Amazon Athena Contract Job Trends

Amazon Athena
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Amazon Athena skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 476 334 432
Rank change year-on-year -142 +98 +210
Contract jobs citing Amazon Athena 164 197 158
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.67% 0.36%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.26% 3.54% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 172 133
10th Percentile £351 £463 £475
25th Percentile £410 £550 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £675 £725
Median % change year-on-year -29.63% -6.90% +11.54%
75th Percentile £612 £838 £850
90th Percentile £638 £875 £888
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -19.05% -12.50% -5.88%

All Database & BI Skills
UK

Amazon Athena 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,249 5,559 7,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.84% 19.02% 16.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,981 3,853 5,152
10th Percentile £350 £353 £350
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £594 £645 £650
90th Percentile £700 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £485 £488
% change year-on-year -2.06% -0.51% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 109 154
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £30.90 £24.25 £20.78
Median hourly rate £51.75 £33.11 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.30% -17.23% -30.43%
75th Percentile £74.68 £65.62 £53.44
90th Percentile £83.70 £76.50 £71.03
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £31.64 £35.00
% change year-on-year +58.03% -9.60% -36.36%

Amazon Athena
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Amazon Athena job vacancy trend in the UK

Amazon Athena
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Amazon Athena.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Amazon Athena

Amazon Athena
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Amazon Athena over the 6 months to 9 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Amazon Athena in the UK

Amazon Athena
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Amazon Athena.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Amazon Athena

Amazon Athena
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Amazon Athena within the UK over the 6 months to 9 April 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
England -163 134 £513 -31.67% 35
London -99 112 £514 -31.50% 22
Work from Home -99 53 £500 -35.48% 16
UK excluding London -92 35 £425 -19.05% 17
Scotland +11 15 £400 -23.81%
Midlands -58 6 £533 -3.18% 1
North of England -67 6 £440 - 7
West Midlands -55 5 £475 -13.64%
Yorkshire - 5 £433 - 3
South East -49 4 £525 - 4
South West -36 2 £450 -30.77% 2
North East -16 1 £550 - 1
East of England - 1 £475 - 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £430 -

