Ansible Contract Job Trends in London

Ansible
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Ansible skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 111 95
Rank change year-on-year -35 -16 -16
Contract jobs citing Ansible 424 334 440
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.07% 2.49% 2.75%
As % of the Systems Management category 18.14% 18.36% 21.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 208 289
10th Percentile £418 £363 £435
25th Percentile £488 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £673 £675 £688
90th Percentile £788 £765 £810
England median daily rate £570 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +3.55% - -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £49.00 £40.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% - -
England median hourly rate £71.43 £48.00 £74.00
% change year-on-year +48.81% -35.14% -3.31%

All Systems Management Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,337 1,819 2,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.40% 13.58% 12.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,571 1,178 1,345
10th Percentile £326 £330 £325
25th Percentile £439 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.87% -3.73% -6.14%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £730 £720 £763
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 16 19
10th Percentile £24.03 £21.09 -
25th Percentile £32.26 £26.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £51.00 £38.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.61% +43.52% -55.00%
75th Percentile £75.06 £59.81 £61.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.41 £102.40
England median hourly rate £65.00 £34.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +91.18% -9.33% -28.57%

Ansible
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ansible relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Ansible job vacancy trend in London

Ansible
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Ansible.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Ansible

Ansible
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ansible in London over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Ansible in London

Ansible
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Ansible.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Ansible

Ansible
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ansible within the London region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -21 45 £575 -4.17% 34
South London -7 11 £535 -13.71% 2
West London -21 7 £519 +25.00% 8
East London +3 3 £525 -22.22% 2
Ansible
England

