Amazon EKS Contract Job Trends

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Amazon EKS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 313 410
Rank change year-on-year +8 +97 +9
Contract jobs citing Amazon EKS 382 213 184
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.77% 0.73% 0.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.17% 1.92% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 172 133
10th Percentile £399 £425 £405
25th Percentile £450 £497 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £583 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.58% +5.91% -12.00%
75th Percentile £625 £653 £663
90th Percentile £694 £700 £723
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £611
% change year-on-year -2.50% -18.20% -4.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.00 - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

Amazon EKS 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 17,605 11,074 14,082
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.56% 37.89% 32.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,809 7,511 9,963
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £619 £634
90th Percentile £711 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +3.58% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 563 265 354
10th Percentile £15.75 £15.18 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.00 £28.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.82% +32.56% -43.42%
75th Percentile £68.17 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.05 £72.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £20.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year +82.93% +7.89% -30.91%

Amazon EKS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Amazon EKS job vacancy trend in the UK

Amazon EKS
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Amazon EKS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Amazon EKS over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Amazon EKS in the UK

Amazon EKS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Amazon EKS
Top 17 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 EKS within the UK over the 6 months to 7 June 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 -22 279 £550 -7.95% 77
London -16 182 £563 -6.25% 44
UK excluding London -39 112 £488 -2.50% 42
Work from Home -41 98 £525 -12.50% 52
North of England -68 37 £493 -1.50% 12
North West -45 23 £632 +26.45% 8
Scotland +4 19 £525 +5.00% 1
Midlands -36 18 £488 - 5
South East -49 18 £533 +6.50% 10
West Midlands -45 16 £477 +0.42% 5
South West -14 14 £394 -38.83% 8
North East - 8 £425 - 1
Yorkshire -56 6 £500 +7.30% 3
Northern Ireland - 3 £446 - 5
East Midlands -25 2 £500 -
East of England - 2 - -
Wales - 2 £513 - 1

