Amazon RDS Contract Job Trends in London

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Amazon RDS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 227 272
Rank change year-on-year -80 +45 +2
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 143 135 113
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.71% 1.01% 0.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.92% 4.78% 2.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 93 79
10th Percentile £413 £428 £415
25th Percentile £455 £494 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +7.81% -10.33%
75th Percentile £725 £625 £653
90th Percentile £788 £671 £700
England median daily rate £530 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +0.90% -2.42% -10.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
England median hourly rate £72.00 £80.00 -
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

All Database & BI Skills
London

Amazon RDS falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3,651 2,824 3,796
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.12% 21.13% 23.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,473 1,978 2,783
10th Percentile £363 £375 £363
25th Percentile £438 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £638 £690 £725
90th Percentile £738 £825 £850
England median daily rate £500 £512 £545
% change year-on-year -2.34% -6.06% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 36 26
10th Percentile £18.23 £25.67 £26.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £32.38 £37.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £52.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% +5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £55.63 £64.00 £54.69
90th Percentile £60.75 £83.75 £76.88
England median hourly rate £38.25 £36.75 £33.93
% change year-on-year +4.08% +8.31% -38.31%

Amazon RDS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Amazon RDS job vacancy trend in London

Amazon RDS
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Amazon RDS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Amazon RDS

Amazon RDS
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Amazon RDS in London over the 6 months to 28 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Amazon RDS in London

Amazon RDS
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Amazon RDS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Amazon RDS

Amazon RDS
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Amazon RDS within the London region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
South London -2 22 £535 -2.46% 4
Central London -15 17 £663 +28.64% 5
West London - 12 £763 - 7
Amazon RDS
England

