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 23 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 278 288
Rank change year-on-year -28 +10 +93
Contract jobs citing CMDB 83 83 113
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.57% 0.59% 0.62%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.50% 1.75% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 49 75
10th Percentile £349 £394 £374
25th Percentile £431 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -6.98% -1.65%
75th Percentile £688 £575 £675
90th Percentile £711 £645 £850
England median daily rate £513 £500 £573
% change year-on-year +2.50% -12.66% +12.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.82 - -
Median hourly rate £22.27 £100.00 £13.16
Median % change year-on-year -77.74% +659.88% -32.51%
75th Percentile £23.71 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £14.00 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -60.00% +59.09% +20.55%

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 5,551 4,753 6,043
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.96% 34.06% 33.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,613 2,998 4,284
10th Percentile £350 £325 £312
25th Percentile £431 £450 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £579
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -0.62% -5.54%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £707
90th Percentile £800 £844 £812
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 62 149
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.90 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.82 £25.48 £19.99
Median hourly rate £27.25 £37.54 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -27.40% +30.56% +0.88%
75th Percentile £50.44 £63.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £82.96 £65.35
England median hourly rate £30.00 £37.79 £35.50
% change year-on-year -20.60% +6.44% +57.88%

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 23 January 2026.

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 23 January 2026. 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 -17 8 £600 +25.79% 1
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 (3.61%) Confluence
2 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Autodesk Inventor
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.20%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 21 (25.30%) Azure
2 19 (22.89%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (7.23%) AWS
4 2 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.20%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.20%) GCP
5 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.20%) Rubrik
5 1 (1.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.20%) DHCP
1 1 (1.20%) IPv4
1 1 (1.20%) IPv6
1 1 (1.20%) Modbus
1 1 (1.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.41%) Relational Database
1 2 (2.41%) Tableau
2 1 (1.20%) GIS
2 1 (1.20%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (24.10%) JIRA
2 6 (7.23%) Git
3 3 (3.61%) Jenkins
General
1 28 (33.73%) Social Skills
2 18 (21.69%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (18.07%) Finance
4 8 (9.64%) Telecoms
5 6 (7.23%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.82%) Legal
7 3 (3.61%) Banking
7 3 (3.61%) Military
8 2 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.20%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 24 (28.92%) Developer
1 24 (28.92%) ServiceNow Developer
2 15 (18.07%) Analyst
3 13 (15.66%) Architect
4 11 (13.25%) ServiceNow Architect
5 9 (10.84%) Business Analyst
6 6 (7.23%) Change Manager
6 6 (7.23%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
6 6 (7.23%) ServiceNow Manager
6 6 (7.23%) Technical Architect
7 5 (6.02%) Business Change Manager
7 5 (6.02%) Business Manager
7 5 (6.02%) Project Manager
8 4 (4.82%) Consultant
8 4 (4.82%) DevOps Engineer
8 4 (4.82%) ServiceNow Project Manager
9 3 (3.61%) Automation Analyst
9 3 (3.61%) Automation Engineer
9 3 (3.61%) Senior
9 3 (3.61%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (39.76%) REST
1 33 (39.76%) SOAP
2 8 (9.64%) CSS
2 8 (9.64%) HTML
3 5 (6.02%) AngularJS
3 5 (6.02%) Web Services
4 3 (3.61%) XML
5 2 (2.41%) Bootstrap
6 1 (1.20%) Ajax
6 1 (1.20%) JSON
6 1 (1.20%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.61%) Data Centre
1 3 (3.61%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (2.41%) Shadow IT
3 1 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.20%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.20%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.20%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.20%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.20%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.20%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.20%) Reinsurance
3 1 (1.20%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.61%) Linux
2 2 (2.41%) Windows
3 1 (1.20%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (61.45%) ITSM
2 32 (38.55%) Agile
3 29 (34.94%) Workflow
4 27 (32.53%) Configuration Management
5 26 (31.33%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (26.51%) Change Management
6 22 (26.51%) DevOps
6 22 (26.51%) ITIL
7 21 (25.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 19 (22.89%) Scrum
8 19 (22.89%) Service Management
9 17 (20.48%) CAD
9 17 (20.48%) Data Protection
10 16 (19.28%) Dashboard Development
10 16 (19.28%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 15 (18.07%) API Integration
12 14 (16.87%) Requirements Gathering
13 13 (15.66%) Analytics
13 13 (15.66%) Data Management
14 10 (12.05%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (30.12%) JavaScript
2 5 (6.02%) Python
3 2 (2.41%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.41%) SQL
4 1 (1.20%) Bash
4 1 (1.20%) Perl
Qualifications
1 20 (24.10%) Security Cleared
2 15 (18.07%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.61%) Degree
4 2 (2.41%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.20%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.20%) PMP
5 1 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (14.46%) Data Quality
2 7 (8.43%) QA
3 3 (3.61%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.41%) NIST
5 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.20%) GRC
5 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 19770
5 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.20%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.61%) Ansible
2 1 (1.20%) Grafana
2 1 (1.20%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 74 (89.16%) ServiceNow
2 5 (6.02%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.82%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.41%) BMC
5 1 (1.20%) Arista
5 1 (1.20%) Citrix
5 1 (1.20%) Remedy
5 1 (1.20%) Snow
5 1 (1.20%) VMware
5 1 (1.20%) Zerto