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 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 284 340
Rank change year-on-year -106 +56 -19
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 266 253 244
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.54% 0.87% 0.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.58% 4.59% 3.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 183 182
10th Percentile £394 £421 £400
25th Percentile £419 £470 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £689 £648 £662
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £511 £496
% change year-on-year -6.95% +2.98% -15.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £71.00 - -
25th Percentile £72.13 - -
Median hourly rate £74.50 - -
75th Percentile £91.25 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.00 - -

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 7,428 5,510 7,283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.12% 18.93% 16.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,979 3,773 5,228
10th Percentile £350 £358 £350
25th Percentile £413 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% -1.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £762 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 102 149
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.72 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.96 £23.13 £20.77
Median hourly rate £41.71 £32.96 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.55% -17.60% -33.33%
75th Percentile £69.96 £65.34 £61.50
90th Percentile £81.23 £77.38 £73.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £30.82 £36.75
% change year-on-year +28.16% -16.14% -37.28%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 31 May 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 -84 226 £500 -9.09% 84
London -65 126 £505 -12.17% 33
UK excluding London -77 107 £475 -6.95% 59
Work from Home -75 77 £500 -11.19% 35
Midlands -24 52 £469 -1.26% 7
West Midlands -35 44 £469 -3.79% 7
North of England -63 25 £406 -18.75% 20
South East -61 13 £531 -7.61% 11
Yorkshire -50 12 £400 -20.00% 5
South West -30 10 £575 +5.99% 18
North West -41 9 £445 -17.13% 12
East Midlands -18 7 £519 +66.88%
Scotland -22 4 £392 -20.75%
North East - 4 £425 - 3
Wales - 3 £500 - 2
East of England -35 2 - - 1

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 29 (10.90%) Confluence
2 7 (2.63%) SAS
3 5 (1.88%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.88%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.13%) Cloud Foundry
4 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.75%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.38%) Apache
6 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 262 (98.50%) AWS
2 166 (62.41%) Amazon S3
3 150 (56.39%) AWS Lambda
3 150 (56.39%) Serverless
4 130 (48.87%) Amazon EC2
5 96 (36.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 71 (26.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 68 (25.56%) Amazon ECS
8 67 (25.19%) Amazon EKS
9 57 (21.43%) GitHub
10 46 (17.29%) Amazon SQS
11 45 (16.92%) AWS CloudFormation
12 44 (16.54%) Azure
13 39 (14.66%) Route 53
14 36 (13.53%) GitHub Actions
15 29 (10.90%) AWS KMS
16 19 (7.14%) AWS CloudTrail
17 18 (6.77%) Amazon Kinesis
17 18 (6.77%) AWS Step Functions
17 18 (6.77%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.38%) DNS
2 6 (2.26%) Firewall
3 5 (1.88%) VPN
4 4 (1.50%) DHCP
5 3 (1.13%) Network Security
5 3 (1.13%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.75%) HTTP
6 2 (0.75%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.38%) AMQP
7 1 (0.38%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.38%) LAN
7 1 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.38%) SMTP
7 1 (0.38%) SSL
7 1 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (29.70%) DynamoDB
2 69 (25.94%) PostgreSQL
3 60 (22.56%) Amazon Aurora
4 31 (11.65%) MySQL
5 19 (7.14%) SQL Server
6 18 (6.77%) Power BI
7 17 (6.39%) Amazon Athena
8 16 (6.02%) MongoDB
9 15 (5.64%) Amazon Redshift
9 15 (5.64%) NoSQL
10 14 (5.26%) Pentaho
11 10 (3.76%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (3.76%) Redis
11 10 (3.76%) Relational Database
11 10 (3.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (3.38%) Data Lake
12 9 (3.38%) Tableau
13 8 (3.01%) Oracle Database
14 7 (2.63%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (2.26%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 85 (31.95%) Jenkins
2 66 (24.81%) Git
3 43 (16.17%) GitLab
4 35 (13.16%) JIRA
5 28 (10.53%) JUnit
6 23 (8.65%) Mockito
7 22 (8.27%) Maven
8 21 (7.89%) SonarQube
9 14 (5.26%) DbUnit
10 13 (4.89%) jMock
11 11 (4.14%) Bitbucket Server
12 7 (2.63%) Claude Code
13 6 (2.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 6 (2.26%) Cucumber
13 6 (2.26%) Postman
13 6 (2.26%) Team Foundation Server
14 5 (1.88%) git-flow
14 5 (1.88%) Snyk
15 4 (1.50%) Flyway
15 4 (1.50%) Oracle APEX
General
1 69 (25.94%) Social Skills
2 60 (22.56%) Public Sector
3 29 (10.90%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (9.40%) Finance
5 12 (4.51%) Banking
6 11 (4.14%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (3.76%) Legal
8 5 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.13%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.75%) Front Office
10 2 (0.75%) Local Government
11 1 (0.38%) Billing
11 1 (0.38%) Games
11 1 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Law
11 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.38%) Marketing
11 1 (0.38%) Military
11 1 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (20.30%) Developer
2 51 (19.17%) AWS Engineer
3 44 (16.54%) Senior
4 32 (12.03%) Architect
5 29 (10.90%) DevOps Engineer
5 29 (10.90%) Java Developer
6 28 (10.53%) AWS Architect
7 25 (9.40%) Data Engineer
8 24 (9.02%) DBA
