Ansible Contract Job Trends in the South West

Ansible
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Ansible skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 68 49
Rank change year-on-year +3 -19 -2
Contract jobs citing Ansible 104 57 102
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.77% 2.89% 4.02%
As % of the Systems Management category 28.81% 20.43% 29.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 47 75
10th Percentile £455 £450 £425
25th Percentile £520 £519 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year - +6.98% -10.42%
75th Percentile £688 £649 £585
90th Percentile £790 £670 £636
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 5
10th Percentile £66.18 - -
25th Percentile £86.25 - -
Median hourly rate £92.52 - £74.00
75th Percentile £98.82 - £74.44
90th Percentile £100.00 - -
England median hourly rate £71.00 £48.00 £74.00
% change year-on-year +47.92% -35.14% -3.31%

All Systems Management Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 361 279 342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 9.63% 14.16% 13.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 210 228
10th Percentile £390 £235 £330
25th Percentile £455 £416 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £545 £536
Median % change year-on-year +2.02% +1.63% -2.50%
75th Percentile £678 £636 £625
90th Percentile £740 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 7 8
10th Percentile £17.25 £16.47 £12.50
25th Percentile £51.00 £18.33 £14.75
Median hourly rate £90.00 £60.00 £74.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -18.92% -5.13%
75th Percentile £98.82 £71.00 £74.11
90th Percentile £100.00 £78.50 £74.44
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 the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ansible relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Ansible job vacancy trend in the South West

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Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Ansible.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Ansible

Ansible
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ansible in the South West over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Ansible in the South West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Ansible.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Ansible

