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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 176 243
Rank change year-on-year -11 +67 +53
Contract jobs citing Amazon S3 607 396 344
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.42% 1.62% 0.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.06% 4.29% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 293 260
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 £619 £625
90th Percentile £713 £723 £738
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -1.33% +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 14,936 9,233 11,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.02% 37.66% 32.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,137 6,286 8,600
10th Percentile £325 £311 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £748
UK median daily rate £510 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +1.59% -4.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 521 225 329
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £17.33 £16.06
Median hourly rate £41.06 £25.50 £21.46
Median % change year-on-year +61.02% +18.83% -38.69%
75th Percentile £68.75 £38.75 £40.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.12 £28.55 £21.50
% change year-on-year +30.02% +32.79% -39.65%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 +10 414 £550 - 56
Midlands -31 67 £469 -1.26% 8
West Midlands -25 62 £469 -1.26% 6
North of England -59 59 £488 -2.50% 26
North West -29 31 £525 +10.53% 11
South East -61 28 £585 +30.00% 16
South West -9 25 £463 -15.91% 21
North East -20 15 £425 - 3
Yorkshire -56 13 £500 -4.76% 12
East of England -27 8 £400 -20.00% 2
East Midlands -24 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 65 (10.71%) Apache Airflow
2 57 (9.39%) Confluence
3 56 (9.23%) Apache Spark
4 36 (5.93%) Apache
5 15 (2.47%) SAS
6 10 (1.65%) nginx
7 6 (0.99%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.82%) Palantir Foundry
8 5 (0.82%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.33%) CMS
9 2 (0.33%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.16%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.16%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.16%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 10 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.99%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.16%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 603 (99.34%) AWS
2 387 (63.76%) Serverless
3 382 (62.93%) AWS Lambda
4 218 (35.91%) Amazon EC2
5 169 (27.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 127 (20.92%) Amazon ECS
7 118 (19.44%) GitHub
8 117 (19.28%) Amazon EKS
9 113 (18.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 110 (18.12%) AWS CloudFormation
11 96 (15.82%) Amazon SQS
12 90 (14.83%) GitHub Actions
13 89 (14.66%) Azure
14 72 (11.86%) AWS Step Functions
15 71 (11.70%) Snowflake
16 65 (10.71%) dbt
17 54 (8.90%) Power Platform
18 51 (8.40%) Amazon EMR
19 46 (7.58%) Amazon Kinesis
19 46 (7.58%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.28%) DNS
2 24 (3.95%) Firewall
3 15 (2.47%) TCP/IP
4 13 (2.14%) VPN
5 11 (1.81%) OpenVPN
6 10 (1.65%) Network Security
7 5 (0.82%) WAN
8 4 (0.66%) NAS
8 4 (0.66%) Reverse Proxy
8 4 (0.66%) SAN
8 4 (0.66%) SSL
9 3 (0.49%) BGP
9 3 (0.49%) OSPF
10 2 (0.33%) Internet
10 2 (0.33%) Multicast
10 2 (0.33%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.33%) VLAN
11 1 (0.16%) 4G
11 1 (0.16%) 5G
11 1 (0.16%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (23.89%) Amazon RDS
2 128 (21.09%) Amazon Athena
3 108 (17.79%) Amazon Redshift
4 104 (17.13%) DynamoDB
5 90 (14.83%) PostgreSQL
6 57 (9.39%) Data Warehouse
7 54 (8.90%) Power BI
8 53 (8.73%) Data Lake
9 50 (8.24%) Amazon Aurora
10 36 (5.93%) NoSQL
11 30 (4.94%) Tableau
12 29 (4.78%) Relational Database
13 28 (4.61%) Metadata
14 24 (3.95%) Big Data
14 24 (3.95%) SQL Server
15 22 (3.62%) Apache Iceberg
15 22 (3.62%) BigQuery
16 20 (3.29%) MongoDB
16 20 (3.29%) Snowflake Schema
17 19 (3.13%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 133 (21.91%) Git
2 129 (21.25%) Jenkins
3 128 (21.09%) GitLab
4 69 (11.37%) JIRA
5 28 (4.61%) JUnit
5 28 (4.61%) SonarQube
6 27 (4.45%) Bitbucket
7 23 (3.79%) Maven
7 23 (3.79%) Mockito
8 14 (2.31%) DbUnit
9 13 (2.14%) jMock
10 11 (1.81%) Bitbucket Server
11 9 (1.48%) Artifactory
12 8 (1.32%) Cucumber
12 8 (1.32%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.99%) Postman
14 3 (0.49%) Selenium
14 3 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
14 3 (0.49%) TeamCity
14 3 (0.49%) Vite
General
1 161 (26.52%) Social Skills
2 116 (19.11%) Public Sector
3 103 (16.97%) Finance
4 58 (9.56%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (5.11%) Banking
6 20 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (1.65%) Front Office
9 8 (1.32%) Military
10 6 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (0.99%) Law
11 4 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.66%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.49%) Back Office
12 3 (0.49%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.49%) Retail
13 2 (0.33%) Billing
13 2 (0.33%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 157 (25.86%) Data Engineer
2 117 (19.28%) Developer
3 105 (17.30%) AWS Engineer
4 83 (13.67%) Senior
5 76 (12.52%) Lead
6 71 (11.70%) Architect
7 47 (7.74%) DevOps Engineer
