Infrastructure as Code Job Trends in the East Midlands

Infrastructure as Code (IaC, Infra as Code)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Infrastructure as Code skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 123 136
Rank change year-on-year +6 +13 -24
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 56 18 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.02% 0.79% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 0.93% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 31 12 42
10th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £38,850
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,313 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £61,875
90th Percentile £85,000 - £70,875
England median annual salary £77,500 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +10.71% -6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Infrastructure as Code falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,896 1,945 3,406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 71.19% 85.72% 76.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,545 1,075 2,106
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,875 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -11.29%

Infrastructure as Code
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Infrastructure as Code relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Infrastructure as Code job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Infrastructure as Code
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Infrastructure as Code.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Infrastructure as Code

Infrastructure as Code
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure as Code in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure as Code in the East Midlands

Infrastructure as Code
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure as Code within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire -9 31 £67,500 - 8
Nottinghamshire -13 13 £60,000 - 9
Derbyshire -2 5 £60,000 -7.69%
Lincolnshire - 3 - -
Infrastructure as Code
England

Infrastructure as Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 7 (12.50%) IIS
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 32 (57.14%) AWS
2 30 (53.57%) Azure
3 21 (37.50%) Serverless
4 20 (35.71%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (32.14%) AWS CloudFormation
6 7 (12.50%) GitHub
6 7 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
6 7 (12.50%) npm
6 7 (12.50%) NuGet
6 7 (12.50%) SonarCloud
7 6 (10.71%) Azure AKS
8 5 (8.93%) Amazon S3
8 5 (8.93%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (8.93%) AWS Step Functions
8 5 (8.93%) GCP
8 5 (8.93%) PaaS
9 4 (7.14%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (7.14%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (7.14%) Entra ID
9 4 (7.14%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.71%) Firewall
2 4 (7.14%) VLAN
2 4 (7.14%) VPN
3 3 (5.36%) DHCP
3 3 (5.36%) DNS
4 2 (3.57%) Broadband
5 1 (1.79%) Network Security
5 1 (1.79%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.29%) NoSQL
2 6 (10.71%) SQL Server
3 4 (7.14%) DynamoDB
4 2 (3.57%) KNIME
4 2 (3.57%) Metadata
4 2 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.79%) Apache Hudi
5 1 (1.79%) Apache Iceberg
5 1 (1.79%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 8 (14.29%) Git
2 2 (3.57%) JIRA
3 1 (1.79%) GitLab
3 1 (1.79%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.79%) NUnit
General
1 8 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.93%) Finance
3 4 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.14%) Law
4 3 (5.36%) Retail
5 2 (3.57%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.79%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.79%) Billing
6 1 (1.79%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 18 (32.14%) DevOps Engineer
2 14 (25.00%) Lead
3 13 (23.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 12 (21.43%) Azure Engineer
5 10 (17.86%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 7 (12.50%) Senior
7 6 (10.71%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (10.71%) Lead DevOps
7 6 (10.71%) Senior DevOps
7 6 (10.71%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 5 (8.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (8.93%) Software Engineer
9 4 (7.14%) Architect
9 4 (7.14%) Lead DevOps Engineer
10 3 (5.36%) IT Engineer
10 3 (5.36%) Lead Cloud Engineer
11 2 (3.57%) AWS Engineer
11 2 (3.57%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 2 (3.57%) Security Architect
11 2 (3.57%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (41.07%) React
2 14 (25.00%) AWS CDK
3 13 (23.21%) Next.js
4 11 (19.64%) .NET
5 10 (17.86%) Node.js
6 7 (12.50%) YAML
7 5 (8.93%) .NET Framework
8 4 (7.14%) .NET Core
8 4 (7.14%) ASP.NET
8 4 (7.14%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (7.14%) Lambda Expressions
9 2 (3.57%) Middleware
9 2 (3.57%) OpenTelemetry
9 2 (3.57%) PyTorch
9 2 (3.57%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (3.57%) TensorFlow
10 1 (1.79%) ARM Templates
10 1 (1.79%) Model Context Protocol
10 1 (1.79%) PySpark
10 1 (1.79%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 15 (26.79%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (7.14%) Cloud Native
2 4 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (5.36%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.36%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.36%) Private Cloud
4 2 (3.57%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (3.57%) PKI
4 2 (3.57%) SCADA
4 2 (3.57%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.57%) Video\Live Streaming
5 1 (1.79%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 14 (25.00%) Windows
2 13 (23.21%) Linux
3 5 (8.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (66.07%) CI/CD
2 29 (51.79%) Observability
3 28 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 28 (50.00%) DevOps
4 27 (48.21%) Mentoring
5 20 (35.71%) Test Automation
6 19 (33.93%) Agile
7 17 (30.36%) DevSecOps
8 15 (26.79%) Personalization
9 14 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
10 13 (23.21%) Clean Code
10 13 (23.21%) Decision-Making
10 13 (23.21%) Full-Stack Development
10 13 (23.21%) Performance Optimisation
10 13 (23.21%) Re-Platforming
10 13 (23.21%) Technical Discovery
11 12 (21.43%) Platform Engineering
12 11 (19.64%) AI
12 11 (19.64%) Containerisation
12 11 (19.64%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 15 (26.79%) PowerShell
2 13 (23.21%) TypeScript
3 11 (19.64%) Python
4 10 (17.86%) Bash
5 8 (14.29%) C#
6 6 (10.71%) Bicep
7 5 (8.93%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (8.93%) SC Cleared
1 5 (8.93%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.14%) Azure Certification
3 3 (5.36%) Degree
4 2 (3.57%) CISSP
4 2 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.79%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.79%) CCNA
5 1 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.79%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.79%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.93%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (7.14%) QA
3 3 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.79%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.79%) GDPR
5 1 (1.79%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (33.93%) Docker
2 3 (5.36%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.57%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (62.50%) Terraform
2 19 (33.93%) Kubernetes
3 5 (8.93%) Grafana
4 3 (5.36%) Ansible
4 3 (5.36%) Istio
4 3 (5.36%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.79%) Argo
5 1 (1.79%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.79%) Nessus
5 1 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (12.50%) CrowdStrike
2 6 (10.71%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.36%) VMware
4 2 (3.57%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.79%) Cisco
5 1 (1.79%) LogicMonitor
5 1 (1.79%) Meraki
5 1 (1.79%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.79%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.79%) Tenable