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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 404 276 353
Rank change year-on-year -128 +77 +4
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 277 302 218
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.52% 0.92% 0.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.39% 5.07% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 219 145
10th Percentile £400 £424 £409
25th Percentile £430 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% -5.85%
75th Percentile £644 £600 £600
90th Percentile £786 £650 £683
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £507
% change year-on-year -10.00% -1.38% -10.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile - £70.60 -
25th Percentile £71.00 £74.13 -
Median hourly rate £72.00 £80.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £73.00 £83.75 -
90th Percentile - £86.00 -
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 8,170 5,955 7,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.27% 18.14% 18.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,460 4,003 4,949
10th Percentile £358 £340 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% -2.78%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 96 100
10th Percentile £15.75 £21.02 £14.93
25th Percentile £22.91 £29.00 £19.90
Median hourly rate £38.25 £34.99 £34.47
Median % change year-on-year +9.32% +1.52% -37.34%
75th Percentile £58.13 £62.44 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.73 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £32.05 £30.00
% change year-on-year +19.34% +6.83% -40.00%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 -134 225 £525 -2.10% 73
London -81 135 £550 -5.17% 38
UK excluding London -128 94 £450 -10.00% 48
Work from Home -87 90 £526 -6.90% 43
Midlands -61 33 £464 -2.32% 6
North of England -41 32 £450 -14.29% 14
West Midlands -62 27 £464 -2.32% 4
Yorkshire -27 18 £500 - 4
Scotland -21 9 £425 -13.98% 5
South West -39 9 £538 -7.92% 8
South East -67 8 £460 -20.09% 13
North East -32 7 £425 -5.56% 3
North West -40 7 £525 -6.67% 7
East Midlands -16 5 £449 +18.16% 2
East of England -25 4 £348 -36.82% 5
Wales - 1 £550 -

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 21 (7.58%) Confluence
2 10 (3.61%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (3.25%) Apache Spark
4 7 (2.53%) SAS
4 7 (2.53%) SharePoint
5 6 (2.17%) Apache
5 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.08%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.72%) Camunda
7 2 (0.72%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.44%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 266 (96.03%) AWS
2 173 (62.45%) Amazon S3
3 155 (55.96%) AWS Lambda
4 154 (55.60%) Serverless
5 110 (39.71%) Amazon EC2
6 103 (37.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 72 (25.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 66 (23.83%) Amazon ECS
8 66 (23.83%) Amazon EKS
9 52 (18.77%) GitHub
10 51 (18.41%) AWS CloudFormation
11 49 (17.69%) Azure
12 44 (15.88%) Amazon SQS
13 35 (12.64%) GitHub Actions
14 31 (11.19%) AWS KMS
15 27 (9.75%) Route 53
16 25 (9.03%) AWS Step Functions
17 22 (7.94%) Amazon EventBridge
18 17 (6.14%) AWS CloudTrail
18 17 (6.14%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.05%) Firewall
2 9 (3.25%) DNS
3 7 (2.53%) DHCP
3 7 (2.53%) VPN
4 6 (2.17%) Network Security
5 4 (1.44%) NetScaler
5 4 (1.44%) SMTP
5 4 (1.44%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.72%) HTTP
6 2 (0.72%) OpenVPN
6 2 (0.72%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.72%) SSL
7 1 (0.36%) AMQP
7 1 (0.36%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (27.08%) PostgreSQL
2 68 (24.55%) Amazon Aurora
3 63 (22.74%) DynamoDB
4 36 (13.00%) MySQL
5 24 (8.66%) Amazon Athena
6 23 (8.30%) SQL Server
7 22 (7.94%) MongoDB
8 18 (6.50%) Amazon Redshift
9 17 (6.14%) Data Warehouse
10 16 (5.78%) Data Lake
11 15 (5.42%) Redis
12 13 (4.69%) Big Data
12 13 (4.69%) Power BI
13 11 (3.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 9 (3.25%) Pentaho
15 8 (2.89%) Apache Iceberg
15 8 (2.89%) NoSQL
16 7 (2.53%) Elasticsearch
17 6 (2.17%) BusinessObjects
17 6 (2.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 86 (31.05%) Jenkins
2 55 (19.86%) Git
3 45 (16.25%) GitLab
4 30 (10.83%) JIRA
5 19 (6.86%) JUnit
6 18 (6.50%) Mockito
7 16 (5.78%) Maven
8 15 (5.42%) SonarQube
9 12 (4.33%) Bitbucket
10 10 (3.61%) Claude Code
11 9 (3.25%) DbUnit
12 8 (2.89%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 8 (2.89%) Bitbucket Server
12 8 (2.89%) jMock
13 6 (2.17%) Postman
13 6 (2.17%) Team Foundation Server
14 5 (1.81%) Cucumber
15 4 (1.44%) Cypress.io
15 4 (1.44%) Flyway
16 3 (1.08%) Gradle
General
1 81 (29.24%) Social Skills
2 65 (23.47%) Public Sector
3 33 (11.91%) Finance
4 26 (9.39%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.94%) Banking
6 7 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (2.53%) Legal
7 6 (2.17%) Front Office
8 5 (1.81%) Back Office
9 3 (1.08%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.72%) Law
10 2 (0.72%) Local Government
10 2 (0.72%) Marketing
11 1 (0.36%) Billing
11 1 (0.36%) Games
11 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 64 (23.10%) AWS Engineer
2 49 (17.69%) Senior
3 43 (15.52%) Architect
4 41 (14.80%) Developer
5 37 (13.36%) DevOps Engineer
6 36 (13.00%) Data Engineer
7 29 (10.47%) DBA
8 28 (10.11%) AWS Architect
9 23 (8.30%) AWS DevOps
10 20 (7.22%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 20 (7.22%) Java Developer
