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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 75 63
Rank change year-on-year -15 -12 -18
Permanent jobs citing Terraform 726 766 927
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.93% 4.56% 4.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.43% 20.30% 13.99%
Number of salaries quoted 477 330 622
10th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -
75th Percentile £88,148 £86,250 £91,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £97,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -

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 4,418 3,774 6,624
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.83% 22.48% 30.56%
Number of salaries quoted 3,243 2,450 4,499
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £68,513 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% +2.26% +2.52%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,750
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 9 October 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 (3.17%) Apache Airflow
1 23 (3.17%) Apache Spark
2 22 (3.03%) Apache
3 16 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.96%) Confluence
4 7 (0.96%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.69%) Camunda
6 3 (0.41%) IIS
6 3 (0.41%) nginx
6 3 (0.41%) WordPress
7 2 (0.28%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.28%) CMS
7 2 (0.28%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.14%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (0.28%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.14%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.14%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.14%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 466 (64.19%) AWS
2 381 (52.48%) Azure
3 234 (32.23%) GCP
4 144 (19.83%) SaaS
5 124 (17.08%) GitHub
6 123 (16.94%) Azure DevOps
7 112 (15.43%) Amazon EKS
8 97 (13.36%) Serverless
9 89 (12.26%) AWS CloudFormation
10 74 (10.19%) PaaS
11 70 (9.64%) GitHub Actions
12 57 (7.85%) Amazon S3
12 57 (7.85%) Azure Monitor
13 55 (7.58%) IaaS
14 54 (7.44%) Azure AKS
15 52 (7.16%) Entra ID
16 48 (6.61%) AWS Lambda
17 41 (5.65%) Azure Key Vault
18 34 (4.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 34 (4.68%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 65 (8.95%) VPN
2 54 (7.44%) Firewall
3 53 (7.30%) TCP/IP
4 40 (5.51%) DNS
5 24 (3.31%) DHCP
6 20 (2.75%) BGP
6 20 (2.75%) WAN
7 17 (2.34%) Network Security
8 13 (1.79%) LAN
8 13 (1.79%) VLAN
9 12 (1.65%) AMQP
9 12 (1.65%) SMS
10 8 (1.10%) SD-WAN
11 7 (0.96%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (0.96%) Wireless
12 6 (0.83%) OSPF
13 5 (0.69%) Ethernet VPN
13 5 (0.69%) HTTP
13 5 (0.69%) VXLAN
14 4 (0.55%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (14.19%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (5.37%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (4.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 31 (4.27%) Metadata
5 23 (3.17%) DynamoDB
5 23 (3.17%) MongoDB
5 23 (3.17%) SQL Server
6 22 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (2.89%) Delta Lake
8 19 (2.62%) Amazon Athena
9 18 (2.48%) Data Lake
10 16 (2.20%) Data Vault
11 14 (1.93%) Power BI
12 13 (1.79%) Big Data
12 13 (1.79%) BigQuery
12 13 (1.79%) NoSQL
12 13 (1.79%) Relational Database
13 9 (1.24%) MySQL
14 8 (1.10%) Redis
15 7 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 95 (13.09%) TeamCity
2 62 (8.54%) Git
3 59 (8.13%) GitLab
4 53 (7.30%) Jenkins
5 12 (1.65%) JIRA
6 7 (0.96%) JUnit
6 7 (0.96%) Selenium
6 7 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (0.69%) Mockito
7 5 (0.69%) Poetry
7 5 (0.69%) Postman
7 5 (0.69%) Snyk
8 4 (0.55%) Maven
8 4 (0.55%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.55%) Vagrant
9 3 (0.41%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.41%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.41%) JMeter
9 3 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.28%) MLflow
General
1 203 (27.96%) Social Skills
2 199 (27.41%) Finance
3 130 (17.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 126 (17.36%) Law
5 123 (16.94%) Banking
6 110 (15.15%) Retail
7 97 (13.36%) Public Sector
8 77 (10.61%) Back Office
9 74 (10.19%) Financial Institution
10 45 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
11 13 (1.79%) Health Technology
12 12 (1.65%) Tech for Good
13 11 (1.52%) Marketing
14 9 (1.24%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.10%) Legal
16 7 (0.96%) Local Government
16 7 (0.96%) Police
17 6 (0.83%) Aerospace
18 4 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
18 4 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 240 (33.06%) Senior
2 124 (17.08%) Software Engineer
3 107 (14.74%) Cloud Engineer
4 101 (13.91%) Lead
5 96 (13.22%) DevOps Engineer
6 82 (11.29%) Azure Engineer
7 67 (9.23%) Platform Engineer
8 55 (7.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 50 (6.89%) Developer
10 49 (6.75%) Architect
11 41 (5.65%) Data Engineer
11 41 (5.65%) Senior Software Engineer
12 39 (5.37%) Senior DevOps
13 37 (5.10%) AWS Engineer
13 37 (5.10%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 36 (4.96%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 31 (4.27%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 30 (4.13%) Site Engineer
17 29 (3.99%) Python Engineer
17 29 (3.99%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (9.64%) React
