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

 6 months to
14 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 294 357
Rank change year-on-year -102 +63 -7
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 289 285 212
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.87% 0.55%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.54% 4.82% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 204 139
10th Percentile £406 £410 £409
25th Percentile £449 £463 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £661 £600 £600
90th Percentile £788 £640 £678
UK excluding London median daily rate £461 £500 £494
% change year-on-year -7.75% +1.21% -10.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.00 £68.25 -
Median hourly rate £72.00 £80.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
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 8,166 5,909 6,892
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.09% 18.08% 17.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,443 3,946 4,764
10th Percentile £358 £338 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £531
Median % change year-on-year - -5.75% -2.03%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £702 £749 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £482
% change year-on-year - -1.45% -3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 91 85
10th Percentile £16.42 £22.84 £17.50
25th Percentile £24.00 £30.15 £20.75
Median hourly rate £39.50 £40.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +14.29% -36.36%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £59.95
90th Percentile £76.00 £80.00 £73.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.50 £35.49 £30.00
% change year-on-year +8.48% +18.30% -43.93%

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 September 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 14 September 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 -105 231 £533 +1.43% 220
London -59 146 £550 -8.33% 133
Work from Home -68 102 £530 -3.68% 724
UK excluding London -128 87 £461 -7.75% 131
North of England -64 30 £500 -2.44% 31
Midlands -67 25 £464 -2.32% 14
West Midlands -64 22 £464 -2.32% 7
Yorkshire -23 17 £500 - 8
South West -44 10 £542 -0.14% 19
South East -65 10 £460 -20.00% 20
Scotland -24 9 £425 -14.59% 24
North East -34 7 £425 -2.86% 8
North West -57 6 £600 +9.09% 15
East of England -36 4 £348 -36.82% 14
East Midlands -19 2 £449 +18.16% 7
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 22 (7.61%) Confluence
2 17 (5.88%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (3.11%) Apache Spark
4 7 (2.42%) Apache
4 7 (2.42%) SAS
4 7 (2.42%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (1.73%) WebLogic
5 5 (1.73%) WebLogic Portal
6 3 (1.04%) Cloud Foundry
6 3 (1.04%) Jupyter
6 3 (1.04%) nginx
7 2 (0.69%) Camunda
8 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.35%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 5 (1.73%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (1.73%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (1.04%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.35%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.35%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 278 (96.19%) AWS
2 180 (62.28%) Amazon S3
3 161 (55.71%) AWS Lambda
4 160 (55.36%) Serverless
5 114 (39.45%) Amazon EC2
6 109 (37.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 74 (25.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 72 (24.91%) Amazon ECS
9 69 (23.88%) Amazon EKS
10 56 (19.38%) Azure
11 54 (18.69%) AWS CloudFormation
12 52 (17.99%) GitHub
13 42 (14.53%) Amazon SQS
14 36 (12.46%) GitHub Actions
15 32 (11.07%) AWS KMS
16 29 (10.03%) Route 53
17 25 (8.65%) AWS Step Functions
18 24 (8.30%) Amazon EventBridge
19 20 (6.92%) GCP
20 17 (5.88%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.88%) Firewall
2 12 (4.15%) DNS
3 7 (2.42%) DHCP
3 7 (2.42%) VPN
4 5 (1.73%) Network Security
4 5 (1.73%) SMTP
5 4 (1.38%) HTTP
5 4 (1.38%) NetScaler