Amazon EKS
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 32 (8.38%) Confluence
2 17 (4.45%) nginx
3 11 (2.88%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (2.88%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.57%) Apache
5 3 (0.79%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.79%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.52%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.52%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.52%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.26%) Traefik
Applications
1 2 (0.52%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.79%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (0.79%) Fidessa
1 3 (0.79%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 379 (99.21%) AWS
2 187 (48.95%) Serverless
3 164 (42.93%) AWS Lambda
4 134 (35.08%) Amazon ECS
4 134 (35.08%) Amazon S3
5 123 (32.20%) GitHub
6 116 (30.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 115 (30.10%) Amazon EC2
8 110 (28.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 100 (26.18%) AWS CloudFormation
10 99 (25.92%) GitHub Actions
11 65 (17.02%) Azure
12 47 (12.30%) Azure AKS
13 43 (11.26%) Route 53
14 33 (8.64%) Amazon SQS
15 32 (8.38%) GCP
16 29 (7.59%) AWS CodePipeline
17 26 (6.81%) Datadog
18 23 (6.02%) Amazon GuardDuty
19 21 (5.50%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 30 (7.85%) DNS
2 27 (7.07%) Firewall
3 23 (6.02%) VPN
4 15 (3.93%) TCP/IP
5 11 (2.88%) Network Security
6 9 (2.36%) OpenVPN
7 7 (1.83%) SSL
8 5 (1.31%) BGP
9 4 (1.05%) HTTP
10 3 (0.79%) DHCP
10 3 (0.79%) Reverse Proxy
11 2 (0.52%) OSPF
11 2 (0.52%) PCoIP
11 2 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (0.52%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.52%) WAN
12 1 (0.26%) Calico
12 1 (0.26%) Internet
12 1 (0.26%) Kerberos
12 1 (0.26%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (18.32%) Amazon RDS
2 43 (11.26%) PostgreSQL
3 33 (8.64%) DynamoDB
4 23 (6.02%) Amazon Aurora
4 23 (6.02%) NoSQL
5 14 (3.66%) MySQL
6 13 (3.40%) DocumentDB
6 13 (3.40%) MongoDB
7 12 (3.14%) Redis
8 11 (2.88%) Relational Database
9 10 (2.62%) Amazon Redshift
9 10 (2.62%) SQL Server
10 9 (2.36%) Amazon Athena
10 9 (2.36%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (1.83%) Flink
12 6 (1.57%) Big Data
13 5 (1.31%) Apache Hive
13 5 (1.31%) Hadoop
14 4 (1.05%) OLTP
15 2 (0.52%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 129 (33.77%) GitLab
2 111 (29.06%) Jenkins
3 34 (8.90%) Git
3 34 (8.90%) JIRA
4 27 (7.07%) Bitbucket
5 15 (3.93%) SonarQube
6 12 (3.14%) Artifactory
7 9 (2.36%) Cucumber
7 9 (2.36%) MLflow
8 6 (1.57%) Mocha
8 6 (1.57%) MSTest
8 6 (1.57%) Terragrunt
8 6 (1.57%) tSQLt
9 4 (1.05%) Snyk
10 3 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.52%) git-flow
11 2 (0.52%) GoCD
11 2 (0.52%) Gradle
11 2 (0.52%) Maven
11 2 (0.52%) Selenium
General
1 85 (22.25%) Public Sector
2 83 (21.73%) Social Skills
3 42 (10.99%) Finance
4 26 (6.81%) Banking
5 20 (5.24%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.05%) Front Office
9 4 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.05%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.05%) Law
10 3 (0.79%) Local Government
10 3 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.52%) Legal
11 2 (0.52%) Military
12 1 (0.26%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.26%) Games
12 1 (0.26%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 103 (26.96%) DevOps Engineer
2 93 (24.35%) AWS Engineer
3 73 (19.11%) Architect
4 59 (15.45%) Senior
5 58 (15.18%) Developer
6 50 (13.09%) AWS Architect
7 48 (12.57%) AWS DevOps
8 43 (11.26%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 34 (8.90%) Cloud Engineer
10 28 (7.33%) Lead
11 25 (6.54%) Platform Engineer
12 24 (6.28%) Cloud Architect
13 23 (6.02%) Technical Architect
14 20 (5.24%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 17 (4.45%) Software Developer
16 16 (4.19%) Java Developer
16 16 (4.19%) Python Engineer
17 15 (3.93%) Lead DevOps
17 15 (3.93%) Senior DevOps
17 15 (3.93%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (17.28%) Kafka
2 37 (9.69%) AWS CDK
3 36 (9.42%) RESTful
4 35 (9.16%) Node.js
5 34 (8.90%) REST
6 33 (8.64%) Spring Boot
7 30 (7.85%) Spring
8 26 (6.81%) Elastic Stack
9 25 (6.54%) OAuth
10 21 (5.50%) OpenID
11 18 (4.71%) .NET
11 18 (4.71%) OAuth2
11 18 (4.71%) React
12 16 (4.19%) GraphQL
13 15 (3.93%) AngularJS
13 15 (3.93%) OpenTelemetry
14 13 (3.40%) FastAPI
15 11 (2.88%) HTML
15 11 (2.88%) JWT
16 10 (2.62%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 110 (28.80%) Cloud Native
2 36 (9.42%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (5.24%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.93%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.09%) Algorithms
7 8 (2.09%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.83%) PKI
9 6 (1.57%) Equities
10 5 (1.31%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.31%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.31%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.31%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.05%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.05%) Legacy Code
11 4 (1.05%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 66 (17.28%) Linux
2 12 (3.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 10 (2.62%) Windows
4 5 (1.31%) Unix
5 3 (0.79%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.52%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.26%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.26%) Android
7 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (77.23%) CI/CD
2 211 (55.24%) Infrastructure as Code
3 205 (53.66%) DevOps
4 181 (47.38%) Containerisation
5 110 (28.80%) Observability
6 102 (26.70%) Microservices
7 89 (23.30%) Platform Engineering
8 87 (22.77%) Agile
9 60 (15.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 51 (13.35%) Event-Driven
11 46 (12.04%) DevSecOps
12 43 (11.26%) Test Automation
13 42 (10.99%) Problem-Solving
13 42 (10.99%) Secrets Management
14 41 (10.73%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 41 (10.73%) Software Engineering
15 39 (10.21%) Cloud Security
15 39 (10.21%) Roadmaps
16 38 (9.95%) Cost Optimisation
17 37 (9.69%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 159 (41.62%) Python
2 64 (16.75%) Bash
3 62 (16.23%) Java
4 34 (8.90%) TypeScript
5 30 (7.85%) JavaScript
6 29 (7.59%) SQL
7 28 (7.33%) PowerShell
8 16 (4.19%) C#
9 15 (3.93%) Shell Script
10 11 (2.88%) Bicep
10 11 (2.88%) Go
11 6 (1.57%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.05%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.05%) ProC
13 3 (0.79%) Groovy
13 3 (0.79%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.79%) Ruby
13 3 (0.79%) Scala
14 2 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 143 (37.43%) Security Cleared
2 128 (33.51%) SC Cleared
3 50 (13.09%) AWS Certification
4 25 (6.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 16 (4.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (3.93%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.88%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 11 (2.88%) SAFe Agilist
8 9 (2.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 7 (1.83%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.57%) Degree
11 5 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.05%) CISSP
13 3 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.79%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.52%) CCNP
14 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.52%) PMP
14 2 (0.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.24%) QA
2 12 (3.14%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.62%) NIST
4 9 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.36%) NCSC
5 8 (2.09%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.83%) WCAG
7 3 (0.79%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (0.79%) SLA
8 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.52%) GDPR
9 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.26%) GRC
9 1 (0.26%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.26%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 163 (42.67%) Docker
2 15 (3.93%) Squid
3 7 (1.83%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.79%) HDFS
7 2 (0.52%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.52%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.26%) KVM
8 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 272 (71.20%) Terraform
2 231 (60.47%) Kubernetes
3 102 (26.70%) Prometheus
4 101 (26.44%) Grafana
5 53 (13.87%) Ansible
6 29 (7.59%) Argo
7 19 (4.97%) Istio
8 13 (3.40%) Puppet
9 12 (3.14%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (2.36%) FortiGate
11 7 (1.83%) Consul
11 7 (1.83%) linkerd
12 6 (1.57%) Suricata
13 5 (1.31%) Packer
13 5 (1.31%) Progress Chef
13 5 (1.31%) Rancher
14 4 (1.05%) Karpenter
14 4 (1.05%) Kibana
15 2 (0.52%) Kustomize
15 2 (0.52%) Podman
Vendors
1 28 (7.33%) Dynatrace
2 24 (6.28%) Splunk
3 19 (4.97%) Microsoft
4 14 (3.66%) Databricks
5 12 (3.14%) Red Hat
6 10 (2.62%) Oracle
7 9 (2.36%) Atlassian
8 8 (2.09%) Tenable
9 6 (1.57%) AVEVA
9 6 (1.57%) New Relic
9 6 (1.57%) VMware
10 5 (1.31%) AppDynamics
10 5 (1.31%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.31%) Sybase
11 4 (1.05%) Google
11 4 (1.05%) Ping Identity
11 4 (1.05%) Qualys
12 3 (0.79%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.79%) Charles River
12 3 (0.79%) Salesforce