Ansible
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Ansible skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Ansible over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 205 127 107
Rank change year-on-year -78 -20 -21
Permanent jobs citing Ansible 1,437 2,885 5,113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.47% 2.76% 3.32%
As % of the Systems Management category 14.43% 18.66% 18.46%
Number of salaries quoted 978 1,426 2,461
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £105,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Ansible is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 9,961 15,465 27,696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.16% 14.78% 17.97%
Number of salaries quoted 7,202 9,470 14,208
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,091 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,675 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%

Ansible
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Ansible as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Ansible in the UK

Ansible
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ansible.

Salary trend for Ansible in the UK

Ansible
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ansible over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Ansible in the UK

Ansible
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ansible within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England -74 1,233 £70,000 -3.45% 287
UK excluding London -81 920 £60,000 -7.69% 197
Work from Home -49 726 £70,000 -6.67% 173
London -42 461 £81,250 +1.56% 122
South West -15 279 £55,000 -12.00% 47
South East -20 246 £60,000 -14.29% 49
North of England -69 163 £62,783 -3.41% 29
North West -58 98 £62,783 -6.99% 19
Scotland -113 72 £65,000 -13.33% 23
Midlands -85 57 £57,500 -11.54% 23
Yorkshire -6 55 £62,783 -3.41% 6
Wales +1 53 £50,000 -14.89% 5
East of England -42 39 £60,000 -7.69% 16
West Midlands -28 29 £57,500 -14.81% 11
East Midlands -65 28 £57,500 +18.25% 12
Northern Ireland +7 14 £105,000 +40.00% 8
North East -5 12 £62,783 +14.15% 4

