Ansible Contracts with Work from Home Options

Ansible
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Ansible skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ansible over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 69 71
Rank change year-on-year -27 +2 -3
Contract jobs citing Ansible 335 765 1,613
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.27% 3.20% 3.68%
As % of the Systems Management category 20.05% 19.98% 22.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 585 1,174
10th Percentile £425 £450 £425
25th Percentile £475 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £586 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +1.91% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £696 £787 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £588
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.13% +8.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 1
Median hourly rate - £58.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +67.40% -28.21%
UK median hourly rate £72.00 £73.36 £49.00
% change year-on-year -1.85% +49.70% +4.81%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

Ansible falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,671 3,829 7,036
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.32% 16.04% 16.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,260 2,832 5,257
10th Percentile £363 £400 £400
25th Percentile £445 £470 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £560 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -0.88% +7.62%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -6.36% -2.65% +10.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 78 45
10th Percentile - £25.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.01 £20.75
Median hourly rate £48.25 £65.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.77% +85.71% -22.22%
75th Percentile £55.63 £75.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £60.88 £85.75 £74.75
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £57.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -43.48% +161.36% -44.30%

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 12 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 27 (8.06%) Confluence
2 7 (2.09%) nginx
3 6 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.79%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.49%) Apache Solr
5 4 (1.19%) Apache
6 3 (0.90%) IIS
7 2 (0.60%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.60%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.60%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.30%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.30%) SAS
8 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.19%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 134 (40.00%) AWS
2 90 (26.87%) Azure
3 48 (14.33%) GitHub
4 36 (10.75%) GCP
5 34 (10.15%) OpenShift
6 27 (8.06%) PaaS
7 26 (7.76%) AWS CloudFormation
8 24 (7.16%) IaaS
8 24 (7.16%) Serverless
9 22 (6.57%) Amazon S3
9 22 (6.57%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (6.27%) AWS Lambda
10 21 (6.27%) SaaS
11 20 (5.97%) Amazon EC2
12 15 (4.48%) GitHub Actions
13 14 (4.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 13 (3.88%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 10 (2.99%) Cloud Computing
16 9 (2.69%) Amazon EKS
17 8 (2.39%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 57 (17.01%) Firewall
2 25 (7.46%) DNS
3 23 (6.87%) TCP/IP
4 12 (3.58%) BGP
4 12 (3.58%) VLAN
5 11 (3.28%) DHCP
6 10 (2.99%) IPsec
6 10 (2.99%) SAN
7 9 (2.69%) OSPF
7 9 (2.69%) VPN
8 8 (2.39%) Cisco ASA
8 8 (2.39%) Cisco ISE
8 8 (2.39%) SSL
8 8 (2.39%) WAN
9 7 (2.09%) Cisco Firepower
9 7 (2.09%) EIGRP
9 7 (2.09%) HSRP
9 7 (2.09%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (1.79%) NAS
10 6 (1.79%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (11.04%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (6.57%) Elasticsearch
3 18 (5.37%) MySQL
4 16 (4.78%) Amazon RDS
5 15 (4.48%) SQL Server
6 13 (3.88%) MongoDB
7 11 (3.28%) Relational Database
8 10 (2.99%) NoSQL
9 9 (2.69%) Apache Cassandra
10 7 (2.09%) Informix
11 6 (1.79%) InfluxDB
11 6 (1.79%) Oracle Database
12 5 (1.49%) Amazon Aurora
12 5 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (1.49%) BigQuery
13 4 (1.19%) Couchbase
13 4 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.90%) Big Data
14 3 (0.90%) Bigtable
14 3 (0.90%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 114 (34.03%) Jenkins
2 49 (14.63%) Git
3 48 (14.33%) JIRA
4 45 (13.43%) GitLab
5 27 (8.06%) Bitbucket
6 26 (7.76%) SonarQube
7 22 (6.57%) Artifactory
8 14 (4.18%) TeamCity
9 12 (3.58%) Selenium
10 9 (2.69%) Cucumber
10 9 (2.69%) Maven
10 9 (2.69%) Sonatype Nexus
11 8 (2.39%) REST Assured
12 7 (2.09%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (2.09%) CircleCI
13 5 (1.49%) Subversion
14 4 (1.19%) Travis CI
15 3 (0.90%) JMeter
15 3 (0.90%) Postman
16 2 (0.60%) gulp
General
1 89 (26.57%) Social Skills
2 59 (17.61%) Finance
3 43 (12.84%) Public Sector
4 25 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (6.57%) Banking
6 15 (4.48%) Law
7 7 (2.09%) Police
8 6 (1.79%) Retail
9 5 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.19%) Legal
10 4 (1.19%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.90%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.90%) Marketing
12 2 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.60%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.30%) Electronics
13 1 (0.30%) French Language
13 1 (0.30%) Front Office
