CMDB Contracts 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 195 184
Rank change year-on-year +62 -11 +65
Contract jobs citing CMDB 21 12 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.66% 0.21% 0.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.05% 0.74% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 6 23
10th Percentile £273 £170 £340
25th Percentile £313 £178 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £278 £505
Median % change year-on-year +41.89% -45.05% +12.22%
75th Percentile £500 £389 £626
90th Percentile £606 £450 £636
England median daily rate £491 £500 £520
% change year-on-year -1.80% -3.85% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate £41.00 - £22.50
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £41.00 £24.18 £37.75
% change year-on-year +69.56% -35.95% -26.70%

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 1,024 1,631 1,933
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 32.23% 28.66% 33.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 625 956 1,319
10th Percentile £207 £211 £213
25th Percentile £350 £365 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £594 £623 £629
90th Percentile £659 £689 £721
England median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 175 97
10th Percentile £15.13 £11.79 £16.94
25th Percentile £16.95 £17.64 £20.50
Median hourly rate £33.89 £55.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.39% +4.76% +145.44%
75th Percentile £61.12 £61.30 £66.21
90th Percentile £85.50 £75.16 £75.00
England median hourly rate £32.85 £36.50 £23.50
% change year-on-year -10.00% +55.32% -11.32%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing CMDB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for CMDB in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CMDB in the South East.

Daily rate trend for CMDB in the South East

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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 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CMDB in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CMDB in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for CMDB in the South East

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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 2 July 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 +43 17 £413 -17.50% 14
Berkshire +35 17 £413 -17.50% 10
Hampshire +31 2 £625 +66.67% 2
West Sussex +3 1 £240 - 3
Kent - 1 £220 -
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.76%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (4.76%) Remedy AR System
2 1 (4.76%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) SaaS
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) HTTP
2 1 (4.76%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) RDBMS
1 1 (4.76%) Relational Database
1 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
1 1 (4.76%) Subversion
1 1 (4.76%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
3 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Analyst
1 5 (23.81%) Architect
2 4 (19.05%) Data Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) ServiceNow Architect
3 3 (14.29%) Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Telecoms Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Data Centre Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Data Centre Specialist
4 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow Developer
5 1 (4.76%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
5 1 (4.76%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) 2nd/3rd Line Technical Support
5 1 (4.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) 3rd Line Technical Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) 3rd Line Technical Support
5 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) ITSM Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Remedy Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Senior
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) Ajax
1 4 (19.05%) CSS
1 4 (19.05%) HTML
1 4 (19.05%) REST
1 4 (19.05%) SOAP
1 4 (19.05%) Web Services
1 4 (19.05%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.76%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
2 2 (9.52%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.76%) Android
3 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Change Management
2 10 (47.62%) Incident Management
3 9 (42.86%) Configuration Management
3 9 (42.86%) ITSM
4 6 (28.57%) IT Asset Management
4 6 (28.57%) ITIL
4 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (23.81%) Agile
5 5 (23.81%) Capacity Management
5 5 (23.81%) Problem Management
5 5 (23.81%) Service Management
5 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (19.05%) Scrum
7 3 (14.29%) Asset Management
7 3 (14.29%) Data Centre Operations
7 3 (14.29%) Migration
7 3 (14.29%) Process Improvement
7 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (9.52%) DevOps
8 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) Java
1 2 (9.52%) JavaScript
1 2 (9.52%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) Shell Script
2 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) Security Cleared
2 9 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) Degree
3 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) ServiceNow
2 5 (23.81%) BMC
3 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 2 (9.52%) Remedy
5 1 (4.76%) Oracle
5 1 (4.76%) Snow