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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 170 155
Rank change year-on-year +36 -15 +2
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 147 63 146
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.01% 1.09% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 1.28% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 108 50 106
10th Percentile £48,750 £52,375 £41,197
25th Percentile £59,313 £56,250 £53,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £65,232
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -0.36% -6.81%
75th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,625 £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 10,156 4,928 8,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.72% 84.99% 77.41%
Number of salaries quoted 7,261 2,954 4,921
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,225
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 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.90% -11.20%

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 21 August 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 21 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
West Midlands +9 90 £81,887 +26.47% 23
East Midlands +19 57 £67,500 +3.85% 18
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 (3.40%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (3.40%) IIS
2 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.68%) Apache
3 1 (0.68%) Confluence
3 1 (0.68%) Documentum
Applications
1 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 95 (64.63%) Azure
2 62 (42.18%) AWS
3 36 (24.49%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (17.69%) PaaS
5 25 (17.01%) Serverless
6 23 (15.65%) AWS CloudFormation
7 22 (14.97%) GCP
8 16 (10.88%) Azure AKS
9 14 (9.52%) Amazon S3
9 14 (9.52%) SaaS
10 13 (8.84%) Entra ID
11 12 (8.16%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (8.16%) Azure App Service
12 11 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (6.80%) AWS Step Functions
13 10 (6.80%) GitHub
14 9 (6.12%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (6.12%) IaaS
15 8 (5.44%) Amazon EKS
15 8 (5.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.88%) Firewall
2 13 (8.84%) VPN
3 11 (7.48%) Network Security
4 9 (6.12%) DNS
5 5 (3.40%) DHCP
6 4 (2.72%) VLAN
7 3 (2.04%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (2.04%) NX-OS
8 2 (1.36%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.16%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (5.44%) Amazon Redshift
2 8 (5.44%) NoSQL
3 7 (4.76%) SQL Server
4 6 (4.08%) Data Lake
4 6 (4.08%) DynamoDB
4 6 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (3.40%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (3.40%) MongoDB
6 4 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.04%) Metadata
8 2 (1.36%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.36%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (1.36%) Amazon QuickSight
8 2 (1.36%) KNIME
8 2 (1.36%) MySQL
8 2 (1.36%) Power BI
8 2 (1.36%) Power Query
9 1 (0.68%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (10.20%) Git
2 6 (4.08%) GitLab
3 4 (2.72%) JIRA
4 3 (2.04%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.36%) Ant
5 2 (1.36%) Apache Ivy
5 2 (1.36%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.36%) IBM UrbanCode
5 2 (1.36%) JMeter
5 2 (1.36%) Locust
5 2 (1.36%) Maven
6 1 (0.68%) NUnit
General
1 35 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 13 (8.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (6.80%) Finance
4 6 (4.08%) Law
5 5 (3.40%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.40%) Retail
6 4 (2.72%) Advertising
6 4 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.72%) Marketing
6 4 (2.72%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.04%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.36%) Banking
8 2 (1.36%) Billing
8 2 (1.36%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (1.36%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.36%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (25.17%) DevOps Engineer
2 34 (23.13%) Azure Engineer
3 26 (17.69%) Cloud Engineer
4 23 (15.65%) Lead
5 19 (12.93%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 18 (12.24%) Architect
7 16 (10.88%) Senior
8 10 (6.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 10 (6.80%) Platform Engineer
8 10 (6.80%) Software Engineer
9 8 (5.44%) AWS Engineer
9 8 (5.44%) Azure Architect
9 8 (5.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (5.44%) Principal Engineer
9 8 (5.44%) Technical Architect
