Terraform Contracts in the UK excluding London

Terraform
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Terraform skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Terraform over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 58 57
Rank change year-on-year -24 -1 +13
Contract jobs citing Terraform 504 927 1,185
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.44% 3.88% 3.83%
As % of the Systems Management category 21.48% 25.71% 27.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 373 715 887
10th Percentile £417 £445 £438
25th Percentile £463 £506 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +6.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £634 £675 £631
90th Percentile £688 £722 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 2
10th Percentile £55.40 £53.42 £41.50
25th Percentile £56.00 £70.50 £43.75
Median hourly rate £74.44 £78.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.56% +64.21% +18.75%
75th Percentile - - £51.25
90th Percentile £76.28 £80.40 £53.50
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £75.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -27.15% +88.75% -20.00%

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

Terraform is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,346 3,605 4,320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.35% 15.08% 13.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,702 2,640 3,037
10th Percentile £210 £275 £231
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £595
90th Percentile £652 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £515 £563 £565
% change year-on-year -8.44% -0.44% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 137 119
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.50 £12.82
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.22 £14.63
Median hourly rate £34.25 £43.75 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.71% +118.75% -9.09%
75th Percentile £49.06 £65.00 £33.88
90th Percentile £70.63 £75.20 £51.51
UK median hourly rate £27.25 £57.50 £22.39
% change year-on-year -52.61% +156.81% -43.67%

Terraform
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Terraform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Terraform in the UK excluding London

Terraform
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Terraform in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Terraform in the UK excluding London

Terraform
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Terraform in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Terraform in the UK excluding London

Terraform
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Terraform in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Terraform in the UK excluding London

Terraform
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Terraform in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Terraform in the UK excluding London

Terraform
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Terraform within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -23 153 £550 -6.38% 106
South East -23 134 £563 -6.25% 69
South West -22 103 £550 -4.35% 58
North West -17 99 £550 -4.35% 58
Scotland +20 65 £516 -13.96% 15
Yorkshire -25 47 £538 -10.42% 37
Midlands -28 28 £475 -13.64% 46
West Midlands -34 20 £488 -22.00% 30
East of England -20 14 £565 -19.29% 20
Wales +21 13 £647 +7.88% 16
East Midlands -1 8 £450 -35.71% 16
North East -10 7 - - 11
Northern Ireland +7 1 £640 -1.54% 13
Terraform
UK

