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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 68 71
Rank change year-on-year -28 +3 -4
Contract jobs citing Ansible 332 794 1,587
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.27% 3.29% 3.60%
As % of the Systems Management category 20.15% 20.45% 22.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 604 1,147
10th Percentile £425 £450 £425
25th Percentile £499 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £583 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.39% +1.39% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £699 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £588
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.13% +9.30%
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 £66.25 £73.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -9.25% +48.98% +6.65%

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 1,648 3,882 7,083
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.26% 16.11% 16.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,239 2,877 5,282
10th Percentile £360 £400 £400
25th Percentile £448 £474 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £558 £563
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% -0.80% +7.14%
75th Percentile £629 £675 £673
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -6.36% -2.22% +11.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 78 46
10th Percentile - £25.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.01 £20.75
Median hourly rate £48.50 £65.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.38% +85.71% -20.45%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £64.19
90th Percentile £65.25 £85.75 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £21.78
% change year-on-year -47.83% +164.00% -45.55%

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 1 June 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 (8.43%) Confluence
2 7 (2.11%) nginx
3 6 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.81%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.51%) Apache
4 5 (1.51%) Apache Solr
5 3 (0.90%) IIS
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.60%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.60%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.30%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.30%) SAS
7 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 131 (39.46%) AWS
2 85 (25.60%) Azure
3 51 (15.36%) GitHub
4 34 (10.24%) GCP
5 31 (9.34%) OpenShift
6 27 (8.13%) PaaS
7 25 (7.53%) IaaS
8 23 (6.93%) AWS CloudFormation
8 23 (6.93%) Serverless
9 21 (6.33%) SaaS
10 20 (6.02%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (5.72%) Amazon S3
11 19 (5.72%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (5.12%) Amazon EC2
13 15 (4.52%) GitHub Actions
14 12 (3.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (3.01%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 10 (3.01%) Cloud Computing
16 9 (2.71%) Amazon EKS
17 8 (2.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 60 (18.07%) Firewall
2 25 (7.53%) DNS
3 24 (7.23%) TCP/IP
4 12 (3.61%) BGP
4 12 (3.61%) VLAN
5 10 (3.01%) DHCP
5 10 (3.01%) IPsec
5 10 (3.01%) SAN
5 10 (3.01%) SSL
6 9 (2.71%) OSPF
6 9 (2.71%) VPN
7 8 (2.41%) Cisco ASA
7 8 (2.41%) Cisco ISE
7 8 (2.41%) WAN
8 7 (2.11%) Cisco Firepower
8 7 (2.11%) EIGRP
8 7 (2.11%) HSRP
8 7 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.81%) SNMP
9 6 (1.81%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (9.34%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (6.33%) Elasticsearch
3 18 (5.42%) MySQL
4 15 (4.52%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (4.52%) SQL Server
5 11 (3.31%) MongoDB
5 11 (3.31%) Relational Database
6 10 (3.01%) NoSQL
7 9 (2.71%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (1.81%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (1.81%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.51%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.51%) InfluxDB
9 5 (1.51%) Informix
10 4 (1.20%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (1.20%) Couchbase
10 4 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.90%) Big Data
11 3 (0.90%) Bigtable
11 3 (0.90%) Cloud Spanner
Development Applications
1 115 (34.64%) Jenkins
2 49 (14.76%) JIRA
3 47 (14.16%) Git
4 43 (12.95%) GitLab
5 28 (8.43%) Bitbucket
6 25 (7.53%) SonarQube
7 21 (6.33%) Artifactory
8 14 (4.22%) TeamCity
9 12 (3.61%) Selenium
10 9 (2.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 9 (2.71%) Cucumber
11 8 (2.41%) REST Assured
12 7 (2.11%) CircleCI
12 7 (2.11%) Maven
12 7 (2.11%) Sonatype Nexus
13 5 (1.51%) Subversion
14 4 (1.20%) Travis CI
15 3 (0.90%) JMeter
15 3 (0.90%) Postman
16 2 (0.60%) Appium
General
1 88 (26.51%) Social Skills
2 57 (17.17%) Finance
3 42 (12.65%) Public Sector
4 25 (7.53%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (6.33%) Banking
6 15 (4.52%) Law
7 7 (2.11%) Police
8 6 (1.81%) Retail
9 4 (1.20%) Legal
9 4 (1.20%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.90%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.90%) Marketing
11 2 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.60%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.30%) Electronics
12 1 (0.30%) Front Office
12 1 (0.30%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.30%) Military
12 1 (0.30%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 80 (24.10%) DevOps Engineer
2 47 (14.16%) Senior
3 31 (9.34%) Network Engineer
4 29 (8.73%) AWS Engineer
5 27 (8.13%) AWS DevOps
6 26 (7.83%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 23 (6.93%) Lead
