Infrastructure as Code Job Trends in the Midlands
Infrastructure as Code (IaC, Infra as Code)
England > Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands citing Infrastructure as Code skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 135 | 159 | 163 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +24 | +4 | -32 |
| Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code | 159 | 68 | 106 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands | 1.00% | 1.23% | 1.18% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.40% | 1.42% | 1.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 108 | 54 | 58 |
| 10th Percentile | £48,750 | £52,500 | £38,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £53,750 | £56,250 | £50,299 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £65,000 | £66,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.69% | -1.52% | +1.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £88,000 | £76,815 | £73,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £94,125 | £81,750 | £80,000 |
| England median annual salary | £75,823 | £75,000 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.10% | +7.14% | -6.67% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
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 Midlands.
| 6 months to 25 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 11,358 | 4,791 | 7,257 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands | 71.37% | 86.50% | 81.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7,998 | 2,822 | 3,293 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £27,000 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,986 | £32,000 | £38,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £45,000 | £52,200 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -13.79% | +0.10% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £63,750 | £66,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,500 | £79,600 |
| 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 Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Infrastructure as Code relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.
Infrastructure as Code Salary Trend in the Midlands
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Infrastructure as Code.
Infrastructure as Code Salary Histogram in the Midlands
Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure as Code in the Midlands over the 6 months to 25 October 2026.
Infrastructure as Code Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | +6 | 105 | £72,500 | +11.54% | 90 |
| East Midlands | -12 | 54 | £62,500 | -3.85% | 53 |
| Infrastructure as Code England |
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Infrastructure as Code Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 | 67.9% | 108 |
| 2 | DevOps | 60.4% | 96 |
| 3 | Platform Engineering | 33.3% | 53 |
| 4 | Agile | 28.9% | 46 |
| 5 | DevSecOps | 27.0% | 43 |
| 5 | Infrastructure Engineering | 27.0% | 43 |
| 7 | Observability | 26.4% | 42 |
| 8 | Cloud Security | 25.8% | 41 |
| 8 | Containerisation | 25.8% | 41 |
| 10 | Continuous Improvement | 24.5% | 39 |
| 11 | Mentoring | 23.3% | 37 |
| 12 | Technical Leadership | 21.4% | 34 |
| 13 | Software Engineering | 15.7% | 25 |
| 14 | AI | 15.1% | 24 |
| 14 | Site Reliability Engineering | 15.1% | 24 |
| 16 | Microservices | 14.5% | 23 |
| 17 | Cloud Operations | 13.8% | 22 |
| 17 | Configuration Management | 13.8% | 22 |
| 17 | SDLC | 13.8% | 22 |
| 20 | Incident Management | 10.7% | 17 |