Terraform jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Terraform appears in 13,539 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning Terraform, with demand down 47% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Terraform in demand in 2026?
Yes. Terraform appears in 13,539 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 47% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Terraform (18.5% of all postings mentioning Terraform).
+What jobs require Terraform?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Terraform are CloudOps Engineer (96.8% of that role’s postings mention Terraform), Azure Cloud Engineer (88.3% of that role’s postings mention Terraform), Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (71.8% of that role’s postings mention Terraform).
+What skills are commonly paired with Terraform?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Terraform most often appears alongside Kubernetes, Python, AWS, CI/CD, Docker.
+Where is Terraform most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Terraform are San Francisco, New York City, London, Bengaluru, Washington, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Terraform — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require Terraform
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| CloudOps Engineer | 30 | 96.8% |
| Azure Cloud Engineer | 53 | 88.3% |
| Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | 135 | 71.8% |
| Cloud DevOps Engineer | 57 | 67.9% |
| AWS Cloud Engineer | 19 | 65.5% |
| Cloud Platform Engineer | 92 | 64.3% |
| DevSecOps Engineer | 184 | 57.7% |
| Azure DevOps Engineer | 17 | 56.7% |
| DevOps Platform Engineer | 16 | 53.3% |
| DevOps Engineer | 1,650 | 51.6% |
Roles with the most Terraform postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 2,498 | 18.5% |
| DevOps Engineer | 1,650 | 12.2% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 911 | 6.7% |
| Platform Engineer | 709 | 5.2% |
| Data Engineer | 551 | 4.1% |
| Cloud Engineer | 396 | 2.9% |
| Security Engineer | 254 | 1.9% |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 241 | 1.8% |
| Backend Engineer | 205 | 1.5% |
| DevSecOps Engineer | 184 | 1.4% |
Top metros hiring for Terraform
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 442 | 3.3% |
| New York City | 399 | 2.9% |
| London | 386 | 2.9% |
| Bengaluru | 329 | 2.4% |
| Washington | 215 | 1.6% |
| Toronto | 200 | 1.5% |
| Paris | 173 | 1.3% |
| Boston | 153 | 1.1% |
| Hyderabad | 151 | 1.1% |
Skills commonly paired with Terraform
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Terraform by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Terraform postings by all Terraform postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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