Ansible Contracts in the UK excluding London

Ansible
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Ansible skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ansible over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 85 77
Rank change year-on-year +4 -8 +3
Contract jobs citing Ansible 379 485 767
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.97% 2.33% 3.19%
As % of the Systems Management category 20.12% 20.61% 21.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 345 548
10th Percentile £394 £425 £425
25th Percentile £453 £475 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.33%
75th Percentile £624 £625 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £570 £553 £600
% change year-on-year +3.17% -7.92% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 22
10th Percentile £79.13 £46.25 £53.88
25th Percentile £79.77 £51.56 £56.41
Median hourly rate £80.83 £62.25 £73.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.85% -14.73% +32.73%
75th Percentile £81.90 £73.33 £75.88
90th Percentile £82.53 £74.75 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £71.85 £66.25 £73.00
% change year-on-year +8.45% -9.25% +32.73%

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,884 2,353 3,632
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.76% 11.33% 15.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,320 1,702 2,664
10th Percentile £235 £210 £275
25th Percentile £391 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £620
90th Percentile £657 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £563
% change year-on-year +1.90% -8.41% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 79 139
10th Percentile £14.86 £14.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £18.59 £17.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £25.34 £38.50 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -34.18% -12.00% +118.75%
75th Percentile £43.69 £51.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.35 £70.25 £75.10
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £30.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.83% -47.83% +155.56%

Ansible
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Ansible as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Ansible in the UK excluding London

Ansible
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ansible in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Ansible in the UK excluding London

Ansible
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ansible in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ansible in the UK excluding London

Ansible
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ansible in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Ansible in the UK excluding London

Ansible
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England -2 99 £525 +0.48% 221
South East -4 96 £550 - 279
South West +23 85 £600 +6.67% 143
Yorkshire +6 61 £500 -2.72% 85
Scotland +5 41 £473 -9.86% 47
Midlands +40 40 £625 +22.55% 173
West Midlands +35 34 £625 +16.55% 95
North West -8 30 £573 +7.51% 116
East of England +42 24 £530 -18.46% 141
North East 0 8 £558 +1.36% 20
East Midlands +7 6 £500 +0.20% 63
Wales 0 6 £390 -39.49% 24
Ansible
UK

