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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 287 360
Rank change year-on-year -128 +73 -5
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 279 300 220
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.52% 0.92% 0.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.42% 5.08% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 219 145
10th Percentile £400 £425 £409
25th Percentile £430 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £535
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +0.47% -2.73%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £600
90th Percentile £788 £650 £683
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £500 £507
% change year-on-year -8.00% -1.38% -10.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile - £70.60 -
25th Percentile £71.00 £74.13 -
Median hourly rate £72.00 £80.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £73.00 £83.75 -
90th Percentile - £86.00 -
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 8,160 5,905 7,028
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.21% 18.05% 18.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,437 3,967 4,921
10th Percentile £358 £340 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -3.09%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 94 100
10th Percentile £15.75 £21.02 £14.93
25th Percentile £22.91 £29.00 £19.90
Median hourly rate £38.25 £36.75 £33.22
Median % change year-on-year +4.08% +10.64% -39.61%
75th Percentile £60.75 £63.31 £54.06
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.74 £69.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £32.58 £30.00
% change year-on-year +17.40% +8.60% -42.86%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -115 227 £525 -0.47% 113
London -73 140 £550 -5.17% 65
Work from Home -86 92 £525 -5.41% 65
UK excluding London -105 89 £460 -8.00% 68
North of England -57 32 £463 -7.50% 22
Midlands -64 28 £464 -2.32% 9
West Midlands -70 24 £464 -2.32% 6
Yorkshire -25 18 £500 - 6
Scotland -24 9 £425 -13.98% 7
South West -44 9 £538 -0.92% 14
South East -79 8 £460 -20.00% 9
North East -36 7 £425 -2.86% 6
North West -52 7 £525 -4.55% 10
East of England -30 4 £348 -36.82% 7
East Midlands -16 3 £449 +18.16% 3
Wales - 1 £550 - 1

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 (8.24%) Confluence
2 13 (4.66%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (3.58%) Apache Spark
4 7 (2.51%) Apache
4 7 (2.51%) SAS
4 7 (2.51%) SharePoint
5 6 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.08%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.72%) Camunda
7 2 (0.72%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.72%) nginx
8 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.36%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 4 (1.43%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 268 (96.06%) AWS
2 176 (63.08%) Amazon S3
3 156 (55.91%) AWS Lambda
4 155 (55.56%) Serverless
5 111 (39.78%) Amazon EC2
6 105 (37.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 77 (27.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 70 (25.09%) Amazon ECS
9 67 (24.01%) Amazon EKS
10 52 (18.64%) Azure
11 51 (18.28%) AWS CloudFormation
11 51 (18.28%) GitHub
12 41 (14.70%) Amazon SQS
13 35 (12.54%) GitHub Actions
14 32 (11.47%) AWS KMS
15 27 (9.68%) Route 53
16 25 (8.96%) AWS Step Functions
17 22 (7.89%) Amazon EventBridge
18 18 (6.45%) GCP
19 17 (6.09%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.09%) Firewall
2 11 (3.94%) DNS
3 7 (2.51%) DHCP
3 7 (2.51%) VPN
4 6 (2.15%) Network Security
4 6 (2.15%) SMTP
5 4 (1.43%) HTTP
5 4 (1.43%) NetScaler
5 4 (1.43%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.72%) FTP
6 2 (0.72%) IMAP
6 2 (0.72%) OpenLDAP
6 2 (0.72%) OpenVPN
6 2 (0.72%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.72%) SSH
6 2 (0.72%) SSL
