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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 284 378
Rank change year-on-year -64 +94 -63
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 282 258 234
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.67% 0.87% 0.52%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.16% 4.55% 3.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 173 173
10th Percentile £363 £425 £400
25th Percentile £413 £469 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% -10.64%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £600
90th Percentile £625 £788 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -12.28%
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 6,786 5,668 7,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.07% 19.05% 16.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,680 3,902 5,147
10th Percentile £345 £351 £340
25th Percentile £413 £425 £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 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 96 178
10th Percentile £18.25 £19.59 £14.36
25th Percentile £28.93 £24.06 £20.78
Median hourly rate £51.25 £30.11 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.24% -25.67% -29.57%
75th Percentile £74.68 £64.56 £62.31
90th Percentile £84.90 £69.38 £76.53
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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -52 227 £520 -5.45% 106
UK excluding London -30 118 £500 - 86
London -58 114 £513 -10.87% 35
Work from Home -63 78 £550 -0.18% 63
Midlands -30 46 £500 -5.48% 15
West Midlands -30 38 £500 -5.48% 10
North of England -42 28 £500 -4.76% 19
South East -33 17 £475 -7.32% 27
North West -20 13 £394 -13.65% 10
Scotland +2 12 £358 -25.34% 4
Yorkshire -48 12 £509 -3.10% 7
South West -25 10 £538 -12.30% 12
East Midlands -27 8 £390 -11.96% 5
North East -11 3 £575 - 2
East of England -32 3 £538 +8.86% 6
Wales -7 2 £488 - 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 18 (6.38%) Confluence
2 4 (1.42%) Apache
2 4 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.71%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
Applications
1 6 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.71%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 282 (100.00%) AWS
2 186 (65.96%) Amazon S3
3 169 (59.93%) Amazon EC2
4 162 (57.45%) Serverless
5 161 (57.09%) AWS Lambda
6 98 (34.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 93 (32.98%) Amazon ECS
8 90 (31.91%) AWS CloudFormation
9 87 (30.85%) Amazon EKS
10 84 (29.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 73 (25.89%) GitHub
12 56 (19.86%) GitHub Actions
13 38 (13.48%) Route 53
14 36 (12.77%) Azure
15 24 (8.51%) Amazon SQS
16 23 (8.16%) AWS Fargate
17 22 (7.80%) Amazon MSK
18 20 (7.09%) Amazon Kinesis
19 18 (6.38%) AWS CloudTrail
19 18 (6.38%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.74%) Firewall
2 13 (4.61%) DNS
3 8 (2.84%) VPN
4 4 (1.42%) Network Security
5 3 (1.06%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.71%) HTTP
6 2 (0.71%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.35%) Internet
7 1 (0.35%) LAN
7 1 (0.35%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (23.40%) PostgreSQL
2 63 (22.34%) DynamoDB
3 38 (13.48%) Amazon Aurora
4 36 (12.77%) MySQL
5 26 (9.22%) Relational Database
6 24 (8.51%) SQL Server
7 23 (8.16%) MongoDB
8 21 (7.45%) NoSQL
9 19 (6.74%) Amazon Redshift
10 13 (4.61%) Amazon Athena
11 11 (3.90%) Oracle Database
12 9 (3.19%) Oracle Reports
12 9 (3.19%) Power BI
12 9 (3.19%) Redis
13 8 (2.84%) Apache Cassandra
13 8 (2.84%) Hadoop
14 7 (2.48%) DB2
15 6 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
15 6 (2.13%) Pentaho
15 6 (2.13%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 113 (40.07%) Jenkins
2 76 (26.95%) Git
3 65 (23.05%) GitLab
4 31 (10.99%) JIRA
5 21 (7.45%) JUnit
6 15 (5.32%) Maven
7 13 (4.61%) Bitbucket
8 12 (4.26%) Mockito
8 12 (4.26%) Sonatype Nexus
9 11 (3.90%) SonarQube
10 7 (2.48%) Cypress.io
10 7 (2.48%) DbUnit
10 7 (2.48%) jMock
11 5 (1.77%) Bitbucket Server
11 5 (1.77%) Snyk
12 4 (1.42%) Cucumber
12 4 (1.42%) git-flow
12 4 (1.42%) Oracle APEX
13 3 (1.06%) Gradle
13 3 (1.06%) Terragrunt
General
1 69 (24.47%) Social Skills
2 47 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 44 (15.60%) Finance
4 25 (8.87%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (6.03%) Banking
6 11 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (2.48%) Legal
8 6 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.71%) Front Office
9 2 (0.71%) Health Technology
9 2 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.71%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.71%) Military
9 2 (0.71%) 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 51 (18.09%) AWS Engineer
2 43 (15.25%) Developer
2 43 (15.25%) Senior
3 42 (14.89%) DevOps Engineer
4 25 (8.87%) Java Developer
5 24 (8.51%) DBA
6 22 (7.80%) AWS DevOps
6 22 (7.80%) Software Engineer
7 21 (7.45%) Site Engineer
8 20 (7.09%) Lead
8 20 (7.09%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 19 (6.74%) Architect
9 19 (6.74%) Data Engineer
9 19 (6.74%) Platform Engineer
10 15 (5.32%) AWS Developer
