Amazon S3 Contract Job Trends in England

Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Amazon S3 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 172 251
Rank change year-on-year -18 +79 +48
Contract jobs citing Amazon S3 581 385 335
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.39% 1.60% 0.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.95% 4.24% 2.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 285 258
10th Percentile £358 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £625
90th Percentile £713 £740 £746
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £71.00 £38.13 -
25th Percentile - £40.94 -
Median hourly rate £81.00 £46.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +75.14% - -
75th Percentile £91.50 £50.94 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £53.38 -
UK median hourly rate £81.00 £46.25 -
% change year-on-year +75.14% - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

Amazon S3 falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14,717 9,086 11,765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.08% 37.73% 31.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,002 6,201 8,458
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.97% -1.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £748
UK median daily rate £510 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 510 218 323
10th Percentile £15.74 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.57 £17.88 £16.00
Median hourly rate £40.28 £25.26 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +59.49% +18.18% -38.94%
75th Percentile £68.75 £37.69 £39.50
90th Percentile £81.35 £68.75 £69.90
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £28.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +28.41% +30.23% -41.89%

Amazon S3
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Amazon S3 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Amazon S3 job vacancy trend in England

Amazon S3
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Amazon S3.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Amazon S3

Amazon S3
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Amazon S3 in England over the 6 months to 5 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Amazon S3 in England

Amazon S3
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Amazon S3.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Amazon S3

Amazon S3
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Amazon S3 in England over the 6 months to 5 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Amazon S3 in England

Amazon S3
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 S3 within the England region over the 6 months to 5 June 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 +9 393 £550 - 91
Midlands -16 69 £469 -1.26% 13
West Midlands -19 64 £469 -1.26% 11
North of England -67 58 £488 -2.50% 42
North West -34 31 £525 +10.53% 24
South East -50 31 £586 +30.28% 22
South West -20 19 £456 -17.05% 27
North East -15 14 £419 - 6
Yorkshire -55 13 £500 -4.76% 12
East of England -34 7 £425 -15.00% 3
East Midlands -26 4 £425 -6.54% 2
Amazon S3
UK

