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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 91 83
Rank change year-on-year -39 -8 -19
Contract jobs citing Ansible 314 406 467
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.20% 2.92% 2.57%
As % of the Systems Management category 14.15% 19.91% 19.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 266 343
10th Percentile £350 £460 £413
25th Percentile £463 £519 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £567 £620 £568
Median % change year-on-year -8.63% +9.25% -15.93%
75th Percentile £663 £713 £688
90th Percentile £769 £810 £798
England median daily rate £525 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £60.00
Median hourly rate - - £67.00
75th Percentile - - £70.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £82.00 £74.44 £68.63
% change year-on-year +10.16% +8.46% -5.98%

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 2,219 2,039 2,431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 15.53% 14.69% 13.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,518 1,336 1,806
10th Percentile £350 £360 £325
25th Percentile £429 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £556
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +1.57% -11.00%
75th Percentile £638 £676 £675
90th Percentile £723 £789 £750
England median daily rate £505 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.33% -8.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 16 29
10th Percentile £20.82 £22.30 £16.86
25th Percentile £25.47 £23.80 £25.71
Median hourly rate £52.50 £43.25 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year +21.39% +13.35% +50.48%
75th Percentile £63.32 £72.13 £62.50
90th Percentile - £106.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £50.61 £26.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +90.98% -42.62% +21.53%

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 19 January 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 19 January 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 -3 57 £594 -5.00% 28
South London -5 7 £530 -26.90% 11
West London -14 5 £675 +31.71% 8
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 16 (5.10%) Confluence
2 6 (1.91%) Apache
3 5 (1.59%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.27%) Appian
4 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.96%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.96%) Ethereum
5 3 (0.96%) Hyperledger
6 2 (0.64%) nginx
6 2 (0.64%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.64%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.64%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.64%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.32%) FileNet
Applications
1 7 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (1.59%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.32%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Endur
1 1 (0.32%) ION MarketView
Cloud Services
1 138 (43.95%) AWS
2 89 (28.34%) Azure
3 74 (23.57%) GitHub
4 62 (19.75%) GCP
5 40 (12.74%) Amazon S3
6 36 (11.46%) GitHub Actions
7 33 (10.51%) Amazon EC2
8 31 (9.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 30 (9.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 30 (9.55%) AWS CloudFormation
10 29 (9.24%) Azure DevOps
11 27 (8.60%) Serverless
12 25 (7.96%) OpenShift
13 21 (6.69%) Amazon EKS
14 20 (6.37%) Amazon ECS
15 16 (5.10%) AWS Lambda
16 13 (4.14%) Amazon ELB
17 12 (3.82%) IaaS
18 10 (3.18%) Datadog
19 9 (2.87%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 64 (20.38%) Firewall
2 40 (12.74%) VPN
3 37 (11.78%) DNS
4 31 (9.87%) TCP/IP
5 28 (8.92%) Network Security
6 23 (7.32%) BGP
7 20 (6.37%) SSL
7 20 (6.37%) WAN
8 19 (6.05%) OSPF
8 19 (6.05%) SD-WAN
9 12 (3.82%) VXLAN
10 11 (3.50%) DHCP
10 11 (3.50%) Ethernet VPN
10 11 (3.50%) LAN
11 10 (3.18%) HTTP
12 6 (1.91%) Multicast
12 6 (1.91%) NetScaler
12 6 (1.91%) SAN
13 5 (1.59%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 5 (1.59%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.69%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (4.14%) MySQL
3 12 (3.82%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (3.50%) SQL Server
5 8 (2.55%) NoSQL
6 7 (2.23%) DynamoDB
6 7 (2.23%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (2.23%) MongoDB
6 7 (2.23%) Redis
7 5 (1.59%) Hadoop
8 3 (0.96%) Apache Hive
8 3 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.96%) Impala
9 2 (0.64%) Big Data
9 2 (0.64%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.64%) Hazelcast
9 2 (0.64%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.64%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.64%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 90 (28.66%) Jenkins
2 65 (20.70%) GitLab
3 58 (18.47%) Git
4 20 (6.37%) JIRA
5 11 (3.50%) Cucumber
6 10 (3.18%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (2.55%) TeamCity
8 6 (1.91%) JUnit
8 6 (1.91%) SonarQube
8 6 (1.91%) Terragrunt
9 5 (1.59%) Robot Framework
10 4 (1.27%) CircleCI
10 4 (1.27%) JMeter
10 4 (1.27%) RStudio
10 4 (1.27%) Subversion
11 3 (0.96%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.96%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.96%) Gradle
11 3 (0.96%) Maven
11 3 (0.96%) Selenium
General
1 85 (27.07%) Social Skills
2 80 (25.48%) Finance
3 34 (10.83%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (7.64%) Banking
5 21 (6.69%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.46%) Financial Institution
7 10 (3.18%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.27%) Military
9 4 (1.27%) Social Science
10 3 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.96%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.64%) International Banking
11 2 (0.64%) Private Banking
11 2 (0.64%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.32%) Back Office
12 1 (0.32%) Billing
12 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 70 (22.29%) DevOps Engineer
2 43 (13.69%) Senior
3 39 (12.42%) Network Engineer
