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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 73 68
Rank change year-on-year -10 -5 -20
Permanent jobs citing Terraform 688 773 964
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.03% 4.65% 3.87%
As % of the Systems Management category 36.10% 40.09% 35.16%
Number of salaries quoted 491 391 736
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,297 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.01% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £101,250 £112,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

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 1,906 1,928 2,742
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.39% 11.60% 11.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,408 1,107 1,935
10th Percentile £37,250 £35,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £66,367 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +2.10% -7.14%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,751 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £104,100
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.99%

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 13 August 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 22 (3.20%) Apache Spark
2 20 (2.91%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (2.33%) Apache
4 13 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.02%) Confluence
6 5 (0.73%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.58%) Camunda
7 4 (0.58%) IIS
7 4 (0.58%) WordPress
8 3 (0.44%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.44%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.29%) nginx
10 1 (0.15%) CMS
10 1 (0.15%) Drupal
10 1 (0.15%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.15%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.15%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Magento
1 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 431 (62.65%) AWS
2 403 (58.58%) Azure
3 197 (28.63%) GCP
4 109 (15.84%) Azure DevOps
5 108 (15.70%) GitHub
6 99 (14.39%) AWS CloudFormation
7 96 (13.95%) SaaS
8 90 (13.08%) Serverless
9 85 (12.35%) Amazon EKS
10 71 (10.32%) PaaS
11 58 (8.43%) GitHub Actions
12 54 (7.85%) Amazon S3
13 49 (7.12%) Azure AKS
14 48 (6.98%) AWS Lambda
15 47 (6.83%) IaaS
16 41 (5.96%) Azure Monitor
17 38 (5.52%) Amazon ECS
18 37 (5.38%) Amazon EC2
19 34 (4.94%) Entra ID
20 33 (4.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 52 (7.56%) Firewall
2 46 (6.69%) VPN
3 45 (6.54%) TCP/IP
4 35 (5.09%) DNS
5 21 (3.05%) DHCP
6 20 (2.91%) WAN
7 19 (2.76%) LAN
8 11 (1.60%) Network Security
9 10 (1.45%) SD-WAN
10 9 (1.31%) VLAN
11 8 (1.16%) Cisco ASA
11 8 (1.16%) Wireless
12 7 (1.02%) Cisco Firepower
12 7 (1.02%) HTTP
12 7 (1.02%) Unified Communications
12 7 (1.02%) WebEx
13 6 (0.87%) BGP
14 4 (0.58%) OSPF
14 4 (0.58%) SMS
14 4 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (11.19%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (4.65%) SQL Server
3 27 (3.92%) Metadata
4 26 (3.78%) Azure SQL Database
5 25 (3.63%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (3.05%) DynamoDB
6 21 (3.05%) MongoDB
7 19 (2.76%) Relational Database
8 18 (2.62%) Delta Lake
9 16 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
10 15 (2.18%) BigQuery
10 15 (2.18%) Data Lake
11 14 (2.03%) NoSQL
12 13 (1.89%) Data Vault
12 13 (1.89%) Redis
13 12 (1.74%) Power BI
14 11 (1.60%) Big Data
14 11 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (1.60%) MySQL
15 10 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 82 (11.92%) Git
2 56 (8.14%) GitLab
3 48 (6.98%) Jenkins
3 48 (6.98%) TeamCity
4 11 (1.60%) Visual Studio Code
5 9 (1.31%) JIRA
5 9 (1.31%) JMeter
5 9 (1.31%) Selenium
6 5 (0.73%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.73%) Locust
6 5 (0.73%) Postman
7 4 (0.58%) NUnit
7 4 (0.58%) Snyk
7 4 (0.58%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.44%) JUnit
8 3 (0.44%) Maven
8 3 (0.44%) MLflow
9 2 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.29%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 172 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 162 (23.55%) Finance
3 98 (14.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 88 (12.79%) Law
5 85 (12.35%) Banking
6 78 (11.34%) Public Sector
7 67 (9.74%) Retail
8 41 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
9 40 (5.81%) Back Office
10 39 (5.67%) Financial Institution
11 14 (2.03%) Legal
12 12 (1.74%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.60%) Marketing
14 7 (1.02%) Health Technology
14 7 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.87%) Legal Technology
16 5 (0.73%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.73%) Aviation
16 5 (0.73%) Billing
16 5 (0.73%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 203 (29.51%) Senior
2 109 (15.84%) Cloud Engineer
3 102 (14.83%) Lead
4 99 (14.39%) DevOps Engineer
5 87 (12.65%) Software Engineer
6 85 (12.35%) Azure Engineer
7 81 (11.77%) Platform Engineer
8 50 (7.27%) AWS Engineer
9 46 (6.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 45 (6.54%) Data Engineer
10 45 (6.54%) Senior DevOps
11 44 (6.40%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 43 (6.25%) Developer
13 40 (5.81%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 38 (5.52%) Architect
15 33 (4.80%) Python Engineer
16 31 (4.51%) Senior Software Engineer
16 31 (4.51%) Site Reliability Engineer
17 28 (4.07%) Site Engineer
17 28 (4.07%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (9.30%) React
2 52 (7.56%) Node.js