Ansible
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (4.49%) Confluence
2 15 (3.96%) Apache
3 9 (2.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.85%) nginx
5 6 (1.58%) Apache Spark
6 5 (1.32%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.79%) IIS
7 3 (0.79%) JBoss
7 3 (0.79%) WebLogic Portal
7 3 (0.79%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.53%) CMS
8 2 (0.53%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.53%) Oracle Service Bus
8 2 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.26%) Documentum
9 1 (0.26%) FileNet
9 1 (0.26%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.26%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.26%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 134 (35.36%) AWS
2 123 (32.45%) Azure
3 60 (15.83%) OpenShift
4 37 (9.76%) GitHub
5 36 (9.50%) GCP
6 33 (8.71%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (3.96%) Amazon S3
8 13 (3.43%) Amazon EC2
8 13 (3.43%) AWS CloudFormation
8 13 (3.43%) PaaS
8 13 (3.43%) Serverless
9 11 (2.90%) SaaS
10 10 (2.64%) IaaS
11 9 (2.37%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (2.37%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (2.37%) OCI
12 7 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (1.58%) Amazon ECS
14 5 (1.32%) Cloudflare
14 5 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 61 (16.09%) DNS
2 47 (12.40%) Firewall
3 35 (9.23%) DHCP
4 34 (8.97%) TCP/IP
5 31 (8.18%) Network Security
6 27 (7.12%) VPN
7 20 (5.28%) SMTP
8 17 (4.49%) BGP
9 16 (4.22%) HTTP
10 15 (3.96%) WAN
11 13 (3.43%) Cisco ISE
11 13 (3.43%) LAN
12 12 (3.17%) OSPF
12 12 (3.17%) VLAN
13 11 (2.90%) SAN
14 10 (2.64%) MPLS
15 7 (1.85%) Cisco IOS
15 7 (1.85%) NAS
16 6 (1.58%) Junos
16 6 (1.58%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.49%) Big Data
2 15 (3.96%) Oracle Database
3 14 (3.69%) Elasticsearch
3 14 (3.69%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (3.43%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (2.64%) MongoDB
6 8 (2.11%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.32%) Hadoop
7 5 (1.32%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.06%) MySQL
9 3 (0.79%) InfluxDB
9 3 (0.79%) MariaDB
9 3 (0.79%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.79%) Redis
10 2 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.53%) Flink
10 2 (0.53%) Power Query
11 1 (0.26%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 97 (25.59%) Jenkins
2 64 (16.89%) Git
3 53 (13.98%) GitLab
4 40 (10.55%) JIRA
5 25 (6.60%) Bitbucket
6 18 (4.75%) Cucumber
7 16 (4.22%) SonarQube
8 15 (3.96%) Selenium
9 10 (2.64%) Artifactory
10 9 (2.37%) REST Assured
11 8 (2.11%) Visual Studio
12 6 (1.58%) MSI
13 5 (1.32%) Robot Framework
13 5 (1.32%) Subversion
14 4 (1.06%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
15 3 (0.79%) Chocolatey
15 3 (0.79%) Vagrant
16 2 (0.53%) JMeter
16 2 (0.53%) TestNG
General
1 118 (31.13%) Social Skills
2 52 (13.72%) Finance
3 41 (10.82%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (9.50%) Public Sector
5 21 (5.54%) Banking
6 13 (3.43%) Telecoms
7 9 (2.37%) Legal
8 8 (2.11%) Law
9 6 (1.58%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.58%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.32%) Police
11 4 (1.06%) Electronics
11 4 (1.06%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.06%) Marketing
12 3 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.53%) Military
14 1 (0.26%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (17.94%) DevOps Engineer
2 51 (13.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 31 (8.18%) Automation Engineer
4 27 (7.12%) Network Engineer
4 27 (7.12%) Senior
5 24 (6.33%) Platform Engineer
6 19 (5.01%) Linux Engineer
7 18 (4.75%) Developer
8 14 (3.69%) Administrator
9 12 (3.17%) Lead
9 12 (3.17%) Software Engineer
10 11 (2.90%) AWS Engineer
10 11 (2.90%) Infrastructure Support
10 11 (2.90%) Linux Administrator
11 10 (2.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (2.64%) Support Engineer
12 9 (2.37%) Architect
12 9 (2.37%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
13 8 (2.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 8 (2.11%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (10.03%) REST
2 15 (3.96%) Elastic Stack
2 15 (3.96%) Middleware
3 13 (3.43%) ARM Templates
4 11 (2.90%) SOAP
5 10 (2.64%) Loki
6 9 (2.37%) Java EE
6 9 (2.37%) Kafka
7 8 (2.11%) YAML
8 7 (1.85%) .NET
8 7 (1.85%) Gherkin
8 7 (1.85%) Node.js
9 6 (1.58%) Software Packaging
10 5 (1.32%) AWS CDK
10 5 (1.32%) LDAP
11 4 (1.06%) JSON
11 4 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
12 3 (0.79%) 802.1X
12 3 (0.79%) RESTful
12 3 (0.79%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.07%) Hybrid Cloud
1 23 (6.07%) Public Cloud
2 20 (5.28%) Data Centre
3 18 (4.75%) Cloud Native
4 16 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (3.96%) PKI