4 34 (10.83%) Architect
5 33 (10.51%) Developer
6 25 (7.96%) AWS Engineer
7 22 (7.01%) Automation Engineer
8 21 (6.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 20 (6.37%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 16 (5.10%) Python Engineer
10 16 (5.10%) Site Engineer
11 13 (4.14%) Java Developer
11 13 (4.14%) Senior DevOps
11 13 (4.14%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 12 (3.82%) AWS DevOps
12 12 (3.82%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 12 (3.82%) Azure Engineer
12 12 (3.82%) Consultant
13 11 (3.50%) AWS Architect
14 10 (3.18%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.01%) Kafka
2 15 (4.78%) REST
3 14 (4.46%) Node.js
3 14 (4.46%) OAuth
4 12 (3.82%) Spring
4 12 (3.82%) YAML
5 9 (2.87%) JSON
5 9 (2.87%) OpenID
6 8 (2.55%) OAuth2
7 7 (2.23%) Elastic Stack
7 7 (2.23%) Jinja
8 6 (1.91%) JWT
8 6 (1.91%) Middleware
8 6 (1.91%) RESTful
8 6 (1.91%) Spring Boot
9 5 (1.59%) Hibernate
9 5 (1.59%) OpenTelemetry
9 5 (1.59%) Web Services
9 5 (1.59%) XML
9 5 (1.59%) ZK
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.15%) Cloud Native
2 24 (7.64%) Data Centre
3 18 (5.73%) Hybrid Cloud
4 16 (5.10%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (4.46%) Hedge funds
5 14 (4.46%) Public Cloud
6 12 (3.82%) Private Cloud
7 11 (3.50%) Linux Command Line
8 8 (2.55%) Clustering
9 7 (2.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (2.23%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.23%) Replication
10 6 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.59%) Enterprise Storage
11 5 (1.59%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.59%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.27%) Fixed Income
12 4 (1.27%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 100 (31.85%) Linux
2 36 (11.46%) Windows
3 30 (9.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (6.69%) Unix
5 14 (4.46%) Windows Server
6 13 (4.14%) VMS
7 7 (2.23%) CentOS
8 6 (1.91%) Solaris
8 6 (1.91%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.96%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.64%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (51.27%) CI/CD
2 155 (49.36%) DevOps
3 152 (48.41%) Infrastructure as Code
4 79 (25.16%) Containerisation
5 59 (18.79%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (17.20%) Agile
7 48 (15.29%) High Availability
7 48 (15.29%) Infrastructure Automation
8 44 (14.01%) Migration
8 44 (14.01%) Observability
9 38 (12.10%) Continuous Improvement
10 37 (11.78%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 33 (10.51%) Configuration Management
12 31 (9.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 28 (8.92%) DevSecOps
13 28 (8.92%) Test Automation
14 27 (8.60%) Performance Tuning
15 26 (8.28%) Load Balancing
15 26 (8.28%) Project Delivery
16 23 (7.32%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 166 (52.87%) Python
2 80 (25.48%) Bash
3 35 (11.15%) Java
4 34 (10.83%) PowerShell
5 24 (7.64%) SQL
6 16 (5.10%) Go
7 12 (3.82%) Perl
8 11 (3.50%) Shell Script
9 9 (2.87%) JavaScript
10 5 (1.59%) C++
11 3 (0.96%) C#
11 3 (0.96%) PHP
11 3 (0.96%) Rust
11 3 (0.96%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 76 (24.20%) Security Cleared
2 65 (20.70%) SC Cleared
3 19 (6.05%) AWS Certification
4 17 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (4.46%) CCNP
6 11 (3.50%) DV Cleared
7 10 (3.18%) CCIE
7 10 (3.18%) Degree
8 8 (2.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (2.55%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.91%) RHCE
10 5 (1.59%) CCSE
10 5 (1.59%) JNCIE
10 5 (1.59%) JNCIP
11 4 (1.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.96%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (0.96%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 3 (0.96%) CCNA
12 3 (0.96%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.18%) GDPR
2 8 (2.55%) QA
3 6 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.59%) NIST
4 5 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.64%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.64%) ISO 8583
5 2 (0.64%) NCSC
5 2 (0.64%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.64%) PSD2
5 2 (0.64%) SEPA
6 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.32%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.32%) SLA
6 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 94 (29.94%) Docker
2 27 (8.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (5.73%) Active Directory
4 12 (3.82%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (2.55%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (2.55%) VMware NSX
6 7 (2.23%) KVM
7 5 (1.59%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.59%) NFS
7 5 (1.59%) vSphere
8 4 (1.27%) Veritas File System
8 4 (1.27%) Veritas Volume Manager
9 3 (0.96%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.96%) HDFS
9 3 (0.96%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.64%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 2 (0.64%) Ceph
10 2 (0.64%) Lustre
10 2 (0.64%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 188 (59.87%) Terraform
2 102 (32.48%) Kubernetes
3 36 (11.46%) Grafana
4 35 (11.15%) Prometheus
5 25 (7.96%) Puppet
6 24 (7.64%) Progress Chef
7 11 (3.50%) Red Hat Satellite
8 9 (2.87%) Argo
8 9 (2.87%) Kibana
9 8 (2.55%) SCCM
10 6 (1.91%) Rancher
10 6 (1.91%) SCOM
10 6 (1.91%) vCenter Server
11 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (1.59%) vRealize
12 4 (1.27%) ITRS Geneos
12 4 (1.27%) Nagios
12 4 (1.27%) Packer
12 4 (1.27%) QRadar
13 3 (0.96%) Salt
Vendors
1 35 (11.15%) VMware
2 31 (9.87%) Splunk
3 29 (9.24%) Cisco
4 28 (8.92%) Arista
5 27 (8.60%) Red Hat
6 26 (8.28%) Microsoft
7 25 (7.96%) F5
7 25 (7.96%) Google
8 20 (6.37%) CheckPoint
9 18 (5.73%) Palo Alto
10 15 (4.78%) ServiceNow
11 12 (3.82%) Oracle
11 12 (3.82%) Zscaler
12 10 (3.18%) CyberArk
13 9 (2.87%) Aruba
13 9 (2.87%) Citrix
13 9 (2.87%) Fortinet
14 7 (2.23%) Juniper
15 6 (1.91%) PagerDuty
16 5 (1.59%) MuleSoft