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 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 406 294 354
Rank change year-on-year -112 +60 -6
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 294 284 212
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.54% 0.88% 0.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.58% 4.84% 3.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 203 139
10th Percentile £403 £410 £409
25th Percentile £447 £463 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £672 £600 £600
90th Percentile £788 £640 £678
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £500 £494
% change year-on-year -8.00% +1.21% -10.18%
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 8,222 5,867 6,839
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.11% 18.08% 17.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,490 3,918 4,724
10th Percentile £358 £338 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £533
Median % change year-on-year - -6.19% -1.75%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £701 £738 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £482
% change year-on-year - -1.45% -3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 92 86
10th Percentile £16.49 £22.85 £17.50
25th Percentile £24.13 £30.55 £20.88
Median hourly rate £39.84 £40.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.01% +14.99% -36.36%
75th Percentile £60.38 £65.00 £61.19
90th Percentile £76.00 £80.00 £73.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.00 £36.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% -44.95%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -110 236 £533 +1.43% 274
London -59 149 £550 -8.33% 164
Work from Home -67 103 £533 -3.18% 145
UK excluding London -137 89 £460 -8.00% 153
North of England -59 30 £500 -2.44% 38
Midlands -63 26 £459 -3.37% 20
West Midlands -68 23 £459 -3.37% 11
Yorkshire -21 17 £500 - 9
South West -46 11 £538 -0.92% 24
South East -75 10 £460 -20.00% 21
Scotland -20 9 £425 -14.59% 21
North East -33 7 £425 -2.86% 8
North West -50 6 £600 +9.09% 21
East of England -35 4 £348 -36.82% 16
East Midlands -14 2 £449 +18.16% 9
Wales - 1 £550 - 4

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 23 (7.82%) Confluence
2 17 (5.78%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (3.06%) Apache Spark
4 8 (2.72%) Apache
5 7 (2.38%) SAS
5 7 (2.38%) SharePoint
6 5 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (1.70%) WebLogic
6 5 (1.70%) WebLogic Portal
7 3 (1.02%) Cloud Foundry
7 3 (1.02%) Jupyter
7 3 (1.02%) nginx
8 2 (0.68%) Camunda
9 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.34%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.70%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (1.70%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (1.02%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.34%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.34%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 283 (96.26%) AWS
2 183 (62.24%) Amazon S3
3 164 (55.78%) AWS Lambda
4 163 (55.44%) Serverless
5 116 (39.46%) Amazon EC2
6 112 (38.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 75 (25.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 74 (25.17%) Amazon ECS
9 71 (24.15%) Amazon EKS
10 56 (19.05%) Azure
11 54 (18.37%) AWS CloudFormation
11 54 (18.37%) GitHub
12 43 (14.63%) Amazon SQS
13 37 (12.59%) GitHub Actions
14 32 (10.88%) AWS KMS
15 29 (9.86%) Route 53
16 26 (8.84%) AWS Step Functions
17 25 (8.50%) Amazon EventBridge
18 21 (7.14%) GCP
19 17 (5.78%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.78%) Firewall
2 12 (4.08%) DNS
3 7 (2.38%) DHCP
3 7 (2.38%) VPN
4 5 (1.70%) Network Security
4 5 (1.70%) SMTP
5 4 (1.36%) HTTP
5 4 (1.36%) NetScaler
5 4 (1.36%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.68%) FTP
6 2 (0.68%) IMAP
6 2 (0.68%) OpenLDAP
