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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 71 63
Rank change year-on-year -16 -8 -17
Permanent jobs citing Terraform 698 776 982
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.92% 4.77% 4.22%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.70% 20.09% 14.58%
Number of salaries quoted 475 363 676
10th Percentile £51,750 £50,850 £48,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £60,950
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.01% - -
75th Percentile £88,750 £86,250 £93,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £99,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

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 4,445 3,863 6,733
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.60% 23.74% 28.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3,283 2,572 4,888
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,513 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -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 14 September 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 23 (3.30%) Apache Spark
2 22 (3.15%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (2.72%) Apache
4 13 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.29%) Confluence
6 6 (0.86%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.57%) IIS
7 4 (0.57%) WordPress
8 3 (0.43%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.43%) Camunda
8 3 (0.43%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.29%) CMS
9 2 (0.29%) nginx
10 1 (0.14%) Drupal
10 1 (0.14%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.14%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.14%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
1 1 (0.14%) Magento
1 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 442 (63.32%) AWS
2 389 (55.73%) Azure
3 207 (29.66%) GCP
4 112 (16.05%) Azure DevOps
5 111 (15.90%) GitHub
6 109 (15.62%) SaaS
7 92 (13.18%) Amazon EKS
8 91 (13.04%) Serverless
9 88 (12.61%) AWS CloudFormation
10 65 (9.31%) PaaS
11 63 (9.03%) GitHub Actions
12 57 (8.17%) Amazon S3
13 53 (7.59%) Azure AKS
14 49 (7.02%) AWS Lambda
15 48 (6.88%) Azure Monitor
15 48 (6.88%) IaaS
16 39 (5.59%) Entra ID
17 34 (4.87%) Amazon EC2
18 33 (4.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 32 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 48 (6.88%) Firewall
2 46 (6.59%) VPN
3 45 (6.45%) TCP/IP
4 39 (5.59%) DNS
5 28 (4.01%) DHCP
6 23 (3.30%) WAN
7 19 (2.72%) LAN
8 11 (1.58%) SD-WAN
9 10 (1.43%) BGP
9 10 (1.43%) Network Security
10 9 (1.29%) AMQP
10 9 (1.29%) SMS
10 9 (1.29%) VLAN
11 8 (1.15%) OSPF
11 8 (1.15%) Wireless
12 7 (1.00%) Cisco Nexus
13 6 (0.86%) HTTP
14 5 (0.72%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (0.72%) Ethernet VPN
14 5 (0.72%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (11.46%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (4.15%) Metadata
3 28 (4.01%) Azure SQL Database
4 27 (3.87%) SQL Server
5 25 (3.58%) MongoDB
6 24 (3.44%) Data Warehouse
7 23 (3.30%) DynamoDB
8 21 (3.01%) Amazon RDS
8 21 (3.01%) Delta Lake
9 17 (2.44%) Amazon Athena
9 17 (2.44%) Data Lake
10 16 (2.29%) Data Vault
10 16 (2.29%) Relational Database
11 14 (2.01%) NoSQL
12 13 (1.86%) Big Data
13 12 (1.72%) BigQuery
13 12 (1.72%) Power BI
14 10 (1.43%) MySQL
15 9 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
16 8 (1.15%) Redis
Development Applications
1 75 (10.74%) Git
2 63 (9.03%) TeamCity
3 56 (8.02%) GitLab
4 49 (7.02%) Jenkins
5 12 (1.72%) JIRA
6 9 (1.29%) Visual Studio Code
7 8 (1.15%) Selenium
7 8 (1.15%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (0.72%) JMeter
8 5 (0.72%) JUnit
8 5 (0.72%) Maven
8 5 (0.72%) Poetry
8 5 (0.72%) Postman
9 4 (0.57%) Snyk
9 4 (0.57%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.43%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.43%) Mockito
10 3 (0.43%) NUnit
10 3 (0.43%) Vagrant
11 2 (0.29%) MSI
General
1 186 (26.65%) Social Skills
2 180 (25.79%) Finance
3 109 (15.62%) Banking
4 108 (15.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 104 (14.90%) Law
6 87 (12.46%) Retail
7 85 (12.18%) Public Sector
8 54 (7.74%) Back Office
9 51 (7.31%) Financial Institution
10 41 (5.87%) Analytical Skills
11 13 (1.86%) Marketing
11 13 (1.86%) Telecoms
12 12 (1.72%) Legal
13 10 (1.43%) Health Technology
14 9 (1.29%) Tech for Good
15 7 (1.00%) Aerospace
15 7 (1.00%) Local Government
16 5 (0.72%) Billing
16 5 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
17 4 (0.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 208 (29.80%) Senior
2 110 (15.76%) Cloud Engineer
3 106 (15.19%) Lead
3 106 (15.19%) Software Engineer
4 93 (13.32%) DevOps Engineer
5 86 (12.32%) Azure Engineer
6 71 (10.17%) Platform Engineer
7 48 (6.88%) Developer
8 47 (6.73%) AWS Engineer
9 46 (6.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 44 (6.30%) Data Engineer
11 43 (6.16%) Architect
12 42 (6.02%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 39 (5.59%) Senior DevOps
14 37 (5.30%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 33 (4.73%) Senior Software Engineer
16 31 (4.44%) Site Reliability Engineer
17 30 (4.30%) Python Engineer
17 30 (4.30%) Site Engineer
18 28 (4.01%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (9.17%) React
2 51 (7.31%) Node.js
3 45 (6.45%) REST
4 37 (5.30%) Kafka
5 33 (4.73%) Spring
6 31 (4.44%) PySpark
7 30 (4.30%) ARM Templates
