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 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 96 116
Rank change year-on-year -53 +20 -35
Contract jobs citing Ansible 353 389 397
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.82% 2.94% 2.25%
As % of the Systems Management category 12.96% 18.91% 16.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 236 266
10th Percentile £400 £425 £384
25th Percentile £463 £495 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -11.54%
75th Percentile £634 £688 £698
90th Percentile £725 £775 £781
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £37.15 -
25th Percentile £56.75 £38.50 -
Median hourly rate £58.50 £42.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% - -
75th Percentile £60.25 £52.06 -
90th Percentile - £56.23 -
England median hourly rate £63.14 £56.00 £74.00
% change year-on-year +12.74% -24.32% +0.88%

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 2,724 2,057 2,376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 14.08% 15.56% 13.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,901 1,356 1,706
10th Percentile £356 £352 £333
25th Percentile £440 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £539
Median % change year-on-year - -2.60% -10.17%
75th Percentile £626 £650 £650
90th Percentile £716 £750 £750
England median daily rate £518 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +0.98% -2.38% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 36
10th Percentile £25.00 £26.45 £20.00
25th Percentile £33.25 £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 £78.13 £56.38 £41.63
90th Percentile £81.25 £62.95 £69.13
England median hourly rate £62.25 £48.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year +28.35% +53.97% -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 4 July 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 4 July 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 -36 40 £550 -2.22% 24
South London -10 4 £505 -15.83%
West London -18 4 £500 +20.48% 6
East London -1 2 £551 -18.44% 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 14 (3.97%) Confluence
2 8 (2.27%) Apache
3 4 (1.13%) WebSphere
3 4 (1.13%) WordPress
4 3 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.85%) JBoss
4 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.85%) nginx
5 2 (0.57%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.57%) CloudStack
5 2 (0.57%) CMS
5 2 (0.57%) Mule
5 2 (0.57%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.57%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.28%) MTS
6 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.57%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.57%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 171 (48.44%) AWS
2 116 (32.86%) Azure
3 70 (19.83%) GitHub
4 37 (10.48%) Azure DevOps
4 37 (10.48%) GCP
5 32 (9.07%) GitHub Actions
6 29 (8.22%) Amazon S3
7 26 (7.37%) Datadog
7 26 (7.37%) OpenShift
7 26 (7.37%) Serverless
8 25 (7.08%) Amazon EC2
9 24 (6.80%) Amazon EKS
10 23 (6.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 22 (6.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 22 (6.23%) AWS CloudFormation
11 22 (6.23%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (5.67%) Entra ID
13 18 (5.10%) Azure AKS
14 15 (4.25%) PaaS
15 14 (3.97%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 67 (18.98%) Firewall
2 40 (11.33%) VPN
3 38 (10.76%) BGP
4 33 (9.35%) WAN
5 31 (8.78%) DNS
6 22 (6.23%) OSPF
7 21 (5.95%) Network Security
8 17 (4.82%) TCP/IP
9 14 (3.97%) VXLAN
10 13 (3.68%) Cisco IOS
10 13 (3.68%) MPLS
10 13 (3.68%) Wireless
11 11 (3.12%) DHCP
11 11 (3.12%) IOS XR
11 11 (3.12%) Multicast
11 11 (3.12%) SD-WAN
12 10 (2.83%) Ethernet VPN
12 10 (2.83%) NX-OS
12 10 (2.83%) SSL
12 10 (2.83%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.53%) MongoDB
1 16 (4.53%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (4.25%) Elasticsearch
3 13 (3.68%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (2.55%) Redis