Terraform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 27 (5.36%) Confluence
2 18 (3.57%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.58%) Apache
3 13 (2.58%) nginx
4 7 (1.39%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.99%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.79%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.79%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.60%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.40%) Traefik
10 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.20%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.20%) CMS
10 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.20%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.39%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 286 (56.75%) AWS
2 201 (39.88%) Azure
3 66 (13.10%) Azure DevOps
4 57 (11.31%) GitHub
5 50 (9.92%) Serverless
6 49 (9.72%) Amazon EC2
7 47 (9.33%) GCP
8 44 (8.73%) AWS CloudFormation
9 43 (8.53%) OpenShift
10 40 (7.94%) Amazon S3
11 38 (7.54%) AWS Lambda
12 32 (6.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 28 (5.56%) Amazon EKS
14 21 (4.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 20 (3.97%) IaaS
16 18 (3.57%) Snowflake
17 17 (3.37%) PaaS
18 16 (3.17%) GitHub Actions
19 12 (2.38%) Route 53
20 11 (2.18%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (10.71%) Firewall
2 27 (5.36%) DNS
3 25 (4.96%) TCP/IP
3 25 (4.96%) VPN
4 21 (4.17%) Network Security
5 10 (1.98%) SAN
6 7 (1.39%) HTTP
7 6 (1.19%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (1.19%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (0.99%) AMQP
8 5 (0.99%) NAS
9 4 (0.79%) 5G
9 4 (0.79%) Diameter Protocol
9 4 (0.79%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.79%) IPsec
9 4 (0.79%) LTE
9 4 (0.79%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.79%) SNA
9 4 (0.79%) VSAN
9 4 (0.79%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (7.54%) MySQL
2 28 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (5.36%) MongoDB
4 25 (4.96%) SQL Server
5 23 (4.56%) Amazon RDS
5 23 (4.56%) Relational Database
6 18 (3.57%) NoSQL
7 15 (2.98%) Elasticsearch
8 14 (2.78%) Data Lake
9 10 (1.98%) Amazon Aurora
9 10 (1.98%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (1.79%) InfluxDB
10 9 (1.79%) RDBMS
11 8 (1.59%) DynamoDB
12 7 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (1.19%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.99%) Big Data
14 5 (0.99%) Oracle Database
15 4 (0.79%) Couchbase
15 4 (0.79%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 107 (21.23%) Jenkins
2 105 (20.83%) GitLab
3 71 (14.09%) Git
4 48 (9.52%) JIRA
5 33 (6.55%) SonarQube
6 22 (4.37%) Selenium
7 21 (4.17%) Sonatype Nexus
8 18 (3.57%) Cucumber
9 15 (2.98%) Robot Framework
10 13 (2.58%) Artifactory
10 13 (2.58%) Bitbucket
11 12 (2.38%) REST Assured
12 11 (2.18%) Maven
13 9 (1.79%) Burp Suite
14 8 (1.59%) CircleCI
14 8 (1.59%) Gradle
14 8 (1.59%) Travis CI
15 7 (1.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 5 (0.99%) AppScan
17 4 (0.79%) Cypress.io
General
1 86 (17.06%) Social Skills
2 47 (9.33%) Public Sector
3 35 (6.94%) Finance
4 31 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (2.38%) Legal
6 10 (1.98%) Law
7 8 (1.59%) Police
8 7 (1.39%) Banking
8 7 (1.39%) Manufacturing
8 7 (1.39%) Marketing
8 7 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (1.39%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.19%) Electronics
9 6 (1.19%) Retail
10 5 (0.99%) Back Office
10 5 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.79%) German Language
12 3 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.60%) Tech for Good
13 2 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 152 (30.16%) DevOps Engineer
2 60 (11.90%) Senior
3 53 (10.52%) Developer
4 48 (9.52%) AWS Engineer
5 47 (9.33%) Azure Engineer
6 42 (8.33%) Architect
7 40 (7.94%) AWS DevOps
8 35 (6.94%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 32 (6.35%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 30 (5.95%) Cloud Engineer
11 28 (5.56%) Platform Engineer
11 28 (5.56%) Security Engineer
12 25 (4.96%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 24 (4.76%) Lead
13 24 (4.76%) Site Engineer
14 20 (3.97%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 20 (3.97%) Senior DevOps
14 20 (3.97%) Software Engineer
15 19 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 17 (3.37%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (6.75%) REST
2 33 (6.55%) YAML
3 29 (5.75%) Elastic Stack
4 26 (5.16%) Node.js
5 25 (4.96%) ARM Templates
6 21 (4.17%) .NET
6 21 (4.17%) RESTful
7 20 (3.97%) JSON
8 17 (3.37%) RabbitMQ
9 14 (2.78%) Kafka
10 13 (2.58%) Java EE
11 12 (2.38%) .NET Core
12 8 (1.59%) AWS CDK
13 7 (1.39%) AngularJS
13 7 (1.39%) Django
14 6 (1.19%) Apache NiFi
14 6 (1.19%) React
14 6 (1.19%) SOAP
14 6 (1.19%) XML
15 5 (0.99%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.33%) PKI