Amazon RDS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 13 (9.09%) Confluence
2 9 (6.29%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (3.50%) SharePoint
4 4 (2.80%) Apache Spark
4 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (2.10%) Cloud Foundry
6 2 (1.40%) Camunda
6 2 (1.40%) nginx
7 1 (0.70%) Apache
7 1 (0.70%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.70%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.70%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 3 (2.10%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 141 (98.60%) AWS
2 102 (71.33%) Amazon S3
3 81 (56.64%) AWS Lambda
4 78 (54.55%) Serverless
5 57 (39.86%) Amazon EC2
6 54 (37.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 43 (30.07%) Amazon ECS
8 42 (29.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 38 (26.57%) Amazon EKS
10 27 (18.88%) Azure
11 22 (15.38%) AWS KMS
12 21 (14.69%) AWS CloudFormation
13 20 (13.99%) GitHub
14 13 (9.09%) GCP
14 13 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
15 12 (8.39%) Amazon SQS
15 12 (8.39%) AWS Step Functions
16 11 (7.69%) Amazon EventBridge
16 11 (7.69%) Snowflake
17 10 (6.99%) Amazon Bedrock
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.39%) Firewall
2 7 (4.90%) DNS
3 6 (4.20%) SMTP
4 5 (3.50%) DHCP
5 4 (2.80%) VPN
6 3 (2.10%) Network Security
7 2 (1.40%) FTP
7 2 (1.40%) HTTP
7 2 (1.40%) IMAP
7 2 (1.40%) OpenLDAP
7 2 (1.40%) SSH
8 1 (0.70%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.70%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (30.07%) PostgreSQL
2 33 (23.08%) Amazon Aurora
3 29 (20.28%) DynamoDB
4 17 (11.89%) MongoDB
5 13 (9.09%) SQL Server
6 12 (8.39%) Amazon Athena
7 11 (7.69%) Big Data
7 11 (7.69%) MySQL
8 9 (6.29%) Redis
8 9 (6.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (5.59%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (4.90%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (4.20%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (3.50%) NoSQL
12 5 (3.50%) Power BI
13 4 (2.80%) Apache Hudi
13 4 (2.80%) Metadata
14 3 (2.10%) BigQuery
14 3 (2.10%) Data Lake
14 3 (2.10%) Presto
Development Applications
1 33 (23.08%) Jenkins
2 23 (16.08%) Git
3 20 (13.99%) GitLab
4 18 (12.59%) JIRA
5 9 (6.29%) Bitbucket
6 8 (5.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (3.50%) JUnit
7 5 (3.50%) Mockito
7 5 (3.50%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (2.80%) Postman
9 3 (2.10%) Cucumber
9 3 (2.10%) SonarQube
10 2 (1.40%) Bitbucket Server
10 2 (1.40%) DbUnit
10 2 (1.40%) git-flow
10 2 (1.40%) jMock
10 2 (1.40%) Maven
10 2 (1.40%) Vagrant
11 1 (0.70%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.70%) Selenium
General
1 50 (34.97%) Social Skills
2 30 (20.98%) Public Sector
3 28 (19.58%) Finance
4 20 (13.99%) Banking
5 15 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.20%) Back Office
6 6 (4.20%) Front Office
7 3 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.10%) Investment Banking
7 3 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.40%) Billing
8 2 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.40%) Law
8 2 (1.40%) Local Government
9 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 29 (20.28%) AWS Engineer
2 22 (15.38%) Data Engineer
2 22 (15.38%) DevOps Engineer
3 20 (13.99%) Senior
4 19 (13.29%) Lead
5 18 (12.59%) DBA
5 18 (12.59%) Developer
6 14 (9.79%) Architect
6 14 (9.79%) AWS DevOps
7 13 (9.09%) Technical Leader
8 11 (7.69%) Administrator
8 11 (7.69%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 9 (6.29%) AWS Architect
9 9 (6.29%) AWS Data Engineer
10 8 (5.59%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (4.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 6 (4.20%) Platform Engineer
12 6 (4.20%) Python Developer
12 6 (4.20%) Technical Architect
13 5 (3.50%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (48.25%) Terraform
2 27 (18.88%) React
3 16 (11.19%) Node.js
3 16 (11.19%) REST
4 15 (10.49%) FastAPI
5 12 (8.39%) AngularJS
5 12 (8.39%) Spring
5 12 (8.39%) Spring Boot
6 11 (7.69%) RESTful
7 9 (6.29%) Kafka
8 8 (5.59%) JSON
9 5 (3.50%) ActiveMQ
9 5 (3.50%) Langfuse
9 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Graph
9 5 (3.50%) SOAP
10 4 (2.80%) Django
10 4 (2.80%) Next.js
10 4 (2.80%) OpenTelemetry
11 3 (2.10%) RabbitMQ
11 3 (2.10%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (27.27%) Cloud Native
2 20 (13.99%) Replication
3 14 (9.79%) Product Ownership
4 11 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (5.59%) Virtual Team
6 7 (4.90%) Security Posture
7 6 (4.20%) Cloud Security Posture
7 6 (4.20%) Fixed Income
7 6 (4.20%) PKI
8 4 (2.80%) Clustering
8 4 (2.80%) Data Centre
8 4 (2.80%) NHS
9 3 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (2.10%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (2.10%) Reinsurance
10 2 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.40%) Derivative
10 2 (1.40%) Equities
10 2 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.40%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 31 (21.68%) Linux
2 9 (6.29%) Amazon Linux
3 7 (4.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (4.90%) Windows
4 6 (4.20%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.10%) Ubuntu
5 3 (2.10%) Unix
6 1 (0.70%) VMS
6 1 (0.70%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (61.54%) CI/CD
2 64 (44.76%) DevOps
3 63 (44.06%) Infrastructure as Code
4 59 (41.26%) Agile
5 33 (23.08%) Data Modelling
6 32 (22.38%) Performance Tuning
7 31 (21.68%) Stakeholder Management
8 29 (20.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (19.58%) Microservices
10 26 (18.18%) Containerisation
11 24 (16.78%) Technical Leadership
12 23 (16.08%) Event-Driven
12 23 (16.08%) Observability
13 22 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
13 22 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
14 21 (14.69%) Data Engineering
14 21 (14.69%) Data Pipeline
15 20 (13.99%) High Availability
15 20 (13.99%) Test Automation
16 19 (13.29%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 70 (48.95%) Python
2 44 (30.77%) SQL
3 41 (28.67%) Java
4 17 (11.89%) TypeScript
5 16 (11.19%) PowerShell
6 13 (9.09%) Bash
7 12 (8.39%) JavaScript
8 9 (6.29%) Groovy
9 7 (4.90%) Perl
10 5 (3.50%) Scala
11 4 (2.80%) C#
12 1 (0.70%) Bicep
12 1 (0.70%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (42.66%) Security Cleared
2 51 (35.66%) SC Cleared
3 36 (25.17%) AWS Certification
4 21 (14.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 14 (9.79%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (7.69%) Degree
7 10 (6.99%) Azure Certification
8 9 (6.29%) DV Cleared
9 5 (3.50%) CISM
9 5 (3.50%) CISSP
10 4 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (2.10%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (1.40%) PMI Certification
12 2 (1.40%) PMP
13 1 (0.70%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.29%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.50%) NIST
3 3 (2.10%) PMO
4 2 (1.40%) QA
5 1 (0.70%) SLA
5 1 (0.70%) Solvency II
System Software
1 48 (33.57%) Docker
2 9 (6.29%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.50%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.80%) BitLocker
4 4 (2.80%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (2.80%) Postfix
4 4 (2.80%) Terminal Services
4 4 (2.80%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.40%) DFS Replication
5 2 (1.40%) Dovecot
5 2 (1.40%) Squid
6 1 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.70%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 43 (30.07%) Kubernetes
2 24 (16.78%) Grafana
3 21 (14.69%) Prometheus
4 14 (9.79%) Ansible
5 7 (4.90%) Istio
6 6 (4.20%) Argo
6 6 (4.20%) Kibana
7 4 (2.80%) vCenter Server
7 4 (2.80%) vMotion
8 3 (2.10%) Nagios
8 3 (2.10%) Puppet
9 2 (1.40%) Nessus
9 2 (1.40%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.70%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.70%) Sysdig
10 1 (0.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (10.49%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 7 (4.90%) Salesforce
4 6 (4.20%) Oracle
5 5 (3.50%) Amplitude
5 5 (3.50%) Citrix
5 5 (3.50%) Databricks
5 5 (3.50%) Google
5 5 (3.50%) VMware
6 4 (2.80%) HP
6 4 (2.80%) Jaspersoft
6 4 (2.80%) Symantec
7 3 (2.10%) Brio
7 3 (2.10%) Informatica
7 3 (2.10%) Splunk
8 2 (1.40%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.40%) Charles River
8 2 (1.40%) Murex
8 2 (1.40%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.40%) Talend