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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 171 162
Rank change year-on-year +33 -9 -19
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 152 64 120
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.97% 1.14% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.32% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 102 50 67
10th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -1.52% -2.22%
75th Percentile £90,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,250 £84,000 £81,000
England median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% +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 requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,072 4,865 7,603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 70.66% 86.98% 80.50%
Number of salaries quoted 7,800 2,822 3,526
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £32,031 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,281 £45,445 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% -9.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 10 October 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 10 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +5 99 £80,000 +23.55% 82
East Midlands -1 53 £63,750 -1.92% 61
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 4 (2.63%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.66%) Apache
3 1 (0.66%) Documentum
3 1 (0.66%) IIS
3 1 (0.66%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 96 (63.16%) Azure
2 68 (44.74%) AWS
3 31 (20.39%) GCP
4 30 (19.74%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (15.13%) PaaS
6 21 (13.82%) AWS CloudFormation
6 21 (13.82%) Serverless
7 18 (11.84%) SaaS
8 17 (11.18%) Entra ID
9 16 (10.53%) Azure AKS
10 15 (9.87%) Amazon S3
11 13 (8.55%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (7.24%) Amazon EKS
12 11 (7.24%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (6.58%) Azure App Service
13 10 (6.58%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (6.58%) GitHub
14 9 (5.92%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (5.92%) AWS Step Functions
14 9 (5.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 18 (11.84%) VPN
2 17 (11.18%) Firewall
3 11 (7.24%) Network Security
4 10 (6.58%) Internet
5 5 (3.29%) DHCP
5 5 (3.29%) DNS
5 5 (3.29%) VLAN
6 3 (1.97%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (1.97%) NX-OS
7 2 (1.32%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.32%) WAN
8 1 (0.66%) BGP
8 1 (0.66%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.66%) HSRP
8 1 (0.66%) IPv4
8 1 (0.66%) IPv6
8 1 (0.66%) Multicast
8 1 (0.66%) OSPF
8 1 (0.66%) Spanning Tree
8 1 (0.66%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.89%) Azure SQL Database
2 7 (4.61%) Amazon Redshift
2 7 (4.61%) Data Lake
3 6 (3.95%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (3.95%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.29%) DynamoDB
4 5 (3.29%) MongoDB
4 5 (3.29%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.63%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.97%) Metadata
6 3 (1.97%) Power BI
7 2 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (1.32%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (1.32%) Amazon QuickSight
7 2 (1.32%) KNIME
7 2 (1.32%) MySQL
7 2 (1.32%) Power Query
8 1 (0.66%) Apache Iceberg
8 1 (0.66%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 23 (15.13%) Git
2 7 (4.61%) GitLab
3 3 (1.97%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.97%) JIRA
4 2 (1.32%) Ant
4 2 (1.32%) Apache Ivy
4 2 (1.32%) IBM UrbanCode
4 2 (1.32%) Maven
5 1 (0.66%) NUnit
General
1 37 (24.34%) Social Skills
2 14 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (8.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (5.26%) Finance
4 8 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.95%) Law
6 4 (2.63%) Advertising
6 4 (2.63%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.63%) Marketing
7 3 (1.97%) Aerospace
7 3 (1.97%) Retail
8 2 (1.32%) Banking
8 2 (1.32%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.32%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.66%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.66%) Billing
9 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (27.63%) DevOps Engineer
2 31 (20.39%) Cloud Engineer
3 24 (15.79%) Azure Engineer
4 19 (12.50%) Architect
4 19 (12.50%) Lead
4 19 (12.50%) Senior
5 17 (11.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (7.24%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 10 (6.58%) AWS Engineer
7 10 (6.58%) Platform Engineer
7 10 (6.58%) Software Engineer
7 10 (6.58%) Trainee
8 9 (5.92%) Azure Architect
8 9 (5.92%) Principal Engineer
