Terraform
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 35 | 51 | 45 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +16 | -6 | -3 |
| Contract jobs citing Terraform | 1,699 | 1,601 | 2,644 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 5.22% | 3.76% | 4.68% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 33.42% | 29.49% | 30.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,180 | 1,172 | 1,968 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £406 | £450 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £465 | £506 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | -8.33% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £650 | £676 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £725 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £520 | £550 | £588 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.45% | -6.38% | +6.82% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 13 | 34 |
| 10th Percentile | £27.50 | £31.25 | £41.97 |
| 25th Percentile | £45.25 | £46.25 | £65.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £56.00 | £62.00 | £78.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.68% | -20.51% | +106.62% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.13 | £74.44 | £82.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.70 | £74.89 | £89.49 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £80.83 | £74.00 | £78.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.23% | -5.13% | +92.59% |
All Systems Management Skills
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills | 5,084 | 5,429 | 8,675 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 15.62% | 12.74% | 15.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,356 | 3,840 | 6,141 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £300 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £413 | £458 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £518 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.51% | -5.82% | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £622 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £700 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £492 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.60% | -4.76% | +2.94% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 74 | 97 | 184 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.75 | £16.92 | £18.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.25 | £22.08 | £25.71 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.75 | £32.50 | £57.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.15% | -43.48% | +143.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.66 | £50.00 | £73.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.34 | £71.25 | £84.63 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £57.00 | £40.00 | £46.09 |
| % change year-on-year | +42.50% | -13.21% | +130.45% |
Terraform
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Terraform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Terraform.
Terraform
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Terraform over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.
Terraform
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Terraform.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Terraform over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.
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Top 16 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 16 July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +9 | 1,346 | £525 | -4.55% | 1,385 |
| London | +10 | 798 | £527 | -4.27% | 774 |
| Work from Home | +17 | 634 | £525 | -4.55% | 782 |
| UK excluding London | +15 | 578 | £520 | -5.45% | 914 |
| North of England | +5 | 169 | £500 | -1.38% | 205 |
| South East | -1 | 113 | £500 | -13.04% | 337 |
| Yorkshire | +12 | 98 | £500 | +5.26% | 68 |
| Scotland | +37 | 97 | £500 | - | 68 |
| South West | +16 | 86 | £600 | +9.09% | 105 |
| Midlands | +29 | 84 | £500 | -4.76% | 94 |
| West Midlands | +18 | 62 | £539 | -0.46% | 62 |
| North West | -4 | 52 | £525 | -6.67% | 111 |
| East of England | +32 | 36 | £500 | -11.11% | 64 |
| East Midlands | +14 | 22 | £500 | +17.65% | 30 |
| North East | +9 | 22 | £490 | - | 28 |
| Wales | +5 | 7 | £263 | -59.27% | 23 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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