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 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 60 65
Rank change year-on-year -20 +5 -10
Contract jobs citing Terraform 155 98 161
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.57% 3.29% 2.82%
As % of the Systems Management category 22.69% 24.26% 20.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 69 121
10th Percentile £400 £400 -
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £635 £588 £638
90th Percentile £717 £643 £688
England median daily rate £525 £529 £550
% change year-on-year -0.66% -3.91% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £82.00 - -
England median hourly rate £63.14 £52.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year +20.26% -15.32% -20.51%

All Systems Management Skills
South East

Terraform falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 683 404 773
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 11.33% 13.58% 13.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 494 292 561
10th Percentile £306 £263 £213
25th Percentile £403 £401 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.92%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £608
90th Percentile £725 £650 £675
England median daily rate £510 £515 £520
% change year-on-year -0.97% -0.96% -9.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 1 12
10th Percentile £16.00 - £14.00
25th Percentile £31.25 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 £28.00 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% -18.25% -41.70%
75th Percentile £70.00 - £48.75
90th Percentile £72.00 - £49.88
England median hourly rate £56.50 £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +41.25% +33.33% -42.86%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Terraform in the South East over the 6 months to 8 June 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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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 8 June 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 -16 81 £513 +2.50% 36
Hampshire +4 56 £513 -2.38% 49
Berkshire -24 47 £500 - 14
Buckinghamshire -23 28 £550 +30.80% 9
Surrey -14 13 £500 -11.11% 9
Oxfordshire - 6 £575 - 13
West Sussex -16 3 £725 +123.08% 6
East Sussex -8 1 £459 -3.37% 1
Home Counties - 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 10 (6.45%) Confluence
2 4 (2.58%) Apache
2 4 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.94%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.94%) ArcGIS
3 3 (1.94%) IIS
3 3 (1.94%) nginx
3 3 (1.94%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.29%) Apache Pulsar
5 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.65%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.94%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 102 (65.81%) Azure
2 68 (43.87%) AWS
3 34 (21.94%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (18.71%) GitHub
5 25 (16.13%) GitHub Actions
6 22 (14.19%) Entra ID
7 19 (12.26%) GCP
8 15 (9.68%) Azure AKS
9 14 (9.03%) Azure Monitor
10 13 (8.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 13 (8.39%) Amazon EKS
10 13 (8.39%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (7.74%) PaaS
12 11 (7.10%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (6.45%) IaaS
13 10 (6.45%) OpenShift
13 10 (6.45%) Serverless
14 6 (3.87%) Amazon ECS
15 5 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
15 5 (3.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (15.48%) Firewall
2 13 (8.39%) VPN
3 10 (6.45%) DNS
4 9 (5.81%) Network Security
5 8 (5.16%) WAN
6 7 (4.52%) BGP
6 7 (4.52%) OSPF
7 5 (3.23%) Ethernet VPN
7 5 (3.23%) LAN
8 4 (2.58%) SD-WAN
9 3 (1.94%) MPLS
9 3 (1.94%) MQTT
9 3 (1.94%) VXLAN
10 2 (1.29%) BIG-IP
10 2 (1.29%) NGFW
10 2 (1.29%) SAN
11 1 (0.65%) IPsec
11 1 (0.65%) IPv6
11 1 (0.65%) VoIP
11 1 (0.65%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.16%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (5.16%) Redis
2 3 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (1.94%) DocumentDB
2 3 (1.94%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (1.94%) MySQL
2 3 (1.94%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.94%) Power BI
2 3 (1.94%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.29%) Amazon Athena
3 2 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (1.29%) Big Data
3 2 (1.29%) DynamoDB
3 2 (1.29%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.65%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.65%) Pentaho
4 1 (0.65%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 20 (12.90%) GitLab
2 19 (12.26%) Git
3 10 (6.45%) JIRA
4 8 (5.16%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (4.52%) Jenkins
5 7 (4.52%) SonarQube
6 6 (3.87%) Robot Framework
7 4 (2.58%) Jaeger
7 4 (2.58%) NUnit
8 2 (1.29%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.65%) MLflow
9 1 (0.65%) MSI
9 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 29 (18.71%) Social Skills
2 15 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (9.03%) Public Sector
4 6 (3.87%) Finance
5 5 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.58%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.58%) Health Technology
6 4 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.94%) Military
8 2 (1.29%) Automotive
8 2 (1.29%) Aviation
8 2 (1.29%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.29%) Legal
9 1 (0.65%) Banking
9 1 (0.65%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.65%) Publishing
9 1 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (19.35%) Azure Engineer
1 30 (19.35%) DevOps Engineer
2 20 (12.90%) Cloud Engineer
