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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 46 46
Rank change year-on-year -22 0 -9
Permanent jobs citing Terraform 528 896 989
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.80% 5.80% 5.38%
As % of the Systems Management category 35.46% 35.12% 33.64%
Number of salaries quoted 347 628 874
10th Percentile £50,250 £62,500 £56,219
25th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £90,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £100,625 £114,063 £105,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £130,750 £116,250
England median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -6.25%

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 1,489 2,551 2,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 10.71% 16.52% 16.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,102 1,641 2,472
10th Percentile £39,000 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £78,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +2.24% -2.19%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -3.70%

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 12 January 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 12 January 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 -45 71 £80,000 -5.88% 80
South London +36 6 £48,975 -18.38% 18
West London +8 5 £113,750 +127.50% 15
East London -8 1 - - 19
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 34 (6.44%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (2.08%) Apache
3 8 (1.52%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.52%) Confluence
4 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.14%) nginx
6 4 (0.76%) Appian
7 3 (0.57%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.38%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.38%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.19%) IIS
9 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.19%) TPMS
Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.38%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 308 (58.33%) AWS
2 291 (55.11%) Azure
3 155 (29.36%) GCP
4 132 (25.00%) GitHub
5 124 (23.48%) Azure DevOps
6 89 (16.86%) GitHub Actions
7 75 (14.20%) AWS CloudFormation
8 73 (13.83%) Serverless
9 57 (10.80%) SaaS
10 53 (10.04%) Amazon EKS
11 48 (9.09%) AWS Lambda
12 44 (8.33%) Amazon S3
13 43 (8.14%) Datadog
14 40 (7.58%) Azure Monitor
15 36 (6.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 34 (6.44%) PaaS
17 33 (6.25%) Entra ID
18 31 (5.87%) Amazon EC2
19 28 (5.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
20 25 (4.73%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 71 (13.45%) Firewall
2 36 (6.82%) WAN
3 32 (6.06%) VPN
4 29 (5.49%) DNS
5 23 (4.36%) Network Security
6 22 (4.17%) TCP/IP
7 21 (3.98%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (3.22%) LAN
9 13 (2.46%) SD-WAN
10 12 (2.27%) DHCP
11 11 (2.08%) Broadband
12 8 (1.52%) Internet
13 7 (1.33%) BGP
13 7 (1.33%) VLAN
14 6 (1.14%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (1.14%) HTTP
14 6 (1.14%) Reverse Proxy
14 6 (1.14%) SSL
15 5 (0.95%) Wireless
16 4 (0.76%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (7.58%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (7.39%) NoSQL
3 32 (6.06%) BigQuery
4 31 (5.87%) SQL Server
5 26 (4.92%) Amazon RDS
5 26 (4.92%) Data Lake
6 19 (3.60%) Relational Database
7 17 (3.22%) MongoDB
8 16 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (2.84%) RDBMS
10 14 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (2.27%) DynamoDB
11 12 (2.27%) Metadata
11 12 (2.27%) MySQL
11 12 (2.27%) Pinecone
12 11 (2.08%) Amazon Redshift
12 11 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (2.08%) Power BI
13 10 (1.89%) Delta Lake
14 9 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 94 (17.80%) Jenkins
2 81 (15.34%) Git
3 47 (8.90%) GitLab
4 38 (7.20%) TeamCity
5 15 (2.84%) Octopus Deploy
6 14 (2.65%) Jaeger
7 13 (2.46%) JIRA
8 12 (2.27%) MLflow
9 9 (1.70%) Artifactory
10 8 (1.52%) CircleCI
11 7 (1.33%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.95%) Storybook
13 4 (0.76%) ER Studio
13 4 (0.76%) ERwin
13 4 (0.76%) PowerDesigner
13 4 (0.76%) Selenium
13 4 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.76%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.76%) Vite
14 3 (0.57%) SonarQube
General
1 158 (29.92%) Finance
2 116 (21.97%) Social Skills
3 62 (11.74%) Banking
4 53 (10.04%) Law
5 47 (8.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (7.77%) Retail
7 40 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
8 29 (5.49%) Financial Institution
9 28 (5.30%) Back Office
9 28 (5.30%) Public Sector
10 21 (3.98%) Telecoms
11 14 (2.65%) Marketing
12 10 (1.89%) Electronics
12 10 (1.89%) Games
12 10 (1.89%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.52%) Billing
14 7 (1.33%) Legal
15 5 (0.95%) Advertising
15 5 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 106 (20.08%) DevOps Engineer
2 89 (16.86%) Cloud Engineer
3 87 (16.48%) Senior
4 59 (11.17%) Azure Engineer
5 50 (9.47%) Platform Engineer
6 42 (7.95%) Lead
7 41 (7.77%) AWS Engineer
7 41 (7.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 40 (7.58%) Software Engineer
9 38 (7.20%) Architect
10 31 (5.87%) Developer
11 28 (5.30%) Data Engineer
12 24 (4.55%) GCP Engineer
13 22 (4.17%) Support Engineer
14 21 (3.98%) Python Engineer
