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 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 331 340
Rank change year-on-year +36 +9 +11
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 312 231 299
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.87% 0.63% 0.64%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.91% 3.58% 3.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 141 221
10th Percentile £380 £425 £413
25th Percentile £450 £488 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.97% -2.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £638
90th Percentile £638 £788 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £550
% change year-on-year -3.46% -10.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £68.25 - -
25th Percentile £71.19 - £47.50
Median hourly rate £82.50 - £50.00
75th Percentile £87.50 - £52.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 6,357 6,451 7,794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.69% 17.56% 16.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,355 4,265 5,457
10th Percentile £333 £338 £350
25th Percentile £410 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £529 £534
Median % change year-on-year -5.48% -0.94% -2.91%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £650
90th Percentile £720 £775 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £491 £500
% change year-on-year -3.26% -1.80% -0.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 88 150
10th Percentile £20.97 £17.85 £16.96
25th Percentile £29.00 £21.81 £22.69
Median hourly rate £43.50 £30.11 £47.70
Median % change year-on-year +44.49% -36.88% +5.99%
75th Percentile £65.00 £52.06 £69.69
90th Percentile £83.60 £65.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £49.10 £27.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +78.55% -40.45% +13.38%

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 22 November 2025.

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 22 November 2025.

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 22 November 2025. 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 +27 238 £500 -9.09% 160
UK excluding London +36 133 £475 -3.46% 98
London -16 113 £513 -6.90% 69
Work from Home -8 101 £550 +2.23% 94
Midlands +5 51 £475 -3.06% 13
West Midlands +10 44 £475 -3.06% 10
North of England -17 31 £500 -23.08% 38
North West -11 18 £475 -29.63% 29
South East +12 16 £446 +11.50% 23
Scotland -8 13 £358 -21.75% 2
East of England - 12 £550 - 7
South West +2 9 £525 -12.50% 12
Yorkshire -34 9 £518 -11.91% 4
East Midlands -7 7 £380 -24.00% 3
North East -2 4 £438 - 5
Northern Ireland - 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 32 (10.26%) Confluence
2 12 (3.85%) Apache
2 12 (3.85%) nginx
3 9 (2.88%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (2.24%) IIS
4 7 (2.24%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.32%) CICS
5 1 (0.32%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.32%) Jupyter
Applications
1 12 (3.85%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 6 (1.92%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.32%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (2.24%) Maximo
2 1 (0.32%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 302 (96.79%) AWS
2 208 (66.67%) Amazon S3
3 188 (60.26%) Amazon EC2
4 171 (54.81%) Serverless
5 170 (54.49%) AWS Lambda
6 126 (40.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 111 (35.58%) Amazon ECS
8 105 (33.65%) AWS CloudFormation
9 97 (31.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 92 (29.49%) GitHub
11 82 (26.28%) Amazon EKS
12 64 (20.51%) GitHub Actions
13 49 (15.71%) Route 53
14 45 (14.42%) Azure
15 33 (10.58%) AWS KMS
16 30 (9.62%) Amazon SQS
17 28 (8.97%) Datadog
18 27 (8.65%) Amazon ELB
18 27 (8.65%) Amazon Kinesis
19 26 (8.33%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 40 (12.82%) Firewall
2 36 (11.54%) DNS
3 25 (8.01%) HTTP
4 24 (7.69%) SMTP
5 22 (7.05%) FTP
5 22 (7.05%) SSH
6 12 (3.85%) IMAP