3 14 (9.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (8.39%) Architect
5 12 (7.74%) Senior
6 11 (7.10%) Platform Engineer
7 10 (6.45%) AWS Engineer
7 10 (6.45%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 10 (6.45%) Developer
8 9 (5.81%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (5.16%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 7 (4.52%) DevSecOps Engineer
11 6 (3.87%) .NET Developer
11 6 (3.87%) AWS DevOps
11 6 (3.87%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 6 (3.87%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 6 (3.87%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 6 (3.87%) Infrastructure Architect
12 5 (3.23%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.32%) .NET
2 14 (9.03%) Kafka
3 13 (8.39%) ARM Templates
4 11 (7.10%) React
5 10 (6.45%) Keycloak
6 8 (5.16%) Loki
6 8 (5.16%) REST
6 8 (5.16%) YAML
7 7 (4.52%) OpenTelemetry
8 6 (3.87%) .NET Framework
9 5 (3.23%) ASP.NET
9 5 (3.23%) ASP.NET Web Forms
9 5 (3.23%) Entity Framework
10 4 (2.58%) ASP.NET Web API
10 4 (2.58%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (2.58%) NHibernate
10 4 (2.58%) OAuth
11 3 (1.94%) JSON
11 3 (1.94%) Node.js
11 3 (1.94%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 23 (14.84%) Cloud Native
2 11 (7.10%) Hybrid Cloud
2 11 (7.10%) PKI
3 10 (6.45%) Onboarding
4 9 (5.81%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (5.81%) Public Cloud
5 8 (5.16%) Data Centre
6 7 (4.52%) Product Ownership
7 6 (3.87%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.58%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.94%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.65%) Chip and PIN
11 1 (0.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 1 (0.65%) EMV
11 1 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.65%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 30 (19.35%) Linux
2 24 (15.48%) Windows
3 16 (10.32%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.87%) CentOS
5 4 (2.58%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.94%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.65%) VMS
8 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (70.32%) Infrastructure as Code
2 90 (58.06%) CI/CD
3 81 (52.26%) DevOps
4 40 (25.81%) Agile
5 38 (24.52%) Containerisation
6 32 (20.65%) Observability
7 25 (16.13%) DevSecOps
7 25 (16.13%) Platform Engineering
8 24 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
9 22 (14.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 19 (12.26%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 18 (11.61%) Cloud Security
12 17 (10.97%) Test Automation
13 16 (10.32%) Analytics
13 16 (10.32%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (9.68%) Incident Response
14 15 (9.68%) Migration
15 14 (9.03%) GitOps
15 14 (9.03%) Infrastructure Automation
16 13 (8.39%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 56 (36.13%) Python
2 40 (25.81%) PowerShell
3 26 (16.77%) Bash
3 26 (16.77%) Bicep
4 13 (8.39%) JavaScript
4 13 (8.39%) SQL
5 10 (6.45%) C#
6 8 (5.16%) TypeScript
7 6 (3.87%) Go
8 5 (3.23%) Java
9 3 (1.94%) Rust
9 3 (1.94%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.29%) BeanShell
10 2 (1.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 70 (45.16%) Security Cleared
2 53 (34.19%) SC Cleared
3 23 (14.84%) DV Cleared
4 13 (8.39%) Azure Certification
5 8 (5.16%) Degree
6 7 (4.52%) CCNP
6 7 (4.52%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (3.23%) AWS Certification
7 5 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.94%) CCIE
10 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.65%) CCDA
11 1 (0.65%) CCDP
11 1 (0.65%) CCIP
11 1 (0.65%) CCNA
11 1 (0.65%) CISSP
11 1 (0.65%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.65%) PMP
11 1 (0.65%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.39%) NCSC
2 7 (4.52%) PCI DSS
3 5 (3.23%) GDPR
4 4 (2.58%) GRC
4 4 (2.58%) QA
5 3 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.29%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.65%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.65%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.65%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.65%) NIST
System Software
1 36 (23.23%) Docker
2 23 (14.84%) Active Directory
3 17 (10.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (9.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (3.23%) Hyper-V
6 4 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.94%) Dovecot
7 3 (1.94%) Postfix
7 3 (1.94%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 62 (40.00%) Kubernetes
2 54 (34.84%) Ansible
3 32 (20.65%) Grafana
4 28 (18.06%) Prometheus
5 10 (6.45%) Argo
5 10 (6.45%) Istio
6 9 (5.81%) Puppet
7 6 (3.87%) linkerd
7 6 (3.87%) Rancher
8 4 (2.58%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (2.58%) WMI
9 3 (1.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.94%) HAProxy
9 3 (1.94%) Podman
9 3 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (1.29%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.65%) CASB
11 1 (0.65%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.65%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.65%) Salt
Vendors
1 31 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 26 (16.77%) VMware
3 13 (8.39%) Red Hat
4 11 (7.10%) Splunk
5 9 (5.81%) Cisco
6 7 (4.52%) NVIDIA
7 6 (3.87%) Oracle
8 5 (3.23%) F5
9 4 (2.58%) Dynatrace
9 4 (2.58%) Juniper
9 4 (2.58%) Mellanox
10 3 (1.94%) Databricks
10 3 (1.94%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.94%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.94%) Tenable
11 2 (1.29%) CheckPoint
11 2 (1.29%) Citrix
11 2 (1.29%) Zscaler
12 1 (0.65%) Arista
12 1 (0.65%) Okta