Ansible
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 138 (9.60%) Apache
2 72 (5.01%) OpenStack
3 53 (3.69%) Apache Spark
4 48 (3.34%) nginx
5 21 (1.46%) Confluence
6 19 (1.32%) Jupyter
7 14 (0.97%) JBoss
8 13 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
9 11 (0.77%) Red Hat Fuse
10 10 (0.70%) IIS
11 6 (0.42%) Tomcat
12 4 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
12 4 (0.28%) Drupal
12 4 (0.28%) MQSeries
13 3 (0.21%) CloudStack
13 3 (0.21%) SharePoint
14 1 (0.070%) WebLogic
14 1 (0.070%) WebSphere
14 1 (0.070%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.70%) Simulink
4 1 (0.070%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.070%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.070%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.070%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (0.21%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.070%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 740 (51.50%) AWS
2 597 (41.54%) Azure
3 207 (14.41%) GCP
4 149 (10.37%) OpenShift
5 137 (9.53%) Serverless
6 124 (8.63%) Amazon S3
7 122 (8.49%) GitHub
8 115 (8.00%) Amazon EKS
9 101 (7.03%) Azure DevOps
10 96 (6.68%) AWS CloudFormation
11 89 (6.19%) SaaS
12 82 (5.71%) Amazon ECS
13 76 (5.29%) PaaS
14 73 (5.08%) AWS Lambda
15 72 (5.01%) IaaS
16 57 (3.97%) Amazon EC2
17 52 (3.62%) GitHub Actions
18 42 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
19 37 (2.57%) Cloud Computing
20 28 (1.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 277 (19.28%) Firewall
2 151 (10.51%) VPN
3 132 (9.19%) DNS
4 119 (8.28%) Internet
5 98 (6.82%) WAN
6 84 (5.85%) TCP/IP
7 76 (5.29%) DHCP
8 71 (4.94%) LAN
9 70 (4.87%) SNMP
10 62 (4.31%) IPsec
11 44 (3.06%) HTTP
12 31 (2.16%) Wireless
13 29 (2.02%) AMQP
13 29 (2.02%) BGP
13 29 (2.02%) Network Security
13 29 (2.02%) SAN
14 24 (1.67%) Cisco ASA
14 24 (1.67%) SD-WAN
15 21 (1.46%) SSL
16 17 (1.18%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (9.46%) PostgreSQL
2 106 (7.38%) Elasticsearch
3 89 (6.19%) MongoDB
4 75 (5.22%) MySQL
5 71 (4.94%) Big Data
6 65 (4.52%) NoSQL
7 61 (4.24%) SQL Server
8 50 (3.48%) Relational Database
9 45 (3.13%) Hadoop
10 31 (2.16%) InfluxDB
11 24 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
11 24 (1.67%) Cloudera CDH
11 24 (1.67%) MariaDB
11 24 (1.67%) Redis
12 20 (1.39%) Power BI
13 17 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
13 17 (1.18%) Presto
14 12 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
15 10 (0.70%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 386 (26.86%) Jenkins
2 287 (19.97%) Git
3 139 (9.67%) GitLab
4 113 (7.86%) JIRA
5 42 (2.92%) SonarQube
6 40 (2.78%) Sonatype Nexus
7 39 (2.71%) Bitbucket
8 32 (2.23%) Artifactory
9 29 (2.02%) Subversion
10 27 (1.88%) TeamCity
11 20 (1.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 20 (1.39%) JUnit
11 20 (1.39%) Selenium
11 20 (1.39%) Vagrant
12 18 (1.25%) IBM UrbanCode
13 17 (1.18%) CircleCI
14 16 (1.11%) Maven
15 14 (0.97%) Team Foundation Server
16 12 (0.84%) Octopus Deploy
17 11 (0.77%) git-flow
General
1 270 (18.79%) Finance
2 254 (17.68%) Social Skills
3 142 (9.88%) Aerospace
4 99 (6.89%) Public Sector
5 78 (5.43%) Banking
6 64 (4.45%) Analytical Skills
7 58 (4.04%) Retail
8 37 (2.57%) Telecoms
9 34 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 28 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (1.53%) Investment Banking
12 21 (1.46%) Law
12 21 (1.46%) Legal
13 12 (0.84%) Automotive
14 10 (0.70%) Financial Institution
15 9 (0.63%) Tech for Good
16 8 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.49%) Games
17 7 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (0.49%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 347 (24.15%) DevOps Engineer
2 293 (20.39%) Senior
3 207 (14.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 127 (8.84%) Cloud Engineer
5 120 (8.35%) Linux Engineer
6 99 (6.89%) Software Engineer
7 98 (6.82%) AWS Engineer
8 95 (6.61%) Developer
9 94 (6.54%) Architect
10 89 (6.19%) Consultant
10 89 (6.19%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 84 (5.85%) Senior DevOps
12 83 (5.78%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 74 (5.15%) Lead
14 71 (4.94%) Azure Engineer
15 67 (4.66%) Java Developer
16 62 (4.31%) Platform Engineer
17 58 (4.04%) AWS DevOps
18 54 (3.76%) NetApp Consultant
19 53 (3.69%) AWS DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (8.77%) Elastic Stack
2 118 (8.21%) RabbitMQ
3 100 (6.96%) Spring
4 96 (6.68%) Node.js
5 95 (6.61%) Spring Boot
6 91 (6.33%) YAML
7 87 (6.05%) REST
8 78 (5.43%) AngularJS
9 70 (4.87%) JSON
10 63 (4.38%) .NET
11 61 (4.24%) XML
12 57 (3.97%) Web Services
13 50 (3.48%) React
14 46 (3.20%) Kafka
15 44 (3.06%) Apache Camel
16 27 (1.88%) Apache NiFi
17 25 (1.74%) ARM Templates
17 25 (1.74%) OpenAPI
17 25 (1.74%) Swagger
18 24 (1.67%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 148 (10.30%) Data Centre
2 142 (9.88%) Public Cloud
3 85 (5.92%) Distributed Systems
4 75 (5.22%) Cloud Native
5 73 (5.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 55 (3.83%) Management Information System
