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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 246 304
Rank change year-on-year +82 +58 -30
Contract jobs citing Amazon S3 476 320 318
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.71% 0.98% 0.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.50% 2.82% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 211 235
10th Percentile £370 £375 £413
25th Percentile £450 £465 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -3.08%
75th Percentile £630 £656 £638
90th Percentile £713 £788 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £38.13 - -
25th Percentile £40.94 - £47.50
Median hourly rate £46.25 - £50.00
75th Percentile £50.94 - £52.50
90th Percentile £53.38 - -
UK median hourly rate £46.25 - £50.00
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

All Cloud 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 10,570 11,339 14,931
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.95% 34.56% 35.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,156 7,642 10,971
10th Percentile £306 £313 £310
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% -3.09% -
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.42% -3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 165 293
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.99 £14.54
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.37 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.93 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.88% +2.82% +50.00%
75th Percentile £43.75 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £33.00 £34.90
% change year-on-year -19.70% -5.44% +58.63%

Amazon S3
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Amazon S3 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Amazon S3 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 September 2025.

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 September 2025.

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 September 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 +62 280 £575 +4.55% 203
North of England -16 61 £500 +2.56% 43
Midlands +30 57 £475 -10.80% 9
West Midlands +25 51 £475 -17.39% 6
North West -2 30 £475 -2.06% 22
South East +38 28 £415 -29.96% 111
Yorkshire -7 28 £525 +3.55% 20
East of England +26 26 £550 -8.33% 16
South West +27 15 £546 -8.96% 25
East Midlands -6 6 £494 +0.77% 3
North East -4 4 £425 -28.87% 2
Amazon S3
UK

