Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Amazon RDS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Amazon RDS over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 437 487 400
Rank change year-on-year +50 -87 -22
Permanent jobs citing Amazon RDS 558 596 1,514
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.56% 0.60% 0.94%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.06% 2.79% 3.36%
Number of salaries quoted 370 441 595
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,200 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,375 £47,672 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% - +4.48%
75th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% -12.00% +38.89%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Amazon RDS is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 18,257 21,342 45,094
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.27% 21.52% 28.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12,529 13,306 21,042
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,539 £103,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

Amazon RDS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Amazon RDS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Amazon RDS in the UK

Amazon RDS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Amazon RDS.

Salary trend for Amazon RDS in the UK

Amazon RDS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Amazon RDS over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Amazon RDS in the UK

Amazon RDS
Top 17 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 18 May 2024. 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 +70 513 £65,000 -3.70% 128
UK excluding London +41 368 £52,500 -4.55% 81
Work from Home +45 240 £65,000 -7.14% 86
London +23 176 £80,000 -11.11% 61
North of England +76 135 £46,000 +21.05% 26
North West +32 73 £80,000 +23.08% 8
South East +36 70 £62,500 -3.85% 24
Midlands +3 61 £58,500 +14.15% 16
West Midlands +19 42 £58,500 +23.16% 14
Yorkshire +60 37 £45,000 +38.46% 17
South West -15 36 £60,000 +76.47% 5
East of England +4 31 £32,500 -43.48% 3
North East +16 25 £32,500 -31.83% 1
Scotland -67 21 £41,500 -40.71% 5
East Midlands -3 19 £50,000 -23.08% 2
Wales +8 7 £60,000 -35.14%
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 5

