Ansible Contracts with Work from Home Options

Ansible
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Ansible skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Ansible over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 66 71
Rank change year-on-year -32 +5 -4
Contract jobs citing Ansible 327 840 1,578
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.22% 3.43% 3.55%
As % of the Systems Management category 20.10% 20.93% 22.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 639 1,130
10th Percentile £430 £450 £425
25th Percentile £500 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £694 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £588
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.13% +11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 1
10th Percentile - £52.75 -
25th Percentile £58.75 £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £58.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +67.40% -20.45%
75th Percentile £66.25 £73.75 -
90th Percentile - £75.00 -
UK median hourly rate £62.25 £72.50 £48.75
% change year-on-year -14.14% +48.72% +10.80%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

Ansible is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,627 4,014 7,170
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.07% 16.37% 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,219 2,971 5,342
10th Percentile £356 £400 £400
25th Percentile £448 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £560 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -0.44% +8.17%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £663
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £560 £565
% change year-on-year -8.48% -0.88% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 76 47
10th Percentile £20.98 £25.36 £15.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.67 £20.75
Median hourly rate £48.00 £66.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +88.57% -22.22%
75th Percentile £57.50 £76.13 £62.38
90th Percentile £63.25 £87.50 £72.75
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £52.93 £21.89
% change year-on-year -48.98% +141.78% -45.28%

Ansible
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Ansible as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Ansible trend for jobs with a WFH option

Ansible
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Ansible.

Ansible daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Ansible
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Ansible over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Ansible daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Ansible
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Ansible.