Amazon S3
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 43 (9.03%) Confluence
2 39 (8.19%) Apache Airflow
3 32 (6.72%) Apache Spark
4 19 (3.99%) nginx
5 13 (2.73%) Apache
6 6 (1.26%) CMS
6 6 (1.26%) Headless CMS
6 6 (1.26%) Tomcat
7 5 (1.05%) SAS
8 3 (0.63%) Traefik
9 2 (0.42%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.21%) CICS
Applications
1 12 (2.52%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 5 (1.05%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.21%) Finacle
2 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 458 (96.22%) AWS
2 239 (50.21%) Serverless
3 235 (49.37%) AWS Lambda
4 191 (40.13%) Amazon EC2
5 143 (30.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 86 (18.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 83 (17.44%) GitHub
8 81 (17.02%) Amazon ECS
8 81 (17.02%) AWS CloudFormation
9 62 (13.03%) Amazon SQS
10 52 (10.92%) Amazon EKS
11 50 (10.50%) GitHub Actions
12 47 (9.87%) Amazon ELB
13 45 (9.45%) Azure
14 44 (9.24%) AWS Step Functions
15 41 (8.61%) AWS KMS
16 34 (7.14%) Snowflake
17 33 (6.93%) dbt
18 30 (6.30%) Amazon Kinesis
18 30 (6.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (10.50%) DNS
2 49 (10.29%) Firewall
3 30 (6.30%) VPN
4 27 (5.67%) SSH
5 26 (5.46%) SSL
6 25 (5.25%) HTTP
7 24 (5.04%) SMTP
8 23 (4.83%) TCP/IP
9 22 (4.62%) FTP
10 17 (3.57%) OpenLDAP
11 14 (2.94%) Network Security
12 12 (2.52%) IMAP
13 6 (1.26%) DHCP
14 3 (0.63%) Remote Desktop
15 2 (0.42%) Calico
15 2 (0.42%) Cisco ISE
15 2 (0.42%) SMS
16 1 (0.21%) Broadband
16 1 (0.21%) LAN
16 1 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (27.52%) Amazon RDS
2 101 (21.22%) DynamoDB
3 91 (19.12%) PostgreSQL
4 52 (10.92%) Amazon Redshift
5 49 (10.29%) Amazon Athena
5 49 (10.29%) Data Warehouse
6 34 (7.14%) Relational Database
7 29 (6.09%) Amazon Aurora
8 28 (5.88%) NoSQL
9 23 (4.83%) Big Data
10 18 (3.78%) MongoDB
11 17 (3.57%) Data Lake
11 17 (3.57%) RDBMS
12 16 (3.36%) Amazon QuickSight
12 16 (3.36%) MySQL
13 13 (2.73%) SQL Server
14 12 (2.52%) Hadoop
15 11 (2.31%) Metadata
15 11 (2.31%) Star Schema
16 10 (2.10%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 105 (22.06%) Jenkins
2 103 (21.64%) Git
3 58 (12.18%) JIRA
4 55 (11.55%) GitLab
5 24 (5.04%) Vagrant
6 17 (3.57%) JUnit
7 16 (3.36%) Maven
8 13 (2.73%) SonarQube
9 11 (2.31%) Cucumber
10 10 (2.10%) Bitbucket
11 8 (1.68%) Mockito
12 6 (1.26%) Bitbucket Server
12 6 (1.26%) DbUnit
12 6 (1.26%) jMock
13 5 (1.05%) Postman
13 5 (1.05%) Sonatype Nexus
13 5 (1.05%) Visual Studio Code
14 4 (0.84%) Cypress.io
14 4 (0.84%) MLflow
15 3 (0.63%) Mocha
General
1 123 (25.84%) Social Skills
2 94 (19.75%) Public Sector
3 55 (11.55%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (11.13%) Finance
5 21 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
5 21 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (3.15%) Front Office
7 11 (2.31%) Military
8 7 (1.47%) Aerospace
8 7 (1.47%) Banking
9 4 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (0.63%) Health Technology
10 3 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.63%) Marketing
10 3 (0.63%) Publishing
10 3 (0.63%) Retail
11 2 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.42%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.21%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.21%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 117 (24.58%) AWS Engineer
2 98 (20.59%) Developer
3 84 (17.65%) Senior
4 82 (17.23%) Architect
5 69 (14.50%) DevOps Engineer
6 62 (13.03%) Data Engineer
7 48 (10.08%) AWS DevOps
8 46 (9.66%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 32 (6.72%) AWS Architect
10 30 (6.30%) AWS Developer
10 30 (6.30%) Platform Engineer
11 29 (6.09%) Java Developer
12 27 (5.67%) Lead
13 24 (5.04%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 21 (4.41%) AWS Data Engineer
14 21 (4.41%) Senior Data Engineer
15 20 (4.20%) Security Architect
15 20 (4.20%) Software Engineer
16 19 (3.99%) Python Engineer
16 19 (3.99%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (11.13%) Kafka
2 52 (10.92%) React
2 52 (10.92%) REST
3 51 (10.71%) Node.js
4 37 (7.77%) GraphQL
5 31 (6.51%) Spring
6 28 (5.88%) AWS CDK
7 24 (5.04%) Spring Boot
8 22 (4.62%) RESTful
9 21 (4.41%) AngularJS
10 19 (3.99%) ActiveMQ
10 19 (3.99%) LDAP
11 14 (2.94%) Jest
12 12 (2.52%) OpenTelemetry
12 12 (2.52%) Svelte
12 12 (2.52%) Web Services
13 11 (2.31%) OAuth
13 11 (2.31%) SOAP
14 10 (2.10%) JPA
14 10 (2.10%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 62 (13.03%) Cloud Native
2 30 (6.30%) Onboarding
3 26 (5.46%) Replication
4 24 (5.04%) Data Protection Act