15 19 (3.60%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 19 (3.60%) Linux Engineer
15 19 (3.60%) Security Engineer
16 17 (3.22%) Cloud Security Engineer
16 17 (3.22%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (7.58%) .NET
1 40 (7.58%) React
2 39 (7.39%) Node.js
3 31 (5.87%) Elastic Stack
4 25 (4.73%) FastAPI
5 23 (4.36%) Kafka
6 21 (3.98%) Next.js
7 19 (3.60%) REST
8 18 (3.41%) LangChain
9 17 (3.22%) AWS CDK
9 17 (3.22%) OpenTelemetry
9 17 (3.22%) YAML
10 16 (3.03%) OAuth
11 14 (2.65%) PySpark
12 13 (2.46%) ARM Templates
12 13 (2.46%) SAML
13 12 (2.27%) Django
13 12 (2.27%) RESTful
14 10 (1.89%) .NET Core
14 10 (1.89%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 108 (20.45%) Cloud Native
2 50 (9.47%) Hybrid Cloud
3 30 (5.68%) Management Information System
4 28 (5.30%) Distributed Systems
5 26 (4.92%) Data Centre
6 24 (4.55%) Public Cloud
7 22 (4.17%) Security Posture
8 19 (3.60%) Virtual Team
9 18 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
10 17 (3.22%) Private Cloud
11 14 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (2.27%) Onboarding
13 11 (2.08%) Product Ownership
14 8 (1.52%) Blog
14 8 (1.52%) Mobile App
15 7 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
15 7 (1.33%) Hedge funds
15 7 (1.33%) Linux Command Line
15 7 (1.33%) Reinsurance
15 7 (1.33%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 116 (21.97%) Linux
2 63 (11.93%) Windows
3 33 (6.25%) Unix
4 31 (5.87%) Windows Server
5 20 (3.79%) VMS
6 13 (2.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.33%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.14%) Android
8 6 (1.14%) Apple iOS
8 6 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.95%) CentOS
10 4 (0.76%) Debian
11 3 (0.57%) SUSE
12 1 (0.19%) AIX
12 1 (0.19%) Solaris
12 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (64.96%) CI/CD
2 336 (63.64%) Infrastructure as Code
3 325 (61.55%) DevOps
4 133 (25.19%) Containerisation
5 116 (21.97%) AI
6 112 (21.21%) Observability
7 103 (19.51%) Agile
8 102 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
9 84 (15.91%) Analytics
10 83 (15.72%) Continuous Improvement
11 79 (14.96%) Software Engineering
12 78 (14.77%) Platform Engineering
13 75 (14.20%) Mentoring
14 70 (13.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 66 (12.50%) Microservices
16 63 (11.93%) High Availability
17 62 (11.74%) Test Automation
18 61 (11.55%) Cloud Security
18 61 (11.55%) Disaster Recovery
19 46 (8.71%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 255 (48.30%) Python
2 112 (21.21%) PowerShell
3 102 (19.32%) Bash
4 80 (15.15%) SQL
5 59 (11.17%) Go
6 53 (10.04%) Java
7 48 (9.09%) JavaScript
8 46 (8.71%) TypeScript
9 40 (7.58%) Bicep
10 32 (6.06%) C#
11 10 (1.89%) Scala
12 9 (1.70%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (1.14%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.95%) Rust
15 4 (0.76%) Groovy
15 4 (0.76%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.76%) Ruby
16 3 (0.57%) C++
16 3 (0.57%) Perl
17 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 67 (12.69%) Security Cleared
2 48 (9.09%) Degree
3 46 (8.71%) AWS Certification
4 43 (8.14%) SC Cleared
5 36 (6.82%) Azure Certification
6 23 (4.36%) DV Cleared
7 21 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (2.46%) CCNP
8 13 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (2.08%) CISSP
10 11 (2.08%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 8 (1.52%) OSCP
13 7 (1.33%) CCIE
14 6 (1.14%) CCSK
14 6 (1.14%) MCP
14 6 (1.14%) SnowPro
15 5 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.95%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (5.30%) GDPR
3 24 (4.55%) Data Quality
4 23 (4.36%) SOC 2
5 18 (3.41%) PCI DSS
6 14 (2.65%) QA
7 12 (2.27%) NIST
7 12 (2.27%) SLA
8 9 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (1.33%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.76%) GRC
12 2 (0.38%) MiFID
13 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.19%) Basel III
13 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.19%) NCSC
13 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 183 (34.66%) Docker
2 38 (7.20%) Active Directory
3 36 (6.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (2.08%) NFS
5 11 (2.08%) vSphere
6 7 (1.33%) Firmware
6 7 (1.33%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.76%) KVM
9 1 (0.19%) Postfix
9 1 (0.19%) vCloud
9 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.19%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 275 (52.08%) Kubernetes
2 154 (29.17%) Ansible
3 83 (15.72%) Prometheus
4 71 (13.45%) Grafana
5 32 (6.06%) Argo
6 16 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (1.89%) Kustomize
7 10 (1.89%) SCCM
8 7 (1.33%) Rancher
8 7 (1.33%) SCOM
9 5 (0.95%) Cilium
9 5 (0.95%) Nagios
10 4 (0.76%) CASB
10 4 (0.76%) Kubeflow
10 4 (0.76%) logstash
10 4 (0.76%) vRealize
11 3 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.57%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.57%) Istio
11 3 (0.57%) linkerd
Vendors
1 87 (16.48%) Microsoft
2 70 (13.26%) Google
3 63 (11.93%) VMware
4 46 (8.71%) Cisco
5 36 (6.82%) Palo Alto
6 26 (4.92%) Databricks
7 23 (4.36%) Red Hat
8 19 (3.60%) Splunk
9 14 (2.65%) Zscaler
10 13 (2.46%) Commvault
11 12 (2.27%) SAP
12 11 (2.08%) OpenAI
13 10 (1.89%) Fortinet
13 10 (1.89%) Juniper
13 10 (1.89%) ServiceNow
14 8 (1.52%) Pure Storage
14 8 (1.52%) Salesforce
15 7 (1.33%) Atlassian
16 6 (1.14%) CrowdStrike
16 6 (1.14%) New Relic