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Ansible in the South West over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Ansible in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ansible within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Somerset +1 36 £670 +5.93% 24
Gloucestershire +9 31 £550 -0.90% 75
Wiltshire -15 19 £600 -4.00% 12
Bristol -10 12 £513 +15.82% 11
Devon -17 1 - - 1
Avon - 1 - - 5
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (4.81%) Apache
1 5 (4.81%) Apache Spark
2 4 (3.85%) Confluence
3 1 (0.96%) nginx
3 1 (0.96%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 53 (50.96%) AWS
2 40 (38.46%) Azure
3 23 (22.12%) GCP
4 16 (15.38%) OpenShift
5 11 (10.58%) GitHub
6 9 (8.65%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (6.73%) Amazon S3
7 7 (6.73%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.88%) Datadog
8 3 (2.88%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 3 (2.88%) Serverless
9 2 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.96%) Amazon SQS
10 1 (0.96%) AWS Fargate
10 1 (0.96%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.96%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.96%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.96%) Google Compute Engine
Communications & Networking
1 39 (37.50%) Firewall
2 35 (33.65%) DNS
3 34 (32.69%) TCP/IP
4 29 (27.88%) DHCP
5 24 (23.08%) VSAN
6 9 (8.65%) VLAN
7 4 (3.85%) BGP
7 4 (3.85%) Network Security
7 4 (3.85%) VPN
8 3 (2.88%) OSPF
8 3 (2.88%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (1.92%) NX-OS
9 2 (1.92%) SAN
10 1 (0.96%) AMQP
10 1 (0.96%) Calico
10 1 (0.96%) Ethernet VPN
10 1 (0.96%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.96%) NAS
10 1 (0.96%) SSH
10 1 (0.96%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.81%) Big Data
1 5 (4.81%) Hadoop
2 4 (3.85%) Metadata
2 4 (3.85%) Parquet
3 3 (2.88%) InfluxDB
4 2 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.92%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.92%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.92%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.96%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.96%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.96%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 32 (30.77%) GitLab
2 30 (28.85%) Jenkins
3 9 (8.65%) JIRA
4 8 (7.69%) Git
5 2 (1.92%) Gradle
6 1 (0.96%) Ant
6 1 (0.96%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.96%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.96%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.96%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.96%) Gatling
6 1 (0.96%) GoCD
6 1 (0.96%) JUnit
6 1 (0.96%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.96%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.96%) Maven
6 1 (0.96%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.96%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 11 (10.58%) Social Skills
2 8 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (6.73%) Public Sector
4 2 (1.92%) Aerospace
4 2 (1.92%) Finance
5 1 (0.96%) Advertising
5 1 (0.96%) Banking
5 1 (0.96%) Local Government
5 1 (0.96%) Military
Job Titles
1 19 (18.27%) DevOps Engineer
2 15 (14.42%) Platform Engineer
2 15 (14.42%) Senior
3 14 (13.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (12.50%) Developer
4 13 (12.50%) Principal Engineer
5 12 (11.54%) Software Developer
6 7 (6.73%) Data Engineer
7 6 (5.77%) Network Engineer
7 6 (5.77%) QA Engineer
7 6 (5.77%) QA Test Engineer
7 6 (5.77%) Test Engineer
8 5 (4.81%) Virtualisation Engineer
9 4 (3.85%) Architect
9 4 (3.85%) Cloud Engineer
9 4 (3.85%) Lead
10 3 (2.88%) Automation Engineer
10 3 (2.88%) Migration Engineer
10 3 (2.88%) Senior Data Engineer
10 3 (2.88%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (80.77%) Terraform
2 10 (9.62%) REST
3 8 (7.69%) Spring
3 8 (7.69%) Spring Boot
4 6 (5.77%) YAML
5 4 (3.85%) .NET
5 4 (3.85%) Apache NiFi
5 4 (3.85%) JSON
5 4 (3.85%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (2.88%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (2.88%) XML
7 2 (1.92%) JPA
7 2 (1.92%) LDAP
7 2 (1.92%) Node.js
7 2 (1.92%) React
7 2 (1.92%) Swagger
8 1 (0.96%) HTML5
8 1 (0.96%) Jinja
8 1 (0.96%) OpenTelemetry
8 1 (0.96%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 18 (17.31%) Data Centre
1 18 (17.31%) PKI
2 14 (13.46%) Cloud Native
3 6 (5.77%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (5.77%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (4.81%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.85%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.88%) Clustering
6 3 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.92%) Replication
8 1 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.96%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.96%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 50 (48.08%) Linux
2 28 (26.92%) Windows
3 8 (7.69%) Unix
4 7 (6.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.92%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.96%) AIX
6 1 (0.96%) CentOS
6 1 (0.96%) Rocky
6 1 (0.96%) Solaris
6 1 (0.96%) SUSE
6 1 (0.96%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (64.42%) CI/CD
2 66 (63.46%) Infrastructure as Code
3 57 (54.81%) DevOps
4 39 (37.50%) Platform Engineering
5 38 (36.54%) Containerisation
6 35 (33.65%) DevSecOps
7 33 (31.73%) Technical Leadership
8 26 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
9 23 (22.12%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 20 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 19 (18.27%) Agile
11 19 (18.27%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (18.27%) Mentoring
11 19 (18.27%) Systems Engineering
12 18 (17.31%) SIEM
13 17 (16.35%) Cybersecurity
13 17 (16.35%) Network Virtualisation
14 16 (15.38%) Customer Requirements
14 16 (15.38%) Software Delivery
15 15 (14.42%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 61 (58.65%) Python
2 40 (38.46%) Bash
3 26 (25.00%) PowerShell
4 25 (24.04%) Java
5 12 (11.54%) C#
6 11 (10.58%) SQL
7 5 (4.81%) Shell Script
8 4 (3.85%) Go
9 3 (2.88%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 88 (84.62%) Security Cleared
2 73 (70.19%) DV Cleared
3 24 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 15 (14.42%) VCAP
5 7 (6.73%) AWS Certification
6 5 (4.81%) Degree
6 5 (4.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.92%) CISSP
8 1 (0.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.96%) CCSK
8 1 (0.96%) CCSP
8 1 (0.96%) CISM
8 1 (0.96%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.96%) RHCE
8 1 (0.96%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.73%) QA
2 4 (3.85%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.92%) NCSC
3 2 (1.92%) NIST
4 1 (0.96%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.96%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.96%) SLA
System Software
1 46 (44.23%) Docker
2 40 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (24.04%) VMware NSX
3 25 (24.04%) vSphere
4 19 (18.27%) Active Directory
4 19 (18.27%) Hyper-V
5 6 (5.77%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (3.85%) VirtualBox
7 2 (1.92%) Corosync
7 2 (1.92%) KVM
7 2 (1.92%) NFS
8 1 (0.96%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.96%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 1 (0.96%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 68 (65.38%) Kubernetes
2 14 (13.46%) VxRail
3 10 (9.62%) Grafana
3 10 (9.62%) Prometheus
4 5 (4.81%) PowerCLI
4 5 (4.81%) vCenter Server
5 3 (2.88%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (1.92%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (1.92%) Istio
6 2 (1.92%) Pacemaker
6 2 (1.92%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.96%) Argo
7 1 (0.96%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.96%) FreeIPA
7 1 (0.96%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.96%) Nagios
7 1 (0.96%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.96%) OPNET
7 1 (0.96%) Podman
7 1 (0.96%) SELinux
Vendors
1 43 (41.35%) VMware
2 14 (13.46%) Google
3 8 (7.69%) CyberArk
4 7 (6.73%) Microsoft
5 6 (5.77%) Cisco
5 6 (5.77%) Red Hat
6 5 (4.81%) SaltStack
7 4 (3.85%) InterSystems
7 4 (3.85%) Splunk
8 3 (2.88%) Atlassian
8 3 (2.88%) Oracle
8 3 (2.88%) Thales
9 2 (1.92%) SAP
9 2 (1.92%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.96%) F5
10 1 (0.96%) IBM
10 1 (0.96%) Infoblox
10 1 (0.96%) Juniper
10 1 (0.96%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.96%) Veritas