7 49 (3.41%) Linux Command Line
8 42 (2.92%) PKI
9 37 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
10 33 (2.30%) Clustering
11 30 (2.09%) Replication
12 28 (1.95%) Onboarding
13 20 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
13 20 (1.39%) IoT
14 19 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
15 17 (1.18%) Enterprise Cloud
15 17 (1.18%) Virtual Team
16 14 (0.97%) Product Ownership
17 13 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
18 11 (0.77%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 858 (59.71%) Linux
2 420 (29.23%) Windows
3 219 (15.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 116 (8.07%) CentOS
5 107 (7.45%) Windows Server
6 92 (6.40%) Ubuntu
7 58 (4.04%) Unix
8 54 (3.76%) Data ONTAP
9 43 (2.99%) VMS
10 35 (2.44%) Debian
11 22 (1.53%) Windows Server 2019
12 20 (1.39%) CoreOS
13 19 (1.32%) Solaris
14 18 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
15 16 (1.11%) Android
15 16 (1.11%) Oracle Linux
16 13 (0.90%) Windows 10
17 8 (0.56%) AIX
17 8 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
18 6 (0.42%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 765 (53.24%) DevOps
2 521 (36.26%) Agile
3 440 (30.62%) CI/CD
4 405 (28.18%) Infrastructure as Code
5 279 (19.42%) Actionable Insight
6 255 (17.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 234 (16.28%) Configuration Management
8 228 (15.87%) Containerisation
8 228 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
9 221 (15.38%) Software Engineering
10 187 (13.01%) Scrum
11 185 (12.87%) Mentoring
12 169 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
13 165 (11.48%) Microservices
14 161 (11.20%) Kanban
15 152 (10.58%) Continuous Integration
16 139 (9.67%) Project Management
17 129 (8.98%) Test Automation
18 117 (8.14%) ITIL
19 102 (7.10%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 680 (47.32%) Python
2 318 (22.13%) Java
3 311 (21.64%) Bash
4 301 (20.95%) PowerShell
5 140 (9.74%) JavaScript
6 139 (9.67%) SQL
7 89 (6.19%) Shell Script
8 75 (5.22%) Perl
9 74 (5.15%) Go
10 61 (4.24%) Kotlin
11 60 (4.18%) C#
12 53 (3.69%) Ruby
13 47 (3.27%) Scala
14 34 (2.37%) Groovy
15 30 (2.09%) C
16 27 (1.88%) C++
17 24 (1.67%) PHP
18 21 (1.46%) TypeScript
19 14 (0.97%) Korn
20 11 (0.77%) Rust
Qualifications
1 515 (35.84%) Security Cleared
2 260 (18.09%) DV Cleared
3 257 (17.88%) SC Cleared
4 114 (7.93%) Degree
5 50 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 43 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
7 33 (2.30%) Azure Certification
8 29 (2.02%) AWS Certification
9 25 (1.74%) CCNA
10 24 (1.67%) CCNP
10 24 (1.67%) CISSP
11 23 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (1.04%) Master's Degree
13 14 (0.97%) CISM
13 14 (0.97%) CRISC
13 14 (0.97%) GIAC
13 14 (0.97%) ISSMP
14 11 (0.77%) CCIE
15 10 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 9 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (2.09%) QA
2 14 (0.97%) COBIT
2 14 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (0.97%) NCSC
3 12 (0.84%) GDPR
4 8 (0.56%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.35%) SLA
6 4 (0.28%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.21%) NIST
8 1 (0.070%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.070%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.070%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.070%) SEPA
System Software
1 587 (40.85%) Docker
2 200 (13.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 136 (9.46%) Active Directory
4 117 (8.14%) Hyper-V
5 49 (3.41%) Virtual Machines
6 29 (2.02%) VMware ESXi
7 19 (1.32%) Firmware
7 19 (1.32%) NFS
7 19 (1.32%) vSphere
8 14 (0.97%) VMware NSX
9 11 (0.77%) KVM
10 10 (0.70%) pfSense
11 7 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
12 6 (0.42%) Ceph
12 6 (0.42%) DFS Replication
13 5 (0.35%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 4 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
15 3 (0.21%) Gluster
15 3 (0.21%) oVirt
15 3 (0.21%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 768 (53.44%) Terraform
2 646 (44.95%) Kubernetes
3 334 (23.24%) Puppet
4 179 (12.46%) Progress Chef
5 146 (10.16%) Prometheus
6 108 (7.52%) Grafana
7 94 (6.54%) vCenter Server
8 37 (2.57%) Nagios
9 36 (2.51%) HAProxy
9 36 (2.51%) ZABBIX
10 29 (2.02%) Kibana
11 28 (1.95%) Docker Swarm
11 28 (1.95%) Salt
12 22 (1.53%) Red Hat Satellite
12 22 (1.53%) SCCM
13 21 (1.46%) Packer
13 21 (1.46%) Rancher
14 16 (1.11%) FortiGate
14 16 (1.11%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 15 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 261 (18.16%) Red Hat
2 259 (18.02%) VMware
3 148 (10.30%) Microsoft
4 92 (6.40%) Google
5 79 (5.50%) Cisco
6 75 (5.22%) Palo Alto
7 70 (4.87%) NetApp
8 62 (4.31%) Oracle
9 54 (3.76%) SolidFire
10 42 (2.92%) WSO2
11 41 (2.85%) SaltStack
12 36 (2.51%) Fortinet
13 32 (2.23%) Atlassian
14 31 (2.16%) Juniper
14 31 (2.16%) Splunk
15 27 (1.88%) McAfee
16 26 (1.81%) ServiceNow
17 25 (1.74%) IBM
18 23 (1.60%) New Relic
18 23 (1.60%) Veeam