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 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 265 359
Rank change year-on-year -93 +94 -50
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 279 281 236
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.97% 0.53%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.90% 5.10% 3.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 205 176
10th Percentile £367 £428 £400
25th Percentile £413 £477 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.64% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £600
90th Percentile £650 £788 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £73.25 - -
25th Percentile £74.00 - -
Median hourly rate £82.50 - -
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
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 7,155 5,513 7,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.95% 18.96% 16.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,928 3,825 5,148
10th Percentile £350 £351 £350
25th Percentile £413 £419 £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 £488 £488
% change year-on-year -2.56% - -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 100 156
10th Percentile £18.23 £20.72 £14.00
25th Percentile £30.90 £24.25 £20.81
Median hourly rate £51.00 £32.23 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.26% -19.44% -33.33%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £53.84
90th Percentile £84.00 £76.38 £72.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £28.78 £38.50
% change year-on-year +73.73% -25.25% -30.00%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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 3 April 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 -83 231 £513 -10.87% 80
London -89 125 £509 -15.21% 38
UK excluding London -58 117 £500 -4.76% 53
Work from Home -81 77 £531 -8.14% 44
Midlands -30 51 £500 -1.86% 2
West Midlands -38 42 £500 -5.48% 2
North of England -49 25 £480 -7.43% 16
Scotland -2 12 £358 -27.68% 2
Yorkshire -51 12 £500 -13.04% 4
South West -24 11 £561 -3.98% 8
South East -53 11 £530 -7.83% 18
East Midlands -22 9 £444 +42.77%
North West -42 9 £390 -14.47% 11
East of England -35 5 £538 +7.50% 5
North East - 4 £500 - 1
Wales -8 2 £488 - 2

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 19 (6.81%) Confluence
2 3 (1.08%) Apache
2 3 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.36%) SAS
3 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 278 (99.64%) AWS
2 186 (66.67%) Amazon S3
3 165 (59.14%) Amazon EC2
4 163 (58.42%) Serverless
5 160 (57.35%) AWS Lambda
6 104 (37.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 93 (33.33%) Amazon ECS
8 87 (31.18%) Amazon EKS
9 82 (29.39%) AWS CloudFormation
10 79 (28.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 70 (25.09%) GitHub
12 52 (18.64%) GitHub Actions
13 41 (14.70%) Route 53
14 37 (13.26%) Azure
15 28 (10.04%) Amazon SQS
16 21 (7.53%) Amazon MSK
17 20 (7.17%) AWS CodePipeline
17 20 (7.17%) AWS Fargate
18 19 (6.81%) AWS KMS
19 18 (6.45%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.45%) Firewall
2 11 (3.94%) DNS
3 9 (3.23%) VPN
4 6 (2.15%) Network Security
5 3 (1.08%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.72%) HTTP
6 2 (0.72%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.36%) AMQP
7 1 (0.36%) DHCP
7 1 (0.36%) Internet
7 1 (0.36%) LAN
7 1 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.36%) SMTP
7 1 (0.36%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (25.45%) PostgreSQL
2 61 (21.86%) DynamoDB
3 38 (13.62%) Amazon Aurora
4 28 (10.04%) MySQL
5 23 (8.24%) Relational Database
6 22 (7.89%) SQL Server
7 16 (5.73%) MongoDB
7 16 (5.73%) NoSQL
8 14 (5.02%) Amazon Redshift
9 11 (3.94%) Amazon Athena
9 11 (3.94%) Power BI
9 11 (3.94%) Redis
10 8 (2.87%) Oracle Reports
10 8 (2.87%) Tableau
11 7 (2.51%) DB2
11 7 (2.51%) Oracle Database
11 7 (2.51%) Pentaho
12 6 (2.15%) Data Lake
12 6 (2.15%) Hadoop
13 5 (1.79%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 112 (40.14%) Jenkins
2 78 (27.96%) Git
3 60 (21.51%) GitLab
4 32 (11.47%) JIRA
5 23 (8.24%) JUnit
6 17 (6.09%) Maven
7 15 (5.38%) Mockito
8 13 (4.66%) SonarQube
9 10 (3.58%) Bitbucket
9 10 (3.58%) Sonatype Nexus
10 9 (3.23%) DbUnit
10 9 (3.23%) jMock
11 8 (2.87%) Cypress.io
12 7 (2.51%) Bitbucket Server
13 5 (1.79%) Cucumber
13 5 (1.79%) git-flow
13 5 (1.79%) Snyk
14 4 (1.43%) Oracle APEX
14 4 (1.43%) Postman
15 3 (1.08%) Flyway
General
1 60 (21.51%) Social Skills
2 52 (18.64%) Public Sector
3 41 (14.70%) Finance
4 28 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (6.45%) Banking
6 11 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (2.87%) Legal
8 5 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.08%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.72%) Front Office
10 2 (0.72%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.36%) Billing
11 1 (0.36%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.36%) Games
11 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.36%) Military
11 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (16.85%) AWS Engineer
2 46 (16.49%) Developer
3 43 (15.41%) Senior
4 41 (14.70%) DevOps Engineer
5 25 (8.96%) Java Developer
6 22 (7.89%) DBA
6 22 (7.89%) Site Engineer
7 21 (7.53%) AWS DevOps
7 21 (7.53%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 21 (7.53%) Software Engineer
8 20 (7.17%) Architect
9 18 (6.45%) Data Engineer
