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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 68 58
Rank change year-on-year +3 -10 +4
Contract jobs citing Terraform 224 107 144
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.41% 3.01% 3.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.46% 16.64% 18.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 61 111
10th Percentile £400 £400 £400
25th Percentile £475 £430 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £588 £638
90th Percentile £735 £623 £688
England median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 0
10th Percentile £61.74 - -
25th Percentile £65.75 - -
Median hourly rate £67.74 - -
75th Percentile £71.00 - -
90th Percentile £77.52 - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £56.00 £74.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% -24.32% -3.31%

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 955 643 775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 14.56% 18.10% 18.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 595 440 514
10th Percentile £320 £286 £327
25th Percentile £435 £375 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +12.63% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £625
90th Percentile £733 £625 £675
England median daily rate £537 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +3.27% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 14 26
10th Percentile £29.07 £18.97 £41.19
25th Percentile £51.25 £47.19 £61.60
Median hourly rate £67.47 £50.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.94% -20.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70.50 £53.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.16 £55.00 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +20.37% -16.92% +9.62%

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

Terraform
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 13 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Terraform in the South East

Terraform
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

Terraform
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Terraform in the South East over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Terraform in the South East

Terraform
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 13 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +5 124 £589 +17.83% 101
Berkshire -2 73 £572 +19.17% 38
Hampshire +1 70 £600 +17.07% 54
Buckinghamshire +5 41 £615 +2.49% 28
Surrey -5 23 £460 -23.97% 30
Oxfordshire -20 10 £809 +54.10% 36
East Sussex +1 3 £459 +2.00% 7
Middlesex -17 3 £600 +20.00%
West Sussex -27 1 £322 -0.92% 5
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 (6.70%) Confluence
2 10 (4.46%) Apache
3 8 (3.57%) nginx
4 3 (1.34%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.34%) IIS
4 3 (1.34%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.89%) Apache Superset
5 2 (0.89%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.45%) SAS
6 1 (0.45%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.45%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (0.45%) Houdini
1 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.45%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 4 (1.79%) NetSuite
1 4 (1.79%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.45%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 136 (60.71%) Azure
2 106 (47.32%) AWS
3 45 (20.09%) Azure DevOps
4 44 (19.64%) GitHub
5 41 (18.30%) GCP
6 40 (17.86%) GitHub Actions
7 32 (14.29%) Entra ID
8 30 (13.39%) Azure Monitor
9 27 (12.05%) OpenShift
10 22 (9.82%) Serverless
11 21 (9.38%) AWS CloudFormation
12 20 (8.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 16 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
14 15 (6.70%) AWS Lambda
15 14 (6.25%) Azure AKS
16 13 (5.80%) Amazon EKS
17 10 (4.46%) Azure Key Vault
18 9 (4.02%) Amazon ECS
18 9 (4.02%) Azure API Management
18 9 (4.02%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 50 (22.32%) DNS
1 50 (22.32%) Firewall
2 33 (14.73%) DHCP
3 29 (12.95%) TCP/IP
4 28 (12.50%) VPN
5 16 (7.14%) Network Security
6 9 (4.02%) SSH
7 8 (3.57%) BGP
8 7 (3.13%) DNSSEC
8 7 (3.13%) LAN
8 7 (3.13%) VLAN
9 4 (1.79%) BIG-IP
9 4 (1.79%) MPLS
9 4 (1.79%) MQTT
9 4 (1.79%) OSPF
9 4 (1.79%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.79%) WAN
10 3 (1.34%) HSRP
10 3 (1.34%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (1.34%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.57%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (3.13%) NoSQL
2 7 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (2.68%) Amazon Redshift
3 6 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (2.23%) DynamoDB
4 5 (2.23%) Power BI
5 4 (1.79%) BigQuery
5 4 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (1.79%) MySQL
5 4 (1.79%) Parquet
6 3 (1.34%) Big Data
6 3 (1.34%) DocumentDB
6 3 (1.34%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.89%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.89%) Redis
8 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.45%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 43 (19.20%) GitLab
2 34 (15.18%) Jenkins
3 32 (14.29%) Git
4 13 (5.80%) JIRA
5 7 (3.13%) SonarQube
6 6 (2.68%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (2.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (2.23%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.34%) NUnit
9 1 (0.45%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.45%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.45%) Jaeger
9 1 (0.45%) MSI
9 1 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.45%) Robot Framework
General
1 63 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 29 (12.95%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (8.93%) Aerospace
4 17 (7.59%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.36%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (4.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (4.02%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.23%) Military