10 7 (4.76%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 7 (4.76%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 6 (4.08%) DevOps Platform Engineer
11 6 (4.08%) Lead DevOps
11 6 (4.08%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (74.83%) Terraform
2 18 (12.24%) React
3 16 (10.88%) .NET
4 12 (8.16%) AWS CDK
5 11 (7.48%) .NET Framework
6 10 (6.80%) ASP.NET
6 10 (6.80%) ASP.NET Core
7 9 (6.12%) Next.js
7 9 (6.12%) Node.js
8 8 (5.44%) Kafka
9 7 (4.76%) YAML
10 6 (4.08%) ASP.NET Web API
11 5 (3.40%) .NET Core
11 5 (3.40%) Entity Framework
12 4 (2.72%) Lambda Expressions
13 3 (2.04%) Pulumi
13 3 (2.04%) REST
14 2 (1.36%) Gherkin
14 2 (1.36%) Middleware
14 2 (1.36%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 31 (21.09%) Cloud Native
2 17 (11.56%) Greenfield Project
3 15 (10.20%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (9.52%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (4.76%) Onboarding
6 6 (4.08%) Data Centre
6 6 (4.08%) Private Cloud
6 6 (4.08%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.72%) Marketing Technology
8 3 (2.04%) Driving Licence
8 3 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.04%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (2.04%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.04%) PKI
9 2 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.36%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (1.36%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (1.36%) SCADA
9 2 (1.36%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 20 (13.61%) Linux
2 19 (12.93%) Windows
3 8 (5.44%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.36%) Solaris
4 2 (1.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (65.31%) CI/CD
2 74 (50.34%) DevOps
3 51 (34.69%) Observability
4 46 (31.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 42 (28.57%) Agile
6 39 (26.53%) Platform Engineering
7 38 (25.85%) Containerisation
8 37 (25.17%) DevSecOps
9 33 (22.45%) Mentoring
10 31 (21.09%) Technical Leadership
11 29 (19.73%) Cloud Security
12 24 (16.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 24 (16.33%) Microservices
13 22 (14.97%) Test Automation
14 21 (14.29%) Software Engineering
15 18 (12.24%) AI
15 18 (12.24%) Decision-Making
16 15 (10.20%) Collaborative Working
16 15 (10.20%) Roadmaps
17 14 (9.52%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 34 (23.13%) Python
2 30 (20.41%) PowerShell
3 24 (16.33%) SQL
4 21 (14.29%) Bicep
5 16 (10.88%) C#
6 15 (10.20%) Bash
6 15 (10.20%) TypeScript
7 9 (6.12%) JavaScript
8 8 (5.44%) Java
9 4 (2.72%) Go
10 2 (1.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.68%) C
11 1 (0.68%) C++
11 1 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 41 (27.89%) Security Cleared
2 36 (24.49%) SC Cleared
3 23 (15.65%) DV Cleared
4 12 (8.16%) Degree
5 10 (6.80%) AWS Certification
6 8 (5.44%) Azure Certification
7 6 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (3.40%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.04%) CCNA
9 3 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (2.04%) MCSE
9 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.36%) CISSP
10 2 (1.36%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (5.44%) QA
2 6 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (3.40%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.40%) SLA
4 3 (2.04%) NIST
5 2 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.36%) GDPR
5 2 (1.36%) WCAG
6 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.68%) GxP
6 1 (0.68%) SOC 2
System Software
1 29 (19.73%) Docker
2 13 (8.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (7.48%) Active Directory
4 3 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.04%) vSphere
5 2 (1.36%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 50 (34.01%) Kubernetes
2 12 (8.16%) Ansible
3 7 (4.76%) Grafana
4 5 (3.40%) Argo
4 5 (3.40%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.04%) FortiGate
5 3 (2.04%) Istio
6 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.36%) Nessus
6 2 (1.36%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.36%) Puppet
7 1 (0.68%) Nagios
Vendors
1 48 (32.65%) Microsoft
2 18 (12.24%) VMware
3 7 (4.76%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (4.76%) Databricks
3 7 (4.76%) Google
4 4 (2.72%) Facebook
4 4 (2.72%) Instagram
4 4 (2.72%) TikTok
5 3 (2.04%) Cisco
6 2 (1.36%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.36%) FIS
6 2 (1.36%) IFS
6 2 (1.36%) Informatica
6 2 (1.36%) Meraki
6 2 (1.36%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.36%) Tenable
6 2 (1.36%) Veracode
7 1 (0.68%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.68%) OpenText
7 1 (0.68%) Virgin Media