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

 6 months to
10 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 290 352
Rank change year-on-year -96 +62 -23
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 273 258 248
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.55% 0.88% 0.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.65% 4.68% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 187 182
10th Percentile £396 £425 £400
25th Percentile £423 £472 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £650 £656
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £520 £480
% change year-on-year -8.65% +8.33% -18.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile £71.00 - -
25th Percentile £72.13 - -
Median hourly rate £74.50 £80.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% - -
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 7,481 5,511 7,446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.12% 18.76% 17.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,005 3,742 5,323
10th Percentile £350 £358 £350
25th Percentile £413 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -3.67%
75th Percentile £600 £635 £650
90th Percentile £700 £762 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 104 156
10th Percentile £14.26 £19.97 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.87 £23.50 £20.77
Median hourly rate £42.75 £34.58 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.64% -13.56% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70.99 £65.62 £55.00
90th Percentile £79.39 £78.34 £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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -87 233 £500 -9.09% 73
London -61 136 £523 -9.13% 25
UK excluding London -77 102 £475 -8.65% 59
Work from Home -64 81 £500 -13.04% 43
Midlands -39 49 £469 -1.26% 8
West Midlands -34 42 £469 -1.26% 6
North of England -58 28 £425 -18.03% 16
Yorkshire -44 15 £400 -20.00% 4
South West -23 10 £580 +6.91% 16
North West -37 9 £445 -18.12% 9
South East -78 9 £440 -23.57% 13
East Midlands -22 6 £519 +66.88% 2
North East - 4 £425 - 3
Scotland -26 3 £313 -37.40%
Wales - 3 £500 - 3
East of England -27 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 6 (2.20%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.83%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.83%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.10%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.37%) Apache
6 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
1 266 (97.44%) AWS
2 168 (61.54%) Amazon S3
3 151 (55.31%) AWS Lambda
3 151 (55.31%) Serverless
4 126 (46.15%) Amazon EC2
5 97 (35.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 73 (26.74%) Amazon ECS
7 72 (26.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 71 (26.01%) Amazon EKS
9 56 (20.51%) GitHub
10 49 (17.95%) Amazon SQS
11 44 (16.12%) AWS CloudFormation
11 44 (16.12%) Azure
12 39 (14.29%) Route 53
13 35 (12.82%) GitHub Actions
14 29 (10.62%) AWS KMS
15 19 (6.96%) AWS Step Functions
16 18 (6.59%) Amazon Kinesis
16 18 (6.59%) AWS CloudTrail
16 18 (6.59%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.03%) DNS
2 10 (3.66%) Firewall
3 6 (2.20%) DHCP
4 5 (1.83%) VPN
5 3 (1.10%) Network Security
5 3 (1.10%) SMTP
5 3 (1.10%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.73%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.37%) AMQP
7 1 (0.37%) HTTP
7 1 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.37%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (28.57%) DynamoDB
2 72 (26.37%) PostgreSQL
3 63 (23.08%) Amazon Aurora
4 33 (12.09%) MySQL
5 19 (6.96%) Amazon Athena
6 18 (6.59%) Power BI
7 17 (6.23%) SQL Server
8 16 (5.86%) Amazon Redshift
9 15 (5.49%) MongoDB
9 15 (5.49%) NoSQL
10 14 (5.13%) Pentaho
11 10 (3.66%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (3.66%) Redis
11 10 (3.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (3.30%) Big Data
12 9 (3.30%) Data Lake
12 9 (3.30%) Relational Database
12 9 (3.30%) Tableau
13 6 (2.20%) Apache Iceberg
13 6 (2.20%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 85 (31.14%) Jenkins
2 67 (24.54%) Git
3 42 (15.38%) 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 61 (22.34%) Public Sector
3 30 (10.99%) Finance
4 29 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.86%) 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 35 (12.82%) Architect
5 30 (10.99%) DevOps Engineer
6 29 (10.62%) Java Developer
7 28 (10.26%) AWS Architect
