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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 59 45
Rank change year-on-year -17 -14 +3
Permanent jobs citing Terraform 527 895 1,317
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.45% 4.56% 6.19%
As % of the Systems Management category 40.26% 36.73% 38.48%
Number of salaries quoted 345 607 1,146
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% - -
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £112,500 £106,289
UK median annual salary £73,801 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -3.23%

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 1,309 2,437 3,423
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.56% 12.40% 16.08%
Number of salaries quoted 985 1,410 2,945
10th Percentile £36,850 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - -2.80%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.37% +3.85% -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 20 November 2025.

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 (3.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.04%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.47%) IIS
4 11 (2.09%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 9 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.95%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.57%) Apache
7 3 (0.57%) Confluence
7 3 (0.57%) nginx
8 2 (0.38%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.19%) CMS
9 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.38%) Weka
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 25 (4.74%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 335 (63.57%) Azure
2 306 (58.06%) AWS
3 144 (27.32%) GitHub
4 143 (27.13%) Azure DevOps
5 91 (17.27%) GCP
6 88 (16.70%) AWS CloudFormation
7 81 (15.37%) GitHub Actions
8 71 (13.47%) Serverless
9 65 (12.33%) SaaS
10 63 (11.95%) Entra ID
11 55 (10.44%) Amazon EKS
12 48 (9.11%) Azure Monitor
13 47 (8.92%) AWS Lambda
14 42 (7.97%) Microsoft 365
15 38 (7.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 36 (6.83%) OCI
17 33 (6.26%) PaaS
18 32 (6.07%) Amazon ECS
19 31 (5.88%) Amazon S3
20 30 (5.69%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 73 (13.85%) Firewall
2 44 (8.35%) VPN
3 39 (7.40%) WAN
4 26 (4.93%) DNS
5 24 (4.55%) LAN
5 24 (4.55%) TCP/IP
6 23 (4.36%) SD-WAN
7 22 (4.17%) Network Security
8 10 (1.90%) BGP
8 10 (1.90%) VLAN
9 8 (1.52%) DHCP
9 8 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (1.33%) SSL
11 6 (1.14%) Fibre Channel
11 6 (1.14%) OSPF
12 5 (0.95%) Wireless
13 4 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (0.76%) IPsec
13 4 (0.76%) SAN
13 4 (0.76%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (6.07%) Amazon RDS
2 27 (5.12%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (5.12%) SQL Server
3 24 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (3.98%) Power BI
5 20 (3.80%) Elasticsearch
5 20 (3.80%) MySQL
6 19 (3.61%) DynamoDB
7 18 (3.42%) NoSQL
8 17 (3.23%) Data Lake
8 17 (3.23%) Tableau
9 13 (2.47%) Redis
10 10 (1.90%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (1.71%) BigQuery
12 7 (1.33%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (1.33%) Metadata
13 6 (1.14%) Relational Database
14 5 (0.95%) MongoDB
15 4 (0.76%) DataStage
15 4 (0.76%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 83 (15.75%) Jenkins
2 57 (10.82%) Git
3 39 (7.40%) GitLab
4 32 (6.07%) TeamCity
5 25 (4.74%) Oracle Forms
6 21 (3.98%) JIRA
7 8 (1.52%) SonarQube
8 6 (1.14%) NUnit
9 5 (0.95%) Artifactory
9 5 (0.95%) Jasmine
9 5 (0.95%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (0.76%) ER Studio
10 4 (0.76%) ERwin
10 4 (0.76%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.57%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.38%) JMeter
12 2 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (0.38%) Robot Framework
12 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 159 (30.17%) Finance
2 117 (22.20%) Social Skills
3 37 (7.02%) Banking
4 36 (6.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 36 (6.83%) Law
5 32 (6.07%) Retail
6 27 (5.12%) Public Sector
7 25 (4.74%) Back Office
8 24 (4.55%) Financial Institution
9 22 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
10 17 (3.23%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.90%) Games
12 8 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.33%) Marketing
14 4 (0.76%) Advertising
14 4 (0.76%) Retail Banking
15 3 (0.57%) Electronics
15 3 (0.57%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.38%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 160 (30.36%) Senior
2 117 (22.20%) Cloud Engineer
3 87 (16.51%) DevOps Engineer
4 54 (10.25%) Azure Engineer
5 49 (9.30%) Lead
6 48 (9.11%) Developer
7 43 (8.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 39 (7.40%) Platform Engineer
9 35 (6.64%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 31 (5.88%) Software Engineer
11 28 (5.31%) AWS Engineer
12 27 (5.12%) Data Engineer
13 26 (4.93%) Applications Engineer
13 26 (4.93%) Architect
14 21 (3.98%) Senior Developer
14 21 (3.98%) Senior DevOps
15 19 (3.61%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 18 (3.42%) Site Reliability Engineer
17 17 (3.23%) AWS DevOps
17 17 (3.23%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (10.82%) .NET
