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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 63 52
Rank change year-on-year +8 -11 +2
Permanent jobs citing Terraform 610 814 1,189
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.06% 4.97% 5.48%
As % of the Systems Management category 43.95% 35.55% 36.23%
Number of salaries quoted 371 575 1,046
10th Percentile £46,446 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £64,471 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £76,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% +5.52% -3.33%
75th Percentile £85,875 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £106,250
UK median annual salary £73,801 £76,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.53% +2.00% -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 1,388 2,290 3,282
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.23% 13.99% 15.11%
Number of salaries quoted 987 1,362 2,818
10th Percentile £37,300 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -5.13%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £109,875 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £69,404 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.95% +6.78% -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 13 January 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 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 17 (2.79%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.31%) IIS
4 6 (0.98%) Confluence
5 5 (0.82%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.49%) Apache
6 3 (0.49%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.16%) CMS
7 1 (0.16%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.33%) Weka
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 37 (6.07%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 401 (65.74%) Azure
2 322 (52.79%) AWS
3 184 (30.16%) Azure DevOps
4 180 (29.51%) GitHub
5 113 (18.52%) GCP
6 97 (15.90%) GitHub Actions
7 84 (13.77%) AWS CloudFormation
8 73 (11.97%) Entra ID
9 70 (11.48%) SaaS
10 68 (11.15%) Amazon EKS
11 65 (10.66%) Serverless
12 64 (10.49%) Azure Monitor
13 46 (7.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 45 (7.38%) AWS Lambda
14 45 (7.38%) OCI
15 43 (7.05%) Microsoft 365
16 40 (6.56%) Amazon S3
17 37 (6.07%) Azure Data Factory
18 34 (5.57%) dbt
18 34 (5.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 75 (12.30%) Firewall
2 42 (6.89%) VPN
3 35 (5.74%) DNS
4 31 (5.08%) WAN
5 25 (4.10%) Network Security
6 24 (3.93%) TCP/IP
7 22 (3.61%) SD-WAN
8 16 (2.62%) LAN
9 14 (2.30%) Broadband
10 11 (1.80%) VLAN
11 9 (1.48%) BGP
12 8 (1.31%) DHCP
13 7 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (0.98%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (0.98%) OSPF
14 6 (0.98%) SSL
15 4 (0.66%) Cisco ISE
15 4 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
15 4 (0.66%) MPLS
15 4 (0.66%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (5.90%) PostgreSQL
2 33 (5.41%) NoSQL
3 32 (5.25%) Amazon RDS
4 24 (3.93%) Data Lake
4 24 (3.93%) Power BI
4 24 (3.93%) SQL Server
5 23 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (3.44%) Tableau
7 18 (2.95%) Relational Database
8 16 (2.62%) MySQL
9 14 (2.30%) DynamoDB
9 14 (2.30%) Redis
10 13 (2.13%) BigQuery
10 13 (2.13%) Elasticsearch
10 13 (2.13%) Metadata
10 13 (2.13%) RDBMS
11 11 (1.80%) Delta Lake
12 10 (1.64%) Amazon Redshift
13 9 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 95 (15.57%) Jenkins
2 76 (12.46%) Git
3 54 (8.85%) GitLab
4 37 (6.07%) Oracle Forms
5 28 (4.59%) TeamCity
6 27 (4.43%) JIRA
7 13 (2.13%) Jaeger
8 7 (1.15%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.98%) CircleCI
10 5 (0.82%) Storybook
11 4 (0.66%) ER Studio
11 4 (0.66%) ERwin
11 4 (0.66%) PowerDesigner
11 4 (0.66%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.49%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.49%) JMeter
12 3 (0.49%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
13 2 (0.33%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.33%) Robot Framework
General
1 211 (34.59%) Finance
2 132 (21.64%) Social Skills
3 49 (8.03%) Banking
3 49 (8.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 44 (7.21%) Law
5 39 (6.39%) Retail
6 31 (5.08%) Public Sector
7 30 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
8 27 (4.43%) Back Office
8 27 (4.43%) Financial Institution
9 16 (2.62%) Telecoms
10 12 (1.97%) Billing
11 7 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (0.98%) Health Technology
12 6 (0.98%) Tech for Good
13 5 (0.82%) Games
13 5 (0.82%) Marketing
14 4 (0.66%) Front Office
14 4 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.66%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 169 (27.70%) Senior
2 144 (23.61%) Cloud Engineer
3 83 (13.61%) DevOps Engineer
4 78 (12.79%) Azure Engineer
5 77 (12.62%) Lead
6 59 (9.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 47 (7.70%) Platform Engineer
8 46 (7.54%) Developer
9 45 (7.38%) Software Engineer
10 39 (6.39%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 37 (6.07%) Applications Engineer
12 32 (5.25%) Data Engineer
13 28 (4.59%) AWS Engineer
13 28 (4.59%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 25 (4.10%) Lead Cloud Engineer