7 28 (10.26%) Data Engineer
8 23 (8.42%) DBA
9 20 (7.33%) Software Engineer
10 18 (6.59%) Lead
11 17 (6.23%) AWS DevOps
12 15 (5.49%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 15 (5.49%) Senior Developer
12 15 (5.49%) Technical Architect
13 12 (4.40%) AWS Developer
13 12 (4.40%) Python Developer
14 11 (4.03%) Analyst
14 11 (4.03%) Python Engineer
15 10 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (17.95%) Spring
1 49 (17.95%) Spring Boot
2 46 (16.85%) REST
3 45 (16.48%) RESTful
4 35 (12.82%) React
5 33 (12.09%) 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 13 (4.76%) FastAPI
12 13 (4.76%) PowerMock
Miscellaneous
1 66 (24.18%) Cloud Native
2 33 (12.09%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (9.16%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.66%) Replication
5 8 (2.93%) NHS
5 8 (2.93%) Virtual Team
6 6 (2.20%) Onboarding
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%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.37%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 48 (17.58%) Linux
2 12 (4.40%) Windows
3 9 (3.30%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.93%) Unix
5 4 (1.47%) Amazon Linux
6 3 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.10%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.37%) CentOS
7 1 (0.37%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (58.24%) CI/CD
2 120 (43.96%) Agile
3 112 (41.03%) DevOps
4 89 (32.60%) Infrastructure as Code
5 85 (31.14%) Microservices
6 67 (24.54%) Containerisation
7 48 (17.58%) Scrum
8 45 (16.48%) Observability
9 40 (14.65%) Performance Tuning
10 39 (14.29%) Event-Driven
10 39 (14.29%) Software Engineering
11 36 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
12 35 (12.82%) ETL
13 33 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
14 32 (11.72%) Migration
14 32 (11.72%) TDD
15 30 (10.99%) High Availability
15 30 (10.99%) Kanban
15 30 (10.99%) Problem-Solving
16 29 (10.62%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 95 (34.80%) SQL
2 91 (33.33%) Python
3 86 (31.50%) Java
4 27 (9.89%) TypeScript
5 21 (7.69%) Bash
6 20 (7.33%) JavaScript
6 20 (7.33%) PowerShell
7 13 (4.76%) C#
8 10 (3.66%) Shell Script
9 8 (2.93%) Groovy
9 8 (2.93%) PL/SQL
10 6 (2.20%) Scala
11 5 (1.83%) Perl
12 4 (1.47%) Go
12 4 (1.47%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.10%) Ruby
14 1 (0.37%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 116 (42.49%) Security Cleared
2 96 (35.16%) SC Cleared
3 36 (13.19%) AWS Certification
4 18 (6.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 14 (5.13%) Degree
5 14 (5.13%) DV Cleared
6 13 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.93%) 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%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.73%) PMP
11 1 (0.37%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 1 (0.37%) CEH
11 1 (0.37%) CISSP
11 1 (0.37%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.40%) QA
2 9 (3.30%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.30%) NIST
3 8 (2.93%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.56%) PMO
5 5 (1.83%) GDPR
6 4 (1.47%) SLA
7 3 (1.10%) NCSC
8 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.37%) HL7
8 1 (0.37%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 102 (37.36%) Docker
2 11 (4.03%) Postfix
3 9 (3.30%) 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%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.37%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 111 (40.66%) Terraform
2 76 (27.84%) Kubernetes
3 54 (19.78%) Grafana
4 36 (13.19%) Prometheus
5 19 (6.96%) Ansible
6 8 (2.93%) Argo
7 6 (2.20%) Progress Chef
8 5 (1.83%) Data Guard
9 4 (1.47%) Istio
9 4 (1.47%) Kibana
9 4 (1.47%) Puppet
10 3 (1.10%) Foglight
10 3 (1.10%) Rancher
10 3 (1.10%) vCenter Server
10 3 (1.10%) vMotion
11 2 (0.73%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.73%) Nagios
11 2 (0.73%) Sysdig
12 1 (0.37%) Consul
Vendors
1 33 (12.09%) Oracle
2 22 (8.06%) ServiceNow
3 17 (6.23%) Jaspersoft
3 17 (6.23%) Microsoft
4 15 (5.49%) Atlassian
5 13 (4.76%) Dynatrace
5 13 (4.76%) Informatica
6 9 (3.30%) Talend
7 8 (2.93%) Databricks
8 7 (2.56%) Denodo
9 6 (2.20%) Splunk
10 5 (1.83%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.83%) Sybase
11 4 (1.47%) AVEVA
11 4 (1.47%) Brio
11 4 (1.47%) Citrix
11 4 (1.47%) Google
11 4 (1.47%) Qualys
11 4 (1.47%) Tenable
11 4 (1.47%) VMware
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