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 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 306 290 333
Rank change year-on-year -16 +43 +119
Contract jobs citing CMDB 65 91 97
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.47% 0.58% 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.20% 1.72% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 51 63
10th Percentile £379 £281 £400
25th Percentile £500 £400 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% +2.33%
75th Percentile £688 £588 £622
90th Percentile £800 £613 £720
England median daily rate £540 £497 £565
% change year-on-year +8.76% -12.12% +7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £21.13
25th Percentile - - £33.08
Median hourly rate - £100.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year - +88.68% +171.79%
75th Percentile - - £65.25
90th Percentile - - £72.60
England median hourly rate £16.00 £35.00 £37.75
% change year-on-year -54.29% -7.28% +122.06%

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 5,421 5,281 6,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.97% 33.71% 34.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,456 3,374 5,013
10th Percentile £334 £325 £332
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £688 £725 £725
90th Percentile £825 £850 £825
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 63 102
10th Percentile £17.06 £17.30 £18.59
25th Percentile £20.41 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £26.30 £34.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.77% +15.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £44.38 £57.38 £49.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.75 £67.71
England median hourly rate £28.00 £46.71 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.06% +4.97% +64.94%

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 November 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 November 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 9 £650 +44.44% 23
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 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Autodesk Inventor
1 4 (6.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.08%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.54%) Cloudability
2 1 (1.54%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.54%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 22 (33.85%) Azure
2 18 (27.69%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.62%) AWS
4 3 (4.62%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.62%) SaaS
5 1 (1.54%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.54%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.62%) DHCP
2 2 (3.08%) DNS
2 2 (3.08%) Firewall
2 2 (3.08%) LAN
2 2 (3.08%) NAS
2 2 (3.08%) SAN
2 2 (3.08%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.54%) GIS
1 1 (1.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (27.69%) JIRA
2 2 (3.08%) Git
2 2 (3.08%) Jenkins
General
1 31 (47.69%) Social Skills
2 16 (24.62%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (18.46%) Finance
4 7 (10.77%) Telecoms
5 6 (9.23%) Public Sector
6 4 (6.15%) Legal
6 4 (6.15%) Military
7 2 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.54%) Banking
8 1 (1.54%) Billing
8 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (29.23%) Developer
1 19 (29.23%) ServiceNow Developer
2 13 (20.00%) Analyst
3 11 (16.92%) Architect
4 9 (13.85%) ServiceNow Architect
5 7 (10.77%) Business Analyst
6 6 (9.23%) Consultant
7 5 (7.69%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
8 3 (4.62%) Automation Analyst
8 3 (4.62%) Lead
8 3 (4.62%) Project Manager
8 3 (4.62%) ServiceNow Manager
8 3 (4.62%) ServiceNow Project Manager
8 3 (4.62%) ServiceNow Specialist
8 3 (4.62%) Technical Architect
9 2 (3.08%) Data Analyst
9 2 (3.08%) Desktop Support
9 2 (3.08%) Service Analyst
9 2 (3.08%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (3.08%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (43.08%) REST
2 27 (41.54%) SOAP
3 7 (10.77%) Web Services
4 3 (4.62%) CSS
4 3 (4.62%) HTML
5 2 (3.08%) AngularJS
5 2 (3.08%) Bootstrap
5 2 (3.08%) XML
6 1 (1.54%) .NET
6 1 (1.54%) Ajax
6 1 (1.54%) JSON
6 1 (1.54%) LDAP
6 1 (1.54%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (1.54%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.62%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.08%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.08%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.08%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.08%) Replication
3 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.54%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.54%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.54%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.54%) Reinsurance
3 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.23%) Windows
2 2 (3.08%) Linux
2 2 (3.08%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (72.31%) ITSM
2 25 (38.46%) Agile
2 25 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (36.92%) Configuration Management
4 21 (32.31%) Workflow
5 20 (30.77%) DevOps
5 20 (30.77%) Scrum
6 17 (26.15%) CAD
7 16 (24.62%) API Integration
7 16 (24.62%) Data Protection
7 16 (24.62%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 15 (23.08%) Dashboard Development
8 15 (23.08%) ITIL
8 15 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 14 (21.54%) Analytics
9 14 (21.54%) Data Management
9 14 (21.54%) Requirements Gathering
10 12 (18.46%) Service Management
11 10 (15.38%) Asset Management
12 8 (12.31%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 23 (35.38%) JavaScript
2 5 (7.69%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.08%) Python
4 1 (1.54%) Perl
4 1 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 21 (32.31%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.15%) Degree
4 1 (1.54%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.54%) CCIE
4 1 (1.54%) CCNP
4 1 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.54%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.85%) QA
2 3 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 2 (3.08%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.08%) GRC
4 1 (1.54%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.54%) COBIT
4 1 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.54%) GDPR
4 1 (1.54%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.08%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.54%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.54%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 55 (84.62%) ServiceNow
2 9 (13.85%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.62%) Remedy
4 2 (3.08%) BMC
4 2 (3.08%) VMware
5 1 (1.54%) Cisco
5 1 (1.54%) Databricks
5 1 (1.54%) IBM
5 1 (1.54%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.54%) Snow
5 1 (1.54%) Workday