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 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 270 364
Rank change year-on-year -91 +94 -49
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 283 277 232
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.64% 0.95% 0.52%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.99% 5.03% 3.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 198 173
10th Percentile £368 £425 £400
25th Percentile £413 £475 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +7.32% -12.77%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £600
90th Percentile £638 £788 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £511 £499
% change year-on-year -2.06% +2.36% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £73.40 - -
25th Percentile £74.00 - -
Median hourly rate £85.00 - -
75th Percentile £92.50 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 - -

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 7,087 5,512 7,289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.94% 18.97% 16.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,866 3,832 5,158
10th Percentile £350 £351 £350
25th Percentile £413 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £760 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -3.06% +0.51% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 102 165
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.99 £14.14
25th Percentile £30.26 £24.38 £20.77
Median hourly rate £51.00 £32.23 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.26% -19.44% -33.33%
75th Percentile £75.00 £64.67 £56.25
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £30.11 £38.50
% change year-on-year +66.09% -21.81% -30.00%

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 28 March 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 28 March 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 28 March 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 -89 231 £513 -6.90% 80
London -67 124 £509 -12.28% 38
UK excluding London -52 117 £500 -2.06% 53
Work from Home -71 79 £550 -0.09% 44
Midlands -43 49 £500 -1.86% 2
West Midlands -33 40 £506 -4.30% 2
North of England -49 26 £480 -7.43% 16
Scotland -8 12 £358 -27.53% 2
Yorkshire -44 12 £500 -13.04% 4
South East -51 12 £530 -7.83% 18
South West -20 11 £561 -3.98% 8
North West -34 10 £390 -14.47% 11
East Midlands -25 9 £444 +42.77%
East of England -29 5 £538 +7.50% 5
North East - 4 £500 - 1
Wales -14 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 20 (7.07%) Confluence
2 3 (1.06%) Apache
2 3 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.71%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 282 (99.65%) AWS
2 188 (66.43%) Amazon S3
3 171 (60.42%) Amazon EC2
4 165 (58.30%) Serverless
5 162 (57.24%) AWS Lambda
6 103 (36.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 92 (32.51%) Amazon ECS
8 88 (31.10%) Amazon EKS
9 82 (28.98%) AWS CloudFormation
9 82 (28.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 71 (25.09%) GitHub
11 54 (19.08%) GitHub Actions
12 40 (14.13%) Route 53
13 39 (13.78%) Azure
14 26 (9.19%) Amazon SQS
15 20 (7.07%) Amazon MSK
15 20 (7.07%) AWS CodePipeline
15 20 (7.07%) AWS Fargate
16 19 (6.71%) AWS CloudTrail
17 18 (6.36%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.36%) Firewall
2 12 (4.24%) DNS
3 9 (3.18%) VPN
4 6 (2.12%) Network Security
5 3 (1.06%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.71%) HTTP
6 2 (0.71%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.35%) AMQP
7 1 (0.35%) DHCP
7 1 (0.35%) Internet
7 1 (0.35%) LAN
7 1 (0.35%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.35%) SMTP
7 1 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (24.38%) PostgreSQL
2 60 (21.20%) DynamoDB
3 40 (14.13%) Amazon Aurora
4 32 (11.31%) MySQL
5 23 (8.13%) Relational Database
6 22 (7.77%) SQL Server
7 18 (6.36%) MongoDB
7 18 (6.36%) NoSQL
8 15 (5.30%) Amazon Redshift
9 11 (3.89%) Amazon Athena
9 11 (3.89%) Power BI
9 11 (3.89%) Redis
10 9 (3.18%) Oracle Reports
11 8 (2.83%) Hadoop
11 8 (2.83%) Tableau
12 7 (2.47%) DB2
12 7 (2.47%) Oracle Database
13 6 (2.12%) Apache Cassandra
13 6 (2.12%) Data Lake
13 6 (2.12%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 113 (39.93%) Jenkins
2 76 (26.86%) Git
3 63 (22.26%) GitLab
4 32 (11.31%) JIRA
5 23 (8.13%) JUnit
6 16 (5.65%) Maven
7 14 (4.95%) Mockito
8 12 (4.24%) SonarQube
9 11 (3.89%) Bitbucket
10 10 (3.53%) Sonatype Nexus
11 8 (2.83%) DbUnit
11 8 (2.83%) jMock
12 7 (2.47%) Cypress.io
13 6 (2.12%) Bitbucket Server
14 5 (1.77%) Cucumber
14 5 (1.77%) git-flow
14 5 (1.77%) Snyk
15 4 (1.41%) Oracle APEX
15 4 (1.41%) Postman
16 3 (1.06%) Gradle
General
1 62 (21.91%) Social Skills
2 51 (18.02%) Public Sector
3 43 (15.19%) Finance
4 28 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (6.01%) Banking
6 11 (3.89%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (2.83%) Legal
8 5 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.71%) Health Technology
9 2 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.71%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.35%) Billing
10 1 (0.35%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.35%) Front Office
10 1 (0.35%) Games
10 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.35%) Military
10 1 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.35%) Publishing
10 1 (0.35%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 50 (17.67%) AWS Engineer
2 45 (15.90%) Developer
3 43 (15.19%) DevOps Engineer
3 43 (15.19%) Senior
4 25 (8.83%) Java Developer
