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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 196 254
Rank change year-on-year +8 +58 +15
Contract jobs citing Amazon S3 518 340 350
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.47% 1.33% 0.93%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.91% 3.53% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 246 277
10th Percentile £358 £404 £398
25th Percentile £425 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.76% -10.64%
75th Percentile £614 £688 £625
90th Percentile £688 £788 £738
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £521
% change year-on-year -2.38% +0.77% -7.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £81.00 - -
75th Percentile £95.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £81.00 - -

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 13,242 9,623 12,332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.55% 37.62% 32.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,147 6,507 8,922
10th Percentile £307 £313 £275
25th Percentile £407 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £602 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 368 148 318
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.38 £14.21
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.25 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £27.50 £21.48
Median % change year-on-year +43.64% +28.03% -14.08%
75th Percentile £60.00 £47.63 £46.18
90th Percentile £78.98 £74.28 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £37.58 £27.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +36.65% +27.91% -14.00%

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 25 February 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 25 February 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 25 February 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 +5 337 £525 -8.70% 60
North of England -19 69 £500 - 30
Midlands -25 57 £488 +8.33% 13
West Midlands -20 49 £500 -9.09% 10
Yorkshire -34 33 £500 -2.44% 8
North West -21 28 £450 -5.26% 20
South East -24 24 £530 -16.86% 18
South West -14 17 £531 -11.58% 17
East of England -14 9 £475 -1.30% 5
North East -13 8 £450 -26.23% 2
East Midlands -29 8 £433 -2.59% 3
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 49 (9.46%) Apache Spark
2 32 (6.18%) Apache Airflow
3 31 (5.98%) Apache
3 31 (5.98%) Confluence
4 12 (2.32%) nginx
5 6 (1.16%) SAS
6 3 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.58%) Traefik
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.16%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.58%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Actimize
1 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 515 (99.42%) AWS
2 314 (60.62%) Serverless
3 305 (58.88%) AWS Lambda
4 213 (41.12%) Amazon EC2
5 149 (28.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 127 (24.52%) AWS CloudFormation
7 117 (22.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 113 (21.81%) Amazon ECS
9 100 (19.31%) Amazon EKS
10 98 (18.92%) GitHub
11 89 (17.18%) Azure
12 72 (13.90%) GitHub Actions
13 52 (10.04%) AWS Step Functions
14 48 (9.27%) Route 53
15 47 (9.07%) Amazon SQS
15 47 (9.07%) GCP
16 44 (8.49%) Amazon Kinesis
17 43 (8.30%) Snowflake
18 35 (6.76%) Amazon EMR
19 34 (6.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 42 (8.11%) DNS
2 38 (7.34%) Firewall
3 31 (5.98%) VPN
4 24 (4.63%) TCP/IP
5 20 (3.86%) Network Security
6 13 (2.51%) SSL
7 8 (1.54%) OpenVPN
8 4 (0.77%) FTP
8 4 (0.77%) HTTP
8 4 (0.77%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.77%) SMTP
8 4 (0.77%) SSH
9 3 (0.58%) BGP
9 3 (0.58%) IMAP
9 3 (0.58%) OpenLDAP
10 2 (0.39%) Calico
10 2 (0.39%) Multicast
10 2 (0.39%) NAS
10 2 (0.39%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.39%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (28.96%) Amazon RDS
