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 requiring Infrastructure as Code skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 173 138
Rank change year-on-year +30 -35 +18
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 146 60 150
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.96% 1.06% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.24% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 105 47 96
10th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £39,875
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £53,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -1.52% -5.71%
75th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £77,500 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +10.71% -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 requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,642 4,837 7,853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.66% 85.14% 77.91%
Number of salaries quoted 7,600 2,900 4,142
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Infrastructure as Code
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

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 11 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure as Code in the Midlands

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 11 September 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
West Midlands +14 88 £85,000 +31.78% 64
East Midlands +7 58 £67,500 +3.85% 46
Infrastructure as Code
England

Infrastructure as Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 (3.42%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (2.74%) IIS
3 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.68%) Apache
4 1 (0.68%) Confluence
4 1 (0.68%) Documentum
Applications
1 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 94 (64.38%) Azure
2 62 (42.47%) AWS
3 36 (24.66%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (16.44%) PaaS
5 23 (15.75%) Serverless
6 22 (15.07%) AWS CloudFormation
6 22 (15.07%) GCP
7 17 (11.64%) Azure AKS
8 15 (10.27%) Amazon S3
8 15 (10.27%) Entra ID
9 13 (8.90%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (8.22%) Azure App Service
10 12 (8.22%) SaaS
11 11 (7.53%) Amazon EKS
11 11 (7.53%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (6.85%) Amazon EC2
12 10 (6.85%) AWS Step Functions
12 10 (6.85%) GitHub
13 9 (6.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 9 (6.16%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (11.64%) Firewall
2 15 (10.27%) VPN
3 11 (7.53%) Network Security
4 9 (6.16%) DNS
5 5 (3.42%) DHCP
6 4 (2.74%) VLAN
7 3 (2.05%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (2.05%) NX-OS
8 2 (1.37%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.68%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.90%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (5.48%) Amazon Redshift
3 7 (4.79%) NoSQL
3 7 (4.79%) SQL Server
4 6 (4.11%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (4.11%) Data Lake
4 6 (4.11%) DynamoDB
5 5 (3.42%) MongoDB
5 5 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.05%) Metadata
8 2 (1.37%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.37%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (1.37%) Amazon QuickSight
8 2 (1.37%) KNIME
8 2 (1.37%) MySQL
8 2 (1.37%) Power BI
8 2 (1.37%) Power Query
9 1 (0.68%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (10.27%) Git
2 6 (4.11%) GitLab
3 4 (2.74%) JIRA
4 3 (2.05%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.37%) Ant
5 2 (1.37%) Apache Ivy
5 2 (1.37%) IBM UrbanCode
5 2 (1.37%) Maven
6 1 (0.68%) NUnit
General
1 35 (23.97%) Social Skills
2 11 (7.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (6.85%) Finance
4 6 (4.11%) Law
5 5 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.42%) Retail
6 4 (2.74%) Advertising
6 4 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.74%) Marketing
6 4 (2.74%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.05%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.05%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.37%) Banking
8 2 (1.37%) Billing
8 2 (1.37%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (1.37%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (26.71%) DevOps Engineer
2 32 (21.92%) Azure Engineer
3 27 (18.49%) Cloud Engineer
4 21 (14.38%) Lead
5 19 (13.01%) Architect
6 18 (12.33%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 16 (10.96%) Senior
8 11 (7.53%) Software Engineer
9 10 (6.85%) AWS Engineer
9 10 (6.85%) Platform Engineer
10 9 (6.16%) Azure Architect
10 9 (6.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (6.16%) Technical Architect
