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 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 97 67 69
Rank change year-on-year -30 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Ansible 324 844 1,567
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.19% 3.43% 3.56%
As % of the Systems Management category 19.84% 20.88% 22.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 643 1,124
10th Percentile £430 £450 £425
25th Percentile £489 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £564 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £698 £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% +16.07%

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 1,633 4,043 7,116
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.06% 16.41% 16.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,219 2,997 5,298
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £448 £474 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £558 £563
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% -0.80% +8.17%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £663
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £558 £565
% change year-on-year -8.15% -1.24% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 76 47
10th Percentile £19.98 £25.36 £15.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.67 £20.75
Median hourly rate £47.75 £66.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.65% +88.57% -22.22%
75th Percentile £56.88 £76.13 £62.38
90th Percentile £62.75 £87.50 £72.75
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £54.18 £22.00
% change year-on-year -52.44% +146.25% -45.00%

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 18 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 (8.64%) Confluence
2 10 (3.09%) nginx
2 10 (3.09%) OpenStack
3 8 (2.47%) Apache
4 6 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.23%) Apache Solr
5 4 (1.23%) IIS
6 3 (0.93%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.62%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.62%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.62%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.31%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.31%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.31%) SAS
8 1 (0.31%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 138 (42.59%) AWS
2 90 (27.78%) Azure
3 48 (14.81%) GitHub
4 37 (11.42%) GCP
5 29 (8.95%) OpenShift
5 29 (8.95%) PaaS
6 27 (8.33%) IaaS
7 24 (7.41%) Serverless
8 22 (6.79%) AWS CloudFormation
8 22 (6.79%) SaaS
9 21 (6.48%) AWS Lambda
10 19 (5.86%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (5.25%) Amazon EC2
11 17 (5.25%) Amazon S3
12 15 (4.63%) GitHub Actions
13 11 (3.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 11 (3.40%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 10 (3.09%) Amazon EKS
14 10 (3.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 9 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 58 (17.90%) Firewall
2 28 (8.64%) DNS
3 26 (8.02%) TCP/IP
4 13 (4.01%) VLAN
5 12 (3.70%) BGP
5 12 (3.70%) SAN
6 11 (3.40%) DHCP
7 10 (3.09%) IPsec
7 10 (3.09%) SSL
8 9 (2.78%) Cisco ISE
8 9 (2.78%) OSPF
8 9 (2.78%) VPN
9 8 (2.47%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (2.47%) Cisco Firepower
9 8 (2.47%) WAN
10 7 (2.16%) EIGRP
10 7 (2.16%) HSRP
10 7 (2.16%) NAS
10 7 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (1.85%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (9.57%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (6.79%) Elasticsearch
3 17 (5.25%) MySQL
4 15 (4.63%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (4.63%) SQL Server
5 12 (3.70%) NoSQL
6 11 (3.40%) MongoDB
6 11 (3.40%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.16%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (1.85%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (1.85%) Couchbase
8 6 (1.85%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.54%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (1.54%) Big Data
9 5 (1.54%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.54%) InfluxDB
9 5 (1.54%) Informix
10 4 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.93%) Bigtable
11 3 (0.93%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 114 (35.19%) Jenkins
2 49 (15.12%) JIRA
3 47 (14.51%) Git
4 42 (12.96%) GitLab
5 25 (7.72%) Bitbucket
5 25 (7.72%) SonarQube
6 19 (5.86%) Artifactory
7 13 (4.01%) TeamCity
8 11 (3.40%) Selenium
9 10 (3.09%) Cucumber
10 9 (2.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 8 (2.47%) Maven
11 8 (2.47%) REST Assured
12 7 (2.16%) CircleCI
13 6 (1.85%) Sonatype Nexus
14 5 (1.54%) Subversion
15 4 (1.23%) Postman
15 4 (1.23%) Travis CI
16 3 (0.93%) JMeter
17 2 (0.62%) JUnit
General
1 88 (27.16%) Social Skills
2 56 (17.28%) Finance
3 45 (13.89%) Public Sector
4 26 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (5.56%) Banking
6 15 (4.63%) Law
7 7 (2.16%) Police
8 5 (1.54%) Retail
8 5 (1.54%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.23%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.23%) Legal
10 3 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.93%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.93%) Marketing
11 2 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.31%) French Language
12 1 (0.31%) Games
12 1 (0.31%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.31%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.31%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 78 (24.07%) DevOps Engineer
2 45 (13.89%) Senior
3 28 (8.64%) AWS Engineer
3 28 (8.64%) Network Engineer
4 26 (8.02%) AWS DevOps
5 25 (7.72%) AWS DevOps Engineer
6 20 (6.17%) Automation Engineer
6 20 (6.17%) Senior DevOps
