Amazon ECS Contract Job Trends

Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Amazon ECS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 397 478
Rank change year-on-year +6 +81 +11
Contract jobs citing Amazon ECS 288 155 115
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.55% 0.47% 0.27%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.55% 1.26% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 127 93
10th Percentile £356 £363 £405
25th Percentile £472 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £533 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.88% +1.43% -12.50%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £775 £838 £888
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £495 £510
% change year-on-year +6.06% -2.94% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £68.00 - -
25th Percentile £71.00 - -
Median hourly rate £74.00 - -
75th Percentile £81.88 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.00 - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

Amazon ECS 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 18,631 12,266 14,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.36% 37.53% 33.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,358 8,213 9,943
10th Percentile £328 £313 £309
25th Percentile £415 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.99% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £734 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 618 313 353
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.78 £18.51 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.06 £27.76 £22.30
Median % change year-on-year +33.50% +24.48% -36.29%
75th Percentile £69.27 £48.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £82.56 £70.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £18.94 £21.00
% change year-on-year +98.05% -9.83% -20.75%

Amazon ECS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Amazon ECS job vacancy trend in the UK

Amazon ECS
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Amazon ECS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Amazon ECS over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Amazon ECS in the UK

Amazon ECS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Amazon ECS
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Amazon ECS over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Amazon ECS in the UK

Amazon ECS
Top 15 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 ECS within the UK over the 6 months to 13 July 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 -26 220 £560 +6.16% 90
London +6 151 £575 - 41
Work from Home -33 94 £550 -6.54% 39
UK excluding London -59 80 £525 +6.06% 65
North of England -74 24 £525 +23.53% 23
Midlands -41 17 £488 +8.33% 4
North West -47 17 £650 +69.27% 10
West Midlands -57 17 £488 +8.33% 2
Scotland -3 14 £375 -33.33% 4
South East -72 10 £600 +4.35% 9
East of England -15 7 £550 +22.22%
South West -27 7 £350 -31.71% 24
North East -33 4 £469 +10.29% 8
Yorkshire -56 3 - - 5
Wales - 2 £400 -

