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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 118 91
Rank change year-on-year -31 -27 -14
Contract jobs citing Ansible 421 336 444
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.05% 2.51% 2.77%
As % of the Systems Management category 17.90% 18.43% 21.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 208 292
10th Percentile £417 £363 £439
25th Percentile £481 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £674 £675 £688
90th Percentile £788 £772 £810
England median daily rate £569 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -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 2,352 1,823 2,033
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.47% 13.62% 12.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,583 1,180 1,357
10th Percentile £333 £335 £328
25th Percentile £437 £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 18 16 18
10th Percentile £23.20 £21.09 -
25th Percentile £24.48 £26.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.50 £38.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +43.52% -55.00%
75th Percentile £67.50 £59.81 £61.88
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.41 £103.60
England median hourly rate £65.00 £34.00 £36.83
% change year-on-year +91.18% -7.69% -29.84%

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 16 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 16 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 -23 45 £575 -4.17% 8
South London -3 11 £535 -13.71% 1
West London -21 7 £519 +25.00% 1
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 (5.70%) Confluence
2 9 (2.14%) nginx
3 8 (1.90%) Apache
4 7 (1.66%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.19%) Apache Solr
5 5 (1.19%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.95%) CMS
6 4 (0.95%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.95%) WordPress
7 2 (0.48%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.48%) CICS
7 2 (0.48%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.48%) Mule
7 2 (0.48%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.48%) SAS
7 2 (0.48%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.24%) JBoss
8 1 (0.24%) MTS
8 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.71%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Endur
2 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 202 (47.98%) AWS
2 163 (38.72%) Azure
3 92 (21.85%) GitHub
4 78 (18.53%) GCP
5 50 (11.88%) GitHub Actions
6 47 (11.16%) Azure DevOps
7 40 (9.50%) OpenShift
8 39 (9.26%) Datadog
9 37 (8.79%) Amazon EKS
10 33 (7.84%) Amazon EC2
11 31 (7.36%) Amazon S3
12 30 (7.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 30 (7.13%) Serverless
13 29 (6.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 26 (6.18%) AWS Lambda
15 21 (4.99%) Azure AKS
16 19 (4.51%) Entra ID
17 17 (4.04%) AWS CloudFormation
18 14 (3.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
19 13 (3.09%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 64 (15.20%) Firewall
2 44 (10.45%) DNS
3 41 (9.74%) BGP
3 41 (9.74%) VPN
4 33 (7.84%) Network Security
5 29 (6.89%) TCP/IP
6 24 (5.70%) OSPF
7 22 (5.23%) SSL
7 22 (5.23%) WAN
8 17 (4.04%) DHCP
9 16 (3.80%) Internet
9 16 (3.80%) VLAN
10 13 (3.09%) SD-WAN
11 11 (2.61%) MPLS
11 11 (2.61%) Multicast
12 10 (2.38%) SSH
12 10 (2.38%) Wireless
13 9 (2.14%) Ethernet VPN
13 9 (2.14%) NX-OS
13 9 (2.14%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.28%) Amazon RDS
2 17 (4.04%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (3.56%) MongoDB
4 14 (3.33%) SQL Server
5 13 (3.09%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (3.09%) MySQL
6 12 (2.85%) Relational Database
7 10 (2.38%) Big Data
7 10 (2.38%) Power BI
8 9 (2.14%) Oracle Database
9 8 (1.90%) Redis
10 7 (1.66%) Data Lake
11 6 (1.43%) NoSQL
12 5 (1.19%) Apache Cassandra
