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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 279 354
Rank change year-on-year -113 +75 -3
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 281 301 217
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.91% 0.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.44% 5.03% 3.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 220 145
10th Percentile £400 £424 £409
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £535
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +0.89% -5.73%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £600
90th Percentile £779 £650 £683
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £507
% change year-on-year -10.00% -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 8,180 5,988 7,006
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.29% 18.09% 18.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,457 4,031 4,956
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 £600 £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 257 93 100
10th Percentile £15.86 £21.02 £14.93
25th Percentile £23.00 £27.11 £19.90
Median hourly rate £38.50 £35.00 £34.47
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +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% -39.48%

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 17 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 17 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 -113 231 £505 -4.72% 116
London -76 137 £550 -4.35% 63
UK excluding London -112 99 £450 -10.00% 71
Work from Home -84 92 £525 -5.41% 60
Midlands -47 38 £464 -2.32% 9
West Midlands -56 31 £459 -3.37% 6
North of England -57 31 £456 -16.05% 22
Yorkshire -21 18 £500 - 6
Scotland -17 9 £425 -13.98% 4
South West -43 9 £538 -7.92% 16
South East -71 9 £459 -20.17% 13
North West -45 7 £525 -4.63% 10
East Midlands -14 6 £498 +31.05% 3
North East -37 6 £425 -5.56% 6
East of England -26 4 £348 -36.82% 7
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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (6.76%) Confluence
2 8 (2.85%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.85%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.49%) SAS
3 7 (2.49%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.78%) Apache
6 3 (1.07%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.42%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 270 (96.09%) AWS
2 176 (62.63%) Amazon S3
3 157 (55.87%) AWS Lambda
4 156 (55.52%) Serverless
5 113 (40.21%) Amazon EC2
6 106 (37.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 74 (26.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 67 (23.84%) Amazon ECS
9 65 (23.13%) Amazon EKS
10 53 (18.86%) GitHub
11 52 (18.51%) Azure
12 51 (18.15%) AWS CloudFormation
13 45 (16.01%) Amazon SQS
14 36 (12.81%) GitHub Actions
15 33 (11.74%) AWS KMS
16 28 (9.96%) Route 53
17 25 (8.90%) AWS Step Functions
18 22 (7.83%) Amazon EventBridge
19 18 (6.41%) AWS CloudTrail
20 17 (6.05%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.98%) Firewall
2 9 (3.20%) DNS
3 7 (2.49%) DHCP
3 7 (2.49%) VPN
4 6 (2.14%) Network Security
5 4 (1.42%) NetScaler
5 4 (1.42%) SMTP
5 4 (1.42%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.71%) HTTP
6 2 (0.71%) OpenVPN
6 2 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.71%) SSL
7 1 (0.36%) AMQP
7 1 (0.36%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (27.76%) PostgreSQL
2 70 (24.91%) Amazon Aurora
3 65 (23.13%) DynamoDB
4 36 (12.81%) MySQL
5 25 (8.90%) Amazon Athena
6 22 (7.83%) SQL Server
7 19 (6.76%) MongoDB
8 18 (6.41%) Amazon Redshift
9 16 (5.69%) Data Lake
9 16 (5.69%) Data Warehouse
10 15 (5.34%) Redis
11 14 (4.98%) Power BI
12 13 (4.63%) Big Data
13 11 (3.91%) Pentaho
14 10 (3.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 8 (2.85%) Apache Iceberg
15 8 (2.85%) NoSQL
16 7 (2.49%) Relational Database
17 6 (2.14%) BusinessObjects
18 5 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 89 (31.67%) Jenkins
2 57 (20.28%) Git
3 43 (15.30%) GitLab
4 28 (9.96%) JIRA
5 22 (7.83%) JUnit
6 20 (7.12%) Mockito
7 18 (6.41%) Maven
8 17 (6.05%) SonarQube
9 11 (3.91%) Bitbucket
9 11 (3.91%) DbUnit
10 10 (3.56%) Bitbucket Server
10 10 (3.56%) Claude Code
10 10 (3.56%) jMock
11 7 (2.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (2.14%) Postman
12 6 (2.14%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (1.42%) Cucumber
13 4 (1.42%) Cypress.io
13 4 (1.42%) Flyway
14 3 (1.07%) Gradle
General
1 77 (27.40%) Social Skills
2 68 (24.20%) Public Sector
3 33 (11.74%) Finance
4 27 (9.61%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.83%) Banking
6 7 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (2.49%) Legal
7 6 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.14%) Front Office
8 5 (1.78%) Back Office
9 3 (1.07%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.71%) Law
10 2 (0.71%) Local Government
10 2 (0.71%) 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 (22.78%) AWS Engineer
2 51 (18.15%) Senior
3 43 (15.30%) Architect
3 43 (15.30%) Developer
4 37 (13.17%) Data Engineer
5 36 (12.81%) DevOps Engineer
6 30 (10.68%) DBA
7 28 (9.96%) AWS Architect
8 25 (8.90%) Java Developer
9 23 (8.19%) AWS DevOps
10 20 (7.12%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 20 (7.12%) Lead
