CMDB Contract Job Trends in the South East

Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CMDB in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CMDB over the 6 months leading up to 24 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 145 165
Rank change year-on-year -8 +20 +63
Contract jobs citing CMDB 26 32 41
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.64% 0.78% 0.77%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.07% 2.50% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 17 23
10th Percentile £217 £169 £277
25th Percentile £405 £203 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £301 £475
Median % change year-on-year +39.77% -36.74% -3.80%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £524
90th Percentile £569 £625 £660
England median daily rate £525 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 4
10th Percentile - - £21.08
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.25 £21.19
Median hourly rate £22.00 £35.00 £50.25
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% -30.35% +195.59%
75th Percentile £23.50 - £78.00
90th Percentile - £38.75 -
England median hourly rate £15.00 £35.00 £37.75
% change year-on-year -57.14% -7.28% +122.06%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,259 1,278 1,677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.06% 31.01% 31.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 804 721 1,046
10th Percentile £204 £250 £205
25th Percentile £363 £386 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.95% +2.50% -2.91%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £604
90th Percentile £688 £700 £691
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 70 106
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.25 £19.23
25th Percentile £16.50 £25.81 £24.57
Median hourly rate £25.00 £48.62 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.58% -9.12% +50.70%
75th Percentile £63.75 £70.94 £63.29
90th Percentile £84.00 £75.16 £77.02
England median hourly rate £28.00 £45.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -37.78% +0.56% +27.86%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

CMDB job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CMDB.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CMDB

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CMDB in the South East over the 6 months to 24 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CMDB in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CMDB.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CMDB

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMDB within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 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
Thames Valley -3 13 £420 -16.00% 8
Berkshire +8 12 £448 +11.81% 6
Hampshire -18 6 £469 -6.25% 4
Surrey +1 4 £220 +7.32% 2
West Sussex - 2 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 £200 - 2
Home Counties - 1 £644 -
CMDB
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) AWS
1 3 (11.54%) Azure
1 3 (11.54%) GCP
2 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) DHCP
1 1 (3.85%) DNS
1 1 (3.85%) Firewall
1 1 (3.85%) NGFW
1 1 (3.85%) Wireless
General
1 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Public Sector
3 5 (19.23%) Telecoms
4 2 (7.69%) Electronics
4 2 (7.69%) Finance
4 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.69%) Marketing
4 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Architect
2 7 (26.92%) ServiceNow Architect
3 3 (11.54%) Administrator
3 3 (11.54%) Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) ServiceNow Administrator
4 2 (7.69%) Data Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) IT Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Technical Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Technical Support
5 1 (3.85%) Data Quality Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Integration Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) ITSM Project Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Quality Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) SaaS Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Support Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (23.08%) REST
1 6 (23.08%) SOAP
2 1 (3.85%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) Driving Licence
1 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
1 1 (3.85%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Linux
1 2 (7.69%) Unix
1 2 (7.69%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (50.00%) ITSM
2 11 (42.31%) ITIL
3 9 (34.62%) IT Asset Management
4 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (23.08%) Configuration Management
5 6 (23.08%) Data Modelling
5 6 (23.08%) Security Operations
5 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (19.23%) Change Management
6 5 (19.23%) Roadmaps
6 5 (19.23%) Strategic Roadmap
6 5 (19.23%) Technical Architecture
6 5 (19.23%) Translating Business Requirements
7 4 (15.38%) Asset Management
7 4 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (15.38%) Service Delivery
7 4 (15.38%) Service Design
7 4 (15.38%) Strategic Planning
8 3 (11.54%) Agile
8 3 (11.54%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (23.08%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.85%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) GRC
2 2 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (69.23%) ServiceNow
2 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.54%) Snow
4 2 (7.69%) Google
4 2 (7.69%) IBM
4 2 (7.69%) Oracle
4 2 (7.69%) SAP
5 1 (3.85%) Commvault
5 1 (3.85%) HP
5 1 (3.85%) Okta
5 1 (3.85%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.85%) Progress