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 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 64 64
Rank change year-on-year +9 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Terraform 664 807 1,270
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.15% 5.08% 4.57%
As % of the Systems Management category 44.62% 35.10% 34.87%
Number of salaries quoted 391 577 1,112
10th Percentile £46,446 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £64,471 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +6.90% -3.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £102,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £118,750 £106,250
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 1,488 2,299 3,642
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.29% 14.48% 13.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,037 1,390 3,111
10th Percentile £37,300 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -4.51%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £98,500 £115,000 £97,500
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 8 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 21 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 17 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.66%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.20%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.20%) IIS
5 6 (0.90%) Apache
5 6 (0.90%) Confluence
6 4 (0.60%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.15%) CMS
7 1 (0.15%) nginx
7 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
1 6 (0.90%) Weka
2 1 (0.15%) EngageOne
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 37 (5.57%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.15%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 405 (60.99%) Azure
2 370 (55.72%) AWS
3 186 (28.01%) GitHub
4 182 (27.41%) Azure DevOps
5 133 (20.03%) GCP
6 101 (15.21%) GitHub Actions
7 98 (14.76%) Amazon EKS
8 88 (13.25%) AWS CloudFormation
9 86 (12.95%) SaaS
10 77 (11.60%) Entra ID
11 66 (9.94%) Azure Monitor
12 64 (9.64%) Serverless
13 58 (8.73%) OCI
14 54 (8.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 46 (6.93%) Amazon S3
16 45 (6.78%) AWS Lambda
17 43 (6.48%) Microsoft 365
18 40 (6.02%) IaaS
19 39 (5.87%) PaaS
20 38 (5.72%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 94 (14.16%) Firewall
2 46 (6.93%) VPN
3 32 (4.82%) DNS
4 24 (3.61%) WAN
5 23 (3.46%) TCP/IP
6 22 (3.31%) Network Security
7 21 (3.16%) Broadband
7 21 (3.16%) SD-WAN
8 19 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (2.71%) Wireshark
10 17 (2.56%) NGFW
11 15 (2.26%) VXLAN
12 13 (1.96%) VLAN
13 12 (1.81%) BGP
14 10 (1.51%) LAN
15 9 (1.36%) DHCP
16 6 (0.90%) OSPF
16 6 (0.90%) SSL
17 4 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
17 4 (0.60%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (6.63%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (5.87%) NoSQL
3 33 (4.97%) Amazon RDS
4 28 (4.22%) Relational Database
5 24 (3.61%) SQL Server
6 23 (3.46%) Data Lake
6 23 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (3.46%) Power BI
7 21 (3.16%) Tableau
8 19 (2.86%) RDBMS
9 17 (2.56%) BigQuery
10 15 (2.26%) Metadata
11 14 (2.11%) MySQL
11 14 (2.11%) Redis
12 13 (1.96%) Delta Lake
13 12 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
15 10 (1.51%) DynamoDB
16 9 (1.36%) Amazon Aurora
16 9 (1.36%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 92 (13.86%) Jenkins
2 74 (11.14%) Git
3 53 (7.98%) GitLab
4 46 (6.93%) TeamCity
5 37 (5.57%) Oracle Forms
6 29 (4.37%) JIRA
7 19 (2.86%) Jaeger
8 10 (1.51%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.90%) CircleCI
10 5 (0.75%) Storybook
11 4 (0.60%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.60%) ER Studio
11 4 (0.60%) ERwin
11 4 (0.60%) JMeter
11 4 (0.60%) PowerDesigner
11 4 (0.60%) Selenium
11 4 (0.60%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.45%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.45%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.45%) Robot Framework
General
1 235 (35.39%) Finance
2 137 (20.63%) Social Skills
3 82 (12.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 75 (11.30%) Banking
5 71 (10.69%) Retail
6 68 (10.24%) Law
7 49 (7.38%) Public Sector
8 44 (6.63%) Analytical Skills
9 43 (6.48%) Back Office
9 43 (6.48%) Financial Institution
10 16 (2.41%) Billing
11 13 (1.96%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.20%) Tech for Good
13 7 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.90%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.60%) Front Office
15 4 (0.60%) Games
15 4 (0.60%) Military
15 4 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.60%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 176 (26.51%) Senior
2 152 (22.89%) Cloud Engineer
3 90 (13.55%) Lead
4 77 (11.60%) Azure Engineer
4 77 (11.60%) DevOps Engineer
5 68 (10.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 61 (9.19%) Platform Engineer
6 61 (9.19%) Software Engineer
7 48 (7.23%) Developer
8 37 (5.57%) Applications Engineer
8 37 (5.57%) AWS Engineer
8 37 (5.57%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 35 (5.27%) Data Engineer
10 31 (4.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 30 (4.52%) Lead Cloud Engineer
