Hybrid/Remote Terraform Job Trends

Terraform
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Terraform skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 60 68
Rank change year-on-year +8 +8 -4
Permanent jobs citing Terraform 689 802 1,224
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.20% 5.17% 4.42%
As % of the Systems Management category 44.54% 34.78% 34.63%
Number of salaries quoted 402 591 1,073
10th Percentile £46,446 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £64,471 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £78,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% +7.59% -3.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £107,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £118,750 £107,500
UK median annual salary £73,801 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -4.77% +3.33% -6.25%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,547 2,306 3,534
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.43% 14.87% 12.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,062 1,396 3,022
10th Percentile £37,000 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,446 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,741 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.51% +7.69% -4.83%
75th Percentile £82,500 £91,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £98,625
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% -7.41%

Terraform
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Terraform and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Terraform job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Terraform
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Terraform.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Terraform

Terraform
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Terraform over the 6 months to 20 February 2026.

Terraform salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Terraform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 19 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (2.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 15 (2.18%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.31%) Apache Spark
6 8 (1.16%) IIS
7 6 (0.87%) Apache
8 4 (0.58%) Confluence
8 4 (0.58%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.15%) CMS
9 1 (0.15%) nginx
9 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
1 6 (0.87%) Weka
2 1 (0.15%) EngageOne
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 35 (5.08%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.15%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 407 (59.07%) Azure
2 400 (58.06%) AWS
3 184 (26.71%) GitHub
4 174 (25.25%) Azure DevOps
5 156 (22.64%) GCP
6 113 (16.40%) Amazon EKS
7 103 (14.95%) GitHub Actions
8 98 (14.22%) SaaS
9 92 (13.35%) AWS CloudFormation
10 73 (10.60%) Entra ID
11 66 (9.58%) Serverless
12 63 (9.14%) Azure Monitor
13 56 (8.13%) OCI
14 53 (7.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 50 (7.26%) Amazon S3
16 46 (6.68%) AWS Lambda
17 45 (6.53%) PaaS
18 42 (6.10%) dbt
18 42 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
19 40 (5.81%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 96 (13.93%) Firewall
2 47 (6.82%) VPN
3 33 (4.79%) DNS
4 28 (4.06%) TCP/IP
5 23 (3.34%) WAN
6 21 (3.05%) Broadband
6 21 (3.05%) Network Security
7 20 (2.90%) SD-WAN
8 18 (2.61%) Wi-Fi
9 17 (2.47%) NGFW
9 17 (2.47%) Wireshark
10 15 (2.18%) VXLAN
11 14 (2.03%) VLAN
12 11 (1.60%) BGP
13 10 (1.45%) LAN
14 8 (1.16%) DHCP
15 7 (1.02%) SSL
16 5 (0.73%) OSPF
17 4 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
17 4 (0.58%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (7.40%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (5.66%) Amazon RDS
3 37 (5.37%) NoSQL
4 29 (4.21%) Relational Database
5 23 (3.34%) Data Lake
6 22 (3.19%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (3.19%) Power BI
6 22 (3.19%) SQL Server
7 20 (2.90%) Tableau
8 19 (2.76%) RDBMS
8 19 (2.76%) Redis
9 17 (2.47%) BigQuery
10 16 (2.32%) Elasticsearch
10 16 (2.32%) Metadata
11 13 (1.89%) Delta Lake
11 13 (1.89%) MySQL
12 11 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
14 9 (1.31%) Amazon Aurora
14 9 (1.31%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 86 (12.48%) Jenkins
2 75 (10.89%) Git
3 57 (8.27%) TeamCity
4 55 (7.98%) GitLab
5 35 (5.08%) Oracle Forms
6 26 (3.77%) JIRA
7 19 (2.76%) Jaeger
8 10 (1.45%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.87%) CircleCI
10 5 (0.73%) Storybook
11 4 (0.58%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.58%) ER Studio
11 4 (0.58%) ERwin
11 4 (0.58%) JMeter
11 4 (0.58%) PowerDesigner
11 4 (0.58%) Selenium
11 4 (0.58%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.44%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.44%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.44%) Robot Framework
General
1 239 (34.69%) Finance
2 138 (20.03%) Social Skills
3 104 (15.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 91 (13.21%) Banking
5 88 (12.77%) Retail
6 84 (12.19%) Law
7 54 (7.84%) Public Sector
8 53 (7.69%) Back Office
8 53 (7.69%) Financial Institution
9 46 (6.68%) Analytical Skills
10 16 (2.32%) Billing
11 14 (2.03%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.16%) Tech for Good
13 7 (1.02%) Health Technology
13 7 (1.02%) Military
14 6 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.58%) Marketing
15 4 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.58%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 184 (26.71%) Senior
2 151 (21.92%) Cloud Engineer
3 100 (14.51%) Lead
4 79 (11.47%) DevOps Engineer
5 75 (10.89%) Azure Engineer
6 73 (10.60%) Software Engineer
