Amazon RDS Contract Job Trends

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Amazon RDS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 282 334
Rank change year-on-year -110 +52 -19
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 244 251 241
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.86% 0.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.37% 4.52% 3.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 184 179
10th Percentile £400 £422 £400
25th Percentile £418 £470 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile £575 £611 £575
90th Percentile £689 £653 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £531 £498
% change year-on-year -10.55% +6.73% -13.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £71.90 - -
25th Percentile £73.25 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile £92.50 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.50 - -

All Database & BI Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,250 5,548 7,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.09% 19.00% 17.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,894 3,807 5,237
10th Percentile £350 £358 £350
25th Percentile £413 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -3.67%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £485 £475
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 98 148
10th Percentile £15.94 £20.47 £14.00
25th Percentile £25.59 £23.69 £20.98
Median hourly rate £47.54 £33.81 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.63% -15.49% -31.73%
75th Percentile £73.81 £65.62 £61.53
90th Percentile £82.25 £76.63 £73.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.00 £31.64 £40.00
% change year-on-year +48.55% -20.90% -29.08%

Amazon RDS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Amazon RDS job vacancy trend in the UK

Amazon RDS
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Amazon RDS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Amazon RDS over the 6 months to 19 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Amazon RDS in the UK

Amazon RDS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Amazon RDS
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Amazon RDS over the 6 months to 19 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Amazon RDS in the UK

Amazon RDS
Top 16 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 RDS within the UK over the 6 months to 19 May 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 -79 211 £500 -11.19% 93
London -69 118 £503 -13.36% 31
UK excluding London -77 101 £475 -10.55% 67
Work from Home -79 66 £500 -13.79% 47
Midlands -27 51 £475 -5.00% 6
West Midlands -27 44 £472 -10.10% 6
North of England -54 22 £419 -16.25% 20
South East -65 11 £530 -7.83% 16
South West -24 9 £591 +1.16% 18
Yorkshire -46 9 £400 -20.00% 6
North West -37 8 £445 -2.41% 12
East Midlands -24 7 £519 +66.88%
Scotland -21 5 £392 -20.75% 1
North East - 5 £425 - 2
East of England -30 2 - - 3
Wales - 2 £488 - 2

