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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 57 68
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 -4
Permanent jobs citing Terraform 679 796 1,213
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.14% 5.18% 4.36%
As % of the Systems Management category 44.15% 34.88% 34.32%
Number of salaries quoted 400 590 1,062
10th Percentile £46,446 £52,500 £50,125
25th Percentile £56,250 £64,471 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £78,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% +7.59% -3.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £107,875 £92,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £118,750 £107,500
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 1,538 2,282 3,534
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.38% 14.85% 12.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,062 1,391 3,020
10th Percentile £36,550 £42,500 £38,087
25th Percentile £46,446 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,741 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.51% +7.69% -4.84%
75th Percentile £82,500 £91,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £100,000
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 21 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 17 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (2.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 13 (1.91%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.33%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.18%) IIS
6 6 (0.88%) Apache
7 4 (0.59%) Confluence
7 4 (0.59%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.15%) CMS
8 1 (0.15%) nginx
8 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
1 6 (0.88%) Weka
2 1 (0.15%) EngageOne
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 33 (4.86%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.15%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 400 (58.91%) AWS
2 398 (58.62%) Azure
3 178 (26.22%) GitHub
4 169 (24.89%) Azure DevOps
5 155 (22.83%) GCP
6 113 (16.64%) Amazon EKS
7 101 (14.87%) GitHub Actions
8 97 (14.29%) SaaS
9 91 (13.40%) AWS CloudFormation
10 69 (10.16%) Entra ID
11 66 (9.72%) Serverless
12 61 (8.98%) Azure Monitor
13 54 (7.95%) OCI
14 52 (7.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 50 (7.36%) Amazon S3
16 46 (6.77%) AWS Lambda
17 45 (6.63%) PaaS
18 42 (6.19%) dbt
19 40 (5.89%) IaaS
20 39 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 94 (13.84%) Firewall
2 46 (6.77%) VPN
3 32 (4.71%) DNS
4 27 (3.98%) TCP/IP
5 22 (3.24%) WAN
6 21 (3.09%) Broadband
6 21 (3.09%) Network Security
7 20 (2.95%) SD-WAN
8 18 (2.65%) Wi-Fi
9 17 (2.50%) NGFW
9 17 (2.50%) Wireshark
10 15 (2.21%) VXLAN
11 14 (2.06%) VLAN
12 11 (1.62%) BGP
13 9 (1.33%) LAN
14 8 (1.18%) DHCP
15 7 (1.03%) SSL
16 5 (0.74%) OSPF
17 4 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
17 4 (0.59%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (7.51%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (5.74%) Amazon RDS
3 37 (5.45%) NoSQL
4 29 (4.27%) Relational Database
5 23 (3.39%) Data Lake
6 22 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (3.24%) SQL Server
7 21 (3.09%) Power BI
8 19 (2.80%) RDBMS
8 19 (2.80%) Redis
8 19 (2.80%) Tableau
9 16 (2.36%) BigQuery
9 16 (2.36%) Metadata
10 15 (2.21%) Elasticsearch
11 13 (1.91%) Delta Lake
11 13 (1.91%) MySQL
12 11 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (1.47%) Amazon Athena
14 9 (1.33%) Amazon Aurora
14 9 (1.33%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 84 (12.37%) Jenkins
2 73 (10.75%) Git
3 57 (8.39%) TeamCity
4 55 (8.10%) GitLab
5 33 (4.86%) Oracle Forms
6 25 (3.68%) JIRA
7 19 (2.80%) Jaeger
8 10 (1.47%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.88%) CircleCI
10 5 (0.74%) Storybook
11 4 (0.59%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.59%) ER Studio
11 4 (0.59%) ERwin
11 4 (0.59%) JMeter
11 4 (0.59%) PowerDesigner
11 4 (0.59%) Selenium
11 4 (0.59%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.44%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.44%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.44%) Robot Framework
General
1 231 (34.02%) Finance
2 137 (20.18%) Social Skills
3 104 (15.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 91 (13.40%) Banking
5 88 (12.96%) Retail
6 84 (12.37%) Law
7 54 (7.95%) Public Sector
8 53 (7.81%) Back Office
8 53 (7.81%) Financial Institution
9 46 (6.77%) Analytical Skills
10 16 (2.36%) Billing
11 14 (2.06%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.18%) Tech for Good
13 7 (1.03%) Health Technology
13 7 (1.03%) Military
14 6 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.59%) Front Office
15 4 (0.59%) Games
15 4 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 181 (26.66%) Senior
2 146 (21.50%) Cloud Engineer
3 100 (14.73%) Lead
4 79 (11.63%) DevOps Engineer
5 73 (10.75%) Azure Engineer
5 73 (10.75%) Software Engineer
6 69 (10.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 67 (9.87%) Platform Engineer
8 45 (6.63%) Developer
9 38 (5.60%) AWS Engineer
10 36 (5.30%) Data Engineer
11 33 (4.86%) Applications Engineer
12 31 (4.57%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 31 (4.57%) Lead Cloud Engineer
