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

 6 months to
15 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 404 308 360
Rank change year-on-year -96 +52 -2
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 314 275 207
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.83% 0.55%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.83% 4.56% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 194 127
10th Percentile £400 £400 £421
25th Percentile £442 £450 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £509 £535
Median % change year-on-year +4.67% -4.91% -2.73%
75th Percentile £665 £578 £600
90th Percentile £775 £639 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £475 £507
% change year-on-year -3.16% -6.31% -7.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 0
10th Percentile - £68.25 -
25th Percentile £71.00 £71.19 -
Median hourly rate £72.00 £82.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% - -
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 8,190 6,029 6,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.81% 18.16% 17.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,443 4,049 4,524
10th Percentile £356 £340 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £622 £625 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £482
% change year-on-year - -1.45% -3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 303 82 89
10th Percentile £16.70 £20.78 £17.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £29.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £40.18 £39.48 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% +16.36% -33.54%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.69 £61.60
90th Percentile £74.68 £80.00 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.71 £35.49 £30.00
% change year-on-year +17.53% +18.30% -40.63%

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 15 October 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 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 RDS within the UK over the 6 months to 15 October 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 -89 249 £533 +6.50% 243
London -21 162 £550 +5.77% 143
Work from Home -59 108 £525 -1.04% 141
UK excluding London -121 93 £460 -3.16% 117
North of England -66 31 £500 - 29
Midlands -72 20 £459 -3.37% 14
Yorkshire -29 18 £500 - 7
West Midlands -65 17 £464 -2.32% 7
South East -71 14 £533 +18.33% 23
Scotland -18 13 £425 -14.40% 14
South West -32 12 £488 -6.25% 13
North West -58 7 £525 -2.33% 19
North East -33 6 £419 -1.47% 3
East of England -35 3 £345 -37.27% 17
East Midlands -15 2 £358 -5.79% 7
Northern Ireland +3 1 £600 - 6
Wales - 1 £550 - 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 25 (7.96%) Confluence
2 13 (4.14%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (3.50%) Apache
4 7 (2.23%) nginx
4 7 (2.23%) SAS
5 6 (1.91%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (1.91%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.91%) WebLogic
5 6 (1.91%) WebLogic Portal
6 5 (1.59%) Apache Spark
6 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.96%) Cloud Foundry
7 3 (0.96%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.64%) Camunda
9 1 (0.32%) Appian
9 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.32%) Mozilla Thunderbird
1 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.91%) Oracle EBS
1 6 (1.91%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (0.64%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.32%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.32%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.32%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 296 (94.27%) AWS
2 192 (61.15%) Amazon S3
3 173 (55.10%) AWS Lambda
3 173 (55.10%) Serverless
4 129 (41.08%) Amazon EC2
5 121 (38.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 88 (28.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 85 (27.07%) Amazon EKS
8 84 (26.75%) Amazon ECS
9 68 (21.66%) Azure
10 63 (20.06%) AWS CloudFormation
11 53 (16.88%) GitHub
12 47 (14.97%) Amazon SQS
13 39 (12.42%) GitHub Actions
14 31 (9.87%) AWS KMS
15 30 (9.55%) Amazon EventBridge
15 30 (9.55%) Route 53
16 29 (9.24%) AWS Step Functions
17 24 (7.64%) GCP
