Ansible Contracts in England

Ansible
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Ansible skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ansible over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 99 76
Rank change year-on-year +22 -23 -7
Contract jobs citing Ansible 765 825 1,579
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.14% 2.22% 3.13%
As % of the Systems Management category 20.24% 18.79% 19.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 571 1,166
10th Percentile £413 £425 £450
25th Percentile £500 £488 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £623
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -11.65% +4.62%
75th Percentile £663 £650 £725
90th Percentile £750 £743 £800
UK median daily rate £570 £553 £600
% change year-on-year +3.17% -7.92% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 11 26
10th Percentile £46.98 £46.25 £53.75
25th Percentile £58.56 £51.88 £59.44
Median hourly rate £71.85 £62.50 £73.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.96% -14.38% +26.96%
75th Percentile £79.77 £72.22 £76.00
90th Percentile £81.68 £74.44 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £71.85 £66.25 £73.00
% change year-on-year +8.45% -9.25% +32.73%

All Systems Management Skills
England

Ansible falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 3,779 4,390 7,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.52% 11.80% 15.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,614 3,174 5,772
10th Percentile £313 £250 £350
25th Percentile £420 £409 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% -
75th Percentile £628 £625 £680
90th Percentile £738 £700 £755
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £563
% change year-on-year +1.90% -8.41% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 120 184
10th Percentile £15.22 £14.00 £16.83
25th Percentile £23.64 £17.74 £23.13
Median hourly rate £27.38 £27.25 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% -52.61% +167.44%
75th Percentile £62.44 £51.13 £72.80
90th Percentile £76.09 £70.13 £82.16
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £30.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.83% -47.83% +155.56%

Ansible
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Ansible in England

Ansible
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ansible in England.

Daily rate trend for Ansible in England

Ansible
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ansible in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ansible in England

Ansible
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ansible in England.

Hourly rate trend for Ansible in England

Ansible
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Ansible in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Ansible in England

Ansible
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ansible within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +22 389 £600 +4.35% 301
North of England -2 99 £525 +0.48% 103
South East -4 96 £550 - 153
South West +23 85 £600 +6.67% 75
Yorkshire +6 61 £500 -2.72% 32
Midlands +40 40 £625 +22.55% 68
West Midlands +35 34 £625 +16.55% 39
North West -8 30 £573 +7.51% 66
East of England +42 24 £530 -18.46% 54
North East 0 8 £558 +1.36% 5
East Midlands +7 6 £500 +0.20% 21
Ansible
UK