9 20 (7.52%) Software Engineer
10 17 (6.39%) AWS DevOps
11 16 (6.02%) Lead
12 15 (5.64%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 15 (5.64%) Senior Developer
12 15 (5.64%) Technical Architect
13 12 (4.51%) AWS Developer
13 12 (4.51%) Oracle DBA
13 12 (4.51%) Python Developer
14 11 (4.14%) Analyst
15 10 (3.76%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (18.42%) Spring
1 49 (18.42%) Spring Boot
2 46 (17.29%) RESTful
3 44 (16.54%) REST
4 35 (13.16%) React
5 34 (12.78%) Node.js
6 30 (11.28%) AngularJS
7 29 (10.90%) Kafka
8 23 (8.65%) Hibernate
8 23 (8.65%) JPA
8 23 (8.65%) SOAP
9 21 (7.89%) AWS CDK
9 21 (7.89%) Spring Cloud
10 19 (7.14%) ActiveMQ
10 19 (7.14%) GraphQL
10 19 (7.14%) Web Services
11 18 (6.77%) Spring Batch
11 18 (6.77%) Spring Integration
12 13 (4.89%) .NET
12 13 (4.89%) PowerMock
Miscellaneous
1 65 (24.44%) Cloud Native
2 30 (11.28%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (9.40%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.76%) Replication
5 8 (3.01%) NHS
6 6 (2.26%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.88%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.13%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.13%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.75%) Clustering
9 2 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.75%) Derivative
10 1 (0.38%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.38%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.38%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.38%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.38%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.38%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.38%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 51 (19.17%) Linux
2 8 (3.01%) Unix
3 7 (2.63%) Windows
4 6 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.50%) Amazon Linux
5 4 (1.50%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.13%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.38%) CentOS
7 1 (0.38%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (61.65%) CI/CD
2 122 (45.86%) Agile
3 113 (42.48%) DevOps
4 89 (33.46%) Infrastructure as Code
5 80 (30.08%) Microservices
6 65 (24.44%) Containerisation
7 49 (18.42%) Scrum
8 42 (15.79%) Observability
9 41 (15.41%) Performance Tuning
10 39 (14.66%) Event-Driven
10 39 (14.66%) Software Engineering
11 36 (13.53%) Stakeholder Management
12 35 (13.16%) TDD
13 33 (12.41%) ETL
13 33 (12.41%) Migration
14 31 (11.65%) Continuous Improvement
14 31 (11.65%) Kanban
15 30 (11.28%) High Availability
16 29 (10.90%) Problem-Solving
17 28 (10.53%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 98 (36.84%) SQL
2 87 (32.71%) Python
3 86 (32.33%) Java
4 25 (9.40%) TypeScript
5 20 (7.52%) Bash
6 19 (7.14%) JavaScript
7 18 (6.77%) PowerShell
8 14 (5.26%) C#
8 14 (5.26%) Shell Script
9 8 (3.01%) Groovy
10 7 (2.63%) PL/SQL
11 6 (2.26%) Scala
12 5 (1.88%) Go
12 5 (1.88%) Perl
12 5 (1.88%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.13%) Ruby
14 1 (0.38%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 112 (42.11%) Security Cleared
2 95 (35.71%) SC Cleared
3 35 (13.16%) AWS Certification
4 17 (6.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 13 (4.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (4.51%) DV Cleared
7 11 (4.14%) Azure Certification
8 10 (3.76%) Degree
9 7 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (2.26%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (1.13%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (1.13%) OCP
11 3 (1.13%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (1.13%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.75%) PMP
13 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 1 (0.38%) CEH
13 1 (0.38%) CISSP
13 1 (0.38%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.51%) QA
2 9 (3.38%) NIST
3 8 (3.01%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.01%) GDPR
3 8 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.01%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.63%) PMO
5 4 (1.50%) SLA
6 3 (1.13%) NCSC
7 2 (0.75%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.75%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.38%) HL7
8 1 (0.38%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 102 (38.35%) Docker
2 11 (4.14%) Postfix
3 5 (1.88%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.50%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (1.13%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.38%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.38%) HDFS
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.38%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 111 (41.73%) Terraform
2 73 (27.44%) Kubernetes
3 57 (21.43%) Grafana
4 35 (13.16%) Prometheus
5 17 (6.39%) Ansible
6 8 (3.01%) Argo
6 8 (3.01%) Data Guard
7 7 (2.63%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.50%) Istio
8 4 (1.50%) Kibana
8 4 (1.50%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (1.50%) Puppet
9 3 (1.13%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (1.13%) Foglight
9 3 (1.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (1.13%) Rancher
10 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.75%) Sysdig
10 2 (0.75%) systemd
11 1 (0.38%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 35 (13.16%) Oracle
2 22 (8.27%) ServiceNow
3 17 (6.39%) Jaspersoft
4 15 (5.64%) Atlassian
5 13 (4.89%) Informatica
6 12 (4.51%) Dynatrace
7 11 (4.14%) Microsoft
8 9 (3.38%) Talend
9 8 (3.01%) Databricks
10 7 (2.63%) Denodo
11 6 (2.26%) Splunk
12 5 (1.88%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.88%) Sybase
13 4 (1.50%) AVEVA
13 4 (1.50%) Brio
13 4 (1.50%) Qualys
13 4 (1.50%) Tenable
14 2 (0.75%) Google
14 2 (0.75%) NetApp
14 2 (0.75%) VMware