18 21 (6.69%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.37%) Firewall
2 16 (5.10%) DNS
3 13 (4.14%) VPN
4 10 (3.18%) Network Security
5 7 (2.23%) DHCP
6 6 (1.91%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.59%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (1.59%) SMTP
8 4 (1.27%) HTTP
8 4 (1.27%) NetScaler
8 4 (1.27%) OpenVPN
9 2 (0.64%) FTP
9 2 (0.64%) IMAP
9 2 (0.64%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.64%) OpenLDAP
9 2 (0.64%) SSH
9 2 (0.64%) SSL
10 1 (0.32%) IPsec
10 1 (0.32%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (28.03%) PostgreSQL
2 75 (23.89%) Amazon Aurora
3 66 (21.02%) DynamoDB
4 38 (12.10%) MySQL
5 32 (10.19%) Amazon Athena
6 30 (9.55%) SQL Server
7 28 (8.92%) MongoDB
8 24 (7.64%) Amazon Redshift
9 22 (7.01%) Data Warehouse
10 19 (6.05%) Data Lake
10 19 (6.05%) Redis
11 12 (3.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (3.50%) Power BI
13 10 (3.18%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (3.18%) Relational Database
14 9 (2.87%) Big Data
15 8 (2.55%) Apache Iceberg
16 7 (2.23%) Metadata
16 7 (2.23%) Oracle Database
16 7 (2.23%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 88 (28.03%) Jenkins
2 69 (21.97%) Git
3 59 (18.79%) GitLab
4 36 (11.46%) JIRA
5 15 (4.78%) Bitbucket
5 15 (4.78%) JUnit
6 14 (4.46%) Maven
7 12 (3.82%) Mockito
8 10 (3.18%) Claude Code
9 9 (2.87%) Cucumber
10 8 (2.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 8 (2.55%) SonarQube
11 7 (2.23%) Gradle
12 6 (1.91%) Team Foundation Server
13 5 (1.59%) Flyway
13 5 (1.59%) Postman
13 5 (1.59%) Sonatype Nexus
14 4 (1.27%) DbUnit
15 3 (0.96%) Bitbucket Server
15 3 (0.96%) Mocha
General
1 94 (29.94%) Social Skills
2 66 (21.02%) Public Sector
3 42 (13.38%) Finance
4 25 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.96%) Banking
5 11 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (3.18%) Back Office
7 8 (2.55%) Front Office
8 7 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.91%) Legal
10 5 (1.59%) Billing
10 5 (1.59%) Law
11 4 (1.27%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.96%) Police
12 3 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.64%) Local Government
13 2 (0.64%) Marketing
13 2 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.64%) Retail
13 2 (0.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 77 (24.52%) AWS Engineer
2 59 (18.79%) Senior
3 49 (15.61%) Architect
3 49 (15.61%) DevOps Engineer
4 38 (12.10%) Data Engineer
4 38 (12.10%) DBA
5 37 (11.78%) Developer
6 30 (9.55%) AWS Architect
7 28 (8.92%) AWS DevOps
8 26 (8.28%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 24 (7.64%) Lead
10 21 (6.69%) Cloud Engineer
10 21 (6.69%) Java Developer
11 18 (5.73%) Administrator
11 18 (5.73%) AWS Data Engineer
11 18 (5.73%) Solutions Architect
12 17 (5.41%) Technical Leader
13 14 (4.46%) Senior Data Engineer
14 13 (4.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 13 (4.14%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (51.27%) Terraform
2 43 (13.69%) REST
3 37 (11.78%) React
4 32 (10.19%) Spring
4 32 (10.19%) Spring Boot
5 28 (8.92%) RESTful
6 26 (8.28%) .NET
7 23 (7.32%) AWS CDK
8 21 (6.69%) AngularJS
8 21 (6.69%) Node.js
9 20 (6.37%) Kafka
10 19 (6.05%) FastAPI
11 15 (4.78%) GraphQL
12 11 (3.50%) .NET Core
12 11 (3.50%) ActiveMQ
12 11 (3.50%) RabbitMQ
12 11 (3.50%) SOAP
13 10 (3.18%) Django
13 10 (3.18%) Hibernate
13 10 (3.18%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 79 (25.16%) Cloud Native
2 36 (11.46%) Replication
3 24 (7.64%) Product Ownership
4 23 (7.32%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (3.82%) AI Agents
5 12 (3.82%) Clustering
6 9 (2.87%) NHS
6 9 (2.87%) PKI
6 9 (2.87%) Security Posture
7 7 (2.23%) Enterprise Cloud
7 7 (2.23%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.23%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.91%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.59%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.59%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.59%) PropTech
9 5 (1.59%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 56 (17.83%) Linux
2 34 (10.83%) Windows
3 15 (4.78%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.87%) Amazon Linux