6 14 (3.69%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (3.17%) Clustering
8 7 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (1.85%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.85%) Replication
9 5 (1.32%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.32%) SCADA
9 5 (1.32%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.79%) EMC VMAX
11 3 (0.79%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (0.79%) LPAR
11 3 (0.79%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.79%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 183 (48.28%) Linux
2 115 (30.34%) Windows
3 64 (16.89%) Windows Server
4 48 (12.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 29 (7.65%) Unix
6 21 (5.54%) Ubuntu
7 19 (5.01%) CentOS
8 12 (3.17%) AIX
8 12 (3.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (1.85%) Solaris
10 4 (1.06%) HPUX
10 4 (1.06%) VMS
11 3 (0.79%) OS/400
11 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.26%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.26%) Fedora
13 1 (0.26%) Rocky
13 1 (0.26%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (36.41%) DevOps
2 120 (31.66%) CI/CD
3 97 (25.59%) Containerisation
4 94 (24.80%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (24.01%) Agile
6 79 (20.84%) Infrastructure as Code
7 75 (19.79%) Configuration Management
8 60 (15.83%) Infrastructure Automation
9 58 (15.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 47 (12.40%) Test Automation
11 44 (11.61%) Service Management
12 42 (11.08%) Task Automation
13 33 (8.71%) High Availability
13 33 (8.71%) Software Engineering
14 31 (8.18%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 29 (7.65%) Continuous Improvement
15 29 (7.65%) Performance Tuning
16 28 (7.39%) Deployment Automation
17 27 (7.12%) ITSM
17 27 (7.12%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 213 (56.20%) Python
2 118 (31.13%) PowerShell
3 108 (28.50%) Bash
4 48 (12.66%) Java
5 30 (7.92%) Shell Script
6 17 (4.49%) Perl
7 12 (3.17%) SQL
8 11 (2.90%) C#
8 11 (2.90%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.58%) VB
10 5 (1.32%) Groovy
11 4 (1.06%) Bicep
11 4 (1.06%) Ruby
12 3 (0.79%) Go
12 3 (0.79%) JavaScript
12 3 (0.79%) RPG
13 2 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.53%) Korn
13 2 (0.53%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
14 1 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 169 (44.59%) Security Cleared
2 110 (29.02%) SC Cleared
3 61 (16.09%) DV Cleared
4 32 (8.44%) Cisco Certification
5 28 (7.39%) CCNP
6 27 (7.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 24 (6.33%) Degree
8 16 (4.22%) Oracle Certification
9 13 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (3.17%) RHCE
11 11 (2.90%) OCA
12 10 (2.64%) RHCA
13 7 (1.85%) CCIE
14 5 (1.32%) OCP
15 4 (1.06%) AWS Certification
15 4 (1.06%) CCNA
15 4 (1.06%) CCSA
15 4 (1.06%) CCSE
15 4 (1.06%) Check Point Certification
16 3 (0.79%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.90%) QA
2 8 (2.11%) SLA
3 5 (1.32%) NCSC
4 4 (1.06%) Disclosure Scotland
4 4 (1.06%) GDPR
4 4 (1.06%) NIST
4 4 (1.06%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.53%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.26%) COBIT
6 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 117 (30.87%) Docker
2 99 (26.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (10.82%) Active Directory
4 31 (8.18%) Hyper-V
5 27 (7.12%) vSphere
6 16 (4.22%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (3.69%) VMware NSX
8 9 (2.37%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 8 (2.11%) BitLocker
9 8 (2.11%) Microsoft App-V
9 8 (2.11%) Terminal Services
10 7 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (1.06%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 4 (1.06%) Firmware
11 4 (1.06%) NFS
11 4 (1.06%) Samba
12 3 (0.79%) KVM
12 3 (0.79%) PowerHA
12 3 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.79%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 186 (49.08%) Terraform
2 156 (41.16%) Kubernetes
3 75 (19.79%) Puppet
4 46 (12.14%) Progress Chef
5 36 (9.50%) Grafana
6 35 (9.23%) vCenter Server
7 34 (8.97%) Prometheus
8 14 (3.69%) Nagios
9 11 (2.90%) Docker Swarm
10 10 (2.64%) Podman
11 8 (2.11%) Nessus
11 8 (2.11%) Packer
11 8 (2.11%) vMotion
11 8 (2.11%) vRealize
12 7 (1.85%) FortiGate
13 6 (1.58%) HAProxy
13 6 (1.58%) PowerCLI
13 6 (1.58%) SCCM
14 5 (1.32%) VxRail
14 5 (1.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 132 (34.83%) VMware
2 73 (19.26%) Red Hat
3 52 (13.72%) Cisco
4 44 (11.61%) Oracle
5 41 (10.82%) Microsoft
6 24 (6.33%) Splunk
7 20 (5.28%) Citrix
8 19 (5.01%) F5
8 19 (5.01%) HP
9 17 (4.49%) Google
10 16 (4.22%) ServiceNow
11 11 (2.90%) Fortinet
11 11 (2.90%) Veritas
12 10 (2.64%) IBM
12 10 (2.64%) SolarWinds
12 10 (2.64%) Symantec
13 9 (2.37%) Atlassian
13 9 (2.37%) CheckPoint
13 9 (2.37%) Dell
13 9 (2.37%) NetApp