8 44 (7.25%) Java Developer
9 37 (6.10%) AWS Data Engineer
10 35 (5.77%) Cloud Engineer
11 32 (5.27%) AWS Architect
12 31 (5.11%) Senior Data Engineer
13 28 (4.61%) AWS Developer
13 28 (4.61%) AWS DevOps
14 27 (4.45%) Software Engineer
15 23 (3.79%) Data Architect
15 23 (3.79%) Lead Data Engineer
15 23 (3.79%) Platform Engineer
16 22 (3.62%) Python Developer
17 20 (3.29%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (15.32%) Kafka
2 68 (11.20%) Spring
2 68 (11.20%) Spring Boot
3 64 (10.54%) REST
4 59 (9.72%) PySpark
5 56 (9.23%) React
6 52 (8.57%) RESTful
7 50 (8.24%) Node.js
8 35 (5.77%) AngularJS
9 28 (4.61%) SOAP
10 26 (4.28%) OAuth
11 25 (4.12%) AWS CDK
12 24 (3.95%) JPA
12 24 (3.95%) OpenID
13 23 (3.79%) Hibernate
13 23 (3.79%) Web Services
14 21 (3.46%) FastAPI
14 21 (3.46%) Spring Cloud
15 19 (3.13%) ActiveMQ
16 18 (2.97%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 153 (25.21%) Cloud Native
2 44 (7.25%) Product Ownership
3 42 (6.92%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (2.31%) NHS
5 9 (1.48%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.15%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.15%) Data Structures
7 7 (1.15%) Distributed Computing
7 7 (1.15%) Hedge funds
8 6 (0.99%) Legacy Code
8 6 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (0.99%) Mainframe
8 6 (0.99%) PACS
8 6 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (0.99%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 6 (0.99%) Virtual Team
9 5 (0.82%) Clustering
9 5 (0.82%) Fixed Income
9 5 (0.82%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 73 (12.03%) Linux
2 19 (3.13%) Unix
3 11 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.15%) Windows
5 5 (0.82%) Amazon Linux
6 2 (0.33%) Android
6 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.16%) CentOS
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.16%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (58.98%) CI/CD
2 249 (41.02%) DevOps
3 222 (36.57%) Infrastructure as Code
4 185 (30.48%) Agile
5 145 (23.89%) Data Engineering
6 141 (23.23%) Analytics
7 133 (21.91%) Containerisation
8 130 (21.42%) Data Pipeline
9 122 (20.10%) Data Modelling
9 122 (20.10%) ETL
10 103 (16.97%) AI
11 100 (16.47%) Microservices
12 88 (14.50%) Observability
13 80 (13.18%) Machine Learning
14 78 (12.85%) Test Automation
15 75 (12.36%) Migration
15 75 (12.36%) Problem-Solving
16 74 (12.19%) Business Intelligence
17 73 (12.03%) Event-Driven
18 69 (11.37%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 343 (56.51%) Python
2 248 (40.86%) SQL
3 123 (20.26%) Java
4 54 (8.90%) TypeScript
5 43 (7.08%) C#
6 40 (6.59%) Bash
7 38 (6.26%) JavaScript
8 26 (4.28%) PowerShell
9 19 (3.13%) Scala
9 19 (3.13%) Shell Script
10 8 (1.32%) Groovy
11 6 (0.99%) Bicep
11 6 (0.99%) Go
11 6 (0.99%) SAS Macro
12 5 (0.82%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.66%) Perl
14 3 (0.49%) C
14 3 (0.49%) R
15 2 (0.33%) Search Processing Language
15 2 (0.33%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 205 (33.77%) Security Cleared
2 175 (28.83%) SC Cleared
3 46 (7.58%) AWS Certification
4 18 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (2.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 15 (2.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 15 (2.47%) Degree
6 12 (1.98%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 11 (1.81%) SAFe Agilist
8 10 (1.65%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.82%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.66%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.66%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.49%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.49%) SnowPro
13 2 (0.33%) PMP
14 1 (0.16%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (14.33%) Data Quality
2 26 (4.28%) QA
3 16 (2.64%) GDPR
4 8 (1.32%) SLA
5 7 (1.15%) NIST
5 7 (1.15%) PMO
6 6 (0.99%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.99%) ISO 20022
6 6 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.66%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.16%) GRC
8 1 (0.16%) HL7
8 1 (0.16%) IFRS
8 1 (0.16%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 187 (30.81%) Docker
2 12 (1.98%) Squid
3 11 (1.81%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.81%) Postfix
4 2 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 285 (46.95%) Terraform
2 122 (20.10%) Kubernetes
3 79 (13.01%) Grafana
4 57 (9.39%) Prometheus
5 39 (6.43%) Ansible
6 18 (2.97%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (1.65%) Puppet
8 9 (1.48%) FortiGate
9 8 (1.32%) Consul
9 8 (1.32%) Kibana
10 7 (1.15%) Argo
11 6 (0.99%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.82%) Packer
12 5 (0.82%) Salt
13 4 (0.66%) Istio
14 3 (0.49%) Docker Swarm
15 2 (0.33%) Karpenter
15 2 (0.33%) Red Hat Satellite
15 2 (0.33%) Sysdig
16 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 57 (9.39%) Databricks
2 29 (4.78%) Microsoft
3 24 (3.95%) Google
4 21 (3.46%) Atlassian
4 21 (3.46%) Splunk
5 19 (3.13%) Dynatrace
5 19 (3.13%) Oracle
5 19 (3.13%) ServiceNow
6 17 (2.80%) Jaspersoft
7 16 (2.64%) Informatica
8 14 (2.31%) Red Hat
9 11 (1.81%) Teradata
10 10 (1.65%) Confluent
10 10 (1.65%) Denodo
11 7 (1.15%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.99%) AVEVA
13 5 (0.82%) Ab Initio
13 5 (0.82%) Foundry
13 5 (0.82%) Palantir
13 5 (0.82%) Salesforce