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 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 91 116
Rank change year-on-year -51 +25 -37
Contract jobs citing Ansible 345 369 389
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.82% 2.97% 2.19%
As % of the Systems Management category 13.14% 19.10% 16.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 228 266
10th Percentile £401 £425 £381
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -11.54%
75th Percentile £631 £688 £689
90th Percentile £718 £775 £763
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £36.85 -
25th Percentile £56.75 £37.75 -
Median hourly rate £58.50 £40.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +46.25% - -
75th Percentile £60.25 £44.88 -
90th Percentile - £47.80 -
England median hourly rate £63.14 £44.50 £72.00
% change year-on-year +41.88% -38.19% -2.32%

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 2,626 1,932 2,306
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.87% 15.55% 12.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,804 1,296 1,674
10th Percentile £358 £352 £330
25th Percentile £438 £425 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -10.42%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £716 £750 £750
England median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 11 35
10th Percentile £22.33 £26.45 £20.00
25th Percentile £30.75 £27.88 £20.50
Median hourly rate £58.50 £40.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.25% +60.00% -60.94%
75th Percentile £73.00 £53.75 £44.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £69.55
England median hourly rate £58.94 £44.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year +32.44% +41.27% -42.73%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 -31 45 £550 -2.22% 7
South London -12 4 £505 -15.83%
West London -22 3 £500 - 4
East London -1 2 £551 -18.44% 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 12 (3.48%) Confluence
2 8 (2.32%) Apache
3 4 (1.16%) WebSphere
3 4 (1.16%) WordPress
4 3 (0.87%) JBoss
4 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.87%) nginx
5 2 (0.58%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.58%) CloudStack
5 2 (0.58%) CMS
5 2 (0.58%) Mule
5 2 (0.58%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.58%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.29%) MTS
6 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.58%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 163 (47.25%) AWS
2 120 (34.78%) Azure
3 75 (21.74%) GitHub
4 42 (12.17%) GCP
5 40 (11.59%) GitHub Actions
6 37 (10.72%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (8.70%) OpenShift
8 24 (6.96%) Amazon S3
9 23 (6.67%) Amazon EKS
10 22 (6.38%) Amazon EC2
10 22 (6.38%) Serverless
10 22 (6.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 21 (6.09%) Datadog
12 20 (5.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 20 (5.80%) AWS CloudFormation
12 20 (5.80%) Entra ID
13 18 (5.22%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (4.93%) Azure AKS
15 16 (4.64%) PaaS
16 15 (4.35%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 76 (22.03%) Firewall
2 41 (11.88%) VPN
3 38 (11.01%) BGP
4 31 (8.99%) WAN
5 30 (8.70%) DNS
6 25 (7.25%) Network Security
7 22 (6.38%) OSPF
8 16 (4.64%) TCP/IP
9 14 (4.06%) VXLAN
9 14 (4.06%) Wireless
10 13 (3.77%) Cisco IOS
10 13 (3.77%) MPLS
11 11 (3.19%) DHCP
11 11 (3.19%) IOS XR
11 11 (3.19%) Multicast
11 11 (3.19%) SD-WAN
12 10 (2.90%) Ethernet VPN
12 10 (2.90%) NX-OS
12 10 (2.90%) SSL
12 10 (2.90%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.64%) MongoDB
2 15 (4.35%) Elasticsearch
3 14 (4.06%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (2.90%) Redis
5 7 (2.03%) Amazon Redshift
6 6 (1.74%) Amazon Athena
6 6 (1.74%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.45%) Amazon QuickSight
