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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 165 226
Rank change year-on-year -14 +61 +27
Contract jobs citing Amazon S3 732 514 454
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.45% 1.72% 1.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.08% 4.55% 3.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 383 341
10th Percentile £375 £400 £381
25th Percentile £437 £463 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £623 £600 £600
90th Percentile £713 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £506
% change year-on-year -5.00% -1.19% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £46.90 £38.13 -
25th Percentile £71.00 £40.94 -
Median hourly rate £81.00 £46.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +75.14% - -
75th Percentile £88.00 £50.94 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £53.38 -
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 17,960 11,288 14,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 37.80% 32.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,998 7,611 10,028
10th Percentile £328 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £620 £636
90th Percentile £713 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 594 277 365
10th Percentile £16.54 £15.13 £14.05
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.50 £28.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% +29.55% -37.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.81 £72.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £19.14 £20.77
% change year-on-year +95.98% -7.87% -22.36%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -14 622 £525 -0.94% 109
London +11 422 £550 -1.79% 61
Work from Home -4 246 £500 -4.76% 65
UK excluding London -70 231 £475 -5.00% 78
Midlands -25 68 £469 -1.26% 11
West Midlands -26 63 £469 -1.26% 6
North of England -65 62 £500 - 22
Scotland -29 36 £450 -10.10% 3
North West -42 31 £525 +10.53% 11
South East -50 29 £580 +28.89% 17
South West -13 26 £456 -17.05% 15
Yorkshire -63 16 £500 -4.76% 9
North East -23 15 £425 -5.56% 2
East of England -39 8 £400 -27.27%
East Midlands -19 4 £425 -6.54% 5
Wales - 4 £575 - 1
Northern Ireland +1 2 £400 -20.00% 9

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 82 (11.20%) Apache Airflow
2 74 (10.11%) Confluence
3 66 (9.02%) Apache Spark
4 48 (6.56%) Apache
5 21 (2.87%) SAS
6 11 (1.50%) nginx
7 8 (1.09%) SharePoint
8 6 (0.82%) Jupyter
8 6 (0.82%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.27%) CMS
9 2 (0.27%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.14%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.14%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.14%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 10 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.82%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.14%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 725 (99.04%) AWS
2 475 (64.89%) Serverless
3 470 (64.21%) AWS Lambda
4 265 (36.20%) Amazon EC2
5 210 (28.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 157 (21.45%) Amazon ECS
7 143 (19.54%) Amazon EKS
8 142 (19.40%) AWS CloudFormation
9 139 (18.99%) GitHub
10 134 (18.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 109 (14.89%) Amazon SQS
12 105 (14.34%) Azure
13 99 (13.52%) GitHub Actions
14 87 (11.89%) Amazon EMR
15 83 (11.34%) AWS Step Functions
15 83 (11.34%) Snowflake
16 78 (10.66%) dbt
17 66 (9.02%) Power Platform
18 52 (7.10%) AWS KMS
19 51 (6.97%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.83%) DNS
2 25 (3.42%) Firewall
3 15 (2.05%) TCP/IP
4 13 (1.78%) VPN
5 11 (1.50%) Network Security
5 11 (1.50%) OpenVPN
6 6 (0.82%) WAN
7 5 (0.68%) HTTP
8 4 (0.55%) DHCP
8 4 (0.55%) Internet
8 4 (0.55%) NAS
8 4 (0.55%) Reverse Proxy
8 4 (0.55%) SAN
