Terraform Job Trends in the South West

Terraform
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Terraform skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 103 106
Rank change year-on-year +7 +3 -27
Permanent jobs citing Terraform 119 55 215
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.55% 2.03% 2.40%
As % of the Systems Management category 31.48% 19.64% 24.08%
Number of salaries quoted 77 40 147
10th Percentile £49,850 £51,250 £51,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,438 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £78,810 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -8.01% +11.67% +6.53%
75th Percentile £78,750 £98,474 £85,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £115,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -3.23%

All Systems Management Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 378 280 893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.91% 10.34% 9.95%
Number of salaries quoted 266 204 723
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £31,350
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -9.19%
75th Percentile £70,938 £73,886 £72,433
90th Percentile £79,625 £95,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,384 £61,206
% change year-on-year -6.32% +13.36% -9.32%

Terraform
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Terraform job vacancy trend in the South West

Terraform
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Terraform.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Terraform

Terraform
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Terraform in the South West over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Terraform in the South West

Terraform
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Terraform within the South West region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Gloucestershire +6 47 £70,000 -15.15% 31
Bristol -5 39 £75,000 -4.83% 19
Wiltshire -4 13 £75,000 -9.09% 5
Devon -12 9 £52,500 -16.00% 2
Dorset -15 5 £80,000 -
Cornwall - 2 £47,000 -
Terraform
England

