Ansible jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-05-17, Ansible appears in 2,637 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for DevOps Engineer roles, with demand down 39% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about Ansible
+Is Ansible in demand in 2026?
Yes. Ansible appears in 2,637 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 39% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for DevOps Engineer roles (13% of DevOps Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require Ansible?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the job titles most likely to require Ansible are DevOps Engineer (13% of postings list Ansible), Software Engineer (10% of postings list Ansible), Site Reliability Engineer (10% of postings list Ansible).
+What skills are commonly paired with Ansible?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-05-17), Ansible most often appears alongside Terraform, Python, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD.
+Where is Ansible most in demand?
As of 2026-05-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Ansible are Washington, Bengaluru, San Francisco, London, New York City, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new Ansible content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring Ansible — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require Ansible
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| DevOps Engineer | 353 | 13.4% |
| Software Engineer | 261 | 9.9% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 257 | 9.7% |
| Platform Engineer | 87 | 3.3% |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 76 | 2.9% |
| Cloud Engineer | 72 | 2.7% |
| Network Engineer | 57 | 2.2% |
| Systems Engineer | 53 | 2.0% |
| GCP Cloud Engineer | 27 | 1.0% |
| DevSecOps Engineer | 25 | 0.9% |
Top metros hiring for Ansible
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 91 | 17.9% |
| Bengaluru | 86 | 16.9% |
| San Francisco | 68 | 13.4% |
| London | 57 | 11.2% |
| New York City | 56 | 11.0% |
| Sunnyvale | 56 | 11.0% |
| Paris | 35 | 6.9% |
| Annapolis | 30 | 5.9% |
| Hyderabad | 30 | 5.9% |
Skills commonly paired with Ansible
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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