13 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.30%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 83 (24.78%) DevOps Engineer
2 46 (13.73%) Senior
3 32 (9.55%) Network Engineer
4 29 (8.66%) AWS Engineer
5 26 (7.76%) AWS DevOps
5 26 (7.76%) AWS DevOps Engineer
6 23 (6.87%) Lead
7 22 (6.57%) Senior DevOps
8 18 (5.37%) Automation Engineer
8 18 (5.37%) Platform Engineer
8 18 (5.37%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 17 (5.07%) DBA
9 17 (5.07%) Developer
10 14 (4.18%) Python Engineer
11 13 (3.88%) Data Engineer
12 12 (3.58%) Lead DevOps
12 12 (3.58%) Linux Engineer
13 11 (3.28%) Architect
13 11 (3.28%) Consultant
14 10 (2.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (8.06%) REST
2 24 (7.16%) YAML
3 22 (6.57%) Elastic Stack
4 20 (5.97%) ARM Templates
5 16 (4.78%) JSON
6 14 (4.18%) AWS CDK
7 13 (3.88%) Kafka
8 12 (3.58%) Node.js
9 10 (2.99%) .NET
9 10 (2.99%) Azure Blueprints
9 10 (2.99%) RabbitMQ
9 10 (2.99%) RESTful
10 8 (2.39%) Java EE
11 7 (2.09%) Middleware
12 6 (1.79%) Jinja
12 6 (1.79%) LDAP
12 6 (1.79%) SAML
12 6 (1.79%) XML
13 5 (1.49%) LEMP Stack
13 5 (1.49%) React
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.16%) Management Information System
2 20 (5.97%) Replication
3 18 (5.37%) Data Centre
4 15 (4.48%) Greenfield Project
5 14 (4.18%) Linux Command Line
5 14 (4.18%) Public Cloud
6 12 (3.58%) Product Ownership
7 11 (3.28%) Clustering
8 10 (2.99%) Cloud Native
8 10 (2.99%) Onboarding
9 7 (2.09%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.49%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.19%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.19%) PKI
12 3 (0.90%) Credit Derivative
12 3 (0.90%) Distributed Applications
12 3 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 131 (39.10%) Linux
2 65 (19.40%) Windows
3 33 (9.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 29 (8.66%) Unix
5 21 (6.27%) Windows Server
6 11 (3.28%) Android
6 11 (3.28%) Solaris
7 9 (2.69%) Apple iOS
7 9 (2.69%) zOS
8 8 (2.39%) Ubuntu
9 7 (2.09%) Oracle Linux
10 6 (1.79%) 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
1 176 (52.54%) DevOps
2 112 (33.43%) CI/CD
3 91 (27.16%) Infrastructure as Code
4 82 (24.48%) Agile
5 67 (20.00%) Configuration Management
6 63 (18.81%) Test Automation
7 62 (18.51%) Containerisation
8 45 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
9 44 (13.13%) Continuous Integration
10 34 (10.15%) High Availability
11 33 (9.85%) Software Engineering
12 28 (8.36%) Continuous Improvement
13 27 (8.06%) Scrum
14 25 (7.46%) Infrastructure Automation
15 24 (7.16%) Mentoring
15 24 (7.16%) Migration
16 23 (6.87%) Disaster Recovery
16 23 (6.87%) Roadmaps
17 22 (6.57%) ITIL
17 22 (6.57%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 162 (48.36%) Python
2 63 (18.81%) Bash
3 53 (15.82%) PowerShell
4 47 (14.03%) Java
5 33 (9.85%) SQL
6 22 (6.57%) Perl
7 17 (5.07%) Go
8 16 (4.78%) Shell Script
9 14 (4.18%) C
9 14 (4.18%) JavaScript
9 14 (4.18%) TypeScript
10 13 (3.88%) Ruby
11 12 (3.58%) C++
12 11 (3.28%) Groovy
13 8 (2.39%) JCL
13 8 (2.39%) REXX
14 6 (1.79%) PHP
14 6 (1.79%) Tcl
15 5 (1.49%) C#
16 3 (0.90%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 94 (28.06%) Security Cleared
2 78 (23.28%) SC Cleared
3 22 (6.57%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (6.27%) CCNP
5 18 (5.37%) DV Cleared
6 16 (4.78%) Degree
7 14 (4.18%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (3.88%) CCIE
9 9 (2.69%) CCNA
10 6 (1.79%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.90%) 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%) CEH
13 1 (0.30%) CISSP
13 1 (0.30%) JNCIP
13 1 (0.30%) RHCE
13 1 (0.30%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.78%) QA
2 10 (2.99%) GDPR
2 10 (2.99%) NCSC
3 9 (2.69%) NIST
4 7 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.19%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.19%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.19%) 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 (31.04%) Docker
2 26 (7.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (5.97%) Active Directory
4 19 (5.67%) VMware NSX
5 14 (4.18%) vSphere
6 12 (3.58%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (2.69%) Firmware
9 8 (2.39%) NFS
9 8 (2.39%) Time Sharing Option
10 5 (1.49%) vCloud
11 2 (0.60%) Ceph
11 2 (0.60%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 1 (0.30%) HDFS
12 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
12 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.30%) Postfix
12 1 (0.30%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 172 (51.34%) Terraform
2 130 (38.81%) Kubernetes
3 63 (18.81%) Puppet
4 44 (13.13%) Grafana
5 41 (12.24%) Progress Chef
6 33 (9.85%) Prometheus
7 13 (3.88%) Kibana
8 12 (3.58%) Docker Swarm
8 12 (3.58%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 10 (2.99%) Podman
10 8 (2.39%) logstash
11 7 (2.09%) NetBackup
11 7 (2.09%) Packer
11 7 (2.09%) Salt
12 6 (1.79%) Nagios
13 5 (1.49%) EMC NetWorker
13 5 (1.49%) Netcool
13 5 (1.49%) Tivoli
14 4 (1.19%) BladeLogic
14 4 (1.19%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 42 (12.54%) VMware
2 38 (11.34%) Cisco
3 32 (9.55%) Oracle
4 30 (8.96%) Red Hat
5 27 (8.06%) Splunk
6 24 (7.16%) Microsoft
7 21 (6.27%) IBM
8 19 (5.67%) SolarWinds
9 18 (5.37%) Dell
10 17 (5.07%) F5
11 16 (4.78%) Google
12 15 (4.48%) Fortinet
13 13 (3.88%) Palo Alto
13 13 (3.88%) Qualys
14 12 (3.58%) Citrix
14 12 (3.58%) ServiceNow
15 10 (2.99%) CheckPoint
15 10 (2.99%) CyberArk
16 9 (2.69%) Atlassian
16 9 (2.69%) Dynatrace