10 (4.39%) Jaspersoft
6 9 (3.95%) VMware
7 8 (3.51%) Atlassian
8 7 (3.07%) Google
8 7 (3.07%) Salesforce
9 6 (2.63%) Denodo
9 6 (2.63%) Splunk
9 6 (2.63%) Talend
10 5 (2.19%) Amplitude
10 5 (2.19%) Citrix
11 4 (1.75%) Brio
11 4 (1.75%) Cisco
11 4 (1.75%) HP
11 4 (1.75%) Symantec