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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 288 347
Rank change year-on-year -92 +59 -28
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 273 251 247
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.55% 0.86% 0.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.66% 4.58% 3.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 182 182
10th Percentile £397 £425 £400
25th Percentile £425 £475 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £650 £656
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £525 £480
% change year-on-year -9.52% +9.38% -18.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £71.00 - -
25th Percentile £72.13 - -
Median hourly rate £74.50 - -
75th Percentile £91.25 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.00 - -

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 7,459 5,484 7,309
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.10% 18.89% 16.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,994 3,732 5,236
10th Percentile £350 £358 £350
25th Percentile £413 £417 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £517 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -1.48% -4.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £756 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 102 151
10th Percentile £14.09 £19.72 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.80 £23.50 £20.77
Median hourly rate £42.75 £34.19 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.04% -14.53% -33.33%
75th Percentile £73.00 £65.34 £56.25
90th Percentile £82.05 £77.38 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £31.64 £35.00
% change year-on-year +24.84% -9.60% -40.26%

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 6 June 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 6 June 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 6 June 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 -69 233 £500 -9.09% 88
London -59 133 £520 -9.57% 32
UK excluding London -78 106 £475 -9.52% 65
Work from Home -64 80 £500 -13.04% 47
Midlands -28 51 £469 -1.26% 11
West Midlands -36 44 £469 -1.26% 9
North of England -59 26 £413 -20.44% 20
Yorkshire -54 13 £400 -20.00% 4
South East -66 12 £533 -7.39% 13
South West -23 11 £580 -0.64% 14
North West -40 9 £445 -18.12% 12
East Midlands -19 6 £519 +66.88% 2
North East - 4 £425 - 4
Scotland -23 3 £313 -37.40% 1
Wales - 3 £500 - 2
East of England -29 2 - - 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 29 (10.62%) Confluence
2 7 (2.56%) SAS
3 5 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.83%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.10%) Cloud Foundry
4 3 (1.10%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.37%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 268 (98.17%) AWS
2 169 (61.90%) Amazon S3
3 152 (55.68%) AWS Lambda
3 152 (55.68%) Serverless
4 131 (47.99%) Amazon EC2
5 98 (35.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 73 (26.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 71 (26.01%) Amazon ECS
8 70 (25.64%) Amazon EKS
9 57 (20.88%) GitHub
10 48 (17.58%) Azure
11 47 (17.22%) Amazon SQS
12 44 (16.12%) AWS CloudFormation
13 40 (14.65%) Route 53
14 36 (13.19%) GitHub Actions
15 29 (10.62%) AWS KMS
16 19 (6.96%) AWS CloudTrail
17 18 (6.59%) Amazon Kinesis
17 18 (6.59%) Power Platform
18 17 (6.23%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.03%) DNS
2 9 (3.30%) Firewall
3 7 (2.56%) VPN
4 6 (2.20%) DHCP
5 4 (1.47%) Network Security
6 3 (1.10%) SMTP
6 3 (1.10%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.73%) HTTP
7 2 (0.73%) OpenVPN
8 1 (0.37%) AMQP
8 1 (0.37%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.37%) LAN
8 1 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.37%) SSL
8 1 (0.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (28.94%) DynamoDB
2 70 (25.64%) PostgreSQL
3 62 (22.71%) Amazon Aurora
4 32 (11.72%) MySQL
5 18 (6.59%) Power BI
5 18 (6.59%) SQL Server
6 17 (6.23%) Amazon Athena
7 16 (5.86%) MongoDB
8 15 (5.49%) Amazon Redshift
8 15 (5.49%) NoSQL
9 14 (5.13%) Pentaho
10 10 (3.66%) Redis
10 10 (3.66%) Relational Database
10 10 (3.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (3.30%) Data Lake
11 9 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (3.30%) Tableau
12 8 (2.93%) Big Data
12 8 (2.93%) Oracle Database
13 7 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 87 (31.87%) Jenkins
2 66 (24.18%) Git
3 44 (16.12%) GitLab
4 35 (12.82%) JIRA
5 28 (10.26%) JUnit
6 23 (8.42%) Mockito
7 22 (8.06%) Maven
8 21 (7.69%) SonarQube
9 14 (5.13%) DbUnit
10 13 (4.76%) jMock
11 11 (4.03%) Bitbucket Server
12 7 (2.56%) Claude Code
13 6 (2.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 6 (2.20%) Cucumber
13 6 (2.20%) Postman
13 6 (2.20%) Team Foundation Server
14 5 (1.83%) git-flow
14 5 (1.83%) Snyk
15 4 (1.47%) Flyway
15 4 (1.47%) Oracle APEX
General
1 69 (25.27%) Social Skills
2 60 (21.98%) Public Sector
3 29 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (10.26%) Finance
5 14 (5.13%) Banking
6 11 (4.03%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (3.66%) Legal
8 6 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.10%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.73%) Front Office
11 2 (0.73%) Law
11 2 (0.73%) Local Government
12 1 (0.37%) Billing
12 1 (0.37%) Games
12 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.37%) Marketing
12 1 (0.37%) Military
12 1 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (19.78%) Developer
2 53 (19.41%) AWS Engineer
3 45 (16.48%) Senior
4 33 (12.09%) Architect
