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Ansible freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for Ansible – calculated from 178 real project and job postings of the last 90 days. No survey, no guesswork without data.

As of: week 41/2026 · updated weekly
Listings (90 d)
178
Rank 87 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▼ 19 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
33 %
Rated for 178 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
82 %
23 % fully remote · stated in 82 % of postings
The jury's verdict on Ansible

In demand, but declining.

Ansible is among the most in-demand skills, at rank 87 of 531. Its market share is falling (▼ 19 % vs. the 90 days before).

High demandRank 87 of 531 skills, 178 postings in 90 days.
Shrinking marketMarket share ▼ 19 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible82 % of postings allow remote work.
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What is Ansible – and why do companies hire Ansible freelancers?

The postings that mention Ansible fall into these types of project (share of the classified postings):

Infrastructure and operations86 %
Cloud, automation and platform operations with Ansible.
New development10 %
Building new applications, platforms and products with Ansible.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are DevOps Engineer (59 %), System Administrator (22 %) and Frontend Developer (5 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 67 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▼ 19 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 16 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
87 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for Ansible are rising: from an average of 9 to 23 per week (+160 %). Volume is developing more weakly than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

Which skills Ansible is wanted with – and which ones pay off

Linux appears in 42 % of Ansible postings.

Often named together

Linux42 %(opens in new tab)Kubernetes34 %(opens in new tab)Terraform34 %(opens in new tab)Python30 %(opens in new tab)CI/CD29 %(opens in new tab)Docker29 %(opens in new tab)Bash26 %(opens in new tab)Infrastructure as Code24 %(opens in new tab)Share of Ansible postings that also name the skill.

Who wants Ansible – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior67 %
Mid-level26 %

Senior dominates (67 %). Pure junior roles are rare (2 %).

Stated in 99 % of listings

Industries

it_software59 %
public_sector17 %
banking_finance7 %
logistics5 %

it_software dominates (59 %).

Stated in 65 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance76 %
Permanent20 %
Temp agency3 %

Freelance dominates (76 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote58 %
Fully remote23 %
On site18 %

Partly remote dominates (58 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 23 % of postings.

Stated in 82 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Frankfurt am Main9 %
Frankfurt am Main8 %
Zürich8 %
Berlin5 %
Bonn5 %

Frankfurt am Main leads (9 %).

Stated in 62 % of listings

Project language

German89 %
English11 %

German dominates (89 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Market dynamics: how contested is Ansible?

Typical duration10 monthsMedian of the postings that state it. 47 % run 12 months or longer.Basis: 59 postings with this information (33 % of all postings).
Full time required87 %Share of postings stating a workload that expect full time.Basis: 53 postings with this information (30 % of all postings).

Who posts Ansible projects

FERCHAU GmbH35
SOLCOM GmbH12
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current Ansible projects

Frequently asked questions about Ansible freelancing

How many Ansible projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 178 projects and jobs mentioning Ansible were posted. That is around 13 per week. The market share changed by ▼ 19 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is Ansible still in demand for freelancers?

Ansible ranks 87 of 531 skills.

Are Ansible projects possible remotely?

82 % of Ansible postings allow remote work. 23 % are fully remote.

Which skills should I learn as a Ansible freelancer?

Linux (42 %), Kubernetes (34 %) and Terraform (34 %) are most often required together with Ansible. What actually pays off for your profile is shown by the free CV check.

Who posts Ansible projects?

The 2 most active recruiters account for 26 % of all Ansible postings of the last 90 days.

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention Ansible. Projects posted several times that are detected as duplicates count once; postings without an assignable IT category are missing, so the figures are a lower bound. The trend compares the share of all IT postings with the 90 days before and only appears with enough comparison data. We do not show figures based on fewer than 30 data points. The rating “must have” or “nice to have” comes from an AI analysis of the posting texts. Distributions only refer to postings that state the respective attribute; we state the coverage alongside. Recruiters are the posters of the listing according to the source, only above a minimum number of postings. An AI assigns the project type and role of each posting from its title, category and skills; the shares are counted postings, not estimates, and only appear with enough classified postings.

Basis: 10,565 IT listings in the window

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