Terraform Contracts in the UK excluding London

Terraform
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Terraform skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Terraform over the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 75 58
Rank change year-on-year +11 -17 -1
Contract jobs citing Terraform 476 512 853
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.65% 2.47% 3.75%
As % of the Systems Management category 23.81% 21.60% 25.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 363 375 646
10th Percentile £395 £425 £450
25th Percentile £450 £458 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -6.38% +6.82%
75th Percentile £601 £625 £675
90th Percentile £675 £675 £719
UK median daily rate £537 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -2.36% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 13
10th Percentile £79.13 £55.50 £59.60
25th Percentile £79.77 £58.25 £70.50
Median hourly rate £80.83 £72.22 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.92% -7.41% +92.59%
75th Percentile £81.90 £74.86 -
90th Percentile £82.53 £76.25 £87.60
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £58.50 £75.50
% change year-on-year -10.26% -22.52% +100.00%

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,999 2,370 3,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.34% 11.41% 14.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,397 1,751 2,412
10th Percentile £235 £213 £281
25th Percentile £385 £378 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £494 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.40% -5.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £619
90th Percentile £648 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £515 £550
% change year-on-year -0.49% -6.36% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 58 120
10th Percentile £18.06 £14.00 £16.20
25th Percentile £21.39 £17.72 £20.22
Median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £49.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.27 £74.61 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £30.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -3.33% -47.83% +165.71%

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 5 June 2025.

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
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 5 June 2025. 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 -3 133 £513 -2.38% 1,545
South East +3 96 £500 -13.04% 1,866
South West +21 93 £615 +10.81% 787
Midlands +28 67 £539 +2.57% 1,141
Scotland +16 67 £500 - 290
Yorkshire +2 61 £525 +0.96% 591
North West -9 56 £500 -9.09% 787
West Midlands +28 49 £550 -2.40% 621
East of England +50 33 £500 -11.50% 920
North East +9 19 £500 - 172
East Midlands +23 18 £500 +11.11% 445
Wales +4 4 £525 -18.54% 181
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 24 (5.04%) Confluence
2 17 (3.57%) Apache
3 8 (1.68%) nginx
4 7 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.47%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.84%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.84%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (0.63%) Documentum
6 3 (0.63%) FileNet
6 3 (0.63%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.42%) Camunda
7 2 (0.42%) IIS
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.21%) CMS
8 1 (0.21%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.21%) Luigi
8 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.21%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 3 (0.63%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.21%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 277 (58.19%) AWS
2 190 (39.92%) Azure
3 82 (17.23%) GitHub
4 71 (14.92%) Azure DevOps
5 59 (12.39%) Serverless
6 54 (11.34%) GCP
7 47 (9.87%) GitHub Actions
8 37 (7.77%) AWS CloudFormation
9 33 (6.93%) OpenShift
10 31 (6.51%) Amazon S3
11 28 (5.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 27 (5.67%) AWS Lambda
13 24 (5.04%) Amazon EC2
13 24 (5.04%) Amazon EKS
14 23 (4.83%) Azure Monitor
15 18 (3.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 17 (3.57%) Azure AKS
16 17 (3.57%) PaaS
16 17 (3.57%) SaaS
17 16 (3.36%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 38 (7.98%) DNS
2 37 (7.77%) Firewall
