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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 117 103
Rank change year-on-year -21 -14 -25
Contract jobs citing Ansible 416 317 420
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.06% 2.39% 2.61%
As % of the Systems Management category 18.39% 18.09% 20.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 196 281
10th Percentile £417 £400 £425
25th Percentile £475 £475 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £584 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% -2.71% -4.00%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £767 £810
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £49.78 £37.00 -
25th Percentile £50.94 £38.13 -
Median hourly rate £53.75 £40.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +34.38% - -
75th Percentile £57.44 £49.50 -
90th Percentile £59.13 £55.20 -
England median hourly rate £71.22 £48.00 £74.00
% change year-on-year +48.36% -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 2,262 1,752 2,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.18% 13.20% 12.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,508 1,137 1,372
10th Percentile £320 £325 £325
25th Percentile £428 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £656
90th Percentile £725 £725 £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 24
10th Percentile £24.03 £24.00 -
25th Percentile £29.08 £26.34 £23.80
Median hourly rate £47.00 £33.75 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +39.26% -27.03% -22.92%
75th Percentile £76.56 £59.81 £71.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.41 £91.38
England median hourly rate £67.24 £34.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +97.75% -26.38% -12.04%

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 22 September 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 22 September 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 -15 46 £563 -6.25% 38
South London -2 11 £535 -13.71% 3
West London -20 8 £519 +25.00% 13
East London +4 4 £550 -18.52% 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 24 (5.77%) Confluence
2 9 (2.16%) Apache
3 7 (1.68%) nginx
4 5 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.20%) Apache Solr
5 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.96%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.96%) WordPress
6 3 (0.72%) CMS
7 2 (0.48%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.48%) CICS
7 2 (0.48%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.48%) Mule
7 2 (0.48%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.48%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.24%) JBoss
8 1 (0.24%) MTS
8 1 (0.24%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.72%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 201 (48.32%) AWS
2 155 (37.26%) Azure
3 94 (22.60%) GitHub
4 65 (15.63%) GCP
5 52 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
6 48 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (10.58%) OpenShift
8 40 (9.62%) Datadog
9 31 (7.45%) Amazon EC2
9 31 (7.45%) Amazon EKS
10 30 (7.21%) Serverless
11 29 (6.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 28 (6.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 27 (6.49%) Amazon S3
13 27 (6.49%) AWS Lambda
14 21 (5.05%) Azure AKS
14 21 (5.05%) Entra ID
15 19 (4.57%) AWS CloudFormation
16 12 (2.88%) Amazon ECS
17 11 (2.64%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 69 (16.59%) Firewall
2 40 (9.62%) BGP
2 40 (9.62%) VPN
3 39 (9.38%) DNS
4 32 (7.69%) Network Security
5 27 (6.49%) TCP/IP
5 27 (6.49%) WAN
6 20 (4.81%) SSL
7 18 (4.33%) DHCP
7 18 (4.33%) OSPF
8 17 (4.09%) VLAN
9 12 (2.88%) SD-WAN
10 11 (2.64%) NX-OS
10 11 (2.64%) SSH
10 11 (2.64%) Wireless
11 10 (2.40%) VXLAN
12 9 (2.16%) Ethernet VPN
12 9 (2.16%) Internet
12 9 (2.16%) MPLS
13 8 (1.92%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.33%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (3.61%) MongoDB
3 14 (3.37%) Amazon RDS
4 12 (2.88%) Oracle Database
4 12 (2.88%) SQL Server
