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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 283 378
Rank change year-on-year -77 +95 -71
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 285 262 228
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.66% 0.89% 0.51%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.11% 4.67% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 177 170
10th Percentile £363 £425 £399
25th Percentile £412 £469 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +4.76% -10.64%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £608
90th Percentile £625 £788 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £498 £500 £498
% change year-on-year -0.40% +0.50% -12.72%
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 6,931 5,608 7,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.06% 19.00% 16.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,764 3,862 5,153
10th Percentile £350 £351 £340
25th Percentile £413 £422 £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 £756 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £488
% change year-on-year -4.04% +1.54% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 97 174
10th Percentile £18.25 £19.59 £14.36
25th Percentile £28.19 £24.25 £20.77
Median hourly rate £50.00 £30.00 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -25.47% -32.92%
75th Percentile £74.68 £64.73 £58.94
90th Percentile £84.80 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £27.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +81.82% -31.25% -29.08%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -64 232 £513 -6.82% 90
London -74 121 £513 -10.87% 41
UK excluding London -27 118 £498 -0.40% 62
Work from Home -65 79 £543 -1.36% 44
Midlands -26 47 £500 -5.48% 5
West Midlands -39 39 £506 -4.30% 5
North of England -51 29 £453 -13.81% 13
South East -41 15 £503 -1.95% 22
North West -28 13 £389 -14.75% 5
Scotland +3 12 £358 -25.34% 2
Yorkshire -47 12 £500 -4.76% 6
South West -23 10 £538 -12.30% 13
East Midlands -24 8 £390 -11.96%
North East -12 4 £500 - 2
East of England -26 3 £538 +8.86% 4
Wales -10 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 19 (6.67%) Confluence
2 4 (1.40%) Apache
2 4 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.70%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.70%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 284 (99.65%) AWS
2 188 (65.96%) Amazon S3
3 172 (60.35%) Amazon EC2
4 162 (56.84%) Serverless
5 161 (56.49%) AWS Lambda
6 100 (35.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 94 (32.98%) Amazon ECS
8 91 (31.93%) Amazon EKS
9 86 (30.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 85 (29.82%) AWS CloudFormation
11 73 (25.61%) GitHub
12 56 (19.65%) GitHub Actions
13 40 (14.04%) Azure
14 39 (13.68%) Route 53
15 24 (8.42%) Amazon SQS
16 22 (7.72%) Amazon MSK
16 22 (7.72%) AWS Fargate
17 19 (6.67%) AWS CloudTrail
18 18 (6.32%) Amazon Kinesis
18 18 (6.32%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.02%) Firewall
2 13 (4.56%) DNS
3 9 (3.16%) VPN
4 5 (1.75%) Network Security
5 3 (1.05%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.70%) HTTP
6 2 (0.70%) OpenVPN
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 66 (23.16%) PostgreSQL
2 61 (21.40%) DynamoDB
3 39 (13.68%) Amazon Aurora
4 34 (11.93%) MySQL
5 25 (8.77%) Relational Database
5 25 (8.77%) SQL Server
6 22 (7.72%) MongoDB
7 19 (6.67%) NoSQL
8 15 (5.26%) Amazon Redshift
9 12 (4.21%) Amazon Athena
10 10 (3.51%) Oracle Database
10 10 (3.51%) Power BI
10 10 (3.51%) Redis
11 9 (3.16%) Oracle Reports
12 8 (2.81%) Apache Cassandra
12 8 (2.81%) Hadoop
13 7 (2.46%) DB2
13 7 (2.46%) Tableau
14 6 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (2.11%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 112 (39.30%) Jenkins
2 78 (27.37%) Git
3 65 (22.81%) GitLab
4 32 (11.23%) JIRA
5 22 (7.72%) JUnit
6 15 (5.26%) Maven
7 13 (4.56%) Bitbucket
7 13 (4.56%) Mockito
8 12 (4.21%) Sonatype Nexus
9 11 (3.86%) SonarQube
10 7 (2.46%) Cypress.io
10 7 (2.46%) DbUnit
10 7 (2.46%) jMock
11 5 (1.75%) Bitbucket Server
11 5 (1.75%) Cucumber
11 5 (1.75%) Snyk
12 4 (1.40%) git-flow
12 4 (1.40%) Oracle APEX
13 3 (1.05%) Gradle
13 3 (1.05%) Postman
General
1 68 (23.86%) Social Skills
2 48 (16.84%) Public Sector
3 46 (16.14%) Finance
4 27 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.67%) Banking
6 11 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (2.81%) Legal
8 6 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.70%) Front Office
9 2 (0.70%) Health Technology
9 2 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.70%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.70%) Military
9 2 (0.70%) Publishing
10 1 (0.35%) Billing
10 1 (0.35%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.35%) Games
10 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.35%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 52 (18.25%) AWS Engineer
2 44 (15.44%) Senior
3 42 (14.74%) Developer
3 42 (14.74%) DevOps Engineer
4 24 (8.42%) DBA
4 24 (8.42%) Java Developer
5 23 (8.07%) Software Engineer
6 21 (7.37%) AWS DevOps
6 21 (7.37%) Site Engineer
7 20 (7.02%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 19 (6.67%) Data Engineer
9 18 (6.32%) Architect
9 18 (6.32%) Lead