Amazon ECS
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 20 (6.94%) Confluence
2 16 (5.56%) Apache Spark
3 15 (5.21%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (2.08%) Apache
4 6 (2.08%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.04%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.04%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.04%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.35%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 283 (98.26%) AWS
2 191 (66.32%) Serverless
3 189 (65.63%) AWS Lambda
4 160 (55.56%) Amazon S3
5 146 (50.69%) Amazon EKS
6 101 (35.07%) GitHub
7 90 (31.25%) GitHub Actions
8 89 (30.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 89 (30.90%) AWS CloudFormation
9 66 (22.92%) Amazon EC2
10 49 (17.01%) Amazon SQS
11 47 (16.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 43 (14.93%) AWS CodePipeline
13 24 (8.33%) AWS Step Functions
14 22 (7.64%) Azure
15 20 (6.94%) Amazon EventBridge
15 20 (6.94%) Datadog
16 17 (5.90%) Amazon Bedrock
17 16 (5.56%) Amazon EMR
17 16 (5.56%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.43%) HTTP
2 5 (1.74%) Network Security
3 1 (0.35%) DNS
3 1 (0.35%) Firewall
3 1 (0.35%) NGFW
3 1 (0.35%) SSL
3 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (25.35%) Amazon RDS
2 64 (22.22%) DynamoDB
3 49 (17.01%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (9.72%) MongoDB
5 25 (8.68%) Amazon Athena
6 22 (7.64%) NoSQL
7 16 (5.56%) Amazon Aurora
7 16 (5.56%) Redis
8 13 (4.51%) Big Data
9 11 (3.82%) Relational Database
10 7 (2.43%) Presto
11 6 (2.08%) Flink
12 5 (1.74%) Apache Hudi
12 5 (1.74%) Metadata
13 4 (1.39%) MySQL
14 3 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (1.04%) SQL Server
15 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
15 2 (0.69%) Db2
15 2 (0.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 83 (28.82%) Jenkins
2 50 (17.36%) GitLab
3 36 (12.50%) Git
4 31 (10.76%) JIRA
5 18 (6.25%) Bitbucket
6 7 (2.43%) Cypress.io
7 5 (1.74%) MLflow
8 3 (1.04%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.04%) Gradle
8 3 (1.04%) Maven
8 3 (1.04%) Vite
9 2 (0.69%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.69%) JUnit
9 2 (0.69%) Snyk
10 1 (0.35%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.35%) git-flow
10 1 (0.35%) RStudio
10 1 (0.35%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 73 (25.35%) Social Skills
2 43 (14.93%) Public Sector
3 28 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.33%) Finance
5 15 (5.21%) Banking
6 12 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.74%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.74%) Law
10 4 (1.39%) Front Office
11 3 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.69%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.69%) Legal
12 2 (0.69%) Local Government
12 2 (0.69%) Police
12 2 (0.69%) Retail
13 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.35%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (20.14%) AWS Engineer
2 57 (19.79%) Developer
3 48 (16.67%) Senior
4 41 (14.24%) DevOps Engineer
5 36 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
6 34 (11.81%) Architect
7 33 (11.46%) Lead
8 24 (8.33%) AWS DevOps
9 18 (6.25%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 18 (6.25%) Data Engineer
9 18 (6.25%) Java Developer
9 18 (6.25%) Python Engineer
9 18 (6.25%) Software Engineer
10 17 (5.90%) AWS Architect
11 16 (5.56%) Scrum Master
12 14 (4.86%) AWS Developer
12 14 (4.86%) Senior Developer
13 13 (4.51%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 12 (4.17%) Lead DevOps
15 11 (3.82%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (18.06%) React
2 43 (14.93%) Kafka
3 41 (14.24%) Node.js
4 38 (13.19%) REST
5 34 (11.81%) AWS CDK
6 31 (10.76%) Spring
6 31 (10.76%) Spring Boot
7 29 (10.07%) RESTful
8 27 (9.38%) OAuth
9 22 (7.64%) FastAPI
10 20 (6.94%) OAuth2
11 19 (6.60%) Jest
12 18 (6.25%) .NET
12 18 (6.25%) JWT
13 14 (4.86%) GraphQL
14 11 (3.82%) Elastic Stack
15 10 (3.47%) hapi
15 10 (3.47%) Next.js
15 10 (3.47%) OpenAPI
15 10 (3.47%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 95 (32.99%) Cloud Native
2 33 (11.46%) Distributed Systems
3 31 (10.76%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.82%) Algorithms
5 8 (2.78%) AI Agents
6 7 (2.43%) Security Posture
6 7 (2.43%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.08%) Autonomous Agent
7 6 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.08%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.74%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (1.74%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.39%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.39%) Distributed Architecture
9 4 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.39%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.42%) Linux
2 7 (2.43%) Unix
3 4 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (1.39%) Windows
4 1 (0.35%) Amazon Linux
4 1 (0.35%) Android
4 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (68.06%) CI/CD
2 148 (51.39%) Infrastructure as Code
3 136 (47.22%) DevOps
4 121 (42.01%) Containerisation
5 109 (37.85%) Microservices
6 91 (31.60%) Agile
7 71 (24.65%) Observability
8 60 (20.83%) Test Automation
9 57 (19.79%) AI
10 46 (15.97%) Platform Engineering
11 45 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
11 45 (15.63%) Software Engineering
12 44 (15.28%) Event-Driven
13 40 (13.89%) Technical Leadership
14 36 (12.50%) DevSecOps
15 33 (11.46%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 32 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
16 32 (11.11%) Scrum
17 28 (9.72%) Clean Code
17 28 (9.72%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 129 (44.79%) Python
2 75 (26.04%) Java
3 49 (17.01%) TypeScript
4 40 (13.89%) JavaScript
5 32 (11.11%) SQL
6 28 (9.72%) Bash
7 13 (4.51%) PowerShell
7 13 (4.51%) Scala
8 5 (1.74%) Go
8 5 (1.74%) Kotlin
8 5 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (1.74%) Search Processing Language
9 4 (1.39%) C#
9 4 (1.39%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.35%) C
10 1 (0.35%) Cypher
10 1 (0.35%) Gremlin
10 1 (0.35%) Groovy
10 1 (0.35%) SPARQL
10 1 (0.35%) Swift
Qualifications
1 100 (34.72%) Security Cleared
2 83 (28.82%) SC Cleared
3 33 (11.46%) AWS Certification
4 20 (6.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (5.56%) DV Cleared
6 14 (4.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 11 (3.82%) SAFe Agilist
8 9 (3.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 9 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (3.13%) Degree
9 8 (2.78%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 5 (1.74%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.69%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.69%) CCSP
11 2 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.69%) CISSP
11 2 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.69%) OSCP
11 2 (0.69%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.47%) QA
2 6 (2.08%) Accessibility
2 6 (2.08%) NIST
3 5 (1.74%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.74%) GDPR
3 5 (1.74%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.39%) NCSC
5 3 (1.04%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.35%) GRC
6 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 131 (45.49%) Docker
2 1 (0.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 148 (51.39%) Terraform
2 84 (29.17%) Kubernetes
3 32 (11.11%) Grafana
3 32 (11.11%) Prometheus
4 21 (7.29%) Ansible
5 8 (2.78%) Kibana
5 8 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (2.08%) Puppet
7 3 (1.04%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.69%) Istio
9 1 (0.35%) Consul
9 1 (0.35%) Packer
9 1 (0.35%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 25 (8.68%) Splunk
2 10 (3.47%) Databricks
3 7 (2.43%) Microsoft
4 6 (2.08%) OpenAI
5 5 (1.74%) Amplitude
5 5 (1.74%) Dynatrace
5 5 (1.74%) New Relic
5 5 (1.74%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.39%) AVEVA
6 4 (1.39%) Google
6 4 (1.39%) Rapid7
6 4 (1.39%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.04%) AppDynamics
7 3 (1.04%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.04%) Charles River
7 3 (1.04%) Confluent
8 2 (0.69%) Qualys
8 2 (0.69%) Sybase
8 2 (0.69%) Tenable
9 1 (0.35%) Palo Alto