5 7 (1.98%) Amazon Redshift
5 7 (1.98%) MySQL
6 6 (1.70%) Amazon Athena
6 6 (1.70%) Big Data
6 6 (1.70%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.42%) Amazon QuickSight
7 5 (1.42%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.85%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.85%) Power BI
9 2 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.57%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.57%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.57%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.57%) Sybase ASE
10 1 (0.28%) KDB
Development Applications
1 87 (24.65%) Jenkins
2 72 (20.40%) GitLab
3 67 (18.98%) Git
4 26 (7.37%) JIRA
5 9 (2.55%) Artifactory
6 8 (2.27%) Snyk
6 8 (2.27%) SonarQube
7 7 (1.98%) CircleCI
7 7 (1.98%) Postman
8 6 (1.70%) JMeter
8 6 (1.70%) JUnit
9 5 (1.42%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (1.13%) Ant
10 4 (1.13%) Liquibase
11 3 (0.85%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.85%) Gradle
11 3 (0.85%) Mockito
12 2 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.57%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.57%) Subversion
General
1 71 (20.11%) Finance
2 59 (16.71%) Social Skills
3 33 (9.35%) Public Sector
4 29 (8.22%) Banking
5 23 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (4.25%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.55%) Financial Institution
8 7 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.98%) Law
9 6 (1.70%) Investment Banking
9 6 (1.70%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.42%) Police
10 5 (1.42%) Retail
11 4 (1.13%) Front Office
11 4 (1.13%) Military
11 4 (1.13%) Publishing
12 3 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.57%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.57%) Legal
13 2 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (24.93%) DevOps Engineer
2 47 (13.31%) Architect
3 42 (11.90%) Senior
4 37 (10.48%) Network Engineer
5 30 (8.50%) AWS Engineer
6 26 (7.37%) Developer
7 24 (6.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 22 (6.23%) Cloud Engineer
9 21 (5.95%) Automation Engineer
9 21 (5.95%) Lead
10 20 (5.67%) AWS DevOps
10 20 (5.67%) Linux Engineer
11 19 (5.38%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 19 (5.38%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 16 (4.53%) Java Developer
12 16 (4.53%) Site Engineer
13 14 (3.97%) Platform Engineer
13 14 (3.97%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (3.12%) Azure Engineer
14 11 (3.12%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.08%) REST
2 24 (6.80%) Kafka
3 16 (4.53%) YAML
4 12 (3.40%) Middleware
5 11 (3.12%) .NET
5 11 (3.12%) Spring
6 9 (2.55%) Elastic Stack
6 9 (2.55%) JSON
7 8 (2.27%) ARM Templates
7 8 (2.27%) cloud-init
7 8 (2.27%) React
8 7 (1.98%) RabbitMQ
8 7 (1.98%) Spring Boot
8 7 (1.98%) Swagger
9 6 (1.70%) OpenTelemetry
9 6 (1.70%) RESTful
9 6 (1.70%) SAML
9 6 (1.70%) Web Services
10 5 (1.42%) JMS
10 5 (1.42%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 51 (14.45%) Cloud Native
2 42 (11.90%) Data Centre
3 20 (5.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (4.82%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (4.82%) PKI
5 16 (4.53%) Security Posture
6 15 (4.25%) Onboarding
7 11 (3.12%) Enterprise Storage
8 9 (2.55%) Clustering
8 9 (2.55%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.98%) CMDB
9 7 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.98%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.42%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (1.42%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.42%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.42%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.13%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 129 (36.54%) Linux
2 54 (15.30%) Windows
3 35 (9.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 25 (7.08%) Unix
5 23 (6.52%) Ubuntu
6 21 (5.95%) Windows Server
