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 23 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 125 128
Rank change year-on-year +11 +3 -32
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 57 18 51
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.94% 0.77% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 0.91% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 30 12 40
10th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £38,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,313 £46,480
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +15.56% -6.25%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,250 - £71,250
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 4,287 1,983 3,137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 70.68% 85.03% 75.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,839 1,097 1,823
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,208 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -15.49%
75th Percentile £61,725 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,762
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.37% -10.78%

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 23 August 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 23 August 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 30 £67,500 - 5
Nottinghamshire -12 15 £56,250 -6.25% 9
Derbyshire -3 4 £60,000 -7.69% 3
Lincolnshire - 3 - -
Northamptonshire -4 2 - - 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 5 (8.77%) IIS
2 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 30 (52.63%) Azure
2 29 (50.88%) AWS
3 19 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 19 (33.33%) Serverless
4 15 (26.32%) AWS CloudFormation
5 7 (12.28%) Amazon S3
5 7 (12.28%) AWS Lambda
5 7 (12.28%) AWS Step Functions
5 7 (12.28%) PaaS
5 7 (12.28%) SonarCloud
6 5 (8.77%) Azure AKS
6 5 (8.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 5 (8.77%) Entra ID
6 5 (8.77%) GitHub
6 5 (8.77%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (8.77%) IaaS
6 5 (8.77%) npm
6 5 (8.77%) NuGet
6 5 (8.77%) SaaS
7 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 9 (15.79%) Firewall
2 5 (8.77%) DHCP
2 5 (8.77%) DNS
3 4 (7.02%) VLAN
3 4 (7.02%) VPN
4 3 (5.26%) NX-OS
5 2 (3.51%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.04%) NoSQL
2 6 (10.53%) SQL Server
3 4 (7.02%) DynamoDB
4 3 (5.26%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (3.51%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (3.51%) Data Lake
5 2 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.51%) KNIME
5 2 (3.51%) Metadata
5 2 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.75%) Apache Hudi
6 1 (1.75%) Apache Iceberg
6 1 (1.75%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 9 (15.79%) Git
2 4 (7.02%) JIRA
3 3 (5.26%) GitLab
4 1 (1.75%) NUnit
General
1 10 (17.54%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.28%) Finance
3 6 (10.53%) Law
4 3 (5.26%) Aerospace
4 3 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (5.26%) Retail
5 2 (3.51%) Banking
5 2 (3.51%) Corporate Banking
5 2 (3.51%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.51%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.75%) Billing
Job Titles
1 17 (29.82%) DevOps Engineer
2 11 (19.30%) Lead
3 9 (15.79%) Azure Engineer
3 9 (15.79%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 7 (12.28%) Azure DevOps Engineer
4 7 (12.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (12.28%) Software Engineer
5 6 (10.53%) Architect
5 6 (10.53%) Senior
6 5 (8.77%) Cloud Engineer
6 5 (8.77%) Lead DevOps
6 5 (8.77%) Senior DevOps
6 5 (8.77%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) IT Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Lead DevOps Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Principal Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Principal Software Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Security Architect
8 2 (3.51%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (68.42%) Terraform
2 17 (29.82%) React
3 11 (19.30%) .NET
4 10 (17.54%) AWS CDK
5 9 (15.79%) Next.js
6 8 (14.04%) Node.js
7 7 (12.28%) YAML
8 6 (10.53%) .NET Framework
9 5 (8.77%) .NET Core
9 5 (8.77%) ASP.NET
9 5 (8.77%) ASP.NET Core
10 4 (7.02%) Lambda Expressions
11 2 (3.51%) Middleware
11 2 (3.51%) RabbitMQ
12 1 (1.75%) ASP.NET Web API
12 1 (1.75%) Model Context Protocol
12 1 (1.75%) OpenTelemetry
12 1 (1.75%) PySpark
12 1 (1.75%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 11 (19.30%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (8.77%) Cloud Native
2 5 (8.77%) Data Centre
3 4 (7.02%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.02%) Private Cloud
4 3 (5.26%) Driving Licence
4 3 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.26%) PKI
4 3 (5.26%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.51%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (3.51%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (3.51%) SCADA
5 2 (3.51%) Tandem
6 1 (1.75%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 17 (29.82%) Windows
2 14 (24.56%) Linux
3 6 (10.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (70.18%) CI/CD
2 34 (59.65%) DevOps
3 25 (43.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (42.11%) Observability
5 21 (36.84%) Agile
5 21 (36.84%) DevSecOps
6 20 (35.09%) Mentoring
7 15 (26.32%) Platform Engineering
8 14 (24.56%) Test Automation
9 11 (19.30%) Containerisation
9 11 (19.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 10 (17.54%) AI
10 10 (17.54%) Collaborative Working
10 10 (17.54%) Software Engineering
11 9 (15.79%) Decision-Making
11 9 (15.79%) Performance Optimisation
11 9 (15.79%) Personalization
11 9 (15.79%) Re-Platforming
11 9 (15.79%) Roadmaps
11 9 (15.79%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 17 (29.82%) PowerShell
2 10 (17.54%) Python
3 9 (15.79%) Bash
3 9 (15.79%) TypeScript
4 8 (14.04%) C#
4 8 (14.04%) SQL
5 4 (7.02%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 8 (14.04%) SC Cleared
1 8 (14.04%) Security Cleared
2 7 (12.28%) Degree
3 3 (5.26%) Azure Certification
3 3 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (5.26%) CCNA
3 3 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.26%) DV Cleared
3 3 (5.26%) MCSE
3 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.51%) AWS Certification
4 2 (3.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (3.51%) CISSP
4 2 (3.51%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (10.53%) QA
2 4 (7.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (5.26%) Accessibility
3 3 (5.26%) SLA
4 2 (3.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.75%) GDPR
System Software
1 20 (35.09%) Docker
2 5 (8.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.26%) Active Directory
3 3 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (5.26%) vSphere
4 2 (3.51%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (35.09%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.26%) Ansible
2 3 (5.26%) FortiGate
2 3 (5.26%) Grafana
2 3 (5.26%) Istio
3 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.51%) Nessus
3 2 (3.51%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.75%) Argo
Vendors
1 12 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.28%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (8.77%) VMware
4 3 (5.26%) Cisco
5 2 (3.51%) Databricks
5 2 (3.51%) FIS
5 2 (3.51%) IFS
5 2 (3.51%) Informatica
5 2 (3.51%) Meraki
5 2 (3.51%) Tenable
5 2 (3.51%) Veracode
6 1 (1.75%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.75%) OpenAI