Terraform Contracts with Work from Home Options

Terraform
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 34 27
Rank change year-on-year -19 -7 +1
Contract jobs citing Terraform 565 1,497 2,927
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.71% 5.86% 6.57%
As % of the Systems Management category 34.33% 35.51% 40.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 1,164 2,272
10th Percentile £409 £450 £450
25th Percentile £487 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +2.13% +8.80%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £675
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 1
10th Percentile - £39.60 -
25th Percentile £46.75 £54.75 -
Median hourly rate £48.50 £67.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.88% +92.14% -26.32%
75th Percentile £50.25 £88.30 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £75.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -27.15% +88.75% -20.00%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,646 4,216 7,224
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.81% 16.51% 16.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,223 3,116 5,389
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £450 £469 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £558 £563
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% -0.89% +9.76%
75th Percentile £631 £675 £656
90th Percentile £700 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £563 £565
% change year-on-year -8.44% -0.44% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 78 50
10th Percentile £21.49 £25.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £37.71 £52.81 £20.75
Median hourly rate £47.50 £66.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.03% +76.00% -18.87%
75th Percentile £56.88 £76.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £65.75 £87.50 £79.13
UK median hourly rate £27.25 £57.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -52.61% +155.56% -43.75%

Terraform
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Terraform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Terraform trend for jobs with a WFH option

Terraform
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Terraform.

Terraform daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Terraform
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Terraform over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Terraform daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Terraform
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Terraform.

