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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 73 67
Rank change year-on-year -15 -6 -19
Permanent jobs citing Terraform 687 778 962
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.02% 4.68% 3.87%
As % of the Systems Management category 36.25% 40.17% 35.21%
Number of salaries quoted 491 389 732
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 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.01% +2.74% -2.67%
75th Percentile £88,148 £87,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £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 1,895 1,937 2,732
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.34% 11.66% 11.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,402 1,106 1,924
10th Percentile £37,250 £35,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% +0.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,751 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £102,675
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 14 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 23 (3.35%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.06%) Apache Airflow
3 17 (2.47%) Apache
4 13 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.02%) Confluence
6 6 (0.87%) 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
1 427 (62.15%) AWS
2 402 (58.52%) Azure
3 190 (27.66%) GCP
4 110 (16.01%) Azure DevOps
5 106 (15.43%) GitHub
6 96 (13.97%) SaaS
7 92 (13.39%) AWS CloudFormation
8 90 (13.10%) Serverless
9 81 (11.79%) Amazon EKS
10 68 (9.90%) PaaS
11 55 (8.01%) Amazon S3
11 55 (8.01%) GitHub Actions
12 50 (7.28%) Azure AKS
13 48 (6.99%) AWS Lambda
14 47 (6.84%) IaaS
15 41 (5.97%) Azure Monitor
16 37 (5.39%) Amazon EC2
17 34 (4.95%) Entra ID
18 33 (4.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 32 (4.66%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (7.42%) Firewall
2 45 (6.55%) VPN
3 39 (5.68%) TCP/IP
4 34 (4.95%) DNS
5 21 (3.06%) DHCP
6 20 (2.91%) WAN
7 19 (2.77%) LAN
8 12 (1.75%) Network Security
9 10 (1.46%) 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 5 (0.73%) AMQP
14 5 (0.73%) SMS
15 4 (0.58%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (10.77%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (4.66%) SQL Server
3 27 (3.93%) Metadata
4 26 (3.78%) Azure SQL Database
5 23 (3.35%) DynamoDB
6 21 (3.06%) MongoDB
7 20 (2.91%) Relational Database
8 19 (2.77%) Amazon RDS
8 19 (2.77%) Delta Lake
9 16 (2.33%) Data Lake
9 16 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (2.04%) BigQuery
10 14 (2.04%) Data Vault
10 14 (2.04%) NoSQL
11 12 (1.75%) Big Data
11 12 (1.75%) Power BI
12 11 (1.60%) MySQL
13 10 (1.46%) Amazon Athena
13 10 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (1.16%) Redis
Development Applications
1 84 (12.23%) Git
2 57 (8.30%) GitLab
3 48 (6.99%) Jenkins
4 47 (6.84%) TeamCity
5 11 (1.60%) Visual Studio Code
6 9 (1.31%) JIRA
6 9 (1.31%) JMeter
6 9 (1.31%) Selenium
7 5 (0.73%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.73%) Locust
7 5 (0.73%) Postman
8 4 (0.58%) JUnit
8 4 (0.58%) Maven
8 4 (0.58%) NUnit
8 4 (0.58%) Snyk
8 4 (0.58%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.44%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.44%) MLflow
9 3 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.29%) Terragrunt
General
1 174 (25.33%) Social Skills
2 162 (23.58%) Finance
3 91 (13.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 86 (12.52%) Law
5 84 (12.23%) Banking
6 79 (11.50%) Public Sector
7 64 (9.32%) Retail
8 42 (6.11%) Analytical Skills
9 40 (5.82%) Back Office
10 38 (5.53%) Financial Institution
11 14 (2.04%) Legal
12 12 (1.75%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.60%) Marketing
14 8 (1.16%) Health Technology
15 7 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.87%) Legal Technology
17 5 (0.73%) Aerospace
17 5 (0.73%) Aviation
17 5 (0.73%) Billing
17 5 (0.73%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 198 (28.82%) Senior
2 109 (15.87%) Cloud Engineer
3 101 (14.70%) Lead
4 99 (14.41%) DevOps Engineer
5 88 (12.81%) Software Engineer
6 85 (12.37%) Azure Engineer
7 77 (11.21%) Platform Engineer
8 50 (7.28%) AWS Engineer
9 47 (6.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 46 (6.70%) Developer
11 44 (6.40%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 44 (6.40%) Data Engineer
11 44 (6.40%) Senior DevOps
12 40 (5.82%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 39 (5.68%) Architect
14 33 (4.80%) Python Engineer
15 30 (4.37%) Senior Software Engineer
