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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 394 307 361
Rank change year-on-year -87 +54 -6
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 309 265 211
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.80% 0.55%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.77% 4.37% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 182 134
10th Percentile £400 £400 £413
25th Percentile £431 £450 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £506 £528
Median % change year-on-year +4.10% -4.16% -3.95%
75th Percentile £672 £588 £600
90th Percentile £783 £640 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £475 £494
% change year-on-year -3.16% -3.85% -9.77%
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 8,193 6,058 6,851
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.92% 18.29% 17.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,460 4,047 4,642
10th Percentile £352 £340 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £530
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -5.57% -1.85%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £485
% change year-on-year - -2.06% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 282 88 91
10th Percentile £16.70 £21.02 £17.50
25th Percentile £22.87 £29.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £40.59 £39.48 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.81% +12.80% -33.33%
75th Percentile £58.44 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £74.68 £79.13 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.71 £35.49 £30.00
% change year-on-year +17.53% +18.30% -42.86%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 -89 243 £533 +6.50% 293
London -34 158 £550 +4.76% 162
Work from Home -49 111 £525 +3.70% 152
UK excluding London -126 91 £460 -3.16% 162
North of England -64 31 £500 - 42
Midlands -76 22 £459 -3.37% 18
West Midlands -60 20 £464 -2.32% 9
Yorkshire -21 18 £500 - 5
Scotland -25 13 £425 -14.40% 22
South East -71 12 £460 -3.16% 26
South West -32 11 £438 -15.87% 30
North West -57 7 £525 -4.55% 30
North East -39 6 £419 -1.47% 7
East of England -31 3 £345 -37.27% 14
East Midlands -18 1 £358 -5.79% 9
Wales - 1 £550 - 5

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 24 (7.77%) Confluence
2 17 (5.50%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (3.56%) Apache
4 9 (2.91%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (1.94%) SAS
5 6 (1.94%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.94%) WebLogic
5 6 (1.94%) WebLogic Portal
6 5 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (1.29%) nginx
8 3 (0.97%) Cloud Foundry
8 3 (0.97%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.65%) Camunda
10 1 (0.32%) Appian
10 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.32%) Mozilla Thunderbird
1 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.94%) Oracle EBS
1 6 (1.94%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (0.97%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.32%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.32%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.32%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 294 (95.15%) AWS
2 192 (62.14%) Amazon S3
3 168 (54.37%) AWS Lambda
4 165 (53.40%) Serverless
5 123 (39.81%) Amazon EC2
6 117 (37.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 83 (26.86%) Amazon ECS
7 83 (26.86%) Amazon EKS
8 81 (26.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 64 (20.71%) Azure
10 59 (19.09%) AWS CloudFormation
11 53 (17.15%) GitHub
12 47 (15.21%) Amazon SQS
13 39 (12.62%) GitHub Actions
14 33 (10.68%) AWS KMS
15 31 (10.03%) Route 53
16 27 (8.74%) Amazon EventBridge
17 26 (8.41%) AWS Step Functions
18 23 (7.44%) GCP
19 18 (5.83%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.47%) Firewall
2 16 (5.18%) DNS
3 10 (3.24%) VPN
4 9 (2.91%) Network Security
5 7 (2.27%) DHCP
6 6 (1.94%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.62%) SMTP
8 4 (1.29%) HTTP
8 4 (1.29%) NetScaler
8 4 (1.29%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.65%) FTP