8 28 (4.01%) Spring Boot
9 27 (3.87%) OAuth
10 26 (3.72%) .NET
11 25 (3.58%) OpenID
12 24 (3.44%) OAuth2
13 20 (2.87%) YAML
14 18 (2.58%) AWS CDK
15 16 (2.29%) RESTful
16 15 (2.15%) AngularJS
16 15 (2.15%) NestJS
17 14 (2.01%) OpenTelemetry
17 14 (2.01%) RabbitMQ
17 14 (2.01%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 192 (27.51%) Cloud Native
2 56 (8.02%) Distributed Systems
3 51 (7.31%) Product Ownership
4 37 (5.30%) Hybrid Cloud
5 33 (4.73%) Public Cloud
6 30 (4.30%) Blog
7 29 (4.15%) Data Centre
8 20 (2.87%) Security Posture
9 16 (2.29%) Podcast
10 14 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
10 14 (2.01%) Onboarding
11 13 (1.86%) PKI
11 13 (1.86%) Replication
12 11 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.43%) Linux Command Line
13 10 (1.43%) Private Cloud
14 9 (1.29%) Life Science
14 9 (1.29%) Virtual Team
15 8 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
16 7 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 117 (16.76%) Linux
2 83 (11.89%) Windows
3 37 (5.30%) Windows Server
4 28 (4.01%) Unix
5 13 (1.86%) VMS
6 5 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.57%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.43%) Debian
9 2 (0.29%) Android
9 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.29%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.29%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.14%) CentOS
10 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 488 (69.91%) CI/CD
2 450 (64.47%) Infrastructure as Code
3 373 (53.44%) DevOps
4 222 (31.81%) Mentoring
5 182 (26.07%) Observability
6 178 (25.50%) Software Engineering
7 165 (23.64%) Agile
8 164 (23.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 155 (22.21%) AI
10 148 (21.20%) Platform Engineering
11 130 (18.62%) Containerisation
12 129 (18.48%) Microservices
13 127 (18.19%) Clean Code
14 125 (17.91%) Test Automation
15 123 (17.62%) Problem-Solving
16 114 (16.33%) Technical Leadership
17 105 (15.04%) Analytics
18 102 (14.61%) Coaching
19 86 (12.32%) Deployment Automation
20 85 (12.18%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 275 (39.40%) Python
2 149 (21.35%) Java
3 132 (18.91%) PowerShell
4 119 (17.05%) SQL
5 110 (15.76%) Bicep
6 83 (11.89%) Bash
7 46 (6.59%) TypeScript
8 42 (6.02%) Go
9 36 (5.16%) JavaScript
10 33 (4.73%) C#
11 23 (3.30%) Scala
12 13 (1.86%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (1.00%) Groovy
13 7 (1.00%) Ruby
14 6 (0.86%) PHP
15 5 (0.72%) Rust
15 5 (0.72%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.43%) C
16 3 (0.43%) Kotlin
17 2 (0.29%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 116 (16.62%) Security Cleared
2 99 (14.18%) SC Cleared
3 79 (11.32%) Azure Certification
4 41 (5.87%) Degree
5 34 (4.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (2.87%) AWS Certification
7 17 (2.44%) SnowPro
8 13 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.58%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.43%) CCNP
12 7 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.72%) CCIE
14 5 (0.72%) CCNA
14 5 (0.72%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.57%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
16 3 (0.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 3 (0.43%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (6.16%) Data Quality
2 26 (3.72%) QA
3 14 (2.01%) NIST
4 13 (1.86%) GDPR
5 9 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.29%) SLA
6 8 (1.15%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.00%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.00%) NCSC
8 3 (0.43%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.29%) IFRS
9 2 (0.29%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.29%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.14%) PSD2
10 1 (0.14%) SEPA
10 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 186 (26.65%) Docker
2 67 (9.60%) Active Directory
3 42 (6.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (3.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (2.87%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (2.72%) vSphere
7 10 (1.43%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.43%) Firmware
10 1 (0.14%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.14%) QEMU
10 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 285 (40.83%) Kubernetes
2 140 (20.06%) Ansible
3 116 (16.62%) Grafana
4 37 (5.30%) Prometheus
5 29 (4.15%) Argo
6 19 (2.72%) Progress Chef
7 18 (2.58%) Istio
8 16 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
9 13 (1.86%) Packer
10 12 (1.72%) Puppet
11 5 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.57%) Cisco CUCM
12 4 (0.57%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.57%) linkerd
12 4 (0.57%) Proxmox
13 3 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.43%) Cilium
13 3 (0.43%) Red Hat Satellite
13 3 (0.43%) ZABBIX
14 2 (0.29%) Consul
Vendors
1 157 (22.49%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.45%) VMware
3 43 (6.16%) Google
4 31 (4.44%) Databricks
5 30 (4.30%) Cisco
6 20 (2.87%) Okta
7 17 (2.44%) Oracle
8 16 (2.29%) Dynatrace
8 16 (2.29%) Informatica
9 15 (2.15%) Ping Identity
10 13 (1.86%) Palo Alto
11 12 (1.72%) ScienceLogic
12 10 (1.43%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.29%) OpenAI
14 8 (1.15%) Fortinet
15 6 (0.86%) Citrix
15 6 (0.86%) Confluent
15 6 (0.86%) EMC
15 6 (0.86%) ForgeRock
15 6 (0.86%) SolarWinds
2,010 hybrid/remote Terraform jobs