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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 71 61
Rank change year-on-year -21 -10 -16
Permanent jobs citing Terraform 729 777 953
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.92% 4.62% 4.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.15% 20.42% 14.18%
Number of salaries quoted 481 345 635
10th Percentile £52,500 £48,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -
75th Percentile £88,750 £86,250 £93,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £97,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

Terraform falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,514 3,806 6,720
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.09% 22.62% 29.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,320 2,488 4,589
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -0.54%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £68,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.46% +5.38% -3.70%

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 1 October 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 25 (3.43%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (3.29%) Apache Spark
3 21 (2.88%) Apache
4 16 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.96%) Confluence
6 6 (0.82%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.69%) Camunda
8 3 (0.41%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.41%) IIS
8 3 (0.41%) nginx
8 3 (0.41%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.41%) WordPress
9 2 (0.27%) CMS
10 1 (0.14%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (0.27%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.14%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.14%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.14%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 470 (64.47%) AWS
2 385 (52.81%) Azure
3 227 (31.14%) GCP
4 133 (18.24%) SaaS
5 122 (16.74%) Azure DevOps
5 122 (16.74%) GitHub
6 108 (14.81%) Amazon EKS
7 100 (13.72%) Serverless
8 91 (12.48%) AWS CloudFormation
9 71 (9.74%) PaaS
10 69 (9.47%) GitHub Actions
11 58 (7.96%) Amazon S3
12 56 (7.68%) Azure AKS
13 55 (7.54%) Azure Monitor
14 52 (7.13%) IaaS
15 51 (7.00%) AWS Lambda
16 48 (6.58%) Entra ID
17 38 (5.21%) Azure Key Vault
18 35 (4.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 35 (4.80%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (7.96%) VPN
2 50 (6.86%) Firewall
3 49 (6.72%) TCP/IP
4 39 (5.35%) DNS
5 27 (3.70%) DHCP
6 20 (2.74%) WAN
7 14 (1.92%) BGP
7 14 (1.92%) LAN
8 12 (1.65%) Network Security
9 11 (1.51%) AMQP
9 11 (1.51%) SMS
10 10 (1.37%) VLAN
11 9 (1.23%) SD-WAN
12 7 (0.96%) Cisco Nexus
12 7 (0.96%) OSPF
12 7 (0.96%) Wireless
13 5 (0.69%) Ethernet VPN
13 5 (0.69%) HTTP
13 5 (0.69%) VXLAN
14 4 (0.55%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (13.44%) PostgreSQL
2 33 (4.53%) Azure SQL Database
3 32 (4.39%) Amazon RDS
4 31 (4.25%) Metadata
5 27 (3.70%) SQL Server
6 25 (3.43%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (3.43%) MongoDB
7 24 (3.29%) DynamoDB
8 21 (2.88%) Delta Lake
9 18 (2.47%) Amazon Athena
9 18 (2.47%) Data Lake
10 16 (2.19%) Data Vault
11 15 (2.06%) BigQuery
12 14 (1.92%) NoSQL
12 14 (1.92%) Power BI
12 14 (1.92%) Relational Database
13 13 (1.78%) Big Data
14 10 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (1.23%) MySQL
15 9 (1.23%) Redis
Development Applications
1 85 (11.66%) TeamCity
2 67 (9.19%) Git
3 61 (8.37%) GitLab
4 56 (7.68%) Jenkins
5 12 (1.65%) JIRA
6 7 (0.96%) JUnit
6 7 (0.96%) Selenium
6 7 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (0.69%) Mockito
7 5 (0.69%) Poetry
7 5 (0.69%) Postman
8 4 (0.55%) Maven
8 4 (0.55%) Snyk
8 4 (0.55%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.55%) Vagrant
8 4 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.41%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.41%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.41%) JMeter
10 2 (0.27%) NUnit
General
1 202 (27.71%) Social Skills
2 190 (26.06%) Finance
3 127 (17.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 124 (17.01%) Law
5 122 (16.74%) Banking
6 108 (14.81%) Retail
7 98 (13.44%) Public Sector
8 69 (9.47%) Back Office
9 66 (9.05%) Financial Institution
10 45 (6.17%) Analytical Skills
11 12 (1.65%) Health Technology
12 11 (1.51%) Marketing
12 11 (1.51%) Tech for Good
13 9 (1.23%) Legal
13 9 (1.23%) Telecoms
14 7 (0.96%) Local Government
15 6 (0.82%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.69%) Police
17 4 (0.55%) Games
17 4 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 234 (32.10%) Senior
2 122 (16.74%) Software Engineer
3 108 (14.81%) Cloud Engineer
4 103 (14.13%) Lead
5 94 (12.89%) DevOps Engineer
6 83 (11.39%) Azure Engineer
7 69 (9.47%) Platform Engineer
8 52 (7.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 50 (6.86%) Developer
10 47 (6.45%) Architect
11 44 (6.04%) Data Engineer
12 41 (5.62%) Senior DevOps
13 39 (5.35%) Senior Software Engineer
14 38 (5.21%) AWS Engineer
14 38 (5.21%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 37 (5.08%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 32 (4.39%) Python Engineer
17 31 (4.25%) Site Reliability Engineer
18 30 (4.12%) Site Engineer