12 5 (1.19%) ObjectStore
13 4 (0.95%) Apache Hive
13 4 (0.95%) Hadoop
13 4 (0.95%) Metadata
13 4 (0.95%) Spark SQL
14 3 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 101 (23.99%) Jenkins
2 98 (23.28%) Git
3 91 (21.62%) GitLab
4 25 (5.94%) JIRA
5 13 (3.09%) Artifactory
5 13 (3.09%) Bitbucket
5 13 (3.09%) SonarQube
6 11 (2.61%) Selenium
7 9 (2.14%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (1.90%) JMeter
8 8 (1.90%) Postman
9 6 (1.43%) Snyk
10 5 (1.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (1.19%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.19%) Robot Framework
11 4 (0.95%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.95%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.71%) GoCD
12 3 (0.71%) Maven
12 3 (0.71%) TestRail
General
1 112 (26.60%) Finance
2 77 (18.29%) Social Skills
3 50 (11.88%) Banking
4 45 (10.69%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (4.75%) Public Sector
6 15 (3.56%) Financial Institution
7 7 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.43%) Retail
9 5 (1.19%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.19%) Police
9 5 (1.19%) Publishing
10 4 (0.95%) Automotive
10 4 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.95%) Law
10 4 (0.95%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.71%) Front Office
11 3 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.48%) Legal
12 2 (0.48%) Marketing
12 2 (0.48%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 78 (18.53%) DevOps Engineer
2 56 (13.30%) Senior
3 47 (11.16%) Architect
4 45 (10.69%) Lead
5 44 (10.45%) Network Engineer
6 34 (8.08%) Automation Engineer
7 31 (7.36%) Platform Engineer
8 28 (6.65%) Developer
9 27 (6.41%) AWS Engineer
9 27 (6.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 25 (5.94%) Cloud Engineer
10 25 (5.94%) Linux Engineer
11 17 (4.04%) AWS DevOps
11 17 (4.04%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 16 (3.80%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 15 (3.56%) Azure Engineer
14 14 (3.33%) Security Engineer
14 14 (3.33%) Senior DevOps
14 14 (3.33%) Site Engineer
14 14 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 246 (58.43%) Terraform
2 37 (8.79%) Kafka
3 35 (8.31%) REST
4 24 (5.70%) Middleware
5 18 (4.28%) .NET
5 18 (4.28%) YAML
6 17 (4.04%) React
7 16 (3.80%) JSON
8 14 (3.33%) Elastic Stack
9 12 (2.85%) Spring
10 9 (2.14%) Keycloak
10 9 (2.14%) OAuth
10 9 (2.14%) Playwright
10 9 (2.14%) SAML
11 8 (1.90%) Apache NiFi
11 8 (1.90%) cloud-init
12 7 (1.66%) 802.1X
12 7 (1.66%) FastAPI
12 7 (1.66%) OpenTelemetry
12 7 (1.66%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 57 (13.54%) Cloud Native
2 48 (11.40%) Data Centre
3 36 (8.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 24 (5.70%) PKI
5 22 (5.23%) Security Posture
6 20 (4.75%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (4.51%) Onboarding
8 17 (4.04%) Linux Command Line
9 16 (3.80%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (3.80%) Public Cloud
10 11 (2.61%) CMDB
10 11 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (2.38%) Private Cloud
12 9 (2.14%) Legacy Applications
12 9 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.90%) Distributed Applications
13 8 (1.90%) Low-Code
13 8 (1.90%) Product Ownership
13 8 (1.90%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.66%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 177 (42.04%) Linux
2 79 (18.76%) Windows
3 54 (12.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 32 (7.60%) Ubuntu
5 28 (6.65%) Unix
6 27 (6.41%) Windows Server
7 7 (1.66%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.19%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.95%) CentOS
9 4 (0.95%) VMS
9 4 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.48%) AIX
10 2 (0.48%) Solaris
10 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.48%) 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
