UK Recruitment Glossary
Terraform
In recruiter context
Terraform is the dominant infrastructure-as-code tool in 2026 and senior DevOps / Platform Engineer roles in the UK universally require hands-on Terraform experience at scale. The strong candidates I place can speak to: module design (how to structure reusable infrastructure components), state management (remote backends, state locking, isolation across environments), and multi-region deployments. Companies that have adopted Terraform deeply pay 12-20% premium for engineers with proven module-design experience. The rising alternative is Pulumi (same concept, real programming languages instead of HCL), but Terraform retains the larger market share.
Related terms
Shortlist
The 3-7 candidates a hiring manager interviews after the recruiter has filtered the full applicant p…
DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion)
An umbrella term for hiring practices that broaden candidate pools and reduce bias.
Job Description (JD)
The official posting that lists role responsibilities, requirements, and sometimes salary.
CV (Curriculum Vitae)
The UK and most of Europe call it a CV; the US mostly calls it a resume.