Ansible Job Trends in the Thames Valley
Ansible
South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Ansible skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 181 | 164 | 158 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -17 | -6 | -83 |
| Permanent jobs citing Ansible | 34 | 26 | 43 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley | 0.44% | 0.68% | 0.98% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 10.09% | 7.83% | 8.98% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 19 | 18 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £48,000 | £71,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £55,625 | £67,188 | £73,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £82,500 | £77,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.21% | +6.45% | +34.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £90,375 | £86,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £79,866 | £94,125 | £94,000 |
| South East median annual salary | £67,500 | £64,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.65% | +17.27% | -11.30% |
All Systems Management Skills
Thames Valley
Ansible falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the Thames Valley.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills | 337 | 332 | 479 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 4.38% | 8.72% | 10.91% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 261 | 155 | 273 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,500 | £31,250 | £36,700 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £39,250 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £49,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.45% | -24.62% | +14.99% |
| 75th Percentile | £72,500 | £70,000 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £86,500 | £95,000 |
| South East median annual salary | £60,000 | £50,000 | £57,513 |
| % change year-on-year | +20.00% | -13.06% | +1.75% |
Ansible Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ansible relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
Ansible Salary Trend in the Thames Valley
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Ansible.
Ansible Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley
Salary distribution for jobs citing Ansible in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.
Ansible Job Locations in the Thames Valley
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ansible within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 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 Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire | +10 | 19 | £65,000 | -23.53% | 21 |
| Oxfordshire | -32 | 10 | £57,500 | -22.03% | 13 |
| Buckinghamshire | -10 | 5 | £76,157 | +5.04% | 5 |
| Ansible South East |
|||||
Ansible Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Systems Management
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kubernetes | 17.6% | 6 |
| 2 | Progress Chef | 11.8% | 4 |
| 2 | Puppet | 11.8% | 4 |
| 4 | Grafana | 8.8% | 3 |
| 4 | Podman | 8.8% | 3 |
| 6 | Microsoft Intune | 5.9% | 2 |
| 6 | Prometheus | 5.9% | 2 |
| 6 | SCCM | 5.9% | 2 |
| 9 | Proxmox | 2.9% | 1 |