Terraform Contract Job Trends in the South East

Terraform
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Terraform skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 63 54
Rank change year-on-year -10 -9 -2
Contract jobs citing Terraform 207 108 174
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.10% 3.04% 3.64%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 19.94% 16.72% 20.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 67 129
10th Percentile £382 £400 £413
25th Percentile £440 £428 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £501 £553
Median % change year-on-year +11.89% -9.41% -8.94%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £638
90th Percentile £727 £616 £678
England median daily rate £544 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +3.57% -4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 0
10th Percentile £62.09 - -
25th Percentile £66.61 - -
Median hourly rate £67.47 - -
75th Percentile £71.00 - -
90th Percentile £71.34 - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £59.25 £74.00
% change year-on-year +18.14% -19.93% -5.13%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

Terraform falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,038 646 833
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 15.56% 18.19% 17.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 659 441 569
10th Percentile £325 £300 £325
25th Percentile £431 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.58% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £625
90th Percentile £725 £625 £672
England median daily rate £530 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 21 34
10th Percentile £38.25 £20.85 £27.23
25th Percentile £55.00 £37.80 £54.85
Median hourly rate £69.11 £50.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +38.22% -18.83% +3.75%
75th Percentile £70.00 £55.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.24 £58.75 £73.41
England median hourly rate £65.00 £54.94 £61.80
% change year-on-year +18.32% -11.10% -4.92%

Terraform
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Terraform relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Terraform job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Terraform.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Terraform

Terraform
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Terraform in the South East over the 6 months to 24 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Terraform in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Terraform.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Terraform

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Terraform in the South East over the 6 months to 24 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Terraform in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Terraform within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 August 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
Thames Valley +8 126 £560 +11.89% 38
Berkshire +2 75 £521 +4.20% 17
Hampshire -8 60 £588 +14.63% 22
Buckinghamshire -2 43 £560 -8.57% 14
Surrey -11 19 £500 -11.11% 11
Oxfordshire -21 8 £750 +42.86% 7
East Sussex -2 2 £430 -9.58% 1
Middlesex -17 2 £600 +20.00%
West Sussex -22 1 £322 -0.92% 1
Terraform
England

