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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 98 108
Rank change year-on-year -52 +10 -26
Contract jobs citing Ansible 361 388 400
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.83% 2.87% 2.30%
As % of the Systems Management category 13.25% 18.55% 16.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 230 270
10th Percentile £401 £422 £381
25th Percentile £470 £489 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -11.54%
75th Percentile £636 £688 £698
90th Percentile £731 £775 £776
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £37.15 -
25th Percentile £56.75 £38.50 -
Median hourly rate £58.50 £42.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% - -
75th Percentile £60.25 £52.06 -
90th Percentile - £56.23 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £56.00 £74.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% -24.32% +0.88%

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 2,725 2,092 2,396
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.80% 15.46% 13.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,900 1,376 1,713
10th Percentile £356 £350 £335
25th Percentile £440 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -2.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £627 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 16 36
10th Percentile £24.35 £26.23 £20.00
25th Percentile £32.00 £26.68 £20.50
Median hourly rate £58.13 £42.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.59% +69.00% -60.63%
75th Percentile £79.69 £59.88 £41.63
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £69.13
England median hourly rate £65.00 £54.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year +19.27% +74.40% -43.18%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -27 39 £550 - 16
South London -15 5 £520 -14.75% 2
West London -13 4 £500 +20.48% 5
East London +1 2 £551 -18.44% 6
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 17 (4.71%) Confluence
2 9 (2.49%) Apache
3 6 (1.66%) nginx
4 5 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.11%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.11%) WebSphere
5 4 (1.11%) WordPress
6 3 (0.83%) JBoss
6 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.55%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.55%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.55%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.55%) CMS
7 2 (0.55%) Mule
7 2 (0.55%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.28%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.28%) MTS
8 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.55%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 170 (47.09%) AWS
2 124 (34.35%) Azure
3 73 (20.22%) GitHub
4 41 (11.36%) Azure DevOps
5 39 (10.80%) GCP
6 35 (9.70%) GitHub Actions
7 28 (7.76%) Amazon S3
8 27 (7.48%) Amazon EC2
9 26 (7.20%) Datadog
9 26 (7.20%) Serverless
10 25 (6.93%) OpenShift
10 25 (6.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 22 (6.09%) Amazon EKS
11 22 (6.09%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (5.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 20 (5.54%) AWS CloudFormation
12 20 (5.54%) Entra ID
13 18 (4.99%) Azure AKS
14 14 (3.88%) PaaS
15 13 (3.60%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 70 (19.39%) Firewall
2 42 (11.63%) BGP
3 41 (11.36%) VPN
4 33 (9.14%) DNS
5 32 (8.86%) WAN
6 24 (6.65%) OSPF
7 23 (6.37%) TCP/IP
8 21 (5.82%) Network Security
9 14 (3.88%) VLAN
9 14 (3.88%) VXLAN
10 13 (3.60%) Cisco IOS
10 13 (3.60%) MPLS
10 13 (3.60%) Wireless
11 12 (3.32%) SSL
12 11 (3.05%) DHCP
12 11 (3.05%) IOS XR
12 11 (3.05%) Multicast
13 10 (2.77%) Ethernet VPN
13 10 (2.77%) NX-OS
13 10 (2.77%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.43%) Elasticsearch
2 15 (4.16%) MongoDB
2 15 (4.16%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (3.60%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (2.49%) Redis
