Terraform Job Trends in London

Terraform
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Terraform skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 49 54
Rank change year-on-year +2 +5 -6
Permanent jobs citing Terraform 818 711 1,105
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.86% 5.88% 4.57%
As % of the Systems Management category 44.00% 36.92% 35.09%
Number of salaries quoted 495 484 880
10th Percentile £60,000 £56,775 £56,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

All Systems Management Skills
London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,859 1,926 3,149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 8.77% 15.92% 13.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,227 1,386 2,430
10th Percentile £41,970 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £58,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% - +3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £117,500 £117,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £68,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.11% +9.60% -7.41%

Terraform
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Terraform relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Terraform job vacancy trend in London

Terraform
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Terraform.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Terraform

Terraform
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Terraform in London over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Terraform in London

Terraform
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Terraform within the London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +3 130 £90,000 +5.88% 83
West London -13 8 £105,000 +114.29% 7
South London -7 3 £48,975 -27.44%
East London -10 2 - - 11
North London - 2 £55,000 -
Terraform
England

Terraform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 37 (4.52%) Apache Airflow
2 19 (2.32%) Apache Spark
3 17 (2.08%) Apache
4 11 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.22%) Confluence
6 6 (0.73%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.24%) Camunda
7 2 (0.24%) nginx
7 2 (0.24%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.12%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.12%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 13 (1.59%) PlantUML
2 5 (0.61%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.49%) Weka
4 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.12%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.12%) R3 Corda
1 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 516 (63.08%) AWS
2 412 (50.37%) Azure
3 225 (27.51%) GCP
4 142 (17.36%) GitHub
5 136 (16.63%) AWS CloudFormation
6 134 (16.38%) Serverless
7 103 (12.59%) Amazon EKS
8 100 (12.22%) Azure DevOps
9 91 (11.12%) GitHub Actions
10 89 (10.88%) SaaS
11 87 (10.64%) AWS Lambda
12 80 (9.78%) Amazon S3
13 62 (7.58%) Datadog
14 54 (6.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 54 (6.60%) PaaS
15 50 (6.11%) IaaS
16 48 (5.87%) Azure AKS
16 48 (5.87%) Azure Monitor
17 47 (5.75%) Amazon EC2
18 45 (5.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 77 (9.41%) Firewall
2 43 (5.26%) Network Security
3 42 (5.13%) VPN
4 40 (4.89%) DNS
5 34 (4.16%) WAN
6 22 (2.69%) TCP/IP
7 19 (2.32%) LAN
8 18 (2.20%) SD-WAN
9 17 (2.08%) Broadband
10 15 (1.83%) DHCP
11 14 (1.71%) Software-Defined Networking
12 13 (1.59%) DSL
12 13 (1.59%) Wireless
13 12 (1.47%) BGP
14 7 (0.86%) VLAN
15 6 (0.73%) Cisco ISE
15 6 (0.73%) HTTP
15 6 (0.73%) IPv4
15 6 (0.73%) SSL
16 5 (0.61%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (7.33%) NoSQL
2 46 (5.62%) PostgreSQL
3 37 (4.52%) Amazon RDS
4 34 (4.16%) Relational Database