15 30 (4.37%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 28 (4.08%) Site Engineer
16 28 (4.08%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (9.46%) React
2 52 (7.57%) Node.js
3 45 (6.55%) REST
4 38 (5.53%) Kafka
5 32 (4.66%) ARM Templates
6 28 (4.08%) .NET
6 28 (4.08%) Spring
7 25 (3.64%) PySpark
8 24 (3.49%) OAuth
9 22 (3.20%) OpenID
10 21 (3.06%) OAuth2
10 21 (3.06%) Spring Boot
11 18 (2.62%) AWS CDK
11 18 (2.62%) YAML
12 16 (2.33%) AngularJS
13 15 (2.18%) NestJS
14 14 (2.04%) RESTful
14 14 (2.04%) SAML
15 13 (1.89%) Next.js
16 12 (1.75%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 174 (25.33%) Cloud Native
2 48 (6.99%) Distributed Systems
3 44 (6.40%) Product Ownership
4 41 (5.97%) Hybrid Cloud
5 39 (5.68%) Public Cloud
6 26 (3.78%) Data Centre
7 19 (2.77%) Security Posture
8 18 (2.62%) Blog
8 18 (2.62%) Podcast
9 16 (2.33%) Onboarding
10 14 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
10 14 (2.04%) Replication
11 13 (1.89%) Private Cloud
12 10 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.46%) PKI
13 9 (1.31%) Life Science
13 9 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
14 8 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (1.16%) Virtual Team
15 7 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 126 (18.34%) Linux
2 92 (13.39%) Windows
3 42 (6.11%) Windows Server
4 28 (4.08%) Unix
5 14 (2.04%) VMS
6 5 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.58%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.44%) Debian
9 2 (0.29%) Android
9 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.15%) CentOS
10 1 (0.15%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.15%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.15%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 473 (68.85%) CI/CD
2 460 (66.96%) Infrastructure as Code
3 382 (55.60%) DevOps
4 205 (29.84%) Mentoring
5 179 (26.06%) Observability
6 171 (24.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 170 (24.75%) Agile
8 160 (23.29%) Platform Engineering
9 158 (23.00%) Software Engineering
10 142 (20.67%) AI
11 140 (20.38%) Containerisation
12 118 (17.18%) Technical Leadership
12 118 (17.18%) Test Automation
13 117 (17.03%) Microservices
14 113 (16.45%) Problem-Solving
15 110 (16.01%) Clean Code
16 94 (13.68%) Analytics
17 90 (13.10%) Roadmaps
18 85 (12.37%) Coaching
19 84 (12.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 281 (40.90%) Python
2 130 (18.92%) PowerShell
3 126 (18.34%) Java
4 110 (16.01%) SQL
5 107 (15.57%) Bicep
6 82 (11.94%) Bash
7 45 (6.55%) TypeScript
8 41 (5.97%) Go
9 37 (5.39%) C#
10 35 (5.09%) JavaScript
11 20 (2.91%) 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
1 117 (17.03%) Security Cleared
2 106 (15.43%) SC Cleared
3 83 (12.08%) Azure Certification
4 50 (7.28%) Degree
5 33 (4.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (2.77%) AWS Certification
7 16 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (2.18%) SnowPro
9 14 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (1.89%) CCNP
11 12 (1.75%) DV Cleared
12 7 (1.02%) CCNA
13 6 (0.87%) CCIE
14 5 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.73%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.73%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.58%) MCSE
15 4 (0.58%) RHCSA
15 4 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.53%) Data Quality
2 26 (3.78%) QA
3 16 (2.33%) GDPR
4 13 (1.89%) NIST
5 12 (1.75%) 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
1 186 (27.07%) Docker
2 65 (9.46%) Active Directory
3 47 (6.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (3.64%) vSphere
5 19 (2.77%) 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
1 280 (40.76%) Kubernetes
2 138 (20.09%) Ansible
3 107 (15.57%) Grafana
4 38 (5.53%) Prometheus
5 31 (4.51%) Argo
6 20 (2.91%) Istio
7 17 (2.47%) Progress Chef
8 15 (2.18%) Microsoft Intune
9 14 (2.04%) Puppet
10 12 (1.75%) Packer
11 7 (1.02%) Cisco CUCM
12 6 (0.87%) Proxmox
13 4 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.58%) linkerd
14 3 (0.44%) Cilium
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
1 163 (23.73%) Microsoft
2 52 (7.57%) VMware
3 45 (6.55%) Google
4 31 (4.51%) Cisco
5 28 (4.08%) Databricks
6 19 (2.77%) Okta
7 18 (2.62%) Palo Alto
8 17 (2.47%) Oracle
9 14 (2.04%) Dynatrace
9 14 (2.04%) Ping Identity
10 13 (1.89%) Informatica
11 12 (1.75%) Fortinet
11 12 (1.75%) ScienceLogic
12 10 (1.46%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.31%) OpenAI
14 8 (1.16%) Confluent
14 8 (1.16%) NetApp
15 7 (1.02%) EMC
15 7 (1.02%) F5
15 7 (1.02%) Splunk