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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 403 295 356
Rank change year-on-year -108 +61 -24
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 303 282 212
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.55% 0.86% 0.55%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.67% 4.71% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 201 138
10th Percentile £400 £410 £409
25th Percentile £437 £463 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £658 £600 £600
90th Percentile £786 £640 £679
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £497 £494
% change year-on-year -7.44% +0.61% -10.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.00 £68.25 -
Median hourly rate £72.00 £80.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £73.00 £87.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.00 - -

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 8,248 5,987 6,922
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.04% 18.17% 17.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,514 4,012 4,763
10th Percentile £356 £343 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £533
Median % change year-on-year - -6.19% -2.20%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £712 £738 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £485
% change year-on-year - -2.06% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 89 91
10th Percentile £16.56 £21.24 £17.50
25th Percentile £23.75 £29.07 £21.00
Median hourly rate £40.18 £43.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.63% +24.29% -36.36%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £60.78
90th Percentile £75.20 £81.50 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £37.48 £30.00
% change year-on-year +5.39% +24.93% -45.45%

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 September 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
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 September 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 -101 241 £527 +0.86% 220
London -48 152 £550 -8.33% 130
Work from Home -66 105 £527 -4.18% 118
UK excluding London -136 93 £460 -7.44% 133
North of England -61 30 £500 -2.44% 33
Midlands -69 25 £453 -4.63% 15
West Midlands -66 23 £459 -3.37% 8
Yorkshire -27 17 £500 - 6
South West -31 12 £488 -10.14% 19
Scotland -19 11 £409 -17.71% 17
South East -70 11 £460 -20.00% 23
North East -45 7 £425 -2.86% 9
North West -60 6 £600 +9.09% 18
East of England -30 5 £345 -37.27% 12
East Midlands -18 1 £358 -5.79% 7
Wales - 1 £550 - 6

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 23 (7.59%) Confluence
2 17 (5.61%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (3.30%) Apache
4 9 (2.97%) Apache Spark
5 7 (2.31%) SAS
5 7 (2.31%) SharePoint
6 6 (1.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (1.98%) WebLogic
6 6 (1.98%) WebLogic Portal
7 5 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (1.32%) nginx
9 3 (0.99%) Cloud Foundry
9 3 (0.99%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.66%) Camunda
Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.33%) Mozilla Thunderbird
1 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.98%) Oracle EBS
1 6 (1.98%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (0.99%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.33%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 290 (95.71%) AWS
2 189 (62.38%) Amazon S3
3 170 (56.11%) AWS Lambda
4 169 (55.78%) Serverless
5 121 (39.93%) Amazon EC2
6 113 (37.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 78 (25.74%) Amazon ECS
8 77 (25.41%) Amazon EKS
9 76 (25.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 58 (19.14%) Azure
11 56 (18.48%) GitHub
12 55 (18.15%) AWS CloudFormation
13 47 (15.51%) Amazon SQS
14 39 (12.87%) GitHub Actions
15 32 (10.56%) AWS KMS
16 30 (9.90%) Route 53
17 27 (8.91%) Amazon EventBridge
17 27 (8.91%) AWS Step Functions
18 21 (6.93%) GCP
19 17 (5.61%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.27%) Firewall
2 14 (4.62%) DNS
3 10 (3.30%) VPN
4 7 (2.31%) DHCP