5 22 (4.62%) CSOC
5 22 (4.62%) Security Operations Centre
6 16 (3.36%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (2.10%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.68%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.05%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.84%) AI Agents
11 4 (0.84%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.84%) Distributed Architecture
11 4 (0.84%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.84%) NHS
12 3 (0.63%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.63%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 71 (14.92%) Linux
2 34 (7.14%) Windows
3 27 (5.67%) VMS
4 26 (5.46%) Amazon Linux
5 12 (2.52%) Ubuntu
6 11 (2.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.84%) Unix
7 4 (0.84%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.21%) AIX
8 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.21%) CentOS
8 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.21%) Solaris
8 1 (0.21%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (44.96%) CI/CD
2 192 (40.34%) DevOps
3 120 (25.21%) Agile
4 110 (23.11%) Containerisation
5 108 (22.69%) Infrastructure as Code
6 92 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
7 71 (14.92%) Microservices
8 70 (14.71%) Data Pipeline
9 65 (13.66%) Mentoring
10 61 (12.82%) Data Modelling
10 61 (12.82%) Migration
11 59 (12.39%) ETL
12 55 (11.55%) High Availability
13 52 (10.92%) Data Engineering
14 47 (9.87%) Cloud Security
15 43 (9.03%) Artificial Intelligence
16 41 (8.61%) Event-Driven
17 40 (8.40%) Full-Stack Development
18 38 (7.98%) Configuration Management
19 37 (7.77%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 259 (54.41%) Python
2 126 (26.47%) SQL
3 82 (17.23%) Java
4 56 (11.76%) JavaScript
4 56 (11.76%) TypeScript
5 45 (9.45%) Bash
6 35 (7.35%) PowerShell
7 28 (5.88%) Groovy
8 16 (3.36%) Go
8 16 (3.36%) Perl
9 10 (2.10%) Scala
10 6 (1.26%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.63%) CodeQL
11 3 (0.63%) Korn
11 3 (0.63%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.63%) R
12 2 (0.42%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.42%) Ruby
12 2 (0.42%) Rust
12 2 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 161 (33.82%) Security Cleared
2 146 (30.67%) SC Cleared
3 81 (17.02%) AWS Certification
4 37 (7.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 36 (7.56%) Degree
6 20 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.10%) Azure Certification
7 10 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.89%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 5 (1.05%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.84%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.42%) CISSP
12 2 (0.42%) SnowPro
13 1 (0.21%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 1 (0.21%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.21%) RHCE
13 1 (0.21%) RHCSA
13 1 (0.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 24 (5.04%) QA
3 11 (2.31%) GDPR
4 4 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.84%) NIST
5 3 (0.63%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.63%) HIPAA
5 3 (0.63%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.42%) NCSC
6 2 (0.42%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.42%) WCAG
7 1 (0.21%) HL7
7 1 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 151 (31.72%) Docker
2 23 (4.83%) Active Directory
3 22 (4.62%) DFS Replication
4 18 (3.78%) Postfix
5 12 (2.52%) Dovecot
5 12 (2.52%) Squid
6 1 (0.21%) etcd
6 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 167 (35.08%) Terraform
2 96 (20.17%) Kubernetes
3 49 (10.29%) Grafana
4 48 (10.08%) Ansible
4 48 (10.08%) Prometheus
5 12 (2.52%) Nessus
6 11 (2.31%) Argo
7 10 (2.10%) Progress Chef
7 10 (2.10%) Proxmox
8 9 (1.89%) Puppet
9 6 (1.26%) Istio
9 6 (1.26%) Kibana
10 4 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.84%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.63%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.42%) logstash
12 2 (0.42%) Packer
12 2 (0.42%) QRadar
12 2 (0.42%) SELinux
12 2 (0.42%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 29 (6.09%) ServiceNow
2 25 (5.25%) Splunk
3 23 (4.83%) Microsoft
4 20 (4.20%) CheckPoint
4 20 (4.20%) F5
4 20 (4.20%) Oracle
4 20 (4.20%) Palo Alto
5 18 (3.78%) Jaspersoft
6 13 (2.73%) Atlassian
7 9 (1.89%) Databricks
7 9 (1.89%) IBM
8 8 (1.68%) AppDynamics
8 8 (1.68%) StreamSets
9 6 (1.26%) Google
10 5 (1.05%) CA Agile Central
10 5 (1.05%) Cloudera
10 5 (1.05%) Dynatrace
10 5 (1.05%) Zscaler
11 4 (0.84%) Sage
11 4 (0.84%) Tenable