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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 18 Aug 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
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| Rank | 409 | 279 | 349 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -130 | +70 | +8 |
| Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS | 278 | 299 | 217 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.52% | 0.91% | 0.56% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 3.40% | 5.02% | 3.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 203 | 218 | 145 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £423 | £409 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £536 | £535 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.10% | +0.23% | -5.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £600 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £780 | £650 | £683 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £445 | £500 | £507 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.00% | -1.38% | -10.66% |
| 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 | 8,177 | 5,951 | 7,009 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 15.27% | 18.10% | 18.09% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5,463 | 4,003 | 4,956 |
| 10th Percentile | £358 | £341 | £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 | £601 | £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 | 259 | 93 | 100 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.90 | £21.02 | £14.93 |
| 25th Percentile | £23.11 | £27.11 | £19.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £39.50 | £35.00 | £34.47 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.86% | +1.55% | -37.34% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.75 | £63.75 | £55.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.00 | £78.74 | £71.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.25 | £31.85 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +20.11% | +6.15% | -39.74% |
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
Daily Rate Trend
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 18 August 2026.
Amazon RDS
Hourly Rate Trend
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 18 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 |
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| England | -139 | 229 | £505 | -3.81% | 59 |
| London | -75 | 136 | £550 | -4.35% | 22 |
| UK excluding London | -115 | 97 | £445 | -11.00% | 53 |
| Work from Home | -70 | 91 | £526 | -6.90% | 42 |
| Midlands | -55 | 36 | £459 | -3.37% | 7 |
| North of England | -65 | 31 | £456 | -13.10% | 18 |
| West Midlands | -51 | 30 | £459 | -3.37% | 6 |
| Yorkshire | -31 | 18 | £500 | - | 5 |
| Scotland | -18 | 9 | £425 | -13.98% | 1 |
| South West | -42 | 9 | £538 | -7.92% | 9 |
| South East | -84 | 9 | £459 | -20.17% | 14 |
| North West | -51 | 7 | £525 | -6.67% | 8 |
| North East | -34 | 6 | £425 | -5.56% | 5 |
| East Midlands | -17 | 5 | £449 | +18.16% | 1 |
| East of England | -29 | 4 | £348 | -36.82% | 3 |
| Wales | - | 1 | £550 | - | 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:
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