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

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 55 62
Rank change year-on-year -15 +7 +3
Contract jobs citing Ansible 61 85 102
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.68% 3.74% 3.32%
As % of the Systems Management category 16.40% 24.57% 23.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 61 72
10th Percentile £450 £425 £465
25th Percentile £513 £440 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £559
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -6.04% -2.15%
75th Percentile £649 £600 £678
90th Percentile £775 £638 £775
England median daily rate £525 £585 £570
% change year-on-year -10.26% +2.63% -8.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £89.00 £74.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.27% -5.13% +23.81%
75th Percentile - £74.11 £78.50
90th Percentile - £74.31 £79.40
England median hourly rate £75.00 £74.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +1.35% +5.71% -4.11%

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 372 346 431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.36% 15.24% 14.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 214 321
10th Percentile £375 £330 £363
25th Percentile £463 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £700 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £724 £738
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 12
10th Percentile £51.30 £12.50 £19.35
25th Percentile £67.00 £14.00 £51.94
Median hourly rate £89.00 £74.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.27% +2.07% +11.54%
75th Percentile £119.00 - £78.00
90th Percentile - £74.18 £79.80
England median hourly rate £36.00 £35.08 £46.18
% change year-on-year +2.62% -24.03% +67.41%

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

Ansible
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 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ansible in the South West

Ansible
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

Ansible
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 December 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
Wiltshire -7 24 £600 +9.09% 10
Gloucestershire +3 17 £555 -0.22% 28
Bristol -14 14 £525 - 14
Dorset - 4 £538 - 3
Somerset -15 1 £550 -13.04% 2
Ansible
England

