Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Amazon RDS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 507 406 365
Rank change year-on-year -101 -41 +9
Permanent jobs citing Amazon RDS 312 281 451
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.57% 0.63%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.57% 4.04% 4.04%
Number of salaries quoted 166 171 236
10th Percentile £42,000 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,125 £41,250 £46,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £56,410
% change year-on-year +4.35% +1.93% +2.56%

All Database & Business Intelligence 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 permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 8,740 6,961 11,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.36% 14.15% 15.72%
Number of salaries quoted 5,941 4,334 6,345
10th Percentile £36,750 £33,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%

Amazon RDS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Amazon RDS job vacancy trend in the UK

Amazon RDS
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Amazon RDS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Amazon RDS

Amazon RDS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Amazon RDS over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Amazon RDS in the UK

Amazon RDS
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Amazon RDS within the UK over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -108 266 £62,500 -10.71% 237
UK excluding London -136 195 £60,000 +4.35% 116
London -31 95 £75,000 - 140
South West -54 82 £91,000 +114.12% 12
Work from Home -25 71 £70,000 -6.67% 136
North of England -31 52 £56,250 +93.97% 30
North West -12 22 £62,500 -15.71% 20
Wales -59 22 £70,000 +16.67% 2
South East -47 21 £55,000 +29.41% 20
North East -66 20 £49,750 +71.55% 3
Midlands -95 12 £71,250 -1.72% 14
West Midlands -81 11 £75,000 +3.45% 7
Yorkshire -27 10 £47,000 -32.86% 7
Scotland +7 4 £105,000 +41.60% 17
East of England -36 2 £50,050 +11.22% 16
East Midlands - 1 £67,500 - 7