4 7 (2.31%) Network Security
5 6 (1.98%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.65%) SMTP
7 4 (1.32%) HTTP
7 4 (1.32%) NetScaler
7 4 (1.32%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.66%) FTP
8 2 (0.66%) IMAP
8 2 (0.66%) OpenLDAP
8 2 (0.66%) SSH
8 2 (0.66%) SSL
9 1 (0.33%) AMQP
9 1 (0.33%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.33%) OpenVPN
9 1 (0.33%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (30.36%) PostgreSQL
2 76 (25.08%) Amazon Aurora
3 66 (21.78%) DynamoDB
4 37 (12.21%) MySQL
5 26 (8.58%) Amazon Athena
6 25 (8.25%) MongoDB
6 25 (8.25%) SQL Server
7 22 (7.26%) Data Warehouse
8 21 (6.93%) Amazon Redshift
9 19 (6.27%) Redis
10 16 (5.28%) Data Lake
11 13 (4.29%) Big Data
12 12 (3.96%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (3.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (3.63%) NoSQL
13 11 (3.63%) Power BI
14 8 (2.64%) Apache Iceberg
14 8 (2.64%) Pentaho
14 8 (2.64%) Relational Database
15 7 (2.31%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 88 (29.04%) Jenkins
2 66 (21.78%) Git
3 51 (16.83%) GitLab
4 35 (11.55%) JIRA
5 18 (5.94%) JUnit
6 17 (5.61%) Maven
7 16 (5.28%) Mockito
8 15 (4.95%) Bitbucket
9 12 (3.96%) SonarQube
10 10 (3.30%) Claude Code
11 8 (2.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (2.31%) Cucumber
12 7 (2.31%) DbUnit
13 6 (1.98%) Bitbucket Server
13 6 (1.98%) Gradle
13 6 (1.98%) jMock
13 6 (1.98%) Team Foundation Server
14 5 (1.65%) Flyway
14 5 (1.65%) Postman
15 4 (1.32%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 85 (28.05%) Social Skills
2 65 (21.45%) Public Sector
3 36 (11.88%) Finance
4 27 (8.91%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (7.92%) Banking
6 12 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (2.97%) Back Office
7 9 (2.97%) Front Office
8 7 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.98%) Legal
10 4 (1.32%) Billing
10 4 (1.32%) Local Government
11 3 (0.99%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.99%) Law
11 3 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.66%) Marketing
12 2 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.33%) Retail
13 1 (0.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 76 (25.08%) AWS Engineer
2 58 (19.14%) Senior
3 49 (16.17%) Architect
4 47 (15.51%) DevOps Engineer
5 43 (14.19%) Developer
6 40 (13.20%) Data Engineer
7 32 (10.56%) DBA
8 29 (9.57%) AWS Architect
8 29 (9.57%) AWS DevOps
9 27 (8.91%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 25 (8.25%) Lead
11 23 (7.59%) Java Developer
12 21 (6.93%) Cloud Engineer
13 18 (5.94%) AWS Data Engineer
14 17 (5.61%) Technical Architect
15 15 (4.95%) Solutions Architect
15 15 (4.95%) Technical Leader
16 14 (4.62%) Administrator
16 14 (4.62%) Full-Stack Developer
16 14 (4.62%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (48.84%) Terraform
2 44 (14.52%) REST
3 41 (13.53%) React
4 35 (11.55%) Spring
4 35 (11.55%) Spring Boot
5 33 (10.89%) RESTful
6 32 (10.56%) Node.js
7 26 (8.58%) AngularJS
8 24 (7.92%) .NET
9 23 (7.59%) AWS CDK
10 21 (6.93%) Kafka
11 17 (5.61%) FastAPI
12 15 (4.95%) ActiveMQ
12 15 (4.95%) SOAP
13 14 (4.62%) GraphQL
14 13 (4.29%) Hibernate
14 13 (4.29%) JPA
15 11 (3.63%) .NET Core
15 11 (3.63%) RabbitMQ
16 9 (2.97%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 74 (24.42%) Cloud Native
2 28 (9.24%) Replication
3 27 (8.91%) Product Ownership
4 24 (7.92%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (3.96%) AI Agents
6 10 (3.30%) Clustering
6 10 (3.30%) NHS
7 8 (2.64%) Virtual Team
8 7 (2.31%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.98%) Cloud Security Posture
9 6 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.98%) Fixed Income
9 6 (1.98%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.65%) PKI
10 5 (1.65%) PropTech
10 5 (1.65%) Reinsurance
11 4 (1.32%) Autonomous Agent
11 4 (1.32%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.99%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 56 (18.48%) Linux
2 26 (8.58%) Windows
3 13 (4.29%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.96%) Unix