3 43 (6.25%) REST
4 37 (5.38%) Kafka
5 32 (4.65%) ARM Templates
6 28 (4.07%) .NET
7 26 (3.78%) Spring
8 23 (3.34%) OAuth
8 23 (3.34%) PySpark
9 21 (3.05%) OpenID
10 20 (2.91%) OAuth2
11 19 (2.76%) Spring Boot
12 18 (2.62%) YAML
13 17 (2.47%) AWS CDK
14 16 (2.33%) AngularJS
15 15 (2.18%) NestJS
16 14 (2.03%) RESTful
16 14 (2.03%) SAML
17 12 (1.74%) CSS
17 12 (1.74%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 172 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 47 (6.83%) Distributed Systems
3 42 (6.10%) Hybrid Cloud
3 42 (6.10%) Product Ownership
4 39 (5.67%) Public Cloud
5 26 (3.78%) Data Centre
6 19 (2.76%) Blog
6 19 (2.76%) Security Posture
7 18 (2.62%) Podcast
8 15 (2.18%) Onboarding
9 14 (2.03%) Linux Command Line
9 14 (2.03%) Private Cloud
9 14 (2.03%) Replication
10 13 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.45%) PKI
12 9 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.31%) Life Science
13 8 (1.16%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 132 (19.19%) Linux
2 92 (13.37%) Windows
3 42 (6.10%) Windows Server
4 33 (4.80%) Unix
5 14 (2.03%) VMS
6 5 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.58%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.44%) Android
8 3 (0.44%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.44%) Debian
9 1 (0.15%) CentOS
9 1 (0.15%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.15%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.15%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 476 (69.19%) CI/CD
2 463 (67.30%) Infrastructure as Code
3 383 (55.67%) DevOps
4 203 (29.51%) Mentoring
5 182 (26.45%) Observability
6 174 (25.29%) Agile
7 170 (24.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 164 (23.84%) Platform Engineering
9 157 (22.82%) Software Engineering
10 143 (20.78%) Containerisation
11 138 (20.06%) AI
12 117 (17.01%) Test Automation
13 116 (16.86%) Microservices
14 115 (16.72%) Technical Leadership
15 114 (16.57%) Clean Code
16 113 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
17 92 (13.37%) Analytics
18 90 (13.08%) Roadmaps
19 84 (12.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 83 (12.06%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 283 (41.13%) Python
2 130 (18.90%) PowerShell
3 129 (18.75%) Java
4 108 (15.70%) SQL
5 105 (15.26%) Bicep
6 81 (11.77%) Bash
7 44 (6.40%) TypeScript
8 43 (6.25%) Go
9 37 (5.38%) C#
10 35 (5.09%) JavaScript
11 19 (2.76%) Scala
12 13 (1.89%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (1.02%) Groovy
13 7 (1.02%) Ruby
14 6 (0.87%) PHP
15 4 (0.58%) Rust
15 4 (0.58%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.29%) C
16 2 (0.29%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.29%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 120 (17.44%) Security Cleared
2 109 (15.84%) SC Cleared
3 82 (11.92%) Azure Certification
4 49 (7.12%) Degree
5 32 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (2.91%) AWS Certification
7 16 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.03%) SnowPro
9 13 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (1.74%) CCNP
10 12 (1.74%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.02%) CCNA
12 5 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.73%) CCIE
12 5 (0.73%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.73%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.58%) MCSE
13 4 (0.58%) RHCSA
13 4 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.52%) Data Quality
2 24 (3.49%) QA
3 16 (2.33%) GDPR
4 12 (1.74%) NIST
5 11 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.31%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.31%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.02%) SLA
8 6 (0.87%) NCSC
8 6 (0.87%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.73%) WCAG
10 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.29%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.29%) IFRS
10 2 (0.29%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.29%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.15%) GRC
11 1 (0.15%) PSD2
11 1 (0.15%) SEPA
System Software
1 188 (27.33%) Docker
2 65 (9.45%) Active Directory
3 47 (6.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (3.63%) vSphere
5 18 (2.62%) Virtual Desktop
6 17 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.16%) Hyper-V
8 7 (1.02%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (1.02%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.58%) Firmware
10 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.15%) KVM
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 282 (40.99%) Kubernetes
2 137 (19.91%) Ansible
3 108 (15.70%) Grafana
4 38 (5.52%) Prometheus
5 30 (4.36%) Argo
6 19 (2.76%) Istio
7 17 (2.47%) Progress Chef
8 15 (2.18%) Microsoft Intune
9 14 (2.03%) Puppet
10 12 (1.74%) Packer
11 7 (1.02%) Cisco CUCM
11 7 (1.02%) Proxmox
12 5 (0.73%) AWS Copilot
13 4 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.58%) linkerd
14 3 (0.44%) FortiGate
14 3 (0.44%) Red Hat Satellite
14 3 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
14 3 (0.44%) ZABBIX
15 2 (0.29%) MIIS
Vendors
1 161 (23.40%) Microsoft
2 53 (7.70%) VMware
3 51 (7.41%) Google
4 30 (4.36%) Cisco
5 27 (3.92%) Databricks
6 19 (2.76%) Okta
7 18 (2.62%) Palo Alto
8 17 (2.47%) Oracle
9 14 (2.03%) Dynatrace
9 14 (2.03%) Ping Identity
10 13 (1.89%) Informatica
11 12 (1.74%) Fortinet
11 12 (1.74%) ScienceLogic
12 10 (1.45%) Red Hat
13 8 (1.16%) Confluent
13 8 (1.16%) NetApp
13 8 (1.16%) OpenAI
14 7 (1.02%) EMC
14 7 (1.02%) F5
14 7 (1.02%) Splunk