Amazon RDS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 61 (10.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (9.32%) SharePoint
3 46 (8.24%) WebLogic
4 11 (1.97%) Confluence
5 10 (1.79%) IIS
6 9 (1.61%) nginx
7 8 (1.43%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.36%) Cloud Foundry
8 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.36%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.18%) Moodle
9 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (5.20%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.18%) Notion
Business Applications
1 46 (8.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 455 (81.54%) AWS
2 264 (47.31%) Amazon S3
3 218 (39.07%) Amazon EC2
4 215 (38.53%) Azure
5 188 (33.69%) Serverless
6 185 (33.15%) AWS Lambda
7 152 (27.24%) Amazon EKS
8 97 (17.38%) Microsoft 365
9 96 (17.20%) Route 53
10 93 (16.67%) AWS CloudFormation
11 87 (15.59%) Amazon SQS
12 72 (12.90%) OCI
13 71 (12.72%) Amazon ECR
14 64 (11.47%) Amazon ECS
15 58 (10.39%) IBM Cloud
16 56 (10.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 54 (9.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 51 (9.14%) Entra ID
19 48 (8.60%) OpenShift
20 40 (7.17%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 90 (16.13%) DNS
2 60 (10.75%) TCP/IP
3 49 (8.78%) SSL
4 48 (8.60%) Firewall
5 46 (8.24%) BGP
6 40 (7.17%) VPN
7 32 (5.73%) DHCP
8 30 (5.38%) SAN
9 25 (4.48%) Remote Desktop
10 19 (3.41%) Wi-Fi
11 18 (3.23%) VLAN
12 15 (2.69%) WAN
13 14 (2.51%) LAN
14 12 (2.15%) HTTP
15 10 (1.79%) Wireless
16 8 (1.43%) MQTT
17 7 (1.25%) 4G
17 7 (1.25%) DSL
17 7 (1.25%) FTP
17 7 (1.25%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (18.46%) Relational Database
2 88 (15.77%) RDBMS
3 80 (14.34%) MySQL
4 69 (12.37%) SQL Server
5 65 (11.65%) Amazon Redshift
6 64 (11.47%) DynamoDB
7 59 (10.57%) Oracle Database
8 51 (9.14%) PostgreSQL
9 32 (5.73%) MongoDB
10 28 (5.02%) Amazon Aurora
10 28 (5.02%) Data Warehouse
11 18 (3.23%) NoSQL
12 12 (2.15%) DB2
13 8 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (1.08%) BigQuery
15 5 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.90%) InfluxDB
16 4 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 2 (0.36%) Data Lake
17 2 (0.36%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 110 (19.71%) Git
2 84 (15.05%) Jenkins
3 56 (10.04%) GitLab
4 30 (5.38%) Artifactory
5 28 (5.02%) Postman
6 15 (2.69%) Bitbucket
7 13 (2.33%) Subversion
8 12 (2.15%) JIRA
9 10 (1.79%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (0.90%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.72%) Selenium
12 3 (0.54%) Burp Suite
12 3 (0.54%) Metasploit
12 3 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
12 3 (0.54%) sqlmap
13 2 (0.36%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.36%) Hudson
13 2 (0.36%) Snyk
13 2 (0.36%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 215 (38.53%) Social Skills
2 86 (15.41%) Finance
3 85 (15.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 59 (10.57%) Public Sector
5 31 (5.56%) Law
6 30 (5.38%) Front Office
7 16 (2.87%) Legal
8 15 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (2.51%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.79%) Analytical Skills
11 8 (1.43%) Games
11 8 (1.43%) Marketing
12 6 (1.08%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.72%) Retail
14 3 (0.54%) Japanese Language
14 3 (0.54%) Tech for Good
15 2 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
16 1 (0.18%) Advertising
16 1 (0.18%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 135 (24.19%) DevOps Engineer
2 125 (22.40%) AWS Engineer
3 119 (21.33%) Lead
4 101 (18.10%) Senior
5 68 (12.19%) Architect
6 62 (11.11%) AWS DevOps
7 60 (10.75%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 57 (10.22%) Developer
8 57 (10.22%) Support Engineer
9 56 (10.04%) Solutions Architect
10 54 (9.68%) Cloud Engineer
11 49 (8.78%) Senior DevOps
11 49 (8.78%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 46 (8.24%) IT Engineer
12 46 (8.24%) Lead Architect
12 46 (8.24%) Lead Solutions Architect
13 45 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 38 (6.81%) Technical Leader
15 36 (6.45%) IT Support
15 36 (6.45%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (14.16%) Spring Boot
2 61 (10.93%) RabbitMQ
3 55 (9.86%) RESTful
4 52 (9.32%) Spring
5 45 (8.06%) GraphQL
6 40 (7.17%) Django
7 31 (5.56%) JSON
8 30 (5.38%) J2EE
8 30 (5.38%) React
9 29 (5.20%) .NET
10 22 (3.94%) Node.js
11 15 (2.69%) CSS
11 15 (2.69%) HTML
12 12 (2.15%) Spring XD
13 11 (1.97%) Middleware
14 10 (1.79%) .NET Framework
14 10 (1.79%) AngularJS
15 9 (1.61%) Elastic Stack
16 8 (1.43%) ASP.NET
16 8 (1.43%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 69 (12.37%) Hybrid Cloud
2 59 (10.57%) Blockchain
3 58 (10.39%) e-Learning
4 57 (10.22%) Enterprise Software
5 49 (8.78%) Cloud Native
6 47 (8.42%) Public Cloud
7 30 (5.38%) Tandem
8 29 (5.20%) Data Centre
8 29 (5.20%) Management Information System