10 17 (5.96%) Platform Engineer
11 15 (5.26%) AWS Developer
11 15 (5.26%) Senior DevOps
11 15 (5.26%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 14 (4.91%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 14 (4.91%) AWS Platform Engineer
12 14 (4.91%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (14.39%) Kafka
1 41 (14.39%) Spring
1 41 (14.39%) Spring Boot
2 39 (13.68%) RESTful
3 38 (13.33%) Node.js
4 27 (9.47%) React
5 25 (8.77%) REST
6 18 (6.32%) Elastic Stack
7 15 (5.26%) AWS CDK
8 14 (4.91%) Hibernate
8 14 (4.91%) JPA
8 14 (4.91%) SOAP
8 14 (4.91%) Spring Cloud
9 13 (4.56%) AngularJS
10 12 (4.21%) Django
11 11 (3.86%) CSS
11 11 (3.86%) GraphQL
11 11 (3.86%) Spring Batch
12 10 (3.51%) ActiveMQ
12 10 (3.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 48 (16.84%) Cloud Native
2 23 (8.07%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (5.26%) Replication
4 8 (2.81%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (2.46%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.11%) Clustering
7 5 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.40%) Distributed Architecture
8 4 (1.40%) NHS
8 4 (1.40%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.05%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.05%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.05%) Derivative
9 3 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.05%) PKI
10 2 (0.70%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.70%) Equities
10 2 (0.70%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 75 (26.32%) Linux
2 7 (2.46%) Unix
3 5 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (1.75%) Windows
4 3 (1.05%) Amazon Linux
4 3 (1.05%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.70%) CentOS
5 2 (0.70%) Solaris
6 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (60.70%) CI/CD
2 125 (43.86%) DevOps
3 111 (38.95%) Infrastructure as Code
4 105 (36.84%) Agile
5 90 (31.58%) Containerisation
6 66 (23.16%) Microservices
7 48 (16.84%) Observability
8 47 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
9 42 (14.74%) Software Engineering
10 37 (12.98%) Migration
10 37 (12.98%) Performance Tuning
11 35 (12.28%) ETL
12 34 (11.93%) Cost Optimisation
12 34 (11.93%) TDD
13 33 (11.58%) Configuration Management
14 31 (10.88%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 30 (10.53%) High Availability
16 29 (10.18%) Scrum
17 26 (9.12%) Continuous Improvement
17 26 (9.12%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 124 (43.51%) Python
2 105 (36.84%) SQL
3 78 (27.37%) Java
4 43 (15.09%) Bash
5 25 (8.77%) PowerShell
6 24 (8.42%) Shell Script
7 21 (7.37%) JavaScript
8 17 (5.96%) Go
9 16 (5.61%) TypeScript
10 12 (4.21%) Ruby
11 11 (3.86%) Perl
12 9 (3.16%) C#
13 8 (2.81%) PL/SQL
14 6 (2.11%) JSX
15 5 (1.75%) Groovy
16 2 (0.70%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.35%) Bicep
17 1 (0.35%) PHP
17 1 (0.35%) R
17 1 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 103 (36.14%) Security Cleared
2 83 (29.12%) SC Cleared
3 49 (17.19%) AWS Certification
4 16 (5.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 15 (5.26%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.21%) Degree
7 10 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (3.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 8 (2.81%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.75%) OCP
10 5 (1.75%) Oracle Certification
11 4 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.70%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.35%) CEH
13 1 (0.35%) CISSP
13 1 (0.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.61%) QA
2 12 (4.21%) NIST
3 11 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.16%) GDPR
5 7 (2.46%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.46%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.46%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.75%) PMO
7 3 (1.05%) NCSC
8 2 (0.70%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.70%) GxP
8 2 (0.70%) SLA
9 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 128 (44.91%) Docker
2 8 (2.81%) Virtual Servers
3 6 (2.11%) Postfix
4 4 (1.40%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.40%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.70%) HDFS
6 2 (0.70%) NFS
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
1 135 (47.37%) Terraform
2 93 (32.63%) Kubernetes
3 61 (21.40%) Grafana
4 45 (15.79%) Prometheus
5 39 (13.68%) Ansible
6 18 (6.32%) Progress Chef
7 13 (4.56%) Puppet
8 8 (2.81%) Data Guard
9 5 (1.75%) Argo
9 5 (1.75%) Packer
10 4 (1.40%) Kibana
10 4 (1.40%) Oracle RMAN
10 4 (1.40%) Rancher
11 3 (1.05%) Foglight
11 3 (1.05%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (1.05%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.70%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.70%) Sysdig
12 2 (0.70%) systemd
Vendors
1 40 (14.04%) Oracle
2 20 (7.02%) Microsoft
3 17 (5.96%) ServiceNow
4 10 (3.51%) PagerDuty
5 9 (3.16%) Jaspersoft
6 8 (2.81%) Atlassian
6 8 (2.81%) Databricks
6 8 (2.81%) Dynatrace
6 8 (2.81%) Splunk
6 8 (2.81%) Sybase
6 8 (2.81%) Talend
7 6 (2.11%) Informatica
8 5 (1.75%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.40%) AVEVA
9 4 (1.40%) CloudEndure
9 4 (1.40%) Qualys
9 4 (1.40%) Tenable
10 3 (1.05%) Cloudera
10 3 (1.05%) Confluent
11 2 (0.70%) Okta