Amazon RDS Contracts in England

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Amazon RDS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Amazon RDS over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 342 309
Rank change year-on-year +45 -33 +103
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 188 192 375
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.77% 0.53% 0.78%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.05% 3.08% 4.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 141 269
10th Percentile £413 £406 £450
25th Percentile £463 £417 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £520 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.27% -13.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £613 £575 £675
90th Percentile £654 £675 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £588
% change year-on-year +10.00% -14.89% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £79.89
Median hourly rate - - £84.09
75th Percentile - - £88.30
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £84.09
% change year-on-year - - +43.13%

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 4,642 6,240 8,585
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.07% 17.13% 17.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,243 4,505 6,175
10th Percentile £363 £355 £375
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.57% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £653 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £523 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -0.48% -3.67% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 134 159
10th Percentile £20.21 £14.00 £21.24
25th Percentile £23.50 £20.98 £32.00
Median hourly rate £32.05 £40.13 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.12% -30.22% +27.78%
75th Percentile £65.31 £58.68 £73.73
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.25 £79.60
UK median hourly rate £33.81 £40.00 £58.59
% change year-on-year -15.49% -31.73% +27.37%

Amazon RDS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Amazon RDS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Amazon RDS in England

Amazon RDS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Amazon RDS in England.

Daily rate trend for Amazon RDS in England

Amazon RDS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Amazon RDS in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Amazon RDS in England

Amazon RDS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Amazon RDS in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 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 +42 126 £580 +10.48% 238
Midlands +29 16 £500 +11.11% 25
South East +41 15 £575 +8.49% 64
West Midlands +17 15 £525 +16.67% 20
North of England +1 9 £500 +11.11% 54
South West +39 8 £584 +6.14% 19
North West +9 6 £456 +1.90% 31
East of England +23 4 £500 -20.00% 24
Yorkshire +3 3 £500 -1.38% 14
East Midlands +11 1 £311 -30.89% 3
Amazon RDS
UK