7 18 (5.56%) Developer
8 17 (5.25%) Lead
8 17 (5.25%) Python Engineer
9 16 (4.94%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 15 (4.63%) Architect
10 15 (4.63%) Linux Engineer
11 14 (4.32%) Platform Engineer
12 13 (4.01%) Consultant
12 13 (4.01%) Data Engineer
13 11 (3.40%) DBA
14 10 (3.09%) Lead DevOps
15 9 (2.78%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (8.95%) REST
2 26 (8.02%) Elastic Stack
3 25 (7.72%) YAML
4 19 (5.86%) ARM Templates
5 17 (5.25%) JSON
6 13 (4.01%) .NET
6 13 (4.01%) Node.js
7 12 (3.70%) AWS CDK
8 10 (3.09%) Azure Blueprints
8 10 (3.09%) RabbitMQ
9 9 (2.78%) Kafka
9 9 (2.78%) RESTful
10 8 (2.47%) Java EE
11 7 (2.16%) LDAP
11 7 (2.16%) Middleware
11 7 (2.16%) React
12 6 (1.85%) Jinja
12 6 (1.85%) SAML
12 6 (1.85%) Spring
12 6 (1.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.41%) Management Information System
2 21 (6.48%) Data Centre
3 19 (5.86%) Replication
4 16 (4.94%) Public Cloud
5 14 (4.32%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (4.01%) Linux Command Line
7 12 (3.70%) Clustering
8 10 (3.09%) Onboarding
9 9 (2.78%) Cloud Native
10 8 (2.47%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.85%) PKI
11 6 (1.85%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (1.23%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.93%) Credit Derivative
14 3 (0.93%) Data Structures
14 3 (0.93%) Distributed Applications
14 3 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 3 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
14 3 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 135 (41.67%) Linux
2 63 (19.44%) Windows
3 33 (10.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 24 (7.41%) Unix
5 22 (6.79%) Windows Server
6 13 (4.01%) zOS
7 11 (3.40%) Ubuntu
8 10 (3.09%) CentOS
8 10 (3.09%) Solaris
9 9 (2.78%) Android
10 8 (2.47%) Apple iOS
10 8 (2.47%) Oracle Linux
11 4 (1.23%) VMS
12 2 (0.62%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.62%) Windows 2000
12 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.62%) Windows XP
13 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (50.62%) DevOps
2 113 (34.88%) CI/CD
3 85 (26.23%) Infrastructure as Code
4 81 (25.00%) Agile
5 67 (20.68%) Configuration Management
6 59 (18.21%) Containerisation
7 58 (17.90%) Test Automation
8 46 (14.20%) Continuous Integration
9 44 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
10 33 (10.19%) High Availability
11 31 (9.57%) Software Engineering
12 27 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (7.72%) Disaster Recovery
13 25 (7.72%) Project Management
14 23 (7.10%) Deployment Automation
14 23 (7.10%) Infrastructure Automation
15 22 (6.79%) DevSecOps
15 22 (6.79%) Migration
15 22 (6.79%) Scrum
16 21 (6.48%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 167 (51.54%) Python
2 65 (20.06%) Bash
3 54 (16.67%) PowerShell
4 45 (13.89%) Java
5 31 (9.57%) SQL
6 22 (6.79%) Perl
7 19 (5.86%) Go
8 17 (5.25%) JavaScript
9 14 (4.32%) C
9 14 (4.32%) Shell Script
9 14 (4.32%) TypeScript
10 12 (3.70%) C++
10 12 (3.70%) JCL
10 12 (3.70%) REXX
10 12 (3.70%) Ruby
11 8 (2.47%) Groovy
12 6 (1.85%) PHP
12 6 (1.85%) Tcl
13 5 (1.54%) C#
14 3 (0.93%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 95 (29.32%) Security Cleared
2 78 (24.07%) SC Cleared
3 18 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (5.56%) Degree
4 17 (5.25%) CCNP
4 17 (5.25%) DV Cleared
5 14 (4.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.78%) CCIE
6 9 (2.78%) CCNA
7 5 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.23%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.62%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.62%) SANS
10 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.31%) CEH
10 1 (0.31%) CISSP
10 1 (0.31%) RHCE
10 1 (0.31%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.32%) QA
2 11 (3.40%) GDPR
3 10 (3.09%) NCSC
3 10 (3.09%) NIST
4 8 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.23%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.23%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.93%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.62%) SLA
9 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 103 (31.79%) Docker
2 25 (7.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (6.48%) Active Directory
4 20 (6.17%) VMware NSX
5 15 (4.63%) vSphere
6 12 (3.70%) NFS
6 12 (3.70%) Time Sharing Option
6 12 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (3.09%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (2.78%) Firmware
9 5 (1.54%) vCloud
10 2 (0.62%) Ceph
10 2 (0.62%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.31%) HDFS
11 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.31%) Postfix
11 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.31%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 169 (52.16%) Terraform
2 131 (40.43%) Kubernetes
3 58 (17.90%) Puppet
4 45 (13.89%) Grafana
5 40 (12.35%) Progress Chef
6 36 (11.11%) Prometheus
7 17 (5.25%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 16 (4.94%) Kibana
9 12 (3.70%) Docker Swarm
10 10 (3.09%) logstash
10 10 (3.09%) Podman
11 9 (2.78%) Packer
12 8 (2.47%) NetBackup
13 6 (1.85%) EMC NetWorker
13 6 (1.85%) Netcool
13 6 (1.85%) Tivoli
14 5 (1.54%) Nagios
14 5 (1.54%) Salt
15 4 (1.23%) BladeLogic
15 4 (1.23%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 42 (12.96%) VMware
2 34 (10.49%) Cisco
3 28 (8.64%) Red Hat
4 27 (8.33%) Oracle
5 26 (8.02%) IBM
6 25 (7.72%) Dell
6 25 (7.72%) Splunk
7 24 (7.41%) Microsoft
8 17 (5.25%) Google
8 17 (5.25%) SolarWinds
9 15 (4.63%) CA
10 14 (4.32%) F5
10 14 (4.32%) Qualys
11 12 (3.70%) Atlassian
11 12 (3.70%) Broadcom
11 12 (3.70%) Brocade
11 12 (3.70%) Citrix
11 12 (3.70%) Fortinet
11 12 (3.70%) Palo Alto
12 11 (3.40%) HP