Terraform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 15 (7.25%) Confluence
2 9 (4.35%) Apache
3 8 (3.86%) nginx
4 3 (1.45%) IIS
4 3 (1.45%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.97%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.97%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.48%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.48%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.48%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.48%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (0.48%) Houdini
1 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.48%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 4 (1.93%) NetSuite
1 4 (1.93%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 140 (67.63%) Azure
2 98 (47.34%) AWS
3 46 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
4 41 (19.81%) GitHub
5 38 (18.36%) GitHub Actions
6 35 (16.91%) GCP
7 27 (13.04%) Entra ID
8 23 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
9 20 (9.66%) AWS CloudFormation
10 16 (7.73%) OpenShift
11 14 (6.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 14 (6.76%) Amazon EKS
11 14 (6.76%) Azure AKS
12 13 (6.28%) Serverless
13 10 (4.83%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (4.35%) Azure Key Vault
15 8 (3.86%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (3.86%) IaaS
15 8 (3.86%) Route 53
16 7 (3.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (21.74%) DNS
1 45 (21.74%) Firewall
2 24 (11.59%) DHCP
2 24 (11.59%) VPN
3 23 (11.11%) TCP/IP
4 12 (5.80%) Network Security
5 7 (3.38%) DNSSEC
5 7 (3.38%) SSH
6 5 (2.42%) BGP
6 5 (2.42%) LAN
6 5 (2.42%) SD-WAN
6 5 (2.42%) VLAN
6 5 (2.42%) WAN
7 4 (1.93%) BIG-IP
7 4 (1.93%) MPLS
7 4 (1.93%) MQTT
7 4 (1.93%) OSPF
8 3 (1.45%) SAN
9 2 (0.97%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.97%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (2.42%) Amazon Redshift
2 5 (2.42%) NoSQL
3 4 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.93%) BigQuery
3 4 (1.93%) DocumentDB
3 4 (1.93%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.93%) MySQL
3 4 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.93%) Power BI
4 3 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.45%) DynamoDB
4 3 (1.45%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.97%) Big Data
5 2 (0.97%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.97%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.97%) Redis
6 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.48%) Parquet
6 1 (0.48%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 30 (14.49%) GitLab
2 23 (11.11%) Git
3 21 (10.14%) Jenkins
4 13 (6.28%) JIRA
5 7 (3.38%) SonarQube
6 6 (2.90%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (2.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (2.42%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.93%) NUnit
9 2 (0.97%) Jaeger
9 2 (0.97%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.48%) MSI
10 1 (0.48%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 54 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 30 (14.49%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (8.21%) Aerospace
3 17 (8.21%) Public Sector
4 13 (6.28%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (4.83%) Telecoms
6 8 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.90%) Finance
8 4 (1.93%) Billing
8 4 (1.93%) Health Technology
9 3 (1.45%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.45%) Publishing
10 2 (0.97%) Automotive
10 2 (0.97%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.97%) Military
10 2 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.48%) Legal
11 1 (0.48%) Local Government
11 1 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 33 (15.94%) Senior
2 32 (15.46%) Azure Engineer
2 32 (15.46%) Cloud Engineer
3 24 (11.59%) DevOps Engineer
4 22 (10.63%) Platform Engineer
5 21 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (8.70%) Architect
7 17 (8.21%) Developer
8 15 (7.25%) Lead
9 14 (6.76%) DevSecOps Engineer
10 9 (4.35%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 9 (4.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (3.86%) AWS Engineer
11 8 (3.86%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 7 (3.38%) .NET Developer
12 7 (3.38%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 7 (3.38%) Data Engineer
12 7 (3.38%) Senior Data Engineer
12 7 (3.38%) Senior Platform Engineer
13 6 (2.90%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (12.56%) ARM Templates
2 18 (8.70%) REST
3 15 (7.25%) .NET
4 11 (5.31%) RESTful
5 10 (4.83%) YAML
6 9 (4.35%) .NET Framework
6 9 (4.35%) OAuth
7 8 (3.86%) Entity Framework
7 8 (3.86%) SAML
8 7 (3.38%) React
9 6 (2.90%) ASP.NET
9 6 (2.90%) ASP.NET Web Forms
9 6 (2.90%) Kafka
9 6 (2.90%) Keycloak
10 5 (2.42%) ASP.NET Web API
10 5 (2.42%) NHibernate
10 5 (2.42%) OAuth2
11 4 (1.93%) .NET Core
11 4 (1.93%) Loki
11 4 (1.93%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 36 (17.39%) Cloud Native
1 36 (17.39%) Hybrid Cloud
2 15 (7.25%) Product Ownership
3 12 (5.80%) Onboarding
4 10 (4.83%) Public Cloud
5 9 (4.35%) PKI
6 8 (3.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 7 (3.38%) ARM Cortex
8 6 (2.90%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.90%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.93%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.93%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.93%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.97%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.97%) Life Science
10 2 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 56 (27.05%) Linux
2 52 (25.12%) Windows
3 28 (13.53%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (2.42%) CentOS
5 5 (2.42%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.93%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (74.40%) Infrastructure as Code
2 112 (54.11%) CI/CD
3 96 (46.38%) DevOps
4 52 (25.12%) Agile
5 51 (24.64%) Platform Engineering
6 47 (22.71%) Observability
7 46 (22.22%) Containerisation
7 46 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (18.36%) DevSecOps
10 32 (15.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 29 (14.01%) Cloud Security
11 29 (14.01%) Cybersecurity
12 27 (13.04%) Analytics
13 25 (12.08%) Test Automation
14 23 (11.11%) Deployment Automation
14 23 (11.11%) Infrastructure Automation
14 23 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
14 23 (11.11%) Zero Trust
15 22 (10.63%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 96 (46.38%) Python
2 82 (39.61%) PowerShell
3 50 (24.15%) Bash
4 37 (17.87%) Bicep
5 16 (7.73%) SQL
6 13 (6.28%) JavaScript
7 12 (5.80%) C#
8 9 (4.35%) TypeScript
9 5 (2.42%) Java
10 4 (1.93%) C
10 4 (1.93%) Rust
10 4 (1.93%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.45%) Go
12 2 (0.97%) BeanShell
12 2 (0.97%) Scala
13 1 (0.48%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 94 (45.41%) Security Cleared
2 67 (32.37%) SC Cleared
3 32 (15.46%) DV Cleared
4 20 (9.66%) AWS Certification
5 17 (8.21%) Azure Certification
6 12 (5.80%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (5.80%) Degree
7 7 (3.38%) CISSP
8 6 (2.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (2.90%) CCNP
9 5 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.93%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 4 (1.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.93%) CCIE
10 4 (1.93%) CEH
10 4 (1.93%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (1.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.80%) NCSC
2 8 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.90%) NIST
4 4 (1.93%) GDPR
4 4 (1.93%) QA
5 3 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.97%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.97%) GRC
6 2 (0.97%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 50 (24.15%) Docker
2 39 (18.84%) Active Directory
3 19 (9.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (6.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (4.83%) Hyper-V
6 7 (3.38%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (2.42%) VMware NSX
8 3 (1.45%) Dovecot
8 3 (1.45%) Postfix
8 3 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.48%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 74 (35.75%) Ansible
2 71 (34.30%) Kubernetes
3 25 (12.08%) Grafana
4 18 (8.70%) Prometheus
5 15 (7.25%) Puppet
6 9 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (4.35%) Progress Chef
7 7 (3.38%) SCCM
7 7 (3.38%) vCenter Server
8 5 (2.42%) Packer
9 4 (1.93%) Argo
9 4 (1.93%) Istio
9 4 (1.93%) Podman
9 4 (1.93%) WMI
10 3 (1.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (1.45%) HAProxy
10 3 (1.45%) Rancher
10 3 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 73 (35.27%) Microsoft
2 28 (13.53%) VMware
3 17 (8.21%) Google
4 10 (4.83%) Oracle
5 9 (4.35%) Cisco
5 9 (4.35%) Red Hat
6 8 (3.86%) CrowdStrike
6 8 (3.86%) Splunk
7 7 (3.38%) Dynatrace
7 7 (3.38%) F5
7 7 (3.38%) Infoblox
7 7 (3.38%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.42%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.42%) Tanium
8 5 (2.42%) Tenable
9 4 (1.93%) NVIDIA
9 4 (1.93%) PagerDuty
9 4 (1.93%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.93%) Sage
10 3 (1.45%) Juniper