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 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 62 53
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 +6
Permanent jobs citing Terraform 635 819 1,186
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.15% 4.99% 5.45%
As % of the Systems Management category 44.56% 35.38% 36.22%
Number of salaries quoted 386 579 1,044
10th Percentile £46,446 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £64,471 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £76,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% +5.52% -3.33%
75th Percentile £85,375 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £105,875
UK median annual salary £73,801 £76,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.53% +2.00% -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 1,425 2,315 3,274
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.32% 14.11% 15.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,010 1,375 2,810
10th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,165 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -5.13%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £69,404 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.95% +6.78% -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 16 January 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 (3.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 17 (2.68%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.26%) IIS
4 6 (0.94%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.94%) Confluence
5 4 (0.63%) Apache
6 3 (0.47%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.16%) CMS
7 1 (0.16%) nginx
7 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (0.63%) Weka
3 1 (0.16%) EngageOne
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 37 (5.83%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.16%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 410 (64.57%) Azure
2 342 (53.86%) AWS
3 184 (28.98%) Azure DevOps
4 183 (28.82%) GitHub
5 120 (18.90%) GCP
6 96 (15.12%) GitHub Actions
7 88 (13.86%) AWS CloudFormation
8 76 (11.97%) SaaS
9 74 (11.65%) Amazon EKS
10 73 (11.50%) Entra ID
11 65 (10.24%) Serverless
12 64 (10.08%) Azure Monitor
13 53 (8.35%) OCI
14 47 (7.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 46 (7.24%) AWS Lambda
16 42 (6.61%) Amazon S3
16 42 (6.61%) Microsoft 365
17 38 (5.98%) Azure Data Factory
18 35 (5.51%) dbt
19 34 (5.35%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 83 (13.07%) Firewall
2 41 (6.46%) VPN
3 35 (5.51%) DNS
4 30 (4.72%) WAN
5 26 (4.09%) Network Security
6 24 (3.78%) TCP/IP
7 21 (3.31%) SD-WAN
8 16 (2.52%) LAN
9 15 (2.36%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (2.20%) Broadband
11 11 (1.73%) Wireshark
12 10 (1.57%) NGFW
12 10 (1.57%) VLAN
13 9 (1.42%) BGP
14 8 (1.26%) DHCP
14 8 (1.26%) VXLAN
15 6 (0.94%) Fibre Channel
15 6 (0.94%) OSPF
15 6 (0.94%) SSL
16 4 (0.63%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (5.98%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (5.35%) NoSQL
3 33 (5.20%) Amazon RDS
4 25 (3.94%) Data Lake
5 24 (3.78%) Power BI
5 24 (3.78%) SQL Server
6 23 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (3.31%) Tableau
8 19 (2.99%) Relational Database
9 17 (2.68%) MySQL
10 15 (2.36%) Redis
11 14 (2.20%) BigQuery
11 14 (2.20%) DynamoDB
12 13 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
12 13 (2.05%) Metadata
12 13 (2.05%) RDBMS
13 12 (1.89%) Delta Lake
14 10 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
15 8 (1.26%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 95 (14.96%) Jenkins
2 78 (12.28%) Git
3 54 (8.50%) GitLab
4 37 (5.83%) Oracle Forms
5 32 (5.04%) TeamCity
6 27 (4.25%) JIRA
7 13 (2.05%) Jaeger
8 9 (1.42%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.94%) CircleCI
10 5 (0.79%) Storybook
11 4 (0.63%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.63%) ER Studio
11 4 (0.63%) ERwin
11 4 (0.63%) JMeter
11 4 (0.63%) PowerDesigner
11 4 (0.63%) Selenium
11 4 (0.63%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.47%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.47%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 216 (34.02%) Finance
2 137 (21.57%) Social Skills
3 55 (8.66%) Banking
3 55 (8.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 50 (7.87%) Law
5 46 (7.24%) Retail
6 40 (6.30%) Public Sector
7 38 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
8 30 (4.72%) Back Office
8 30 (4.72%) Financial Institution
9 16 (2.52%) Telecoms
10 12 (1.89%) Billing
11 7 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.10%) Health Technology
11 7 (1.10%) Tech for Good
12 5 (0.79%) Games
12 5 (0.79%) Marketing
13 4 (0.63%) Front Office
13 4 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.63%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 172 (27.09%) Senior
2 145 (22.83%) Cloud Engineer
3 86 (13.54%) DevOps Engineer
4 82 (12.91%) Lead
5 76 (11.97%) Azure Engineer
6 61 (9.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 52 (8.19%) Platform Engineer
8 49 (7.72%) Software Engineer
9 48 (7.56%) Developer
10 39 (6.14%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 37 (5.83%) Applications Engineer
12 34 (5.35%) Data Engineer
13 28 (4.41%) AWS Engineer
13 28 (4.41%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 26 (4.09%) Lead Cloud Engineer
