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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 88 75
Rank change year-on-year -31 -13 -9
Contract jobs citing Ansible 338 450 578
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.38% 2.83% 2.94%
As % of the Systems Management category 14.90% 19.43% 19.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 291 435
10th Percentile £356 £463 £419
25th Percentile £461 £513 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £607 £576
Median % change year-on-year -5.27% +5.38% -11.38%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £810 £810
England median daily rate £527 £581 £573
% change year-on-year -9.33% +1.48% -8.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53.00 - £60.00
Median hourly rate £56.00 - £67.00
75th Percentile £59.00 - £70.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £74.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +1.35% +5.71% -4.11%

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 2,268 2,316 2,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 15.97% 14.56% 14.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,508 1,513 2,182
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £551 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -4.26% -8.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £680
90th Percentile £724 £775 £775
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 19 34
10th Percentile £21.82 £23.07 £21.48
25th Percentile £25.47 £23.80 £28.25
Median hourly rate £43.50 £27.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +61.11% -55.00% +140.00%
75th Percentile £62.31 £63.50 £66.50
90th Percentile £66.02 £102.40 £82.38
England median hourly rate £37.00 £35.08 £47.50
% change year-on-year +5.47% -26.14% +78.10%

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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 2025. 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 52 £600 -4.00% 15
South London -7 9 £548 -24.45% 2
West London -9 7 £415 -19.02%
East London +6 3 - - 4
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 (5.03%) Confluence
2 9 (2.66%) Apache
3 5 (1.48%) nginx
4 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.89%) Appian
5 3 (0.89%) Ethereum
5 3 (0.89%) Hyperledger
5 3 (0.89%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.89%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.59%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.59%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.59%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.59%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.30%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.30%) FileNet
7 1 (0.30%) JBoss
7 1 (0.30%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.30%) Mule
7 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.89%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.30%) Weka
Business Applications
1 4 (1.18%) Endur
2 3 (0.89%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 151 (44.67%) AWS
2 89 (26.33%) Azure
3 64 (18.93%) GitHub
4 53 (15.68%) GCP
5 36 (10.65%) Amazon S3
6 34 (10.06%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (8.58%) Amazon EC2
8 28 (8.28%) AWS CloudFormation
9 26 (7.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 25 (7.40%) OpenShift
11 22 (6.51%) GitHub Actions
11 22 (6.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 20 (5.92%) Serverless
13 17 (5.03%) Amazon ECS
14 16 (4.73%) Amazon EKS
15 12 (3.55%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (2.96%) Amazon ELB
16 10 (2.96%) Apigee
16 10 (2.96%) IaaS
17 9 (2.66%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 68 (20.12%) Firewall
2 37 (10.95%) TCP/IP
3 36 (10.65%) BGP
3 36 (10.65%) VPN
4 35 (10.36%) DNS
5 31 (9.17%) OSPF
6 25 (7.40%) Network Security
6 25 (7.40%) SSL
7 21 (6.21%) WAN
8 18 (5.33%) VXLAN
9 17 (5.03%) Ethernet VPN
10 16 (4.73%) SD-WAN
11 13 (3.85%) Multicast
12 12 (3.55%) HTTP