10 17 (6.09%) Platform Engineer
11 16 (5.73%) Lead
12 15 (5.38%) AWS Architect
12 15 (5.38%) AWS Developer
13 14 (5.02%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 14 (5.02%) AWS Platform Engineer
13 14 (5.02%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 14 (5.02%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (15.41%) Spring
1 43 (15.41%) Spring Boot
2 42 (15.05%) Node.js
3 41 (14.70%) RESTful
4 38 (13.62%) Kafka
5 30 (10.75%) React
6 28 (10.04%) REST
7 17 (6.09%) AngularJS
7 17 (6.09%) Elastic Stack
8 16 (5.73%) Hibernate
8 16 (5.73%) JPA
8 16 (5.73%) SOAP
8 16 (5.73%) Spring Cloud
9 13 (4.66%) AWS CDK
10 12 (4.30%) ActiveMQ
10 12 (4.30%) Django
10 12 (4.30%) Spring Batch
10 12 (4.30%) Web Services
11 11 (3.94%) GraphQL
11 11 (3.94%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 51 (18.28%) Cloud Native
2 25 (8.96%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (3.94%) Replication
4 9 (3.23%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.15%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (1.79%) NHS
7 4 (1.43%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.08%) Clustering
8 3 (1.08%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.08%) Distributed Architecture
8 3 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.72%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.72%) Derivative
9 2 (0.72%) Fixed Income
9 2 (0.72%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.72%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 73 (26.16%) Linux
2 6 (2.15%) Unix
2 6 (2.15%) Windows
3 4 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.08%) Amazon Linux
4 3 (1.08%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.36%) CentOS
5 1 (0.36%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (61.29%) CI/CD
2 120 (43.01%) DevOps
3 109 (39.07%) Agile
4 107 (38.35%) Infrastructure as Code
5 89 (31.90%) Containerisation
6 64 (22.94%) Microservices
7 46 (16.49%) Observability
8 40 (14.34%) Problem-Solving
9 37 (13.26%) Software Engineering
10 34 (12.19%) TDD
11 33 (11.83%) ETL
12 32 (11.47%) Configuration Management
12 32 (11.47%) Cost Optimisation
12 32 (11.47%) Migration
12 32 (11.47%) Performance Tuning
13 31 (11.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 29 (10.39%) Continuous Improvement
14 29 (10.39%) Scrum
15 28 (10.04%) High Availability
16 27 (9.68%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 119 (42.65%) Python
2 105 (37.63%) SQL
3 82 (29.39%) Java
4 42 (15.05%) Bash
5 23 (8.24%) Shell Script
6 22 (7.89%) JavaScript
6 22 (7.89%) PowerShell
7 17 (6.09%) TypeScript
8 16 (5.73%) Go
9 12 (4.30%) Ruby
10 9 (3.23%) Perl
11 8 (2.87%) PL/SQL
12 7 (2.51%) C#
13 6 (2.15%) Groovy
14 5 (1.79%) JSX
15 2 (0.72%) Scala
15 2 (0.72%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.36%) Bicep
16 1 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 111 (39.78%) Security Cleared
2 89 (31.90%) SC Cleared
3 42 (15.05%) AWS Certification
4 18 (6.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 16 (5.73%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.30%) Degree
7 11 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (3.23%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 6 (2.15%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.08%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (1.08%) OCP
10 3 (1.08%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.72%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 2 (0.72%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.36%) CEH
12 1 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.36%) MySQL Certification
12 1 (0.36%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.09%) QA
2 11 (3.94%) NIST
3 10 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.23%) Data Quality
4 9 (3.23%) GDPR
4 9 (3.23%) PCI DSS
5 7 (2.51%) PMO
6 5 (1.79%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.72%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.72%) GxP
7 2 (0.72%) NCSC
7 2 (0.72%) SLA
8 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 129 (46.24%) Docker
2 8 (2.87%) Postfix
3 6 (2.15%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (1.43%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.72%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.72%) HDFS
7 1 (0.36%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.36%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 134 (48.03%) Terraform
2 91 (32.62%) Kubernetes
3 63 (22.58%) Grafana
4 47 (16.85%) Prometheus
5 35 (12.54%) Ansible
6 18 (6.45%) Progress Chef
7 12 (4.30%) Puppet
8 8 (2.87%) Data Guard
9 6 (2.15%) Argo
10 5 (1.79%) Rancher
11 4 (1.43%) Oracle RMAN
11 4 (1.43%) Packer
12 3 (1.08%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (1.08%) Foglight
12 3 (1.08%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (1.08%) Kibana
12 3 (1.08%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 2 (0.72%) Istio
13 2 (0.72%) Sysdig
13 2 (0.72%) systemd
Vendors
1 36 (12.90%) Oracle
2 18 (6.45%) ServiceNow
3 16 (5.73%) Microsoft
4 11 (3.94%) Jaspersoft
5 10 (3.58%) Atlassian
6 9 (3.23%) Databricks
6 9 (3.23%) PagerDuty
6 9 (3.23%) Talend
7 8 (2.87%) Dynatrace
7 8 (2.87%) Sybase
8 7 (2.51%) Informatica
9 6 (2.15%) Splunk
10 5 (1.79%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.43%) AVEVA
11 4 (1.43%) CloudEndure
11 4 (1.43%) Qualys
11 4 (1.43%) Tenable
12 3 (1.08%) Cloudera
12 3 (1.08%) Google
13 2 (0.72%) CA Agile Central