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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 178 234
Rank change year-on-year -15 +56 +20
Contract jobs citing Amazon S3 644 461 430
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.36% 1.59% 1.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.83% 4.23% 3.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 353 330
10th Percentile £356 £400 £405
25th Percentile £440 £460 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £506
Median % change year-on-year - +3.75% -8.00%
75th Percentile £614 £600 £598
90th Percentile £700 £690 £694
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -3.90% -1.96% +2.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £71.00 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £81.00 - -
75th Percentile £91.50 - -
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 16,836 10,887 13,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.67% 37.57% 32.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,370 7,495 9,847
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £635
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +2.63% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 506 245 346
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.23 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.84 £18.50 £16.02
Median hourly rate £39.50 £27.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +43.64% +28.69% -38.94%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.50 £35.50
90th Percentile £81.00 £73.25 £64.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.84 £21.39 £17.72
% change year-on-year +104.97% +20.71% -28.58%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +2 555 £525 -2.33% 180
London +18 385 £550 - 75
UK excluding London -50 201 £481 -3.90% 123
Work from Home -21 182 £500 -4.76% 90
Midlands -12 63 £470 -3.69% 12
West Midlands -14 59 £475 -5.00% 10
North of England -62 52 £500 +2.56% 46
Scotland -31 32 £475 -4.95% 7
North West -27 30 £505 +12.22% 26
South East -33 30 £580 +14.85% 29
South West -24 16 £450 -18.18% 27
Yorkshire -53 14 £500 -4.76% 16
North East -14 8 £444 - 5
East of England -27 6 £450 -4.00% 3
East Midlands -29 4 £413 -10.13% 2
Northern Ireland +4 2 £400 -20.00%
Wales -10 2 £363 -9.38%

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 (10.71%) Apache Spark
2 66 (10.25%) Apache Airflow
3 49 (7.61%) Confluence
4 45 (6.99%) Apache
5 21 (3.26%) SAS
6 10 (1.55%) nginx
7 4 (0.62%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.31%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.31%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.16%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.16%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.16%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 11 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.62%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.31%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.16%) Actimize
2 1 (0.16%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 638 (99.07%) AWS
2 404 (62.73%) Serverless
3 395 (61.34%) AWS Lambda
4 235 (36.49%) Amazon EC2
5 170 (26.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 149 (23.14%) Amazon ECS
7 141 (21.89%) AWS CloudFormation
8 128 (19.88%) GitHub
8 128 (19.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 125 (19.41%) Amazon EKS
10 100 (15.53%) Azure
11 96 (14.91%) Amazon SQS
12 91 (14.13%) GitHub Actions
13 89 (13.82%) AWS Step Functions
14 67 (10.40%) Snowflake
15 58 (9.01%) Amazon EMR
16 56 (8.70%) dbt
17 51 (7.92%) Power Platform
18 48 (7.45%) GCP
18 48 (7.45%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.81%) DNS
2 21 (3.26%) Firewall
3 15 (2.33%) TCP/IP
3 15 (2.33%) VPN
4 11 (1.71%) Network Security
4 11 (1.71%) OpenVPN
5 5 (0.78%) DHCP
5 5 (0.78%) HTTP
6 4 (0.62%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (0.47%) BGP