13 11 (3.25%) DHCP
13 11 (3.25%) LAN
14 10 (2.96%) MPLS
15 7 (2.07%) Cisco Nexus
15 7 (2.07%) IPsec
16 6 (1.78%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.51%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (3.85%) MySQL
3 10 (2.96%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.37%) MongoDB
5 7 (2.07%) DynamoDB
6 6 (1.78%) Redis
7 5 (1.48%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.18%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.89%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.89%) MariaDB
9 3 (0.89%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.59%) Big Data
10 2 (0.59%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.59%) ImageNet
10 2 (0.59%) Impala
10 2 (0.59%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 99 (29.29%) Jenkins
2 72 (21.30%) Git
3 65 (19.23%) GitLab
4 25 (7.40%) JIRA
5 15 (4.44%) Sonatype Nexus
6 14 (4.14%) Artifactory
7 10 (2.96%) Cucumber
8 8 (2.37%) Bitbucket
8 8 (2.37%) Robot Framework
8 8 (2.37%) TeamCity
9 7 (2.07%) SonarQube
9 7 (2.07%) Subversion
10 6 (1.78%) JUnit
11 5 (1.48%) Maven
12 4 (1.18%) Gradle
12 4 (1.18%) JMeter
13 3 (0.89%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 3 (0.89%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.89%) RStudio
13 3 (0.89%) Selenium
General
1 108 (31.95%) Finance
2 106 (31.36%) Social Skills
3 43 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (9.47%) Banking
5 23 (6.80%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.33%) Financial Institution
6 18 (5.33%) Telecoms
7 10 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.48%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.18%) Back Office
9 4 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.89%) Automotive
10 3 (0.89%) Military
10 3 (0.89%) Retail
10 3 (0.89%) Social Science
11 2 (0.59%) International Banking
11 2 (0.59%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.59%) Marketing
11 2 (0.59%) Private Banking
11 2 (0.59%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 70 (20.71%) DevOps Engineer
2 55 (16.27%) Network Engineer
3 40 (11.83%) Senior
4 34 (10.06%) AWS Engineer
5 32 (9.47%) Architect
6 31 (9.17%) Automation Engineer
7 30 (8.88%) Developer
7 30 (8.88%) Python Engineer
8 19 (5.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (5.03%) IP Network Engineer
9 17 (5.03%) Switch Engineer
10 15 (4.44%) Consultant
11 14 (4.14%) Senior DevOps
11 14 (4.14%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 13 (3.85%) AWS DevOps
13 12 (3.55%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 11 (3.25%) Cisco Engineer
14 11 (3.25%) Java Developer
14 11 (3.25%) Lead
15 10 (2.96%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.69%) Kafka
2 18 (5.33%) REST
3 17 (5.03%) Node.js
4 16 (4.73%) YAML
5 13 (3.85%) JSON
5 13 (3.85%) OAuth
6 11 (3.25%) Spring
7 8 (2.37%) Elastic Stack
7 8 (2.37%) Jinja
7 8 (2.37%) Middleware
7 8 (2.37%) RESTful
7 8 (2.37%) XML
8 7 (2.07%) JWT
8 7 (2.07%) OAuth2
8 7 (2.07%) OpenID
8 7 (2.07%) Swagger
9 6 (1.78%) Keycloak
10 5 (1.48%) Hibernate
10 5 (1.48%) NETCONF
10 5 (1.48%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.58%) Cloud Native
2 28 (8.28%) Data Centre
3 21 (6.21%) Hedge funds
4 17 (5.03%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (5.03%) Private Cloud
5 15 (4.44%) Hybrid Cloud
6 13 (3.85%) Linux Command Line
7 11 (3.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 11 (3.25%) Public Cloud
8 10 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (2.37%) Product Ownership
10 7 (2.07%) Replication
11 6 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.78%) Fixed Income
11 6 (1.78%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.48%) Clustering
12 5 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.48%) Grid Computing
12 5 (1.48%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 105 (31.07%) Linux
2 33 (9.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 32 (9.47%) Windows
4 26 (7.69%) Unix