5 32 (3.91%) Data Lake
6 26 (3.18%) SQL Server
7 24 (2.93%) DynamoDB
8 22 (2.69%) BigQuery
9 21 (2.57%) MongoDB
10 15 (1.83%) Delta Lake
10 15 (1.83%) RDBMS
11 14 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (1.22%) Power BI
15 9 (1.10%) Metadata
15 9 (1.10%) MySQL
16 8 (0.98%) Amazon Athena
16 8 (0.98%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 128 (15.65%) Jenkins
2 122 (14.91%) GitLab
3 97 (11.86%) Git
4 75 (9.17%) TeamCity
5 31 (3.79%) CircleCI
6 15 (1.83%) Jaeger
7 12 (1.47%) Bitbucket
8 10 (1.22%) JIRA
9 9 (1.10%) Visual Studio Code
10 8 (0.98%) Octopus Deploy
11 7 (0.86%) Maven
11 7 (0.86%) MLflow
11 7 (0.86%) Storybook
11 7 (0.86%) Vite
12 6 (0.73%) Claude Code
13 5 (0.61%) Gradle
13 5 (0.61%) JMeter
14 4 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (0.49%) Visual Studio
15 3 (0.37%) Cucumber
General
1 259 (31.66%) Finance
2 171 (20.90%) Social Skills
3 155 (18.95%) Banking
4 91 (11.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 87 (10.64%) Retail
6 74 (9.05%) Law
7 61 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
8 42 (5.13%) Back Office
8 42 (5.13%) Financial Institution
9 34 (4.16%) Public Sector
10 9 (1.10%) Advertising
10 9 (1.10%) Legal
10 9 (1.10%) Telecoms
11 8 (0.98%) Investment Banking
11 8 (0.98%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.86%) Electronics
12 7 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.73%) Aerospace
13 6 (0.73%) Aviation
14 4 (0.49%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 193 (23.59%) Senior
2 154 (18.83%) Cloud Engineer
3 109 (13.33%) DevOps Engineer
4 96 (11.74%) Lead
5 91 (11.12%) AWS Engineer
5 91 (11.12%) Platform Engineer
6 84 (10.27%) Azure Engineer
7 74 (9.05%) Software Engineer
8 72 (8.80%) Developer
9 67 (8.19%) Architect
10 65 (7.95%) Data Engineer
11 61 (7.46%) Security Engineer
12 46 (5.62%) Cloud Security Engineer
13 45 (5.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 41 (5.01%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 39 (4.77%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 37 (4.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 34 (4.16%) Automation Engineer
17 34 (4.16%) Senior Platform Engineer
18 31 (3.79%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (10.15%) Kafka
2 67 (8.19%) React
3 45 (5.50%) .NET
4 41 (5.01%) Node.js
5 34 (4.16%) REST
6 31 (3.79%) Elastic Stack
7 30 (3.67%) Next.js
8 29 (3.55%) OAuth
8 29 (3.55%) PySpark
8 29 (3.55%) YAML
9 27 (3.30%) AWS CDK
10 26 (3.18%) RESTful
11 22 (2.69%) RabbitMQ
12 21 (2.57%) LangChain
12 21 (2.57%) web3js
13 19 (2.32%) JSON
14 18 (2.20%) gRPC
14 18 (2.20%) Spring
15 16 (1.96%) FastAPI
15 16 (1.96%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 244 (29.83%) Cloud Native
2 45 (5.50%) Distributed Systems
3 40 (4.89%) Data Centre
3 40 (4.89%) Security Posture
4 39 (4.77%) Public Cloud
5 34 (4.16%) Hybrid Cloud
6 33 (4.03%) Blog
7 29 (3.55%) PKI
8 22 (2.69%) Blockchain
9 21 (2.57%) Web3
10 17 (2.08%) Cloud Security Posture
11 16 (1.96%) Product Ownership
12 15 (1.83%) Onboarding
13 14 (1.71%) Management Information System
14 12 (1.47%) Private Cloud
15 11 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (1.22%) Enterprise Cloud
17 9 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
17 9 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
18 8 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 132 (16.14%) Linux
2 76 (9.29%) Windows
3 39 (4.77%) Windows Server
4 26 (3.18%) Unix
5 13 (1.59%) CentOS
5 13 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (1.47%) Ubuntu
6 12 (1.47%) VMS
7 5 (0.61%) Android
7 5 (0.61%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.24%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.24%) Rocky