7 3 (0.47%) Internet
7 3 (0.47%) NAS
7 3 (0.47%) OSPF
7 3 (0.47%) SAN
8 2 (0.31%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.31%) Multicast
8 2 (0.31%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.31%) SSL
8 2 (0.31%) VLAN
8 2 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (23.91%) Amazon RDS
2 125 (19.41%) Amazon Athena
3 103 (15.99%) DynamoDB
4 95 (14.75%) PostgreSQL
5 93 (14.44%) Amazon Redshift
6 54 (8.39%) Amazon Aurora
6 54 (8.39%) Data Warehouse
7 52 (8.07%) Data Lake
8 51 (7.92%) Power BI
9 38 (5.90%) Relational Database
10 35 (5.43%) NoSQL
11 33 (5.12%) Metadata
12 30 (4.66%) Tableau
13 29 (4.50%) Big Data
14 27 (4.19%) SQL Server
15 25 (3.88%) MongoDB
16 24 (3.73%) BigQuery
17 23 (3.57%) Apache Iceberg
17 23 (3.57%) OLTP
18 20 (3.11%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 138 (21.43%) Jenkins
2 131 (20.34%) GitLab
3 117 (18.17%) Git
4 62 (9.63%) JIRA
5 28 (4.35%) SonarQube
6 27 (4.19%) Bitbucket
7 25 (3.88%) JUnit
8 23 (3.57%) Maven
9 18 (2.80%) Mockito
10 13 (2.02%) Cypress.io
11 11 (1.71%) DbUnit
11 11 (1.71%) jMock
12 10 (1.55%) MLflow
13 9 (1.40%) Bitbucket Server
13 9 (1.40%) Cucumber
14 8 (1.24%) Artifactory
15 6 (0.93%) Postman
15 6 (0.93%) Selenium
16 5 (0.78%) Gradle
17 4 (0.62%) NUnit
General
1 160 (24.84%) Social Skills
2 116 (18.01%) Finance
3 105 (16.30%) Public Sector
4 62 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (5.12%) Banking
6 21 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.17%) Front Office
8 12 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (0.93%) Legal
10 5 (0.78%) Military
11 4 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.47%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.47%) Retail
12 3 (0.47%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.31%) Billing
13 2 (0.31%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.31%) Law
13 2 (0.31%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 148 (22.98%) Data Engineer
2 134 (20.81%) Developer
3 97 (15.06%) AWS Engineer
4 80 (12.42%) Architect
4 80 (12.42%) Senior
5 71 (11.02%) Lead
6 43 (6.68%) DevOps Engineer
6 43 (6.68%) Java Developer
7 38 (5.90%) AWS Architect
8 37 (5.75%) AWS Data Engineer
9 35 (5.43%) Cloud Engineer
10 30 (4.66%) Senior Data Engineer
11 28 (4.35%) AWS Developer
12 26 (4.04%) AWS DevOps
12 26 (4.04%) Data Architect
13 24 (3.73%) Lead Data Engineer
13 24 (3.73%) Site Engineer
13 24 (3.73%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 23 (3.57%) Python Engineer
15 22 (3.42%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (16.15%) Kafka
2 79 (12.27%) Spring
2 79 (12.27%) Spring Boot
3 63 (9.78%) RESTful
4 61 (9.47%) PySpark
5 60 (9.32%) Node.js
6 59 (9.16%) REST
7 51 (7.92%) React
8 41 (6.37%) AWS CDK
9 35 (5.43%) AngularJS
10 34 (5.28%) OAuth
11 26 (4.04%) FastAPI
11 26 (4.04%) Pandas
12 24 (3.73%) OpenID
12 24 (3.73%) PyTorch
13 21 (3.26%) SOAP
14 20 (3.11%) JPA
15 19 (2.95%) boto
15 19 (2.95%) Hibernate
15 19 (2.95%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 165 (25.62%) Cloud Native
2 47 (7.30%) Distributed Systems
3 42 (6.52%) Product Ownership
4 13 (2.02%) NHS
4 13 (2.02%) Onboarding
5 12 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.40%) Algorithms
7 8 (1.24%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.24%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.09%) Hedge funds
8 7 (1.09%) Mainframe
9 6 (0.93%) Clustering
9 6 (0.93%) Distributed Computing
9 6 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (0.93%) PACS
9 6 (0.93%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 5 (0.78%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 81 (12.58%) Linux
2 21 (3.26%) Unix
3 11 (1.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (1.40%) Windows
5 5 (0.78%) Amazon Linux
5 5 (0.78%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.31%) Android