5 31 (11.36%) DevOps Engineer
6 29 (10.62%) Java Developer
7 28 (10.26%) AWS Architect
8 26 (9.52%) DBA
9 25 (9.16%) Data Engineer
10 20 (7.33%) Software Engineer
11 18 (6.59%) AWS DevOps
11 18 (6.59%) Lead
12 16 (5.86%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 15 (5.49%) Senior Developer
13 15 (5.49%) Technical Architect
14 12 (4.40%) AWS Developer
14 12 (4.40%) Oracle DBA
14 12 (4.40%) Python Developer
15 11 (4.03%) Analyst
15 11 (4.03%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (17.95%) Spring
1 49 (17.95%) Spring Boot
2 45 (16.48%) RESTful
3 44 (16.12%) REST
4 36 (13.19%) React
5 34 (12.45%) Node.js
6 30 (10.99%) AngularJS
7 29 (10.62%) Kafka
8 23 (8.42%) Hibernate
8 23 (8.42%) JPA
8 23 (8.42%) SOAP
9 21 (7.69%) AWS CDK
9 21 (7.69%) Spring Cloud
10 19 (6.96%) ActiveMQ
10 19 (6.96%) Web Services
11 18 (6.59%) GraphQL
11 18 (6.59%) Spring Batch
11 18 (6.59%) Spring Integration
12 14 (5.13%) .NET
13 13 (4.76%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 66 (24.18%) Cloud Native
2 31 (11.36%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (9.16%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.66%) Replication
5 8 (2.93%) NHS
6 6 (2.20%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.20%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.47%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.47%) Clustering
7 4 (1.47%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.10%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.10%) PKI
9 2 (0.73%) Autonomous Agent
9 2 (0.73%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.73%) PropTech
9 2 (0.73%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.37%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.37%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 52 (19.05%) Linux
2 10 (3.66%) Windows
3 8 (2.93%) Unix
4 7 (2.56%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.47%) Amazon Linux
7 3 (1.10%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.37%) CentOS
8 1 (0.37%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (60.07%) CI/CD
2 120 (43.96%) Agile
3 117 (42.86%) DevOps
4 90 (32.97%) Infrastructure as Code
5 83 (30.40%) Microservices
6 67 (24.54%) Containerisation
7 48 (17.58%) Scrum
8 44 (16.12%) Observability
9 43 (15.75%) Performance Tuning
10 40 (14.65%) Event-Driven
11 39 (14.29%) Software Engineering
12 36 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
13 33 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
13 33 (12.09%) ETL
13 33 (12.09%) TDD
14 32 (11.72%) High Availability
14 32 (11.72%) Migration
15 30 (10.99%) Kanban
15 30 (10.99%) Problem-Solving
16 29 (10.62%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 98 (35.90%) SQL
2 89 (32.60%) Python
3 87 (31.87%) Java
4 27 (9.89%) TypeScript
5 21 (7.69%) Bash
6 20 (7.33%) JavaScript
6 20 (7.33%) PowerShell
7 14 (5.13%) C#
7 14 (5.13%) Shell Script
8 8 (2.93%) Groovy
9 7 (2.56%) PL/SQL
10 6 (2.20%) Scala
11 5 (1.83%) Go
11 5 (1.83%) Perl
11 5 (1.83%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.10%) Ruby
13 1 (0.37%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 116 (42.49%) Security Cleared
2 97 (35.53%) SC Cleared
3 36 (13.19%) AWS Certification
4 18 (6.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 14 (5.13%) DV Cleared
6 13 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (4.76%) Degree
7 11 (4.03%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 7 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.10%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (1.10%) OCP
9 3 (1.10%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (1.10%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.73%) PMP
11 1 (0.37%) CEH
11 1 (0.37%) CISSP
11 1 (0.37%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.40%) QA
2 9 (3.30%) NIST
3 8 (2.93%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.93%) GDPR
3 8 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.93%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.56%) PMO
5 4 (1.47%) SLA
6 3 (1.10%) NCSC
7 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.37%) HL7
7 1 (0.37%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 103 (37.73%) Docker
2 11 (4.03%) Postfix
3 8 (2.93%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.83%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.47%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (1.10%) BitLocker
6 3 (1.10%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (1.10%) Terminal Services
6 3 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.37%) HDFS
7 1 (0.37%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 112 (41.03%) Terraform
2 77 (28.21%) Kubernetes
3 56 (20.51%) Grafana
4 37 (13.55%) Prometheus
5 20 (7.33%) Ansible
6 8 (2.93%) Argo
6 8 (2.93%) Data Guard
7 7 (2.56%) Progress Chef
8 5 (1.83%) Puppet
9 4 (1.47%) Istio
9 4 (1.47%) Kibana
9 4 (1.47%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (1.10%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (1.10%) Foglight
10 3 (1.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (1.10%) Rancher
10 3 (1.10%) vCenter Server
10 3 (1.10%) vMotion
11 2 (0.73%) Nagios
11 2 (0.73%) systemd
Vendors
1 35 (12.82%) Oracle
2 22 (8.06%) ServiceNow
3 17 (6.23%) Jaspersoft
4 15 (5.49%) Atlassian
5 14 (5.13%) Microsoft
6 13 (4.76%) Dynatrace
6 13 (4.76%) Informatica
7 9 (3.30%) Talend
8 8 (2.93%) Databricks
9 7 (2.56%) Denodo
10 6 (2.20%) Splunk
11 5 (1.83%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.83%) Sybase
12 4 (1.47%) AVEVA
12 4 (1.47%) Brio
12 4 (1.47%) Citrix
12 4 (1.47%) Google
12 4 (1.47%) Qualys
12 4 (1.47%) Tenable
12 4 (1.47%) VMware