5 10 (3.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (2.97%) Amazon Linux
7 5 (1.65%) Windows 10
8 4 (1.32%) AIX
8 4 (1.32%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.33%) CentOS
9 1 (0.33%) VMS
9 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (65.35%) CI/CD
2 150 (49.50%) DevOps
3 142 (46.86%) Infrastructure as Code
4 121 (39.93%) Agile
5 74 (24.42%) Microservices
6 64 (21.12%) Containerisation
7 62 (20.46%) Observability
8 58 (19.14%) Data Modelling
9 54 (17.82%) Performance Tuning
10 53 (17.49%) Event-Driven
11 51 (16.83%) Migration
12 49 (16.17%) Continuous Improvement
12 49 (16.17%) Stakeholder Management
13 48 (15.84%) Software Engineering
14 44 (14.52%) High Availability
15 41 (13.53%) Data Pipeline
16 39 (12.87%) Data Integration
16 39 (12.87%) Scrum
16 39 (12.87%) Technical Leadership
17 37 (12.21%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 133 (43.89%) Python
2 91 (30.03%) SQL
3 72 (23.76%) Java
4 41 (13.53%) TypeScript
5 32 (10.56%) Bash
6 27 (8.91%) JavaScript
7 24 (7.92%) PowerShell
8 20 (6.60%) Groovy
9 18 (5.94%) C#
10 13 (4.29%) Scala
11 8 (2.64%) PL/SQL
11 8 (2.64%) Shell Script
12 7 (2.31%) Perl
13 3 (0.99%) Go
13 3 (0.99%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.99%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.66%) Bicep
14 2 (0.66%) Ruby
15 1 (0.33%) R
Qualifications
1 112 (36.96%) Security Cleared
2 94 (31.02%) SC Cleared
3 55 (18.15%) AWS Certification
4 34 (11.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 26 (8.58%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (6.27%) Degree
7 11 (3.63%) Azure Certification
8 10 (3.30%) DV Cleared
9 9 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.31%) CISM
10 7 (2.31%) CISSP
11 6 (1.98%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.66%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.66%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 2 (0.66%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.66%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.66%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.92%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.30%) QA
3 7 (2.31%) NIST
4 5 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.99%) GDPR
5 3 (0.99%) HL7
5 3 (0.99%) NCSC
5 3 (0.99%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.99%) SLA
6 2 (0.66%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.66%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.66%) WCAG
7 1 (0.33%) PMO
7 1 (0.33%) Solvency II
System Software
1 101 (33.33%) Docker
2 16 (5.28%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.31%) Postfix
4 6 (1.98%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.99%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.99%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (0.99%) Terminal Services
6 3 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.66%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.66%) Dovecot
7 2 (0.66%) Squid
7 2 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.33%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 79 (26.07%) Kubernetes
2 61 (20.13%) Grafana
3 45 (14.85%) Prometheus
4 28 (9.24%) Ansible
5 10 (3.30%) Kibana
6 8 (2.64%) Istio
7 7 (2.31%) Argo
8 6 (1.98%) Oracle RMAN
9 5 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (1.65%) Puppet
9 5 (1.65%) Rancher
10 4 (1.32%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 4 (1.32%) Packer
11 3 (0.99%) Nagios
11 3 (0.99%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.99%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.99%) vMotion
12 2 (0.66%) Consul
12 2 (0.66%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.66%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 32 (10.56%) Oracle
2 30 (9.90%) Microsoft
3 22 (7.26%) ServiceNow
4 17 (5.61%) Dynatrace
5 12 (3.96%) Informatica
6 10 (3.30%) Jaspersoft
7 9 (2.97%) VMware
8 8 (2.64%) Atlassian
8 8 (2.64%) Databricks
9 7 (2.31%) Denodo
9 7 (2.31%) Google
9 7 (2.31%) OpenAI
9 7 (2.31%) Salesforce
9 7 (2.31%) Splunk
9 7 (2.31%) Talend
10 5 (1.65%) Amplitude
11 4 (1.32%) Brio
11 4 (1.32%) Cisco
11 4 (1.32%) Citrix
12 3 (0.99%) HP