Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CMDB in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CMDB over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 685 689 997
Rank change year-on-year +4 +308 -255
Permanent jobs citing CMDB 212 289 235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.28% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.61% 0.64% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 151 223 158
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £43,750 £36,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +0.96%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £75,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £88,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,067 £50,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -17.87% +14.94% +2.35%

All Generic Skills
UK

CMDB is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,768 44,861 72,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 42.86% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22,918 24,128 34,106
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,107 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

CMDB
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CMDB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CMDB in the UK

CMDB
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CMDB.

Salary trend for CMDB in the UK

CMDB
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CMDB over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for CMDB in the UK

CMDB
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CMDB within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +19 187 £50,000 -4.76% 49
UK excluding London -2 135 £41,067 -17.87% 32
Work from Home +53 95 £64,108 +2.57% 26
London +72 67 £74,000 +13.85% 18
South East +60 57 £34,000 -32.00% 2
North of England +16 27 £41,235 -17.53% 17
Midlands +10 19 £64,108 +86.08% 9
North West 0 16 £41,235 -17.53% 15
West Midlands +23 12 £67,054 +94.63% 8
South West -11 12 £46,958 +43.60%
Wales +21 9 £41,067 +49.33%
Yorkshire +68 8 £62,500 +25.00% 1
East Midlands -9 7 £40,000 -23.81% 1
East of England -2 5 £60,000 +14.29% 2
Scotland -60 4 - - 2
North East 0 3 £32,000 -7.25% 1
Northern Ireland - 2 - -