7 1 (0.36%) AMQP
7 1 (0.36%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.36%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (27.96%) PostgreSQL
2 70 (25.09%) Amazon Aurora
3 60 (21.51%) DynamoDB
4 36 (12.90%) MySQL
5 24 (8.60%) Amazon Athena
6 23 (8.24%) MongoDB
6 23 (8.24%) SQL Server
7 20 (7.17%) Amazon Redshift
8 19 (6.81%) Data Warehouse
9 17 (6.09%) Data Lake
10 15 (5.38%) Redis
11 13 (4.66%) Big Data
11 13 (4.66%) Power BI
12 12 (4.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (3.23%) Pentaho
14 8 (2.87%) Apache Iceberg
14 8 (2.87%) NoSQL
14 8 (2.87%) Relational Database
15 7 (2.51%) Elasticsearch
16 6 (2.15%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 85 (30.47%) Jenkins
2 54 (19.35%) Git
3 46 (16.49%) GitLab
4 32 (11.47%) JIRA
5 15 (5.38%) JUnit
6 14 (5.02%) Mockito
7 13 (4.66%) Maven
8 12 (4.30%) Bitbucket
8 12 (4.30%) SonarQube
9 10 (3.58%) Claude Code
10 8 (2.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 7 (2.51%) DbUnit
12 6 (2.15%) Bitbucket Server
12 6 (2.15%) jMock
12 6 (2.15%) Team Foundation Server
13 5 (1.79%) Postman
14 4 (1.43%) Cucumber
14 4 (1.43%) Cypress.io
15 3 (1.08%) Artifactory
15 3 (1.08%) Gradle
General
1 83 (29.75%) Social Skills
2 65 (23.30%) Public Sector
3 32 (11.47%) Finance
4 25 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (7.53%) Banking
6 7 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.15%) Front Office
7 6 (2.15%) Legal
8 5 (1.79%) Back Office
9 3 (1.08%) Billing
9 3 (1.08%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.72%) Law
10 2 (0.72%) Local Government
10 2 (0.72%) Marketing
11 1 (0.36%) Games
11 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.36%) Military
11 1 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 68 (24.37%) AWS Engineer
2 49 (17.56%) Senior
3 45 (16.13%) Architect
4 42 (15.05%) DevOps Engineer
5 39 (13.98%) Developer
6 36 (12.90%) Data Engineer
7 28 (10.04%) AWS Architect
7 28 (10.04%) DBA
8 27 (9.68%) AWS DevOps
9 23 (8.24%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 21 (7.53%) Lead
11 20 (7.17%) Cloud Engineer
12 17 (6.09%) Java Developer
12 17 (6.09%) Technical Architect
13 15 (5.38%) Administrator
14 14 (5.02%) AWS Data Engineer
15 13 (4.66%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 13 (4.66%) Solutions Architect
16 12 (4.30%) Technical Leader
17 11 (3.94%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (49.46%) Terraform
2 40 (14.34%) React
3 37 (13.26%) REST
4 36 (12.90%) Node.js
5 33 (11.83%) RESTful
6 31 (11.11%) Spring
6 31 (11.11%) Spring Boot
7 24 (8.60%) AngularJS
7 24 (8.60%) AWS CDK
8 20 (7.17%) .NET
9 19 (6.81%) Kafka
10 15 (5.38%) FastAPI
11 13 (4.66%) SOAP
12 12 (4.30%) ActiveMQ
13 11 (3.94%) GraphQL
14 10 (3.58%) JSON
15 9 (3.23%) Django
15 9 (3.23%) Hibernate
15 9 (3.23%) JPA
15 9 (3.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 67 (24.01%) Cloud Native
2 28 (10.04%) Product Ownership
3 25 (8.96%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (8.60%) Replication
5 10 (3.58%) NHS
6 9 (3.23%) AI Agents
7 8 (2.87%) Virtual Team
8 7 (2.51%) Fixed Income
8 7 (2.51%) Security Posture
9 6 (2.15%) Cloud Security Posture
9 6 (2.15%) PKI
10 5 (1.79%) Clustering
11 4 (1.43%) Autonomous Agent
11 4 (1.43%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.08%) Data Structures
12 3 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (1.08%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.08%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 51 (18.28%) Linux
2 22 (7.89%) Windows
3 14 (5.02%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (3.23%) Amazon Linux
6 6 (2.15%) Unix
7 4 (1.43%) AIX
7 4 (1.43%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.08%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.36%) CentOS
9 1 (0.36%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.36%) VMS