Ansible hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Ansible
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 28 (8.56%) Confluence
2 9 (2.75%) nginx
2 9 (2.75%) OpenStack
3 8 (2.45%) Apache
4 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.22%) Apache Solr
5 4 (1.22%) IIS
6 2 (0.61%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.61%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.61%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.61%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.31%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.31%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.31%) SAS
7 1 (0.31%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 138 (42.20%) AWS
2 89 (27.22%) Azure
3 49 (14.98%) GitHub
4 37 (11.31%) GCP
5 30 (9.17%) PaaS
6 29 (8.87%) OpenShift
7 27 (8.26%) IaaS
8 24 (7.34%) Serverless
9 22 (6.73%) AWS CloudFormation
9 22 (6.73%) SaaS
10 21 (6.42%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
12 18 (5.50%) Amazon EC2
12 18 (5.50%) Amazon S3
13 15 (4.59%) GitHub Actions
14 12 (3.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 11 (3.36%) Cloud Computing
16 10 (3.06%) Amazon EKS
16 10 (3.06%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 10 (3.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 60 (18.35%) Firewall
2 28 (8.56%) DNS
3 26 (7.95%) TCP/IP
4 13 (3.98%) VLAN
5 12 (3.67%) BGP
5 12 (3.67%) SAN
6 11 (3.36%) DHCP
6 11 (3.36%) SSL
7 10 (3.06%) IPsec
8 9 (2.75%) Cisco ISE
8 9 (2.75%) OSPF
8 9 (2.75%) VPN
9 8 (2.45%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (2.45%) Cisco Firepower
9 8 (2.45%) WAN
10 7 (2.14%) EIGRP
10 7 (2.14%) HSRP
10 7 (2.14%) Kerberos
10 7 (2.14%) NAS
10 7 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.17%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (6.12%) Elasticsearch
3 17 (5.20%) MySQL
4 15 (4.59%) SQL Server
5 14 (4.28%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (3.67%) NoSQL
7 11 (3.36%) MongoDB
7 11 (3.36%) Relational Database
8 7 (2.14%) Apache Cassandra
9 6 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.83%) Couchbase
9 6 (1.83%) Oracle Database
10 5 (1.53%) Big Data
10 5 (1.53%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.53%) InfluxDB
10 5 (1.53%) Informix
11 4 (1.22%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.92%) Bigtable
12 3 (0.92%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 114 (34.86%) Jenkins
2 49 (14.98%) JIRA
3 48 (14.68%) Git
4 42 (12.84%) GitLab
5 25 (7.65%) Bitbucket
5 25 (7.65%) SonarQube
6 20 (6.12%) Artifactory
7 14 (4.28%) TeamCity
8 11 (3.36%) Selenium
9 9 (2.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 9 (2.75%) Cucumber
10 8 (2.45%) REST Assured
11 7 (2.14%) CircleCI
11 7 (2.14%) Maven
11 7 (2.14%) Sonatype Nexus
12 5 (1.53%) Subversion
13 4 (1.22%) Postman
13 4 (1.22%) Travis CI
14 3 (0.92%) JMeter
15 2 (0.61%) Appium
General
1 91 (27.83%) Social Skills
2 58 (17.74%) Finance
3 44 (13.46%) Public Sector
4 26 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.12%) Banking
6 15 (4.59%) Law
7 7 (2.14%) Police
8 6 (1.83%) Retail
9 5 (1.53%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.53%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.22%) Legal
11 3 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.92%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.92%) Marketing
12 2 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.31%) Games
13 1 (0.31%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.31%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.31%) Military
13 1 (0.31%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 80 (24.46%) DevOps Engineer
2 48 (14.68%) Senior
3 29 (8.87%) AWS Engineer
3 29 (8.87%) Network Engineer
4 27 (8.26%) AWS DevOps
5 26 (7.95%) AWS DevOps Engineer
6 23 (7.03%) Senior DevOps
7 21 (6.42%) Automation Engineer
8 18 (5.50%) Developer
8 18 (5.50%) Lead
8 18 (5.50%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 17 (5.20%) Python Engineer
10 15 (4.59%) Linux Engineer
11 14 (4.28%) Architect
11 14 (4.28%) Platform Engineer
12 13 (3.98%) Consultant
12 13 (3.98%) Data Engineer
13 11 (3.36%) DBA
13 11 (3.36%) Lead DevOps
14 9 (2.75%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.56%) REST
2 25 (7.65%) YAML
3 24 (7.34%) Elastic Stack
4 19 (5.81%) ARM Templates
5 17 (5.20%) JSON
6 14 (4.28%) Node.js
7 13 (3.98%) .NET
8 12 (3.67%) AWS CDK
9 10 (3.06%) Azure Blueprints
9 10 (3.06%) RabbitMQ
9 10 (3.06%) RESTful
10 9 (2.75%) Kafka
11 8 (2.45%) Java EE
12 7 (2.14%) LDAP
12 7 (2.14%) Middleware
12 7 (2.14%) React
13 6 (1.83%) Jinja
13 6 (1.83%) SAML
13 6 (1.83%) XML
14 5 (1.53%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.34%) Management Information System