7 5 (1.45%) Big Data
7 5 (1.45%) MySQL
7 5 (1.45%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.16%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.87%) Power BI
10 2 (0.58%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.58%) Hazelcast
10 2 (0.58%) Sybase ASE
11 1 (0.29%) GIS
11 1 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 88 (25.51%) Jenkins
2 67 (19.42%) GitLab
3 64 (18.55%) Git
4 23 (6.67%) JIRA
5 9 (2.61%) Artifactory
6 8 (2.32%) Snyk
6 8 (2.32%) SonarQube
7 7 (2.03%) CircleCI
7 7 (2.03%) Postman
8 6 (1.74%) JMeter
8 6 (1.74%) JUnit
9 5 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (1.16%) Ant
10 4 (1.16%) Liquibase
11 3 (0.87%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.87%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.87%) Gradle
11 3 (0.87%) Mockito
12 2 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.58%) Gatling
General
1 67 (19.42%) Finance
2 54 (15.65%) Social Skills
3 33 (9.57%) Public Sector
4 27 (7.83%) Banking
5 19 (5.51%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (4.93%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.32%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.03%) Law
9 6 (1.74%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.45%) Military
10 5 (1.45%) Police
11 4 (1.16%) Publishing
11 4 (1.16%) Retail
12 3 (0.87%) Front Office
12 3 (0.87%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.58%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.58%) Legal
13 2 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 90 (26.09%) DevOps Engineer
2 46 (13.33%) Architect
3 38 (11.01%) Senior
4 36 (10.43%) Network Engineer
5 30 (8.70%) AWS Engineer
6 28 (8.12%) Developer
7 24 (6.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 23 (6.67%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 21 (6.09%) Lead
10 20 (5.80%) AWS DevOps
10 20 (5.80%) Linux Engineer
11 19 (5.51%) Automation Engineer
11 19 (5.51%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 19 (5.51%) Java Developer
12 18 (5.22%) Cloud Engineer
13 16 (4.64%) Site Engineer
14 13 (3.77%) Azure Engineer
14 13 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (3.48%) Network Architect
15 12 (3.48%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.25%) Kafka
2 23 (6.67%) REST
3 16 (4.64%) YAML
4 12 (3.48%) Middleware
4 12 (3.48%) Spring
5 11 (3.19%) .NET
5 11 (3.19%) JSON
6 9 (2.61%) Elastic Stack
6 9 (2.61%) Spring Boot
7 8 (2.32%) ARM Templates
7 8 (2.32%) cloud-init
7 8 (2.32%) OpenTelemetry
8 7 (2.03%) RabbitMQ
8 7 (2.03%) React
8 7 (2.03%) Swagger
8 7 (2.03%) Web Services
9 6 (1.74%) OAuth
9 6 (1.74%) RESTful
9 6 (1.74%) SAML
10 5 (1.45%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 49 (14.20%) Cloud Native
2 42 (12.17%) Data Centre
3 21 (6.09%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (5.22%) PKI
5 16 (4.64%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (4.06%) Onboarding
7 13 (3.77%) Public Cloud
8 11 (3.19%) Enterprise Storage
9 10 (2.90%) Clustering
9 10 (2.90%) Security Posture
10 7 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (2.03%) Legacy Applications
11 6 (1.74%) CMDB
12 5 (1.45%) Fixed Income
12 5 (1.45%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (1.16%) Private Cloud
13 4 (1.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 118 (34.20%) Linux
2 50 (14.49%) Windows
3 31 (8.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 23 (6.67%) Ubuntu
4 23 (6.67%) Unix
5 22 (6.38%) Windows Server
6 8 (2.32%) VMS
7 7 (2.03%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (1.16%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.58%) CentOS
10 2 (0.58%) Debian
10 2 (0.58%) Solaris
11 1 (0.29%) AIX
11 1 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.29%) Rocky
11 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (56.52%) DevOps