3 26 (5.46%) TCP/IP
4 21 (4.41%) HTTP
5 18 (3.78%) DHCP
5 18 (3.78%) Network Security
6 16 (3.36%) VPN
7 12 (2.52%) LAN
8 11 (2.31%) WAN
9 8 (1.68%) Cisco ISE
10 7 (1.47%) BGP
10 7 (1.47%) Cisco Firepower
10 7 (1.47%) Cisco IOS
10 7 (1.47%) Junos
10 7 (1.47%) OSPF
11 5 (1.05%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (1.05%) SSL
12 4 (0.84%) Calico
12 4 (0.84%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.84%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.67%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (5.04%) Amazon RDS
2 24 (5.04%) MongoDB
2 24 (5.04%) NoSQL
3 19 (3.99%) MySQL
4 17 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
5 16 (3.36%) SQL Server
6 15 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (3.15%) DynamoDB
7 12 (2.52%) Power BI
8 11 (2.31%) BigQuery
8 11 (2.31%) Relational Database
9 10 (2.10%) Big Data
10 8 (1.68%) Amazon Aurora
11 7 (1.47%) Delta Lake
12 6 (1.26%) Data Lake
12 6 (1.26%) RDBMS
12 6 (1.26%) Redis
13 5 (1.05%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (1.05%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 96 (20.17%) Jenkins
2 78 (16.39%) GitLab
3 68 (14.29%) Git
4 47 (9.87%) JIRA
5 24 (5.04%) Bitbucket
6 21 (4.41%) SonarQube
7 16 (3.36%) Selenium
8 14 (2.94%) Artifactory
9 12 (2.52%) Maven
9 12 (2.52%) Sonatype Nexus
10 9 (1.89%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.89%) REST Assured
11 8 (1.68%) Cypress.io
12 5 (1.05%) gulp
13 4 (0.84%) CircleCI
13 4 (0.84%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
14 3 (0.63%) Chocolatey
14 3 (0.63%) PyCharm
14 3 (0.63%) Terragrunt
General
1 109 (22.90%) Social Skills
2 63 (13.24%) Public Sector
3 55 (11.55%) Finance
4 33 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (4.20%) Banking
6 8 (1.68%) Law
6 8 (1.68%) Manufacturing
6 8 (1.68%) Marketing
6 8 (1.68%) Telecoms
7 7 (1.47%) Electronics
8 6 (1.26%) Legal
9 5 (1.05%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.05%) Police
10 4 (0.84%) Retail
11 3 (0.63%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.42%) Back Office
12 2 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.42%) Military
12 2 (0.42%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.21%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 128 (26.89%) DevOps Engineer
2 66 (13.87%) Developer
3 43 (9.03%) AWS Engineer
3 43 (9.03%) Senior
4 42 (8.82%) Lead
5 40 (8.40%) Architect
6 29 (6.09%) AWS DevOps
7 28 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
8 26 (5.46%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 26 (5.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 26 (5.46%) Software Engineer
9 25 (5.25%) Platform Engineer
10 23 (4.83%) Cloud Engineer
11 17 (3.57%) Network Engineer
12 14 (2.94%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 14 (2.94%) Java Developer
13 13 (2.73%) Administrator
13 13 (2.73%) Automation Engineer
13 13 (2.73%) Senior Developer
14 12 (2.52%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (7.98%) .NET
2 32 (6.72%) Kafka
2 32 (6.72%) Node.js
3 29 (6.09%) ARM Templates
4 25 (5.25%) React
4 25 (5.25%) REST
5 23 (4.83%) Spring Boot
6 22 (4.62%) Elastic Stack
7 21 (4.41%) Spring
8 18 (3.78%) AngularJS
9 16 (3.36%) .NET Core
9 16 (3.36%) YAML
10 15 (3.15%) OAuth
11 10 (2.10%) Loki
12 9 (1.89%) Express.js
12 9 (1.89%) Java EE
12 9 (1.89%) RESTful
13 8 (1.68%) .NET Framework
14 7 (1.47%) ASP.NET Web API
14 7 (1.47%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.67%) Cloud Native
2 16 (3.36%) Public Cloud
3 12 (2.52%) Product Ownership
4 10 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (1.89%) Linux Command Line
6 7 (1.47%) Data Centre
6 7 (1.47%) PKI
6 7 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.26%) Replication
8 5 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.05%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.05%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.84%) Mobile App
9 4 (0.84%) SCADA
10 3 (0.63%) IoT
10 3 (0.63%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.63%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.63%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 121 (25.42%) Linux
2 66 (13.87%) Windows
3 34 (7.14%) Windows Server
4 32 (6.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (2.52%) Unix