2 30 (5.95%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.56%) Public Cloud
4 21 (4.17%) Linux Command Line
5 13 (2.58%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.18%) Clustering
6 11 (2.18%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.18%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.59%) Private Cloud
7 8 (1.59%) Replication
8 7 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.19%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (0.99%) Management Information System
10 5 (0.99%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.79%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.60%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.60%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 119 (23.61%) Linux
2 62 (12.30%) Windows
3 26 (5.16%) Windows Server
4 24 (4.76%) Unix
5 19 (3.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (1.98%) CentOS
8 7 (1.39%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.99%) VMS
10 4 (0.79%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.60%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.60%) Windows 2000
11 3 (0.60%) Windows XP
12 2 (0.40%) Alpine Linux
12 2 (0.40%) Debian
13 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (58.13%) DevOps
2 215 (42.66%) CI/CD
3 181 (35.91%) Infrastructure as Code
4 134 (26.59%) Agile
5 93 (18.45%) Containerisation
6 65 (12.90%) Continuous Integration
7 62 (12.30%) Test Automation
8 60 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
9 59 (11.71%) Migration
10 58 (11.51%) Configuration Management
11 51 (10.12%) Software Engineering
12 49 (9.72%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 42 (8.33%) Scrum
14 34 (6.75%) Microservices
15 33 (6.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 31 (6.15%) Observability
16 31 (6.15%) Platform Engineering
17 28 (5.56%) Software Delivery
18 27 (5.36%) Task Automation
18 27 (5.36%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 230 (45.63%) Python
2 110 (21.83%) PowerShell
3 93 (18.45%) Bash
4 78 (15.48%) Java
5 56 (11.11%) SQL
6 40 (7.94%) Go
7 29 (5.75%) Shell Script
8 22 (4.37%) C
8 22 (4.37%) JavaScript
9 21 (4.17%) Ruby
10 19 (3.77%) Groovy
10 19 (3.77%) Scala
11 16 (3.17%) C#
12 11 (2.18%) Bicep
12 11 (2.18%) Perl
12 11 (2.18%) TypeScript
13 8 (1.59%) C++
13 8 (1.59%) PHP
14 3 (0.60%) Julia
15 2 (0.40%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 186 (36.90%) Security Cleared
2 93 (18.45%) SC Cleared
3 71 (14.09%) DV Cleared
4 21 (4.17%) AWS Certification
5 15 (2.98%) Degree
6 11 (2.18%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 10 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.39%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.79%) CCNA
9 4 (0.79%) CCNP
10 3 (0.60%) OSCP
11 2 (0.40%) CCIE
11 2 (0.40%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.40%) SANS
12 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.56%) QA
2 12 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (1.98%) NIST
4 7 (1.39%) Disclosure Scotland
4 7 (1.39%) RMADS
5 6 (1.19%) GDPR
5 6 (1.19%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.79%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.79%) HIPAA
6 4 (0.79%) SLA
7 3 (0.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.60%) ISO 22301
7 3 (0.60%) NCSC
8 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.40%) WCAG
9 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
System Software
1 169 (33.53%) Docker
2 38 (7.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (5.56%) Active Directory
4 17 (3.37%) vSphere
5 15 (2.98%) VMware NSX
6 9 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.79%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 4 (0.79%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.40%) Ceph
10 2 (0.40%) Varnish
10 2 (0.40%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.20%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 241 (47.82%) Ansible
2 212 (42.06%) Kubernetes
3 62 (12.30%) Grafana
4 61 (12.10%) Prometheus
5 38 (7.54%) Progress Chef
6 34 (6.75%) Puppet
7 29 (5.75%) Docker Swarm
8 16 (3.17%) Podman
9 14 (2.78%) Rancher
10 13 (2.58%) Istio
10 13 (2.58%) Nagios
11 11 (2.18%) Graylog
11 11 (2.18%) HP Fortify
12 10 (1.98%) Kibana
12 10 (1.98%) Packer
13 7 (1.39%) Nessus
13 7 (1.39%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 6 (1.19%) logstash
15 5 (0.99%) vRealize
15 5 (0.99%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 54 (10.71%) VMware
2 46 (9.13%) Microsoft
3 36 (7.14%) Splunk
4 28 (5.56%) Red Hat
5 26 (5.16%) Oracle
6 18 (3.57%) Cisco
6 18 (3.57%) Databricks
6 18 (3.57%) Google
7 12 (2.38%) SolarWinds
8 11 (2.18%) Atlassian
8 11 (2.18%) F5
9 10 (1.98%) Palo Alto
10 9 (1.79%) SAP
10 9 (1.79%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.19%) Checkmarx
11 6 (1.19%) CheckPoint
11 6 (1.19%) Dynatrace
11 6 (1.19%) Juniper
11 6 (1.19%) PagerDuty
11 6 (1.19%) Zscaler