8 4 (0.55%) SSL
9 3 (0.41%) BGP
9 3 (0.41%) CTI
9 3 (0.41%) OSPF
10 2 (0.27%) Multicast
10 2 (0.27%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (23.77%) Amazon RDS
2 153 (20.90%) Amazon Athena
3 130 (17.76%) Amazon Redshift
4 127 (17.35%) DynamoDB
5 99 (13.52%) PostgreSQL
6 78 (10.66%) Data Warehouse
7 66 (9.02%) Power BI
8 59 (8.06%) Data Lake
9 52 (7.10%) Amazon Aurora
10 39 (5.33%) NoSQL
11 37 (5.05%) Metadata
12 35 (4.78%) Relational Database
13 33 (4.51%) Tableau
14 30 (4.10%) Big Data
15 29 (3.96%) MongoDB
16 26 (3.55%) BigQuery
17 25 (3.42%) SQL Server
18 22 (3.01%) Apache Iceberg
19 21 (2.87%) Snowflake Schema
20 18 (2.46%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 150 (20.49%) Git
1 150 (20.49%) GitLab
2 141 (19.26%) Jenkins
3 90 (12.30%) JIRA
4 31 (4.23%) SonarQube
5 30 (4.10%) JUnit
6 28 (3.83%) Bitbucket
7 24 (3.28%) Mockito
8 23 (3.14%) Maven
9 15 (2.05%) Cypress.io
10 14 (1.91%) DbUnit
11 13 (1.78%) jMock
12 11 (1.50%) Artifactory
12 11 (1.50%) Bitbucket Server
13 9 (1.23%) Cucumber
13 9 (1.23%) Postman
14 6 (0.82%) MLflow
15 4 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 4 (0.55%) Selenium
16 3 (0.41%) Gradle
General
1 188 (25.68%) Social Skills
2 145 (19.81%) Public Sector
3 120 (16.39%) Finance
4 67 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (5.19%) Banking
6 22 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (1.50%) Front Office
9 8 (1.09%) Military
10 7 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (0.96%) Legal
11 6 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (0.82%) Law
12 5 (0.68%) Marketing
13 4 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.55%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.41%) Back Office
14 3 (0.41%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 182 (24.86%) Data Engineer
2 141 (19.26%) Developer
3 133 (18.17%) AWS Engineer
4 99 (13.52%) Senior
5 88 (12.02%) Architect
6 80 (10.93%) Lead
7 57 (7.79%) DevOps Engineer
8 48 (6.56%) Java Developer
9 47 (6.42%) AWS Data Engineer
10 43 (5.87%) AWS Architect
11 40 (5.46%) Cloud Engineer
12 38 (5.19%) Senior Data Engineer
13 37 (5.05%) AWS DevOps
14 34 (4.64%) AWS Developer
15 30 (4.10%) Software Engineer
16 27 (3.69%) AWS DevOps Engineer
16 27 (3.69%) Python Engineer
17 26 (3.55%) Data Architect
18 24 (3.28%) Lead Data Engineer
18 24 (3.28%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (12.84%) Kafka
2 81 (11.07%) PySpark
3 74 (10.11%) Spring
3 74 (10.11%) Spring Boot
4 73 (9.97%) REST
5 64 (8.74%) React
6 62 (8.47%) RESTful
7 55 (7.51%) Node.js
8 50 (6.83%) AWS CDK
9 35 (4.78%) AngularJS
10 33 (4.51%) OAuth
11 32 (4.37%) FastAPI
12 30 (4.10%) SOAP
13 25 (3.42%) JPA
13 25 (3.42%) PyTorch
14 24 (3.28%) OpenID
14 24 (3.28%) Pandas
15 23 (3.14%) Hibernate
15 23 (3.14%) Web Services
16 21 (2.87%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 187 (25.55%) Cloud Native
2 55 (7.51%) Product Ownership
3 47 (6.42%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (2.73%) NHS
5 16 (2.19%) Onboarding
6 11 (1.50%) Data Structures
6 11 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.37%) AI Agents
8 9 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.09%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.09%) Legacy Code
10 7 (0.96%) Algorithms
10 7 (0.96%) Distributed Computing
10 7 (0.96%) Hedge funds
10 7 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (0.96%) Virtual Team
11 6 (0.82%) Mainframe
12 5 (0.68%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 82 (11.20%) Linux
2 20 (2.73%) Unix
3 13 (1.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (1.50%) Windows
5 5 (0.68%) Amazon Linux
6 4 (0.55%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.27%) Android
8 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.14%) CentOS
