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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 113 88
Rank change year-on-year -35 -25 -11
Contract jobs citing Ansible 416 340 434
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.06% 2.54% 2.69%
As % of the Systems Management category 18.10% 18.48% 21.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 213 285
10th Percentile £417 £383 £443
25th Percentile £480 £475 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £769 £750 £810
England median daily rate £552 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +0.36% - -8.33%
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 2,298 1,840 2,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.37% 13.74% 12.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,547 1,198 1,349
10th Percentile £325 £329 £325
25th Percentile £438 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -2.91% -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £672
90th Percentile £725 £717 £763
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 16 20
10th Percentile £24.02 £21.09 -
25th Percentile £26.79 £26.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £47.00 £38.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.29% +43.52% -55.00%
75th Percentile £79.19 £59.81 £63.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.41 £101.20
England median hourly rate £65.69 £34.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +93.21% -10.53% -27.62%

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 8 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 8 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 -21 45 £575 -4.17% 40
South London -2 11 £535 -13.71% 2
West London -15 7 £519 +25.00% 7
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 23 (5.53%) Confluence
2 9 (2.16%) nginx
3 8 (1.92%) Apache
4 7 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.20%) Apache Solr
5 5 (1.20%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.96%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.96%) WordPress
7 3 (0.72%) CMS
8 2 (0.48%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.48%) CICS
8 2 (0.48%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.48%) Mule
8 2 (0.48%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.48%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.24%) MTS
9 1 (0.24%) SAS
9 1 (0.24%) WebLogic
9 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
1 199 (47.84%) AWS
2 157 (37.74%) Azure
3 91 (21.88%) GitHub
4 69 (16.59%) GCP
5 51 (12.26%) GitHub Actions
6 47 (11.30%) Azure DevOps
7 40 (9.62%) Datadog
7 40 (9.62%) OpenShift
8 35 (8.41%) Amazon EKS
9 34 (8.17%) Amazon EC2
10 33 (7.93%) Serverless
11 32 (7.69%) Amazon S3
12 30 (7.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 30 (7.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 29 (6.97%) AWS Lambda
14 21 (5.05%) Azure AKS
14 21 (5.05%) Entra ID
15 18 (4.33%) AWS CloudFormation
16 14 (3.37%) Amazon ECS
17 12 (2.88%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 67 (16.11%) Firewall
2 40 (9.62%) VPN
3 39 (9.38%) DNS
4 35 (8.41%) BGP
5 33 (7.93%) Network Security
6 28 (6.73%) TCP/IP
7 23 (5.53%) WAN
8 22 (5.29%) SSL
9 17 (4.09%) OSPF
10 16 (3.85%) DHCP
11 15 (3.61%) VLAN
12 13 (3.13%) SD-WAN
13 10 (2.40%) MPLS
13 10 (2.40%) NX-OS
13 10 (2.40%) SSH
13 10 (2.40%) Wireless
14 9 (2.16%) Ethernet VPN
14 9 (2.16%) Internet
14 9 (2.16%) VXLAN
15 7 (1.68%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.09%) Amazon RDS
1 17 (4.09%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (3.85%) MongoDB
3 14 (3.37%) Elasticsearch
4 13 (3.13%) SQL Server
5 12 (2.88%) MySQL
6 11 (2.64%) Relational Database
7 10 (2.40%) Big Data
7 10 (2.40%) Oracle Database
7 10 (2.40%) Power BI
8 8 (1.92%) Redis
9 7 (1.68%) Data Lake
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%) Metadata
12 4 (0.96%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 103 (24.76%) Jenkins
2 99 (23.80%) Git
3 92 (22.12%) GitLab
4 24 (5.77%) JIRA
5 14 (3.37%) Artifactory
5 14 (3.37%) SonarQube
6 13 (3.13%) Bitbucket
7 11 (2.64%) Selenium
8 8 (1.92%) JMeter
8 8 (1.92%) Postman
8 8 (1.92%) Sonatype Nexus
9 7 (1.68%) Snyk
10 5 (1.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (1.20%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.20%) Robot Framework
11 4 (0.96%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.96%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.72%) CircleCI
12 3 (0.72%) GoCD
12 3 (0.72%) TestRail
General
1 108 (25.96%) Finance
2 77 (18.51%) Social Skills
3 46 (11.06%) Banking
4 44 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (5.53%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.13%) Financial Institution
7 9 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.68%) Police
9 6 (1.44%) Law
9 6 (1.44%) Retail
10 5 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.20%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.20%) Publishing
11 4 (0.96%) Automotive
11 4 (0.96%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.72%) Front Office
12 3 (0.72%) Military
12 3 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.48%) Legal
13 2 (0.48%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 78 (18.75%) DevOps Engineer
2 54 (12.98%) Senior
3 45 (10.82%) Architect
4 44 (10.58%) Network Engineer
5 40 (9.62%) Lead
6 34 (8.17%) Automation Engineer
7 30 (7.21%) AWS Engineer
8 29 (6.97%) Developer
8 29 (6.97%) Platform Engineer
9 27 (6.49%) Cloud Engineer
9 27 (6.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 25 (6.01%) Linux Engineer
11 18 (4.33%) AWS DevOps
12 17 (4.09%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 17 (4.09%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 15 (3.61%) Azure Engineer