7 71 (10.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 67 (9.72%) Platform Engineer
9 46 (6.68%) Developer
10 38 (5.52%) AWS Engineer
11 36 (5.22%) Data Engineer
12 35 (5.08%) Applications Engineer
13 33 (4.79%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 32 (4.64%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 31 (4.50%) Lead Cloud Engineer
16 27 (3.92%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 23 (3.34%) Architect
17 23 (3.34%) Lead DevOps
18 21 (3.05%) Java Engineer
18 21 (3.05%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (9.14%) RESTful
2 59 (8.56%) React
3 50 (7.26%) .NET
4 46 (6.68%) OAuth
5 39 (5.66%) JSON
5 39 (5.66%) Node.js
6 36 (5.22%) Elastic Stack
7 34 (4.93%) OAuth2
8 22 (3.19%) Kafka
9 21 (3.05%) Django
9 21 (3.05%) OpenTelemetry
9 21 (3.05%) Spring
10 19 (2.76%) PySpark
10 19 (2.76%) REST
10 19 (2.76%) SOAP
10 19 (2.76%) XML
11 18 (2.61%) GraphQL
11 18 (2.61%) React Native
11 18 (2.61%) SAML
12 17 (2.47%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 180 (26.12%) Cloud Native
2 57 (8.27%) Product Ownership
3 45 (6.53%) Data Centre
3 45 (6.53%) Enterprise Software
4 40 (5.81%) Distributed Systems
5 32 (4.64%) Blog
6 27 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
6 27 (3.92%) Public Cloud
7 26 (3.77%) Onboarding
8 24 (3.48%) Security Posture
9 20 (2.90%) PKI
10 18 (2.61%) Management Information System
11 15 (2.18%) Mobile App
12 11 (1.60%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (1.45%) Private Cloud
14 8 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
15 7 (1.02%) Virtual Team
16 6 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 137 (19.88%) Linux
2 64 (9.29%) Windows
3 48 (6.97%) Unix
4 28 (4.06%) Windows Server
5 17 (2.47%) VMS
6 14 (2.03%) Android
6 14 (2.03%) Apple iOS
7 11 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (1.31%) CentOS
8 9 (1.31%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.87%) Debian
10 1 (0.15%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.15%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 437 (63.43%) CI/CD
2 435 (63.13%) DevOps
3 400 (58.06%) Infrastructure as Code
4 226 (32.80%) Agile
5 201 (29.17%) Mentoring
6 179 (25.98%) Coaching
7 164 (23.80%) Observability
8 141 (20.46%) Problem-Solving
9 139 (20.17%) Test Automation
10 135 (19.59%) Continuous Improvement
11 132 (19.16%) Containerisation
12 119 (17.27%) Platform Engineering
13 118 (17.13%) Asset Management
14 109 (15.82%) Analytics
14 109 (15.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 108 (15.67%) Software Engineering
16 106 (15.38%) Deployment Automation
17 97 (14.08%) Microservices
18 90 (13.06%) AI
19 86 (12.48%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 318 (46.15%) Python
2 164 (23.80%) Java
3 133 (19.30%) SQL
4 124 (18.00%) PowerShell
5 116 (16.84%) Bash
6 84 (12.19%) JavaScript
7 75 (10.89%) Bicep
8 61 (8.85%) Go
9 52 (7.55%) TypeScript
10 35 (5.08%) PL/SQL
10 35 (5.08%) Shell Script
11 31 (4.50%) C#
12 18 (2.61%) Scala
13 6 (0.87%) Rust
14 5 (0.73%) Perl
15 3 (0.44%) PHP
16 2 (0.29%) C++
17 1 (0.15%) Kotlin
17 1 (0.15%) Ruby
17 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 92 (13.35%) Security Cleared
2 79 (11.47%) SC Cleared
3 55 (7.98%) AWS Certification
4 40 (5.81%) Azure Certification
4 40 (5.81%) Degree
5 23 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (1.16%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.02%) CCNP
10 6 (0.87%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.73%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.58%) CISSP
12 4 (0.58%) LPIC
12 4 (0.58%) RHCE
13 3 (0.44%) CISM
13 3 (0.44%) RHCSA
14 2 (0.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (4.35%) PCI DSS
3 28 (4.06%) Data Quality
3 28 (4.06%) GDPR
4 27 (3.92%) QA
5 25 (3.63%) SOC 2
6 22 (3.19%) Accessibility
7 21 (3.05%) NIST
8 9 (1.31%) SLA
9 6 (0.87%) GRC
10 4 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.44%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.15%) MiFID
13 1 (0.15%) NCSC
System Software
1 216 (31.35%) Docker
2 41 (5.95%) Active Directory
3 22 (3.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (2.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 17 (2.47%) Hyper-V
7 14 (2.03%) VMware NSX
8 11 (1.60%) vSphere
9 10 (1.45%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.29%) Ceph
10 2 (0.29%) Firmware
10 2 (0.29%) Lustre
10 2 (0.29%) NFS
10 2 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.29%) vCloud
10 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.15%) KVM
11 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 290 (42.09%) Kubernetes
2 161 (23.37%) Ansible
3 140 (20.32%) Grafana
4 96 (13.93%) Prometheus
5 39 (5.66%) Argo
6 38 (5.52%) Single Sign-On
7 26 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
8 19 (2.76%) Kustomize
9 13 (1.89%) Puppet
10 9 (1.31%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.87%) Proxmox
11 6 (0.87%) SCOM
12 5 (0.73%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.73%) Cilium
13 4 (0.58%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.58%) logstash
13 4 (0.58%) Packer
13 4 (0.58%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.44%) Control-M
15 2 (0.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 112 (16.26%) Microsoft
2 61 (8.85%) Google
3 43 (6.24%) VMware
4 41 (5.95%) Oracle
5 22 (3.19%) Databricks
6 20 (2.90%) Okta
7 17 (2.47%) Cisco
7 17 (2.47%) Splunk
8 15 (2.18%) Arista
8 15 (2.18%) Aruba
8 15 (2.18%) NetScout
9 14 (2.03%) Ab Initio
10 10 (1.45%) Palo Alto
11 9 (1.31%) New Relic
11 9 (1.31%) Red Hat
12 8 (1.16%) Atlassian
13 7 (1.02%) F5
13 7 (1.02%) IBM
14 6 (0.87%) Mercator
14 6 (0.87%) SonicWALL