5 14 (4.14%) Windows Server
6 9 (2.66%) CentOS
7 8 (2.37%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.78%) Solaris
9 2 (0.59%) AIX
9 2 (0.59%) Debian
9 2 (0.59%) VMS
10 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.30%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (50.59%) DevOps
2 168 (49.70%) CI/CD
3 141 (41.72%) Infrastructure as Code
4 94 (27.81%) Containerisation
5 70 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
6 61 (18.05%) Agile
7 56 (16.57%) Infrastructure Automation
8 50 (14.79%) High Availability
9 44 (13.02%) Configuration Management
10 40 (11.83%) Migration
11 34 (10.06%) Observability
12 31 (9.17%) Test Automation
13 29 (8.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 28 (8.28%) DevSecOps
15 27 (7.99%) Continuous Improvement
16 25 (7.40%) Microservices
17 24 (7.10%) Low Latency
18 22 (6.51%) Performance Tuning
18 22 (6.51%) Software Engineering
19 19 (5.62%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 205 (60.65%) Python
2 78 (23.08%) Bash
3 35 (10.36%) Java
4 33 (9.76%) PowerShell
5 24 (7.10%) Go
6 23 (6.80%) SQL
7 15 (4.44%) Perl
8 14 (4.14%) C++
8 14 (4.14%) JavaScript
9 13 (3.85%) Shell Script
10 11 (3.25%) C#
11 7 (2.07%) Groovy
12 6 (1.78%) PHP
13 4 (1.18%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.89%) Bicep
14 3 (0.89%) Rust
15 2 (0.59%) Ruby
16 1 (0.30%) Assembly Language
16 1 (0.30%) REXX
16 1 (0.30%) Scala
Qualifications
1 69 (20.41%) Security Cleared
2 61 (18.05%) SC Cleared
3 27 (7.99%) Cisco Certification
4 22 (6.51%) CCNP
5 15 (4.44%) AWS Certification
6 13 (3.85%) CCIE
7 12 (3.55%) Degree
8 11 (3.25%) DV Cleared
9 10 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (2.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (2.07%) RHCE
12 5 (1.48%) CCNA
12 5 (1.48%) JNCIE
13 4 (1.18%) JNCIP
13 4 (1.18%) RHCSA
13 4 (1.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (0.89%) AWS Certified Developer
14 3 (0.89%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 3 (0.89%) CCSE
14 3 (0.89%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.66%) GDPR
2 7 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.07%) QA
3 5 (1.48%) NIST
3 5 (1.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (0.89%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.59%) NCSC
5 2 (0.59%) SLA
6 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.30%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 102 (30.18%) Docker
2 29 (8.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.85%) Active Directory
4 10 (2.96%) VMware NSX
5 9 (2.66%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (2.37%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.78%) KVM
8 5 (1.48%) NFS
8 5 (1.48%) vSphere
9 4 (1.18%) Veritas File System
9 4 (1.18%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 2 (0.59%) Firmware
10 2 (0.59%) HDFS
10 2 (0.59%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.59%) iptables
10 2 (0.59%) Lustre
10 2 (0.59%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.59%) Xen
11 1 (0.30%) Samba
Systems Management
1 188 (55.62%) Terraform
2 101 (29.88%) Kubernetes
3 34 (10.06%) Grafana
4 33 (9.76%) Puppet
5 31 (9.17%) Prometheus
6 26 (7.69%) Progress Chef
7 10 (2.96%) Red Hat Satellite
8 9 (2.66%) SCCM
9 7 (2.07%) Argo
9 7 (2.07%) ITRS Geneos
10 6 (1.78%) Kibana
10 6 (1.78%) SCOM
10 6 (1.78%) vCenter Server
11 5 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (1.48%) Nagios
12 4 (1.18%) Istio
12 4 (1.18%) Packer
12 4 (1.18%) QRadar
12 4 (1.18%) Rancher
12 4 (1.18%) vRealize
Vendors
1 39 (11.54%) Arista
2 38 (11.24%) Cisco
3 36 (10.65%) VMware
4 33 (9.76%) Splunk
5 29 (8.58%) Red Hat
6 28 (8.28%) F5
7 25 (7.40%) Palo Alto
8 22 (6.51%) Microsoft
9 18 (5.33%) CheckPoint
10 17 (5.03%) Oracle
11 16 (4.73%) Google
12 13 (3.85%) Fortinet
12 13 (3.85%) ServiceNow
13 12 (3.55%) Juniper
14 11 (3.25%) CyberArk
14 11 (3.25%) Dynatrace
15 8 (2.37%) Zscaler
16 7 (2.07%) Citrix
16 7 (2.07%) MuleSoft
17 6 (1.78%) Bloomberg