Ansible Contracts in the UK excluding London

Ansible
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 73 76
Rank change year-on-year -13 +3 -3
Contract jobs citing Ansible 476 733 973
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.35% 3.19% 3.19%
As % of the Systems Management category 20.47% 21.12% 22.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 525 684
10th Percentile £425 £425 £421
25th Percentile £463 £480 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year - +2.33% +7.96%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £625
90th Percentile £698 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £588
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.13% +11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 21 2
10th Percentile £46.25 £53.75 £41.75
25th Percentile £50.94 £56.25 £44.38
Median hourly rate £62.25 £64.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +31.28% +21.88%
75th Percentile £74.44 £75.50 £53.13
90th Percentile £75.36 £78.00 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £62.25 £72.50 £48.75
% change year-on-year -14.14% +48.72% +16.07%

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,325 3,471 4,242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.45% 15.08% 13.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,721 2,526 2,961
10th Percentile £213 £297 £248
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £513 £558 £565
% change year-on-year -8.15% -1.24% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 129 116
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.50 £12.72
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.00 £14.81
Median hourly rate £28.75 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.35% +112.50% -12.74%
75th Percentile £48.75 £65.00 £27.75
90th Percentile £70.93 £75.10 £51.11
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £54.18 £22.00
% change year-on-year -52.44% +146.25% -45.00%

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 18 May 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Ansible in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 18 May 2024. 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
South East +32 166 £547 -0.64% 58
North of England +9 121 £515 -12.32% 38
South West -12 104 £558 -7.08% 43
Yorkshire +62 73 £485 -19.17% 8
Scotland -34 48 £525 +2.34% 8
North West -41 40 £533 -9.36% 25
Midlands -11 24 £520 +4.00% 20
West Midlands -10 13 £638 +21.43% 13
East Midlands +12 11 £417 -9.95% 7
East of England -17 11 £625 +20.19% 15
North East -6 8 £550 -15.38% 5
Wales -3 6 £645 +22.76% 4
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 53 (11.13%) Confluence
2 12 (2.52%) Apache
3 11 (2.31%) nginx
4 7 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.05%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.84%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.63%) CMS
7 3 (0.63%) Drupal
7 3 (0.63%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.42%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.42%) Traefik
9 1 (0.21%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.21%) IIS
9 1 (0.21%) JBoss
9 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.21%) SAS
9 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 166 (34.87%) AWS
2 109 (22.90%) Azure
3 51 (10.71%) GitHub
4 48 (10.08%) OpenShift
5 38 (7.98%) Amazon EC2
6 37 (7.77%) GCP
7 35 (7.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 35 (7.35%) Amazon S3
7 35 (7.35%) AWS CloudFormation
8 31 (6.51%) Serverless
9 26 (5.46%) AWS Lambda
10 25 (5.25%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (2.52%) Amazon EKS
12 11 (2.31%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 10 (2.10%) IaaS
13 10 (2.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 9 (1.89%) Apigee
14 9 (1.89%) Kong
14 9 (1.89%) PaaS
15 8 (1.68%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 62 (13.03%) Firewall
2 40 (8.40%) DNS
3 27 (5.67%) TCP/IP
4 25 (5.25%) VPN
5 21 (4.41%) SAN
6 17 (3.57%) VLAN
7 16 (3.36%) IPsec
7 16 (3.36%) SSL
8 15 (3.15%) BGP
8 15 (3.15%) Cisco ASA
