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 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 387 291 364
Rank change year-on-year -96 +73 -21
Contract jobs citing Amazon RDS 291 280 244
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.88% 0.57%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.65% 4.79% 3.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 209 176
10th Percentile £390 £424 £391
25th Percentile £425 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £506
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +8.70% -15.67%
75th Percentile £609 £600 £575
90th Percentile £758 £650 £669
UK excluding London median daily rate £477 £520 £480
% change year-on-year -8.27% +8.33% -18.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile £71.00 - -
25th Percentile £72.13 - -
Median hourly rate £74.50 £80.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% - -
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 7,972 5,847 7,587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.28% 18.30% 17.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,261 3,958 5,409
10th Percentile £350 £355 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -2.33%
75th Percentile £600 £629 £650
90th Percentile £700 £750 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 103 151
10th Percentile £15.57 £19.82 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.11 £25.38 £20.24
Median hourly rate £38.50 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -6.67% -35.39%
75th Percentile £63.88 £63.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £77.00 £76.50 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year +18.52% +5.47% -45.45%

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 8 July 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 8 July 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 8 July 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 -79 241 £500 -7.83% 73
London -62 136 £525 -4.55% 33
UK excluding London -93 111 £477 -8.27% 54
Work from Home -61 93 £500 -11.19% 41
Midlands -35 52 £472 -0.63% 2
West Midlands -39 45 £469 -1.26% 2
North of England -61 32 £425 -18.03% 15
Yorkshire -25 20 £500 - 4
South West -37 9 £546 +0.65% 14
South East -73 9 £440 -23.57% 17
North West -49 8 £390 -29.09% 6
East Midlands -9 6 £519 +50.22%
Scotland -26 6 £462 -7.70% 1
North East -34 4 £425 -5.56% 5
East of England -30 3 £350 -36.36% 1
Wales - 2 £525 - 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 30 (10.31%) Confluence
2 7 (2.41%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (2.41%) SAS
2 7 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.72%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.03%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.34%) Apache
6 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (3.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.37%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 281 (96.56%) AWS
2 183 (62.89%) Amazon S3
3 159 (54.64%) AWS Lambda
4 158 (54.30%) Serverless
5 134 (46.05%) Amazon EC2
6 103 (35.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 75 (25.77%) Amazon ECS
7 75 (25.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 68 (23.37%) Amazon EKS
9 60 (20.62%) GitHub
10 52 (17.87%) Azure
11 50 (17.18%) Amazon SQS
12 46 (15.81%) AWS CloudFormation
13 40 (13.75%) GitHub Actions
14 37 (12.71%) Route 53
15 32 (11.00%) AWS KMS
16 24 (8.25%) AWS Step Functions
17 19 (6.53%) Amazon EventBridge
17 19 (6.53%) AWS CloudTrail
17 19 (6.53%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.47%) Firewall
2 9 (3.09%) DNS
3 7 (2.41%) DHCP
3 7 (2.41%) VPN
4 5 (1.72%) Network Security
5 4 (1.37%) SMTP
6 3 (1.03%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.69%) NetScaler
7 2 (0.69%) OpenVPN
8 1 (0.34%) AMQP
8 1 (0.34%) HTTP
8 1 (0.34%) IPsec
8 1 (0.34%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.34%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (26.12%) DynamoDB
2 70 (24.05%) PostgreSQL
3 63 (21.65%) Amazon Aurora
4 32 (11.00%) MySQL
5 22 (7.56%) Amazon Athena
6 19 (6.53%) Power BI
7 16 (5.50%) Amazon Redshift
7 16 (5.50%) SQL Server
8 14 (4.81%) Pentaho
9 12 (4.12%) Big Data
10 11 (3.78%) MongoDB
10 11 (3.78%) NoSQL
11 10 (3.44%) Data Lake
11 10 (3.44%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (3.44%) Relational Database
11 10 (3.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (3.09%) Tableau
13 8 (2.75%) Redis
14 7 (2.41%) Apache Iceberg
15 6 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 91 (31.27%) Jenkins
2 69 (23.71%) Git
3 41 (14.09%) GitLab
4 39 (13.40%) JIRA
5 29 (9.97%) JUnit
6 24 (8.25%) Maven
6 24 (8.25%) Mockito
7 21 (7.22%) SonarQube
8 14 (4.81%) DbUnit
9 13 (4.47%) jMock
10 11 (3.78%) Bitbucket Server
11 10 (3.44%) Claude Code
12 7 (2.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (2.41%) Bitbucket
12 7 (2.41%) Postman
13 6 (2.06%) Team Foundation Server
14 5 (1.72%) Cucumber
15 4 (1.37%) Flyway
15 4 (1.37%) Gradle
16 3 (1.03%) git-flow
General
1 74 (25.43%) Social Skills
2 64 (21.99%) Public Sector
3 38 (13.06%) Finance
4 28 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.53%) Banking
6 9 (3.09%) Legal
6 9 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.37%) Front Office
9 3 (1.03%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.69%) Back Office
10 2 (0.69%) Law
10 2 (0.69%) Local Government
11 1 (0.34%) Billing
11 1 (0.34%) Games
11 1 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.34%) Marketing
11 1 (0.34%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (19.93%) AWS Engineer