15 25 (3.94%) Lead DevOps
16 24 (3.78%) Architect
17 23 (3.62%) Linux Engineer
18 22 (3.46%) Cloud Platform Engineer
19 20 (3.15%) Lead DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (9.76%) RESTful
2 57 (8.98%) .NET
3 50 (7.87%) React
4 46 (7.24%) OAuth
5 40 (6.30%) Node.js
6 39 (6.14%) JSON
7 35 (5.51%) OAuth2
8 32 (5.04%) Elastic Stack
9 20 (3.15%) REST
9 20 (3.15%) SOAP
9 20 (3.15%) XML
10 18 (2.83%) SAML
11 17 (2.68%) OpenAPI
11 17 (2.68%) PySpark
11 17 (2.68%) Spring
11 17 (2.68%) Swagger
12 16 (2.52%) .NET Core
12 16 (2.52%) Django
12 16 (2.52%) Next.js
12 16 (2.52%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 149 (23.46%) Cloud Native
2 49 (7.72%) Enterprise Software
3 47 (7.40%) Product Ownership
4 38 (5.98%) Data Centre
5 31 (4.88%) Distributed Systems
6 29 (4.57%) Public Cloud
7 26 (4.09%) Onboarding
8 24 (3.78%) Security Posture
9 22 (3.46%) Management Information System
10 16 (2.52%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (2.05%) Blog
11 13 (2.05%) Mobile App
12 12 (1.89%) PKI
13 11 (1.73%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
15 7 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
15 7 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
15 7 (1.10%) Private Cloud
16 6 (0.94%) Distributed Architecture
16 6 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 127 (20.00%) Linux
2 69 (10.87%) Windows
3 38 (5.98%) Unix
4 28 (4.41%) Windows Server
5 18 (2.83%) VMS
6 15 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (1.73%) Android
7 11 (1.73%) Apple iOS
7 11 (1.73%) Ubuntu
8 9 (1.42%) CentOS
9 8 (1.26%) Debian
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (66.61%) DevOps
2 390 (61.42%) CI/CD
3 382 (60.16%) Infrastructure as Code
4 218 (34.33%) Agile
5 168 (26.46%) Mentoring
6 163 (25.67%) Coaching
7 149 (23.46%) Observability
8 131 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
9 124 (19.53%) Asset Management
10 120 (18.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 117 (18.43%) Containerisation
12 114 (17.95%) Test Automation
13 109 (17.17%) Analytics
14 103 (16.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 97 (15.28%) Platform Engineering
16 91 (14.33%) AI
17 84 (13.23%) Software Engineering
18 82 (12.91%) Microservices
19 74 (11.65%) Roadmaps
19 74 (11.65%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 292 (45.98%) Python
2 136 (21.42%) SQL
3 125 (19.69%) PowerShell
4 115 (18.11%) Java
5 106 (16.69%) Bash
6 74 (11.65%) Bicep
6 74 (11.65%) JavaScript
7 46 (7.24%) TypeScript
8 44 (6.93%) Go
9 37 (5.83%) PL/SQL
9 37 (5.83%) Shell Script
10 36 (5.67%) C#
11 15 (2.36%) Scala
12 4 (0.63%) Perl
13 3 (0.47%) PHP
14 2 (0.31%) C++
14 2 (0.31%) Rust
14 2 (0.31%) XAML
15 1 (0.16%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.16%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 81 (12.76%) Security Cleared
2 66 (10.39%) SC Cleared
3 50 (7.87%) AWS Certification
4 45 (7.09%) Azure Certification
5 31 (4.88%) Degree
6 18 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 11 (1.73%) CCNP
9 11 (1.73%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.94%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.63%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.63%) RHCE
12 4 (0.63%) SnowPro
13 3 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.47%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 3 (0.47%) LPIC
13 3 (0.47%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (4.25%) GDPR
3 25 (3.94%) Data Quality
4 24 (3.78%) QA
5 22 (3.46%) Accessibility
5 22 (3.46%) PCI DSS
6 20 (3.15%) NIST
7 18 (2.83%) SOC 2
8 8 (1.26%) SLA
9 6 (0.94%) GRC
10 4 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.31%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.16%) MiFID
12 1 (0.16%) NCSC
System Software
1 204 (32.13%) Docker
2 44 (6.93%) Active Directory
3 25 (3.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (3.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (3.15%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (2.36%) Hyper-V
7 13 (2.05%) vSphere
8 11 (1.73%) VMware NSX
9 9 (1.42%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (0.94%) NFS
11 3 (0.47%) Firmware
12 2 (0.31%) Ceph
12 2 (0.31%) Lustre
12 2 (0.31%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 2 (0.31%) vCloud
13 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 259 (40.79%) Kubernetes
2 149 (23.46%) Ansible
3 108 (17.01%) Grafana
4 86 (13.54%) Prometheus
5 38 (5.98%) Single Sign-On
6 36 (5.67%) Argo
7 27 (4.25%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (2.05%) Kustomize
9 8 (1.26%) Puppet
9 8 (1.26%) SCOM
10 6 (0.94%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.79%) Cilium
12 4 (0.63%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.63%) logstash
13 3 (0.47%) Control-M
13 3 (0.47%) Dell DRAC
14 2 (0.31%) Docker Swarm
14 2 (0.31%) Packer
14 2 (0.31%) SCCM
14 2 (0.31%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 110 (17.32%) Microsoft
2 50 (7.87%) Google
3 44 (6.93%) Oracle
4 40 (6.30%) VMware
5 24 (3.78%) Cisco
6 21 (3.31%) Databricks
6 21 (3.31%) Okta
7 16 (2.52%) Splunk
8 15 (2.36%) Red Hat
9 14 (2.20%) Ab Initio
10 10 (1.57%) Palo Alto
11 9 (1.42%) New Relic
12 8 (1.26%) Arista
12 8 (1.26%) Aruba
12 8 (1.26%) Atlassian
12 8 (1.26%) NetScout
12 8 (1.26%) SolarWinds
13 7 (1.10%) F5
13 7 (1.10%) IBM
14 6 (0.94%) SonicWALL