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 75 (24.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.49%) Apache
3 8 (2.56%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.92%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.92%) nginx
5 5 (1.60%) Confluence
5 5 (1.60%) IIS
6 2 (0.64%) Camunda
6 2 (0.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.64%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.64%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.64%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 4 (1.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (1.92%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.64%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.64%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.32%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 1 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 228 (73.08%) AWS
2 135 (43.27%) Azure
3 127 (40.71%) Amazon S3
4 121 (38.78%) Serverless
5 119 (38.14%) AWS Lambda
6 111 (35.58%) Amazon EC2
7 84 (26.92%) Microsoft 365
8 73 (23.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 66 (21.15%) Amazon EKS
10 64 (20.51%) AWS CloudFormation
11 61 (19.55%) Amazon ECS
12 50 (16.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 41 (13.14%) GitHub
14 38 (12.18%) SaaS
15 36 (11.54%) GCP
16 30 (9.62%) GitHub Actions
17 23 (7.37%) Amazon SQS
18 19 (6.09%) Datadog
19 17 (5.45%) Amazon ElastiCache
19 17 (5.45%) Google Compute Engine
Communications & Networking
1 89 (28.53%) DNS
2 82 (26.28%) DHCP
3 26 (8.33%) VPN
4 24 (7.69%) TCP/IP
5 21 (6.73%) Firewall
6 17 (5.45%) BGP
7 15 (4.81%) Network Security
8 11 (3.53%) VLAN
9 5 (1.60%) NAS
9 5 (1.60%) SAN
10 4 (1.28%) WAN
11 3 (0.96%) LAN
11 3 (0.96%) OpenVPN
12 2 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.32%) AMQP
13 1 (0.32%) HTTPS
13 1 (0.32%) SSL
13 1 (0.32%) VoIP
13 1 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (22.76%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (11.54%) DynamoDB
3 30 (9.62%) NoSQL
4 22 (7.05%) Redis
5 20 (6.41%) SQL Server
6 18 (5.77%) Amazon Aurora
7 17 (5.45%) Amazon Redshift
8 16 (5.13%) MySQL
9 15 (4.81%) Amazon Athena
10 11 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (3.53%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (2.24%) Flink
11 7 (2.24%) GIS
11 7 (2.24%) Power BI
12 6 (1.92%) Metadata
12 6 (1.92%) MongoDB
13 5 (1.60%) MariaDB
14 4 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (1.28%) DocumentDB
15 3 (0.96%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 52 (16.67%) Git
2 39 (12.50%) Jenkins
3 19 (6.09%) GitLab
3 19 (6.09%) TeamCity
4 6 (1.92%) CircleCI
5 5 (1.60%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.60%) Claude Code
6 4 (1.28%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.28%) JUnit
6 4 (1.28%) Mockito
7 3 (0.96%) Flyway
7 3 (0.96%) JIRA
8 2 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.64%) git-flow
8 2 (0.64%) Gradle
8 2 (0.64%) Maven
8 2 (0.64%) RSpec
8 2 (0.64%) Snyk
8 2 (0.64%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.64%) Terragrunt
General
1 128 (41.03%) Social Skills
2 111 (35.58%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (14.10%) Finance
4 36 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 35 (11.22%) Law
6 28 (8.97%) Public Sector
7 24 (7.69%) Banking
8 17 (5.45%) Back Office
8 17 (5.45%) Financial Institution
9 16 (5.13%) Retail
10 4 (1.28%) Military
11 2 (0.64%) Marketing
11 2 (0.64%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.32%) Police
12 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 72 (23.08%) Systems Engineer
2 59 (18.91%) AWS Engineer
3 52 (16.67%) Senior
4 46 (14.74%) Developer
5 37 (11.86%) Cloud Engineer
6 35 (11.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 29 (9.29%) DevOps Engineer
8 23 (7.37%) Data Engineer
9 20 (6.41%) Lead
10 19 (6.09%) Full-Stack Developer
11 18 (5.77%) Architect
11 18 (5.77%) Security Engineer
12 17 (5.45%) Cloud Security Engineer
12 17 (5.45%) GCP Engineer
13 14 (4.49%) Senior Developer
14 13 (4.17%) AWS DevOps
14 13 (4.17%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 12 (3.85%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
15 12 (3.85%) Python Engineer
15 12 (3.85%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (49.04%) Terraform
2 28 (8.97%) .NET
2 28 (8.97%) Kafka
3 27 (8.65%) RESTful
4 24 (7.69%) Node.js
4 24 (7.69%) REST
5 23 (7.37%) AWS CDK
6 22 (7.05%) OpenTelemetry
7 21 (6.73%) React
8 16 (5.13%) Spring Boot
9 14 (4.49%) CSS
10 13 (4.17%) Elastic Stack
11 11 (3.53%) HTML
11 11 (3.53%) RabbitMQ
12 10 (3.21%) .NET Framework
12 10 (3.21%) Spring
13 9 (2.88%) Django
13 9 (2.88%) Flask
13 9 (2.88%) Swagger