11 19 (6.76%) Cloud Engineer
12 17 (6.05%) Technical Architect
13 15 (5.34%) Administrator
14 13 (4.63%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 13 (4.63%) AWS Data Engineer
14 13 (4.63%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (4.27%) Senior Developer
16 11 (3.91%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (14.95%) REST
2 40 (14.23%) RESTful
3 38 (13.52%) Node.js
3 38 (13.52%) React
4 37 (13.17%) Spring
4 37 (13.17%) Spring Boot
5 29 (10.32%) AngularJS
6 25 (8.90%) AWS CDK
7 22 (7.83%) Kafka
8 19 (6.76%) .NET
8 19 (6.76%) SOAP
9 17 (6.05%) ActiveMQ
10 14 (4.98%) FastAPI
10 14 (4.98%) GraphQL
10 14 (4.98%) Hibernate
10 14 (4.98%) JPA
10 14 (4.98%) Spring Batch
10 14 (4.98%) Spring Integration
10 14 (4.98%) Web Services
11 12 (4.27%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 65 (23.13%) Cloud Native
2 29 (10.32%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (9.25%) Product Ownership
4 21 (7.47%) Replication
5 9 (3.20%) AI Agents
5 9 (3.20%) NHS
6 8 (2.85%) Virtual Team
7 7 (2.49%) Fixed Income
7 7 (2.49%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.14%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (2.14%) Clustering
9 5 (1.78%) PKI
10 4 (1.42%) Autonomous Agent
10 4 (1.42%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.07%) Derivative
11 3 (1.07%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (1.07%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.07%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 52 (18.51%) Linux
2 21 (7.47%) Windows
3 14 (4.98%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.49%) Unix
6 6 (2.14%) Amazon Linux
7 4 (1.42%) AIX
8 3 (1.07%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.36%) CentOS
9 1 (0.36%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (61.57%) CI/CD
2 124 (44.13%) DevOps
3 115 (40.93%) Agile
4 113 (40.21%) Infrastructure as Code
5 77 (27.40%) Microservices
6 54 (19.22%) Containerisation
7 48 (17.08%) Data Modelling
7 48 (17.08%) Observability
8 47 (16.73%) Performance Tuning
9 44 (15.66%) High Availability
10 41 (14.59%) Event-Driven
10 41 (14.59%) Migration
11 40 (14.23%) Software Engineering
12 39 (13.88%) Data Pipeline
12 39 (13.88%) Stakeholder Management
13 37 (13.17%) Scrum
14 36 (12.81%) Continuous Improvement
15 35 (12.46%) ETL
16 31 (11.03%) AI
16 31 (11.03%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 118 (41.99%) Python
2 84 (29.89%) SQL
3 76 (27.05%) Java
4 37 (13.17%) TypeScript
5 30 (10.68%) Bash
6 22 (7.83%) JavaScript
6 22 (7.83%) PowerShell
7 17 (6.05%) C#
8 14 (4.98%) Groovy
9 10 (3.56%) Shell Script
10 9 (3.20%) Scala
11 6 (2.14%) Perl
12 4 (1.42%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.07%) Go
14 2 (0.71%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.71%) Ruby
15 1 (0.36%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 112 (39.86%) Security Cleared
2 91 (32.38%) SC Cleared
3 47 (16.73%) AWS Certification
4 31 (11.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 23 (8.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (6.05%) Degree
7 10 (3.56%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.85%) Azure Certification
8 8 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (2.14%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 4 (1.42%) CISM
10 4 (1.42%) CISSP
11 3 (1.07%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.07%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.71%) PMP
13 1 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.41%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.14%) NIST
2 6 (2.14%) QA
3 4 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.07%) GDPR
4 3 (1.07%) HL7
4 3 (1.07%) NCSC
4 3 (1.07%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.07%) PMO
4 3 (1.07%) SLA
5 2 (0.71%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.71%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.71%) WCAG
6 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.36%) Solvency II
System Software
1 89 (31.67%) Docker
2 13 (4.63%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.85%) Postfix
4 6 (2.14%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (1.42%) BitLocker
6 4 (1.42%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (1.42%) Terminal Services
6 4 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.36%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 128 (45.55%) Terraform
2 71 (25.27%) Kubernetes
3 57 (20.28%) Grafana
4 38 (13.52%) Prometheus
5 23 (8.19%) Ansible
6 9 (3.20%) Kibana
7 8 (2.85%) Argo
8 7 (2.49%) Istio
9 5 (1.78%) Puppet
10 4 (1.42%) vCenter Server
10 4 (1.42%) vMotion
11 3 (1.07%) Foglight
11 3 (1.07%) Nagios
11 3 (1.07%) Progress Chef
11 3 (1.07%) Rancher
12 2 (0.71%) Consul
12 2 (0.71%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.71%) Sysdig
12 2 (0.71%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 24 (8.54%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.83%) Oracle
3 20 (7.12%) ServiceNow
4 15 (5.34%) Dynatrace
5 13 (4.63%) Jaspersoft
6 12 (4.27%) Atlassian
7 11 (3.91%) Informatica
8 10 (3.56%) VMware
9 9 (3.20%) Databricks
10 7 (2.49%) Denodo
10 7 (2.49%) Salesforce
10 7 (2.49%) Splunk
11 6 (2.14%) Talend
12 5 (1.78%) Amplitude
12 5 (1.78%) Citrix
12 5 (1.78%) Google
13 4 (1.42%) Cisco
13 4 (1.42%) HP
13 4 (1.42%) OpenAI
13 4 (1.42%) Symantec