9 14 (2.94%) OSPF
10 13 (2.73%) Network Security
10 13 (2.73%) SNMP
10 13 (2.73%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (2.52%) Cisco Firepower
11 12 (2.52%) Cisco ISE
11 12 (2.52%) EIGRP
11 12 (2.52%) HSRP
11 12 (2.52%) NetScaler
11 12 (2.52%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (8.82%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (7.35%) MySQL
3 29 (6.09%) Elasticsearch
4 25 (5.25%) SQL Server
5 24 (5.04%) Relational Database
6 23 (4.83%) MongoDB
7 19 (3.99%) Amazon RDS
8 14 (2.94%) InfluxDB
9 13 (2.73%) NoSQL
10 10 (2.10%) RDBMS
11 9 (1.89%) Amazon Aurora
12 8 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (1.47%) Apache Cassandra
14 6 (1.26%) Data Lake
14 6 (1.26%) DynamoDB
14 6 (1.26%) Informix
15 4 (0.84%) Couchbase
15 4 (0.84%) Oracle Database
16 3 (0.63%) ClickHouse
17 2 (0.42%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 171 (35.92%) Jenkins
2 84 (17.65%) GitLab
3 76 (15.97%) Git
4 73 (15.34%) JIRA
5 44 (9.24%) SonarQube
6 38 (7.98%) Bitbucket
7 31 (6.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 29 (6.09%) Selenium
9 26 (5.46%) Cucumber
10 24 (5.04%) REST Assured
10 24 (5.04%) Sonatype Nexus
11 23 (4.83%) Artifactory
12 15 (3.15%) Robot Framework
13 14 (2.94%) Visual Studio
14 12 (2.52%) Maven
15 10 (2.10%) CircleCI
16 9 (1.89%) Travis CI
17 7 (1.47%) Gradle
18 6 (1.26%) Burp Suite
18 6 (1.26%) Subversion
General
1 126 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 84 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (8.82%) Public Sector
4 27 (5.67%) Finance
5 19 (3.99%) Law
6 18 (3.78%) Aerospace
7 13 (2.73%) Police
8 11 (2.31%) Banking
8 11 (2.31%) Legal
9 6 (1.26%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.63%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.63%) Marketing
11 3 (0.63%) Retail
12 2 (0.42%) Advertising
12 2 (0.42%) Electronics
12 2 (0.42%) German Language
12 2 (0.42%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 93 (19.54%) DevOps Engineer
2 47 (9.87%) Senior
3 46 (9.66%) Developer
4 32 (6.72%) Network Engineer
5 31 (6.51%) Linux Engineer
6 29 (6.09%) Platform Engineer
7 27 (5.67%) Security Engineer
8 26 (5.46%) Architect
8 26 (5.46%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 22 (4.62%) AWS Engineer
10 17 (3.57%) AWS DevOps
11 16 (3.36%) Cloud Engineer
11 16 (3.36%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 16 (3.36%) Java Engineer
12 15 (3.15%) Automation Engineer
12 15 (3.15%) Lead
12 15 (3.15%) Site Engineer
13 14 (2.94%) Storage Manager
14 13 (2.73%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 12 (2.52%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (10.71%) REST
2 44 (9.24%) .NET
3 38 (7.98%) YAML
4 33 (6.93%) Elastic Stack
5 24 (5.04%) Java EE
6 23 (4.83%) .NET Core
6 23 (4.83%) JSON
7 20 (4.20%) RabbitMQ
8 15 (3.15%) AWS CDK
9 13 (2.73%) ARM Templates
9 13 (2.73%) ASP.NET
10 12 (2.52%) Jinja
10 12 (2.52%) Kafka
11 9 (1.89%) Keycloak
11 9 (1.89%) RESTful
11 9 (1.89%) XML
12 8 (1.68%) Apache NiFi
13 6 (1.26%) ActiveMQ
13 6 (1.26%) Node.js
13 6 (1.26%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 54 (11.34%) PKI
2 37 (7.77%) Linux Command Line
3 30 (6.30%) Replication
4 28 (5.88%) Public Cloud
5 24 (5.04%) Data Centre
6 22 (4.62%) Cloud Native
7 12 (2.52%) Clustering
8 10 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.10%) Private Cloud
9 9 (1.89%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.68%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.47%) Management Information System
12 6 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.05%) Fat Client
13 5 (1.05%) Product Ownership
13 5 (1.05%) Thin Client
14 4 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (0.84%) Security Posture
15 3 (0.63%) Distributed Systems
15 3 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 225 (47.27%) Linux
2 95 (19.96%) Windows
3 45 (9.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 37 (7.77%) Unix
5 32 (6.72%) Windows Server
6 18 (3.78%) Ubuntu
6 18 (3.78%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (3.15%) zOS
8 13 (2.73%) Solaris