6 2 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.68%) SSH
6 2 (0.68%) SSL
7 1 (0.34%) AMQP
7 1 (0.34%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.34%) IPsec
7 1 (0.34%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (30.27%) PostgreSQL
2 74 (25.17%) Amazon Aurora
3 65 (22.11%) DynamoDB
4 38 (12.93%) MySQL
5 26 (8.84%) SQL Server
6 25 (8.50%) Amazon Athena
6 25 (8.50%) MongoDB
7 22 (7.48%) Data Warehouse
8 21 (7.14%) Amazon Redshift
9 17 (5.78%) Redis
10 16 (5.44%) Data Lake
11 13 (4.42%) Big Data
12 12 (4.08%) Power BI
12 12 (4.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (3.74%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (3.40%) NoSQL
15 9 (3.06%) Relational Database
16 8 (2.72%) Apache Iceberg
16 8 (2.72%) Pentaho
17 6 (2.04%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 83 (28.23%) Jenkins
2 61 (20.75%) Git
3 47 (15.99%) GitLab
4 35 (11.90%) JIRA
5 17 (5.78%) JUnit
6 16 (5.44%) Maven
7 15 (5.10%) Mockito
8 14 (4.76%) Bitbucket
9 12 (4.08%) SonarQube
10 10 (3.40%) Claude Code
11 8 (2.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (2.38%) DbUnit
13 6 (2.04%) Bitbucket Server
13 6 (2.04%) Cucumber
13 6 (2.04%) jMock
13 6 (2.04%) Team Foundation Server
14 5 (1.70%) Flyway
14 5 (1.70%) Gradle
14 5 (1.70%) Postman
15 4 (1.36%) Cypress.io
General
1 85 (28.91%) Social Skills
2 65 (22.11%) Public Sector
3 34 (11.56%) Finance
4 26 (8.84%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (7.14%) Banking
6 10 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.06%) Front Office
8 8 (2.72%) Back Office
9 7 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.04%) Legal
11 4 (1.36%) Billing
12 3 (1.02%) Law
12 3 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.68%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.68%) Local Government
13 2 (0.68%) Marketing
13 2 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.34%) Retail
14 1 (0.34%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 73 (24.83%) AWS Engineer
2 57 (19.39%) Senior
3 48 (16.33%) Architect
4 44 (14.97%) DevOps Engineer
5 41 (13.95%) Developer
6 40 (13.61%) Data Engineer
7 32 (10.88%) DBA
8 28 (9.52%) AWS Architect
9 27 (9.18%) AWS DevOps
10 25 (8.50%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 25 (8.50%) Lead
11 20 (6.80%) Cloud Engineer
11 20 (6.80%) Java Developer
12 17 (5.78%) AWS Data Engineer
12 17 (5.78%) Technical Architect
13 15 (5.10%) Administrator
13 15 (5.10%) Technical Leader
14 14 (4.76%) Senior Data Engineer
14 14 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
15 13 (4.42%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (48.64%) Terraform
2 40 (13.61%) React
3 39 (13.27%) REST
4 33 (11.22%) Node.js
5 32 (10.88%) RESTful
5 32 (10.88%) Spring
5 32 (10.88%) Spring Boot
6 25 (8.50%) AngularJS
7 22 (7.48%) .NET
7 22 (7.48%) AWS CDK
8 18 (6.12%) FastAPI
8 18 (6.12%) Kafka
9 14 (4.76%) ActiveMQ
10 13 (4.42%) SOAP
11 12 (4.08%) GraphQL
11 12 (4.08%) Hibernate
11 12 (4.08%) JPA
12 11 (3.74%) .NET Core
13 10 (3.40%) JSON
14 9 (3.06%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 74 (25.17%) Cloud Native
2 28 (9.52%) Replication
3 27 (9.18%) Product Ownership
4 24 (8.16%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.74%) AI Agents
6 10 (3.40%) NHS
7 9 (3.06%) Clustering
8 8 (2.72%) Virtual Team
9 7 (2.38%) Security Posture
10 6 (2.04%) Cloud Security Posture
10 6 (2.04%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.70%) PKI
11 5 (1.70%) PropTech
11 5 (1.70%) Reinsurance
12 4 (1.36%) Autonomous Agent
12 4 (1.36%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (1.36%) Onboarding
13 3 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 55 (18.71%) Linux
2 23 (7.82%) Windows
3 13 (4.42%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.74%) Unix
5 10 (3.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (3.06%) Amazon Linux
7 4 (1.36%) AIX
