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 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 163 173
Rank change year-on-year -4 +10 +23
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure as Code 71 55 120
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.70% 1.08% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 1.18% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 51 42 108
10th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,196 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £74,881 £84,688 £74,063
90th Percentile £82,500 £97,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

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 7,790 4,652 8,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 76.94% 91.70% 84.03%
Number of salaries quoted 4,444 2,564 6,583
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,662 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.38% -8.57%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,690 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 19 March 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 19 March 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 -13 35 £66,500 -5.00% 35
East Midlands -19 34 £67,500 +3.85% 5
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 10 (14.08%) IIS
2 3 (4.23%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 40 (56.34%) AWS
2 35 (49.30%) Azure
3 22 (30.99%) Serverless
4 21 (29.58%) AWS CloudFormation
5 18 (25.35%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (19.72%) GCP
7 11 (15.49%) AWS Lambda
8 10 (14.08%) Amazon ECS
9 9 (12.68%) npm
9 9 (12.68%) NuGet
9 9 (12.68%) SonarCloud
10 8 (11.27%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (11.27%) GitHub
11 7 (9.86%) PaaS
12 6 (8.45%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (8.45%) SaaS
13 5 (7.04%) Amazon EC2
13 5 (7.04%) Amazon S3
13 5 (7.04%) Datadog
13 5 (7.04%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.23%) Broadband
1 3 (4.23%) DNS
1 3 (4.23%) Firewall
1 3 (4.23%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.82%) DHCP
2 2 (2.82%) Network Security
3 1 (1.41%) BGP
3 1 (1.41%) IPsec
3 1 (1.41%) OSPF
3 1 (1.41%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.41%) VLAN
3 1 (1.41%) VPN
3 1 (1.41%) WAN
3 1 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.41%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (16.90%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (15.49%) NoSQL
3 8 (11.27%) SQL Server
4 7 (9.86%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (7.04%) Redis
6 4 (5.63%) TimescaleDB
7 3 (4.23%) Metadata
8 2 (2.82%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (2.82%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (2.82%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (2.82%) Relational Database
9 1 (1.41%) Data Lake
9 1 (1.41%) InfluxDB
9 1 (1.41%) MySQL
9 1 (1.41%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 14 (19.72%) Git
2 8 (11.27%) Jenkins
3 5 (7.04%) GitLab
4 4 (5.63%) Cucumber
4 4 (5.63%) JIRA
5 3 (4.23%) JMeter
5 3 (4.23%) Locust
6 1 (1.41%) Jaeger
6 1 (1.41%) SpecFlow
General
1 19 (26.76%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.45%) Advertising
2 6 (8.45%) Finance
3 5 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.23%) Banking
4 3 (4.23%) Billing
4 3 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (4.23%) Investment Banking
5 2 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.41%) Automotive
6 1 (1.41%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.41%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (32.39%) Senior
2 16 (22.54%) DevOps Engineer
3 13 (18.31%) Cloud Engineer
4 11 (15.49%) Azure Engineer
5 10 (14.08%) Architect
6 9 (12.68%) Senior DevOps
6 9 (12.68%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 8 (11.27%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 7 (9.86%) Cloud Architect
8 7 (9.86%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 7 (9.86%) Lead
9 6 (8.45%) Senior Architect
9 6 (8.45%) Senior Cloud Architect
10 4 (5.63%) AWS Engineer
10 4 (5.63%) Operations Engineer
11 3 (4.23%) Developer
11 3 (4.23%) Full-Stack Developer
11 3 (4.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 3 (4.23%) Platform Engineer
11 3 (4.23%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (29.58%) React
2 14 (19.72%) AWS CDK
3 13 (18.31%) Node.js
4 12 (16.90%) .NET
5 9 (12.68%) YAML
6 7 (9.86%) .NET Framework
6 7 (9.86%) Next.js
7 5 (7.04%) .NET Core
7 5 (7.04%) ARM Templates
8 4 (5.63%) GraphQL
9 3 (4.23%) ASP.NET
9 3 (4.23%) ASP.NET Core
9 3 (4.23%) Gherkin
9 3 (4.23%) OpenTelemetry
9 3 (4.23%) REST
10 2 (2.82%) Django
10 2 (2.82%) gRPC
10 2 (2.82%) PyTorch
10 2 (2.82%) TensorFlow
11 1 (1.41%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.27%) Greenfield Project
2 7 (9.86%) Cloud Native
3 5 (7.04%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (4.23%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.82%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.82%) PKI
5 2 (2.82%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.82%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.41%) Derivative
6 1 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.41%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (22.54%) Linux
2 9 (12.68%) Windows
3 3 (4.23%) Unix
4 1 (1.41%) Android
4 1 (1.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (60.56%) DevOps
2 41 (57.75%) CI/CD
3 23 (32.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 23 (32.39%) Observability
4 21 (29.58%) Agile
5 19 (26.76%) Test Automation
6 17 (23.94%) Mentoring
7 13 (18.31%) Containerisation
7 13 (18.31%) DevSecOps
7 13 (18.31%) Microservices
8 11 (15.49%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (14.08%) Clean Code
9 10 (14.08%) Collaborative Working
9 10 (14.08%) Decision-Making
9 10 (14.08%) Full-Stack Development
10 9 (12.68%) Migration
10 9 (12.68%) Personalization
11 8 (11.27%) Cloud Security
11 8 (11.27%) Cost Optimisation
11 8 (11.27%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 20 (28.17%) Python
2 16 (22.54%) PowerShell
3 14 (19.72%) TypeScript
4 13 (18.31%) Bash
5 10 (14.08%) C#
6 9 (12.68%) Java
6 9 (12.68%) SQL
7 8 (11.27%) Bicep
8 3 (4.23%) C
8 3 (4.23%) C++
8 3 (4.23%) Scala
9 2 (2.82%) Go
9 2 (2.82%) JavaScript
10 1 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (1.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (11.27%) SC Cleared
1 8 (11.27%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.45%) AWS Certification
2 6 (8.45%) Azure Certification
3 5 (7.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 3 (4.23%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 3 (4.23%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
4 3 (4.23%) CISSP
4 3 (4.23%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.82%) CEH
5 2 (2.82%) GCIH
5 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.82%) OSCP
6 1 (1.41%) CCNP
6 1 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.04%) Accessibility
1 5 (7.04%) QA
2 3 (4.23%) WCAG
3 2 (2.82%) GDPR
4 1 (1.41%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 28 (39.44%) Docker
2 1 (1.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.41%) Firmware
2 1 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 42 (59.15%) Terraform
2 27 (38.03%) Kubernetes
3 9 (12.68%) Ansible
4 6 (8.45%) Grafana
5 5 (7.04%) Prometheus
6 3 (4.23%) Nagios
7 1 (1.41%) Argo
7 1 (1.41%) AWS Copilot
7 1 (1.41%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (1.41%) Kustomize
7 1 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (21.13%) Microsoft
2 10 (14.08%) Google
3 9 (12.68%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (5.63%) VMware
5 3 (4.23%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.82%) Dynatrace
6 2 (2.82%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (1.41%) Cisco
7 1 (1.41%) Databricks
7 1 (1.41%) Dell
7 1 (1.41%) Meraki
7 1 (1.41%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.41%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.41%) Zscaler