Amazon S3 Contract Job Trends

Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Amazon S3 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 170 231
Rank change year-on-year -28 +61 +25
Contract jobs citing Amazon S3 664 481 435
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.37% 1.68% 1.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.85% 4.47% 3.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 462 365 336
10th Percentile £358 £400 £400
25th Percentile £441 £460 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £507
Median % change year-on-year - +3.65% -7.91%
75th Percentile £614 £600 £600
90th Percentile £713 £696 £711
UK excluding London median daily rate £484 £500 £507
% change year-on-year -3.20% -1.28% +1.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £46.90 - -
25th Percentile £71.00 - -
Median hourly rate £81.00 - -
75th Percentile £88.00 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £81.00 - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

Amazon S3 falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 17,253 10,771 13,874
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.51% 37.65% 32.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,607 7,395 9,878
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £606 £619 £633
90th Percentile £705 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +3.58% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 535 236 346
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.12 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.31 £18.50 £16.06
Median hourly rate £36.00 £27.88 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +29.12% +30.46% -38.94%
75th Percentile £64.00 £47.22 £39.69
90th Percentile £81.00 £72.50 £66.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £20.89 £17.72
% change year-on-year +79.51% +17.89% -29.47%

Amazon S3
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Amazon S3 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Amazon S3 job vacancy trend in the UK

Amazon S3
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Amazon S3.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Amazon S3

Amazon S3
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Amazon S3 over the 6 months to 23 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Amazon S3 in the UK

Amazon S3
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Amazon S3.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Amazon S3

Amazon S3
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Amazon S3 over the 6 months to 23 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Amazon S3 in the UK

Amazon S3
Top 17 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 S3 within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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 -10 569 £525 - 186
London +10 394 £550 - 81
UK excluding London -67 208 £484 -3.20% 123
Work from Home -16 193 £500 -4.76% 101
Midlands -36 63 £469 -1.26% 11
West Midlands -26 60 £469 -1.26% 9
North of England -61 56 £500 +1.27% 46
Scotland -38 33 £475 -4.95% 6
North West -31 32 £505 +6.32% 21
South East -51 30 £586 +23.42% 25
South West -25 17 £450 -18.18% 29
Yorkshire -61 15 £500 -4.76% 15
North East -20 9 £425 - 11
East of England -36 7 £425 -15.00% 2
Northern Ireland +3 3 £400 -20.00% 4
East Midlands -33 2 £441 -3.87% 2
Wales - 2 £363 - 1