6 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.31%) zOS
7 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (57.92%) CI/CD
2 269 (41.77%) DevOps
3 237 (36.80%) Infrastructure as Code
4 192 (29.81%) Agile
5 151 (23.45%) Analytics
6 148 (22.98%) Data Engineering
7 143 (22.20%) Containerisation
7 143 (22.20%) ETL
8 134 (20.81%) Data Pipeline
9 131 (20.34%) Data Modelling
10 114 (17.70%) Microservices
11 106 (16.46%) Observability
12 105 (16.30%) AI
13 94 (14.60%) Problem-Solving
14 82 (12.73%) Migration
15 80 (12.42%) Test Automation
16 76 (11.80%) Event-Driven
17 72 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
17 72 (11.18%) Machine Learning
18 71 (11.02%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 361 (56.06%) Python
2 239 (37.11%) SQL
3 135 (20.96%) Java
4 62 (9.63%) TypeScript
5 54 (8.39%) C#
6 48 (7.45%) Bash
7 46 (7.14%) JavaScript
8 28 (4.35%) PowerShell
8 28 (4.35%) Shell Script
9 22 (3.42%) Scala
10 11 (1.71%) Go
11 8 (1.24%) Groovy
12 7 (1.09%) Bicep
13 6 (0.93%) SAS Macro
14 4 (0.62%) Perl
14 4 (0.62%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.47%) C++
15 3 (0.47%) R
16 2 (0.31%) Search Processing Language
16 2 (0.31%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 210 (32.61%) Security Cleared
2 171 (26.55%) SC Cleared
3 41 (6.37%) AWS Certification
4 17 (2.64%) Degree
5 16 (2.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 16 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.86%) Azure Certification
6 12 (1.86%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.40%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 9 (1.40%) SAFe Agilist
9 8 (1.24%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 4 (0.62%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.62%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.47%) OCP
12 3 (0.47%) Oracle Certification
12 3 (0.47%) PhD
12 3 (0.47%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (12.42%) Data Quality
2 27 (4.19%) QA
3 26 (4.04%) GDPR
4 14 (2.17%) SLA
5 8 (1.24%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.24%) NIST
6 7 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.09%) PMO
7 6 (0.93%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.93%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.31%) GRC
10 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.16%) HL7
10 1 (0.16%) IFRS
10 1 (0.16%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.16%) MiFID
10 1 (0.16%) NCSC
10 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 201 (31.21%) Docker
2 12 (1.86%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.55%) Postfix
3 10 (1.55%) Squid
4 6 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.62%) HDFS
6 3 (0.47%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 286 (44.41%) Terraform
2 143 (22.20%) Kubernetes
3 101 (15.68%) Grafana
4 65 (10.09%) Prometheus
5 41 (6.37%) Ansible
6 18 (2.80%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (1.86%) Kibana
8 10 (1.55%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.55%) Puppet
9 9 (1.40%) FortiGate
10 8 (1.24%) Consul
11 5 (0.78%) Argo
11 5 (0.78%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (0.62%) Karpenter
12 4 (0.62%) Salt
13 3 (0.47%) Data Guard
13 3 (0.47%) ITRS Geneos
13 3 (0.47%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 3 (0.47%) Oracle RMAN
13 3 (0.47%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 69 (10.71%) Databricks
2 33 (5.12%) Microsoft
3 30 (4.66%) Splunk
4 27 (4.19%) Google
5 20 (3.11%) Atlassian
6 17 (2.64%) Dynatrace
6 17 (2.64%) Oracle
7 15 (2.33%) Informatica
7 15 (2.33%) Red Hat
7 15 (2.33%) ServiceNow
8 14 (2.17%) Jaspersoft
9 11 (1.71%) Denodo
10 9 (1.40%) Confluent
11 8 (1.24%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.93%) AVEVA
12 6 (0.93%) IBM
12 6 (0.93%) SAP
12 6 (0.93%) Teradata
13 5 (0.78%) Ab Initio
13 5 (0.78%) Tenable