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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 61 65
Rank change year-on-year +7 +4 -1
Permanent jobs citing Terraform 664 805 1,264
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.15% 5.10% 4.57%
As % of the Systems Management category 44.62% 34.94% 34.89%
Number of salaries quoted 391 575 1,105
10th Percentile £46,446 £52,500 £50,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £64,471 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +6.90% -3.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £102,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £118,750 £107,000
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 1,488 2,304 3,623
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.30% 14.60% 13.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,035 1,385 3,097
10th Percentile £37,000 £42,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -4.41%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £97,500
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 9 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 21 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 17 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.66%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.20%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.20%) IIS
5 6 (0.90%) Apache
5 6 (0.90%) Confluence
6 4 (0.60%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.15%) CMS
7 1 (0.15%) nginx
7 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
1 6 (0.90%) Weka
2 1 (0.15%) EngageOne
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 37 (5.57%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.15%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 405 (60.99%) Azure
2 371 (55.87%) AWS
3 184 (27.71%) GitHub
4 181 (27.26%) Azure DevOps
5 134 (20.18%) GCP
6 100 (15.06%) GitHub Actions
7 97 (14.61%) Amazon EKS
8 87 (13.10%) AWS CloudFormation
9 86 (12.95%) SaaS
10 77 (11.60%) Entra ID
11 65 (9.79%) Azure Monitor
12 64 (9.64%) Serverless
13 58 (8.73%) OCI
14 53 (7.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 46 (6.93%) Amazon S3
16 45 (6.78%) AWS Lambda
17 43 (6.48%) Microsoft 365
18 40 (6.02%) IaaS
19 39 (5.87%) PaaS
20 38 (5.72%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 93 (14.01%) Firewall
2 46 (6.93%) VPN
3 32 (4.82%) DNS
4 23 (3.46%) WAN
5 22 (3.31%) Network Security
5 22 (3.31%) TCP/IP
6 21 (3.16%) Broadband
6 21 (3.16%) SD-WAN
7 19 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (2.71%) Wireshark
9 17 (2.56%) NGFW
10 15 (2.26%) VXLAN
11 13 (1.96%) VLAN
12 12 (1.81%) BGP
13 9 (1.36%) DHCP
13 9 (1.36%) LAN
14 6 (0.90%) OSPF
14 6 (0.90%) SSL
15 4 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
15 4 (0.60%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (6.63%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (5.87%) NoSQL
3 33 (4.97%) Amazon RDS
4 28 (4.22%) Relational Database
5 24 (3.61%) SQL Server
6 23 (3.46%) Data Lake
6 23 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (3.46%) Power BI
7 21 (3.16%) Tableau
8 19 (2.86%) RDBMS
9 17 (2.56%) BigQuery
10 15 (2.26%) Metadata
11 14 (2.11%) MySQL
11 14 (2.11%) Redis
12 13 (1.96%) Delta Lake
13 12 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
15 10 (1.51%) DynamoDB
16 9 (1.36%) Amazon Aurora
16 9 (1.36%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 91 (13.70%) Jenkins
2 74 (11.14%) Git
3 54 (8.13%) GitLab
4 46 (6.93%) TeamCity
5 37 (5.57%) Oracle Forms
6 29 (4.37%) JIRA
7 19 (2.86%) Jaeger
8 10 (1.51%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.90%) CircleCI
10 5 (0.75%) Storybook
11 4 (0.60%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.60%) ER Studio
11 4 (0.60%) ERwin
11 4 (0.60%) JMeter
11 4 (0.60%) PowerDesigner
11 4 (0.60%) Selenium
11 4 (0.60%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.45%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.45%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.45%) Robot Framework
General
1 234 (35.24%) Finance
2 137 (20.63%) Social Skills
3 82 (12.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 75 (11.30%) Banking
5 71 (10.69%) Retail
6 68 (10.24%) Law
7 49 (7.38%) Public Sector
8 44 (6.63%) Analytical Skills
9 43 (6.48%) Back Office
9 43 (6.48%) Financial Institution
10 16 (2.41%) Billing
11 13 (1.96%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.20%) Tech for Good
13 7 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.90%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.60%) Front Office
15 4 (0.60%) Games
15 4 (0.60%) Military
15 4 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.60%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 175 (26.36%) Senior
2 151 (22.74%) Cloud Engineer
3 90 (13.55%) Lead
4 77 (11.60%) Azure Engineer
5 76 (11.45%) DevOps Engineer
6 67 (10.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 61 (9.19%) Platform Engineer
7 61 (9.19%) Software Engineer
8 49 (7.38%) Developer
9 37 (5.57%) Applications Engineer
9 37 (5.57%) AWS Engineer
10 36 (5.42%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 35 (5.27%) Data Engineer
12 31 (4.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 30 (4.52%) Lead Cloud Engineer
14 27 (4.07%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 22 (3.31%) Architect