6 12 (3.85%) OpenLDAP
7 11 (3.53%) VPN
8 6 (1.92%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.96%) Internet
9 3 (0.96%) Network Security
9 3 (0.96%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.64%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.32%) DHCP
11 1 (0.32%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.32%) LAN
11 1 (0.32%) NAS
11 1 (0.32%) VLAN
11 1 (0.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (31.73%) PostgreSQL
2 60 (19.23%) Amazon Aurora
3 57 (18.27%) DynamoDB
4 40 (12.82%) MySQL
5 33 (10.58%) SQL Server
6 31 (9.94%) Relational Database
7 27 (8.65%) NoSQL
8 22 (7.05%) Amazon Athena
9 19 (6.09%) Amazon Redshift
10 18 (5.77%) MongoDB
11 12 (3.85%) RDBMS
11 12 (3.85%) Redis
12 11 (3.53%) DB2
13 10 (3.21%) Apache Cassandra
14 9 (2.88%) Hadoop
14 9 (2.88%) Oracle Database
15 7 (2.24%) Azure SQL Database
15 7 (2.24%) BigQuery
15 7 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
16 6 (1.92%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 142 (45.51%) Jenkins
2 101 (32.37%) Git
3 77 (24.68%) GitLab
4 44 (14.10%) JIRA
5 24 (7.69%) Vagrant
6 21 (6.73%) Maven
7 18 (5.77%) SonarQube
8 16 (5.13%) JUnit
9 13 (4.17%) Bitbucket
10 11 (3.53%) Sonatype Nexus
11 8 (2.56%) Cypress.io
12 5 (1.60%) Gradle
12 5 (1.60%) SonarLint
13 4 (1.28%) Bitbucket Server
13 4 (1.28%) Cucumber
13 4 (1.28%) DbUnit
13 4 (1.28%) jMock
13 4 (1.28%) Mockito
13 4 (1.28%) Terragrunt
14 3 (0.96%) Gatling
General
1 92 (29.49%) Social Skills
2 49 (15.71%) Public Sector
3 42 (13.46%) Finance
4 17 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (4.81%) Banking
6 12 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (2.24%) Aerospace
7 7 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.64%) Health Technology
8 2 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.64%) Legal
8 2 (0.64%) Marketing
8 2 (0.64%) Publishing
9 1 (0.32%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.32%) Games
9 1 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.32%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.32%) Military
9 1 (0.32%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 86 (27.56%) DevOps Engineer
2 84 (26.92%) AWS Engineer
3 53 (16.99%) AWS DevOps
3 53 (16.99%) Developer
4 46 (14.74%) AWS DevOps Engineer
5 43 (13.78%) Senior
6 40 (12.82%) Platform Engineer
7 34 (10.90%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 27 (8.65%) AWS Platform Engineer
8 27 (8.65%) Lead
9 25 (8.01%) Architect
10 24 (7.69%) Java Developer
11 20 (6.41%) AWS Developer
12 18 (5.77%) Data Engineer
13 15 (4.81%) Senior DevOps
14 14 (4.49%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 14 (4.49%) Site Engineer
14 14 (4.49%) Software Engineer
15 13 (4.17%) DBA
15 13 (4.17%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (12.82%) Kafka
1 40 (12.82%) Node.js
2 39 (12.50%) RESTful
3 30 (9.62%) Spring
4 29 (9.29%) Elastic Stack
4 29 (9.29%) Spring Boot
5 22 (7.05%) React
6 15 (4.81%) REST
6 15 (4.81%) SOAP
7 14 (4.49%) Web Services
8 13 (4.17%) Jest
8 13 (4.17%) LDAP
9 12 (3.85%) AWS CDK
10 11 (3.53%) Hibernate
11 10 (3.21%) AngularJS
11 10 (3.21%) CSS
12 9 (2.88%) Spring Batch
12 9 (2.88%) XML
13 8 (2.56%) ActiveMQ
13 8 (2.56%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 49 (15.71%) Replication
2 30 (9.62%) Cloud Native
3 22 (7.05%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (5.13%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (2.56%) Clustering
5 8 (2.56%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.56%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.24%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.92%) Distributed Architecture
8 5 (1.60%) N-Tier
8 5 (1.60%) PKI
9 4 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.28%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.28%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.96%) NHS
11 2 (0.64%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.64%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.64%) Derivative