2 53 (7.30%) Node.js
3 44 (6.06%) REST
4 34 (4.68%) Spring
5 32 (4.41%) OAuth
5 32 (4.41%) PySpark
6 31 (4.27%) Spring Boot
7 29 (3.99%) ARM Templates
7 29 (3.99%) OAuth2
7 29 (3.99%) OpenID
8 28 (3.86%) .NET
8 28 (3.86%) Kafka
9 22 (3.03%) OpenTelemetry
10 20 (2.75%) RESTful
11 19 (2.62%) YAML
12 17 (2.34%) AWS CDK
13 15 (2.07%) NestJS
13 15 (2.07%) Next.js
13 15 (2.07%) RabbitMQ
13 15 (2.07%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 224 (30.85%) Cloud Native
2 72 (9.92%) Distributed Systems
3 55 (7.58%) Product Ownership
4 49 (6.75%) Blog
5 33 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
6 28 (3.86%) Security Posture
7 27 (3.72%) Data Centre
7 27 (3.72%) Public Cloud
8 18 (2.48%) Management Information System
9 17 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
10 16 (2.20%) Onboarding
11 15 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (2.07%) Replication
12 12 (1.65%) Podcast
13 11 (1.52%) PKI
14 9 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
14 9 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.24%) Life Science
14 9 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
14 9 (1.24%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 112 (15.43%) Linux
2 74 (10.19%) Windows
3 30 (4.13%) Unix
4 28 (3.86%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.65%) VMS
6 4 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.55%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.41%) Debian
8 2 (0.28%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.28%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.14%) Android
9 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.14%) Solaris
9 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 531 (73.14%) CI/CD
2 461 (63.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 387 (53.31%) DevOps
4 234 (32.23%) Mentoring
5 201 (27.69%) Software Engineering
6 198 (27.27%) Observability
7 180 (24.79%) AI
8 168 (23.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 163 (22.45%) Agile
10 149 (20.52%) Microservices
11 148 (20.39%) Platform Engineering
12 144 (19.83%) Problem-Solving
13 141 (19.42%) Clean Code
14 140 (19.28%) Test Automation
15 129 (17.77%) Containerisation
16 117 (16.12%) Technical Leadership
17 113 (15.56%) Analytics
17 113 (15.56%) Coaching
18 110 (15.15%) Deployment Automation
19 102 (14.05%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 284 (39.12%) Python
2 191 (26.31%) Java
3 141 (19.42%) SQL
4 135 (18.60%) PowerShell
5 120 (16.53%) Bicep
6 96 (13.22%) Bash
7 54 (7.44%) TypeScript
8 52 (7.16%) Go
9 40 (5.51%) JavaScript
10 37 (5.10%) C#
11 27 (3.72%) Scala
12 13 (1.79%) Kusto Query Language
13 8 (1.10%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.96%) Groovy
14 7 (0.96%) PHP
14 7 (0.96%) Ruby
15 5 (0.69%) Rust
16 4 (0.55%) C
17 2 (0.28%) C++
17 2 (0.28%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 128 (17.63%) Security Cleared
2 113 (15.56%) SC Cleared
3 80 (11.02%) Azure Certification
4 36 (4.96%) Degree
5 35 (4.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (2.89%) AWS Certification
7 17 (2.34%) SnowPro
8 15 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
11 9 (1.24%) CISSP
11 9 (1.24%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (0.96%) CCNP
12 7 (0.96%) CISM
13 6 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.83%) CCSP
14 5 (0.69%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.55%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (6.89%) Data Quality
2 28 (3.86%) QA
3 24 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (3.31%) PCI DSS
4 23 (3.17%) NIST
5 16 (2.20%) SOC 2
6 15 (2.07%) GDPR
7 9 (1.24%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.10%) SLA
9 6 (0.83%) NCSC
10 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.28%) IFRS
11 2 (0.28%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.28%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.14%) PSD2
12 1 (0.14%) SEPA
System Software
1 196 (27.00%) Docker
2 59 (8.13%) Active Directory
3 34 (4.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (3.58%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (2.75%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (2.20%) vSphere
7 9 (1.24%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.28%) Firmware
8 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.14%) QEMU
9 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 310 (42.70%) Kubernetes
2 153 (21.07%) Grafana
3 132 (18.18%) Ansible
4 46 (6.34%) Prometheus
5 31 (4.27%) Argo
6 20 (2.75%) Progress Chef
7 14 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (1.79%) Packer
9 12 (1.65%) Istio
9 12 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (1.24%) Cilium
11 8 (1.10%) Puppet
12 5 (0.69%) Proxmox
13 4 (0.55%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.55%) linkerd
14 3 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
14 3 (0.41%) ZABBIX
15 2 (0.28%) Cisco CUCM
15 2 (0.28%) Kibana
16 1 (0.14%) Opsview
Vendors
1 162 (22.31%) Microsoft
2 64 (8.82%) Google
3 38 (5.23%) VMware
4 33 (4.55%) Databricks
5 24 (3.31%) Dynatrace
6 19 (2.62%) Cisco
7 17 (2.34%) Okta
7 17 (2.34%) Oracle
8 16 (2.20%) Informatica
9 15 (2.07%) Ping Identity
10 12 (1.65%) ScienceLogic
11 9 (1.24%) OpenAI
11 9 (1.24%) Splunk
12 7 (0.96%) ForgeRock
12 7 (0.96%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.96%) YouTube
13 6 (0.83%) Palo Alto
14 5 (0.69%) HubSpot
14 5 (0.69%) New Relic
15 4 (0.55%) Meraki