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 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 290 346 358
Rank change year-on-year +56 +12 +1
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 289 210 291
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.86% 0.57% 0.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.70% 3.19% 3.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 127 215
10th Percentile £400 £421 £413
25th Percentile £450 £483 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.25% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £578 £600 £625
90th Percentile £638 £700 £679
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £550
% change year-on-year -4.04% -10.00% +8.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £68.25 - -
25th Percentile £71.19 - £47.50
Median hourly rate £82.50 - £50.00
75th Percentile £87.50 - £52.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 6,151 6,573 8,020
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 18.29% 17.73% 16.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,155 4,416 5,599
10th Percentile £340 £349 £358
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £485 £500
% change year-on-year -2.06% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 89 162
10th Percentile £20.71 £17.50 £17.13
25th Percentile £29.00 £21.25 £24.88
Median hourly rate £42.00 £30.59 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.28% -38.82% +0.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £53.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £84.13 £70.10 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £30.00 £47.90
% change year-on-year +33.33% -37.36% +17.59%

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 October 2025.

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 October 2025.

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 October 2025. 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 +32 217 £500 -7.24% 148
UK excluding London +33 123 £475 -4.04% 113
London -4 103 £516 -6.14% 65
Work from Home +32 100 £550 +2.23% 93
Midlands +12 46 £475 -5.00% 10
West Midlands +24 40 £475 - 5
North of England -28 29 £500 -1.38% 18
North West -7 17 £525 -22.22% 13
South East +19 16 £447 +11.75% 46
Scotland -9 12 £400 -11.11% 3
East of England +7 11 £550 -8.33% 9
Yorkshire -31 9 £500 -1.38% 2
South West +14 8 £523 -12.92% 21
East Midlands -4 6 £380 -24.00% 5
North East -6 3 £425 - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 32 (11.07%) Confluence
2 12 (4.15%) nginx
3 11 (3.81%) Apache
4 8 (2.77%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (2.42%) IIS
5 7 (2.42%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.69%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.35%) CICS
7 1 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
Applications
1 12 (4.15%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 5 (1.73%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (2.42%) Maximo
2 1 (0.35%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 279 (96.54%) AWS
2 186 (64.36%) Amazon S3
3 173 (59.86%) Amazon EC2
4 155 (53.63%) Serverless
5 154 (53.29%) AWS Lambda
6 126 (43.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 95 (32.87%) Amazon ECS
8 94 (32.53%) AWS CloudFormation
9 89 (30.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 84 (29.07%) GitHub
11 65 (22.49%) Amazon EKS
12 60 (20.76%) GitHub Actions
13 45 (15.57%) Route 53
14 39 (13.49%) Amazon SQS
14 39 (13.49%) AWS KMS
14 39 (13.49%) Azure
15 29 (10.03%) AWS Step Functions
16 28 (9.69%) AWS Fargate
17 26 (9.00%) Amazon ELB
18 25 (8.65%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 37 (12.80%) DNS
2 33 (11.42%) Firewall
3 26 (9.00%) HTTP
4 24 (8.30%) SMTP
5 22 (7.61%) FTP
5 22 (7.61%) SSH
6 12 (4.15%) IMAP
6 12 (4.15%) OpenLDAP
7 11 (3.81%) VPN
8 7 (2.42%) TCP/IP
9 6 (2.08%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (1.38%) Internet
11 3 (1.04%) SSL