7 4 (1.36%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.02%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.34%) CentOS
9 1 (0.34%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.34%) VMS
9 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (64.29%) CI/CD
2 143 (48.64%) DevOps
3 137 (46.60%) Infrastructure as Code
4 118 (40.14%) Agile
5 70 (23.81%) Microservices
6 62 (21.09%) Containerisation
7 58 (19.73%) Data Modelling
7 58 (19.73%) Observability
8 53 (18.03%) Performance Tuning
9 50 (17.01%) Event-Driven
10 49 (16.67%) Software Engineering
11 48 (16.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 48 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
12 47 (15.99%) Migration
13 45 (15.31%) High Availability
14 41 (13.95%) Data Pipeline
15 39 (13.27%) Data Integration
15 39 (13.27%) Technical Leadership
16 36 (12.24%) Scrum
17 34 (11.56%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 131 (44.56%) Python
2 89 (30.27%) SQL
3 70 (23.81%) Java
4 41 (13.95%) TypeScript
5 31 (10.54%) Bash
6 26 (8.84%) JavaScript
7 23 (7.82%) PowerShell
8 18 (6.12%) Groovy
9 16 (5.44%) C#
10 12 (4.08%) Scala
11 8 (2.72%) Shell Script
12 7 (2.38%) Perl
12 7 (2.38%) PL/SQL
13 3 (1.02%) Go
13 3 (1.02%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.68%) Bicep
14 2 (0.68%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.68%) Ruby
15 1 (0.34%) R
Qualifications
1 113 (38.44%) Security Cleared
2 95 (32.31%) SC Cleared
3 52 (17.69%) AWS Certification
4 33 (11.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 26 (8.84%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (5.78%) Degree
7 11 (3.74%) Azure Certification
7 11 (3.74%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.38%) CISM
9 7 (2.38%) CISSP
10 6 (2.04%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.68%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.68%) PMP
13 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.50%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.38%) NIST
2 7 (2.38%) QA
3 3 (1.02%) GDPR
3 3 (1.02%) HL7
3 3 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.02%) NCSC
3 3 (1.02%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.02%) SLA
4 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.68%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (0.68%) PMO
4 2 (0.68%) WCAG
5 1 (0.34%) Solvency II
System Software
1 96 (32.65%) Docker
2 14 (4.76%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.38%) Postfix
4 6 (2.04%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.70%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (1.02%) BitLocker
7 3 (1.02%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (1.02%) Terminal Services
7 3 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.68%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.68%) Dovecot
8 2 (0.68%) Squid
8 2 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.34%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 75 (25.51%) Kubernetes
2 59 (20.07%) Grafana
3 43 (14.63%) Prometheus
4 29 (9.86%) Ansible
5 9 (3.06%) Kibana
6 8 (2.72%) Istio
7 7 (2.38%) Argo
8 5 (1.70%) Oracle RMAN
8 5 (1.70%) Puppet
9 4 (1.36%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 4 (1.36%) Packer
9 4 (1.36%) Rancher
10 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (1.02%) Nagios
10 3 (1.02%) Progress Chef
10 3 (1.02%) vCenter Server
10 3 (1.02%) vMotion
11 2 (0.68%) Consul
11 2 (0.68%) Nessus
11 2 (0.68%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 31 (10.54%) Oracle
2 29 (9.86%) Microsoft
3 21 (7.14%) ServiceNow
4 16 (5.44%) Dynatrace
5 12 (4.08%) Informatica
6 10 (3.40%) Jaspersoft
7 9 (3.06%) Databricks
7 9 (3.06%) VMware
8 8 (2.72%) Atlassian
8 8 (2.72%) Google
9 7 (2.38%) Denodo
9 7 (2.38%) Salesforce
9 7 (2.38%) Splunk
9 7 (2.38%) Talend
10 6 (2.04%) OpenAI
11 5 (1.70%) Amplitude
12 4 (1.36%) Brio
12 4 (1.36%) Cisco
12 4 (1.36%) Citrix
13 3 (1.02%) Symantec