5 4 (1.38%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.69%) FTP
6 2 (0.69%) IMAP
6 2 (0.69%) OpenLDAP
6 2 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.69%) SSH
6 2 (0.69%) SSL
7 1 (0.35%) AMQP
7 1 (0.35%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.35%) IPsec
7 1 (0.35%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (30.45%) PostgreSQL
2 74 (25.61%) Amazon Aurora
3 64 (22.15%) DynamoDB
4 37 (12.80%) MySQL
5 25 (8.65%) MongoDB
6 24 (8.30%) Amazon Athena
6 24 (8.30%) SQL Server
7 21 (7.27%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (6.92%) Amazon Redshift
9 17 (5.88%) Redis
10 16 (5.54%) Data Lake
11 13 (4.50%) Big Data
12 12 (4.15%) Power BI
12 12 (4.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (3.81%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (3.46%) NoSQL
15 8 (2.77%) Apache Iceberg
15 8 (2.77%) Pentaho
15 8 (2.77%) Relational Database
16 6 (2.08%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 82 (28.37%) Jenkins
2 60 (20.76%) Git
3 46 (15.92%) GitLab
4 32 (11.07%) JIRA
5 17 (5.88%) JUnit
6 15 (5.19%) Maven
6 15 (5.19%) Mockito
7 13 (4.50%) Bitbucket
8 11 (3.81%) SonarQube
9 10 (3.46%) Claude Code
10 8 (2.77%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 7 (2.42%) DbUnit
12 6 (2.08%) Bitbucket Server
12 6 (2.08%) Cucumber
12 6 (2.08%) jMock
12 6 (2.08%) Team Foundation Server
13 5 (1.73%) Flyway
13 5 (1.73%) Gradle
14 4 (1.38%) Postman
14 4 (1.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 83 (28.72%) Social Skills
2 64 (22.15%) Public Sector
3 31 (10.73%) Finance
4 24 (8.30%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.92%) Banking
6 10 (3.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.77%) Front Office
8 7 (2.42%) Back Office
9 6 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.08%) Legal
10 4 (1.38%) Billing
11 3 (1.04%) Law
11 3 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.69%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.69%) Local Government
12 2 (0.69%) Marketing
13 1 (0.35%) Games
13 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.35%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 73 (25.26%) AWS Engineer
2 55 (19.03%) Senior
3 48 (16.61%) Architect
4 44 (15.22%) DevOps Engineer
5 40 (13.84%) Developer
6 38 (13.15%) Data Engineer
7 32 (11.07%) DBA
8 28 (9.69%) AWS Architect
9 27 (9.34%) AWS DevOps
10 25 (8.65%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 24 (8.30%) Lead
12 19 (6.57%) Cloud Engineer
12 19 (6.57%) Java Developer
13 17 (5.88%) AWS Data Engineer
13 17 (5.88%) Technical Architect
14 15 (5.19%) Administrator
15 14 (4.84%) Solutions Architect
15 14 (4.84%) Technical Leader
16 13 (4.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 13 (4.50%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (49.13%) Terraform
2 39 (13.49%) React
3 38 (13.15%) REST
4 33 (11.42%) Node.js
5 31 (10.73%) RESTful
5 31 (10.73%) Spring
5 31 (10.73%) Spring Boot
6 24 (8.30%) AngularJS
7 22 (7.61%) .NET
7 22 (7.61%) AWS CDK
8 18 (6.23%) Kafka
9 17 (5.88%) FastAPI
10 13 (4.50%) ActiveMQ
11 12 (4.15%) GraphQL
11 12 (4.15%) SOAP
12 11 (3.81%) .NET Core
12 11 (3.81%) Hibernate
12 11 (3.81%) JPA
13 9 (3.11%) Spring Batch
13 9 (3.11%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 71 (24.57%) Cloud Native
2 28 (9.69%) Replication
3 27 (9.34%) Product Ownership
4 24 (8.30%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.81%) AI Agents
6 10 (3.46%) NHS
7 9 (3.11%) Clustering
8 8 (2.77%) Virtual Team
9 7 (2.42%) Security Posture
10 6 (2.08%) Cloud Security Posture
10 6 (2.08%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.73%) PKI
11 5 (1.73%) Reinsurance
12 4 (1.38%) Autonomous Agent
12 4 (1.38%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (1.38%) Onboarding
12 4 (1.38%) PropTech
13 3 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 55 (19.03%) Linux
2 23 (7.96%) Windows
3 13 (4.50%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.81%) Unix
5 10 (3.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (3.11%) Amazon Linux
7 4 (1.38%) AIX