10 15 (5.32%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 14 (4.96%) AWS Architect
11 14 (4.96%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 14 (4.96%) Senior DevOps
11 14 (4.96%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (15.25%) Kafka
2 40 (14.18%) Spring
2 40 (14.18%) Spring Boot
3 39 (13.83%) RESTful
4 36 (12.77%) Node.js
5 25 (8.87%) React
6 24 (8.51%) REST
7 20 (7.09%) Elastic Stack
8 15 (5.32%) AWS CDK
9 14 (4.96%) Hibernate
9 14 (4.96%) JPA
9 14 (4.96%) Spring Cloud
10 13 (4.61%) AngularJS
10 13 (4.61%) SOAP
11 12 (4.26%) Django
12 11 (3.90%) CSS
12 11 (3.90%) GraphQL
12 11 (3.90%) Spring Batch
13 10 (3.55%) ActiveMQ
13 10 (3.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 47 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 24 (8.51%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (6.03%) Replication
4 7 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (2.48%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.48%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.77%) Clustering
5 5 (1.77%) Distributed Architecture
6 4 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.42%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.06%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.06%) Derivative
7 3 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.06%) NHS
7 3 (1.06%) PKI
8 2 (0.71%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.71%) Equities
8 2 (0.71%) Fixed Income
8 2 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 79 (28.01%) Linux
2 10 (3.55%) Unix
3 6 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.42%) Windows
5 3 (1.06%) Amazon Linux
5 3 (1.06%) CentOS
5 3 (1.06%) Solaris
6 2 (0.71%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (62.06%) CI/CD
2 123 (43.62%) DevOps
3 115 (40.78%) Infrastructure as Code
4 101 (35.82%) Agile
5 92 (32.62%) Containerisation
6 66 (23.40%) Microservices
7 50 (17.73%) Observability
8 45 (15.96%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (14.54%) Performance Tuning
9 41 (14.54%) Software Engineering
10 38 (13.48%) Migration
11 36 (12.77%) Cost Optimisation
12 35 (12.41%) Configuration Management
12 35 (12.41%) ETL
13 34 (12.06%) TDD
14 31 (10.99%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 30 (10.64%) High Availability
16 29 (10.28%) Event-Driven
16 29 (10.28%) Scrum
17 25 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 125 (44.33%) Python
2 103 (36.52%) SQL
3 76 (26.95%) Java
4 45 (15.96%) Bash
5 27 (9.57%) Shell Script
6 25 (8.87%) PowerShell
7 21 (7.45%) JavaScript
8 18 (6.38%) Go
9 15 (5.32%) TypeScript
10 12 (4.26%) Ruby
11 11 (3.90%) Perl
12 8 (2.84%) C#
12 8 (2.84%) PL/SQL
13 6 (2.13%) JSX
14 4 (1.42%) Groovy
15 2 (0.71%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.35%) Bicep
16 1 (0.35%) PHP
16 1 (0.35%) R
16 1 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 100 (35.46%) Security Cleared
2 82 (29.08%) SC Cleared
3 49 (17.38%) AWS Certification
4 15 (5.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 14 (4.96%) DV Cleared
6 10 (3.55%) Degree
7 9 (3.19%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 9 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.84%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.77%) OCP
9 5 (1.77%) Oracle Certification
10 4 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.35%) MySQL Certification
12 1 (0.35%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.35%) PMP
12 1 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.67%) QA
2 11 (3.90%) GDPR
2 11 (3.90%) NIST
3 10 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.48%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.48%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.77%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.42%) NCSC
6 4 (1.42%) PMO
7 3 (1.06%) SLA
8 2 (0.71%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.71%) GxP
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
1 126 (44.68%) Docker
2 8 (2.84%) Virtual Servers
3 6 (2.13%) Postfix
4 4 (1.42%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (1.06%) Active Directory
5 3 (1.06%) NFS
5 3 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.71%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 137 (48.58%) Terraform
2 93 (32.98%) Kubernetes
3 61 (21.63%) Grafana
4 44 (15.60%) Prometheus
5 42 (14.89%) Ansible
6 20 (7.09%) Progress Chef
7 15 (5.32%) Puppet
8 8 (2.84%) Data Guard
9 6 (2.13%) Packer
10 5 (1.77%) Argo
11 4 (1.42%) Kibana
11 4 (1.42%) Oracle RMAN
12 3 (1.06%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (1.06%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 3 (1.06%) Rancher
13 2 (0.71%) Docker Swarm
13 2 (0.71%) Foglight
13 2 (0.71%) Sysdig
13 2 (0.71%) systemd
Vendors
1 40 (14.18%) Oracle
2 18 (6.38%) Microsoft
3 15 (5.32%) ServiceNow
4 10 (3.55%) PagerDuty
5 9 (3.19%) Jaspersoft
5 9 (3.19%) Splunk
6 8 (2.84%) Atlassian
6 8 (2.84%) Sybase
6 8 (2.84%) Talend
7 7 (2.48%) Dynatrace
8 6 (2.13%) Informatica
9 5 (1.77%) Confluent
9 5 (1.77%) Databricks
10 4 (1.42%) AVEVA
10 4 (1.42%) CloudEndure
10 4 (1.42%) IBM
10 4 (1.42%) Qualys
10 4 (1.42%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.42%) Tenable
11 3 (1.06%) Cloudera