15 22 (3.31%) Lead DevOps
16 21 (3.16%) Senior DevOps
17 18 (2.71%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (9.79%) RESTful
2 56 (8.43%) React
3 55 (8.28%) .NET
4 47 (7.08%) OAuth
5 40 (6.02%) JSON
6 39 (5.87%) Node.js
7 35 (5.27%) Elastic Stack
7 35 (5.27%) OAuth2
8 21 (3.16%) Kafka
8 21 (3.16%) OpenTelemetry
8 21 (3.16%) REST
9 20 (3.01%) SOAP
9 20 (3.01%) Spring
9 20 (3.01%) XML
10 19 (2.86%) SAML
11 18 (2.71%) GraphQL
11 18 (2.71%) PySpark
11 18 (2.71%) React Native
12 17 (2.56%) OpenAPI
12 17 (2.56%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 168 (25.30%) Cloud Native
2 56 (8.43%) Product Ownership
3 49 (7.38%) Enterprise Software
4 45 (6.78%) Data Centre
5 39 (5.87%) Distributed Systems
6 28 (4.22%) Onboarding
7 26 (3.92%) Blog
7 26 (3.92%) Public Cloud
8 24 (3.61%) Hybrid Cloud
8 24 (3.61%) Security Posture
9 19 (2.86%) PKI
10 16 (2.41%) Management Information System
11 14 (2.11%) Mobile App
12 11 (1.66%) Data Structures
13 10 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (1.36%) Private Cloud
15 7 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
15 7 (1.05%) Virtual Team
16 6 (0.90%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 130 (19.58%) Linux
2 62 (9.34%) Windows
3 43 (6.48%) Unix
4 27 (4.07%) Windows Server
5 18 (2.71%) VMS
6 13 (1.96%) Android
6 13 (1.96%) Apple iOS
7 11 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (1.66%) Ubuntu
8 9 (1.36%) CentOS
9 8 (1.20%) Debian
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (64.31%) DevOps
2 411 (61.90%) CI/CD
3 389 (58.58%) Infrastructure as Code
4 220 (33.13%) Agile
5 187 (28.16%) Mentoring
6 175 (26.36%) Coaching
7 154 (23.19%) Observability
8 140 (21.08%) Problem-Solving
9 130 (19.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 129 (19.43%) Test Automation
11 124 (18.67%) Asset Management
11 124 (18.67%) Containerisation
12 112 (16.87%) Platform Engineering
13 107 (16.11%) Analytics
14 105 (15.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 98 (14.76%) Software Engineering
16 93 (14.01%) Deployment Automation
17 92 (13.86%) AI
18 91 (13.70%) Microservices
19 79 (11.90%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 314 (47.29%) Python
2 145 (21.84%) Java
3 138 (20.78%) SQL
4 124 (18.67%) PowerShell
5 115 (17.32%) Bash
6 84 (12.65%) JavaScript
7 77 (11.60%) Bicep
8 59 (8.89%) Go
9 50 (7.53%) TypeScript
10 37 (5.57%) PL/SQL
10 37 (5.57%) Shell Script
11 34 (5.12%) C#
12 17 (2.56%) Scala
13 5 (0.75%) Perl
13 5 (0.75%) Rust
14 3 (0.45%) PHP
15 2 (0.30%) C++
15 2 (0.30%) XAML
16 1 (0.15%) Korn
16 1 (0.15%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 82 (12.35%) Security Cleared
2 69 (10.39%) SC Cleared
3 56 (8.43%) AWS Certification
4 42 (6.33%) Azure Certification
5 38 (5.72%) Degree
6 22 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (1.20%) CCNP
10 7 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.05%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.90%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.60%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.60%) LPIC
12 4 (0.60%) RHCE
13 3 (0.45%) CISSP
13 3 (0.45%) RHCSA
13 3 (0.45%) SnowPro
14 2 (0.30%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (4.22%) PCI DSS
3 27 (4.07%) Data Quality
3 27 (4.07%) GDPR
4 26 (3.92%) QA
5 24 (3.61%) Accessibility
6 22 (3.31%) NIST
6 22 (3.31%) SOC 2
7 8 (1.20%) SLA
8 6 (0.90%) GRC
9 4 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.30%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.15%) MiFID
11 1 (0.15%) NCSC
System Software
1 207 (31.17%) Docker
2 42 (6.33%) Active Directory
3 21 (3.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 20 (3.01%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (3.01%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (2.41%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.96%) VMware NSX
7 10 (1.51%) vSphere
8 9 (1.36%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.45%) Firmware
10 2 (0.30%) Ceph
10 2 (0.30%) Lustre
10 2 (0.30%) NFS
10 2 (0.30%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.30%) vCloud
10 2 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 274 (41.27%) Kubernetes
2 154 (23.19%) Ansible
3 125 (18.83%) Grafana
4 94 (14.16%) Prometheus
5 39 (5.87%) Argo
5 39 (5.87%) Single Sign-On
6 28 (4.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 19 (2.86%) Kustomize
8 12 (1.81%) Puppet
9 9 (1.36%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.90%) SCOM
11 5 (0.75%) Cilium
12 4 (0.60%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.60%) logstash
12 4 (0.60%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.60%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.45%) Control-M
13 3 (0.45%) Dell DRAC
13 3 (0.45%) Packer
14 2 (0.30%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 112 (16.87%) Microsoft
2 56 (8.43%) Google
3 43 (6.48%) Oracle
4 40 (6.02%) VMware
5 22 (3.31%) Databricks
6 21 (3.16%) Okta
7 17 (2.56%) Cisco
8 16 (2.41%) Splunk
9 15 (2.26%) Arista
9 15 (2.26%) Aruba
9 15 (2.26%) NetScout
10 14 (2.11%) Ab Initio
11 11 (1.66%) Red Hat
12 10 (1.51%) Palo Alto
13 9 (1.36%) New Relic
14 8 (1.20%) Atlassian
15 7 (1.05%) F5
15 7 (1.05%) IBM
16 6 (0.90%) Mercator
16 6 (0.90%) SonicWALL