19 28 (3.84%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (9.74%) React
2 53 (7.27%) Node.js
3 46 (6.31%) REST
4 36 (4.94%) Spring
5 32 (4.39%) Kafka
5 32 (4.39%) Spring Boot
6 31 (4.25%) OAuth
6 31 (4.25%) PySpark
7 29 (3.98%) ARM Templates
8 27 (3.70%) .NET
8 27 (3.70%) OAuth2
8 27 (3.70%) OpenID
9 20 (2.74%) OpenTelemetry
10 19 (2.61%) YAML
11 18 (2.47%) RESTful
12 17 (2.33%) AWS CDK
13 16 (2.19%) AngularJS
13 16 (2.19%) RabbitMQ
14 15 (2.06%) Next.js
14 15 (2.06%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 214 (29.36%) Cloud Native
2 69 (9.47%) Distributed Systems
3 55 (7.54%) Product Ownership
4 42 (5.76%) Blog
5 36 (4.94%) Hybrid Cloud
6 28 (3.84%) Data Centre
6 28 (3.84%) Public Cloud
7 24 (3.29%) Security Posture
8 16 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (2.06%) Replication
10 14 (1.92%) Onboarding
11 13 (1.78%) Podcast
12 12 (1.65%) PKI
13 11 (1.51%) Management Information System
14 10 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.23%) Life Science
15 9 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
15 9 (1.23%) Virtual Team
16 8 (1.10%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 117 (16.05%) Linux
2 80 (10.97%) Windows
3 31 (4.25%) Windows Server
4 30 (4.12%) Unix
5 12 (1.65%) VMS
6 4 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.55%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.41%) Debian
8 2 (0.27%) Android
8 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.27%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.27%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.14%) Solaris
9 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 525 (72.02%) CI/CD
2 470 (64.47%) Infrastructure as Code
3 393 (53.91%) DevOps
4 236 (32.37%) Mentoring
5 198 (27.16%) Software Engineering
6 195 (26.75%) Observability
7 176 (24.14%) AI
8 172 (23.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 168 (23.05%) Agile
10 149 (20.44%) Platform Engineering
11 147 (20.16%) Microservices
12 139 (19.07%) Clean Code
12 139 (19.07%) Problem-Solving
12 139 (19.07%) Test Automation
13 129 (17.70%) Containerisation
14 118 (16.19%) Technical Leadership
15 114 (15.64%) Coaching
16 113 (15.50%) Analytics
17 106 (14.54%) Deployment Automation
18 95 (13.03%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 283 (38.82%) Python
2 183 (25.10%) Java
3 135 (18.52%) SQL
4 134 (18.38%) PowerShell
5 115 (15.78%) Bicep
6 94 (12.89%) Bash
7 53 (7.27%) TypeScript
8 48 (6.58%) Go
9 40 (5.49%) JavaScript
10 37 (5.08%) C#
11 26 (3.57%) Scala
12 14 (1.92%) Kusto Query Language
13 8 (1.10%) Groovy
13 8 (1.10%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.96%) Ruby
15 6 (0.82%) PHP
16 5 (0.69%) Rust
17 4 (0.55%) C
18 3 (0.41%) Kotlin
19 2 (0.27%) C++
Qualifications
1 128 (17.56%) Security Cleared
2 114 (15.64%) SC Cleared
3 80 (10.97%) Azure Certification
4 34 (4.66%) Degree
4 34 (4.66%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (3.02%) AWS Certification
6 17 (2.33%) SnowPro
7 11 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.23%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (0.96%) CCNP
12 6 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.69%) CISSP
13 5 (0.69%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.55%) CCNA
15 3 (0.41%) CCIE
15 3 (0.41%) ISTQB
15 3 (0.41%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (6.58%) Data Quality
2 27 (3.70%) QA
3 18 (2.47%) NIST
4 16 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (2.19%) PCI DSS
5 15 (2.06%) GDPR
6 8 (1.10%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.10%) SLA
6 8 (1.10%) SOC 2
7 6 (0.82%) NCSC
8 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.27%) IFRS
8 2 (0.27%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.14%) PSD2
9 1 (0.14%) SEPA
System Software
1 193 (26.47%) Docker
2 64 (8.78%) Active Directory
3 36 (4.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (3.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (2.19%) vSphere
7 9 (1.23%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.27%) Firmware
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.14%) QEMU
9 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 312 (42.80%) Kubernetes
2 144 (19.75%) Grafana
3 138 (18.93%) Ansible
4 45 (6.17%) Prometheus
5 31 (4.25%) Argo
6 21 (2.88%) Progress Chef
7 16 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
8 12 (1.65%) Istio
8 12 (1.65%) Packer
9 9 (1.23%) Puppet
9 9 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.82%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.69%) Cilium
12 4 (0.55%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.55%) linkerd
13 3 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.41%) Kibana
13 3 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
13 3 (0.41%) ZABBIX
14 2 (0.27%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 161 (22.09%) Microsoft
2 53 (7.27%) Google
3 41 (5.62%) VMware
4 33 (4.53%) Databricks
5 22 (3.02%) Dynatrace
6 20 (2.74%) Cisco
7 19 (2.61%) Okta
8 18 (2.47%) Oracle
9 16 (2.19%) Informatica
10 15 (2.06%) Ping Identity
11 12 (1.65%) ScienceLogic
12 9 (1.23%) OpenAI
13 7 (0.96%) ForgeRock
13 7 (0.96%) Red Hat
13 7 (0.96%) Splunk
13 7 (0.96%) YouTube
14 6 (0.82%) Citrix
14 6 (0.82%) HubSpot
14 6 (0.82%) Palo Alto
15 5 (0.69%) IBM