13 15 (3.61%) Security Engineer
13 15 (3.61%) Senior DevOps
14 14 (3.37%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 14 (3.37%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 248 (59.62%) Terraform
2 38 (9.13%) Kafka
3 35 (8.41%) REST
4 23 (5.53%) Middleware
5 18 (4.33%) .NET
5 18 (4.33%) React
5 18 (4.33%) YAML
6 15 (3.61%) JSON
7 14 (3.37%) Elastic Stack
8 12 (2.88%) Spring
9 10 (2.40%) OAuth
10 9 (2.16%) Keycloak
10 9 (2.16%) Playwright
10 9 (2.16%) SAML
11 8 (1.92%) Apache NiFi
11 8 (1.92%) cloud-init
12 7 (1.68%) 802.1X
12 7 (1.68%) boto
12 7 (1.68%) pytest
12 7 (1.68%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 57 (13.70%) Cloud Native
2 45 (10.82%) Data Centre
3 35 (8.41%) Hybrid Cloud
4 24 (5.77%) PKI
5 21 (5.05%) Security Posture
6 20 (4.81%) Distributed Systems
6 20 (4.81%) Onboarding
7 17 (4.09%) Enterprise Software
7 17 (4.09%) Linux Command Line
8 16 (3.85%) Public Cloud
9 11 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (2.40%) Private Cloud
11 9 (2.16%) CMDB
11 9 (2.16%) Legacy Applications
11 9 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.92%) Distributed Applications
12 8 (1.92%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.92%) Product Ownership
13 7 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (1.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 175 (42.07%) Linux
2 78 (18.75%) Windows
3 53 (12.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 31 (7.45%) Ubuntu
5 28 (6.73%) 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%) VMS
8 4 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.48%) AIX
9 2 (0.48%) Solaris
9 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.48%) zOS
10 1 (0.24%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.24%) Debian
10 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (55.29%) CI/CD
2 224 (53.85%) DevOps
3 213 (51.20%) Infrastructure as Code
4 104 (25.00%) Containerisation
5 93 (22.36%) Configuration Management
6 88 (21.15%) Observability
7 84 (20.19%) Platform Engineering
8 74 (17.79%) Agile
8 74 (17.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 71 (17.07%) AI
10 63 (15.14%) Migration
11 62 (14.90%) Infrastructure Automation
12 60 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
13 54 (12.98%) Problem-Solving
14 53 (12.74%) Test Automation
15 52 (12.50%) Runbook
16 50 (12.02%) Stakeholder Management
17 46 (11.06%) Deployment Automation
18 43 (10.34%) Validation
19 42 (10.10%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 259 (62.26%) Python
2 131 (31.49%) Bash
3 100 (24.04%) PowerShell
4 57 (13.70%) Java
5 35 (8.41%) SQL
6 24 (5.77%) JavaScript
7 21 (5.05%) Go
7 21 (5.05%) Shell Script
8 17 (4.09%) C#
9 13 (3.13%) Bicep
10 11 (2.64%) Perl
11 8 (1.92%) C++
11 8 (1.92%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.68%) Groovy
13 4 (0.96%) C
13 4 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.96%) Korn
14 3 (0.72%) Ruby
14 3 (0.72%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.48%) R
Qualifications
1 119 (28.61%) Security Cleared
2 96 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 28 (6.73%) DV Cleared
4 26 (6.25%) Degree
5 23 (5.53%) AWS Certification
6 21 (5.05%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (3.85%) CCNP
8 15 (3.61%) Azure Certification
9 14 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.92%) CISSP
11 7 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.44%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 6 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.44%) CCIE
13 5 (1.20%) CCNA
13 5 (1.20%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.96%) ISSAP
14 4 (0.96%) JNCIP
14 4 (0.96%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.97%) QA
2 11 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (2.64%) NIST
3 7 (1.68%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.96%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.72%) GDPR
5 3 (0.72%) SLA
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%) 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
1 107 (25.72%) Docker
2 35 (8.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (6.73%) Active Directory
4 13 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (2.64%) Hyper-V
5 11 (2.64%) vSphere
6 10 (2.40%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.44%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.96%) HDFS
8 4 (0.96%) NFS
8 4 (0.96%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.72%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.72%) Ceph
9 3 (0.72%) KVM
9 3 (0.72%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (0.72%) Squid
9 3 (0.72%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.48%) IAG
10 2 (0.48%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.48%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 171 (41.11%) Kubernetes
2 78 (18.75%) Prometheus
3 76 (18.27%) Grafana
4 43 (10.34%) Puppet
5 19 (4.57%) Progress Chef
6 16 (3.85%) Packer
7 15 (3.61%) FortiGate
8 14 (3.37%) systemd
9 9 (2.16%) SCCM
10 8 (1.92%) Argo
11 7 (1.68%) vCenter Server
12 6 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
13 5 (1.20%) Nagios
13 5 (1.20%) SELinux
13 5 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (1.20%) vRealize
14 4 (0.96%) Data Guard
14 4 (0.96%) Podman
14 4 (0.96%) Red Hat Satellite
14 4 (0.96%) Salt
Vendors
1 63 (15.14%) Microsoft
2 54 (12.98%) VMware
3 51 (12.26%) Cisco
4 34 (8.17%) Google
4 34 (8.17%) Red Hat
4 34 (8.17%) Splunk
5 28 (6.73%) Fortinet
6 27 (6.49%) Oracle
6 27 (6.49%) Palo Alto
7 20 (4.81%) ServiceNow
8 17 (4.09%) Dynatrace
9 14 (3.37%) F5
10 13 (3.13%) Arista
11 11 (2.64%) CyberArk
11 11 (2.64%) Juniper
11 11 (2.64%) Zscaler
12 6 (1.44%) Hitachi
12 6 (1.44%) IBM
12 6 (1.44%) Okta
12 6 (1.44%) SaltStack