9 2 (0.65%) IMAP
9 2 (0.65%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.65%) OpenLDAP
9 2 (0.65%) SSH
9 2 (0.65%) SSL
10 1 (0.32%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.32%) IPsec
10 1 (0.32%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (30.42%) PostgreSQL
2 80 (25.89%) Amazon Aurora
3 65 (21.04%) DynamoDB
4 39 (12.62%) MySQL
5 32 (10.36%) MongoDB
6 30 (9.71%) SQL Server
7 28 (9.06%) Amazon Athena
8 22 (7.12%) Data Warehouse
9 20 (6.47%) Amazon Redshift
9 20 (6.47%) Redis
10 16 (5.18%) Data Lake
11 13 (4.21%) Big Data
12 12 (3.88%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (3.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (3.56%) Power BI
14 9 (2.91%) NoSQL
14 9 (2.91%) Relational Database
15 8 (2.59%) Apache Iceberg
16 7 (2.27%) Metadata
16 7 (2.27%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 88 (28.48%) Jenkins
2 70 (22.65%) Git
3 53 (17.15%) GitLab
4 35 (11.33%) JIRA
5 18 (5.83%) JUnit
6 17 (5.50%) Maven
7 15 (4.85%) Bitbucket
7 15 (4.85%) Mockito
8 11 (3.56%) SonarQube
9 10 (3.24%) Claude Code
10 9 (2.91%) Cucumber
11 8 (2.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (2.27%) Gradle
13 6 (1.94%) DbUnit
13 6 (1.94%) Team Foundation Server
14 5 (1.62%) Bitbucket Server
14 5 (1.62%) Flyway
14 5 (1.62%) jMock
14 5 (1.62%) Postman
14 5 (1.62%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 90 (29.13%) Social Skills
2 67 (21.68%) Public Sector
3 39 (12.62%) Finance
4 26 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.41%) Banking
5 11 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (3.24%) Back Office
7 9 (2.91%) Front Office
8 7 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.94%) Legal
10 5 (1.62%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.29%) Billing
11 4 (1.29%) Local Government
12 3 (0.97%) Law
12 3 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.65%) Marketing
13 2 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.32%) Games
14 1 (0.32%) German Language
14 1 (0.32%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 77 (24.92%) AWS Engineer
2 59 (19.09%) Senior
3 49 (15.86%) Architect
4 48 (15.53%) DevOps Engineer
5 41 (13.27%) Developer
6 39 (12.62%) Data Engineer
7 37 (11.97%) DBA
8 29 (9.39%) AWS Architect
9 28 (9.06%) AWS DevOps
10 26 (8.41%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 25 (8.09%) Lead
12 24 (7.77%) Java Developer
13 21 (6.80%) Cloud Engineer
14 18 (5.83%) AWS Data Engineer
15 16 (5.18%) Administrator
15 16 (5.18%) Solutions Architect
15 16 (5.18%) Technical Architect
15 16 (5.18%) Technical Leader
16 14 (4.53%) Senior Data Engineer
17 13 (4.21%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (50.16%) Terraform
2 43 (13.92%) REST
3 38 (12.30%) React
4 35 (11.33%) Spring
4 35 (11.33%) Spring Boot
5 34 (11.00%) RESTful
6 26 (8.41%) Node.js
7 25 (8.09%) AngularJS
8 24 (7.77%) .NET
9 23 (7.44%) Kafka
10 22 (7.12%) AWS CDK
11 18 (5.83%) FastAPI
12 14 (4.53%) ActiveMQ
12 14 (4.53%) GraphQL
12 14 (4.53%) SOAP
13 13 (4.21%) Hibernate
13 13 (4.21%) JPA
14 11 (3.56%) .NET Core
14 11 (3.56%) RabbitMQ
15 9 (2.91%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 77 (24.92%) Cloud Native
2 34 (11.00%) Replication
3 29 (9.39%) Product Ownership
4 25 (8.09%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (3.88%) AI Agents
5 12 (3.88%) Clustering
6 10 (3.24%) NHS
7 9 (2.91%) PKI
8 8 (2.59%) Virtual Team
9 7 (2.27%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.94%) Cloud Security Posture
10 6 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.94%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.94%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.62%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.62%) PropTech
11 5 (1.62%) Reference Data
11 5 (1.62%) Reinsurance
12 4 (1.29%) Autonomous Agent
12 4 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 58 (18.77%) Linux
2 29 (9.39%) Windows
3 15 (4.85%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (3.56%) Unix
6 9 (2.91%) Amazon Linux
7 6 (1.94%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.62%) Windows 10
9 4 (1.29%) AIX