15 24 (3.93%) Architect
16 23 (3.77%) Lead DevOps
16 23 (3.77%) Linux Engineer
17 21 (3.44%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 18 (2.95%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (10.16%) RESTful
2 57 (9.34%) .NET
3 46 (7.54%) OAuth
3 46 (7.54%) React
4 38 (6.23%) JSON
5 35 (5.74%) Node.js
5 35 (5.74%) OAuth2
6 31 (5.08%) Elastic Stack
7 20 (3.28%) SOAP
7 20 (3.28%) XML
8 18 (2.95%) REST
8 18 (2.95%) SAML
9 16 (2.62%) .NET Core
9 16 (2.62%) Django
9 16 (2.62%) Next.js
9 16 (2.62%) OpenAPI
9 16 (2.62%) PySpark
9 16 (2.62%) Swagger
10 15 (2.46%) OpenTelemetry
10 15 (2.46%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 142 (23.28%) Cloud Native
2 49 (8.03%) Enterprise Software
3 45 (7.38%) Product Ownership
4 30 (4.92%) Distributed Systems
5 29 (4.75%) Data Centre
5 29 (4.75%) Public Cloud
6 26 (4.26%) Onboarding
7 23 (3.77%) Security Posture
8 21 (3.44%) Management Information System
9 15 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (1.97%) Mobile App
11 11 (1.80%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.48%) Blog
13 8 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
14 7 (1.15%) Private Cloud
15 6 (0.98%) CMDB
15 6 (0.98%) Distributed Architecture
16 5 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 118 (19.34%) Linux
2 68 (11.15%) Windows
3 35 (5.74%) Unix
4 28 (4.59%) Windows Server
5 18 (2.95%) VMS
6 13 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (1.64%) Android
7 10 (1.64%) Apple iOS
8 9 (1.48%) Ubuntu
9 7 (1.15%) CentOS
9 7 (1.15%) Debian
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 412 (67.54%) DevOps
2 378 (61.97%) CI/CD
3 373 (61.15%) Infrastructure as Code
4 212 (34.75%) Agile
5 157 (25.74%) Mentoring
6 152 (24.92%) Coaching
7 149 (24.43%) Observability
8 124 (20.33%) Asset Management
9 123 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
10 116 (19.02%) Continuous Improvement
11 112 (18.36%) Containerisation
12 109 (17.87%) Test Automation
13 107 (17.54%) Analytics
14 102 (16.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 91 (14.92%) Platform Engineering
16 89 (14.59%) AI
17 79 (12.95%) Microservices
17 79 (12.95%) Software Engineering
18 74 (12.13%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 73 (11.97%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 278 (45.57%) Python
2 133 (21.80%) SQL
3 126 (20.66%) PowerShell
4 105 (17.21%) Bash
5 104 (17.05%) Java
6 76 (12.46%) Bicep
7 70 (11.48%) JavaScript
8 44 (7.21%) Go
9 42 (6.89%) TypeScript
10 37 (6.07%) PL/SQL
10 37 (6.07%) Shell Script
11 36 (5.90%) C#
12 14 (2.30%) Scala
13 4 (0.66%) Perl
14 3 (0.49%) PHP
15 2 (0.33%) C++
15 2 (0.33%) Rust
15 2 (0.33%) XAML
16 1 (0.16%) Kotlin
16 1 (0.16%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 75 (12.30%) Security Cleared
2 62 (10.16%) SC Cleared
3 50 (8.20%) AWS Certification
4 46 (7.54%) Azure Certification
5 30 (4.92%) Degree
6 19 (3.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 11 (1.80%) CCNP
10 10 (1.64%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.98%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.82%) RHCE
14 4 (0.66%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.66%) SnowPro
15 3 (0.49%) AWS Certified Developer
15 3 (0.49%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 3 (0.49%) LPIC
15 3 (0.49%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (4.26%) GDPR
3 24 (3.93%) Data Quality
3 24 (3.93%) QA
4 22 (3.61%) Accessibility
5 20 (3.28%) PCI DSS
6 19 (3.11%) NIST
7 17 (2.79%) SOC 2
8 8 (1.31%) SLA
9 6 (0.98%) GRC
10 4 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.33%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.16%) MiFID
12 1 (0.16%) NCSC
System Software
1 197 (32.30%) Docker
2 44 (7.21%) Active Directory
3 25 (4.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (3.77%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (2.62%) Hyper-V
7 12 (1.97%) vSphere
8 9 (1.48%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (1.31%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.98%) NFS
11 3 (0.49%) Firmware
12 2 (0.33%) Ceph
12 2 (0.33%) Lustre
12 2 (0.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 2 (0.33%) vCloud
13 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 246 (40.33%) Kubernetes
2 131 (21.48%) Ansible
3 102 (16.72%) Grafana
4 83 (13.61%) Prometheus
5 38 (6.23%) Single Sign-On
6 36 (5.90%) Argo
7 28 (4.59%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (2.13%) Kustomize
9 8 (1.31%) SCOM
10 5 (0.82%) Cilium
10 5 (0.82%) Puppet
11 4 (0.66%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.66%) logstash
12 3 (0.49%) Control-M
12 3 (0.49%) Dell DRAC
12 3 (0.49%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.33%) Docker Swarm
13 2 (0.33%) SCCM
14 1 (0.16%) Rancher
14 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 111 (18.20%) Microsoft
2 48 (7.87%) Google
3 43 (7.05%) Oracle
4 38 (6.23%) VMware
5 24 (3.93%) Cisco
6 21 (3.44%) Okta
7 20 (3.28%) Databricks
8 15 (2.46%) Red Hat
9 14 (2.30%) Ab Initio
9 14 (2.30%) Splunk
10 10 (1.64%) Palo Alto
11 9 (1.48%) New Relic
12 8 (1.31%) SolarWinds
13 7 (1.15%) Atlassian
13 7 (1.15%) F5
13 7 (1.15%) IBM
14 6 (0.98%) Commvault
14 6 (0.98%) Mercator
14 6 (0.98%) Pure Storage
14 6 (0.98%) SonicWALL