CMDB Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CMDB in contract job vacancies in Cardiff. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CMDB over the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - 36
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs citing CMDB 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.64% - 0.79%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.71% - 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £127
25th Percentile - - £129
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - £132
Median % change year-on-year - - -78.00%
75th Percentile - - £134
90th Percentile - - £135
South Wales median daily rate £800 £135 £135
% change year-on-year +492.59% - -77.50%

All Generic Skills
Cardiff

CMDB falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 117 75 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 37.38% 39.47% 45.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 58 94
10th Percentile £275 £226 £162
25th Percentile £306 £301 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -25.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £516 £475 £550
90th Percentile £758 £506 £576
South Wales median daily rate £425 £331 £490
% change year-on-year +28.33% -32.41% -5.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile - - £17.29
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £43.96 £13.08 £25.60
Median % change year-on-year +236.09% -48.91% +34.52%
75th Percentile £70.66 £15.80 -
90th Percentile £118.71 £17.42 -
South Wales median hourly rate £43.96 £20.50 £25.60
% change year-on-year +114.44% -19.92% +41.12%

CMDB
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CMDB relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

CMDB job vacancy trend in Cardiff

CMDB
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing CMDB.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing CMDB

CMDB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Service Owner
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Business Case
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Enablement
1 2 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
69 CMDB jobs Nationwide