Amazon S3
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 69 (10.39%) Apache Airflow
2 62 (9.34%) Apache Spark
3 50 (7.53%) Confluence
4 44 (6.63%) Apache
5 21 (3.16%) SAS
6 10 (1.51%) nginx
7 4 (0.60%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.45%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.30%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.15%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.15%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.15%) CMS
10 1 (0.15%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 11 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.90%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.15%) Actimize
2 1 (0.15%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 658 (99.10%) AWS
2 416 (62.65%) Serverless
3 407 (61.30%) AWS Lambda
4 246 (37.05%) Amazon EC2
5 179 (26.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 144 (21.69%) Amazon ECS
7 137 (20.63%) AWS CloudFormation
8 136 (20.48%) GitHub
9 127 (19.13%) Amazon EKS
10 125 (18.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 104 (15.66%) Amazon SQS
12 98 (14.76%) Azure
13 96 (14.46%) GitHub Actions
14 89 (13.40%) AWS Step Functions
15 70 (10.54%) Snowflake
16 61 (9.19%) Amazon EMR
17 60 (9.04%) dbt
18 52 (7.83%) Power Platform
19 50 (7.53%) Route 53
20 49 (7.38%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 32 (4.82%) DNS
2 22 (3.31%) Firewall
3 15 (2.26%) TCP/IP
4 14 (2.11%) VPN
5 11 (1.66%) OpenVPN
6 9 (1.36%) Network Security
7 5 (0.75%) DHCP
7 5 (0.75%) HTTP
8 4 (0.60%) Reverse Proxy
9 3 (0.45%) BGP
9 3 (0.45%) Internet
9 3 (0.45%) NAS
9 3 (0.45%) OSPF
9 3 (0.45%) SAN
9 3 (0.45%) SSL
9 3 (0.45%) WAN
10 2 (0.30%) CTI
10 2 (0.30%) Multicast
10 2 (0.30%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.30%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (24.40%) Amazon RDS
2 128 (19.28%) Amazon Athena
3 116 (17.47%) DynamoDB
4 97 (14.61%) PostgreSQL
5 92 (13.86%) Amazon Redshift
6 56 (8.43%) Amazon Aurora
7 52 (7.83%) Data Warehouse
7 52 (7.83%) Power BI
8 49 (7.38%) Data Lake
9 38 (5.72%) NoSQL
10 35 (5.27%) Relational Database
11 32 (4.82%) Metadata
12 30 (4.52%) Tableau
13 28 (4.22%) SQL Server
14 27 (4.07%) Big Data
15 26 (3.92%) MongoDB
16 24 (3.61%) BigQuery
17 23 (3.46%) Apache Iceberg
18 22 (3.31%) OLTP
19 21 (3.16%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 139 (20.93%) Jenkins
2 129 (19.43%) GitLab
3 128 (19.28%) Git
4 66 (9.94%) JIRA
5 32 (4.82%) SonarQube
6 30 (4.52%) JUnit
7 26 (3.92%) Bitbucket
8 25 (3.77%) Maven
9 23 (3.46%) Mockito
10 14 (2.11%) Cypress.io
10 14 (2.11%) DbUnit
11 13 (1.96%) jMock
12 11 (1.66%) Bitbucket Server
13 10 (1.51%) Cucumber
14 8 (1.20%) Artifactory
14 8 (1.20%) Postman
15 7 (1.05%) MLflow
16 6 (0.90%) Selenium
17 4 (0.60%) NUnit
17 4 (0.60%) Terragrunt
General
1 166 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 113 (17.02%) Finance
3 112 (16.87%) Public Sector
4 65 (9.79%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (4.97%) Banking
6 21 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (1.81%) Front Office
9 6 (0.90%) Legal
10 5 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (0.75%) Military
11 4 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.45%) Billing
12 3 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.45%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.45%) Retail
12 3 (0.45%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.30%) Back Office
13 2 (0.30%) Games
Job Titles
1 157 (23.64%) Data Engineer
2 140 (21.08%) Developer
3 107 (16.11%) AWS Engineer
4 84 (12.65%) Senior
5 80 (12.05%) Architect
6 73 (10.99%) Lead
7 49 (7.38%) Java Developer
8 44 (6.63%) DevOps Engineer
9 42 (6.33%) AWS Data Engineer
10 40 (6.02%) AWS Architect
11 35 (5.27%) Cloud Engineer
12 32 (4.82%) AWS Developer
13 31 (4.67%) Senior Data Engineer
14 27 (4.07%) Software Engineer
15 25 (3.77%) AWS DevOps
15 25 (3.77%) Data Architect
15 25 (3.77%) Python Engineer
16 24 (3.61%) Lead Data Engineer
17 22 (3.31%) Analyst
17 22 (3.31%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (15.36%) Kafka
2 81 (12.20%) Spring
2 81 (12.20%) Spring Boot
3 69 (10.39%) REST
4 66 (9.94%) RESTful
5 62 (9.34%) PySpark
6 57 (8.58%) Node.js
6 57 (8.58%) React
7 44 (6.63%) AWS CDK
8 40 (6.02%) AngularJS
9 35 (5.27%) OAuth
10 29 (4.37%) SOAP
11 28 (4.22%) FastAPI
12 26 (3.92%) Pandas
13 24 (3.61%) JPA
13 24 (3.61%) OpenID
13 24 (3.61%) PyTorch
14 23 (3.46%) Hibernate
14 23 (3.46%) Web Services
15 21 (3.16%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 169 (25.45%) Cloud Native
2 50 (7.53%) Product Ownership
3 43 (6.48%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (2.41%) NHS
5 14 (2.11%) Onboarding