Ansible
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 31 (4.05%) Confluence
2 26 (3.40%) Apache Spark
3 25 (3.27%) Apache
4 15 (1.96%) nginx
5 13 (1.70%) OpenStack
6 11 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.92%) IIS
8 4 (0.52%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.39%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.26%) JBoss
10 2 (0.26%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.26%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.13%) Documentum
11 1 (0.13%) FileNet
11 1 (0.13%) MQSeries
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Shopify
2 1 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 291 (38.04%) AWS
2 219 (28.63%) Azure
3 101 (13.20%) GCP
4 82 (10.72%) OpenShift
5 77 (10.07%) GitHub
6 40 (5.23%) AWS CloudFormation
6 40 (5.23%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (5.10%) Amazon S3
8 34 (4.44%) Amazon EC2
9 33 (4.31%) Serverless
10 31 (4.05%) PaaS
11 27 (3.53%) IaaS
12 25 (3.27%) AWS Lambda
13 24 (3.14%) Amazon EKS
14 19 (2.48%) SaaS
15 18 (2.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 14 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
17 13 (1.70%) Azure AKS
17 13 (1.70%) Entra ID
18 12 (1.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 117 (15.29%) Firewall
2 103 (13.46%) DNS
3 66 (8.63%) VPN
4 64 (8.37%) TCP/IP
5 55 (7.19%) Network Security
6 52 (6.80%) BGP
7 46 (6.01%) DHCP
8 45 (5.88%) OSPF
9 36 (4.71%) WAN
10 27 (3.53%) HTTP
11 26 (3.40%) LAN
11 26 (3.40%) MPLS
12 24 (3.14%) SMTP
13 19 (2.48%) Multicast
14 18 (2.35%) SAN
15 15 (1.96%) 4G
15 15 (1.96%) 5G
15 15 (1.96%) Cisco ISE
15 15 (1.96%) Radio Access Network
15 15 (1.96%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.58%) Amazon RDS
2 31 (4.05%) Elasticsearch
2 31 (4.05%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (3.79%) Big Data
4 22 (2.88%) Hadoop
5 21 (2.75%) SQL Server
6 18 (2.35%) Oracle Database
7 16 (2.09%) NoSQL
8 14 (1.83%) MongoDB
9 12 (1.57%) MySQL
10 7 (0.92%) Amazon Aurora
10 7 (0.92%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.78%) Redis
12 5 (0.65%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.39%) Apache Cassandra
14 3 (0.39%) Hazelcast
14 3 (0.39%) Impala
14 3 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 213 (27.84%) Jenkins
2 127 (16.60%) GitLab
3 126 (16.47%) Git
4 62 (8.10%) JIRA
5 25 (3.27%) SonarQube
6 24 (3.14%) Bitbucket
7 21 (2.75%) Cucumber
8 18 (2.35%) Selenium
9 15 (1.96%) Artifactory
9 15 (1.96%) Sonatype Nexus
10 14 (1.83%) TeamCity
11 12 (1.57%) Subversion
12 9 (1.18%) Maven
12 9 (1.18%) REST Assured
13 8 (1.05%) Visual Studio
14 6 (0.78%) CircleCI
14 6 (0.78%) JMeter
14 6 (0.78%) MSI
15 5 (0.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 5 (0.65%) Robot Framework
General
1 199 (26.01%) Social Skills
2 145 (18.95%) Finance
3 104 (13.59%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (12.55%) Banking
5 62 (8.10%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.97%) Telecoms
7 36 (4.71%) Investment Banking
8 21 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (2.35%) Financial Institution
10 13 (1.70%) Law
11 9 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.05%) Legal
13 6 (0.78%) Multimedia
14 5 (0.65%) Front Office
14 5 (0.65%) Marketing
14 5 (0.65%) Military
14 5 (0.65%) Police
15 4 (0.52%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 140 (18.30%) DevOps Engineer
2 82 (10.72%) Network Engineer
2 82 (10.72%) Senior
3 68 (8.89%) Developer
4 58 (7.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 49 (6.41%) Architect
6 47 (6.14%) Automation Engineer
7 40 (5.23%) Platform Engineer
8 37 (4.84%) AWS Engineer
8 37 (4.84%) Linux Engineer
9 35 (4.58%) Python Developer
10 32 (4.18%) Lead
11 27 (3.53%) Kubernetes Engineer
11 27 (3.53%) Senior DevOps
11 27 (3.53%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 26 (3.40%) Gen AI Developer
13 25 (3.27%) Administrator
13 25 (3.27%) AWS DevOps
13 25 (3.27%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 24 (3.14%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (7.84%) REST
2 42 (5.49%) Elastic Stack
3 38 (4.97%) React
4 30 (3.92%) FastAPI
5 29 (3.79%) .NET
6 28 (3.66%) Django
7 22 (2.88%) Kafka
8 17 (2.22%) OpenTelemetry
8 17 (2.22%) Spring
9 16 (2.09%) LDAP
10 15 (1.96%) ARM Templates
10 15 (1.96%) Node.js
11 12 (1.57%) SOAP
12 11 (1.44%) RESTful
12 11 (1.44%) Spring Boot
12 11 (1.44%) YAML
13 9 (1.18%) Java EE
13 9 (1.18%) OAuth
13 9 (1.18%) OpenID
14 8 (1.05%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 65 (8.50%) Cloud Native
2 43 (5.62%) Data Centre
2 43 (5.62%) Public Cloud
3 39 (5.10%) Hybrid Cloud
4 26 (3.40%) Clustering
5 21 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (2.48%) PKI