Ansible
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 8 (13.11%) Apache
2 6 (9.84%) Confluence
3 2 (3.28%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.64%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (36.07%) AWS
2 13 (21.31%) Azure
3 10 (16.39%) OpenShift
4 8 (13.11%) GCP
5 7 (11.48%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (11.48%) npm
6 6 (9.84%) AWS CloudFormation
6 6 (9.84%) IaaS
7 5 (8.20%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (6.56%) Amazon S3
9 2 (3.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (3.28%) Amazon ELB
9 2 (3.28%) GitHub
9 2 (3.28%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (3.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (1.64%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (1.64%) AWS KMS
10 1 (1.64%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (1.64%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 1 (1.64%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.48%) AMQP
2 5 (8.20%) TCP/IP
3 3 (4.92%) DNS
3 3 (4.92%) Firewall
3 3 (4.92%) Network Security
3 3 (4.92%) VPN
4 2 (3.28%) SSL
5 1 (1.64%) DHCP
5 1 (1.64%) NAS
5 1 (1.64%) SAN
5 1 (1.64%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.64%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (1.64%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.20%) RDBMS
1 5 (8.20%) Relational Database
2 4 (6.56%) InfluxDB
3 3 (4.92%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (3.28%) Big Data
4 2 (3.28%) Hadoop
4 2 (3.28%) MongoDB
4 2 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.64%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (1.64%) DynamoDB
5 1 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (1.64%) MySQL
5 1 (1.64%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.64%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 24 (39.34%) GitLab
1 24 (39.34%) Jenkins
2 20 (32.79%) Git
3 8 (13.11%) Artifactory
3 8 (13.11%) Maven
4 6 (9.84%) Bitbucket
4 6 (9.84%) JIRA
5 3 (4.92%) SonarQube
5 3 (4.92%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (1.64%) CircleCI
6 1 (1.64%) GoCD
6 1 (1.64%) Mocha
General
1 17 (27.87%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.39%) Public Sector
3 9 (14.75%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.84%) Finance
5 3 (4.92%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.64%) Advertising
7 1 (1.64%) Electronics
7 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.64%) Marketing
7 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (24.59%) DevOps Engineer
2 9 (14.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (13.11%) Platform Engineer
3 8 (13.11%) Support Engineer
4 6 (9.84%) Lead
5 5 (8.20%) Applications Engineer
5 5 (8.20%) Applications Support
5 5 (8.20%) Applications Support Engineer
5 5 (8.20%) Automation Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Developer
6 4 (6.56%) Senior
6 4 (6.56%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Architect
7 3 (4.92%) VMware Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) Infrastructure Manager
8 2 (3.28%) Java Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) Linux Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) Site Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (16.39%) REST
2 8 (13.11%) Apache NiFi
3 6 (9.84%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (3.28%) JWT
4 2 (3.28%) Kafka
4 2 (3.28%) Node.js
4 2 (3.28%) OAuth
4 2 (3.28%) OAuth2
5 1 (1.64%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.64%) Express.js
5 1 (1.64%) Jest
5 1 (1.64%) Middleware
5 1 (1.64%) ModSecurity
5 1 (1.64%) NestJS
5 1 (1.64%) OpenID
5 1 (1.64%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (1.64%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (1.64%) React
5 1 (1.64%) RESTful
5 1 (1.64%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.48%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.92%) Cloud Native
2 3 (4.92%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.28%) CMDB
3 2 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.64%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.64%) Clustering
4 1 (1.64%) Data Fabric
4 1 (1.64%) DataPower
4 1 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.64%) PKI
4 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.64%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.64%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 24 (39.34%) Linux
2 22 (36.07%) Windows
3 6 (9.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (9.84%) Windows Server
4 5 (8.20%) CentOS
5 3 (4.92%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (67.21%) CI/CD
2 35 (57.38%) DevOps
3 29 (47.54%) Infrastructure as Code
4 16 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (22.95%) Containerisation
6 12 (19.67%) Agile
6 12 (19.67%) Test Automation
7 11 (18.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 11 (18.03%) Microservices
8 10 (16.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (14.75%) Workflow
10 8 (13.11%) Configuration Management
10 8 (13.11%) Deployment Automation
10 8 (13.11%) Root Cause Analysis
10 8 (13.11%) Task Automation
10 8 (13.11%) User Experience
11 7 (11.48%) Decision-Making
11 7 (11.48%) DevSecOps
11 7 (11.48%) Infrastructure Automation
11 7 (11.48%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 30 (49.18%) Python
2 24 (39.34%) PowerShell
3 16 (26.23%) Bash
4 11 (18.03%) Java
5 5 (8.20%) C
6 3 (4.92%) Shell Script
6 3 (4.92%) SQL
7 2 (3.28%) Go
7 2 (3.28%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.64%) Bicep
8 1 (1.64%) C#
8 1 (1.64%) C++
8 1 (1.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 50 (81.97%) Security Cleared
2 31 (50.82%) DV Cleared
3 26 (42.62%) SC Cleared
4 7 (11.48%) Degree
5 5 (8.20%) AWS Certification
6 4 (6.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (4.92%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Azure Certification
7 3 (4.92%) Master's Degree
7 3 (4.92%) MCSA
7 3 (4.92%) MCSE
7 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (4.92%) OCA
7 3 (4.92%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (4.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (3.28%) CISSP
9 1 (1.64%) CCA
9 1 (1.64%) CISM
9 1 (1.64%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.11%) QA
2 4 (6.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.92%) NCSC
4 2 (3.28%) NIST
5 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.64%) GDPR
5 1 (1.64%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (1.64%) JSP 440
5 1 (1.64%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (40.98%) Docker
2 11 (18.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (8.20%) vSphere
4 3 (4.92%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (4.92%) VMware NSX
5 2 (3.28%) Active Directory
5 2 (3.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 55 (90.16%) Terraform
2 28 (45.90%) Kubernetes
3 20 (32.79%) Grafana
4 13 (21.31%) Prometheus
5 8 (13.11%) Packer
6 5 (8.20%) Podman
6 5 (8.20%) Puppet
7 3 (4.92%) Nessus
7 3 (4.92%) PowerCLI
7 3 (4.92%) Proxmox
7 3 (4.92%) vCenter Server
8 2 (3.28%) Progress Chef
9 1 (1.64%) Argo
9 1 (1.64%) FreeIPA
9 1 (1.64%) Kibana
9 1 (1.64%) logstash
9 1 (1.64%) Nagios
9 1 (1.64%) SCOM
9 1 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (1.64%) vRealize
Vendors
1 19 (31.15%) VMware
2 11 (18.03%) Oracle
3 8 (13.11%) Red Hat
4 6 (9.84%) Atlassian
5 5 (8.20%) SolarWinds
6 4 (6.56%) Splunk
6 4 (6.56%) Veeam
7 3 (4.92%) F5
7 3 (4.92%) Microsoft
8 2 (3.28%) CheckPoint
8 2 (3.28%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.64%) Broadcom
9 1 (1.64%) Cisco
9 1 (1.64%) CyberArk
9 1 (1.64%) Dell
9 1 (1.64%) HP
9 1 (1.64%) IBM
9 1 (1.64%) Infoblox
9 1 (1.64%) Juniper
9 1 (1.64%) SAP