Ansible
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 24 (5.66%) Confluence
2 9 (2.12%) nginx
3 8 (1.89%) Apache
4 7 (1.65%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.18%) Apache Solr
5 5 (1.18%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.94%) CMS
6 4 (0.94%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.94%) WordPress
7 2 (0.47%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.47%) CICS
7 2 (0.47%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.47%) Mule
7 2 (0.47%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.47%) SAS
7 2 (0.47%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.24%) MTS
8 1 (0.24%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.71%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Endur
2 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 203 (47.88%) AWS
2 164 (38.68%) Azure
3 92 (21.70%) GitHub
4 77 (18.16%) GCP
5 51 (12.03%) GitHub Actions
6 47 (11.08%) Azure DevOps
7 40 (9.43%) OpenShift
8 39 (9.20%) Datadog
9 37 (8.73%) Amazon EKS
10 33 (7.78%) Amazon EC2
11 31 (7.31%) Amazon S3
12 30 (7.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 30 (7.08%) Serverless
13 29 (6.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 26 (6.13%) AWS Lambda
15 22 (5.19%) Azure AKS
16 20 (4.72%) Entra ID
17 18 (4.25%) AWS CloudFormation
18 13 (3.07%) Amazon ECS
18 13 (3.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 65 (15.33%) Firewall
2 43 (10.14%) DNS
3 41 (9.67%) BGP
3 41 (9.67%) VPN
4 34 (8.02%) Network Security
5 29 (6.84%) TCP/IP
6 23 (5.42%) OSPF
6 23 (5.42%) WAN
7 22 (5.19%) SSL
8 17 (4.01%) DHCP
9 16 (3.77%) VLAN
10 15 (3.54%) Internet
11 13 (3.07%) SD-WAN
12 11 (2.59%) MPLS
13 10 (2.36%) Multicast
13 10 (2.36%) NX-OS
13 10 (2.36%) SSH
13 10 (2.36%) Wireless
14 9 (2.12%) Ethernet VPN
14 9 (2.12%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.25%) Amazon RDS
2 17 (4.01%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (3.54%) MongoDB
4 14 (3.30%) SQL Server
5 13 (3.07%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (3.07%) MySQL
6 12 (2.83%) Relational Database
7 10 (2.36%) Big Data
7 10 (2.36%) Oracle Database
7 10 (2.36%) Power BI
8 8 (1.89%) Redis
9 7 (1.65%) Data Lake
10 6 (1.42%) NoSQL
11 5 (1.18%) Apache Cassandra
11 5 (1.18%) ObjectStore
12 4 (0.94%) Apache Hive
12 4 (0.94%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.94%) Metadata
12 4 (0.94%) Spark SQL
13 3 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 103 (24.29%) Jenkins
2 98 (23.11%) Git
3 91 (21.46%) GitLab
4 25 (5.90%) JIRA
5 14 (3.30%) SonarQube
6 13 (3.07%) Artifactory
6 13 (3.07%) Bitbucket
7 11 (2.59%) Selenium
8 9 (2.12%) Sonatype Nexus
9 8 (1.89%) JMeter
9 8 (1.89%) Postman
10 7 (1.65%) Snyk
11 5 (1.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (1.18%) Cucumber
11 5 (1.18%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.94%) REST Assured
12 4 (0.94%) Zephyr
13 3 (0.71%) CircleCI
13 3 (0.71%) GoCD
13 3 (0.71%) TestRail
General
1 113 (26.65%) Finance
2 78 (18.40%) Social Skills
3 50 (11.79%) Banking
4 46 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (4.95%) Public Sector
6 15 (3.54%) Financial Institution
7 8 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.42%) Retail
9 5 (1.18%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.18%) Police
9 5 (1.18%) Publishing
10 4 (0.94%) Automotive
10 4 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.94%) Law
10 4 (0.94%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.71%) Front Office
11 3 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.47%) Legal
12 2 (0.47%) Marketing
12 2 (0.47%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 78 (18.40%) DevOps Engineer
2 55 (12.97%) Senior
3 47 (11.08%) Architect
4 45 (10.61%) Network Engineer
5 44 (10.38%) Lead
6 35 (8.25%) Automation Engineer
7 30 (7.08%) Platform Engineer
8 29 (6.84%) Developer
9 28 (6.60%) AWS Engineer
10 27 (6.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 25 (5.90%) Cloud Engineer
11 25 (5.90%) Linux Engineer
12 18 (4.25%) AWS DevOps
13 17 (4.01%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 17 (4.01%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 15 (3.54%) Azure Engineer
14 15 (3.54%) Security Engineer
15 14 (3.30%) Senior DevOps
15 14 (3.30%) Site Engineer
15 14 (3.30%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 250 (58.96%) Terraform
2 37 (8.73%) Kafka
3 35 (8.25%) REST
4 24 (5.66%) Middleware
5 18 (4.25%) .NET
5 18 (4.25%) YAML
6 17 (4.01%) React
7 16 (3.77%) JSON
8 14 (3.30%) Elastic Stack
9 12 (2.83%) Spring
10 10 (2.36%) OAuth
10 10 (2.36%) SAML
11 9 (2.12%) Keycloak
11 9 (2.12%) Playwright
12 8 (1.89%) Apache NiFi
12 8 (1.89%) cloud-init
13 7 (1.65%) 802.1X
13 7 (1.65%) boto
13 7 (1.65%) pytest
13 7 (1.65%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 57 (13.44%) Cloud Native
2 48 (11.32%) Data Centre
3 36 (8.49%) Hybrid Cloud
4 24 (5.66%) PKI
5 23 (5.42%) Security Posture
6 20 (4.72%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (4.48%) Onboarding
8 17 (4.01%) Linux Command Line