Amazon RDS
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 28 (11.48%) Confluence
2 7 (2.87%) SAS
3 5 (2.05%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.82%) Cloud Foundry
5 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.82%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.41%) Apache
6 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (3.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.82%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 241 (98.77%) AWS
2 157 (64.34%) Amazon S3
3 130 (53.28%) AWS Lambda
3 130 (53.28%) Serverless
4 123 (50.41%) Amazon EC2
5 81 (33.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 61 (25.00%) Amazon ECS
7 58 (23.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 54 (22.13%) Amazon EKS
9 48 (19.67%) GitHub
10 43 (17.62%) AWS CloudFormation
11 38 (15.57%) Amazon SQS
11 38 (15.57%) Azure
12 35 (14.34%) GitHub Actions
13 27 (11.07%) Route 53
14 26 (10.66%) AWS KMS
15 19 (7.79%) Amazon Kinesis
16 16 (6.56%) AWS CodePipeline
16 16 (6.56%) AWS Fargate
16 16 (6.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.69%) DNS
2 5 (2.05%) Firewall
2 5 (2.05%) Network Security
3 4 (1.64%) VPN
4 3 (1.23%) DHCP
4 3 (1.23%) HTTP
4 3 (1.23%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.82%) OpenVPN
6 1 (0.41%) AMQP
6 1 (0.41%) Internet
6 1 (0.41%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.41%) LAN
6 1 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.41%) SMTP
6 1 (0.41%) SSL
6 1 (0.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (28.69%) DynamoDB
2 58 (23.77%) PostgreSQL
3 50 (20.49%) Amazon Aurora
4 29 (11.89%) MySQL
5 18 (7.38%) SQL Server
6 17 (6.97%) Amazon Athena
7 16 (6.56%) Amazon Redshift
7 16 (6.56%) Power BI
8 15 (6.15%) MongoDB
8 15 (6.15%) NoSQL
9 14 (5.74%) Pentaho
10 10 (4.10%) Redis
10 10 (4.10%) Relational Database
11 9 (3.69%) Data Lake
12 8 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (3.28%) Oracle Database
12 8 (3.28%) Tableau
13 7 (2.87%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (2.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (2.46%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 77 (31.56%) Jenkins
2 59 (24.18%) Git
3 40 (16.39%) GitLab
4 32 (13.11%) JIRA
5 23 (9.43%) JUnit
6 18 (7.38%) Maven
6 18 (7.38%) Mockito
7 16 (6.56%) SonarQube
8 11 (4.51%) DbUnit
8 11 (4.51%) jMock
9 9 (3.69%) Bitbucket Server
10 5 (2.05%) Claude Code
10 5 (2.05%) Cucumber
10 5 (2.05%) git-flow
10 5 (2.05%) Postman
10 5 (2.05%) Snyk
11 4 (1.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (1.64%) Flyway
11 4 (1.64%) Oracle APEX
11 4 (1.64%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 59 (24.18%) Social Skills
2 53 (21.72%) Public Sector
3 29 (11.89%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (9.43%) Finance
5 10 (4.10%) Banking
5 10 (4.10%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (3.69%) Legal
7 4 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.23%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.82%) Front Office
9 2 (0.82%) Local Government
10 1 (0.41%) Billing
10 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.41%) Marketing
10 1 (0.41%) Military
10 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 51 (20.90%) Developer
2 41 (16.80%) AWS Engineer
3 40 (16.39%) Senior
4 27 (11.07%) DevOps Engineer
5 25 (10.25%) DBA
5 25 (10.25%) Java Developer
6 23 (9.43%) Data Engineer
7 22 (9.02%) Architect
8 19 (7.79%) Software Engineer
9 17 (6.97%) AWS Architect
10 15 (6.15%) AWS DevOps
11 14 (5.74%) AWS Developer
11 14 (5.74%) Lead
12 13 (5.33%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 13 (5.33%) Senior Developer
13 12 (4.92%) Oracle DBA
13 12 (4.92%) Python Developer
14 11 (4.51%) Analyst
14 11 (4.51%) Site Engineer
14 11 (4.51%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (17.21%) Spring
1 42 (17.21%) Spring Boot
2 38 (15.57%) REST
3 36 (14.75%) RESTful
4 34 (13.93%) Node.js
5 31 (12.70%) React
6 30 (12.30%) Kafka
7 26 (10.66%) AngularJS
8 19 (7.79%) Hibernate
8 19 (7.79%) JPA
8 19 (7.79%) Spring Cloud
9 18 (7.38%) AWS CDK
9 18 (7.38%) SOAP
10 15 (6.15%) ActiveMQ
10 15 (6.15%) Web Services
11 14 (5.74%) Spring Batch
11 14 (5.74%) Spring Integration
12 12 (4.92%) Django
12 12 (4.92%) GraphQL
13 11 (4.51%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 59 (24.18%) Cloud Native
2 25 (10.25%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (8.61%) Product Ownership
4 11 (4.51%) Replication
5 7 (2.87%) NHS
6 5 (2.05%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.64%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.23%) Clustering
8 3 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.82%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.82%) Derivative
9 2 (0.82%) Fixed Income
9 2 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.41%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.41%) Digital Wallet
10 1 (0.41%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.41%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.41%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 49 (20.08%) Linux
2 8 (3.28%) Unix
3 6 (2.46%) Windows
4 4 (1.64%) Amazon Linux
4 4 (1.64%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.82%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.41%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (60.66%) CI/CD
2 110 (45.08%) Agile
3 99 (40.57%) DevOps
4 83 (34.02%) Infrastructure as Code
5 63 (25.82%) Containerisation
6 59 (24.18%) Microservices
7 43 (17.62%) Scrum
8 40 (16.39%) Software Engineering
9 37 (15.16%) Event-Driven
9 37 (15.16%) Observability
10 34 (13.93%) Performance Tuning
11 33 (13.52%) ETL
12 31 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
13 30 (12.30%) Migration
13 30 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
13 30 (12.30%) TDD
14 28 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
15 27 (11.07%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 27 (11.07%) High Availability
16 26 (10.66%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 97 (39.75%) SQL
2 86 (35.25%) Python
3 79 (32.38%) Java
4 19 (7.79%) JavaScript
5 18 (7.38%) Bash
6 17 (6.97%) Shell Script
7 16 (6.56%) PowerShell
7 16 (6.56%) TypeScript
8 11 (4.51%) C#
9 9 (3.69%) Groovy
10 8 (3.28%) Go
11 7 (2.87%) PL/SQL
12 6 (2.46%) Scala
13 5 (2.05%) Perl
14 3 (1.23%) Ruby
14 3 (1.23%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.41%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 109 (44.67%) Security Cleared
2 89 (36.48%) SC Cleared
3 32 (13.11%) AWS Certification
4 15 (6.15%) DV Cleared
5 14 (5.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 10 (4.10%) Azure Certification
6 10 (4.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (3.69%) Degree
8 6 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.64%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (1.23%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (1.23%) OCP
10 3 (1.23%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (1.23%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.82%) PMP
11 2 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 1 (0.41%) CEH
12 1 (0.41%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.41%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.51%) QA
2 10 (4.10%) NIST
3 9 (3.69%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.69%) GDPR
3 9 (3.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.69%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.87%) PMO
5 3 (1.23%) SLA
6 2 (0.82%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.82%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.82%) NCSC
7 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.41%) HL7
7 1 (0.41%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 99 (40.57%) Docker
2 10 (4.10%) Postfix
3 4 (1.64%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.64%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.82%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.41%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.41%) HDFS
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.41%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.41%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 107 (43.85%) Terraform
2 64 (26.23%) Kubernetes
3 53 (21.72%) Grafana
4 32 (13.11%) Prometheus
5 18 (7.38%) Ansible
6 10 (4.10%) Progress Chef
7 8 (3.28%) Data Guard
8 6 (2.46%) Argo
9 5 (2.05%) Puppet
10 4 (1.64%) Kibana
10 4 (1.64%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (1.23%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (1.23%) Foglight
11 3 (1.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (1.23%) Rancher
12 2 (0.82%) Istio
12 2 (0.82%) Sysdig
12 2 (0.82%) systemd
13 1 (0.41%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.41%) vMotion
Vendors
1 34 (13.93%) Oracle
2 21 (8.61%) ServiceNow
3 14 (5.74%) Jaspersoft
4 13 (5.33%) Informatica
4 13 (5.33%) Microsoft
5 12 (4.92%) Atlassian
6 10 (4.10%) Dynatrace
7 9 (3.69%) Talend
8 8 (3.28%) Databricks
9 7 (2.87%) Denodo
10 6 (2.46%) Splunk
11 5 (2.05%) Red Hat
11 5 (2.05%) Sybase
12 4 (1.64%) AVEVA
12 4 (1.64%) Brio
12 4 (1.64%) Qualys
12 4 (1.64%) Tenable
13 2 (0.82%) Netlify
13 2 (0.82%) PagerDuty
13 2 (0.82%) UiPath