2 44 (8.35%) RESTful
3 33 (6.26%) React
4 30 (5.69%) OAuth
5 26 (4.93%) JSON
6 23 (4.36%) OAuth2
7 22 (4.17%) Node.js
8 20 (3.80%) REST
9 17 (3.23%) Elastic Stack
10 16 (3.04%) CSS
10 16 (3.04%) HTML
11 15 (2.85%) Vue
12 14 (2.66%) AngularJS
12 14 (2.66%) SAML
12 14 (2.66%) SOAP
12 14 (2.66%) XML
13 13 (2.47%) ARM Templates
13 13 (2.47%) Django
14 10 (1.90%) .NET Core
14 10 (1.90%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 120 (22.77%) Cloud Native
2 39 (7.40%) Product Ownership
3 36 (6.83%) Enterprise Software
4 31 (5.88%) Public Cloud
5 27 (5.12%) Data Centre
6 25 (4.74%) Distributed Systems
7 24 (4.55%) Onboarding
8 22 (4.17%) Management Information System
9 21 (3.98%) Hybrid Cloud
9 21 (3.98%) Security Posture
10 10 (1.90%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.52%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.14%) CMDB
12 6 (1.14%) Online Games
13 5 (0.95%) Blog
13 5 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
13 5 (0.95%) PKI
13 5 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 96 (18.22%) Linux
2 60 (11.39%) Windows
3 21 (3.98%) Unix
4 19 (3.61%) Windows Server
5 15 (2.85%) VMS
6 14 (2.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.33%) CentOS
7 7 (1.33%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.95%) Debian
9 2 (0.38%) Android
9 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (67.17%) DevOps
2 340 (64.52%) Infrastructure as Code
3 326 (61.86%) CI/CD
4 151 (28.65%) Agile
5 115 (21.82%) Observability
6 110 (20.87%) Problem-Solving
7 107 (20.30%) Mentoring
8 101 (19.17%) Coaching
9 99 (18.79%) Containerisation
10 94 (17.84%) Continuous Improvement
11 88 (16.70%) Asset Management
12 86 (16.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 84 (15.94%) Analytics
14 76 (14.42%) Test Automation
15 74 (14.04%) AI
16 66 (12.52%) Platform Engineering
17 65 (12.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 64 (12.14%) Software Engineering
19 62 (11.76%) Cloud Security
20 59 (11.20%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 245 (46.49%) Python
2 124 (23.53%) PowerShell
3 111 (21.06%) SQL
4 96 (18.22%) Bash
5 66 (12.52%) Bicep
6 63 (11.95%) Java
7 48 (9.11%) JavaScript
8 35 (6.64%) TypeScript
9 33 (6.26%) C#
10 25 (4.74%) Go
10 25 (4.74%) PL/SQL
10 25 (4.74%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.57%) PHP
12 2 (0.38%) Groovy
12 2 (0.38%) XAML
13 1 (0.19%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.19%) LookML
13 1 (0.19%) Ruby
13 1 (0.19%) Scala
13 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (13.28%) Security Cleared
2 58 (11.01%) SC Cleared
3 49 (9.30%) Azure Certification
4 43 (8.16%) AWS Certification
5 22 (4.17%) Degree
6 17 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (2.66%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (2.66%) DV Cleared
8 13 (2.47%) CCNP
8 13 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.14%) RHCE
11 5 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.95%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.76%) CISSP
12 4 (0.76%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.76%) SnowPro
13 3 (0.57%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 3 (0.57%) RHCSA
14 2 (0.38%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (3.80%) QA
3 19 (3.61%) GDPR
3 19 (3.61%) NIST
4 18 (3.42%) PCI DSS
5 17 (3.23%) SOC 2
6 13 (2.47%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.71%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.52%) SLA
9 6 (1.14%) GRC
10 4 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.19%) MiFID
12 1 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 162 (30.74%) Docker
2 41 (7.78%) Active Directory
3 28 (5.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (4.74%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (3.23%) Hyper-V
6 16 (3.04%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (2.28%) vSphere
8 9 (1.71%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (1.33%) VMware NSX
10 6 (1.14%) NFS
11 3 (0.57%) Firmware
12 2 (0.38%) Ceph
12 2 (0.38%) Lustre
12 2 (0.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 2 (0.38%) vCloud
13 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 210 (39.85%) Kubernetes
2 127 (24.10%) Ansible
3 81 (15.37%) Grafana
4 55 (10.44%) Prometheus
5 29 (5.50%) Microsoft Intune
6 26 (4.93%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (3.23%) Argo
8 8 (1.52%) SCOM
9 5 (0.95%) Cilium
10 4 (0.76%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.57%) Dell DRAC
11 3 (0.57%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.57%) Puppet
12 2 (0.38%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.38%) SCCM
13 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
13 1 (0.19%) Icinga
13 1 (0.19%) Kibana
13 1 (0.19%) Rancher
13 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 109 (20.68%) Microsoft
2 41 (7.78%) VMware
3 34 (6.45%) Oracle
4 31 (5.88%) Cisco
5 26 (4.93%) Google
6 20 (3.80%) Databricks
6 20 (3.80%) Red Hat
7 16 (3.04%) Palo Alto
8 15 (2.85%) Okta
9 12 (2.28%) Splunk
10 9 (1.71%) SolarWinds
11 8 (1.52%) Ab Initio
11 8 (1.52%) Fortinet
12 7 (1.33%) Aruba
12 7 (1.33%) Commvault
12 7 (1.33%) F5
12 7 (1.33%) New Relic
12 7 (1.33%) Pure Storage
13 6 (1.14%) Rollbar
13 6 (1.14%) SonicWALL