9 16 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (3.77%) Public Cloud
10 11 (2.59%) CMDB
10 11 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (2.36%) Private Cloud
12 9 (2.12%) Legacy Applications
12 9 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.89%) Distributed Applications
13 8 (1.89%) Low-Code
13 8 (1.89%) Product Ownership
13 8 (1.89%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 178 (41.98%) Linux
2 80 (18.87%) Windows
3 54 (12.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 32 (7.55%) Ubuntu
5 28 (6.60%) Unix
6 27 (6.37%) Windows Server
7 7 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.18%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.94%) CentOS
9 4 (0.94%) VMS
9 4 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.47%) AIX
10 2 (0.47%) Solaris
10 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.47%) zOS
11 1 (0.24%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.24%) Debian
11 1 (0.24%) macOS
11 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (54.01%) CI/CD
2 225 (53.07%) DevOps
3 218 (51.42%) Infrastructure as Code
4 103 (24.29%) Containerisation
5 95 (22.41%) Configuration Management
6 89 (20.99%) Observability
7 83 (19.58%) Platform Engineering
8 75 (17.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 74 (17.45%) Agile
10 71 (16.75%) AI
11 64 (15.09%) Migration
12 63 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
12 63 (14.86%) Infrastructure Automation
13 55 (12.97%) Stakeholder Management
14 54 (12.74%) Problem-Solving
15 53 (12.50%) Runbook
15 53 (12.50%) Test Automation
16 46 (10.85%) Deployment Automation
17 44 (10.38%) Validation
18 43 (10.14%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 265 (62.50%) Python
2 128 (30.19%) Bash
3 101 (23.82%) PowerShell
4 56 (13.21%) Java
5 35 (8.25%) SQL
6 24 (5.66%) JavaScript
7 21 (4.95%) Go
7 21 (4.95%) Shell Script
8 17 (4.01%) C#
9 15 (3.54%) Bicep
10 11 (2.59%) Perl
11 8 (1.89%) C++
11 8 (1.89%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.65%) Groovy
13 4 (0.94%) C
13 4 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.94%) Korn
14 3 (0.71%) Ruby
14 3 (0.71%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.47%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 116 (27.36%) Security Cleared
2 93 (21.93%) SC Cleared
3 27 (6.37%) DV Cleared
4 26 (6.13%) Degree
5 24 (5.66%) AWS Certification
6 21 (4.95%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (3.77%) CCNP
8 15 (3.54%) Azure Certification
9 14 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (2.36%) CISSP
11 8 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.42%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 6 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.42%) CCIE
12 6 (1.42%) ISSAP
13 5 (1.18%) CCNA
13 5 (1.18%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.94%) CISM
14 4 (0.94%) JNCIP
14 4 (0.94%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.60%) QA
2 12 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.83%) NIST
3 7 (1.65%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.94%) PCI DSS
4 4 (0.94%) SOC 2
5 3 (0.71%) GDPR
5 3 (0.71%) HIPAA
5 3 (0.71%) SLA
6 2 (0.47%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.24%) FedRAMP
7 1 (0.24%) GLBA
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.24%) NCSC
7 1 (0.24%) PMO
7 1 (0.24%) SEPA
7 1 (0.24%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 106 (25.00%) Docker
2 35 (8.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (6.37%) Active Directory
4 13 (3.07%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (2.83%) vSphere
6 10 (2.36%) Hyper-V
6 10 (2.36%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.42%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.94%) HDFS
8 4 (0.94%) NFS
8 4 (0.94%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.71%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.71%) Ceph
9 3 (0.71%) KVM
9 3 (0.71%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (0.71%) Squid
9 3 (0.71%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.47%) IAG
10 2 (0.47%) Postfix
10 2 (0.47%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 171 (40.33%) Kubernetes
2 76 (17.92%) Prometheus
3 75 (17.69%) Grafana
4 41 (9.67%) Puppet
5 19 (4.48%) Progress Chef
6 16 (3.77%) Packer
7 15 (3.54%) FortiGate
8 14 (3.30%) systemd
9 10 (2.36%) SCCM
10 9 (2.12%) Argo
11 7 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (1.65%) vCenter Server
12 6 (1.42%) vRealize
13 5 (1.18%) Nagios
13 5 (1.18%) SELinux
13 5 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.94%) Data Guard
14 4 (0.94%) Podman
14 4 (0.94%) Red Hat Satellite
15 3 (0.71%) Cilium
Vendors
1 68 (16.04%) Microsoft
2 55 (12.97%) VMware
3 52 (12.26%) Cisco
4 37 (8.73%) Splunk
5 36 (8.49%) Google
6 34 (8.02%) Red Hat
7 32 (7.55%) Oracle
8 28 (6.60%) Palo Alto
9 27 (6.37%) Fortinet
10 21 (4.95%) ServiceNow
11 17 (4.01%) Dynatrace
12 15 (3.54%) F5
13 14 (3.30%) Arista
14 12 (2.83%) Juniper
15 11 (2.59%) CyberArk
15 11 (2.59%) Zscaler
16 8 (1.89%) CrowdStrike
16 8 (1.89%) Tenable
17 7 (1.65%) Okta
17 7 (1.65%) Rapid7