6 8 (1.68%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.26%) CentOS
7 6 (1.26%) VMS
8 4 (0.84%) Amazon Linux
8 4 (0.84%) Android
8 4 (0.84%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.42%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.21%) AIX
11 1 (0.21%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (53.99%) DevOps
2 234 (49.16%) CI/CD
3 213 (44.75%) Infrastructure as Code
4 126 (26.47%) Agile
5 120 (25.21%) Containerisation
6 90 (18.91%) Problem-Solving
7 62 (13.03%) Software Engineering
8 57 (11.97%) Configuration Management
9 49 (10.29%) Test Automation
10 42 (8.82%) Platform Engineering
11 39 (8.19%) Observability
12 38 (7.98%) Analytics
12 38 (7.98%) Microservices
13 37 (7.77%) Infrastructure Automation
14 36 (7.56%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 35 (7.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 34 (7.14%) Continuous Integration
16 34 (7.14%) Migration
17 32 (6.72%) Continuous Improvement
18 31 (6.51%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 212 (44.54%) Python
2 94 (19.75%) PowerShell
3 82 (17.23%) Java
4 77 (16.18%) SQL
5 74 (15.55%) Bash
6 32 (6.72%) C#
6 32 (6.72%) JavaScript
7 30 (6.30%) TypeScript
8 26 (5.46%) Bicep
9 22 (4.62%) Shell Script
10 11 (2.31%) Perl
11 10 (2.10%) Go
12 9 (1.89%) Scala
13 7 (1.47%) VB
14 5 (1.05%) Groovy
15 4 (0.84%) PHP
16 3 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (0.63%) Korn
16 3 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.63%) Rust
Qualifications
1 172 (36.13%) Security Cleared
2 116 (24.37%) SC Cleared
3 54 (11.34%) DV Cleared
4 26 (5.46%) AWS Certification
5 21 (4.41%) Degree
6 17 (3.57%) Azure Certification
7 15 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (2.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 8 (1.68%) AWS Certified Developer
11 7 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.05%) CCNP
13 5 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (1.05%) VCAP
14 4 (0.84%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 2 (0.42%) CCNA
15 2 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.42%) JNCIA
15 2 (0.42%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.10%) GDPR
2 9 (1.89%) Data Quality
2 9 (1.89%) SLA
3 8 (1.68%) QA
4 7 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.26%) NCSC
6 5 (1.05%) NIST
7 4 (0.84%) Disclosure Scotland
7 4 (0.84%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.84%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.42%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.21%) COBIT
9 1 (0.21%) HL7
9 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 140 (29.41%) Docker
2 44 (9.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (4.62%) Active Directory
4 17 (3.57%) Hyper-V
5 10 (2.10%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (1.68%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 8 (1.68%) VMware NSX
7 6 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.84%) vSphere
9 3 (0.63%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 2 (0.42%) DFS Replication
10 2 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.21%) Dovecot
11 1 (0.21%) Firmware
11 1 (0.21%) NFS
11 1 (0.21%) Postfix
11 1 (0.21%) Samba
11 1 (0.21%) Squid
11 1 (0.21%) XenApp
11 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 200 (42.02%) Ansible
2 190 (39.92%) Kubernetes
3 57 (11.97%) Prometheus
4 54 (11.34%) Grafana
5 36 (7.56%) Puppet
6 14 (2.94%) Progress Chef
7 13 (2.73%) Podman
8 11 (2.31%) Docker Swarm
9 9 (1.89%) FortiGate
10 8 (1.68%) Istio
11 7 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (1.26%) Nagios
12 6 (1.26%) Packer
12 6 (1.26%) PowerCLI
12 6 (1.26%) vCenter Server
13 5 (1.05%) Kibana
13 5 (1.05%) Kustomize
13 5 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (1.05%) VxRail
14 4 (0.84%) vRealize
Vendors
1 67 (14.08%) VMware
2 58 (12.18%) Microsoft
3 30 (6.30%) Databricks
3 30 (6.30%) Red Hat
4 29 (6.09%) Splunk
5 24 (5.04%) Google
6 21 (4.41%) Cisco
7 17 (3.57%) Oracle
8 14 (2.94%) Citrix
9 13 (2.73%) ServiceNow
10 11 (2.31%) IBM
11 10 (2.10%) SAP
12 8 (1.68%) Dynatrace
12 8 (1.68%) F5
12 8 (1.68%) Veritas
13 7 (1.47%) AppDynamics
13 7 (1.47%) Broadcom
13 7 (1.47%) Dell
14 6 (1.26%) PagerDuty
14 6 (1.26%) SolarWinds