CMDB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 22 (10.38%) SAS
2 15 (7.08%) IIS
3 5 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.89%) CMS
5 3 (1.42%) Confluence
5 3 (1.42%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 27 (12.74%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 24 (11.32%) Azure
2 15 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (7.08%) SaaS
3 10 (4.72%) AWS
4 7 (3.30%) Cloud Computing
4 7 (3.30%) Slack
5 6 (2.83%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.89%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.94%) IaaS
7 2 (0.94%) PaaS
7 2 (0.94%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.47%) ChatGPT
8 1 (0.47%) GCP
8 1 (0.47%) Google App Engine
8 1 (0.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (13.21%) SNMP
2 26 (12.26%) Firewall
3 18 (8.49%) DNS
4 15 (7.08%) DHCP
4 15 (7.08%) TCP/IP
4 15 (7.08%) VPN
5 13 (6.13%) SSH
6 11 (5.19%) SSL
7 8 (3.77%) SAN
8 3 (1.42%) Broadband
8 3 (1.42%) NaaS
8 3 (1.42%) VoIP
8 3 (1.42%) WAN
8 3 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.42%) Wireless
9 2 (0.94%) BGP
9 2 (0.94%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.94%) ICMP
9 2 (0.94%) OSPF
9 2 (0.94%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.91%) Relational Database
2 13 (6.13%) MySQL
3 5 (2.36%) RDBMS
4 4 (1.89%) Power BI
5 3 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.42%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.47%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 13 (6.13%) Eclipse
2 5 (2.36%) MSI
3 4 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 27 (12.74%) Finance
2 25 (11.79%) Social Skills
3 22 (10.38%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (6.60%) Law
6 7 (3.30%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.36%) Fire and Rescue
7 5 (2.36%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.89%) Retail
9 3 (1.42%) Turkish Language
10 2 (0.94%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.47%) Banking
11 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Police
11 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (22.17%) Developer
1 47 (22.17%) ServiceNow Developer
2 45 (21.23%) Senior
3 26 (12.26%) Systems Engineer
3 26 (12.26%) Windows Engineer
3 26 (12.26%) Windows Systems Engineer
4 15 (7.08%) Consultant
4 15 (7.08%) ServiceNow Consultant
5 14 (6.60%) Analyst
5 14 (6.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (6.13%) Senior Support Engineer
6 13 (6.13%) Senior Technical Engineer
6 13 (6.13%) Senior Technical Support
6 13 (6.13%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
6 13 (6.13%) Support Engineer
6 13 (6.13%) Technical Engineer
6 13 (6.13%) Technical Support
6 13 (6.13%) Technical Support Engineer
7 11 (5.19%) Applications Support
8 10 (4.72%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (29.25%) CSS
1 62 (29.25%) HTML
2 59 (27.83%) Web Services
3 57 (26.89%) AngularJS
4 38 (17.92%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 37 (17.45%) XML
6 29 (13.68%) SOAP
7 27 (12.74%) LDAP
8 21 (9.91%) Ajax
8 21 (9.91%) REST
9 16 (7.55%) JSON
9 16 (7.55%) ODBC
10 13 (6.13%) JDBC
10 13 (6.13%) XHTML
11 5 (2.36%) Middleware
12 3 (1.42%) Kafka
13 1 (0.47%) .NET
13 1 (0.47%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.38%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (4.72%) Data Centre
3 9 (4.25%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.77%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.42%) TM Forum
7 2 (0.94%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.94%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.94%) N-Tier
7 2 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.94%) Smartcard
7 2 (0.94%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.47%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.47%) iPhone
8 1 (0.47%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.47%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 71 (33.49%) Windows
2 39 (18.40%) Linux
3 34 (16.04%) Windows Server
4 13 (6.13%) Unix
5 6 (2.83%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.36%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.47%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (52.36%) ITSM
2 93 (43.87%) ITIL
3 70 (33.02%) Configuration Management
4 69 (32.55%) Service Management
5 48 (22.64%) Change Management
6 45 (21.23%) Service Catalogue
7 39 (18.40%) Problem Management
8 35 (16.51%) Asset Management
8 35 (16.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 34 (16.04%) IT Asset Management
10 33 (15.57%) Mentoring
11 31 (14.62%) Agile
12 30 (14.15%) Root Cause Analysis
12 30 (14.15%) Security Operations
13 29 (13.68%) Incident Management
14 23 (10.85%) Service Delivery
15 22 (10.38%) Actionable Insight
15 22 (10.38%) ChatOps
15 22 (10.38%) Code Quality
15 22 (10.38%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 51 (24.06%) JavaScript
2 24 (11.32%) SQL
3 17 (8.02%) PowerShell
4 14 (6.60%) Java
5 13 (6.13%) Perl
5 13 (6.13%) Python
6 3 (1.42%) C
Qualifications
1 59 (27.83%) Security Cleared
2 57 (26.89%) SC Cleared
3 30 (14.15%) Degree
4 28 (13.21%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.66%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.36%) CCNA
7 5 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.42%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.42%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.42%) PMP
9 2 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.94%) MCITP
9 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.47%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.25%) SLA
2 7 (3.30%) GRC
3 3 (1.42%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.42%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.94%) NCSC
5 1 (0.47%) GDPR
5 1 (0.47%) PMO
System Software
1 36 (16.98%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (1.42%) Virtual Servers
2 3 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.94%) vSphere
4 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (8.96%) SCOM
2 16 (7.55%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (6.13%) WMI
4 8 (3.77%) HP UCMDB
5 7 (3.30%) Ansible
5 7 (3.30%) Terraform
6 6 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (2.36%) SCCM
8 3 (1.42%) Nagios
9 2 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.94%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.47%) IBM BigFix
10 1 (0.47%) Nessus
Vendors
1 90 (42.45%) ServiceNow
2 38 (17.92%) Microsoft
3 28 (13.21%) BMC
4 27 (12.74%) Remedy
5 24 (11.32%) HP
6 15 (7.08%) Dynatrace
7 13 (6.13%) Oracle
7 13 (6.13%) Splunk
8 6 (2.83%) Apple
8 6 (2.83%) Cisco
9 5 (2.36%) Snow
10 3 (1.42%) Meraki
10 3 (1.42%) VMware
11 2 (0.94%) Cadence
11 2 (0.94%) Infoblox
11 2 (0.94%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.94%) Sparx
12 1 (0.47%) Fortinet
12 1 (0.47%) HubSpot
12 1 (0.47%) Jitterbit