CMDB Contract Job Trends in London

Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CMDB in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CMDB over the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 284 312
Rank change year-on-year -15 +28 +116
Contract jobs citing CMDB 82 93 97
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.57% 0.60% 0.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.46% 1.75% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 53 64
10th Percentile £393 £285 £404
25th Percentile £463 £406 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £568
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -11.89% +4.13%
75th Percentile £688 £575 £638
90th Percentile £748 £610 £778
England median daily rate £525 £497 £575
% change year-on-year +5.74% -13.65% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £19.09
25th Percentile - - £28.00
Median hourly rate - £100.00 £44.08
Median % change year-on-year - +126.86% +126.05%
75th Percentile - - £61.42
90th Percentile - - £71.07
England median hourly rate £14.00 £35.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +55.56% +32.35%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,610 5,325 6,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 39.24% 34.13% 33.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,591 3,406 4,672
10th Percentile £334 £325 £325
25th Percentile £427 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £590
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.54% -1.67%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £725
90th Percentile £800 £850 £825
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.68% - -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 64 105
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.84
25th Percentile £19.95 £25.17 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.65% +17.50% -10.21%
75th Percentile £45.05 £56.69 £49.08
90th Percentile £67.00 £80.75 £64.81
England median hourly rate £27.21 £38.54 £43.92
% change year-on-year -29.39% -12.26% +25.49%

CMDB
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

CMDB job vacancy trend in London

CMDB
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CMDB

CMDB
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CMDB in London over the 6 months to 8 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CMDB in London

CMDB
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CMDB.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CMDB

CMDB
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMDB within the London region over the 6 months to 8 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +1 11 £650 +36.27% 4
CMDB
England

CMDB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (4.88%) Autodesk Inventor
1 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.44%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.66%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.22%) Cloudability
2 1 (1.22%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 24 (29.27%) Azure
2 20 (24.39%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (8.54%) AWS
4 5 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.66%) SaaS
6 2 (2.44%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.22%) GCP
7 1 (1.22%) PaaS
7 1 (1.22%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.22%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.66%) DHCP
2 2 (2.44%) DNS
2 2 (2.44%) Firewall
2 2 (2.44%) LAN
2 2 (2.44%) NAS
2 2 (2.44%) SAN
2 2 (2.44%) WAN
3 1 (1.22%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.44%) Tableau
2 1 (1.22%) GIS
2 1 (1.22%) Power BI
2 1 (1.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (23.17%) JIRA
2 5 (6.10%) Git
3 3 (3.66%) Jenkins
General
1 33 (40.24%) Social Skills
2 19 (23.17%) Finance
3 18 (21.95%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (9.76%) Public Sector
5 7 (8.54%) Telecoms
6 4 (4.88%) Legal
6 4 (4.88%) Military
7 3 (3.66%) Banking
8 1 (1.22%) Billing
8 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.22%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (24.39%) Developer
1 20 (24.39%) ServiceNow Developer
2 16 (19.51%) Architect
3 15 (18.29%) Analyst
4 13 (15.85%) ServiceNow Architect
5 8 (9.76%) Business Analyst
6 6 (7.32%) Consultant
6 6 (7.32%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
6 6 (7.32%) Technical Architect
7 5 (6.10%) Change Manager
7 5 (6.10%) ServiceNow Manager
8 4 (4.88%) Business Change Manager
8 4 (4.88%) Business Manager
8 4 (4.88%) DevOps Engineer
8 4 (4.88%) Lead
8 4 (4.88%) Project Manager
9 3 (3.66%) Automation Analyst
9 3 (3.66%) Data Analyst
9 3 (3.66%) ServiceNow Project Manager
10 2 (2.44%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (37.80%) REST
2 30 (36.59%) SOAP
3 7 (8.54%) Web Services
4 3 (3.66%) CSS
4 3 (3.66%) HTML
5 2 (2.44%) AngularJS
5 2 (2.44%) Bootstrap
5 2 (2.44%) XML
6 1 (1.22%) .NET
6 1 (1.22%) Ajax
6 1 (1.22%) JSON
6 1 (1.22%) LDAP
6 1 (1.22%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (1.22%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.88%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.66%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.44%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.44%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.44%) Replication
4 1 (1.22%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.22%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.22%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.22%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.22%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.22%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.22%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.22%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.10%) Windows
2 4 (4.88%) Linux
3 2 (2.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (67.07%) ITSM
2 30 (36.59%) Configuration Management
3 29 (35.37%) Agile
4 28 (34.15%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (30.49%) Workflow
6 24 (29.27%) DevOps
7 20 (24.39%) ITIL
7 20 (24.39%) Scrum
8 19 (23.17%) Change Management
8 19 (23.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 18 (21.95%) Service Management
10 17 (20.73%) CAD
11 16 (19.51%) API Integration
11 16 (19.51%) Data Protection
11 16 (19.51%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 15 (18.29%) Analytics
12 15 (18.29%) Dashboard Development
12 15 (18.29%) Requirements Gathering
13 14 (17.07%) Data Management
14 11 (13.41%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (29.27%) JavaScript
2 5 (6.10%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.88%) Python
4 1 (1.22%) Bash
4 1 (1.22%) Perl
4 1 (1.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (30.49%) Security Cleared
2 20 (24.39%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.10%) Degree
4 2 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.22%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.22%) CCIE
5 1 (1.22%) CCNP
5 1 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.22%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.22%) PMP
5 1 (1.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.22%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.41%) Data Quality
2 9 (10.98%) QA
3 3 (3.66%) GRC
3 3 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 19770
4 2 (2.44%) NIST
4 2 (2.44%) SLA
5 1 (1.22%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.22%) COBIT
5 1 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.22%) GDPR
5 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (4.88%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.44%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.44%) Ansible
2 1 (1.22%) Grafana
2 1 (1.22%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.22%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 69 (84.15%) ServiceNow
2 9 (10.98%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.10%) Salesforce
4 3 (3.66%) BMC
4 3 (3.66%) Remedy
4 3 (3.66%) VMware
5 1 (1.22%) Arista
5 1 (1.22%) Cisco
5 1 (1.22%) Databricks
5 1 (1.22%) IBM
5 1 (1.22%) Snow
5 1 (1.22%) Workday
5 1 (1.22%) Zerto