Terraform hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Terraform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 31 (5.49%) Confluence
2 30 (5.31%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (2.83%) nginx
4 10 (1.77%) Apache
4 10 (1.77%) OpenStack
5 6 (1.06%) Cloud Foundry
5 6 (1.06%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.88%) NServiceBus
7 4 (0.71%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.71%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.53%) IIS
9 2 (0.35%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.35%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.18%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.18%) Trello
1 1 (0.18%) Weka
Business Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.18%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 322 (56.99%) AWS
2 252 (44.60%) Azure
3 98 (17.35%) GitHub
4 93 (16.46%) Azure DevOps
5 70 (12.39%) Serverless
6 69 (12.21%) GCP
7 47 (8.32%) AWS Lambda
7 47 (8.32%) IaaS
7 47 (8.32%) PaaS
8 46 (8.14%) AWS CloudFormation
8 46 (8.14%) GitHub Actions
9 44 (7.79%) Amazon EKS
10 42 (7.43%) Amazon EC2
11 38 (6.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 36 (6.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 33 (5.84%) Amazon S3
14 31 (5.49%) SaaS
15 24 (4.25%) Snowflake
16 23 (4.07%) dbt
17 20 (3.54%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (10.97%) Firewall
2 33 (5.84%) TCP/IP
3 26 (4.60%) DNS
4 17 (3.01%) VPN
5 16 (2.83%) Network Security
6 11 (1.95%) DHCP
7 10 (1.77%) SAN
8 8 (1.42%) Kerberos
8 8 (1.42%) NAS
8 8 (1.42%) VLAN
9 7 (1.24%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (1.24%) HTTP
9 7 (1.24%) WAN
10 6 (1.06%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.71%) HTTPS
11 4 (0.71%) IPsec
11 4 (0.71%) LAN
11 4 (0.71%) SNA
12 3 (0.53%) FTP
12 3 (0.53%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.55%) Amazon RDS
2 31 (5.49%) Data Lake
2 31 (5.49%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (4.60%) MySQL
3 26 (4.60%) SQL Server
4 23 (4.07%) Big Data
5 22 (3.89%) Amazon Athena
6 21 (3.72%) Azure SQL Database
7 17 (3.01%) Amazon Redshift
8 16 (2.83%) NoSQL
9 14 (2.48%) Apache Arrow
9 14 (2.48%) Dremio
10 13 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
10 13 (2.30%) Relational Database
11 12 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
11 12 (2.12%) MongoDB
12 11 (1.95%) BigQuery
13 7 (1.24%) RDBMS
14 6 (1.06%) DynamoDB
14 6 (1.06%) Redis
Development Applications
1 121 (21.42%) Jenkins
2 103 (18.23%) Git
3 74 (13.10%) GitLab
4 62 (10.97%) JIRA
5 28 (4.96%) SonarQube
6 22 (3.89%) Bitbucket
7 19 (3.36%) Selenium
8 17 (3.01%) TeamCity
9 15 (2.65%) Cucumber
10 11 (1.95%) Maven
11 10 (1.77%) Artifactory
12 9 (1.59%) CircleCI
12 9 (1.59%) Sonatype Nexus
13 8 (1.42%) REST Assured
14 7 (1.24%) Gradle
14 7 (1.24%) Terragrunt
15 5 (0.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 5 (0.88%) NUnit
15 5 (0.88%) SpecFlow
15 5 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 109 (19.29%) Social Skills
2 82 (14.51%) Finance
3 76 (13.45%) Public Sector
4 26 (4.60%) Law
5 23 (4.07%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (2.65%) Manufacturing
6 15 (2.65%) Marketing
7 14 (2.48%) Telecoms
8 12 (2.12%) Electronics
9 10 (1.77%) Banking
10 8 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.42%) Tech for Good
11 7 (1.24%) Police
11 7 (1.24%) Retail
12 5 (0.88%) Legal
12 5 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.53%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.53%) Front Office
14 2 (0.35%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 189 (33.45%) DevOps Engineer
2 93 (16.46%) AWS Engineer
3 84 (14.87%) Developer
4 71 (12.57%) Senior
5 57 (10.09%) AWS DevOps
6 53 (9.38%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 48 (8.50%) Azure Engineer
7 48 (8.50%) Cloud Engineer
8 45 (7.96%) Lead
9 40 (7.08%) Architect
10 33 (5.84%) Platform Engineer
11 32 (5.66%) Data Engineer
12 28 (4.96%) Senior DevOps
13 27 (4.78%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 24 (4.25%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 23 (4.07%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 22 (3.89%) Site Reliability Engineer
17 19 (3.36%) Full Stack Developer
18 18 (3.19%) Consultant
18 18 (3.19%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (7.61%) ARM Templates
2 38 (6.73%) YAML
3 37 (6.55%) REST
4 34 (6.02%) .NET
5 25 (4.42%) Node.js
6 24 (4.25%) JSON
7 22 (3.89%) Elastic Stack
8 18 (3.19%) React
9 15 (2.65%) .NET Core
10 14 (2.48%) gRPC
10 14 (2.48%) Kafka
10 14 (2.48%) Protocol Buffers
10 14 (2.48%) RESTful
11 12 (2.12%) AWS CDK
11 12 (2.12%) GraphQL
11 12 (2.12%) LDAP
12 11 (1.95%) AngularJS
13 10 (1.77%) RabbitMQ
13 10 (1.77%) SOAP
13 10 (1.77%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.60%) Clustering
2 25 (4.42%) Greenfield Project