Amazon Athena
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 37 (22.56%) Apache
2 34 (20.73%) Apache Spark
3 20 (12.20%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (7.32%) SAS
5 5 (3.05%) Confluence
6 2 (1.22%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.61%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.61%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.61%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 163 (99.39%) AWS
2 122 (74.39%) Amazon S3
3 81 (49.39%) Serverless
4 79 (48.17%) AWS Lambda
5 50 (30.49%) AWS CloudFormation
6 45 (27.44%) AWS Step Functions
7 34 (20.73%) Power Platform
8 28 (17.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 26 (15.85%) Amazon ECS
10 25 (15.24%) Amazon EMR
10 25 (15.24%) Amazon SQS
11 22 (13.41%) GitHub
12 21 (12.80%) Azure
13 20 (12.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 19 (11.59%) GCP
15 18 (10.98%) Amazon Kinesis
15 18 (10.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 18 (10.98%) Collibra
15 18 (10.98%) dbt
16 16 (9.76%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.44%) Firewall
1 4 (2.44%) Reverse Proxy
2 3 (1.83%) Network Security
3 1 (0.61%) 4G
3 1 (0.61%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (28.05%) Amazon Redshift
2 38 (23.17%) Data Lake
3 33 (20.12%) Power BI
4 24 (14.63%) DynamoDB
5 22 (13.41%) Mixpanel
5 22 (13.41%) OLTP
6 21 (12.80%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (11.59%) BigQuery
8 18 (10.98%) Tableau
9 17 (10.37%) OLAP
10 14 (8.54%) Apache Iceberg
11 13 (7.93%) Metadata
12 10 (6.10%) Amazon QuickSight
12 10 (6.10%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (6.10%) PostgreSQL
13 8 (4.88%) Star Schema
14 7 (4.27%) Amazon Aurora
14 7 (4.27%) SQL Server
15 6 (3.66%) Base SAS
15 6 (3.66%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 29 (17.68%) GitLab
2 24 (14.63%) Git
3 12 (7.32%) JIRA
4 7 (4.27%) Jenkins
5 6 (3.66%) MLflow
6 4 (2.44%) Artifactory
6 4 (2.44%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.83%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.83%) JUnit
7 3 (1.83%) Mockito
7 3 (1.83%) Postman
7 3 (1.83%) Snyk
8 1 (0.61%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.61%) ERwin
8 1 (0.61%) JMeter
8 1 (0.61%) Locust
8 1 (0.61%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.61%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 39 (23.78%) Finance
2 27 (16.46%) Social Skills
3 24 (14.63%) Public Sector
4 17 (10.37%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (10.37%) Banking
5 9 (5.49%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.83%) Military
6 3 (1.83%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.22%) Billing
7 2 (1.22%) Front Office
7 2 (1.22%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.22%) Law
7 2 (1.22%) Police
8 1 (0.61%) Dutch Language
8 1 (0.61%) French Language
8 1 (0.61%) iGaming
8 1 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 56 (34.15%) Data Engineer
2 35 (21.34%) AWS Engineer
3 26 (15.85%) Senior
4 21 (12.80%) Architect
5 20 (12.20%) Lead
5 20 (12.20%) Principal Engineer
6 18 (10.98%) Principal Data Engineer
7 16 (9.76%) Analyst
8 15 (9.15%) AWS Data Engineer
8 15 (9.15%) Developer
9 14 (8.54%) Cloud Engineer
9 14 (8.54%) Data Analytics Engineer
10 13 (7.93%) Software Engineer
11 11 (6.71%) Data Analyst
11 11 (6.71%) Data Architect
11 11 (6.71%) DevOps Engineer
11 11 (6.71%) Principal Software Engineer
12 9 (5.49%) AWS Architect
12 9 (5.49%) Lead Data Engineer
13 8 (4.88%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (25.61%) PySpark
2 36 (21.95%) Kafka
3 19 (11.59%) Great Expectations
4 9 (5.49%) Protocol Buffers
5 7 (4.27%) Apache Avro
5 7 (4.27%) React
6 5 (3.05%) OAuth
6 5 (3.05%) OAuth2
7 4 (2.44%) AWS CDK
7 4 (2.44%) Gherkin
7 4 (2.44%) Lambda Expressions
7 4 (2.44%) Node.js
7 4 (2.44%) Pandas
7 4 (2.44%) YAML
8 3 (1.83%) JWT
8 3 (1.83%) Plotly
8 3 (1.83%) PyTorch
8 3 (1.83%) SOAP
8 3 (1.83%) Spring Boot
8 3 (1.83%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 49 (29.88%) Cloud Native
2 7 (4.27%) NHS
3 4 (2.44%) Algorithms
3 4 (2.44%) Distributed Computing
3 4 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (2.44%) PACS
3 4 (2.44%) Pricing Data
3 4 (2.44%) Reference Data
3 4 (2.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 3 (1.83%) Data Structures
4 3 (1.83%) IVR
4 3 (1.83%) SCADA
5 2 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.22%) Derivative
5 2 (1.22%) Equities
5 2 (1.22%) Fixed Income
5 2 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.22%) Hedge funds
5 2 (1.22%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.22%) Linux
1 2 (1.22%) Unix
1 2 (1.22%) Windows
1 2 (1.22%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (54.27%) CI/CD
2 77 (46.95%) Infrastructure as Code
3 71 (43.29%) Analytics
4 69 (42.07%) Data Engineering
5 60 (36.59%) ETL
6 59 (35.98%) DevOps
7 58 (35.37%) Data Modelling
8 51 (31.10%) Data Pipeline
9 41 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
10 38 (23.17%) Agile
10 38 (23.17%) Migration
10 38 (23.17%) Observability
11 36 (21.95%) Data Governance
12 35 (21.34%) AI
13 31 (18.90%) Data Architecture
14 29 (17.68%) LLM
15 28 (17.07%) Machine Learning
16 23 (14.02%) Validation
17 21 (12.80%) Dimensional Modelling
17 21 (12.80%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 112 (68.29%) Python
2 82 (50.00%) SQL
3 23 (14.02%) C#
4 13 (7.93%) TypeScript
5 11 (6.71%) Bash
5 11 (6.71%) Java
6 10 (6.10%) JavaScript
7 6 (3.66%) SAS Macro
8 4 (2.44%) Scala
9 3 (1.83%) R
10 2 (1.22%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.61%) C
11 1 (0.61%) COBOL
11 1 (0.61%) Go
11 1 (0.61%) PHP
11 1 (0.61%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (31.71%) Security Cleared
2 45 (27.44%) SC Cleared
3 15 (9.15%) AWS Certification
4 6 (3.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.61%) AWS Certified Developer
6 1 (0.61%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
6 1 (0.61%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (26.83%) Data Quality
2 26 (15.85%) GDPR
3 6 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.66%) NIST
4 4 (2.44%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.83%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.83%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.83%) PMO
5 3 (1.83%) QA
5 3 (1.83%) SLA
6 1 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.61%) IFRS
6 1 (0.61%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.61%) NCSC
System Software
1 17 (10.37%) Docker
2 4 (2.44%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.61%) HDFS
3 1 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 79 (48.17%) Terraform
2 19 (11.59%) Kubernetes
3 15 (9.15%) Grafana
4 10 (6.10%) Prometheus
5 5 (3.05%) Ansible
6 4 (2.44%) Puppet
6 4 (2.44%) Salt
7 3 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (20.73%) Databricks
2 18 (10.98%) Google
3 10 (6.10%) Microsoft
4 8 (4.88%) Splunk
5 7 (4.27%) Confluent
6 6 (3.66%) Oracle
7 4 (2.44%) Fortinet
7 4 (2.44%) Tenable
8 3 (1.83%) Avaya
8 3 (1.83%) Cisco
8 3 (1.83%) Genesys
8 3 (1.83%) Pega
8 3 (1.83%) Qualys
8 3 (1.83%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.83%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.22%) Adobe
9 2 (1.22%) IBM
10 1 (0.61%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.61%) GoldenSource
10 1 (0.61%) OpenAI