2 21 (6.42%) Data Centre
3 19 (5.81%) Replication
4 16 (4.89%) Public Cloud
5 14 (4.28%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (3.98%) Linux Command Line
7 12 (3.67%) Clustering
7 12 (3.67%) Product Ownership
8 10 (3.06%) Onboarding
9 9 (2.75%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.83%) PKI
10 6 (1.83%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.53%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.92%) Credit Derivative
12 3 (0.92%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 137 (41.90%) Linux
2 64 (19.57%) Windows
3 33 (10.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 27 (8.26%) Unix
5 22 (6.73%) Windows Server
6 13 (3.98%) zOS
7 11 (3.36%) Android
7 11 (3.36%) Ubuntu
8 10 (3.06%) Solaris
9 9 (2.75%) Apple iOS
9 9 (2.75%) CentOS
10 8 (2.45%) Oracle Linux
11 4 (1.22%) VMS
12 2 (0.61%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.61%) Windows 2000
12 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.61%) Windows XP
13 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (51.38%) DevOps
2 114 (34.86%) CI/CD
3 86 (26.30%) Infrastructure as Code
4 83 (25.38%) Agile
5 67 (20.49%) Configuration Management
6 61 (18.65%) Containerisation
7 59 (18.04%) Test Automation
8 46 (14.07%) Continuous Integration
9 44 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
10 33 (10.09%) High Availability
11 32 (9.79%) Software Engineering
12 29 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (7.65%) Disaster Recovery
13 25 (7.65%) Project Management
14 23 (7.03%) Deployment Automation
14 23 (7.03%) Infrastructure Automation
14 23 (7.03%) Scrum
14 23 (7.03%) SDLC
15 22 (6.73%) DevSecOps
15 22 (6.73%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 171 (52.29%) Python
2 67 (20.49%) Bash
3 54 (16.51%) PowerShell
4 45 (13.76%) Java
5 31 (9.48%) SQL
6 22 (6.73%) Perl
7 19 (5.81%) Go
8 17 (5.20%) JavaScript
9 14 (4.28%) C
9 14 (4.28%) Shell Script
9 14 (4.28%) TypeScript
10 12 (3.67%) C++
10 12 (3.67%) JCL
10 12 (3.67%) REXX
10 12 (3.67%) Ruby
11 8 (2.45%) Groovy
12 6 (1.83%) PHP
12 6 (1.83%) Tcl
13 5 (1.53%) C#
14 3 (0.92%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 93 (28.44%) Security Cleared
2 76 (23.24%) SC Cleared
3 18 (5.50%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (5.50%) Degree
4 17 (5.20%) CCNP
4 17 (5.20%) DV Cleared
5 14 (4.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.75%) CCIE
6 9 (2.75%) CCNA
7 5 (1.53%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.61%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.61%) SANS
9 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.31%) CEH
9 1 (0.31%) CISSP
9 1 (0.31%) RHCE
9 1 (0.31%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.28%) QA
2 11 (3.36%) GDPR
3 10 (3.06%) NCSC
3 10 (3.06%) NIST
4 8 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.22%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.22%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.22%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.61%) SLA
8 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 103 (31.50%) Docker
2 25 (7.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (6.73%) Active Directory
4 20 (6.12%) VMware NSX
5 15 (4.59%) vSphere
6 12 (3.67%) NFS
6 12 (3.67%) Time Sharing Option
6 12 (3.67%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (2.75%) Firmware
7 9 (2.75%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.53%) vCloud
9 2 (0.61%) Ceph
9 2 (0.61%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.31%) HDFS
10 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.31%) Postfix
10 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.31%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 171 (52.29%) Terraform
2 131 (40.06%) Kubernetes
3 59 (18.04%) Puppet
4 45 (13.76%) Grafana
5 40 (12.23%) Progress Chef
6 36 (11.01%) Prometheus
7 17 (5.20%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 15 (4.59%) Kibana
9 12 (3.67%) Docker Swarm
10 10 (3.06%) Podman
11 9 (2.75%) logstash
11 9 (2.75%) Packer
12 8 (2.45%) NetBackup
13 6 (1.83%) EMC NetWorker
13 6 (1.83%) Netcool
13 6 (1.83%) Tivoli
14 5 (1.53%) Nagios
14 5 (1.53%) Salt
15 4 (1.22%) BladeLogic
15 4 (1.22%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 42 (12.84%) VMware
2 35 (10.70%) Cisco
3 28 (8.56%) Red Hat
4 27 (8.26%) Oracle
5 26 (7.95%) IBM
6 25 (7.65%) Dell
6 25 (7.65%) Splunk
7 24 (7.34%) Microsoft
8 17 (5.20%) Google
8 17 (5.20%) SolarWinds
9 15 (4.59%) CA
9 15 (4.59%) F5
10 14 (4.28%) Qualys
11 13 (3.98%) Fortinet
11 13 (3.98%) Palo Alto
12 12 (3.67%) Atlassian
12 12 (3.67%) Broadcom
12 12 (3.67%) Brocade
12 12 (3.67%) Citrix
13 11 (3.36%) ServiceNow