Amazon RDS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (7.45%) Apache Spark
2 12 (6.38%) Apache
3 11 (5.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (4.79%) Confluence
5 7 (3.72%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.06%) Camunda
6 2 (1.06%) nginx
6 2 (1.06%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.53%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.53%) CMS
7 1 (0.53%) IIS
7 1 (0.53%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 2 (1.06%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 187 (99.47%) AWS
2 96 (51.06%) Amazon S3
3 88 (46.81%) Serverless
4 86 (45.74%) AWS Lambda
5 79 (42.02%) Amazon EC2
6 62 (32.98%) AWS CloudFormation
7 44 (23.40%) Amazon EKS
8 34 (18.09%) Amazon SQS
9 33 (17.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 24 (12.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 21 (11.17%) Route 53
12 20 (10.64%) GitHub
13 19 (10.11%) Amazon ECS
14 17 (9.04%) Azure
15 16 (8.51%) GCP
16 15 (7.98%) AWS Step Functions
16 15 (7.98%) PaaS
17 13 (6.91%) OpenShift
18 12 (6.38%) AWS CodePipeline
18 12 (6.38%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (17.02%) DNS
2 25 (13.30%) VPN
3 18 (9.57%) Firewall
4 17 (9.04%) TCP/IP
5 16 (8.51%) DHCP
6 10 (5.32%) HTTP
7 9 (4.79%) Internet
7 9 (4.79%) SMTP
8 4 (2.13%) SSL
9 3 (1.60%) Kerberos
10 2 (1.06%) IPsec
10 2 (1.06%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.53%) NAS
11 1 (0.53%) Network Security
11 1 (0.53%) SAN
11 1 (0.53%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (31.91%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (18.09%) Amazon Aurora
3 32 (17.02%) DynamoDB
4 23 (12.23%) Big Data
5 22 (11.70%) Relational Database
6 20 (10.64%) Amazon Redshift
7 19 (10.11%) MySQL
8 16 (8.51%) Amazon Athena
8 16 (8.51%) NoSQL
9 14 (7.45%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (4.26%) Data Lake
10 8 (4.26%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (4.26%) Hadoop
10 8 (4.26%) Oracle Database
10 8 (4.26%) Power BI
11 7 (3.72%) SQL Server
12 6 (3.19%) MongoDB
12 6 (3.19%) Tableau
13 5 (2.66%) Amazon QuickSight
14 4 (2.13%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 41 (21.81%) Jenkins
2 20 (10.64%) Git
3 18 (9.57%) GitLab
4 11 (5.85%) Maven
5 10 (5.32%) JIRA
5 10 (5.32%) JUnit
5 10 (5.32%) Mockito
6 6 (3.19%) SonarQube
7 4 (2.13%) Bitbucket Server
7 4 (2.13%) DbUnit
7 4 (2.13%) jMock
8 3 (1.60%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.60%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.60%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.60%) ERwin
9 2 (1.06%) Postman
9 2 (1.06%) Selenium
9 2 (1.06%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.53%) Storybook
General
1 49 (26.06%) Public Sector
2 42 (22.34%) Social Skills
3 36 (19.15%) Finance
4 24 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.19%) Banking
5 6 (3.19%) Front Office
6 5 (2.66%) Billing
7 3 (1.60%) Military
7 3 (1.60%) Retail
8 2 (1.06%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.06%) Marketing
8 2 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.53%) Aviation
9 1 (0.53%) Local Government
9 1 (0.53%) Police
Job Titles
1 41 (21.81%) Developer
2 33 (17.55%) DevOps Engineer
3 32 (17.02%) Architect
3 32 (17.02%) Senior
4 29 (15.43%) AWS Engineer
5 22 (11.70%) AWS Architect
5 22 (11.70%) Data Engineer
6 19 (10.11%) AWS DevOps
6 19 (10.11%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 18 (9.57%) Lead
8 15 (7.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (7.98%) Java Developer
9 14 (7.45%) Senior DevOps
10 13 (6.91%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 12 (6.38%) .NET Developer
12 10 (5.32%) AWS Developer
13 9 (4.79%) AWS Data Engineer
13 9 (4.79%) Cloud Developer
13 9 (4.79%) DBA
14 8 (4.26%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (10.64%) Spring Boot
2 19 (10.11%) REST
3 17 (9.04%) Spring
4 15 (7.98%) .NET
4 15 (7.98%) Elastic Stack
5 13 (6.91%) Node.js
6 12 (6.38%) .NET Framework
6 12 (6.38%) Entity Framework
6 12 (6.38%) Web Services
7 11 (5.85%) RESTful
8 10 (5.32%) AngularJS
8 10 (5.32%) Hibernate
9 9 (4.79%) Kafka
9 9 (4.79%) SOAP
10 8 (4.26%) ActiveMQ
11 7 (3.72%) JPA
11 7 (3.72%) Spring Cloud
12 6 (3.19%) AWS CDK
12 6 (3.19%) Bootstrap
12 6 (3.19%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.91%) PKI
2 11 (5.85%) Data Centre
3 10 (5.32%) Clustering
4 9 (4.79%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.72%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.60%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.60%) Derivative
6 3 (1.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.60%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.60%) Replication
7 2 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.06%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.06%) Tandem
8 1 (0.53%) Distributed Applications
8 1 (0.53%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.53%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.53%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.53%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 39 (20.74%) Linux
2 23 (12.23%) Windows
3 13 (6.91%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.66%) Unix
5 4 (2.13%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (1.06%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (42.55%) DevOps
2 74 (39.36%) CI/CD
3 66 (35.11%) Containerisation
4 56 (29.79%) Agile
5 54 (28.72%) Infrastructure as Code
6 45 (23.94%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (17.02%) Stakeholder Management
8 31 (16.49%) ETL
8 31 (16.49%) High Availability
9 29 (15.43%) Open Source
10 27 (14.36%) Microservices
11 26 (13.83%) Continuous Integration
12 24 (12.77%) Data Pipeline
13 23 (12.23%) Migration
14 21 (11.17%) Data Modelling
15 19 (10.11%) Data Engineering
15 19 (10.11%) Deployment Automation
16 18 (9.57%) Mentoring
17 17 (9.04%) Analytics
17 17 (9.04%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (40.96%) Python
2 60 (31.91%) SQL
3 42 (22.34%) Java
4 23 (12.23%) JavaScript
4 23 (12.23%) PowerShell
5 16 (8.51%) Bash
6 15 (7.98%) C#
7 14 (7.45%) PL/SQL
8 11 (5.85%) RPG
8 11 (5.85%) RPG IV
9 7 (3.72%) Shell Script
10 5 (2.66%) Perl
10 5 (2.66%) TypeScript
11 4 (2.13%) Go
11 4 (2.13%) R
12 3 (1.60%) Scala
13 2 (1.06%) C++
13 2 (1.06%) Lua
13 2 (1.06%) PHP
13 2 (1.06%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 82 (43.62%) Security Cleared
2 69 (36.70%) SC Cleared
3 33 (17.55%) AWS Certification
4 26 (13.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 21 (11.17%) Degree
6 11 (5.85%) DV Cleared
7 8 (4.26%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 8 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.53%) OCP
8 1 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.53%) VCAP
8 1 (0.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.32%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.19%) NCSC
3 5 (2.66%) GDPR
4 3 (1.60%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (1.60%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.06%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.53%) NIST
System Software
1 81 (43.09%) Docker
2 17 (9.04%) Active Directory
3 11 (5.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (4.79%) BitLocker
4 9 (4.79%) Hyper-V
4 9 (4.79%) Microsoft App-V
4 9 (4.79%) Terminal Services
4 9 (4.79%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (2.66%) Postfix
5 5 (2.66%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.06%) RACF
6 2 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.53%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 73 (38.83%) Kubernetes
2 72 (38.30%) Terraform
3 40 (21.28%) Ansible
4 27 (14.36%) Puppet
5 22 (11.70%) Prometheus
6 20 (10.64%) Grafana
7 18 (9.57%) Progress Chef
8 10 (5.32%) Nagios
9 9 (4.79%) vCenter Server
9 9 (4.79%) vMotion
10 5 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (1.60%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (1.06%) Data Guard
12 2 (1.06%) Packer
12 2 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.53%) Apache Ranger
13 1 (0.53%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.53%) Oracle RMAN
13 1 (0.53%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 24 (12.77%) Oracle
2 17 (9.04%) Microsoft
3 16 (8.51%) Google
4 12 (6.38%) VMware
5 9 (4.79%) Citrix
5 9 (4.79%) HP
5 9 (4.79%) Symantec
6 8 (4.26%) Red Hat
7 6 (3.19%) Atlassian
8 5 (2.66%) Informatica
8 5 (2.66%) Jaspersoft
9 4 (2.13%) MuleSoft
9 4 (2.13%) Solace
9 4 (2.13%) TIBCO
10 3 (1.60%) Databricks
11 2 (1.06%) Alteryx
11 2 (1.06%) Cloudera
11 2 (1.06%) QAD
11 2 (1.06%) Splunk
11 2 (1.06%) Talend