Amazon S3
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 63 (10.84%) Apache Airflow
2 57 (9.81%) Apache Spark
3 54 (9.29%) Confluence
4 37 (6.37%) Apache
5 15 (2.58%) SAS
6 10 (1.72%) nginx
7 6 (1.03%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.69%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.52%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.34%) CMS
10 2 (0.34%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.17%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.17%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.17%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 10 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.03%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.17%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 577 (99.31%) AWS
2 364 (62.65%) Serverless
3 358 (61.62%) AWS Lambda
4 219 (37.69%) Amazon EC2
5 161 (27.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 119 (20.48%) Amazon ECS
7 118 (20.31%) GitHub
8 114 (19.62%) Amazon EKS
8 114 (19.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 105 (18.07%) AWS CloudFormation
10 92 (15.83%) Amazon SQS
10 92 (15.83%) Azure
11 89 (15.32%) GitHub Actions
12 68 (11.70%) AWS Step Functions
13 66 (11.36%) Snowflake
14 62 (10.67%) dbt
15 52 (8.95%) Power Platform
16 47 (8.09%) Amazon EMR
16 47 (8.09%) Route 53
17 46 (7.92%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 29 (4.99%) DNS
2 23 (3.96%) Firewall
3 15 (2.58%) TCP/IP
4 14 (2.41%) VPN
5 11 (1.89%) OpenVPN
6 10 (1.72%) Network Security
7 4 (0.69%) NAS
7 4 (0.69%) Reverse Proxy
7 4 (0.69%) SAN
7 4 (0.69%) SSL
7 4 (0.69%) WAN
8 3 (0.52%) BGP
8 3 (0.52%) OSPF
9 2 (0.34%) Internet
9 2 (0.34%) Multicast
9 2 (0.34%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.34%) VLAN
10 1 (0.17%) 5G
10 1 (0.17%) BIG-IP
10 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (24.78%) Amazon RDS
2 112 (19.28%) Amazon Athena
3 101 (17.38%) DynamoDB
4 91 (15.66%) Amazon Redshift
5 86 (14.80%) PostgreSQL
6 52 (8.95%) Power BI
7 47 (8.09%) Amazon Aurora
8 45 (7.75%) Data Warehouse
9 44 (7.57%) Data Lake
10 36 (6.20%) NoSQL
11 30 (5.16%) Tableau
12 29 (4.99%) Relational Database
13 25 (4.30%) Metadata
14 24 (4.13%) SQL Server
15 23 (3.96%) Big Data
16 22 (3.79%) Apache Iceberg
16 22 (3.79%) BigQuery
17 20 (3.44%) MongoDB
17 20 (3.44%) Snowflake Schema
18 19 (3.27%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 130 (22.38%) Jenkins
2 127 (21.86%) Git
3 124 (21.34%) GitLab
4 65 (11.19%) JIRA
5 28 (4.82%) JUnit
5 28 (4.82%) SonarQube
6 27 (4.65%) Bitbucket
7 23 (3.96%) Maven
7 23 (3.96%) Mockito
8 14 (2.41%) DbUnit
9 13 (2.24%) jMock
10 11 (1.89%) Bitbucket Server
11 9 (1.55%) Artifactory
12 8 (1.38%) Cucumber
12 8 (1.38%) Cypress.io
13 6 (1.03%) Postman
14 4 (0.69%) Terragrunt
15 3 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
15 3 (0.52%) TeamCity
15 3 (0.52%) Vite
General
1 154 (26.51%) Social Skills
2 103 (17.73%) Public Sector
3 99 (17.04%) Finance
4 56 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (4.82%) Banking
6 21 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (1.72%) Front Office
9 6 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (0.86%) Military
11 4 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.69%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.52%) Back Office
12 3 (0.52%) Law
12 3 (0.52%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.52%) Retail
13 2 (0.34%) Billing
13 2 (0.34%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 145 (24.96%) Data Engineer
2 116 (19.97%) Developer
3 92 (15.83%) AWS Engineer
4 76 (13.08%) Senior
5 73 (12.56%) Architect
5 73 (12.56%) Lead
6 43 (7.40%) Java Developer
7 41 (7.06%) DevOps Engineer
8 35 (6.02%) AWS Architect
9 34 (5.85%) AWS Data Engineer
10 33 (5.68%) Cloud Engineer
11 29 (4.99%) AWS Developer
12 28 (4.82%) Senior Data Engineer
13 25 (4.30%) Software Engineer
14 24 (4.13%) AWS DevOps
15 23 (3.96%) Data Architect
15 23 (3.96%) Lead Data Engineer
16 22 (3.79%) Python Developer
17 21 (3.61%) Analyst
18 20 (3.44%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (16.01%) Kafka
2 68 (11.70%) Spring
2 68 (11.70%) Spring Boot
3 58 (9.98%) REST
4 55 (9.47%) PySpark
5 54 (9.29%) React
6 53 (9.12%) RESTful
7 49 (8.43%) Node.js
8 35 (6.02%) AngularJS
9 28 (4.82%) SOAP
10 24 (4.13%) JPA
10 24 (4.13%) OAuth
10 24 (4.13%) OpenID
11 23 (3.96%) AWS CDK
11 23 (3.96%) Hibernate
11 23 (3.96%) Web Services
12 21 (3.61%) Spring Cloud
13 20 (3.44%) FastAPI
14 19 (3.27%) ActiveMQ
15 18 (3.10%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 150 (25.82%) Cloud Native