9 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (64.87%) CI/CD
2 131 (46.95%) DevOps
3 125 (44.80%) Infrastructure as Code
4 112 (40.14%) Agile
5 72 (25.81%) Microservices
6 55 (19.71%) Containerisation
7 52 (18.64%) Observability
8 51 (18.28%) Data Modelling
9 47 (16.85%) Performance Tuning
10 45 (16.13%) High Availability
10 45 (16.13%) Software Engineering
11 42 (15.05%) Event-Driven
12 41 (14.70%) Continuous Improvement
12 41 (14.70%) Data Pipeline
12 41 (14.70%) Migration
12 41 (14.70%) Stakeholder Management
13 34 (12.19%) Technical Leadership
14 33 (11.83%) Scrum
15 32 (11.47%) AI
15 32 (11.47%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 122 (43.73%) Python
2 78 (27.96%) SQL
3 71 (25.45%) Java
4 40 (14.34%) TypeScript
5 28 (10.04%) Bash
6 24 (8.60%) JavaScript
7 23 (8.24%) PowerShell
8 17 (6.09%) C#
8 17 (6.09%) Groovy
9 10 (3.58%) Scala
9 10 (3.58%) Shell Script
10 7 (2.51%) Perl
11 3 (1.08%) Go
11 3 (1.08%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.72%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.72%) Ruby
13 1 (0.36%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 110 (39.43%) Security Cleared
2 88 (31.54%) SC Cleared
3 48 (17.20%) AWS Certification
4 31 (11.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 25 (8.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (6.09%) Degree
7 12 (4.30%) DV Cleared
8 10 (3.58%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (2.15%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 5 (1.79%) CISM
11 5 (1.79%) CISSP
12 3 (1.08%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.08%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.72%) PMP
14 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
14 1 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.53%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.15%) NIST
2 6 (2.15%) QA
3 4 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.08%) GDPR
4 3 (1.08%) HL7
4 3 (1.08%) NCSC
4 3 (1.08%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.08%) PMO
4 3 (1.08%) SLA
5 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.72%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.72%) WCAG
6 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.36%) Solvency II
System Software
1 92 (32.97%) Docker
2 14 (5.02%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.51%) Postfix
4 6 (2.15%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (1.43%) BitLocker
6 4 (1.43%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (1.43%) Terminal Services
6 4 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.72%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.72%) Dovecot
7 2 (0.72%) Squid
8 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.36%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 73 (26.16%) Kubernetes
2 56 (20.07%) Grafana
3 41 (14.70%) Prometheus
4 26 (9.32%) Ansible
5 9 (3.23%) Istio
5 9 (3.23%) Kibana
6 8 (2.87%) Argo
7 5 (1.79%) Puppet
8 4 (1.43%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.43%) vMotion
9 3 (1.08%) Nagios
9 3 (1.08%) Packer
9 3 (1.08%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.08%) Rancher
10 2 (0.72%) Consul
10 2 (0.72%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.72%) Foglight
10 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.72%) Nessus
10 2 (0.72%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 28 (10.04%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.53%) ServiceNow
3 20 (7.17%) Oracle
4 15 (5.38%) Dynatrace
5 11 (3.94%) Informatica
6 10 (3.58%) Databricks
6 10 (3.58%) Jaspersoft
6 10 (3.58%) VMware
7 8 (2.87%) Atlassian
8 7 (2.51%) Denodo
8 7 (2.51%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.51%) Splunk
9 6 (2.15%) Google
9 6 (2.15%) Talend
10 5 (1.79%) Amplitude
10 5 (1.79%) Citrix
11 4 (1.43%) Cisco
11 4 (1.43%) HP
11 4 (1.43%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.43%) Symantec