11 8 (5.48%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 8 (5.48%) Principal Engineer
12 7 (4.79%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 7 (4.79%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 6 (4.11%) DevOps Platform Engineer
13 6 (4.11%) Lead DevOps
13 6 (4.11%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (76.71%) Terraform
2 15 (10.27%) .NET
2 15 (10.27%) React
3 10 (6.85%) .NET Framework
3 10 (6.85%) ASP.NET
3 10 (6.85%) ASP.NET Core
3 10 (6.85%) AWS CDK
4 8 (5.48%) Kafka
5 7 (4.79%) Next.js
5 7 (4.79%) Node.js
6 6 (4.11%) ASP.NET Web API
6 6 (4.11%) YAML
7 5 (3.42%) Entity Framework
8 4 (2.74%) .NET Core
8 4 (2.74%) Lambda Expressions
9 3 (2.05%) Pulumi
10 2 (1.37%) NumPy
10 2 (1.37%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (1.37%) REST
10 2 (1.37%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 30 (20.55%) Cloud Native
2 16 (10.96%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (10.27%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (10.27%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (4.79%) Driving Licence
4 7 (4.79%) Onboarding
5 6 (4.11%) Data Centre
5 6 (4.11%) Private Cloud
5 6 (4.11%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.74%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (2.05%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (2.05%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.05%) PKI
8 2 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.37%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.37%) SCADA
8 2 (1.37%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 22 (15.07%) Linux
2 18 (12.33%) Windows
3 8 (5.48%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.37%) Solaris
4 2 (1.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (65.07%) CI/CD
2 74 (50.68%) DevOps
3 50 (34.25%) Observability
4 44 (30.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 42 (28.77%) Agile
6 40 (27.40%) DevSecOps
7 37 (25.34%) Platform Engineering
8 36 (24.66%) Containerisation
9 32 (21.92%) Cloud Security
10 31 (21.23%) Mentoring
11 29 (19.86%) Technical Leadership
12 25 (17.12%) Software Engineering
13 23 (15.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 23 (15.75%) Microservices
14 21 (14.38%) AI
15 17 (11.64%) Test Automation
16 15 (10.27%) Collaborative Culture
16 15 (10.27%) Roadmaps
17 14 (9.59%) Decision-Making
18 13 (8.90%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 30 (20.55%) Python
2 28 (19.18%) PowerShell
3 25 (17.12%) SQL
4 20 (13.70%) Bicep
5 15 (10.27%) C#
6 14 (9.59%) Bash
7 13 (8.90%) TypeScript
8 9 (6.16%) JavaScript
9 5 (3.42%) Java
10 4 (2.74%) Go
11 2 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 43 (29.45%) Security Cleared
2 38 (26.03%) SC Cleared
3 22 (15.07%) DV Cleared
4 12 (8.22%) Degree
5 11 (7.53%) AWS Certification
6 7 (4.79%) Azure Certification
7 6 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.05%) CCNA
9 3 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (2.05%) MCSE
9 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.37%) CISSP
10 2 (1.37%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (4.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (4.11%) QA
3 5 (3.42%) SLA
4 3 (2.05%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.05%) NIST
5 2 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.37%) GDPR
6 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.68%) GxP
6 1 (0.68%) SOC 2
System Software
1 28 (19.18%) Docker
2 14 (9.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (8.22%) Active Directory
4 3 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.05%) vSphere
5 2 (1.37%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 48 (32.88%) Kubernetes
2 12 (8.22%) Ansible
3 5 (3.42%) Argo
3 5 (3.42%) Grafana
4 4 (2.74%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.05%) FortiGate
5 3 (2.05%) Istio
5 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.37%) Nessus
6 2 (1.37%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.37%) Puppet
7 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 48 (32.88%) Microsoft
2 19 (13.01%) VMware
3 7 (4.79%) Databricks
3 7 (4.79%) Google
4 6 (4.11%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (2.74%) Facebook
5 4 (2.74%) Instagram
5 4 (2.74%) TikTok
6 3 (2.05%) Cisco
7 2 (1.37%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.37%) FIS
7 2 (1.37%) IFS
7 2 (1.37%) Informatica
7 2 (1.37%) Meraki
7 2 (1.37%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.37%) Tenable
7 2 (1.37%) Veracode
8 1 (0.68%) Citrix
8 1 (0.68%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.68%) Virgin Media