9 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 564 (68.95%) Infrastructure as Code
2 532 (65.04%) CI/CD
3 433 (52.93%) DevOps
4 187 (22.86%) Containerisation
5 169 (20.66%) Software Engineering
6 163 (19.93%) Agile
7 155 (18.95%) Platform Engineering
8 148 (18.09%) Observability
9 140 (17.11%) Test Automation
10 138 (16.87%) Microservices
11 137 (16.75%) AI
12 132 (16.14%) Cloud Security
13 130 (15.89%) Mentoring
14 124 (15.16%) Continuous Improvement
15 114 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
16 110 (13.45%) Analytics
17 105 (12.84%) High Availability
18 89 (10.88%) Deployment Automation
19 88 (10.76%) Technical Leadership
20 86 (10.51%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 394 (48.17%) Python
2 141 (17.24%) SQL
3 139 (16.99%) Java
4 126 (15.40%) Bash
5 123 (15.04%) PowerShell
6 111 (13.57%) Go
7 76 (9.29%) TypeScript
8 74 (9.05%) JavaScript
9 65 (7.95%) Bicep
10 55 (6.72%) C#
11 22 (2.69%) Rust
12 12 (1.47%) C++
12 12 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
13 11 (1.34%) Scala
14 10 (1.22%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.49%) Google Apps Script
16 2 (0.24%) Groovy
16 2 (0.24%) Ruby
16 2 (0.24%) VB
16 2 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 120 (14.67%) Security Cleared
2 85 (10.39%) SC Cleared
3 76 (9.29%) Degree
4 70 (8.56%) AWS Certification
5 49 (5.99%) Azure Certification
6 31 (3.79%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (3.06%) DV Cleared
9 23 (2.81%) OSCP
10 21 (2.57%) CCNP
11 19 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (1.71%) CISSP
13 10 (1.22%) CCIE
13 10 (1.22%) CCNA
14 9 (1.10%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.98%) CCSK
15 8 (0.98%) JNCIP
15 8 (0.98%) RHCSA
16 7 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 7 (0.86%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 45 (5.50%) SOC 2
2 41 (5.01%) GDPR
3 36 (4.40%) Data Quality
4 34 (4.16%) NIST
5 32 (3.91%) PCI DSS
6 24 (2.93%) QA
7 12 (1.47%) GRC
8 10 (1.22%) Accessibility
9 9 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.61%) PMO
12 4 (0.49%) NCSC
13 2 (0.24%) COBIT
13 2 (0.24%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.24%) MiFID
14 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
14 1 (0.12%) SLA
14 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 211 (25.79%) Docker
2 62 (7.58%) Active Directory
3 41 (5.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (3.18%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (1.83%) vSphere
6 8 (0.98%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.86%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.49%) KVM
8 4 (0.49%) Squid
8 4 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.24%) Firmware
11 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 395 (48.29%) Kubernetes
2 175 (21.39%) Ansible
3 121 (14.79%) Grafana
4 92 (11.25%) Prometheus
5 40 (4.89%) Argo
6 25 (3.06%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
8 15 (1.83%) Istio
8 15 (1.83%) Kustomize
9 14 (1.71%) Cilium
10 13 (1.59%) Packer
11 8 (0.98%) ZABBIX
12 7 (0.86%) Nagios
12 7 (0.86%) Progress Chef
13 6 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 6 (0.73%) Puppet
14 5 (0.61%) Rundeck
15 4 (0.49%) Docker Swarm
15 4 (0.49%) HP Fortify
16 3 (0.37%) linkerd
Vendors
1 146 (17.85%) Microsoft
2 76 (9.29%) Google
3 58 (7.09%) VMware
4 36 (4.40%) Cisco
5 35 (4.28%) Databricks
6 30 (3.67%) Splunk
7 28 (3.42%) Palo Alto
8 23 (2.81%) Red Hat
9 19 (2.32%) OpenAI
9 19 (2.32%) Oracle
10 18 (2.20%) ServiceNow
11 14 (1.71%) Zscaler
12 13 (1.59%) Dynatrace
13 11 (1.34%) SolarWinds
14 9 (1.10%) Confluent
14 9 (1.10%) Fortinet
14 9 (1.10%) Okta
14 9 (1.10%) Salesforce
15 8 (0.98%) CheckPoint
15 8 (0.98%) CrowdStrike