9 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 433 (59.15%) CI/CD
2 297 (40.57%) DevOps
3 269 (36.75%) Infrastructure as Code
4 242 (33.06%) Agile
5 178 (24.32%) Data Engineering
6 174 (23.77%) Analytics
7 170 (23.22%) Data Pipeline
8 155 (21.17%) ETL
9 151 (20.63%) Containerisation
10 141 (19.26%) AI
11 140 (19.13%) Data Modelling
12 125 (17.08%) Microservices
13 106 (14.48%) Observability
14 100 (13.66%) Machine Learning
15 94 (12.84%) Test Automation
16 92 (12.57%) Migration
16 92 (12.57%) Problem-Solving
17 91 (12.43%) Business Intelligence
18 88 (12.02%) Continuous Improvement
18 88 (12.02%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 414 (56.56%) Python
2 277 (37.84%) SQL
3 138 (18.85%) Java
4 72 (9.84%) TypeScript
5 55 (7.51%) JavaScript
6 53 (7.24%) Bash
7 45 (6.15%) C#
8 30 (4.10%) PowerShell
9 22 (3.01%) Scala
9 22 (3.01%) Shell Script
10 8 (1.09%) Groovy
11 6 (0.82%) Bicep
11 6 (0.82%) Go
11 6 (0.82%) SAS Macro
12 5 (0.68%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.55%) Perl
13 4 (0.55%) SPARQL
14 3 (0.41%) C
14 3 (0.41%) Gremlin
14 3 (0.41%) R
Qualifications
1 234 (31.97%) Security Cleared
2 200 (27.32%) SC Cleared
3 55 (7.51%) AWS Certification
4 31 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (2.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 18 (2.46%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 17 (2.32%) Degree
8 14 (1.91%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.50%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 11 (1.50%) SAFe Agilist
10 10 (1.37%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (0.82%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.82%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.55%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.41%) CSPO
13 3 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.41%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.41%) SnowPro
14 2 (0.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (15.57%) Data Quality
2 28 (3.83%) QA
3 20 (2.73%) GDPR
4 14 (1.91%) SLA
5 9 (1.23%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.96%) PMO
7 6 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.82%) NIST
8 5 (0.68%) ISO 20022
8 5 (0.68%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.55%) HL7
10 3 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
10 3 (0.41%) NCSC
11 2 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.27%) GRC
12 1 (0.14%) IFRS
12 1 (0.14%) IFRS 9
12 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
12 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 206 (28.14%) Docker
2 15 (2.05%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.64%) Squid
4 11 (1.50%) Postfix
5 3 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.27%) HDFS
6 2 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 326 (44.54%) Terraform
2 143 (19.54%) Kubernetes
3 96 (13.11%) Grafana
4 67 (9.15%) Prometheus
5 43 (5.87%) Ansible
6 18 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (1.64%) Puppet
8 9 (1.23%) FortiGate
8 9 (1.23%) Kibana
9 8 (1.09%) Consul
10 6 (0.82%) Argo
10 6 (0.82%) Packer
10 6 (0.82%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.82%) Salt
11 5 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (0.55%) Istio
13 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.27%) Sysdig
14 1 (0.14%) Control-M
14 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 65 (8.88%) Databricks
2 31 (4.23%) Microsoft
3 28 (3.83%) Informatica
4 25 (3.42%) Google
4 25 (3.42%) Splunk
5 23 (3.14%) Atlassian
6 21 (2.87%) Dynatrace
7 20 (2.73%) Oracle
8 19 (2.60%) ServiceNow
9 17 (2.32%) Jaspersoft
10 15 (2.05%) Red Hat
11 11 (1.50%) Denodo
11 11 (1.50%) OpenAI
11 11 (1.50%) Teradata
12 9 (1.23%) Confluent
13 8 (1.09%) IBM
14 7 (0.96%) Salesforce
15 6 (0.82%) Ab Initio
15 6 (0.82%) AVEVA
15 6 (0.82%) Palantir