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 9 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 125 194
Rank change year-on-year -36 +69 +4
Contract jobs citing CMDB 47 31 18
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.83% 1.04% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.79% 3.07% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 23 7
10th Percentile £229 £202 £251
25th Percentile £268 £303 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £504 £549 £506
90th Percentile £525 £625 £510
England median daily rate £495 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +2.54% -3.45% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £32.50 -
England median hourly rate £16.00 £32.50 £14.53
% change year-on-year -50.77% +123.75% -

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 1,686 1,011 1,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 29.94% 33.80% 29.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,123 636 938
10th Percentile £256 £213 £205
25th Percentile £400 £369 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +2.75% -2.91%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £608
90th Percentile £700 £662 £688
England median daily rate £513 £548 £550
% change year-on-year -6.48% -0.36% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 61 157
10th Percentile £15.72 £16.95 £11.79
25th Percentile £21.14 £23.50 £18.95
Median hourly rate £70.00 £32.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +115.38% -23.53% -11.07%
75th Percentile £88.00 £63.75 £61.30
90th Percentile - £85.50 £63.29
England median hourly rate £45.46 £34.50 £28.13
% change year-on-year +31.77% +22.67% +25.00%

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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 9 April 2026.

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 9 April 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
Thames Valley -38 36 £411 -17.75% 16
Berkshire -13 33 £419 -16.25% 13
Hampshire -30 5 £413 -17.50% 3
West Sussex -10 3 £500 +108.33%
Oxfordshire - 2 £250 - 3
Surrey - 2 £360 - 1
Buckinghamshire -30 1 - -
Middlesex - 1 - -
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 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (4.26%) Remedy AR System
3 1 (2.13%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 10 (21.28%) Power Platform
2 9 (19.15%) Azure
3 8 (17.02%) AWS
4 6 (12.77%) GCP
5 2 (4.26%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.26%) OneDrive
5 2 (4.26%) SaaS
6 1 (2.13%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) DHCP
1 1 (2.13%) DNS
1 1 (2.13%) Firewall
1 1 (2.13%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (21.28%) Power BI
2 4 (8.51%) Metadata
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle Reports
General
1 12 (25.53%) Social Skills
2 11 (23.40%) Public Sector
3 9 (19.15%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Electronics
4 2 (4.26%) Finance
4 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.26%) Marketing
4 2 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Police
5 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.13%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (31.91%) Architect
2 13 (27.66%) ServiceNow Architect
3 5 (10.64%) Lead
4 4 (8.51%) Analyst
4 4 (8.51%) Developer
4 4 (8.51%) ServiceNow Developer
4 4 (8.51%) Technical Leader
5 3 (6.38%) Administrator
5 3 (6.38%) ServiceNow Administrator
5 3 (6.38%) Technical Architect
6 2 (4.26%) Data Analyst
6 2 (4.26%) IT Analyst
6 2 (4.26%) ITSM Analyst
6 2 (4.26%) Service Analyst
6 2 (4.26%) Service Management Analyst
6 2 (4.26%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.13%) Data Quality Analyst
7 1 (2.13%) ITSM Architect
7 1 (2.13%) Oracle Architect
7 1 (2.13%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (38.30%) REST
2 17 (36.17%) SOAP
3 2 (4.26%) Web Services
4 1 (2.13%) Ajax
4 1 (2.13%) LDAP
4 1 (2.13%) Middleware
4 1 (2.13%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.26%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.13%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.13%) PKI
3 1 (2.13%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.51%) Windows
2 1 (2.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (76.60%) ITSM
2 18 (38.30%) Data Modelling
2 18 (38.30%) Security Operations
3 16 (34.04%) IT Asset Management
4 14 (29.79%) ITIL
4 14 (29.79%) Roadmaps
5 12 (25.53%) Service Management
6 11 (23.40%) CAD
6 11 (23.40%) Configuration Management
7 10 (21.28%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (21.28%) Data Analysis
8 9 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (19.15%) Process Improvement
8 9 (19.15%) Translating Business Requirements
9 8 (17.02%) Agile
9 8 (17.02%) Migration
9 8 (17.02%) Performance Metrics
9 8 (17.02%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (14.89%) Enterprise Architecture
10 7 (14.89%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 13 (27.66%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.13%) Perl
Qualifications
1 13 (27.66%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.51%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.26%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (27.66%) GRC
2 12 (25.53%) Data Quality
3 8 (17.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (6.38%) SLA
5 1 (2.13%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (10.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (8.51%) SCCM
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (63.83%) ServiceNow
2 4 (8.51%) Remedy
3 2 (4.26%) BMC
3 2 (4.26%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.26%) SAP
4 1 (2.13%) HP
4 1 (2.13%) Oracle
4 1 (2.13%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.13%) Progress
4 1 (2.13%) Snow