9 12 (2.52%) VMS
10 10 (2.10%) CentOS
11 6 (1.26%) Debian
12 4 (0.84%) Oracle Linux
13 3 (0.63%) Android
13 3 (0.63%) Apple iOS
13 3 (0.63%) Windows 2000
13 3 (0.63%) Windows XP
14 1 (0.21%) AIX
14 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (43.91%) DevOps
2 168 (35.29%) CI/CD
3 128 (26.89%) Agile
4 109 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
5 108 (22.69%) Infrastructure as Code
6 95 (19.96%) Continuous Integration
7 85 (17.86%) Configuration Management
8 83 (17.44%) Containerisation
9 67 (14.08%) Test Automation
10 55 (11.55%) Scrum
11 50 (10.50%) Task Automation
12 48 (10.08%) Deployment Automation
13 45 (9.45%) Change Management
13 45 (9.45%) Software Engineering
14 41 (8.61%) ITIL
15 40 (8.40%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 38 (7.98%) Migration
17 35 (7.35%) Infrastructure Automation
17 35 (7.35%) Project Management
18 34 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 255 (53.57%) Python
2 149 (31.30%) PowerShell
3 104 (21.85%) Bash
4 57 (11.97%) Java
5 40 (8.40%) Shell Script
6 37 (7.77%) SQL
7 33 (6.93%) Go
8 30 (6.30%) Perl
9 23 (4.83%) C
10 19 (3.99%) Groovy
11 17 (3.57%) JavaScript
11 17 (3.57%) Ruby
12 15 (3.15%) JCL
12 15 (3.15%) REXX
13 14 (2.94%) C#
14 12 (2.52%) Tcl
15 11 (2.31%) TypeScript
16 9 (1.89%) C++
17 6 (1.26%) PHP
18 4 (0.84%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 229 (48.11%) Security Cleared
2 134 (28.15%) SC Cleared
3 79 (16.60%) DV Cleared
4 24 (5.04%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (4.20%) CCNP
6 18 (3.78%) CCNA
6 18 (3.78%) Degree
7 6 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.05%) CCIE
8 5 (1.05%) RHCE
9 3 (0.63%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.63%) RHCSA
10 2 (0.42%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.42%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.42%) SANS
11 1 (0.21%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.21%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.21%) GIAC
11 1 (0.21%) HP ASE
11 1 (0.21%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (7.56%) QA
2 8 (1.68%) Disclosure Scotland
3 7 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.47%) RMADS
4 6 (1.26%) GDPR
4 6 (1.26%) NIST
5 4 (0.84%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.63%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.42%) NCSC
7 2 (0.42%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.42%) SLA
8 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
System Software
1 132 (27.73%) Docker
2 59 (12.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (6.30%) Active Directory
4 28 (5.88%) vSphere
5 20 (4.20%) VMware ESXi
6 19 (3.99%) VMware NSX
7 17 (3.57%) NFS
8 15 (3.15%) Hyper-V
8 15 (3.15%) Time Sharing Option
9 12 (2.52%) Firmware
10 9 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
11 5 (1.05%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 4 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.42%) Ceph
13 2 (0.42%) KVM
13 2 (0.42%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 2 (0.42%) Varnish
13 2 (0.42%) Veritas Cluster Server
14 1 (0.21%) HDFS
14 1 (0.21%) LXC
Systems Management
1 237 (49.79%) Terraform
2 166 (34.87%) Kubernetes
3 73 (15.34%) Grafana
4 60 (12.61%) Prometheus
5 57 (11.97%) Puppet
6 40 (8.40%) Progress Chef
7 31 (6.51%) Docker Swarm
8 24 (5.04%) PowerCLI
9 19 (3.99%) NetBackup
9 19 (3.99%) Red Hat Satellite
10 17 (3.57%) Kibana
11 16 (3.36%) Packer
11 16 (3.36%) Podman
11 16 (3.36%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 13 (2.73%) Nagios
13 11 (2.31%) HP Fortify
13 11 (2.31%) Nessus
14 10 (2.10%) Graylog
15 9 (1.89%) logstash
15 9 (1.89%) vRealize
Vendors
1 85 (17.86%) VMware
2 55 (11.55%) Red Hat
3 46 (9.66%) Dell
4 38 (7.98%) Splunk
5 35 (7.35%) Microsoft
5 35 (7.35%) Oracle
6 34 (7.14%) Atlassian
6 34 (7.14%) Cisco
7 31 (6.51%) IBM
8 28 (5.88%) SolarWinds
9 27 (5.67%) HP
10 26 (5.46%) Veritas
11 17 (3.57%) ServiceNow
12 16 (3.36%) Broadcom
12 16 (3.36%) Brocade
12 16 (3.36%) CA
12 16 (3.36%) Citrix
13 14 (2.94%) Google
14 12 (2.52%) Palo Alto
15 11 (2.31%) F5