2 51 (17.53%) Senior
3 49 (16.84%) Developer
4 39 (13.40%) Architect
5 35 (12.03%) Data Engineer
6 31 (10.65%) DevOps Engineer
6 31 (10.65%) Java Developer
7 26 (8.93%) AWS Architect
8 21 (7.22%) DBA
8 21 (7.22%) Lead
9 19 (6.53%) AWS DevOps
10 17 (5.84%) Cloud Engineer
11 16 (5.50%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 16 (5.50%) Technical Architect
12 15 (5.15%) Software Engineer
13 14 (4.81%) Senior Developer
13 14 (4.81%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (4.12%) Python Engineer
15 11 (3.78%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 10 (3.44%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (16.49%) REST
1 48 (16.49%) Spring
1 48 (16.49%) Spring Boot
2 43 (14.78%) RESTful
3 37 (12.71%) React
4 36 (12.37%) Node.js
5 29 (9.97%) AngularJS
6 26 (8.93%) AWS CDK
7 25 (8.59%) Kafka
7 25 (8.59%) SOAP
8 21 (7.22%) ActiveMQ
9 20 (6.87%) Hibernate
9 20 (6.87%) JPA
10 19 (6.53%) Web Services
11 18 (6.19%) GraphQL
11 18 (6.19%) Spring Batch
11 18 (6.19%) Spring Cloud
11 18 (6.19%) Spring Integration
12 17 (5.84%) .NET
13 13 (4.47%) PowerMock
Miscellaneous
1 67 (23.02%) Cloud Native
2 34 (11.68%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (9.62%) Product Ownership
4 12 (4.12%) Replication
5 10 (3.44%) NHS
5 10 (3.44%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.75%) AI Agents
7 6 (2.06%) Fixed Income
7 6 (2.06%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.72%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (1.72%) Clustering
8 5 (1.72%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.37%) Autonomous Agent
9 4 (1.37%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.37%) PKI
10 3 (1.03%) Derivative
10 3 (1.03%) Equities
10 3 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.03%) PropTech
11 2 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 57 (19.59%) Linux
2 20 (6.87%) Windows
3 14 (4.81%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.75%) Unix
5 5 (1.72%) Amazon Linux
6 3 (1.03%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.69%) AIX
8 1 (0.34%) CentOS
8 1 (0.34%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (58.76%) CI/CD
2 125 (42.96%) Agile
3 122 (41.92%) DevOps
4 95 (32.65%) Infrastructure as Code
5 88 (30.24%) Microservices
6 66 (22.68%) Containerisation
7 47 (16.15%) Observability
8 44 (15.12%) Scrum
9 43 (14.78%) Event-Driven
10 41 (14.09%) Performance Tuning
11 38 (13.06%) Continuous Improvement
12 37 (12.71%) ETL
12 37 (12.71%) Software Engineering
13 35 (12.03%) Migration
13 35 (12.03%) Stakeholder Management
14 32 (11.00%) High Availability
15 31 (10.65%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 31 (10.65%) Problem-Solving
15 31 (10.65%) TDD
15 31 (10.65%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 106 (36.43%) Python
2 89 (30.58%) SQL
3 85 (29.21%) Java
4 31 (10.65%) TypeScript
5 25 (8.59%) Bash
6 21 (7.22%) PowerShell
7 20 (6.87%) JavaScript
8 16 (5.50%) C#
9 12 (4.12%) Shell Script
10 10 (3.44%) Groovy
11 6 (2.06%) Scala
12 5 (1.72%) Perl
13 4 (1.37%) Go
13 4 (1.37%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.69%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.69%) Ruby
15 1 (0.34%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 113 (38.83%) Security Cleared
2 97 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 39 (13.40%) AWS Certification
4 20 (6.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 17 (5.84%) Degree
6 14 (4.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (3.44%) DV Cleared
8 9 (3.09%) Azure Certification
9 8 (2.75%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 8 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.03%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (1.03%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.03%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.69%) PMP
12 1 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.78%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.09%) QA
3 7 (2.41%) PMO
4 5 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.72%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.37%) GDPR
5 4 (1.37%) NIST
5 4 (1.37%) SLA
6 3 (1.03%) HL7
6 3 (1.03%) NCSC
7 2 (0.69%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.34%) Solvency II
System Software
1 102 (35.05%) Docker
2 12 (4.12%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.78%) Postfix
4 6 (2.06%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (1.37%) BitLocker
6 4 (1.37%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (1.37%) Terminal Services
6 4 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.34%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 116 (39.86%) Terraform
2 72 (24.74%) Kubernetes
3 55 (18.90%) Grafana
4 37 (12.71%) Prometheus
5 25 (8.59%) Ansible
6 7 (2.41%) Argo
7 6 (2.06%) Progress Chef
8 5 (1.72%) Puppet
9 4 (1.37%) Istio
9 4 (1.37%) Kibana
9 4 (1.37%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.37%) vMotion
10 3 (1.03%) Foglight
10 3 (1.03%) Nagios
10 3 (1.03%) Rancher
11 2 (0.69%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.69%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.69%) Sysdig
12 1 (0.34%) Packer
Vendors
1 27 (9.28%) Oracle
2 26 (8.93%) ServiceNow
3 25 (8.59%) Microsoft
4 17 (5.84%) Jaspersoft
5 15 (5.15%) Atlassian
6 14 (4.81%) Dynatrace
7 13 (4.47%) Informatica
8 9 (3.09%) Databricks
8 9 (3.09%) Talend
9 8 (2.75%) VMware
10 7 (2.41%) Denodo
10 7 (2.41%) Salesforce
11 6 (2.06%) Splunk
12 5 (1.72%) Amplitude
12 5 (1.72%) Citrix
12 5 (1.72%) Google
12 5 (1.72%) Sybase
13 4 (1.37%) HP
13 4 (1.37%) OpenAI
13 4 (1.37%) Symantec