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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 394 288 338
Rank change year-on-year -106 +50 -21
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 256 247 242
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.86% 0.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.49% 4.53% 3.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 183 180
10th Percentile £400 £425 £405
25th Percentile £424 £470 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £650 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £525 £496
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.90% -13.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £71.90 - -
25th Percentile £73.25 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile £92.50 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.50 - -

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 7,331 5,450 7,298
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.08% 18.91% 17.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,930 3,739 5,247
10th Percentile £350 £358 £350
25th Percentile £413 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 96 147
10th Percentile £14.26 £20.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.17 £24.06 £20.88
Median hourly rate £45.00 £33.81 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.12% -15.49% -31.09%
75th Percentile £71.88 £65.71 £61.55
90th Percentile £82.25 £78.10 £73.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.36 £31.64 £39.25
% change year-on-year +33.87% -19.39% -29.53%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -87 217 £500 -9.09% 81
London -55 122 £503 -12.61% 30
UK excluding London -73 104 £475 -9.52% 60
Work from Home -75 74 £500 -13.04% 43
Midlands -37 52 £469 -6.20% 6
West Midlands -36 44 £469 -6.20% 6
North of England -65 23 £425 -15.00% 19
South East -60 12 £531 -7.61% 14
Yorkshire -52 10 £400 -20.00% 5
South West -29 9 £591 +1.16% 14
North West -39 8 £445 -17.13% 11
East Midlands -22 7 £519 +66.88%
Scotland -20 5 £392 -21.23% 2
North East - 5 £425 - 3
East of England -38 2 - - 1
Wales - 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 28 (10.94%) Confluence
2 7 (2.73%) SAS
3 5 (1.95%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.17%) Cloud Foundry
6 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.78%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.39%) Apache
7 1 (0.39%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 253 (98.83%) AWS
2 162 (63.28%) Amazon S3
3 138 (53.91%) AWS Lambda
3 138 (53.91%) Serverless
4 128 (50.00%) Amazon EC2
5 92 (35.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 65 (25.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 61 (23.83%) Amazon ECS
7 61 (23.83%) Amazon EKS
8 56 (21.88%) GitHub
9 44 (17.19%) Amazon SQS
9 44 (17.19%) AWS CloudFormation
10 38 (14.84%) Azure
11 36 (14.06%) GitHub Actions
11 36 (14.06%) Route 53
12 29 (11.33%) AWS KMS
13 18 (7.03%) Amazon Kinesis
13 18 (7.03%) AWS Step Functions
14 17 (6.64%) AWS Fargate
15 16 (6.25%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.52%) DNS
2 5 (1.95%) Firewall
3 4 (1.56%) VPN
4 3 (1.17%) DHCP
4 3 (1.17%) HTTP
4 3 (1.17%) Network Security
4 3 (1.17%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.78%) OpenVPN
6 1 (0.39%) AMQP
6 1 (0.39%) Internet
6 1 (0.39%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.39%) LAN
6 1 (0.39%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.39%) SMTP
6 1 (0.39%) SSL
6 1 (0.39%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (30.08%) DynamoDB
2 69 (26.95%) PostgreSQL
3 59 (23.05%) Amazon Aurora
4 29 (11.33%) MySQL
5 18 (7.03%) Amazon Athena
5 18 (7.03%) SQL Server
6 16 (6.25%) Amazon Redshift
6 16 (6.25%) MongoDB
6 16 (6.25%) Power BI
7 15 (5.86%) NoSQL
8 14 (5.47%) Pentaho
9 10 (3.91%) Redis
10 9 (3.52%) Data Lake
11 8 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (3.13%) Oracle Database
11 8 (3.13%) Relational Database
11 8 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (3.13%) Tableau
12 7 (2.73%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (2.34%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 86 (33.59%) Jenkins
2 66 (25.78%) Git
3 42 (16.41%) GitLab
4 33 (12.89%) JIRA
5 28 (10.94%) JUnit
6 23 (8.98%) Mockito
7 22 (8.59%) Maven
8 20 (7.81%) SonarQube
9 14 (5.47%) DbUnit
10 13 (5.08%) jMock
11 11 (4.30%) Bitbucket Server
12 6 (2.34%) Claude Code
12 6 (2.34%) Cucumber
12 6 (2.34%) Postman
13 5 (1.95%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (1.95%) git-flow
13 5 (1.95%) Snyk
13 5 (1.95%) Team Foundation Server
14 4 (1.56%) Flyway
14 4 (1.56%) Oracle APEX
General
1 63 (24.61%) Social Skills
2 59 (23.05%) Public Sector
3 32 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.38%) Finance
5 12 (4.69%) Banking
6 11 (4.30%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (3.52%) Legal
8 4 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.17%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.78%) Front Office
10 2 (0.78%) Local Government
11 1 (0.39%) Billing
11 1 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.39%) Marketing
11 1 (0.39%) Military
11 1 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.39%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 55 (21.48%) Developer
2 45 (17.58%) AWS Engineer
3 44 (17.19%) Senior
4 29 (11.33%) Java Developer
5 28 (10.94%) Architect
5 28 (10.94%) DevOps Engineer
6 25 (9.77%) DBA
7 24 (9.38%) AWS Architect
8 23 (8.98%) Data Engineer
