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 3 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 54 72
Rank change year-on-year -21 +18 -14
Contract jobs citing Ansible 66 78 88
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.49% 4.17% 2.78%
As % of the Systems Management category 16.18% 23.93% 20.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 56 58
10th Percentile £450 £440 £450
25th Percentile £513 £509 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £544
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +10.34% -1.14%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £692
90th Percentile £775 £674 £775
England median daily rate £525 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -8.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £79.80 - £64.53
25th Percentile £81.00 - £73.19
Median hourly rate £83.00 £74.44 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.50% -4.56% +23.81%
75th Percentile £86.00 - -
90th Percentile £87.80 - -
England median hourly rate £82.00 £74.44 £68.63
% change year-on-year +10.16% +8.46% -5.98%

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 408 326 429
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 15.37% 17.44% 13.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 217 310
10th Percentile £350 £358 £274
25th Percentile £450 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £541
Median % change year-on-year - +1.62% -1.59%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £734 £726
England median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -10.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 17
10th Percentile £53.85 - -
25th Percentile £74.63 £12.50 -
Median hourly rate £86.00 £16.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +437.50% -60.00% -38.46%
75th Percentile £119.00 £70.00 £76.25
90th Percentile - £72.66 £78.00
England median hourly rate £48.00 £26.50 £44.97
% change year-on-year +81.13% -41.07% -2.47%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ansible in the South West over the 6 months to 3 February 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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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 3 February 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
Wiltshire -4 23 £575 +4.36% 6
Gloucestershire -10 19 £555 -9.76% 26
Bristol -20 17 £538 +2.38% 6
Dorset - 5 £525 - 3
Somerset -16 1 £550 -13.04% 2
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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 8 (12.12%) Apache
2 6 (9.09%) Confluence
3 2 (3.03%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.52%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (33.33%) AWS
2 13 (19.70%) Azure
3 8 (12.12%) IaaS
3 8 (12.12%) OpenShift
4 7 (10.61%) npm
5 6 (9.09%) AWS CloudFormation
6 5 (7.58%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (7.58%) GCP
7 4 (6.06%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (4.55%) Amazon S3
8 3 (4.55%) Entra ID
8 3 (4.55%) GitHub
9 2 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (3.03%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 2 (3.03%) OCI
9 2 (3.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (1.52%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (1.52%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (1.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (1.52%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.61%) AMQP
2 5 (7.58%) TCP/IP
3 4 (6.06%) Network Security
4 3 (4.55%) DNS
5 2 (3.03%) DHCP
5 2 (3.03%) Firewall
5 2 (3.03%) VPN
6 1 (1.52%) BGP
6 1 (1.52%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (1.52%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (1.52%) HTTP
6 1 (1.52%) OSPF
6 1 (1.52%) SAN
6 1 (1.52%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.52%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (1.52%) SSL
6 1 (1.52%) tcpdump
6 1 (1.52%) VLAN
6 1 (1.52%) VXLAN
6 1 (1.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.06%) RDBMS
1 4 (6.06%) Relational Database
2 3 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (4.55%) InfluxDB
2 3 (4.55%) MongoDB
3 2 (3.03%) Hadoop
3 2 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.52%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (1.52%) Big Data
4 1 (1.52%) DynamoDB
4 1 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.52%) MySQL
4 1 (1.52%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.52%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (31.82%) Git
2 20 (30.30%) GitLab
2 20 (30.30%) Jenkins
3 8 (12.12%) Artifactory
3 8 (12.12%) Maven
4 7 (10.61%) JIRA
5 6 (9.09%) Bitbucket
6 4 (6.06%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (1.52%) CircleCI
7 1 (1.52%) GoCD
7 1 (1.52%) Mocha
7 1 (1.52%) SonarQube
General
1 20 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 10 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (13.64%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.55%) Finance
4 3 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.03%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.52%) Advertising
6 1 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 21 (31.82%) DevOps Engineer
