Route 53 Contract Job Trends in England
Amazon Route 53 (R53)
UK > England
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England citing Route 53 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 601 | 493 | 481 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -108 | -12 | +53 |
| Contract jobs citing Route 53 | 47 | 43 | 34 |
| As % of all contract jobs in England | 0.10% | 0.15% | 0.11% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 0.29% | 0.38% | 0.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 29 | 26 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £472 | £419 | £467 |
| 25th Percentile | £515 | £466 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £500 | £558 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -10.31% | +6.19% |
| 75th Percentile | £598 | £586 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £697 | £694 | £693 |
| UK median daily rate | £550 | £565 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.65% | +2.73% | +4.76% |
All Cloud Computing Skills
England
Route 53 falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing cloud computing skills in England.
| 6 months to 1 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing cloud computing skills | 16,141 | 11,372 | 11,099 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in England | 34.83% | 38.99% | 35.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10,781 | 7,686 | 7,377 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £300 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £405 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £534 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -6.37% | +0.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £619 | £645 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £720 | £738 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 610 | 288 | 145 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.50 | £14.75 | £18.30 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £18.87 | £23.80 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.50 | £25.15 | £36.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +29.22% | -30.14% | +30.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £44.43 | £64.73 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.10 | £71.62 | £70.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £32.50 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.22% | -28.14% | +9.38% |
Route 53 Job Vacancy Trend in England
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Route 53 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.
Route 53 Daily Rate Trend in England
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Route 53.
Route 53 Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Route 53 in England over the 6 months to 1 November 2026.
Route 53 Hourly Rate Trend in England
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Route 53.
Route 53 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 Route 53 within the England region over the 6 months to 1 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | -89 | 25 | £550 | -8.33% | 25 |
| South East | - | 12 | £568 | - | 3 |
| Midlands | -60 | 6 | £477 | +0.42% | |
| West Midlands | -51 | 5 | £477 | +0.42% | |
| North of England | -79 | 1 | £425 | -19.05% | 2 |
| North East | - | 1 | £425 | - | |
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Route 53 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 47 |
| 2 | Virtual Private Cloud | 61.7% | 29 |
| 3 | Amazon CloudWatch | 48.9% | 23 |
| 3 | Amazon EC2 | 48.9% | 23 |
| 5 | Azure | 40.4% | 19 |
| 6 | Amazon S3 | 38.3% | 18 |
| 7 | Amazon EKS | 31.9% | 15 |
| 7 | AWS CloudFormation | 31.9% | 15 |
| 7 | Serverless | 31.9% | 15 |
| 10 | GitHub | 29.8% | 14 |
| 11 | AWS Lambda | 27.7% | 13 |
| 11 | GCP | 27.7% | 13 |
| 13 | GitHub Actions | 23.4% | 11 |
| 14 | Amazon ELB | 19.1% | 9 |
| 14 | AWS Direct Connect | 19.1% | 9 |
| 16 | AWS KMS | 17.0% | 8 |
| 17 | AWS CloudTrail | 14.9% | 7 |
| 17 | AWS Control Tower | 14.9% | 7 |
| 19 | Amazon ECR | 10.6% | 5 |
| 19 | Amazon ECS | 10.6% | 5 |