5 23 (8.13%) Software Engineer
6 22 (7.77%) DBA
6 22 (7.77%) Site Engineer
7 21 (7.42%) AWS DevOps
7 21 (7.42%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 19 (6.71%) Data Engineer
9 18 (6.36%) Architect
10 17 (6.01%) Platform Engineer
11 16 (5.65%) AWS Developer
11 16 (5.65%) Lead
12 15 (5.30%) Senior DevOps
12 15 (5.30%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 14 (4.95%) AWS Architect
13 14 (4.95%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 14 (4.95%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (14.84%) Spring
1 42 (14.84%) Spring Boot
2 40 (14.13%) Kafka
3 39 (13.78%) Node.js
3 39 (13.78%) RESTful
4 29 (10.25%) React
5 27 (9.54%) REST
6 19 (6.71%) Elastic Stack
7 16 (5.65%) AngularJS
8 15 (5.30%) AWS CDK
8 15 (5.30%) Hibernate
8 15 (5.30%) JPA
8 15 (5.30%) SOAP
8 15 (5.30%) Spring Cloud
9 13 (4.59%) Django
10 12 (4.24%) Spring Batch
11 11 (3.89%) ActiveMQ
11 11 (3.89%) GraphQL
11 11 (3.89%) JSON
11 11 (3.89%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 49 (17.31%) Cloud Native
2 24 (8.48%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (4.95%) Replication
4 8 (2.83%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.47%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.41%) NHS
7 4 (1.41%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.06%) Clustering
8 3 (1.06%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.06%) Distributed Architecture
8 3 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.71%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.71%) Derivative
9 2 (0.71%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.71%) PKI
10 1 (0.35%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 75 (26.50%) Linux
2 6 (2.12%) Unix
2 6 (2.12%) Windows
3 4 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.06%) Amazon Linux
4 3 (1.06%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.35%) CentOS
5 1 (0.35%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (60.42%) CI/CD
2 120 (42.40%) DevOps
3 111 (39.22%) Infrastructure as Code
4 106 (37.46%) Agile
5 91 (32.16%) Containerisation
6 64 (22.61%) Microservices
7 47 (16.61%) Observability
8 42 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (13.78%) Software Engineering
10 33 (11.66%) Configuration Management
10 33 (11.66%) Cost Optimisation
10 33 (11.66%) ETL
10 33 (11.66%) Migration
10 33 (11.66%) Performance Tuning
10 33 (11.66%) TDD
11 32 (11.31%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 30 (10.60%) High Availability
13 29 (10.25%) Scrum
14 28 (9.89%) Continuous Improvement
15 26 (9.19%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 121 (42.76%) Python
2 105 (37.10%) SQL
3 81 (28.62%) Java
4 43 (15.19%) Bash
5 24 (8.48%) Shell Script
6 22 (7.77%) JavaScript
6 22 (7.77%) PowerShell
7 16 (5.65%) Go
7 16 (5.65%) TypeScript
8 12 (4.24%) Ruby
9 9 (3.18%) Perl
10 8 (2.83%) C#
10 8 (2.83%) PL/SQL
11 6 (2.12%) Groovy
12 5 (1.77%) JSX
13 2 (0.71%) Scala
13 2 (0.71%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.35%) Bicep
14 1 (0.35%) PHP
14 1 (0.35%) R
Qualifications
1 111 (39.22%) Security Cleared
2 89 (31.45%) SC Cleared
3 43 (15.19%) AWS Certification
4 18 (6.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 16 (5.65%) DV Cleared
6 11 (3.89%) Degree
7 10 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (3.18%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 6 (2.12%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.06%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (1.06%) OCP
11 3 (1.06%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 2 (0.71%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.35%) CEH
13 1 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.35%) MySQL Certification
13 1 (0.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.36%) QA
2 11 (3.89%) NIST
3 10 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.18%) Data Quality
4 9 (3.18%) GDPR
4 9 (3.18%) PCI DSS
5 7 (2.47%) PMO
6 6 (2.12%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.71%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.71%) GxP
7 2 (0.71%) NCSC
7 2 (0.71%) SLA
8 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 130 (45.94%) Docker
2 7 (2.47%) Postfix
3 6 (2.12%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (1.41%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (1.06%) Active Directory
5 3 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.71%) HDFS
7 1 (0.35%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.35%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 138 (48.76%) Terraform
2 91 (32.16%) Kubernetes
3 64 (22.61%) Grafana
4 48 (16.96%) Prometheus
5 37 (13.07%) Ansible
6 18 (6.36%) Progress Chef
7 12 (4.24%) Puppet
8 8 (2.83%) Data Guard
9 5 (1.77%) Argo
9 5 (1.77%) Rancher
10 4 (1.41%) Kibana
10 4 (1.41%) Oracle RMAN
10 4 (1.41%) Packer
11 3 (1.06%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (1.06%) Foglight
11 3 (1.06%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (1.06%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.71%) Istio
12 2 (0.71%) Sysdig
12 2 (0.71%) systemd
Vendors
1 36 (12.72%) Oracle
2 18 (6.36%) ServiceNow
3 17 (6.01%) Microsoft
4 10 (3.53%) Databricks
4 10 (3.53%) Jaspersoft
4 10 (3.53%) PagerDuty
5 9 (3.18%) Atlassian
5 9 (3.18%) Dynatrace
6 8 (2.83%) Sybase
6 8 (2.83%) Talend
7 7 (2.47%) Splunk
8 6 (2.12%) Informatica
9 5 (1.77%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.41%) AVEVA
10 4 (1.41%) CloudEndure
10 4 (1.41%) Qualys
10 4 (1.41%) Tenable
11 3 (1.06%) Cloudera
11 3 (1.06%) Confluent
11 3 (1.06%) Google