2 10 (15.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (10.61%) Applications Engineer
3 7 (10.61%) Applications Support
3 7 (10.61%) Applications Support Engineer
3 7 (10.61%) Automation Engineer
3 7 (10.61%) Support Engineer
4 6 (9.09%) Lead
4 6 (9.09%) Platform Engineer
5 5 (7.58%) Developer
5 5 (7.58%) Senior
6 4 (6.06%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) VMware Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) Architect
8 2 (3.03%) Infrastructure Manager
8 2 (3.03%) Network Engineer
8 2 (3.03%) Security Architect
8 2 (3.03%) Senior DevOps
8 2 (3.03%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (15.15%) REST
2 8 (12.12%) Apache NiFi
3 4 (6.06%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (4.55%) Kafka
5 2 (3.03%) AngularJS
5 2 (3.03%) JWT
5 2 (3.03%) Node.js
5 2 (3.03%) OAuth
5 2 (3.03%) OAuth2
5 2 (3.03%) React
5 2 (3.03%) Spring
5 2 (3.03%) Spring Boot
5 2 (3.03%) Vue
6 1 (1.52%) ARM Templates
6 1 (1.52%) Jest
6 1 (1.52%) ModSecurity
6 1 (1.52%) NestJS
6 1 (1.52%) OpenID
6 1 (1.52%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (1.52%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.12%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.06%) Cloud Native
3 3 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.03%) CMDB
4 2 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.03%) Replication
5 1 (1.52%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.52%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.52%) Clustering
5 1 (1.52%) Data Fabric
5 1 (1.52%) DataPower
5 1 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.52%) PKI
5 1 (1.52%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.52%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (39.39%) Linux
2 22 (33.33%) Windows
3 6 (9.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (9.09%) Windows Server
4 5 (7.58%) CentOS
5 4 (6.06%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (59.09%) CI/CD
2 38 (57.58%) DevOps
3 29 (43.94%) Infrastructure as Code
4 19 (28.79%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (22.73%) Agile
6 14 (21.21%) Containerisation
7 13 (19.70%) Microservices
8 11 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 11 (16.67%) Test Automation
9 10 (15.15%) Task Automation
10 9 (13.64%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 9 (13.64%) Workflow
11 8 (12.12%) Decision-Making
11 8 (12.12%) Deployment Automation
11 8 (12.12%) Root Cause Analysis
11 8 (12.12%) Service Management
11 8 (12.12%) User Experience
12 7 (10.61%) Data Centre Operations
13 6 (9.09%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (45.45%) Python
2 23 (34.85%) PowerShell
3 13 (19.70%) Java
4 12 (18.18%) Bash
5 4 (6.06%) JavaScript
6 3 (4.55%) C
6 3 (4.55%) Shell Script
6 3 (4.55%) SQL
7 2 (3.03%) Go
8 1 (1.52%) Bicep
8 1 (1.52%) C#
8 1 (1.52%) C++
8 1 (1.52%) PHP
8 1 (1.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 49 (74.24%) Security Cleared
2 30 (45.45%) DV Cleared
3 28 (42.42%) SC Cleared
4 7 (10.61%) Degree
5 4 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (4.55%) AWS Certification
6 3 (4.55%) Azure Certification
6 3 (4.55%) Master's Degree
6 3 (4.55%) MCSA
6 3 (4.55%) MCSE
6 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (4.55%) OCA
6 3 (4.55%) Oracle Certification
6 3 (4.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (3.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (1.52%) CCA
8 1 (1.52%) CCNP
8 1 (1.52%) CISM
8 1 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.52%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.12%) QA
2 2 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.03%) NCSC
2 2 (3.03%) NIST
2 2 (3.03%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.52%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.52%) GDPR
3 1 (1.52%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (1.52%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.52%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (36.36%) Docker
2 12 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (7.58%) vSphere
4 4 (6.06%) Active Directory
5 3 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (4.55%) VMware NSX
6 2 (3.03%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 59 (89.39%) Terraform
2 34 (51.52%) Kubernetes
3 17 (25.76%) Grafana
4 10 (15.15%) Prometheus
5 9 (13.64%) Packer
6 5 (7.58%) Podman
6 5 (7.58%) Puppet
7 4 (6.06%) Nessus
8 3 (4.55%) PowerCLI
8 3 (4.55%) Proxmox
8 3 (4.55%) vCenter Server
9 2 (3.03%) Progress Chef
9 2 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (1.52%) Argo
10 1 (1.52%) Dell DRAC
10 1 (1.52%) FreeIPA
10 1 (1.52%) Kibana
10 1 (1.52%) logstash
10 1 (1.52%) Rancher
Vendors
1 20 (30.30%) VMware
2 11 (16.67%) Oracle
3 8 (12.12%) Red Hat
4 6 (9.09%) Atlassian
5 5 (7.58%) Microsoft
6 4 (6.06%) SolarWinds
6 4 (6.06%) Veeam
7 2 (3.03%) Broadcom
7 2 (3.03%) CheckPoint
7 2 (3.03%) Cisco
7 2 (3.03%) F5
7 2 (3.03%) Google
8 1 (1.52%) Citrix
8 1 (1.52%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.52%) Dell
8 1 (1.52%) HP
8 1 (1.52%) IBM
8 1 (1.52%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.52%) TOWER Software