8 9 (5.92%) Technical Architect
9 7 (4.61%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 7 (4.61%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 7 (4.61%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 6 (3.95%) DevOps Platform Engineer
10 6 (3.95%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (67.11%) Terraform
2 10 (6.58%) .NET
3 9 (5.92%) React
4 8 (5.26%) .NET Framework
4 8 (5.26%) ASP.NET
4 8 (5.26%) ASP.NET Core
4 8 (5.26%) AWS CDK
4 8 (5.26%) Kafka
5 6 (3.95%) ASP.NET Web API
6 5 (3.29%) Entity Framework
6 5 (3.29%) Next.js
7 4 (2.63%) YAML
8 3 (1.97%) .NET Core
8 3 (1.97%) Lambda Expressions
9 2 (1.32%) ARM Templates
9 2 (1.32%) Node.js
9 2 (1.32%) NumPy
9 2 (1.32%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (1.32%) REST
9 2 (1.32%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 30 (19.74%) Cloud Native
2 18 (11.84%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (9.87%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (8.55%) Linux Command Line
5 12 (7.89%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (5.26%) Driving Licence
6 8 (5.26%) Onboarding
7 7 (4.61%) Data Centre
8 6 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (3.95%) Private Cloud
8 6 (3.95%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.63%) Marketing Technology
10 3 (1.97%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.97%) PKI
11 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Storage
11 2 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (1.32%) SCADA
11 2 (1.32%) Tandem
12 1 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 32 (21.05%) Linux
2 18 (11.84%) Windows
3 11 (7.24%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.63%) Unix
5 2 (1.32%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (65.79%) CI/CD
2 87 (57.24%) DevOps
3 47 (30.92%) Platform Engineering
4 44 (28.95%) Agile
4 44 (28.95%) DevSecOps
5 43 (28.29%) Observability
6 42 (27.63%) Cloud Security
6 42 (27.63%) Containerisation
7 41 (26.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 40 (26.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 39 (25.66%) Mentoring
10 32 (21.05%) Technical Leadership
11 24 (15.79%) Software Engineering
12 22 (14.47%) Configuration Management
12 22 (14.47%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 21 (13.82%) AI
13 21 (13.82%) Microservices
13 21 (13.82%) SDLC
14 17 (11.18%) Incident Management
15 16 (10.53%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 32 (21.05%) Python
2 25 (16.45%) PowerShell
3 24 (15.79%) SQL
4 16 (10.53%) Bicep
5 12 (7.89%) C#
5 12 (7.89%) TypeScript
6 10 (6.58%) JavaScript
6 10 (6.58%) Shell Script
7 9 (5.92%) Bash
8 6 (3.95%) Java
9 4 (2.63%) Go
10 2 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 42 (27.63%) Security Cleared
2 37 (24.34%) SC Cleared
3 18 (11.84%) DV Cleared
4 14 (9.21%) Degree
5 12 (7.89%) AWS Certification
6 10 (6.58%) Azure Certification
7 6 (3.95%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.97%) CCNA
9 3 (1.97%) MCSE
9 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (1.32%) CISSP
10 2 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.66%) CCIE
11 1 (0.66%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 1 (0.66%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (4.61%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (4.61%) QA
3 5 (3.29%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.29%) SLA
4 3 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.97%) NIST
5 2 (1.32%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.32%) GDPR
6 1 (0.66%) GxP
6 1 (0.66%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (21.71%) Docker
2 14 (9.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (8.55%) Active Directory
4 4 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.97%) vSphere
6 2 (1.32%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 43 (28.29%) Kubernetes
2 11 (7.24%) Ansible
3 5 (3.29%) Argo
4 4 (2.63%) Grafana
4 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.63%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.97%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.97%) Istio
5 3 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.32%) Nessus
6 2 (1.32%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.32%) Puppet
Vendors
1 58 (38.16%) Microsoft
2 20 (13.16%) VMware
3 19 (12.50%) Google
4 7 (4.61%) Databricks
5 5 (3.29%) BMC
6 4 (2.63%) Cisco
6 4 (2.63%) Facebook
6 4 (2.63%) Instagram
6 4 (2.63%) TikTok
7 3 (1.97%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (1.32%) FIS
8 2 (1.32%) IFS
8 2 (1.32%) Informatica
8 2 (1.32%) Meraki
8 2 (1.32%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.32%) Tenable
8 2 (1.32%) Veracode
9 1 (0.66%) Citrix
9 1 (0.66%) OpenText
9 1 (0.66%) Oracle