7 4 (1.38%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.04%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.35%) CentOS
9 1 (0.35%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.35%) VMS
9 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (64.36%) CI/CD
2 141 (48.79%) DevOps
3 135 (46.71%) Infrastructure as Code
4 114 (39.45%) Agile
5 69 (23.88%) Microservices
6 61 (21.11%) Containerisation
7 57 (19.72%) Data Modelling
7 57 (19.72%) Observability
8 51 (17.65%) Performance Tuning
9 49 (16.96%) Software Engineering
10 48 (16.61%) Event-Driven
11 47 (16.26%) Continuous Improvement
12 45 (15.57%) High Availability
12 45 (15.57%) Stakeholder Management
13 44 (15.22%) Migration
14 40 (13.84%) Data Pipeline
15 38 (13.15%) Technical Leadership
16 37 (12.80%) Data Integration
17 34 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
17 34 (11.76%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 128 (44.29%) Python
2 86 (29.76%) SQL
3 69 (23.88%) Java
4 40 (13.84%) TypeScript
5 31 (10.73%) Bash
6 25 (8.65%) JavaScript
7 23 (7.96%) PowerShell
8 18 (6.23%) Groovy
9 16 (5.54%) C#
10 12 (4.15%) Scala
11 8 (2.77%) Shell Script
12 7 (2.42%) Perl
12 7 (2.42%) PL/SQL
13 3 (1.04%) Go
13 3 (1.04%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.69%) Bicep
14 2 (0.69%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.69%) Ruby
15 1 (0.35%) R
Qualifications
1 113 (39.10%) Security Cleared
2 95 (32.87%) SC Cleared
3 51 (17.65%) AWS Certification
4 33 (11.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 26 (9.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (5.54%) Degree
7 11 (3.81%) Azure Certification
7 11 (3.81%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.42%) CISM
8 7 (2.42%) CISSP
8 7 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (2.08%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.69%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.69%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.69%) PMP
12 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.96%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.42%) NIST
3 6 (2.08%) QA
4 3 (1.04%) GDPR
4 3 (1.04%) HL7
4 3 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.04%) NCSC
4 3 (1.04%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.04%) SLA
5 2 (0.69%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.69%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.69%) PMO
5 2 (0.69%) WCAG
6 1 (0.35%) Solvency II
System Software
1 94 (32.53%) Docker
2 14 (4.84%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.42%) Postfix
4 6 (2.08%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.73%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (1.04%) BitLocker
7 3 (1.04%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (1.04%) Terminal Services
7 3 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.69%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.69%) Dovecot
8 2 (0.69%) Squid
8 2 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.35%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 74 (25.61%) Kubernetes
2 59 (20.42%) Grafana
3 43 (14.88%) Prometheus
4 29 (10.03%) Ansible
5 9 (3.11%) Kibana
6 8 (2.77%) Istio
7 7 (2.42%) Argo
8 5 (1.73%) Oracle RMAN
8 5 (1.73%) Puppet
9 4 (1.38%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 4 (1.38%) Packer
9 4 (1.38%) Rancher
10 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (1.04%) Nagios
10 3 (1.04%) Progress Chef
10 3 (1.04%) vCenter Server
10 3 (1.04%) vMotion
11 2 (0.69%) Consul
11 2 (0.69%) Nessus
11 2 (0.69%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 29 (10.03%) Oracle
2 28 (9.69%) Microsoft
3 21 (7.27%) ServiceNow
4 16 (5.54%) Dynatrace
5 12 (4.15%) Informatica
6 10 (3.46%) Jaspersoft
7 9 (3.11%) Databricks
7 9 (3.11%) VMware
8 8 (2.77%) Atlassian
8 8 (2.77%) Google
9 7 (2.42%) Denodo
9 7 (2.42%) Salesforce
9 7 (2.42%) Splunk
9 7 (2.42%) Talend
10 6 (2.08%) OpenAI
11 5 (1.73%) Amplitude
12 4 (1.38%) Brio
12 4 (1.38%) Cisco
12 4 (1.38%) Citrix
13 3 (1.04%) Symantec
275 Amazon RDS jobs Nationwide