9 19 (7.42%) Software Engineer
10 16 (6.25%) AWS DevOps
10 16 (6.25%) Lead
11 15 (5.86%) Senior Developer
12 14 (5.47%) AWS Developer
12 14 (5.47%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 12 (4.69%) Oracle DBA
13 12 (4.69%) Python Developer
13 12 (4.69%) Technical Architect
14 11 (4.30%) Analyst
15 10 (3.91%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (18.36%) Spring
1 47 (18.36%) Spring Boot
2 45 (17.58%) RESTful
3 43 (16.80%) REST
4 36 (14.06%) Node.js
5 33 (12.89%) React
6 30 (11.72%) AngularJS
6 30 (11.72%) Kafka
7 23 (8.98%) Hibernate
7 23 (8.98%) JPA
7 23 (8.98%) SOAP
8 21 (8.20%) Spring Cloud
9 19 (7.42%) ActiveMQ
9 19 (7.42%) AWS CDK
9 19 (7.42%) Web Services
10 18 (7.03%) GraphQL
10 18 (7.03%) Spring Batch
10 18 (7.03%) Spring Integration
11 13 (5.08%) PowerMock
12 12 (4.69%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 60 (23.44%) Cloud Native
2 28 (10.94%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (8.98%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.91%) Replication
5 8 (3.13%) NHS
6 5 (1.95%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.56%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.78%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.78%) Clustering
9 2 (0.78%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.78%) Derivative
9 2 (0.78%) Fixed Income
9 2 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.39%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.39%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.39%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.39%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 50 (19.53%) Linux
2 8 (3.13%) Unix
3 6 (2.34%) Windows
4 4 (1.56%) Amazon Linux
4 4 (1.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.56%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.78%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.39%) CentOS
6 1 (0.39%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (62.11%) CI/CD
2 117 (45.70%) Agile
3 105 (41.02%) DevOps
4 84 (32.81%) Infrastructure as Code
5 72 (28.13%) Microservices
6 65 (25.39%) Containerisation
7 48 (18.75%) Scrum
8 38 (14.84%) Software Engineering
9 37 (14.45%) Event-Driven
9 37 (14.45%) Performance Tuning
10 35 (13.67%) Observability
10 35 (13.67%) TDD
11 33 (12.89%) ETL
11 33 (12.89%) Stakeholder Management
12 31 (12.11%) Migration
13 30 (11.72%) Kanban
13 30 (11.72%) Problem-Solving
14 28 (10.94%) Continuous Improvement
14 28 (10.94%) Continuous Integration
15 27 (10.55%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 99 (38.67%) SQL
2 84 (32.81%) Python
3 83 (32.42%) Java
4 23 (8.98%) TypeScript
5 20 (7.81%) JavaScript
6 18 (7.03%) Bash
7 16 (6.25%) PowerShell
8 14 (5.47%) Shell Script
9 13 (5.08%) C#
10 9 (3.52%) Groovy
11 7 (2.73%) PL/SQL
12 6 (2.34%) Go
12 6 (2.34%) Scala
13 5 (1.95%) Perl
14 3 (1.17%) Ruby
14 3 (1.17%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.39%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 113 (44.14%) Security Cleared
2 95 (37.11%) SC Cleared
3 33 (12.89%) AWS Certification
4 15 (5.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 12 (4.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (4.69%) DV Cleared
6 11 (4.30%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.52%) Degree
8 6 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (1.17%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (1.17%) OCP
10 3 (1.17%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (1.17%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.78%) PMP
12 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 1 (0.39%) CEH
12 1 (0.39%) CISSP
12 1 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.30%) QA
2 10 (3.91%) NIST
3 9 (3.52%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.52%) PCI DSS
4 8 (3.13%) GDPR
5 7 (2.73%) PMO
6 3 (1.17%) SLA
7 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.78%) NCSC
8 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.39%) HL7
8 1 (0.39%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 103 (40.23%) Docker
2 11 (4.30%) Postfix
3 4 (1.56%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.56%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.78%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.39%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.39%) HDFS
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.39%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.39%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 107 (41.80%) Terraform
2 70 (27.34%) Kubernetes
3 59 (23.05%) Grafana
4 35 (13.67%) Prometheus
5 16 (6.25%) Ansible
6 8 (3.13%) Data Guard
7 7 (2.73%) Argo
7 7 (2.73%) Progress Chef
8 5 (1.95%) Puppet
9 4 (1.56%) Kibana
9 4 (1.56%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (1.17%) Foglight
10 3 (1.17%) Istio
10 3 (1.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (1.17%) Rancher
11 2 (0.78%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.78%) Sysdig
11 2 (0.78%) systemd
12 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.39%) vMotion
Vendors
1 35 (13.67%) Oracle
2 21 (8.20%) ServiceNow
3 17 (6.64%) Jaspersoft
4 15 (5.86%) Atlassian
5 13 (5.08%) Informatica
6 12 (4.69%) Microsoft
7 10 (3.91%) Dynatrace
8 9 (3.52%) Talend
9 8 (3.13%) Databricks
10 7 (2.73%) Denodo
11 6 (2.34%) Splunk
12 5 (1.95%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.95%) Sybase
13 4 (1.56%) AVEVA
13 4 (1.56%) Brio
13 4 (1.56%) Qualys
13 4 (1.56%) Tenable
14 2 (0.78%) Netlify
14 2 (0.78%) UiPath
14 2 (0.78%) VMware