5 11 (2.64%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (2.40%) MySQL
6 10 (2.40%) Relational Database
7 9 (2.16%) Power BI
8 8 (1.92%) Redis
9 7 (1.68%) Big Data
10 6 (1.44%) NoSQL
11 5 (1.20%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (1.20%) Apache Cassandra
11 5 (1.20%) ObjectStore
12 4 (0.96%) Amazon QuickSight
12 4 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.96%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.96%) Metadata
12 4 (0.96%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 102 (24.52%) Jenkins
2 92 (22.12%) Git
3 87 (20.91%) GitLab
4 26 (6.25%) JIRA
5 15 (3.61%) SonarQube
6 13 (3.13%) Bitbucket
7 12 (2.88%) Artifactory
8 10 (2.40%) Selenium
9 9 (2.16%) Snyk
10 7 (1.68%) JMeter
10 7 (1.68%) Postman
10 7 (1.68%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (1.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (1.20%) CircleCI
11 5 (1.20%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.96%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.96%) Zephyr
13 3 (0.72%) Mockito
13 3 (0.72%) REST Assured
13 3 (0.72%) TestRail
General
1 106 (25.48%) Finance
2 78 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 43 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (10.10%) Banking
5 27 (6.49%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.13%) Financial Institution
7 9 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.68%) Law
8 7 (1.68%) Retail
9 6 (1.44%) Police
10 5 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.20%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.20%) Publishing
10 5 (1.20%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.96%) Automotive
11 4 (0.96%) Front Office
11 4 (0.96%) Military
12 3 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.48%) Legal
13 2 (0.48%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 78 (18.75%) DevOps Engineer
2 56 (13.46%) Senior
3 48 (11.54%) Network Engineer
4 45 (10.82%) Architect
5 40 (9.62%) Lead
6 36 (8.65%) Automation Engineer
7 31 (7.45%) AWS Engineer
8 27 (6.49%) Cloud Engineer
8 27 (6.49%) Developer
8 27 (6.49%) Platform Engineer
9 26 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 25 (6.01%) Linux Engineer
11 20 (4.81%) AWS DevOps
12 19 (4.57%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 17 (4.09%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 15 (3.61%) Site Engineer
15 14 (3.37%) Azure Engineer
15 14 (3.37%) Security Engineer
15 14 (3.37%) Solutions Architect
16 13 (3.13%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 241 (57.93%) Terraform
2 34 (8.17%) Kafka
3 32 (7.69%) REST
4 24 (5.77%) Middleware
5 22 (5.29%) YAML
6 18 (4.33%) .NET
6 18 (4.33%) React
7 15 (3.61%) JSON
8 13 (3.13%) Spring
9 11 (2.64%) Elastic Stack
10 8 (1.92%) cloud-init
10 8 (1.92%) Playwright
11 7 (1.68%) 802.1X
11 7 (1.68%) ARM Templates
11 7 (1.68%) boto
11 7 (1.68%) JMS
11 7 (1.68%) Keycloak
11 7 (1.68%) pytest
11 7 (1.68%) Spring Boot
11 7 (1.68%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 50 (12.02%) Cloud Native
2 48 (11.54%) Data Centre
3 36 (8.65%) Hybrid Cloud
4 22 (5.29%) PKI
4 22 (5.29%) Security Posture
5 19 (4.57%) Distributed Systems
5 19 (4.57%) Onboarding
6 16 (3.85%) Linux Command Line
6 16 (3.85%) Public Cloud
7 13 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.16%) CMDB
9 9 (2.16%) Legacy Applications
9 9 (2.16%) Private Cloud
10 8 (1.92%) Clustering
10 8 (1.92%) Distributed Applications
10 8 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.92%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.68%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.44%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 164 (39.42%) Linux
2 72 (17.31%) Windows
3 52 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 31 (7.45%) Ubuntu
5 27 (6.49%) Unix
6 25 (6.01%) Windows Server
7 7 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.96%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.96%) CentOS
8 4 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.72%) VMS
10 2 (0.48%) AIX
10 2 (0.48%) Debian
10 2 (0.48%) Solaris