12 31 (4.57%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 27 (3.98%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 23 (3.39%) Architect
14 23 (3.39%) Lead DevOps
15 21 (3.09%) Java Engineer
15 21 (3.09%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (8.98%) RESTful
2 59 (8.69%) React
3 48 (7.07%) .NET
4 45 (6.63%) OAuth
5 39 (5.74%) Node.js
6 38 (5.60%) JSON
7 36 (5.30%) Elastic Stack
8 33 (4.86%) OAuth2
9 22 (3.24%) Kafka
10 21 (3.09%) Django
10 21 (3.09%) OpenTelemetry
10 21 (3.09%) Spring
11 19 (2.80%) PySpark
11 19 (2.80%) REST
12 18 (2.65%) GraphQL
12 18 (2.65%) React Native
12 18 (2.65%) SOAP
12 18 (2.65%) XML
13 17 (2.50%) OpenAPI
13 17 (2.50%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 176 (25.92%) Cloud Native
2 53 (7.81%) Product Ownership
3 45 (6.63%) Data Centre
4 42 (6.19%) Enterprise Software
5 40 (5.89%) Distributed Systems
6 32 (4.71%) Blog
7 28 (4.12%) Public Cloud
8 27 (3.98%) Hybrid Cloud
9 24 (3.53%) Onboarding
10 23 (3.39%) Security Posture
11 20 (2.95%) PKI
12 17 (2.50%) Management Information System
13 15 (2.21%) Mobile App
14 11 (1.62%) Data Structures
14 11 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
15 10 (1.47%) Private Cloud
16 8 (1.18%) Legacy Applications
17 7 (1.03%) Virtual Team
18 6 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 137 (20.18%) Linux
2 64 (9.43%) Windows
3 48 (7.07%) Unix
4 27 (3.98%) Windows Server
5 16 (2.36%) VMS
6 14 (2.06%) Android
6 14 (2.06%) Apple iOS
7 10 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (1.33%) CentOS
8 9 (1.33%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.88%) Debian
10 1 (0.15%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.15%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 432 (63.62%) CI/CD
2 426 (62.74%) DevOps
3 394 (58.03%) Infrastructure as Code
4 221 (32.55%) Agile
5 198 (29.16%) Mentoring
6 172 (25.33%) Coaching
7 162 (23.86%) Observability
8 140 (20.62%) Problem-Solving
9 136 (20.03%) Test Automation
10 133 (19.59%) Continuous Improvement
11 131 (19.29%) Containerisation
12 117 (17.23%) Platform Engineering
13 111 (16.35%) Asset Management
14 108 (15.91%) Software Engineering
15 107 (15.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 106 (15.61%) Analytics
17 105 (15.46%) Deployment Automation
18 96 (14.14%) Microservices
19 85 (12.52%) AI
19 85 (12.52%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 311 (45.80%) Python
2 162 (23.86%) Java
3 130 (19.15%) SQL
4 121 (17.82%) PowerShell
5 115 (16.94%) Bash
6 83 (12.22%) JavaScript
7 74 (10.90%) Bicep
8 61 (8.98%) Go
9 52 (7.66%) TypeScript
10 33 (4.86%) PL/SQL
10 33 (4.86%) Shell Script
11 30 (4.42%) C#
12 18 (2.65%) Scala
13 6 (0.88%) Rust
14 5 (0.74%) Perl
15 3 (0.44%) PHP
16 2 (0.29%) C++
17 1 (0.15%) Groovy
17 1 (0.15%) Ruby
17 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 92 (13.55%) Security Cleared
2 79 (11.63%) SC Cleared
3 55 (8.10%) AWS Certification
4 41 (6.04%) Azure Certification
5 40 (5.89%) Degree
6 23 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (1.18%) CCNP
9 8 (1.18%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.88%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.74%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.74%) LPIC
13 4 (0.59%) CISSP
13 4 (0.59%) RHCE
13 4 (0.59%) RHCSA
14 3 (0.44%) CCNA
14 3 (0.44%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 30 (4.42%) PCI DSS
2 28 (4.12%) Data Quality
2 28 (4.12%) GDPR
3 26 (3.83%) QA
4 25 (3.68%) SOC 2
5 22 (3.24%) Accessibility
6 20 (2.95%) NIST
7 9 (1.33%) SLA
8 6 (0.88%) GRC
9 4 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.44%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.15%) MiFID
12 1 (0.15%) NCSC
System Software
1 214 (31.52%) Docker
2 39 (5.74%) Active Directory
3 22 (3.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (2.50%) Hyper-V
6 16 (2.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (2.06%) VMware NSX
8 11 (1.62%) vSphere
9 10 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.29%) Ceph
10 2 (0.29%) Firmware
10 2 (0.29%) Lustre
10 2 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.29%) vCloud
10 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.15%) KVM
11 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.15%) NFS
Systems Management
1 286 (42.12%) Kubernetes
2 160 (23.56%) Ansible
3 139 (20.47%) Grafana
4 94 (13.84%) Prometheus
5 39 (5.74%) Argo
6 36 (5.30%) Single Sign-On
7 24 (3.53%) Microsoft Intune
8 19 (2.80%) Kustomize
9 13 (1.91%) Puppet
10 9 (1.33%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.88%) Proxmox
11 6 (0.88%) SCOM
12 5 (0.74%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.74%) Cilium
13 4 (0.59%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.59%) logstash
13 4 (0.59%) Packer
13 4 (0.59%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.44%) Control-M
15 2 (0.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 111 (16.35%) Microsoft
2 60 (8.84%) Google
3 43 (6.33%) VMware
4 39 (5.74%) Oracle
5 22 (3.24%) Databricks
6 19 (2.80%) Okta
7 17 (2.50%) Cisco
7 17 (2.50%) Splunk
8 15 (2.21%) Arista
8 15 (2.21%) Aruba
8 15 (2.21%) NetScout
9 14 (2.06%) Ab Initio
10 10 (1.47%) Palo Alto
11 9 (1.33%) New Relic
12 8 (1.18%) Atlassian
12 8 (1.18%) Red Hat
13 7 (1.03%) F5
13 7 (1.03%) IBM
14 6 (0.88%) Mercator
14 6 (0.88%) SonicWALL