12 2 (0.69%) Network Security
13 1 (0.35%) iSCSI
13 1 (0.35%) Kerberos
13 1 (0.35%) NAS
13 1 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
13 1 (0.35%) VLAN
13 1 (0.35%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (30.80%) PostgreSQL
2 63 (21.80%) Amazon Aurora
3 58 (20.07%) DynamoDB
4 42 (14.53%) MySQL
5 27 (9.34%) SQL Server
6 26 (9.00%) NoSQL
7 25 (8.65%) Relational Database
8 23 (7.96%) Amazon Athena
9 17 (5.88%) Amazon Redshift
10 14 (4.84%) MongoDB
11 12 (4.15%) RDBMS
12 11 (3.81%) DB2
12 11 (3.81%) Oracle Database
13 10 (3.46%) Apache Cassandra
13 10 (3.46%) Redis
14 8 (2.77%) Hadoop
15 7 (2.42%) BigQuery
15 7 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
15 7 (2.42%) MariaDB
16 6 (2.08%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 134 (46.37%) Jenkins
2 96 (33.22%) Git
3 68 (23.53%) GitLab
4 37 (12.80%) JIRA
5 26 (9.00%) Maven
6 24 (8.30%) Vagrant
7 22 (7.61%) SonarQube
8 20 (6.92%) JUnit
9 8 (2.77%) Mockito
10 7 (2.42%) Bitbucket
11 6 (2.08%) Bitbucket Server
11 6 (2.08%) DbUnit
11 6 (2.08%) jMock
12 5 (1.73%) Cypress.io
12 5 (1.73%) Gradle
12 5 (1.73%) SonarLint
12 5 (1.73%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (1.38%) Cucumber
13 4 (1.38%) Terragrunt
14 3 (1.04%) Storybook
General
1 89 (30.80%) Social Skills
2 54 (18.69%) Public Sector
3 32 (11.07%) Finance
4 17 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (3.46%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (3.11%) Banking
7 7 (2.42%) Aerospace
8 6 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.69%) Marketing
9 2 (0.69%) Publishing
10 1 (0.35%) Front Office
10 1 (0.35%) Games
10 1 (0.35%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.35%) Military
10 1 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 83 (28.72%) DevOps Engineer
2 77 (26.64%) AWS Engineer
3 61 (21.11%) Developer
4 49 (16.96%) AWS DevOps
5 45 (15.57%) Senior
6 44 (15.22%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 37 (12.80%) Platform Engineer
8 32 (11.07%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 29 (10.03%) Java Developer
10 25 (8.65%) Architect
10 25 (8.65%) AWS Platform Engineer
10 25 (8.65%) Lead
11 23 (7.96%) AWS Developer
12 17 (5.88%) Senior DevOps
13 16 (5.54%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 14 (4.84%) Data Engineer
14 14 (4.84%) DBA
15 12 (4.15%) Senior Developer
16 11 (3.81%) Software Engineer
17 10 (3.46%) AWS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (12.46%) Node.js
2 35 (12.11%) RESTful
2 35 (12.11%) Spring
3 34 (11.76%) Kafka
4 33 (11.42%) Spring Boot
5 28 (9.69%) Elastic Stack
6 22 (7.61%) REST
7 20 (6.92%) SOAP
8 19 (6.57%) React
9 17 (5.88%) AngularJS
9 17 (5.88%) Web Services
10 14 (4.84%) Hibernate
11 13 (4.50%) ActiveMQ
11 13 (4.50%) AWS CDK
11 13 (4.50%) LDAP
12 12 (4.15%) JPA
13 10 (3.46%) Spring Batch
14 9 (3.11%) Bootstrap
14 9 (3.11%) Spring Integration
15 8 (2.77%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 46 (15.92%) Replication
2 30 (10.38%) Cloud Native
3 21 (7.27%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (4.50%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (2.77%) Clustering
5 8 (2.77%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.42%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.42%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.73%) N-Tier
7 5 (1.73%) PKI
8 4 (1.38%) Distributed Architecture
8 4 (1.38%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.38%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.38%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.04%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.69%) Derivative
10 2 (0.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (0.69%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.69%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.35%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 76 (26.30%) Linux
2 36 (12.46%) Windows
3 25 (8.65%) VMS
4 24 (8.30%) Amazon Linux
5 13 (4.50%) Unix