10 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.48%) zOS
11 1 (0.24%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (53.85%) DevOps
2 219 (52.64%) CI/CD
3 205 (49.28%) Infrastructure as Code
4 101 (24.28%) Containerisation
5 94 (22.60%) Configuration Management
6 82 (19.71%) Observability
7 77 (18.51%) Agile
8 76 (18.27%) Platform Engineering
9 73 (17.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 68 (16.35%) AI
11 65 (15.63%) Infrastructure Automation
11 65 (15.63%) Migration
12 58 (13.94%) Continuous Improvement
13 55 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
14 49 (11.78%) Test Automation
15 47 (11.30%) Runbook
16 46 (11.06%) Stakeholder Management
17 42 (10.10%) Validation
18 39 (9.38%) Deployment Automation
18 39 (9.38%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 248 (59.62%) Python
2 121 (29.09%) Bash
3 97 (23.32%) PowerShell
4 57 (13.70%) Java
5 34 (8.17%) SQL
6 23 (5.53%) Go
6 23 (5.53%) Shell Script
7 22 (5.29%) JavaScript
8 14 (3.37%) Bicep
8 14 (3.37%) C#
9 11 (2.64%) Perl
9 11 (2.64%) PL/SQL
10 6 (1.44%) C++
10 6 (1.44%) Groovy
11 5 (1.20%) Ruby
12 4 (0.96%) C
12 4 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.72%) Korn
13 3 (0.72%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.48%) Scala
Qualifications
1 122 (29.33%) Security Cleared
2 100 (24.04%) SC Cleared
3 27 (6.49%) Degree
4 25 (6.01%) DV Cleared
5 24 (5.77%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (4.81%) AWS Certification
7 19 (4.57%) CCNP
8 17 (4.09%) Azure Certification
9 15 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.92%) CISSP
11 7 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.44%) CCIE
13 5 (1.20%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 5 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (1.20%) CCNA
14 4 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.96%) ISSAP
14 4 (0.96%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.96%) JNCIP
14 4 (0.96%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.97%) QA
2 12 (2.88%) NIST
3 11 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.96%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.72%) GDPR
5 3 (0.72%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.72%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.48%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.48%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.24%) FedRAMP
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%) SLA
7 1 (0.24%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 104 (25.00%) Docker
2 36 (8.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (6.01%) Active Directory
4 14 (3.37%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (2.88%) Hyper-V
6 11 (2.64%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (2.64%) vSphere
7 6 (1.44%) VMware NSX
8 5 (1.20%) NFS
9 4 (0.96%) BitLocker
9 4 (0.96%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.72%) Ceph
10 3 (0.72%) IAG
10 3 (0.72%) KVM
10 3 (0.72%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (0.72%) Postfix
10 3 (0.72%) Squid
10 3 (0.72%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.72%) Varnish
11 2 (0.48%) RACF
Systems Management
1 168 (40.38%) Kubernetes
2 76 (18.27%) Prometheus
3 72 (17.31%) Grafana
4 39 (9.38%) Puppet
5 16 (3.85%) Packer
5 16 (3.85%) Progress Chef
6 14 (3.37%) FortiGate
6 14 (3.37%) systemd
7 9 (2.16%) SCCM
8 8 (1.92%) vCenter Server
9 7 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (1.44%) Data Guard
10 6 (1.44%) Oracle RMAN
11 5 (1.20%) Nagios
11 5 (1.20%) SELinux
11 5 (1.20%) vRealize
12 4 (0.96%) Argo
12 4 (0.96%) Consul
12 4 (0.96%) Podman
12 4 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (14.18%) Microsoft
2 57 (13.70%) Cisco
3 55 (13.22%) VMware
4 34 (8.17%) Red Hat
5 33 (7.93%) Splunk
6 30 (7.21%) Fortinet
7 29 (6.97%) Google
7 29 (6.97%) Oracle
7 29 (6.97%) Palo Alto
8 22 (5.29%) ServiceNow
9 18 (4.33%) Arista
10 17 (4.09%) Dynatrace
11 16 (3.85%) F5
12 13 (3.13%) Juniper
13 12 (2.88%) Zscaler
14 10 (2.40%) CyberArk
15 8 (1.92%) IBM
16 7 (1.68%) Okta
17 6 (1.44%) CrowdStrike
17 6 (1.44%) Tenable