7 6 (1.70%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (1.13%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.57%) CentOS
9 2 (0.57%) Debian
9 2 (0.57%) Solaris
9 2 (0.57%) VMS
10 1 (0.28%) AIX
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.28%) Rocky
10 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (56.37%) DevOps
2 176 (49.86%) CI/CD
3 168 (47.59%) Infrastructure as Code
4 88 (24.93%) Containerisation
5 77 (21.81%) Configuration Management
6 68 (19.26%) Agile
6 68 (19.26%) Observability
7 54 (15.30%) Platform Engineering
8 47 (13.31%) AI
9 44 (12.46%) Continuous Improvement
10 43 (12.18%) Migration
11 42 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 40 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
13 35 (9.92%) Infrastructure Automation
13 35 (9.92%) Mentoring
14 33 (9.35%) Cloud Security
15 32 (9.07%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 30 (8.50%) Stakeholder Management
17 29 (8.22%) High Availability
17 29 (8.22%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 179 (50.71%) Python
2 103 (29.18%) Bash
3 66 (18.70%) PowerShell
4 44 (12.46%) Java
5 22 (6.23%) SQL
6 13 (3.68%) Shell Script
7 12 (3.40%) Bicep
8 11 (3.12%) JavaScript
9 10 (2.83%) Go
10 7 (1.98%) Ruby
11 5 (1.42%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.13%) C
12 4 (1.13%) C#
13 3 (0.85%) C++
13 3 (0.85%) Groovy
13 3 (0.85%) Perl
14 2 (0.57%) ActionScript
14 2 (0.57%) Scala
15 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 122 (34.56%) Security Cleared
2 102 (28.90%) SC Cleared
3 27 (7.65%) Cisco Certification
4 26 (7.37%) Degree
5 23 (6.52%) CCNP
6 20 (5.67%) DV Cleared
7 15 (4.25%) AWS Certification
7 15 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (3.68%) Azure Certification
9 12 (3.40%) CCIE
10 9 (2.55%) CISSP
11 7 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.42%) Oracle Certification
13 4 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (1.13%) CCNA
13 4 (1.13%) ISSAP
14 3 (0.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 3 (0.85%) CISM
14 3 (0.85%) JNCIP
14 3 (0.85%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.12%) QA
2 9 (2.55%) NIST
3 6 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.85%) GDPR
4 3 (0.85%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.57%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.57%) NCSC
5 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.28%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 84 (23.80%) Docker
2 30 (8.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (6.23%) Active Directory
4 16 (4.53%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (4.25%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (3.12%) Hyper-V
7 10 (2.83%) vSphere
8 9 (2.55%) VMware NSX
9 8 (2.27%) BitLocker
9 8 (2.27%) Microsoft App-V
10 6 (1.70%) NFS
11 4 (1.13%) Postfix
11 4 (1.13%) Varnish
12 3 (0.85%) IAG
12 3 (0.85%) KVM
12 3 (0.85%) Sendmail
12 3 (0.85%) Squid
12 3 (0.85%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.57%) OpenSSH
13 2 (0.57%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 196 (55.52%) Terraform
2 148 (41.93%) Kubernetes
3 75 (21.25%) Prometheus
4 67 (18.98%) Grafana
5 40 (11.33%) Puppet
6 16 (4.53%) Progress Chef
7 15 (4.25%) vCenter Server
8 13 (3.68%) Packer
9 9 (2.55%) Salt
10 8 (2.27%) FortiGate
10 8 (2.27%) vMotion
11 7 (1.98%) systemd
12 6 (1.70%) Oracle RMAN
12 6 (1.70%) vRealize
13 5 (1.42%) Data Guard
13 5 (1.42%) Nagios
14 4 (1.13%) HAProxy
15 3 (0.85%) Consul
15 3 (0.85%) yum
15 3 (0.85%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 50 (14.16%) Cisco
2 40 (11.33%) Microsoft
2 40 (11.33%) VMware
3 34 (9.63%) Splunk
4 31 (8.78%) Palo Alto
5 28 (7.93%) Arista
6 22 (6.23%) Fortinet
7 19 (5.38%) F5
8 16 (4.53%) Red Hat
9 15 (4.25%) Oracle
9 15 (4.25%) ServiceNow
10 11 (3.12%) Juniper
10 11 (3.12%) NetApp
11 10 (2.83%) Aruba
11 10 (2.83%) Google
11 10 (2.83%) Okta
11 10 (2.83%) Zscaler
12 9 (2.55%) IBM
13 8 (2.27%) Citrix
13 8 (2.27%) Dynatrace