5 7 (1.94%) Amazon Redshift
5 7 (1.94%) Big Data
6 6 (1.66%) Amazon Athena
6 6 (1.66%) MySQL
6 6 (1.66%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.39%) Amazon QuickSight
7 5 (1.39%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.11%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.11%) Power BI
9 2 (0.55%) Apache Hive
9 2 (0.55%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.55%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.55%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.55%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.55%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 89 (24.65%) Jenkins
2 76 (21.05%) Git
3 71 (19.67%) GitLab
4 27 (7.48%) JIRA
5 9 (2.49%) Artifactory
6 8 (2.22%) Snyk
6 8 (2.22%) SonarQube
7 7 (1.94%) Postman
8 6 (1.66%) CircleCI
8 6 (1.66%) JMeter
8 6 (1.66%) JUnit
9 5 (1.39%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (1.11%) Ant
10 4 (1.11%) Liquibase
11 3 (0.83%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.83%) Gradle
11 3 (0.83%) Mockito
12 2 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.55%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.55%) GoCD
General
1 74 (20.50%) Finance
2 57 (15.79%) Social Skills
3 34 (9.42%) Public Sector
4 30 (8.31%) Banking
5 26 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (4.16%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.49%) Financial Institution
8 7 (1.94%) Law
8 7 (1.94%) Retail
9 6 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.66%) Investment Banking
9 6 (1.66%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.39%) Police
11 4 (1.11%) Front Office
11 4 (1.11%) Military
11 4 (1.11%) Publishing
12 3 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.55%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.55%) Legal
14 1 (0.28%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 87 (24.10%) DevOps Engineer
2 46 (12.74%) Architect
3 42 (11.63%) Senior
4 41 (11.36%) Network Engineer
5 30 (8.31%) AWS Engineer
6 27 (7.48%) Developer
7 23 (6.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 22 (6.09%) Automation Engineer
8 22 (6.09%) Linux Engineer
9 21 (5.82%) Cloud Engineer
9 21 (5.82%) Lead
10 18 (4.99%) Platform Engineer
11 17 (4.71%) AWS DevOps
12 16 (4.43%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 16 (4.43%) Java Developer
12 16 (4.43%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 14 (3.88%) Site Engineer
13 14 (3.88%) Solutions Architect
14 13 (3.60%) Azure Engineer
15 11 (3.05%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.65%) REST
2 23 (6.37%) Kafka
3 16 (4.43%) YAML
4 12 (3.32%) .NET
4 12 (3.32%) Middleware
5 11 (3.05%) ARM Templates
5 11 (3.05%) Spring
6 9 (2.49%) JSON
6 9 (2.49%) React
7 8 (2.22%) cloud-init
8 7 (1.94%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (1.94%) RabbitMQ
8 7 (1.94%) Spring Boot
8 7 (1.94%) Swagger
9 6 (1.66%) RESTful
9 6 (1.66%) SAML
9 6 (1.66%) Web Services
10 5 (1.39%) JMS
10 5 (1.39%) Node.js
10 5 (1.39%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 50 (13.85%) Cloud Native
2 43 (11.91%) Data Centre
3 23 (6.37%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (4.99%) PKI
5 17 (4.71%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (4.43%) Security Posture
7 15 (4.16%) Onboarding
8 12 (3.32%) Public Cloud
9 10 (2.77%) Enterprise Storage
9 10 (2.77%) Linux Command Line
10 9 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (2.22%) Clustering
11 8 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.94%) CMDB
12 7 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.94%) Legacy Applications
13 5 (1.39%) Cloud Security Posture
13 5 (1.39%) Fixed Income
13 5 (1.39%) Virtual Team
14 4 (1.11%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 131 (36.29%) Linux
2 49 (13.57%) Windows
3 39 (10.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 26 (7.20%) Unix
5 24 (6.65%) Ubuntu
6 20 (5.54%) Windows Server