12 27 (4.07%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 22 (3.31%) Architect
13 22 (3.31%) Lead DevOps
14 21 (3.16%) Senior DevOps
15 19 (2.86%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (9.79%) RESTful
2 55 (8.28%) .NET
2 55 (8.28%) React
3 47 (7.08%) OAuth
4 40 (6.02%) JSON
5 39 (5.87%) Node.js
6 35 (5.27%) Elastic Stack
6 35 (5.27%) OAuth2
7 21 (3.16%) OpenTelemetry
8 20 (3.01%) Kafka
8 20 (3.01%) REST
8 20 (3.01%) SOAP
8 20 (3.01%) Spring
8 20 (3.01%) XML
9 19 (2.86%) SAML
10 18 (2.71%) PySpark
10 18 (2.71%) React Native
11 17 (2.56%) GraphQL
11 17 (2.56%) OpenAPI
11 17 (2.56%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 168 (25.30%) Cloud Native
2 55 (8.28%) Product Ownership
3 49 (7.38%) Enterprise Software
4 45 (6.78%) Data Centre
5 39 (5.87%) Distributed Systems
6 28 (4.22%) Onboarding
7 26 (3.92%) Blog
8 25 (3.77%) Public Cloud
9 24 (3.61%) Hybrid Cloud
9 24 (3.61%) Security Posture
10 19 (2.86%) PKI
11 17 (2.56%) Management Information System
12 14 (2.11%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.66%) Data Structures
14 10 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (1.36%) Private Cloud
16 7 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
16 7 (1.05%) Virtual Team
17 6 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 132 (19.88%) Linux
2 63 (9.49%) Windows
3 43 (6.48%) Unix
4 27 (4.07%) Windows Server
5 18 (2.71%) VMS
6 13 (1.96%) Android
6 13 (1.96%) Apple iOS
7 12 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (1.66%) Ubuntu
9 9 (1.36%) CentOS
10 8 (1.20%) Debian
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 428 (64.46%) DevOps
2 411 (61.90%) CI/CD
3 390 (58.73%) Infrastructure as Code
4 219 (32.98%) Agile
5 187 (28.16%) Mentoring
6 175 (26.36%) Coaching
7 153 (23.04%) Observability
8 139 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
9 130 (19.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 129 (19.43%) Test Automation
11 124 (18.67%) Asset Management
11 124 (18.67%) Containerisation
12 112 (16.87%) Platform Engineering
13 107 (16.11%) Analytics
14 106 (15.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 98 (14.76%) Software Engineering
16 92 (13.86%) Deployment Automation
17 91 (13.70%) AI
18 90 (13.55%) Microservices
19 79 (11.90%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 314 (47.29%) Python
2 145 (21.84%) Java
3 138 (20.78%) SQL
4 125 (18.83%) PowerShell
5 116 (17.47%) Bash
6 83 (12.50%) JavaScript
7 78 (11.75%) Bicep
8 59 (8.89%) Go
9 50 (7.53%) TypeScript
10 37 (5.57%) PL/SQL
10 37 (5.57%) Shell Script
11 34 (5.12%) C#
12 17 (2.56%) Scala
13 5 (0.75%) Perl
14 4 (0.60%) Rust
15 3 (0.45%) PHP
16 2 (0.30%) C++
16 2 (0.30%) XAML
17 1 (0.15%) Korn
17 1 (0.15%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 82 (12.35%) Security Cleared
2 69 (10.39%) SC Cleared
3 57 (8.58%) AWS Certification
4 43 (6.48%) Azure Certification
5 37 (5.57%) Degree
6 22 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (1.20%) CCNP
10 7 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.05%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.90%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.60%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.60%) LPIC
12 4 (0.60%) RHCE
13 3 (0.45%) CISSP
13 3 (0.45%) RHCSA
13 3 (0.45%) SnowPro
14 2 (0.30%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (4.22%) PCI DSS
3 27 (4.07%) Data Quality
3 27 (4.07%) GDPR
4 25 (3.77%) QA
5 24 (3.61%) Accessibility
6 22 (3.31%) NIST
6 22 (3.31%) SOC 2
7 8 (1.20%) SLA
8 6 (0.90%) GRC
9 4 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.30%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.15%) MiFID
11 1 (0.15%) NCSC
System Software
1 206 (31.02%) Docker
2 42 (6.33%) Active Directory
3 21 (3.16%) Virtual Desktop
3 21 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (3.01%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (2.41%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.96%) VMware NSX
7 11 (1.66%) vSphere
8 9 (1.36%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.45%) Firmware
9 3 (0.45%) NFS
10 2 (0.30%) Ceph
10 2 (0.30%) Lustre
10 2 (0.30%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.30%) vCloud
10 2 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 275 (41.42%) Kubernetes
2 155 (23.34%) Ansible
3 125 (18.83%) Grafana
4 93 (14.01%) Prometheus
5 39 (5.87%) Argo
5 39 (5.87%) Single Sign-On
6 28 (4.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 19 (2.86%) Kustomize
8 12 (1.81%) Puppet
9 9 (1.36%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.90%) SCOM
11 5 (0.75%) Cilium
12 4 (0.60%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.60%) logstash
12 4 (0.60%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.60%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.45%) Control-M
13 3 (0.45%) Dell DRAC
13 3 (0.45%) Packer
14 2 (0.30%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 112 (16.87%) Microsoft
2 56 (8.43%) Google
3 43 (6.48%) Oracle
4 41 (6.17%) VMware
5 22 (3.31%) Databricks
6 21 (3.16%) Okta
7 18 (2.71%) Cisco
8 16 (2.41%) Splunk
9 15 (2.26%) Arista
9 15 (2.26%) Aruba
9 15 (2.26%) NetScout
10 14 (2.11%) Ab Initio
11 12 (1.81%) Red Hat
12 10 (1.51%) Palo Alto
13 9 (1.36%) New Relic
14 8 (1.20%) Atlassian
15 7 (1.05%) F5
15 7 (1.05%) IBM
16 6 (0.90%) SolarWinds
16 6 (0.90%) SonicWALL