6 19 (2.48%) Replication
7 15 (1.96%) Hedge funds
8 14 (1.83%) Onboarding
9 13 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 11 (1.44%) Private Cloud
12 10 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
13 9 (1.18%) Product Ownership
14 8 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
15 7 (0.92%) Management Information System
16 6 (0.78%) Enterprise Storage
17 5 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 314 (41.05%) Linux
2 142 (18.56%) Windows
3 91 (11.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 77 (10.07%) Windows Server
5 47 (6.14%) Unix
6 29 (3.79%) CentOS
7 26 (3.40%) Ubuntu
8 18 (2.35%) Solaris
9 12 (1.57%) Windows Server 2016
10 11 (1.44%) AIX
11 8 (1.05%) Rocky
11 8 (1.05%) VMS
12 5 (0.65%) SUSE
13 4 (0.52%) HPUX
13 4 (0.52%) Oracle Linux
13 4 (0.52%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
15 2 (0.26%) Debian
15 2 (0.26%) OS/400
15 2 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (45.36%) DevOps
2 332 (43.40%) CI/CD
3 193 (25.23%) Infrastructure as Code
4 190 (24.84%) Containerisation
5 178 (23.27%) Problem-Solving
6 175 (22.88%) Agile
7 165 (21.57%) Configuration Management
8 109 (14.25%) High Availability
9 97 (12.68%) Infrastructure Automation
10 86 (11.24%) Test Automation
11 84 (10.98%) Migration
12 82 (10.72%) Task Automation
13 74 (9.67%) Continuous Improvement
14 72 (9.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 67 (8.76%) Continuous Integration
16 64 (8.37%) Software Engineering
17 61 (7.97%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 60 (7.84%) Observability
19 59 (7.71%) Service Management
20 58 (7.58%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 463 (60.52%) Python
2 194 (25.36%) Bash
3 158 (20.65%) PowerShell
4 101 (13.20%) Java
5 64 (8.37%) SQL
6 44 (5.75%) Shell Script
7 39 (5.10%) Perl
8 36 (4.71%) TypeScript
9 34 (4.44%) C#
10 29 (3.79%) Go
11 16 (2.09%) JavaScript
12 12 (1.57%) Groovy
13 11 (1.44%) Ruby
14 6 (0.78%) VB
15 5 (0.65%) Bicep
15 5 (0.65%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.52%) C++
17 2 (0.26%) C
17 2 (0.26%) PHP
17 2 (0.26%) RPG
Qualifications
1 264 (34.51%) Security Cleared
2 187 (24.44%) SC Cleared
3 84 (10.98%) DV Cleared
4 67 (8.76%) Degree
5 58 (7.58%) Cisco Certification
6 50 (6.54%) CCNP
7 29 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (3.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 23 (3.01%) AWS Certification
10 20 (2.61%) CCIE
11 19 (2.48%) Oracle Certification
12 15 (1.96%) RHCE
13 11 (1.44%) CCNA
13 11 (1.44%) OCA
14 10 (1.31%) RHCA
15 9 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 8 (1.05%) OCP
17 7 (0.92%) Azure Certification
18 6 (0.78%) RHCSA
18 6 (0.78%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.40%) QA
2 18 (2.35%) GDPR
3 12 (1.57%) PCI DSS
4 10 (1.31%) SLA
5 9 (1.18%) NIST
5 9 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.52%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.52%) NCSC
8 3 (0.39%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.13%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.13%) COBIT
10 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 236 (30.85%) Docker
2 117 (15.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (7.97%) Active Directory
4 32 (4.18%) Hyper-V
5 31 (4.05%) vSphere
6 28 (3.66%) VMware ESXi
7 20 (2.61%) VMware NSX
8 13 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (1.18%) BitLocker
9 9 (1.18%) Microsoft App-V
9 9 (1.18%) Terminal Services
10 8 (1.05%) NFS
11 6 (0.78%) Firmware
12 5 (0.65%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 4 (0.52%) Samba
13 4 (0.52%) Veritas File System
13 4 (0.52%) Veritas Volume Manager
14 3 (0.39%) iptables
14 3 (0.39%) KVM
14 3 (0.39%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 393 (51.37%) Terraform
2 334 (43.66%) Kubernetes
3 140 (18.30%) Puppet
4 79 (10.33%) Progress Chef
5 70 (9.15%) Grafana
6 55 (7.19%) Prometheus
7 37 (4.84%) vCenter Server
8 21 (2.75%) Nagios
9 18 (2.35%) Argo
9 18 (2.35%) Packer
9 18 (2.35%) Podman
10 16 (2.09%) Red Hat Satellite
11 13 (1.70%) ZABBIX
12 11 (1.44%) Docker Swarm
12 11 (1.44%) FortiGate
12 11 (1.44%) Rancher
12 11 (1.44%) vRealize
13 10 (1.31%) QRadar
14 9 (1.18%) PowerCLI
14 9 (1.18%) vMotion
Vendors
1 169 (22.09%) VMware
2 117 (15.29%) Red Hat
3 105 (13.73%) Cisco
4 70 (9.15%) Oracle
5 66 (8.63%) Microsoft
6 46 (6.01%) F5
7 42 (5.49%) Splunk
8 38 (4.97%) Fortinet
9 34 (4.44%) ServiceNow
10 32 (4.18%) Google
11 27 (3.53%) Arista
11 27 (3.53%) CheckPoint
12 25 (3.27%) SolarWinds
13 23 (3.01%) Citrix
13 23 (3.01%) IBM
14 22 (2.88%) HP
15 18 (2.35%) Palo Alto
16 16 (2.09%) Infoblox
17 15 (1.96%) Dell
18 13 (1.70%) EMC