8 22 (6.63%) Senior DevOps
9 19 (5.72%) Automation Engineer
10 18 (5.42%) Platform Engineer
11 17 (5.12%) Developer
11 17 (5.12%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 16 (4.82%) Python Engineer
13 14 (4.22%) Consultant
13 14 (4.22%) DBA
13 14 (4.22%) Linux Engineer
14 13 (3.92%) Data Engineer
14 13 (3.92%) Lead DevOps
15 11 (3.31%) Architect
16 9 (2.71%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.43%) REST
1 28 (8.43%) YAML
2 23 (6.93%) Elastic Stack
3 19 (5.72%) ARM Templates
4 16 (4.82%) JSON
5 12 (3.61%) .NET
5 12 (3.61%) AWS CDK
5 12 (3.61%) Kafka
5 12 (3.61%) Node.js
6 10 (3.01%) Azure Blueprints
6 10 (3.01%) RabbitMQ
6 10 (3.01%) RESTful
7 8 (2.41%) Java EE
8 7 (2.11%) Middleware
9 6 (1.81%) Jinja
9 6 (1.81%) LDAP
9 6 (1.81%) SAML
9 6 (1.81%) XML
10 5 (1.51%) OpenID
10 5 (1.51%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.23%) Management Information System
2 22 (6.63%) Data Centre
3 18 (5.42%) Replication
4 15 (4.52%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (3.92%) Linux Command Line
5 13 (3.92%) Public Cloud
6 12 (3.61%) Product Ownership
7 11 (3.31%) Clustering
8 10 (3.01%) Cloud Native
8 10 (3.01%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.81%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.51%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.51%) PKI
11 3 (0.90%) Credit Derivative
11 3 (0.90%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.90%) Distributed Applications
11 3 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 135 (40.66%) Linux
2 65 (19.58%) Windows
3 34 (10.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 26 (7.83%) Unix
5 21 (6.33%) Windows Server
6 13 (3.92%) zOS
7 11 (3.31%) Android
8 9 (2.71%) Apple iOS
8 9 (2.71%) Solaris
8 9 (2.71%) Ubuntu
9 7 (2.11%) Oracle Linux
10 6 (1.81%) CentOS
11 3 (0.90%) VMS
12 2 (0.60%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.60%) Windows 2000
12 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.60%) Windows XP
13 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (50.60%) DevOps
2 110 (33.13%) CI/CD
3 87 (26.20%) Infrastructure as Code
4 84 (25.30%) Agile
5 66 (19.88%) Configuration Management
6 61 (18.37%) Test Automation
7 60 (18.07%) Containerisation
8 45 (13.55%) Continuous Integration
9 42 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
10 33 (9.94%) Software Engineering
11 32 (9.64%) High Availability
12 28 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (7.53%) Infrastructure Automation
13 25 (7.53%) Project Management
14 24 (7.23%) Scrum
15 23 (6.93%) Migration
16 22 (6.63%) Deployment Automation
16 22 (6.63%) DevSecOps
16 22 (6.63%) Disaster Recovery
16 22 (6.63%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 169 (50.90%) Python
2 65 (19.58%) Bash
3 56 (16.87%) PowerShell
4 47 (14.16%) Java
5 30 (9.04%) SQL
6 22 (6.63%) Perl
7 18 (5.42%) Go
8 15 (4.52%) JavaScript
9 14 (4.22%) C
10 13 (3.92%) Shell Script
11 12 (3.61%) C++
11 12 (3.61%) JCL
11 12 (3.61%) REXX
11 12 (3.61%) TypeScript
12 11 (3.31%) Groovy
12 11 (3.31%) Ruby
13 6 (1.81%) PHP
13 6 (1.81%) Tcl
14 5 (1.51%) C#
15 3 (0.90%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 98 (29.52%) Security Cleared
2 81 (24.40%) SC Cleared
3 21 (6.33%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (6.02%) CCNP
5 19 (5.72%) DV Cleared
6 17 (5.12%) Degree
7 14 (4.22%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (3.61%) CCIE
9 9 (2.71%) CCNA
10 6 (1.81%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.60%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.60%) SANS
13 1 (0.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.30%) CISSP
13 1 (0.30%) JNCIE
13 1 (0.30%) JNCIP
13 1 (0.30%) RHCE
13 1 (0.30%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.52%) QA
2 10 (3.01%) GDPR
2 10 (3.01%) NCSC
3 9 (2.71%) NIST
4 7 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.20%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.20%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.20%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.60%) SLA
8 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 104 (31.33%) Docker
2 27 (8.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (6.33%) Active Directory
4 19 (5.72%) VMware NSX
5 14 (4.22%) vSphere
6 12 (3.61%) NFS
6 12 (3.61%) Time Sharing Option
6 12 (3.61%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (3.01%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (2.71%) Firmware
9 5 (1.51%) vCloud
10 2 (0.60%) Ceph
10 2 (0.60%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.30%) HDFS
11 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.30%) Postfix
11 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 172 (51.81%) Terraform
2 131 (39.46%) Kubernetes
3 61 (18.37%) Puppet
4 43 (12.95%) Grafana
5 39 (11.75%) Progress Chef
6 34 (10.24%) Prometheus
7 16 (4.82%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 14 (4.22%) Kibana
9 12 (3.61%) Docker Swarm
10 10 (3.01%) Podman
11 8 (2.41%) logstash
11 8 (2.41%) NetBackup
12 7 (2.11%) Packer
12 7 (2.11%) Salt
13 5 (1.51%) EMC NetWorker
13 5 (1.51%) Nagios
13 5 (1.51%) Netcool
13 5 (1.51%) Tivoli
14 4 (1.20%) BladeLogic
14 4 (1.20%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 44 (13.25%) VMware
2 36 (10.84%) Cisco
3 30 (9.04%) Red Hat
4 26 (7.83%) Oracle
4 26 (7.83%) Splunk
5 25 (7.53%) IBM
6 24 (7.23%) Dell
7 23 (6.93%) Microsoft
8 18 (5.42%) SolarWinds
9 17 (5.12%) Google
10 16 (4.82%) F5
11 14 (4.22%) Fortinet
12 13 (3.92%) CA
12 13 (3.92%) Palo Alto
12 13 (3.92%) Qualys
13 12 (3.61%) Broadcom
13 12 (3.61%) Brocade
13 12 (3.61%) Citrix
14 11 (3.31%) Atlassian
15 10 (3.01%) ServiceNow