2 172 (49.86%) CI/CD
3 166 (48.12%) Infrastructure as Code
4 88 (25.51%) Containerisation
5 72 (20.87%) Configuration Management
6 64 (18.55%) Agile
6 64 (18.55%) Observability
7 51 (14.78%) Migration
8 48 (13.91%) Platform Engineering
9 41 (11.88%) Continuous Improvement
10 39 (11.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 39 (11.30%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 37 (10.72%) AI
11 37 (10.72%) Mentoring
12 35 (10.14%) Infrastructure Automation
13 32 (9.28%) Problem-Solving
14 31 (8.99%) Cloud Security
15 30 (8.70%) Load Balancing
16 28 (8.12%) Incident Management
16 28 (8.12%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 159 (46.09%) Python
2 92 (26.67%) Bash
3 62 (17.97%) PowerShell
4 40 (11.59%) Java
5 25 (7.25%) SQL
6 13 (3.77%) Shell Script
7 12 (3.48%) Bicep
8 10 (2.90%) Go
9 9 (2.61%) JavaScript
10 7 (2.03%) Ruby
11 5 (1.45%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.16%) C
13 3 (0.87%) Groovy
13 3 (0.87%) Perl
14 2 (0.58%) ActionScript
14 2 (0.58%) C#
14 2 (0.58%) C++
14 2 (0.58%) Scala
15 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 118 (34.20%) Security Cleared
2 103 (29.86%) SC Cleared
3 26 (7.54%) Cisco Certification
3 26 (7.54%) Degree
4 22 (6.38%) CCNP
5 17 (4.93%) AWS Certification
6 15 (4.35%) Azure Certification
6 15 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (4.35%) DV Cleared
7 11 (3.19%) CCIE
8 8 (2.32%) CISSP
9 7 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.45%) Oracle Certification
11 4 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (1.16%) CCNA
11 4 (1.16%) ISSAP
12 3 (0.87%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (0.87%) CISM
12 3 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.87%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.19%) QA
2 10 (2.90%) NIST
3 6 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.16%) GDPR
5 3 (0.87%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.58%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.58%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.58%) ISO 8583
6 2 (0.58%) NCSC
6 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.58%) PSD2
6 2 (0.58%) SEPA
7 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.29%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 82 (23.77%) Docker
2 28 (8.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (6.67%) Active Directory
4 18 (5.22%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (3.77%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (3.48%) Hyper-V
7 10 (2.90%) vSphere
8 9 (2.61%) BitLocker
8 9 (2.61%) Microsoft App-V
9 8 (2.32%) VMware NSX
10 5 (1.45%) NFS
11 4 (1.16%) Postfix
11 4 (1.16%) Varnish
12 3 (0.87%) KVM
12 3 (0.87%) Sendmail
12 3 (0.87%) Squid
12 3 (0.87%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.58%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.58%) Firmware
13 2 (0.58%) OpenSSH
Systems Management
1 198 (57.39%) Terraform
2 148 (42.90%) Kubernetes
3 72 (20.87%) Prometheus
4 65 (18.84%) Grafana
5 35 (10.14%) Puppet
6 15 (4.35%) Progress Chef
7 13 (3.77%) vCenter Server
8 11 (3.19%) Packer
9 9 (2.61%) Salt
9 9 (2.61%) vMotion
10 7 (2.03%) FortiGate
10 7 (2.03%) systemd
11 6 (1.74%) Oracle RMAN
11 6 (1.74%) vRealize
12 5 (1.45%) Data Guard
13 4 (1.16%) Argo
13 4 (1.16%) HAProxy
13 4 (1.16%) Nagios
14 3 (0.87%) Consul
14 3 (0.87%) Podman
Vendors
1 51 (14.78%) Cisco
2 44 (12.75%) Microsoft
3 38 (11.01%) VMware
4 33 (9.57%) Splunk
5 32 (9.28%) Palo Alto
6 29 (8.41%) Arista
7 23 (6.67%) Fortinet
8 19 (5.51%) F5
9 16 (4.64%) Google
10 15 (4.35%) Oracle
11 14 (4.06%) Red Hat
12 11 (3.19%) Aruba
12 11 (3.19%) Juniper
12 11 (3.19%) ServiceNow
13 10 (2.90%) IBM
13 10 (2.90%) NetApp
13 10 (2.90%) Okta
14 9 (2.61%) Citrix
14 9 (2.61%) Zscaler
15 8 (2.32%) CheckPoint