1 227 (53.92%) CI/CD
2 224 (53.21%) DevOps
3 216 (51.31%) Infrastructure as Code
4 103 (24.47%) Containerisation
5 95 (22.57%) Configuration Management
6 89 (21.14%) Observability
7 84 (19.95%) Platform Engineering
8 75 (17.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 73 (17.34%) Agile
10 71 (16.86%) AI
11 64 (15.20%) Infrastructure Automation
12 63 (14.96%) Migration
13 61 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
14 56 (13.30%) Stakeholder Management
15 53 (12.59%) Problem-Solving
15 53 (12.59%) Runbook
16 52 (12.35%) Test Automation
17 46 (10.93%) Deployment Automation
18 44 (10.45%) Validation
19 43 (10.21%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 264 (62.71%) Python
2 127 (30.17%) Bash
3 100 (23.75%) PowerShell
4 55 (13.06%) Java
5 34 (8.08%) SQL
6 24 (5.70%) JavaScript
7 21 (4.99%) Go
8 20 (4.75%) Shell Script
9 17 (4.04%) C#
10 15 (3.56%) Bicep
11 11 (2.61%) Perl
12 8 (1.90%) C++
13 7 (1.66%) Groovy
13 7 (1.66%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.95%) C
14 4 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.95%) Korn
15 3 (0.71%) Ruby
15 3 (0.71%) TypeScript
16 2 (0.48%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 115 (27.32%) Security Cleared
2 91 (21.62%) SC Cleared
3 27 (6.41%) DV Cleared
4 25 (5.94%) Degree
5 24 (5.70%) AWS Certification
6 20 (4.75%) Cisco Certification
7 15 (3.56%) Azure Certification
7 15 (3.56%) CCNP
8 13 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (2.14%) CISSP
10 8 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.43%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 6 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (1.43%) CCIE
11 6 (1.43%) ISSAP
12 5 (1.19%) CCNA
12 5 (1.19%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.95%) CISM
13 4 (0.95%) JNCIP
13 4 (0.95%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.65%) QA
2 12 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.85%) NIST
3 7 (1.66%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.95%) PCI DSS
4 4 (0.95%) SOC 2
5 3 (0.71%) GDPR
5 3 (0.71%) HIPAA
5 3 (0.71%) SLA
6 2 (0.48%) 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 (25.18%) Docker
2 35 (8.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (6.41%) Active Directory
4 12 (2.85%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (2.85%) vSphere
5 10 (2.38%) Hyper-V
5 10 (2.38%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.43%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.95%) HDFS
7 4 (0.95%) NFS
8 3 (0.71%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.71%) Ceph
8 3 (0.71%) KVM
8 3 (0.71%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.71%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (0.71%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.48%) IAG
9 2 (0.48%) Squid
9 2 (0.48%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.48%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 169 (40.14%) Kubernetes
2 75 (17.81%) Prometheus
3 74 (17.58%) Grafana
4 41 (9.74%) Puppet
5 19 (4.51%) Progress Chef
6 16 (3.80%) Packer
7 15 (3.56%) FortiGate
8 14 (3.33%) systemd
9 10 (2.38%) SCCM
10 9 (2.14%) Argo
11 7 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (1.66%) vCenter Server
12 6 (1.43%) vRealize
13 5 (1.19%) Nagios
13 5 (1.19%) SELinux
13 5 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.95%) Podman
14 4 (0.95%) Red Hat Satellite
15 3 (0.71%) Cilium
15 3 (0.71%) Consul
Vendors
1 68 (16.15%) Microsoft
2 55 (13.06%) VMware
3 51 (12.11%) Cisco
4 37 (8.79%) Splunk
5 36 (8.55%) Google
6 34 (8.08%) Red Hat
7 32 (7.60%) Oracle
8 27 (6.41%) Palo Alto
9 26 (6.18%) Fortinet
10 22 (5.23%) ServiceNow
11 17 (4.04%) Dynatrace
12 15 (3.56%) F5
13 13 (3.09%) Arista
14 12 (2.85%) Juniper
15 10 (2.38%) CyberArk
15 10 (2.38%) Zscaler
16 8 (1.90%) Bloomberg
16 8 (1.90%) CrowdStrike
16 8 (1.90%) Tenable
17 7 (1.66%) Reuters