2 92 (17.76%) PostgreSQL
3 78 (15.06%) DynamoDB
4 77 (14.86%) Amazon Redshift
5 74 (14.29%) Amazon Athena
6 40 (7.72%) Data Lake
6 40 (7.72%) Relational Database
7 36 (6.95%) Amazon Aurora
8 35 (6.76%) Data Warehouse
9 34 (6.56%) Power BI
10 25 (4.83%) MongoDB
11 24 (4.63%) NoSQL
11 24 (4.63%) SQL Server
12 23 (4.44%) BigQuery
13 21 (4.05%) MySQL
14 20 (3.86%) OLTP
15 19 (3.67%) Tableau
16 17 (3.28%) OLAP
17 15 (2.90%) Mixpanel
18 14 (2.70%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 124 (23.94%) Jenkins
2 102 (19.69%) Git
3 100 (19.31%) GitLab
4 37 (7.14%) JIRA
5 22 (4.25%) JUnit
6 19 (3.67%) Bitbucket
6 19 (3.67%) Maven
7 18 (3.47%) SonarQube
8 12 (2.32%) Mockito
9 9 (1.74%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.74%) Cypress.io
10 7 (1.35%) DbUnit
10 7 (1.35%) jMock
11 6 (1.16%) Gradle
12 5 (0.97%) Bitbucket Server
13 4 (0.77%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.77%) CircleCI
13 4 (0.77%) Terragrunt
13 4 (0.77%) Vagrant
13 4 (0.77%) Vite
General
1 143 (27.61%) Social Skills
2 86 (16.60%) Finance
3 83 (16.02%) Public Sector
4 51 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (4.83%) Banking
6 20 (3.86%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (2.32%) Front Office
9 7 (1.35%) Military
10 4 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.58%) Legal
11 3 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.39%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.39%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.39%) Retail
13 1 (0.19%) Aviation
13 1 (0.19%) Billing
13 1 (0.19%) iGaming
13 1 (0.19%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 100 (19.31%) Developer
2 99 (19.11%) Data Engineer
3 79 (15.25%) AWS Engineer
4 65 (12.55%) Architect
5 57 (11.00%) Lead
5 57 (11.00%) Senior
6 56 (10.81%) DevOps Engineer
7 38 (7.34%) Java Developer
8 29 (5.60%) AWS Architect
9 28 (5.41%) Cloud Engineer
10 27 (5.21%) AWS Data Engineer
11 25 (4.83%) Software Engineer
12 24 (4.63%) AWS DevOps
13 23 (4.44%) Lead Data Engineer
13 23 (4.44%) Site Engineer
14 22 (4.25%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 22 (4.25%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 21 (4.05%) Analyst
15 21 (4.05%) AWS Developer
15 21 (4.05%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (19.88%) Kafka
2 67 (12.93%) Spring
2 67 (12.93%) Spring Boot
3 53 (10.23%) Node.js
4 52 (10.04%) RESTful
5 46 (8.88%) REST
6 45 (8.69%) React
7 34 (6.56%) AngularJS
8 27 (5.21%) OAuth
9 25 (4.83%) PySpark
10 22 (4.25%) CSS
11 19 (3.67%) AWS CDK
11 19 (3.67%) Jest
12 17 (3.28%) OpenID
13 16 (3.09%) ActiveMQ
14 15 (2.90%) boto
14 15 (2.90%) Great Expectations
15 14 (2.70%) Elastic Stack
15 14 (2.70%) JPA
15 14 (2.70%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 127 (24.52%) Cloud Native
2 36 (6.95%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (3.86%) Product Ownership
4 17 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (2.12%) NHS
5 11 (2.12%) Replication
6 8 (1.54%) Data Centre
6 8 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.16%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.16%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.16%) Public Cloud
8 5 (0.97%) Distributed Architecture
8 5 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (0.97%) SCADA
9 4 (0.77%) Algorithms
9 4 (0.77%) Derivative
9 4 (0.77%) Equities
9 4 (0.77%) PACS
9 4 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (0.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 72 (13.90%) Linux
2 14 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 10 (1.93%) Windows
4 9 (1.74%) Unix
5 8 (1.54%) Amazon Linux
6 7 (1.35%) VMS
7 5 (0.97%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.58%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.39%) zOS