7 5 (1.39%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (1.11%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.55%) CentOS
9 2 (0.55%) Debian
9 2 (0.55%) Solaris
9 2 (0.55%) VMS
10 1 (0.28%) AIX
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.28%) Rocky
10 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (55.96%) DevOps
2 176 (48.75%) CI/CD
3 167 (46.26%) Infrastructure as Code
4 89 (24.65%) Containerisation
5 78 (21.61%) Configuration Management
6 72 (19.94%) Agile
7 63 (17.45%) Observability
8 56 (15.51%) Platform Engineering
9 47 (13.02%) AI
10 46 (12.74%) Migration
11 44 (12.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 40 (11.08%) Continuous Improvement
13 39 (10.80%) Problem-Solving
14 35 (9.70%) Cloud Security
14 35 (9.70%) Infrastructure Automation
15 34 (9.42%) Mentoring
16 32 (8.86%) Stakeholder Management
16 32 (8.86%) Test Automation
17 30 (8.31%) Runbook
18 29 (8.03%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 189 (52.35%) Python
2 105 (29.09%) Bash
3 69 (19.11%) PowerShell
4 45 (12.47%) Java
5 21 (5.82%) SQL
6 15 (4.16%) Shell Script
7 12 (3.32%) Bicep
7 12 (3.32%) JavaScript
8 9 (2.49%) Go
9 7 (1.94%) Ruby
10 5 (1.39%) C#
10 5 (1.39%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.11%) C
12 3 (0.83%) C++
12 3 (0.83%) Groovy
12 3 (0.83%) Perl
13 2 (0.55%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.55%) Scala
14 1 (0.28%) PHP
14 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 122 (33.80%) Security Cleared
2 103 (28.53%) SC Cleared
3 27 (7.48%) Cisco Certification
4 25 (6.93%) Degree
5 23 (6.37%) CCNP
6 18 (4.99%) DV Cleared
7 16 (4.43%) AWS Certification
7 16 (4.43%) Azure Certification
8 14 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (3.05%) CCIE
10 9 (2.49%) CISSP
11 7 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.66%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 5 (1.39%) Oracle Certification
14 4 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (1.11%) CCNA
14 4 (1.11%) ISSAP
15 3 (0.83%) CISM
15 3 (0.83%) JNCIP
15 3 (0.83%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.60%) QA
2 9 (2.49%) NIST
3 6 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.83%) GDPR
4 3 (0.83%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.55%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.55%) NCSC
5 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.28%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 82 (22.71%) Docker
2 29 (8.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.82%) Active Directory
4 16 (4.43%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (3.88%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (2.77%) Hyper-V
6 10 (2.77%) vSphere
7 9 (2.49%) VMware NSX
8 7 (1.94%) BitLocker
8 7 (1.94%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (1.66%) NFS
10 4 (1.11%) Postfix
10 4 (1.11%) Varnish
11 3 (0.83%) IAG
11 3 (0.83%) KVM
11 3 (0.83%) Sendmail
11 3 (0.83%) Squid
11 3 (0.83%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.55%) Ceph
12 2 (0.55%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 201 (55.68%) Terraform
2 145 (40.17%) Kubernetes
3 73 (20.22%) Prometheus
4 68 (18.84%) Grafana
5 42 (11.63%) Puppet
6 17 (4.71%) Progress Chef
7 15 (4.16%) Packer
8 14 (3.88%) vCenter Server
9 10 (2.77%) FortiGate
10 8 (2.22%) Salt
10 8 (2.22%) systemd
11 7 (1.94%) vMotion
12 6 (1.66%) Oracle RMAN
13 5 (1.39%) Data Guard
13 5 (1.39%) Nagios
13 5 (1.39%) SELinux
13 5 (1.39%) vRealize
14 4 (1.11%) HAProxy
14 4 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
15 3 (0.83%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 53 (14.68%) Cisco
2 48 (13.30%) Microsoft
3 38 (10.53%) VMware
4 33 (9.14%) Palo Alto
5 31 (8.59%) Splunk
6 29 (8.03%) Arista
7 25 (6.93%) Fortinet
8 22 (6.09%) F5
9 21 (5.82%) Red Hat
10 16 (4.43%) Oracle
10 16 (4.43%) ServiceNow
11 14 (3.88%) Juniper
12 13 (3.60%) Google
13 12 (3.32%) Zscaler
14 10 (2.77%) NetApp
14 10 (2.77%) Okta
15 9 (2.49%) Aruba
15 9 (2.49%) IBM
16 8 (2.22%) Dynatrace
17 7 (1.94%) Citrix