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 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 168 172
Rank change year-on-year +36 +4 +12
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 131 60 173
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.00% 1.09% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 1.26% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 101 48 137
10th Percentile £48,750 £45,125 £41,437
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% - -6.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £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 9,112 4,757 10,664
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.83% 86.19% 79.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,461 2,803 7,215
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,250 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 +9 77 £80,000 +23.08% 30
East Midlands +8 54 £67,500 +3.85% 19
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 8 (6.11%) IIS
2 2 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.53%) Confluence
2 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.76%) Documentum
Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 80 (61.07%) Azure
2 59 (45.04%) AWS
3 35 (26.72%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (22.90%) Serverless
5 27 (20.61%) AWS CloudFormation
6 24 (18.32%) PaaS
7 16 (12.21%) Amazon S3
8 13 (9.92%) Amazon EC2
8 13 (9.92%) Azure AKS
8 13 (9.92%) Azure App Service
8 13 (9.92%) GCP
8 13 (9.92%) GitHub
9 12 (9.16%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (8.40%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (7.63%) Amazon ECS
12 9 (6.87%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (6.11%) AWS Step Functions
13 8 (6.11%) npm
13 8 (6.11%) NuGet
13 8 (6.11%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.87%) Firewall
1 9 (6.87%) VPN
2 7 (5.34%) DNS
3 5 (3.82%) Network Security
4 4 (3.05%) VLAN
5 3 (2.29%) DHCP
6 2 (1.53%) Broadband
7 1 (0.76%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.92%) Azure SQL Database
2 10 (7.63%) NoSQL
3 9 (6.87%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (5.34%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (5.34%) SQL Server
5 5 (3.82%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (3.82%) MongoDB
6 4 (3.05%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.53%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (1.53%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.53%) KNIME
7 2 (1.53%) Metadata
7 2 (1.53%) MySQL
7 2 (1.53%) Redis
7 2 (1.53%) TimescaleDB
8 1 (0.76%) Apache Hudi
8 1 (0.76%) Apache Iceberg
8 1 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.76%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (11.45%) Git
2 5 (3.82%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.05%) GitLab
4 3 (2.29%) Cucumber
4 3 (2.29%) JIRA
5 2 (1.53%) JMeter
5 2 (1.53%) Locust
6 1 (0.76%) NUnit
6 1 (0.76%) SpecFlow
General
1 24 (18.32%) Social Skills
2 11 (8.40%) Finance
3 7 (5.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (3.82%) Advertising
4 5 (3.82%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.05%) Law
5 4 (3.05%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.29%) Retail
7 2 (1.53%) Banking
7 2 (1.53%) Billing
7 2 (1.53%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.53%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.53%) Marketing
8 1 (0.76%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 36 (27.48%) DevOps Engineer
2 35 (26.72%) Azure Engineer
3 26 (19.85%) Cloud Engineer
4 22 (16.79%) Azure DevOps Engineer
4 22 (16.79%) Lead
5 15 (11.45%) Senior
6 14 (10.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 11 (8.40%) Architect
7 11 (8.40%) AWS Engineer
7 11 (8.40%) Platform Engineer
8 8 (6.11%) Azure Platform Engineer
8 8 (6.11%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 8 (6.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (6.11%) Senior DevOps
8 8 (6.11%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 7 (5.34%) Lead DevOps
10 6 (4.58%) DevOps Platform Engineer
10 6 (4.58%) Software Engineer
11 5 (3.82%) Lead DevOps Engineer
11 5 (3.82%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (20.61%) React
2 18 (13.74%) .NET
2 18 (13.74%) AWS CDK
3 14 (10.69%) Node.js
4 13 (9.92%) Next.js
5 11 (8.40%) .NET Framework
6 10 (7.63%) ASP.NET
6 10 (7.63%) ASP.NET Core
7 8 (6.11%) Kafka
7 8 (6.11%) YAML
8 6 (4.58%) ASP.NET Web API
9 5 (3.82%) Entity Framework
9 5 (3.82%) REST
10 4 (3.05%) .NET Core
10 4 (3.05%) Lambda Expressions
11 3 (2.29%) GraphQL
11 3 (2.29%) RabbitMQ
12 2 (1.53%) Gherkin
12 2 (1.53%) React Native
12 2 (1.53%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 22 (16.79%) Cloud Native
2 19 (14.50%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (8.40%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (7.63%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (3.82%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.05%) Data Centre
6 4 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (3.05%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.53%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (1.53%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.53%) PKI
7 2 (1.53%) SCADA
7 2 (1.53%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.76%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.76%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.76%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.76%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.21%) Linux
2 14 (10.69%) Windows
3 4 (3.05%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.76%) Android
4 1 (0.76%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (62.60%) CI/CD
2 66 (50.38%) DevOps
3 53 (40.46%) Observability
4 43 (32.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 37 (28.24%) Mentoring
6 33 (25.19%) Agile
6 33 (25.19%) Platform Engineering
7 30 (22.90%) Containerisation
7 30 (22.90%) Test Automation
8 25 (19.08%) Microservices
9 24 (18.32%) Technical Leadership
10 23 (17.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 22 (16.79%) DevSecOps
12 20 (15.27%) Decision-Making
13 19 (14.50%) Collaborative Working
14 18 (13.74%) Cloud Security
15 16 (12.21%) Full-Stack Development
15 16 (12.21%) Roadmaps
16 15 (11.45%) AI
16 15 (11.45%) Personalization
Programming Languages
1 29 (22.14%) Python
2 26 (19.85%) PowerShell
3 22 (16.79%) SQL
4 21 (16.03%) TypeScript
5 19 (14.50%) Bicep
6 17 (12.98%) Bash
7 14 (10.69%) C#
8 7 (5.34%) Java
9 6 (4.58%) JavaScript
10 2 (1.53%) C
10 2 (1.53%) C++
10 2 (1.53%) Go
10 2 (1.53%) Scala
11 1 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 23 (17.56%) Security Cleared
2 18 (13.74%) SC Cleared
3 13 (9.92%) DV Cleared
4 7 (5.34%) AWS Certification
4 7 (5.34%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (2.29%) Degree
7 2 (1.53%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 2 (1.53%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
7 2 (1.53%) CISSP
7 2 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.76%) CCNA
8 1 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.76%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.34%) QA
2 4 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.29%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.53%) WCAG
5 1 (0.76%) GDPR
5 1 (0.76%) GxP
5 1 (0.76%) SLA
5 1 (0.76%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (25.19%) Docker
2 7 (5.34%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.53%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 99 (75.57%) Terraform
2 46 (35.11%) Kubernetes
3 12 (9.16%) Ansible
4 9 (6.87%) Grafana
5 7 (5.34%) Prometheus
6 4 (3.05%) Argo
7 3 (2.29%) Istio
8 2 (1.53%) Nagios
9 1 (0.76%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (22.90%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.16%) VMware
3 8 (6.11%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (2.29%) Databricks
4 3 (2.29%) Dynatrace
5 2 (1.53%) Facebook
5 2 (1.53%) Google
5 2 (1.53%) Instagram
5 2 (1.53%) TikTok
6 1 (0.76%) Cisco
6 1 (0.76%) Citrix
6 1 (0.76%) LogicMonitor
6 1 (0.76%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.76%) OpenText
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle
6 1 (0.76%) SolarWinds