6 11 (3.81%) Ubuntu
7 10 (3.46%) Windows Server
8 7 (2.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.38%) CentOS
9 4 (1.38%) Solaris
10 1 (0.35%) AIX
10 1 (0.35%) Android
10 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.35%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (58.82%) DevOps
2 166 (57.44%) CI/CD
3 113 (39.10%) Infrastructure as Code
4 99 (34.26%) Containerisation
5 79 (27.34%) Agile
6 71 (24.57%) Microservices
7 56 (19.38%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (16.61%) Platform Engineering
9 47 (16.26%) Migration
10 44 (15.22%) Cloud Security
10 44 (15.22%) Configuration Management
11 40 (13.84%) Observability
12 39 (13.49%) Performance Tuning
13 35 (12.11%) Mentoring
14 34 (11.76%) TDD
15 32 (11.07%) Change Management
15 32 (11.07%) Event-Driven
15 32 (11.07%) Secrets Management
16 29 (10.03%) Cost Optimisation
17 28 (9.69%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 144 (49.83%) Python
2 87 (30.10%) Java
3 73 (25.26%) SQL
4 47 (16.26%) PowerShell
5 44 (15.22%) Bash
6 29 (10.03%) JavaScript
7 28 (9.69%) Groovy
8 19 (6.57%) Shell Script
8 19 (6.57%) TypeScript
9 17 (5.88%) Perl
10 13 (4.50%) Go
11 8 (2.77%) C#
12 7 (2.42%) Ruby
13 4 (1.38%) T-SQL
14 3 (1.04%) JSX
15 2 (0.69%) C
15 2 (0.69%) PHP
15 2 (0.69%) Scala
16 1 (0.35%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.35%) RPG
Qualifications
1 96 (33.22%) Security Cleared
2 85 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 56 (19.38%) AWS Certification
4 29 (10.03%) Degree
5 25 (8.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 14 (4.84%) Azure Certification
7 13 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (3.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.77%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 4 (1.38%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (1.38%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 4 (1.38%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.38%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.69%) MCSE
11 2 (0.69%) OCP
11 2 (0.69%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.35%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.96%) QA
2 15 (5.19%) GDPR
3 8 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.77%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.42%) NCSC
5 5 (1.73%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.38%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.38%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.04%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.04%) NIST
7 3 (1.04%) SLA
7 3 (1.04%) WCAG
8 2 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.35%) GxP
9 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 134 (46.37%) Docker
2 22 (7.61%) DFS Replication
3 18 (6.23%) Postfix
4 17 (5.88%) Active Directory
5 12 (4.15%) Dovecot
5 12 (4.15%) Squid
6 4 (1.38%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.04%) NFS
8 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 158 (54.67%) Terraform
2 93 (32.18%) Kubernetes
3 78 (26.99%) Grafana
4 76 (26.30%) Prometheus
5 32 (11.07%) Ansible
6 15 (5.19%) Progress Chef
7 14 (4.84%) Puppet
8 12 (4.15%) Nessus
9 10 (3.46%) Proxmox
10 5 (1.73%) Packer
11 4 (1.38%) Argo
11 4 (1.38%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (1.04%) Kibana
13 2 (0.69%) Kustomize
13 2 (0.69%) Rancher
14 1 (0.35%) Consul
14 1 (0.35%) Data Guard
14 1 (0.35%) Kubeflow
14 1 (0.35%) PowerCLI
14 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 30 (10.38%) ServiceNow
2 26 (9.00%) Oracle
3 21 (7.27%) IBM
3 21 (7.27%) Microsoft
4 18 (6.23%) Jaspersoft
5 10 (3.46%) Splunk
6 9 (3.11%) Atlassian
7 7 (2.42%) Dynatrace
8 6 (2.08%) CA Agile Central
8 6 (2.08%) Confluent
9 5 (1.73%) Gigya
10 4 (1.38%) CloudEndure
10 4 (1.38%) Okta
10 4 (1.38%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.38%) Sybase
11 3 (1.04%) Databricks
11 3 (1.04%) Google
12 2 (0.69%) New Relic
12 2 (0.69%) Pega
12 2 (0.69%) SAP