6 8 (2.55%) Unix
7 6 (1.91%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.91%) Windows 10
8 4 (1.27%) AIX
9 1 (0.32%) CentOS
9 1 (0.32%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.32%) VMS
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (66.24%) CI/CD
2 160 (50.96%) DevOps
3 154 (49.04%) Infrastructure as Code
4 121 (38.54%) Agile
5 79 (25.16%) Microservices
6 73 (23.25%) Observability
7 68 (21.66%) Containerisation
8 60 (19.11%) Data Modelling
8 60 (19.11%) Performance Tuning
9 58 (18.47%) Migration
10 56 (17.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 54 (17.20%) Stakeholder Management
12 53 (16.88%) Event-Driven
13 47 (14.97%) Disaster Recovery
13 47 (14.97%) High Availability
14 45 (14.33%) Data Integration
14 45 (14.33%) Technical Leadership
15 44 (14.01%) Root Cause Analysis
15 44 (14.01%) Software Engineering
16 43 (13.69%) AI
Programming Languages
1 137 (43.63%) Python
2 89 (28.34%) SQL
3 61 (19.43%) Java
4 42 (13.38%) TypeScript
5 32 (10.19%) Bash
6 30 (9.55%) PowerShell
7 23 (7.32%) JavaScript
8 22 (7.01%) Groovy
9 21 (6.69%) C#
10 8 (2.55%) PL/SQL
10 8 (2.55%) Scala
10 8 (2.55%) Shell Script
11 7 (2.23%) Perl
12 4 (1.27%) Bicep
12 4 (1.27%) Go
13 3 (0.96%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.64%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 117 (37.26%) Security Cleared
2 100 (31.85%) SC Cleared
3 59 (18.79%) AWS Certification
4 36 (11.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 22 (7.01%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (6.05%) Degree
7 12 (3.82%) DV Cleared
8 11 (3.50%) Azure Certification
9 8 (2.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 8 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.23%) CISM
10 7 (2.23%) CISSP
11 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.96%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.96%) PMP
13 2 (0.64%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 2 (0.64%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.64%) MCSA
13 2 (0.64%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.60%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.87%) QA
3 7 (2.23%) NIST
4 4 (1.27%) SLA
5 3 (0.96%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.96%) HL7
5 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.96%) NCSC
6 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.64%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.64%) GDPR
6 2 (0.64%) WCAG
7 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.32%) Solvency II
System Software
1 107 (34.08%) Docker
2 19 (6.05%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (2.55%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (1.27%) DFS Replication
6 4 (1.27%) Postfix
6 4 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.96%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.96%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (0.96%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.64%) Dovecot
8 2 (0.64%) Squid
8 2 (0.64%) vSphere
9 1 (0.32%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 83 (26.43%) Kubernetes
2 58 (18.47%) Grafana
3 48 (15.29%) Prometheus
4 34 (10.83%) Ansible
5 9 (2.87%) Kibana
6 8 (2.55%) Puppet
7 7 (2.23%) Istio
8 6 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (1.91%) Oracle RMAN
9 5 (1.59%) Argo
9 5 (1.59%) Packer
10 4 (1.27%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 4 (1.27%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.27%) Rancher
11 3 (0.96%) Nagios
11 3 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.96%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.96%) vMotion
11 3 (0.96%) WSUS
12 2 (0.64%) Perfmon
Vendors
1 38 (12.10%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.55%) Oracle
3 25 (7.96%) ServiceNow
4 16 (5.10%) Dynatrace
5 12 (3.82%) Informatica
6 11 (3.50%) VMware
7 9 (2.87%) Databricks
7 9 (2.87%) Google
8 8 (2.55%) Citrix
9 7 (2.23%) OpenAI
9 7 (2.23%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.91%) Denodo
10 6 (1.91%) Jaspersoft
10 6 (1.91%) Talend
11 5 (1.59%) Amplitude
12 4 (1.27%) Atlassian
12 4 (1.27%) Brio
12 4 (1.27%) Cisco
12 4 (1.27%) Splunk
13 3 (0.96%) webMethods
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