Terraform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 10 (8.40%) Apache
2 4 (3.36%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.68%) Confluence
3 2 (1.68%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.84%) Drupal
4 1 (0.84%) IIS
4 1 (0.84%) nginx
4 1 (0.84%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (0.84%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 75 (63.03%) AWS
2 59 (49.58%) Azure
3 35 (29.41%) GCP
4 17 (14.29%) GitHub
5 16 (13.45%) Amazon S3
5 16 (13.45%) GitHub Actions
5 16 (13.45%) Serverless
6 14 (11.76%) AWS Lambda
7 12 (10.08%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (9.24%) Amazon EC2
8 11 (9.24%) OpenShift
9 10 (8.40%) AWS CloudFormation
10 9 (7.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 7 (5.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 7 (5.88%) Amazon ECS
11 7 (5.88%) Datadog
11 7 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (5.04%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (4.20%) CloudFront
14 4 (3.36%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 15 (12.61%) Firewall
2 11 (9.24%) LAN
2 11 (9.24%) WAN
3 9 (7.56%) VLAN
4 8 (6.72%) Cisco ASA
4 8 (6.72%) Network Security
5 7 (5.88%) Unified Communications
5 7 (5.88%) WebEx
6 6 (5.04%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (4.20%) TCP/IP
7 5 (4.20%) VPN
8 3 (2.52%) BGP
8 3 (2.52%) MPLS
8 3 (2.52%) OSPF
8 3 (2.52%) SD-WAN
8 3 (2.52%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (1.68%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (1.68%) DNS
9 2 (1.68%) NGFW
9 2 (1.68%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.40%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (7.56%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (5.04%) InfluxDB
5 5 (4.20%) Big Data
5 5 (4.20%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (4.20%) NoSQL
5 5 (4.20%) Relational Database
6 4 (3.36%) Data Lake
6 4 (3.36%) Metadata
6 4 (3.36%) MySQL
7 3 (2.52%) Delta Lake
8 2 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (1.68%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.68%) Redis
8 2 (1.68%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.84%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.84%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.84%) IBM InfoSphere
9 1 (0.84%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 37 (31.09%) Jenkins
2 20 (16.81%) Git
3 19 (15.97%) GitLab
4 7 (5.88%) Bitbucket
5 6 (5.04%) CircleCI
6 5 (4.20%) Cucumber
6 5 (4.20%) SonarQube
7 4 (3.36%) Cypress.io
7 4 (3.36%) Robot Framework
7 4 (3.36%) Selenium
7 4 (3.36%) TestRail
8 3 (2.52%) JIRA
9 2 (1.68%) MLflow
9 2 (1.68%) REST Assured
9 2 (1.68%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.84%) Gatling
10 1 (0.84%) Jaeger
10 1 (0.84%) JMeter
10 1 (0.84%) Vagrant
General
1 32 (26.89%) Social Skills
2 30 (25.21%) Finance
3 18 (15.13%) Public Sector
4 11 (9.24%) Aerospace
5 8 (6.72%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.72%) Marketing
5 8 (6.72%) Telecoms
6 6 (5.04%) Banking
6 6 (5.04%) Retail
7 5 (4.20%) Electronics
7 5 (4.20%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.52%) Automotive
8 3 (2.52%) Billing
9 2 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.84%) Law
10 1 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (16.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 19 (15.97%) Senior
3 16 (13.45%) DevOps Engineer
4 13 (10.92%) Azure Engineer
4 13 (10.92%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 12 (10.08%) Software Engineer
6 10 (8.40%) Cloud Engineer
7 7 (5.88%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 7 (5.88%) Collaboration Engineer
7 7 (5.88%) Data Engineer
7 7 (5.88%) Engineering Manager
7 7 (5.88%) Lead
7 7 (5.88%) Test Engineer
8 6 (5.04%) Architect
8 6 (5.04%) Platform Engineer
8 6 (5.04%) Test Automation Engineer
9 5 (4.20%) Linux Engineer
9 5 (4.20%) Python Engineer
10 4 (3.36%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (3.36%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.92%) Elastic Stack
2 8 (6.72%) Node.js
3 7 (5.88%) Vue
3 7 (5.88%) XMPP
4 6 (5.04%) Playwright
4 6 (5.04%) REST
5 5 (4.20%) Apache NiFi
5 5 (4.20%) React
6 4 (3.36%) Django
6 4 (3.36%) FastAPI
6 4 (3.36%) Flask
6 4 (3.36%) PySpark
6 4 (3.36%) pytest
6 4 (3.36%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (3.36%) RESTful
6 4 (3.36%) Spring
7 3 (2.52%) AngularJS
7 3 (2.52%) ARM Templates
7 3 (2.52%) SQLAlchemy
8 2 (1.68%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.45%) Cloud Native
2 12 (10.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (6.72%) Onboarding
4 7 (5.88%) FlexPod
4 7 (5.88%) Replication
4 7 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (5.04%) Product Ownership
5 6 (5.04%) Public Cloud
6 4 (3.36%) CUDA
7 3 (2.52%) Distributed Computing
7 3 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.52%) PKI
7 3 (2.52%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (2.52%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.68%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.68%) Blockchain
8 2 (1.68%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.68%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.68%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 52 (43.70%) Linux
2 25 (21.01%) Windows
3 12 (10.08%) Windows Server
4 10 (8.40%) Unix
5 8 (6.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (5.04%) CentOS
7 2 (1.68%) VMS
8 1 (0.84%) Debian
8 1 (0.84%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (62.18%) CI/CD
2 71 (59.66%) DevOps
3 69 (57.98%) Infrastructure as Code
4 37 (31.09%) Containerisation
5 31 (26.05%) Agile
5 31 (26.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 27 (22.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (22.69%) Software Engineering
7 25 (21.01%) Test Automation
8 23 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (15.97%) Analytics
9 19 (15.97%) Mentoring
10 18 (15.13%) DevSecOps
10 18 (15.13%) Infrastructure Automation
11 17 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
12 16 (13.45%) Cloud Security
13 14 (11.76%) Platform Engineering
14 12 (10.08%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 11 (9.24%) Incident Response
15 11 (9.24%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 69 (57.98%) Python
2 41 (34.45%) Bash
3 24 (20.17%) PowerShell
4 23 (19.33%) Java
5 14 (11.76%) JavaScript
6 11 (9.24%) TypeScript
7 7 (5.88%) C++
7 7 (5.88%) Go
7 7 (5.88%) SQL
8 6 (5.04%) Rust
9 5 (4.20%) Bicep
10 3 (2.52%) C
10 3 (2.52%) C#
10 3 (2.52%) Elixir
10 3 (2.52%) Erlang
11 2 (1.68%) Kotlin
11 2 (1.68%) Scala
11 2 (1.68%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.84%) PHP
12 1 (0.84%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 49 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 22 (18.49%) SC Cleared
3 21 (17.65%) DV Cleared
4 8 (6.72%) Degree
5 7 (5.88%) AWS Certification
5 7 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (5.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (4.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (4.20%) CCNP
8 4 (3.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (3.36%) Azure Certification
9 3 (2.52%) ISTQB
9 3 (2.52%) Master's Degree
9 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.68%) CCIE
10 2 (1.68%) CCIE Data Center
10 2 (1.68%) CCNA
10 2 (1.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (1.68%) RHCE
10 2 (1.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.20%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.36%) GDPR
3 3 (2.52%) QA
4 2 (1.68%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.68%) IFRS
4 2 (1.68%) IFRS 17
4 2 (1.68%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.84%) NCSC
5 1 (0.84%) NIST
5 1 (0.84%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 41 (34.45%) Docker
2 15 (12.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (6.72%) vSphere
4 6 (5.04%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (5.04%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (4.20%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (3.36%) Active Directory
6 4 (3.36%) iptables
7 3 (2.52%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.84%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.84%) Firmware
8 1 (0.84%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.84%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.84%) Squid
Systems Management
1 61 (51.26%) Ansible
2 56 (47.06%) Kubernetes
3 39 (32.77%) Grafana
4 17 (14.29%) Prometheus
4 17 (14.29%) Puppet
5 9 (7.56%) Kibana
5 9 (7.56%) logstash
6 7 (5.88%) Cisco CUCM
6 7 (5.88%) Progress Chef
7 4 (3.36%) vCenter Server
8 3 (2.52%) Packer
9 2 (1.68%) Argo
9 2 (1.68%) Istio
9 2 (1.68%) vRealize
10 1 (0.84%) Consul
10 1 (0.84%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.84%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.84%) linkerd
10 1 (0.84%) Mesos
10 1 (0.84%) Rancher
Vendors
1 15 (12.61%) Red Hat
1 15 (12.61%) Splunk
1 15 (12.61%) VMware
2 14 (11.76%) Cisco
2 14 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 11 (9.24%) Fortinet
4 10 (8.40%) Palo Alto
5 7 (5.88%) Databricks
5 7 (5.88%) Google
5 7 (5.88%) NetApp
6 4 (3.36%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.68%) Guidewire
7 2 (1.68%) IBM
7 2 (1.68%) Oracle
7 2 (1.68%) SAP
8 1 (0.84%) BMC
8 1 (0.84%) Dell
8 1 (0.84%) Juniper
8 1 (0.84%) Sophos
8 1 (0.84%) TOWER Software