6 12 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.36%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.20%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.05%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.05%) Hedge funds
9 7 (1.05%) Mainframe
10 6 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (0.90%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (0.90%) PACS
10 6 (0.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 5 (0.75%) Legacy Code
11 5 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (0.75%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 80 (12.05%) Linux
2 21 (3.16%) Unix
3 13 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (1.51%) Windows
5 6 (0.90%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.75%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (0.30%) Android
7 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.30%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.30%) zOS
8 1 (0.15%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (57.68%) CI/CD
2 276 (41.57%) DevOps
3 240 (36.14%) Infrastructure as Code
4 209 (31.48%) Agile
5 153 (23.04%) Analytics
6 151 (22.74%) Data Engineering
7 147 (22.14%) ETL
8 143 (21.54%) Containerisation
9 138 (20.78%) Data Pipeline
10 135 (20.33%) Data Modelling
11 116 (17.47%) Microservices
12 105 (15.81%) AI
13 101 (15.21%) Observability
14 88 (13.25%) Problem-Solving
15 85 (12.80%) Migration
16 81 (12.20%) Test Automation
17 80 (12.05%) Event-Driven
17 80 (12.05%) Scrum
18 75 (11.30%) Continuous Improvement
19 71 (10.69%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 359 (54.07%) Python
2 248 (37.35%) SQL
3 140 (21.08%) Java
4 64 (9.64%) TypeScript
5 53 (7.98%) C#
6 48 (7.23%) JavaScript
7 46 (6.93%) Bash
8 30 (4.52%) PowerShell
9 26 (3.92%) Shell Script
10 22 (3.31%) Scala
11 9 (1.36%) Go
11 9 (1.36%) Groovy
12 6 (0.90%) Bicep
12 6 (0.90%) SAS Macro
13 4 (0.60%) Perl
13 4 (0.60%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.45%) R
15 2 (0.30%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.30%) Search Processing Language
15 2 (0.30%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 209 (31.48%) Security Cleared
2 174 (26.20%) SC Cleared
3 39 (5.87%) AWS Certification
4 20 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (2.56%) Degree
6 14 (2.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 13 (1.96%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.66%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.51%) SAFe Agilist
10 9 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.20%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 7 (1.05%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 7 (1.05%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.60%) AWS Certified Developer
13 4 (0.60%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.45%) OCP
14 3 (0.45%) Oracle Certification
14 3 (0.45%) PMI Certification
14 3 (0.45%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (12.95%) Data Quality
2 31 (4.67%) QA
3 25 (3.77%) GDPR
4 14 (2.11%) SLA
5 8 (1.20%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.20%) NIST
6 7 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.05%) PMO
7 6 (0.90%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.90%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.30%) GRC
9 2 (0.30%) NCSC
10 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.15%) HL7
10 1 (0.15%) IFRS
10 1 (0.15%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.15%) MiFID
10 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 202 (30.42%) Docker
2 13 (1.96%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.66%) Postfix
3 11 (1.66%) Squid
4 6 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.45%) HDFS
5 3 (0.45%) ISA Server
6 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 286 (43.07%) Terraform
2 139 (20.93%) Kubernetes
3 99 (14.91%) Grafana
4 61 (9.19%) Prometheus
5 36 (5.42%) Ansible
6 18 (2.71%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (1.81%) Kibana
8 10 (1.51%) Puppet
9 9 (1.36%) FortiGate
10 8 (1.20%) Consul
11 6 (0.90%) Argo
11 6 (0.90%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.60%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (0.60%) Karpenter
12 4 (0.60%) Salt
13 3 (0.45%) HP Fortify
13 3 (0.45%) Istio
13 3 (0.45%) Opsgenie
13 3 (0.45%) Packer
13 3 (0.45%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 63 (9.49%) Databricks
2 33 (4.97%) Microsoft
3 30 (4.52%) Splunk
4 27 (4.07%) Google
5 23 (3.46%) Atlassian
6 18 (2.71%) Oracle
7 17 (2.56%) Dynatrace
7 17 (2.56%) Jaspersoft
8 16 (2.41%) Red Hat
9 15 (2.26%) Informatica
9 15 (2.26%) ServiceNow
10 11 (1.66%) Denodo
11 10 (1.51%) Teradata
12 9 (1.36%) Confluent
13 8 (1.20%) OpenAI
14 6 (0.90%) AVEVA
14 6 (0.90%) IBM
14 6 (0.90%) SAP
15 5 (0.75%) Ab Initio
15 5 (0.75%) Tenable