13 9 (2.88%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 75 (24.04%) Legacy Systems
2 72 (23.08%) Cloud Native
3 53 (16.99%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (7.69%) Blog
5 16 (5.13%) Replication
6 15 (4.81%) Hybrid Cloud
7 14 (4.49%) Linux Command Line
7 14 (4.49%) Security Posture
8 12 (3.85%) Management Information System
9 10 (3.21%) AI Agents
10 9 (2.88%) Onboarding
11 8 (2.56%) Algorithms
12 7 (2.24%) Renewable Energy
13 6 (1.92%) Cloud Security Posture
13 6 (1.92%) Data Structures
13 6 (1.92%) Digital Wallet
13 6 (1.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 6 (1.92%) Mainframe
14 5 (1.60%) Blockchain
14 5 (1.60%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 112 (35.90%) Linux
2 104 (33.33%) Windows
3 88 (28.21%) Windows Server
4 72 (23.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (1.60%) Unix
6 3 (0.96%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.64%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (0.64%) CentOS
7 2 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.64%) VMS
8 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (50.32%) Problem-Solving
2 138 (44.23%) CI/CD
3 125 (40.06%) Infrastructure as Code
4 111 (35.58%) Migration
5 109 (34.94%) DevOps
6 74 (23.72%) Customer Service
6 74 (23.72%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 72 (23.08%) Customer Experience
7 72 (23.08%) Email Filtering
7 72 (23.08%) Kalman Filter
7 72 (23.08%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 72 (23.08%) Web Filtering
8 69 (22.12%) Observability
9 67 (21.47%) Agile
10 63 (20.19%) AI
11 57 (18.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 53 (16.99%) Continuous Improvement
13 52 (16.67%) Microservices
14 51 (16.35%) Cloud Security
15 50 (16.03%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 130 (41.67%) Python
2 53 (16.99%) SQL
3 47 (15.06%) Bash
3 47 (15.06%) Java
4 30 (9.62%) JavaScript
5 28 (8.97%) Go
6 23 (7.37%) TypeScript
7 20 (6.41%) C#
8 13 (4.17%) PowerShell
9 11 (3.53%) Groovy
10 8 (2.56%) Ruby
11 7 (2.24%) Scala
12 6 (1.92%) COBOL
13 5 (1.60%) PHP
14 3 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.96%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.64%) Bicep
15 2 (0.64%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.64%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.32%) Clojure
Qualifications
1 115 (36.86%) Security Cleared
2 107 (34.29%) SC Cleared
3 47 (15.06%) AWS Certification
4 27 (8.65%) Degree
5 26 (8.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 10 (3.21%) Master's Degree
7 9 (2.88%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 8 (2.56%) CCSP
8 8 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (2.56%) CISM
8 8 (2.56%) CISSP
9 7 (2.24%) AWS Certified Developer
9 7 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.96%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.64%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (28.53%) PCI DSS
2 75 (24.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 22 (7.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (5.77%) Data Quality
4 18 (5.77%) SOC 2
5 16 (5.13%) GDPR
6 10 (3.21%) HIPAA
7 8 (2.56%) NIST
8 7 (2.24%) QA
9 6 (1.92%) Government Security Classifications
9 6 (1.92%) NCSC
10 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.32%) GxP
10 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 89 (28.53%) Active Directory
2 88 (28.21%) Docker
3 80 (25.64%) Hyper-V
4 72 (23.08%) Terminal Server
5 6 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.32%) iptables
7 1 (0.32%) MetaFrame
7 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.32%) vSphere
7 1 (0.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 87 (27.88%) Kubernetes
2 52 (16.67%) Grafana
3 43 (13.78%) Prometheus
4 20 (6.41%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (4.17%) Ansible
6 9 (2.88%) Rancher
7 8 (2.56%) Cilium
7 8 (2.56%) logstash
8 7 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (2.24%) Packer
9 5 (1.60%) Kibana
10 3 (0.96%) Puppet
10 3 (0.96%) VxRail
10 3 (0.96%) WSUS
11 2 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.64%) Argo
11 2 (0.64%) Bugsnag
11 2 (0.64%) Istio
11 2 (0.64%) MaaS360
11 2 (0.64%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 106 (33.97%) Microsoft
2 80 (25.64%) VMware
3 79 (25.32%) Veeam
4 73 (23.40%) SolarWinds
4 73 (23.40%) Splunk
5 72 (23.08%) Brocade
5 72 (23.08%) Nimble Storage
5 72 (23.08%) Tanium
6 26 (8.33%) Google
7 19 (6.09%) Oracle
8 11 (3.53%) Databricks
9 10 (3.21%) Dynatrace
10 9 (2.88%) Cisco
10 9 (2.88%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.92%) Meraki
11 6 (1.92%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.92%) Zerto
12 5 (1.60%) Commvault
12 5 (1.60%) Red Hat
13 4 (1.28%) Salesforce