11 2 (0.64%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 94 (30.13%) Linux
2 34 (10.90%) Windows
3 27 (8.65%) Amazon Linux
4 25 (8.01%) VMS
5 13 (4.17%) Unix
6 11 (3.53%) Ubuntu
7 10 (3.21%) Windows Server
8 5 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.28%) CentOS
9 4 (1.28%) Solaris
10 1 (0.32%) AIX
10 1 (0.32%) Android
10 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.32%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (59.62%) CI/CD
2 174 (55.77%) DevOps
3 125 (40.06%) Infrastructure as Code
4 107 (34.29%) Containerisation
5 86 (27.56%) Agile
6 73 (23.40%) Microservices
7 55 (17.63%) Configuration Management
8 52 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 49 (15.71%) Observability
9 49 (15.71%) Platform Engineering
10 48 (15.38%) Migration
11 42 (13.46%) Cloud Security
12 39 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
13 34 (10.90%) Event-Driven
14 33 (10.58%) Change Management
14 33 (10.58%) Software Engineering
15 32 (10.26%) Mentoring
16 30 (9.62%) Secrets Management
16 30 (9.62%) TDD
17 28 (8.97%) Cost Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 172 (55.13%) Python
2 93 (29.81%) Java
3 86 (27.56%) SQL
4 54 (17.31%) Bash
5 53 (16.99%) PowerShell
6 33 (10.58%) JavaScript
7 30 (9.62%) Groovy
8 22 (7.05%) Perl
8 22 (7.05%) Shell Script
9 21 (6.73%) TypeScript
10 17 (5.45%) Go
11 13 (4.17%) Ruby
12 7 (2.24%) C#
13 6 (1.92%) JSX
14 4 (1.28%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.64%) C
15 2 (0.64%) PHP
16 1 (0.32%) Bicep
16 1 (0.32%) COBOL
16 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 100 (32.05%) Security Cleared
2 86 (27.56%) SC Cleared
3 63 (20.19%) AWS Certification
4 31 (9.94%) Degree
5 24 (7.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 15 (4.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (4.49%) Azure Certification
8 10 (3.21%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (2.88%) DV Cleared
10 8 (2.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 4 (1.28%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (1.28%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 4 (1.28%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.64%) MCSE
12 2 (0.64%) OCP
12 2 (0.64%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.01%) QA
2 13 (4.17%) GDPR
3 7 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.24%) NCSC
3 7 (2.24%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.92%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.60%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.96%) SLA
7 2 (0.64%) GxP
7 2 (0.64%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.64%) NIST
7 2 (0.64%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.64%) WCAG
8 1 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 148 (47.44%) Docker
2 22 (7.05%) DFS Replication
3 16 (5.13%) Active Directory
3 16 (5.13%) Postfix
4 12 (3.85%) Dovecot
4 12 (3.85%) Squid
5 8 (2.56%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.96%) NFS
7 1 (0.32%) HDFS
7 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 175 (56.09%) Terraform
2 106 (33.97%) Kubernetes
3 86 (27.56%) Grafana
4 78 (25.00%) Prometheus
5 37 (11.86%) Ansible
6 20 (6.41%) Progress Chef
7 17 (5.45%) Puppet
8 12 (3.85%) Nessus
9 10 (3.21%) Proxmox
10 8 (2.56%) Packer
11 5 (1.60%) Argo
12 4 (1.28%) Jamf Pro
12 4 (1.28%) Kibana
12 4 (1.28%) Rancher
13 3 (0.96%) ITRS Geneos
14 1 (0.32%) Consul
14 1 (0.32%) Docker Swarm
14 1 (0.32%) Kubeflow
14 1 (0.32%) PowerCLI
14 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 32 (10.26%) ServiceNow
2 29 (9.29%) Oracle
3 27 (8.65%) Microsoft
4 21 (6.73%) IBM
5 16 (5.13%) Jaspersoft
6 12 (3.85%) Splunk
7 10 (3.21%) Dynatrace
8 8 (2.56%) Confluent
8 8 (2.56%) PagerDuty
9 7 (2.24%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.92%) CA Agile Central
11 5 (1.60%) Gigya
12 4 (1.28%) CloudEndure
12 4 (1.28%) Okta
12 4 (1.28%) Sybase
13 3 (0.96%) Databricks
13 3 (0.96%) Google
13 3 (0.96%) Red Hat
14 2 (0.64%) Cloudera
14 2 (0.64%) Pega