3 22 (3.89%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.89%) Public Cloud
4 19 (3.36%) Data Centre
5 15 (2.65%) Hedge funds
6 14 (2.48%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.48%) Onboarding
7 13 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (1.95%) Private Cloud
9 9 (1.59%) PKI
10 8 (1.42%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.42%) Replication
11 5 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (0.88%) Tandem
12 3 (0.53%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.53%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 98 (17.35%) Linux
2 51 (9.03%) Windows
3 19 (3.36%) Windows Server
4 18 (3.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (2.83%) Unix
6 12 (2.12%) Ubuntu
7 9 (1.59%) Oracle Linux
8 7 (1.24%) CentOS
8 7 (1.24%) Solaris
9 4 (0.71%) Android
9 4 (0.71%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.71%) VMS
9 4 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.35%) Alpine Linux
11 2 (0.35%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.35%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.35%) Windows 2000
11 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.35%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (67.26%) DevOps
2 247 (43.72%) CI/CD
3 220 (38.94%) Infrastructure as Code
4 127 (22.48%) Agile
5 86 (15.22%) Containerisation
6 81 (14.34%) Test Automation
7 63 (11.15%) Problem-Solving
8 56 (9.91%) Continuous Integration
9 54 (9.56%) Software Engineering
10 53 (9.38%) Configuration Management
11 48 (8.50%) Migration
12 47 (8.32%) Microservices
13 46 (8.14%) Platform Engineering
14 43 (7.61%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 41 (7.26%) DevSecOps
15 41 (7.26%) Mentoring
16 36 (6.37%) High Availability
17 34 (6.02%) Deployment Automation
17 34 (6.02%) Scrum
18 31 (5.49%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 225 (39.82%) Python
2 84 (14.87%) Java
3 83 (14.69%) PowerShell
4 76 (13.45%) Bash
5 57 (10.09%) Go
6 56 (9.91%) SQL
7 48 (8.50%) JavaScript
8 41 (7.26%) C#
9 25 (4.42%) TypeScript
10 21 (3.72%) Bicep
11 15 (2.65%) Ruby
12 13 (2.30%) C
12 13 (2.30%) PHP
13 10 (1.77%) Scala
14 9 (1.59%) C++
15 8 (1.42%) Groovy
15 8 (1.42%) Perl
16 7 (1.24%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.53%) Rust
17 3 (0.53%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 161 (28.50%) Security Cleared
2 132 (23.36%) SC Cleared
3 28 (4.96%) Degree
4 21 (3.72%) AWS Certification
5 20 (3.54%) Azure Certification
5 20 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.30%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.42%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.35%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.35%) SANS
11 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 1 (0.18%) CCNA
11 1 (0.18%) CCNP
11 1 (0.18%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.18%) CISSP
11 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.18%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (2.83%) QA
3 14 (2.48%) GDPR
3 14 (2.48%) NIST
4 12 (2.12%) NCSC
5 10 (1.77%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.71%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.71%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.71%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.53%) WCAG
9 2 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.35%) SLA
9 2 (0.35%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.18%) JSP 440
System Software
1 191 (33.81%) Docker
2 25 (4.42%) Active Directory
3 17 (3.01%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.83%) VMware NSX
5 14 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (1.95%) Hyper-V
7 10 (1.77%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (1.77%) vSphere
8 3 (0.53%) Firmware
8 3 (0.53%) vCloud
9 2 (0.35%) Ceph
9 2 (0.35%) Squid
9 2 (0.35%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.18%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 241 (42.65%) Kubernetes
2 180 (31.86%) Ansible
3 53 (9.38%) Prometheus
4 45 (7.96%) Grafana
5 44 (7.79%) Puppet
6 38 (6.73%) Progress Chef
7 15 (2.65%) Packer
8 13 (2.30%) Kibana
9 11 (1.95%) Docker Swarm
10 10 (1.77%) Podman
11 8 (1.42%) Consul
12 7 (1.24%) EMC NetWorker
12 7 (1.24%) logstash
12 7 (1.24%) Nagios
12 7 (1.24%) Netcool
12 7 (1.24%) Tivoli
12 7 (1.24%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 5 (0.88%) Argo
13 5 (0.88%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.71%) vRealize
Vendors
1 64 (11.33%) Microsoft
2 41 (7.26%) VMware
3 32 (5.66%) Oracle
3 32 (5.66%) Splunk
4 21 (3.72%) Cisco
5 20 (3.54%) Google
6 19 (3.36%) Databricks
7 18 (3.19%) SAP
8 15 (2.65%) Palo Alto
9 12 (2.12%) Dell
9 12 (2.12%) Red Hat
10 11 (1.95%) IBM
10 11 (1.95%) ServiceNow
11 10 (1.77%) HP
12 9 (1.59%) Atlassian
12 9 (1.59%) CyberArk
13 8 (1.42%) Dynatrace
14 7 (1.24%) Fortinet
14 7 (1.24%) Isilon
14 7 (1.24%) Qualys