CMDB Contracts in the North West

Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CMDB in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CMDB over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 109 124
Rank change year-on-year +6 +15 +15
Contract jobs citing CMDB 17 28 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.86% 1.02% 1.03%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.04% 3.77% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 19 27
10th Percentile - £384 £262
25th Percentile £325 £413 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £488 £638
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% -23.53% +37.99%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £675
90th Percentile £562 £663 £820
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.78%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 560 742 1,080
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 28.46% 26.93% 33.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 493 722
10th Percentile £203 £289 £296
25th Percentile £360 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £580 £584 £625
90th Percentile £653 £672 £675
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 77 47
10th Percentile £22.05 £13.00 £16.85
25th Percentile £24.25 £15.00 £20.74
Median hourly rate £29.52 £25.25 £27.98
Median % change year-on-year +16.89% -9.76% +51.24%
75th Percentile £33.75 £37.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.75 £57.50 £70.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing CMDB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for CMDB in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CMDB in the North West.

Daily rate trend for CMDB in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CMDB in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CMDB in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CMDB in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for CMDB in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMDB within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Cheshire +13 14 £463 +15.63% 4
Manchester +4 2 £536 +19.17% 3
Lancashire +3 1 £575 -19.01% 2
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (29.41%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) LAN
1 5 (29.41%) WAN
1 5 (29.41%) Wi-Fi
1 5 (29.41%) Wireless
1 5 (29.41%) WLAN
2 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.88%) DHCP
3 1 (5.88%) DNS
3 1 (5.88%) VPN
General
1 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Finance
2 1 (5.88%) Legal
2 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Analyst
2 7 (41.18%) Business Analyst
2 7 (41.18%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
3 5 (29.41%) Network Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) Senior
3 5 (29.41%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (29.41%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (5.88%) IT Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) IT Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) IT Operations Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) IT Support
4 1 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.88%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (58.82%) Management Information System
2 5 (29.41%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (5.88%) Smartphone
3 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Agile
1 9 (52.94%) ITSM
2 8 (47.06%) ITIL
2 8 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (47.06%) Test Strategy
2 8 (47.06%) User Acceptance Testing
3 7 (41.18%) Business Analysis
3 7 (41.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (41.18%) Focus Group
3 7 (41.18%) Service Management
3 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (35.29%) Asset Management
4 6 (35.29%) Decision-Making
4 6 (35.29%) Problem Management
4 6 (35.29%) Service Catalogue
5 5 (29.41%) Performance Metrics
5 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
5 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Identification
6 4 (23.53%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.88%) Python
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (64.71%) Degree
2 6 (35.29%) CCNA
2 6 (35.29%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (11.76%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (5.88%) A+ Certification
4 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) QA
1 1 (5.88%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Nagios
1 1 (5.88%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) ServiceNow
2 5 (29.41%) Cisco
3 1 (5.88%) SolarWinds