10 1 (0.19%) Android
10 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (59.07%) CI/CD
2 222 (42.86%) DevOps
3 202 (39.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 140 (27.03%) Agile
5 130 (25.10%) Containerisation
6 113 (21.81%) ETL
7 110 (21.24%) Analytics
8 105 (20.27%) Data Modelling
9 103 (19.88%) Data Engineering
10 97 (18.73%) Microservices
11 93 (17.95%) Data Pipeline
12 85 (16.41%) Observability
13 83 (16.02%) Problem-Solving
14 68 (13.13%) Performance Tuning
15 60 (11.58%) Event-Driven
15 60 (11.58%) Software Engineering
16 58 (11.20%) AI
17 56 (10.81%) Migration
18 55 (10.62%) Data Governance
19 53 (10.23%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 291 (56.18%) Python
2 193 (37.26%) SQL
3 108 (20.85%) Java
4 60 (11.58%) Bash
5 45 (8.69%) TypeScript
6 39 (7.53%) JavaScript
7 28 (5.41%) C#
8 24 (4.63%) Shell Script
9 17 (3.28%) Go
10 16 (3.09%) PowerShell
11 6 (1.16%) JSX
12 5 (0.97%) Groovy
12 5 (0.97%) SAS Macro
12 5 (0.97%) Scala
13 4 (0.77%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.58%) C++
14 3 (0.58%) Korn
15 2 (0.39%) C
15 2 (0.39%) Search Processing Language
15 2 (0.39%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 183 (35.33%) Security Cleared
2 148 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 50 (9.65%) AWS Certification
4 20 (3.86%) Degree
4 20 (3.86%) DV Cleared
5 17 (3.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 12 (2.32%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 12 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.93%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.35%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.58%) OCP
9 3 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (0.58%) PhD
10 2 (0.39%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.39%) CISSP
11 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 1 (0.19%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (11.00%) Data Quality
2 36 (6.95%) GDPR
3 23 (4.44%) QA
4 15 (2.90%) NIST
5 14 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.32%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.77%) ISO 20022
7 4 (0.77%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.77%) PMO
8 3 (0.58%) NCSC
8 3 (0.58%) SLA
9 2 (0.39%) MiFID
9 2 (0.39%) WCAG
10 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.19%) GxP
10 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.19%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 188 (36.29%) Docker
2 11 (2.12%) Squid
3 9 (1.74%) Postfix
4 5 (0.97%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.77%) DFS Replication
6 3 (0.58%) Dovecot
6 3 (0.58%) ISA Server
6 3 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.39%) HDFS
7 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.19%) etcd
8 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 252 (48.65%) Terraform
2 141 (27.22%) Kubernetes
3 75 (14.48%) Ansible
4 71 (13.71%) Grafana
5 63 (12.16%) Prometheus
6 18 (3.47%) Progress Chef
7 17 (3.28%) Puppet
8 16 (3.09%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (1.74%) Argo
9 9 (1.74%) FortiGate
10 7 (1.35%) Consul
10 7 (1.35%) Kibana
10 7 (1.35%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (0.97%) Dell DRAC
11 5 (0.97%) Istio
11 5 (0.97%) Karpenter
12 3 (0.58%) HP Fortify
12 3 (0.58%) Opsgenie
12 3 (0.58%) Packer
12 3 (0.58%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 54 (10.42%) Databricks
2 32 (6.18%) Microsoft
3 24 (4.63%) Google
4 22 (4.25%) Splunk
5 18 (3.47%) Red Hat
6 16 (3.09%) F5
6 16 (3.09%) ServiceNow
7 15 (2.90%) Atlassian
7 15 (2.90%) Palo Alto
8 14 (2.70%) CheckPoint
9 12 (2.32%) Jaspersoft
9 12 (2.32%) Oracle
10 11 (2.12%) Dynatrace
11 8 (1.54%) Confluent
11 8 (1.54%) Dell
11 8 (1.54%) PagerDuty
12 7 (1.35%) Sybase
13 6 (1.16%) AVEVA
13 6 (1.16%) OpenAI
14 5 (0.97%) IBM