9 18 (3.23%) Clustering
10 15 (2.69%) Driving Licence
10 15 (2.69%) Enterprise Storage
11 14 (2.51%) Smartphone
12 13 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (2.15%) Client/Server
13 12 (2.15%) iPad
14 11 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
15 10 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
16 9 (1.61%) IoT
17 8 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 142 (25.45%) Windows
2 124 (22.22%) Linux
3 69 (12.37%) Windows Server
4 54 (9.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 31 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 30 (5.38%) Windows Server 2019
7 25 (4.48%) Windows Server 2012
8 23 (4.12%) Windows 10
9 15 (2.69%) Android
9 15 (2.69%) Apple iOS
10 11 (1.97%) Unix
11 10 (1.79%) Ubuntu
12 9 (1.61%) Debian
13 2 (0.36%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.36%) Solaris
13 2 (0.36%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.18%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.18%) CentOS
14 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (44.27%) Agile
2 213 (38.17%) DevOps
3 193 (34.59%) CI/CD
4 159 (28.49%) Problem-Solving
5 128 (22.94%) Software Engineering
6 125 (22.40%) Containerisation
7 112 (20.07%) Mentoring
8 108 (19.35%) Infrastructure as Code
9 87 (15.59%) Migration
10 86 (15.41%) Open Source
11 82 (14.70%) Test Automation
12 75 (13.44%) SDLC
13 74 (13.26%) Project Management
14 70 (12.54%) Secrets Management
15 68 (12.19%) Coaching
15 68 (12.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 67 (12.01%) Artificial Intelligence
17 66 (11.83%) Observability
18 65 (11.65%) Computer Science
19 64 (11.47%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 177 (31.72%) Python
2 120 (21.51%) Java
3 65 (11.65%) SQL
4 52 (9.32%) Go
5 32 (5.73%) Bash
5 32 (5.73%) PHP
6 28 (5.02%) JavaScript
7 25 (4.48%) PowerShell
8 20 (3.58%) C#
9 19 (3.41%) TypeScript
10 10 (1.79%) PL/SQL
11 8 (1.43%) Shell Script
11 8 (1.43%) T-SQL
12 7 (1.25%) Ruby
13 5 (0.90%) C++
13 5 (0.90%) JSX
13 5 (0.90%) R
14 3 (0.54%) C
14 3 (0.54%) Rust
15 2 (0.36%) Perl
Qualifications
1 104 (18.64%) AWS Certification
2 77 (13.80%) Degree
3 70 (12.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 69 (12.37%) SC Cleared
4 69 (12.37%) Security Cleared
5 65 (11.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 63 (11.29%) Azure Certification
7 38 (6.81%) DBS Check
8 29 (5.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (2.33%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 10 (1.79%) OCP
10 10 (1.79%) Oracle Certification
11 8 (1.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 8 (1.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (0.90%) CCNA
12 5 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.90%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.72%) AWS Certified Developer
13 4 (0.72%) MCSE
13 4 (0.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.73%) SLA
2 12 (2.15%) NIST
3 11 (1.97%) GDPR
4 9 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.25%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.72%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.54%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.36%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.36%) PMO
8 2 (0.36%) QA
9 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 126 (22.58%) Docker
2 94 (16.85%) Active Directory
3 89 (15.95%) Hyper-V
4 49 (8.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (2.69%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (2.15%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.72%) Firmware
8 4 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.54%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.36%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.36%) pfSense
10 2 (0.36%) Terminal Server
10 2 (0.36%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.36%) vSphere
11 1 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 211 (37.81%) Terraform
2 193 (34.59%) Kubernetes
3 69 (12.37%) Prometheus
4 34 (6.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (4.12%) Ansible
6 21 (3.76%) Grafana
7 14 (2.51%) Failover Clustering
7 14 (2.51%) Progress Chef
8 13 (2.33%) Puppet
9 11 (1.97%) Packer
10 6 (1.08%) Microsoft Clustering
10 6 (1.08%) Salt
11 5 (0.90%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.90%) Foglight
11 5 (0.90%) SCOM
11 5 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.72%) Data Guard
12 4 (0.72%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.72%) vRealize Orchestrator
12 4 (0.72%) WSUS
Vendors
1 121 (21.68%) Microsoft
2 97 (17.38%) Oracle
3 64 (11.47%) Red Hat
3 64 (11.47%) VMware
4 61 (10.93%) Dynatrace
5 58 (10.39%) IBM
6 54 (9.68%) Citrix
7 46 (8.24%) Sparx
8 24 (4.30%) Veeam
9 20 (3.58%) Cisco
10 18 (3.23%) HP
11 16 (2.87%) Nimble Storage
12 15 (2.69%) Google
13 12 (2.15%) Sybase
14 11 (1.97%) Atlassian
15 9 (1.61%) Dell
15 9 (1.61%) Meraki
16 7 (1.25%) Aruba
17 6 (1.08%) Mitel
17 6 (1.08%) NetApp