8 4 (1.79%) Billing
8 4 (1.79%) Finance
8 4 (1.79%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.34%) Health Technology
9 3 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.34%) Publishing
10 2 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.45%) Automotive
11 1 (0.45%) Banking
11 1 (0.45%) German Language
11 1 (0.45%) Local Government
11 1 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 39 (17.41%) Senior
2 31 (13.84%) Cloud Engineer
3 30 (13.39%) Azure Engineer
4 27 (12.05%) Platform Engineer
5 22 (9.82%) Developer
6 20 (8.93%) DevOps Engineer
6 20 (8.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (8.93%) Lead
7 19 (8.48%) Architect
7 19 (8.48%) DevSecOps Engineer
8 13 (5.80%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (4.91%) AWS Engineer
9 11 (4.91%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 10 (4.46%) Technical Leader
11 9 (4.02%) C Developer
11 9 (4.02%) Data Engineer
11 9 (4.02%) Linux Developer
11 9 (4.02%) Senior Platform Engineer
11 9 (4.02%) Software Developer
12 8 (3.57%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (16.07%) ARM Templates
2 20 (8.93%) REST
3 13 (5.80%) RESTful
4 12 (5.36%) .NET
5 11 (4.91%) OAuth
6 10 (4.46%) OpenTofu
6 10 (4.46%) SAML
7 9 (4.02%) .NET Framework
7 9 (4.02%) Entity Framework
7 9 (4.02%) LDAP
8 8 (3.57%) React
8 8 (3.57%) YAML
9 6 (2.68%) AWS CDK
9 6 (2.68%) OpenID
10 5 (2.23%) .NET Core
10 5 (2.23%) JSON
10 5 (2.23%) Kafka
10 5 (2.23%) OAuth2
11 4 (1.79%) gRPC
11 4 (1.79%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 42 (18.75%) Hybrid Cloud
2 32 (14.29%) Cloud Native
3 17 (7.59%) Product Ownership
4 16 (7.14%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.91%) ARM Cortex
6 8 (3.57%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 7 (3.13%) PKI
7 7 (3.13%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.68%) AI Agents
8 6 (2.68%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.68%) Public Cloud
9 5 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.79%) Life Science
11 3 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (1.34%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.34%) Wiki
12 2 (0.89%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (0.89%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 76 (33.93%) Linux
2 59 (26.34%) Windows
3 32 (14.29%) Windows Server
4 12 (5.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (3.57%) CentOS
5 8 (3.57%) Ubuntu
6 5 (2.23%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.34%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.45%) macOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (72.77%) Infrastructure as Code
2 137 (61.16%) CI/CD
3 108 (48.21%) DevOps
4 69 (30.80%) Platform Engineering
5 62 (27.68%) Containerisation
6 58 (25.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 53 (23.66%) Observability
8 51 (22.77%) Agile
9 47 (20.98%) DevSecOps
10 45 (20.09%) Problem-Solving
11 35 (15.63%) Software Engineering
12 33 (14.73%) Analytics
12 33 (14.73%) Cybersecurity
13 32 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 30 (13.39%) Deployment Automation
14 30 (13.39%) Test Automation
15 29 (12.95%) Infrastructure Automation
15 29 (12.95%) Stakeholder Management
16 28 (12.50%) Cloud Security
17 27 (12.05%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 113 (50.45%) Python
2 85 (37.95%) PowerShell
3 63 (28.13%) Bash
4 43 (19.20%) Bicep
5 18 (8.04%) SQL
6 10 (4.46%) C#
6 10 (4.46%) JavaScript
7 9 (4.02%) C
8 8 (3.57%) TypeScript
9 6 (2.68%) Java
10 4 (1.79%) Rust
10 4 (1.79%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.89%) BeanShell
11 2 (0.89%) Groovy
11 2 (0.89%) Scala
12 1 (0.45%) Go
12 1 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 112 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 68 (30.36%) SC Cleared
3 43 (19.20%) DV Cleared
4 24 (10.71%) AWS Certification
5 21 (9.38%) Azure Certification
6 15 (6.70%) Degree
7 12 (5.36%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (3.13%) CISSP
9 6 (2.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (2.68%) CCNP
10 5 (2.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (2.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (1.79%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 4 (1.79%) CCIE
11 4 (1.79%) CEH
11 4 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.79%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.79%) PMP
12 3 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.91%) NCSC
2 6 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.68%) NIST
3 4 (1.79%) GDPR
4 3 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.34%) QA
5 2 (0.89%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.45%) GRC
6 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 58 (25.89%) Docker
2 50 (22.32%) Active Directory
3 16 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (4.02%) Hyper-V
5 7 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (2.23%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.34%) Dovecot
7 3 (1.34%) Postfix
8 1 (0.45%) Firmware
8 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 89 (39.73%) Ansible
2 80 (35.71%) Kubernetes
3 27 (12.05%) Grafana
4 19 (8.48%) Prometheus
5 14 (6.25%) Puppet
6 12 (5.36%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (4.91%) SCCM
8 8 (3.57%) Packer
8 8 (3.57%) Progress Chef
9 7 (3.13%) vCenter Server
10 6 (2.68%) Argo
11 5 (2.23%) Podman
12 4 (1.79%) Istio
12 4 (1.79%) WMI
13 3 (1.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (1.34%) HAProxy
13 3 (1.34%) Rancher
14 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 76 (33.93%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.16%) VMware
3 18 (8.04%) Google
4 13 (5.80%) Red Hat
5 12 (5.36%) CrowdStrike
6 10 (4.46%) Cisco
7 8 (3.57%) Oracle
8 7 (3.13%) Dynatrace
8 7 (3.13%) Infoblox
8 7 (3.13%) Salesforce
9 6 (2.68%) F5
9 6 (2.68%) Palo Alto
10 5 (2.23%) ServiceNow
10 5 (2.23%) Tanium
10 5 (2.23%) Tenable
11 4 (1.79%) NVIDIA
11 4 (1.79%) PagerDuty
11 4 (1.79%) Sage
11 4 (1.79%) Splunk
12 3 (1.34%) Juniper