2 45 (7.75%) Product Ownership
3 39 (6.71%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (2.41%) NHS
5 8 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (1.38%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.20%) Data Structures
6 7 (1.20%) Distributed Computing
6 7 (1.20%) Hedge funds
7 6 (1.03%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.03%) Legacy Code
7 6 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.03%) Mainframe
7 6 (1.03%) PACS
7 6 (1.03%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (0.86%) AI Agents
8 5 (0.86%) Clustering
8 5 (0.86%) Reference Data
8 5 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (0.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 75 (12.91%) Linux
2 19 (3.27%) Unix
3 13 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.03%) Windows
5 5 (0.86%) Amazon Linux
6 2 (0.34%) Android
6 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.17%) CentOS
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (58.52%) CI/CD
2 241 (41.48%) DevOps
3 211 (36.32%) Infrastructure as Code
4 179 (30.81%) Agile
5 127 (21.86%) Data Engineering
6 126 (21.69%) Analytics
6 126 (21.69%) Containerisation
7 121 (20.83%) Data Modelling
7 121 (20.83%) ETL
8 115 (19.79%) Data Pipeline
9 94 (16.18%) Microservices
10 85 (14.63%) Observability
11 79 (13.60%) AI
12 74 (12.74%) Migration
12 74 (12.74%) Test Automation
13 70 (12.05%) Event-Driven
13 70 (12.05%) Scrum
14 65 (11.19%) Continuous Improvement
14 65 (11.19%) Problem-Solving
15 62 (10.67%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 316 (54.39%) Python
2 234 (40.28%) SQL
3 123 (21.17%) Java
4 53 (9.12%) TypeScript
5 43 (7.40%) C#
6 38 (6.54%) Bash
7 36 (6.20%) JavaScript
8 26 (4.48%) PowerShell
9 23 (3.96%) Shell Script
10 19 (3.27%) Scala
11 8 (1.38%) Groovy
12 7 (1.20%) Go
13 6 (1.03%) Bicep
13 6 (1.03%) SAS Macro
14 4 (0.69%) Perl
14 4 (0.69%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.52%) C
15 3 (0.52%) R
16 2 (0.34%) Search Processing Language
16 2 (0.34%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 198 (34.08%) Security Cleared
2 169 (29.09%) SC Cleared
3 36 (6.20%) AWS Certification
4 14 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (2.41%) Degree
5 13 (2.24%) Azure Certification
6 12 (2.07%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 11 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 11 (1.89%) SAFe Agilist
8 9 (1.55%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.20%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 7 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.86%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.69%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.69%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.52%) OCP
12 3 (0.52%) Oracle Certification
12 3 (0.52%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.52%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (12.39%) Data Quality
2 25 (4.30%) QA
3 20 (3.44%) GDPR
4 8 (1.38%) SLA
5 7 (1.20%) NIST
5 7 (1.20%) PMO
6 6 (1.03%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.03%) ISO 20022
6 6 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.69%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.17%) GRC
8 1 (0.17%) HL7
8 1 (0.17%) IFRS
8 1 (0.17%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 185 (31.84%) Docker
2 12 (2.07%) Squid
3 11 (1.89%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.89%) Postfix
4 3 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.17%) HDFS
6 1 (0.17%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 261 (44.92%) Terraform
2 121 (20.83%) Kubernetes
3 77 (13.25%) Grafana
4 56 (9.64%) Prometheus
5 39 (6.71%) Ansible
6 18 (3.10%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (1.72%) Kibana
7 10 (1.72%) Puppet
8 9 (1.55%) FortiGate
9 8 (1.38%) Consul
10 7 (1.20%) Argo
10 7 (1.20%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.86%) Salt
12 4 (0.69%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (0.69%) Istio
12 4 (0.69%) Karpenter
12 4 (0.69%) Packer
13 3 (0.52%) Data Guard
13 3 (0.52%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 3 (0.52%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 55 (9.47%) Databricks
2 29 (4.99%) Microsoft
3 24 (4.13%) Google
4 22 (3.79%) Splunk
5 21 (3.61%) Atlassian
5 21 (3.61%) Oracle
6 19 (3.27%) Dynatrace
6 19 (3.27%) ServiceNow
7 17 (2.93%) Jaspersoft
8 16 (2.75%) Red Hat
9 13 (2.24%) Informatica
10 11 (1.89%) Teradata
11 10 (1.72%) Confluent
11 10 (1.72%) Denodo
12 7 (1.20%) OpenAI
13 6 (1.03%) AVEVA
14 5 (0.86%) Ab Initio
15 4 (0.69%) Brio
15 4 (0.69%) Fortinet
15 4 (0.69%) Sybase