10 1 (0.32%) CentOS
10 1 (0.32%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.32%) VMS
10 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (66.99%) CI/CD
2 155 (50.16%) DevOps
3 150 (48.54%) Infrastructure as Code
4 124 (40.13%) Agile
5 78 (25.24%) Microservices
6 68 (22.01%) Containerisation
7 66 (21.36%) Observability
8 60 (19.42%) Performance Tuning
9 58 (18.77%) Data Modelling
10 53 (17.15%) Continuous Improvement
10 53 (17.15%) Event-Driven
11 52 (16.83%) Migration
11 52 (16.83%) Stakeholder Management
12 47 (15.21%) High Availability
12 47 (15.21%) Software Engineering
13 41 (13.27%) Data Integration
13 41 (13.27%) Disaster Recovery
13 41 (13.27%) Root Cause Analysis
14 40 (12.94%) Data Pipeline
14 40 (12.94%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 132 (42.72%) Python
2 95 (30.74%) SQL
3 70 (22.65%) Java
4 39 (12.62%) TypeScript
5 31 (10.03%) Bash
6 27 (8.74%) PowerShell
7 26 (8.41%) JavaScript
8 19 (6.15%) Groovy
9 18 (5.83%) C#
10 12 (3.88%) Scala
11 8 (2.59%) PL/SQL
11 8 (2.59%) Shell Script
12 7 (2.27%) Perl
13 4 (1.29%) Bicep
14 3 (0.97%) Go
14 3 (0.97%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.97%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 113 (36.57%) Security Cleared
2 96 (31.07%) SC Cleared
3 56 (18.12%) AWS Certification
4 34 (11.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 26 (8.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (6.15%) Degree
7 12 (3.88%) DV Cleared
8 11 (3.56%) Azure Certification
9 9 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.27%) CISM
10 7 (2.27%) CISSP
11 6 (1.94%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 5 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.65%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 2 (0.65%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.65%) MCSA
14 2 (0.65%) MCSE
14 2 (0.65%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.65%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.41%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.91%) QA
3 7 (2.27%) NIST
4 4 (1.29%) SLA
5 3 (0.97%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.97%) HL7
5 3 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.97%) NCSC
6 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.65%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.65%) GDPR
6 2 (0.65%) WCAG
7 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.32%) Solvency II
System Software
1 106 (34.30%) Docker
2 18 (5.83%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.59%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.94%) Postfix
4 6 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.29%) DFS Replication
5 4 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.97%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.97%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (0.97%) Terminal Services
6 3 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.65%) Dovecot
7 2 (0.65%) Squid
7 2 (0.65%) vSphere
8 1 (0.32%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 85 (27.51%) Kubernetes
2 64 (20.71%) Grafana
3 49 (15.86%) Prometheus
4 32 (10.36%) Ansible
5 10 (3.24%) Kibana
6 8 (2.59%) Istio
7 7 (2.27%) Argo
7 7 (2.27%) Puppet
8 6 (1.94%) Oracle RMAN
9 5 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (1.62%) Packer
10 4 (1.29%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 4 (1.29%) Rancher
11 3 (0.97%) Nagios
11 3 (0.97%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.97%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.97%) vMotion
11 3 (0.97%) WSUS
12 2 (0.65%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 35 (11.33%) Microsoft
2 31 (10.03%) Oracle
3 22 (7.12%) ServiceNow
4 16 (5.18%) Dynatrace
5 12 (3.88%) Informatica
6 11 (3.56%) VMware
7 9 (2.91%) Databricks
7 9 (2.91%) Jaspersoft
8 8 (2.59%) Google
8 8 (2.59%) Splunk
9 7 (2.27%) OpenAI
9 7 (2.27%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.94%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.94%) Citrix
10 6 (1.94%) Denodo
10 6 (1.94%) Talend
11 5 (1.62%) Amplitude
12 4 (1.29%) Brio
12 4 (1.29%) Cisco
13 3 (0.97%) HP