10 20 (7.22%) Lead
11 19 (6.86%) Cloud Engineer
12 17 (6.14%) Technical Architect
13 15 (5.42%) Administrator
14 14 (5.05%) AWS Data Engineer
15 13 (4.69%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 13 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
16 11 (3.97%) Full-Stack Developer
16 11 (3.97%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (47.29%) Terraform
2 40 (14.44%) REST
3 39 (14.08%) React
4 38 (13.72%) Node.js
5 37 (13.36%) RESTful
6 35 (12.64%) Spring
6 35 (12.64%) Spring Boot
7 27 (9.75%) AngularJS
8 25 (9.03%) AWS CDK
9 20 (7.22%) .NET
10 19 (6.86%) Kafka
11 17 (6.14%) SOAP
12 15 (5.42%) ActiveMQ
13 14 (5.05%) FastAPI
14 13 (4.69%) GraphQL
15 12 (4.33%) Hibernate
15 12 (4.33%) JPA
15 12 (4.33%) Spring Batch
15 12 (4.33%) Spring Integration
15 12 (4.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 66 (23.83%) Cloud Native
2 27 (9.75%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (9.03%) Product Ownership
4 21 (7.58%) Replication
5 9 (3.25%) AI Agents
5 9 (3.25%) NHS
6 8 (2.89%) Virtual Team
7 7 (2.53%) Fixed Income
7 7 (2.53%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.17%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (2.17%) Clustering
9 5 (1.81%) PKI
10 4 (1.44%) Autonomous Agent
10 4 (1.44%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.08%) Derivative
11 3 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (1.08%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.08%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 49 (17.69%) Linux
2 20 (7.22%) Windows
3 13 (4.69%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.17%) Amazon Linux
5 6 (2.17%) Unix
6 4 (1.44%) AIX
7 3 (1.08%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.36%) CentOS
8 1 (0.36%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (62.82%) CI/CD
2 124 (44.77%) DevOps
3 117 (42.24%) Infrastructure as Code
4 116 (41.88%) Agile
5 74 (26.71%) Microservices
6 55 (19.86%) Containerisation
7 49 (17.69%) Data Modelling
8 48 (17.33%) Observability
9 45 (16.25%) High Availability
10 44 (15.88%) Performance Tuning
11 43 (15.52%) Software Engineering
12 41 (14.80%) Data Pipeline
12 41 (14.80%) Event-Driven
13 40 (14.44%) Migration
13 40 (14.44%) Stakeholder Management
14 38 (13.72%) Continuous Improvement
15 36 (13.00%) Scrum
16 32 (11.55%) ETL
17 31 (11.19%) AI
17 31 (11.19%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 119 (42.96%) Python
2 78 (28.16%) SQL
3 74 (26.71%) Java
4 39 (14.08%) TypeScript
5 29 (10.47%) Bash
6 24 (8.66%) JavaScript
7 22 (7.94%) PowerShell
8 18 (6.50%) C#
9 14 (5.05%) Groovy
10 10 (3.61%) Scala
10 10 (3.61%) Shell Script
11 6 (2.17%) Perl
12 4 (1.44%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.08%) Go
14 2 (0.72%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.72%) Ruby
15 1 (0.36%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 111 (40.07%) Security Cleared
2 88 (31.77%) SC Cleared
3 46 (16.61%) AWS Certification
4 31 (11.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 25 (9.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (6.14%) Degree
7 12 (4.33%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.89%) Azure Certification
8 8 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (2.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 5 (1.81%) CISM
10 5 (1.81%) CISSP
11 3 (1.08%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.08%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.72%) PMP
13 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.86%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.17%) NIST
2 6 (2.17%) QA
3 4 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.08%) GDPR
4 3 (1.08%) HL7
4 3 (1.08%) NCSC
4 3 (1.08%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.08%) PMO
4 3 (1.08%) SLA
5 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.72%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.72%) WCAG
6 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.36%) Solvency II
System Software
1 90 (32.49%) Docker
2 13 (4.69%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.53%) Postfix
4 6 (2.17%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (1.44%) BitLocker
6 4 (1.44%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (1.44%) Terminal Services
6 4 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.36%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 73 (26.35%) Kubernetes
2 55 (19.86%) Grafana
3 38 (13.72%) Prometheus
4 24 (8.66%) Ansible
5 9 (3.25%) Istio
5 9 (3.25%) Kibana
6 8 (2.89%) Argo
7 5 (1.81%) Puppet
8 4 (1.44%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.44%) vMotion
9 3 (1.08%) Foglight
9 3 (1.08%) Nagios
9 3 (1.08%) Packer
9 3 (1.08%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.08%) Rancher
10 2 (0.72%) Consul
10 2 (0.72%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.72%) Sysdig
10 2 (0.72%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 27 (9.75%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.22%) Oracle
3 19 (6.86%) ServiceNow
4 15 (5.42%) Dynatrace
5 11 (3.97%) Jaspersoft
6 10 (3.61%) Atlassian
6 10 (3.61%) VMware
7 9 (3.25%) Databricks
7 9 (3.25%) Informatica
8 7 (2.53%) Denodo
8 7 (2.53%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.53%) Splunk
9 5 (1.81%) Amplitude
9 5 (1.81%) Citrix
9 5 (1.81%) Google
10 4 (1.44%) Brio
10 4 (1.44%) Cisco
10 4 (1.44%) HP
10 4 (1.44%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.44%) Symantec