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 citing Infrastructure as Code skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	137	126	138
Rank change year-on-year	-11	+12	-72
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code	51	21	19
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands	0.74%	0.94%	0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.02%	1.09%	0.69%
Number of salaries quoted	26	12	12
10^th Percentile	£44,375	£52,500	£34,000
25^th Percentile	£50,088	£55,313	£36,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£62,500	£65,000	£42,000
Median % change year-on-year	-3.85%	+54.76%	-32.80%
75^th Percentile	£76,875	£77,500	£57,813
90^th Percentile	£87,500	-	£58,750
England median annual salary	£75,000	£75,000	£70,000
% change year-on-year	-	+7.14%	-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 citing process or methodology skills in the East Midlands.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	5,012	1,926	2,746
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands	72.45%	85.83%	79.23%
Number of salaries quoted	3,407	1,108	1,166
10^th Percentile	£28,500	£25,750	£29,875
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£29,000	£35,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£40,000	£47,500
Median % change year-on-year	+25.00%	-15.79%	-9.52%
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£57,500	£61,250
90^th Percentile	£75,000	£72,500	£73,500
England median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-

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 Salary Trend in the East Midlands

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 1 November 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 1 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Leicestershire	-26	20	£75,000	-	7
Nottinghamshire	-1	19	£56,250	+7.14%	25
Derbyshire	-15	6	£60,000	-7.69%	3
Lincolnshire	-	3	-	-	2
Northamptonshire	-21	2	-	-	4
Infrastructure as Code England

Infrastructure as Code Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 November 2026, job vacancies citing Infrastructure as Code also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the East Midlands region citing Infrastructure as Code.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CI/CD	82.4%	42
2	DevOps	68.6%	35
3	Terraform	64.7%	33
4	AWS	54.9%	28
4	Azure	54.9%	28
6	Platform Engineering	41.2%	21
7	DevSecOps	39.2%	20
7	Microsoft	39.2%	20
9	Docker	37.3%	19
10	Agile	33.3%	17
10	Continuous Improvement	33.3%	17
10	Linux	33.3%	17
10	Mentoring	33.3%	17
10	Observability	33.3%	17
15	Infrastructure Engineering	31.4%	16
15	Kubernetes	31.4%	16
17	Cloud Security	25.5%	13
17	PowerShell	25.5%	13
17	Software Engineering	25.5%	13
20	AI	23.5%	12
20	Containerisation	23.5%	12
20	Python	23.5%	12
20	Serverless	23.5%	12
20	Windows	23.5%	12
25	SDLC	21.6%	11
25	Security Cleared	21.6%	11
27	Azure DevOps	19.6%	10
27	Configuration Management	19.6%	10
27	Git	19.6%	10
27	SC Cleared	19.6%	10

Infrastructure as Code Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CI/CD	82.4%	42
2	DevOps	68.6%	35
3	Platform Engineering	41.2%	21
4	DevSecOps	39.2%	20
5	Agile	33.3%	17
5	Continuous Improvement	33.3%	17
5	Mentoring	33.3%	17
5	Observability	33.3%	17
9	Infrastructure Engineering	31.4%	16
10	Cloud Security	25.5%	13
10	Software Engineering	25.5%	13
12	AI	23.5%	12
12	Containerisation	23.5%	12
14	SDLC	21.6%	11
15	Configuration Management	19.6%	10
15	Site Reliability Engineering	19.6%	10
15	Software Delivery	19.6%	10
15	Technical Leadership	19.6%	10
19	Cloud Operations	15.7%	8
19	Collaborative Culture	15.7%	8