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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 130 165
Rank change year-on-year -22 +35 +50
Contract jobs citing CMDB 34 35 37
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.78% 1.01% 0.75%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.63% 3.15% 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 17 20
10th Percentile £209 £169 £264
25th Percentile £402 £203 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -16.75% +8.11% -5.13%
75th Percentile £505 £575 £517
90th Percentile £538 £630 £678
England median daily rate £513 £500 £573
% change year-on-year +2.50% -12.66% +9.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 3
10th Percentile - - £32.40
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.25 £49.50
Median hourly rate £22.00 £35.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% -55.13% +358.82%
75th Percentile £23.50 - -
90th Percentile - £38.75 -
England median hourly rate £15.00 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -57.14% +59.09% +29.41%

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 1,291 1,111 1,509
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 29.67% 32.13% 30.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 860 643 936
10th Percentile £204 £238 £205
25th Percentile £363 £394 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £594 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 44 97
10th Percentile £12.50 £20.07 £18.77
25th Percentile £15.94 £25.93 £25.25
Median hourly rate £22.75 £35.00 £51.42
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -31.93% +39.92%
75th Percentile £68.18 £57.81 £63.00
90th Percentile £86.90 £69.98 £77.70
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £40.46
% change year-on-year -21.62% -8.55% +61.83%

CMDB
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 8 January 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 8 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
Thames Valley -5 22 £420 -21.13% 15
Berkshire +6 21 £420 -21.13% 9
Hampshire -20 6 £413 -17.50% 6
Surrey -4 4 £220 +7.32% 3
West Sussex - 2 - - 3
Oxfordshire - 1 £200 - 3
CMDB
England

CMDB
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 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Remedy AR System
1 2 (5.88%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (2.94%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.59%) AWS
1 7 (20.59%) Azure
1 7 (20.59%) GCP
2 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) DHCP
1 1 (2.94%) DNS
1 1 (2.94%) Firewall
1 1 (2.94%) NGFW
1 1 (2.94%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Metadata
General
1 11 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Public Sector
2 7 (20.59%) Telecoms
3 2 (5.88%) Electronics
3 2 (5.88%) Finance
3 2 (5.88%) Manufacturing
3 2 (5.88%) Marketing
3 2 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Architect
2 9 (26.47%) ServiceNow Architect
3 4 (11.76%) Lead
3 4 (11.76%) Technical Leader
4 3 (8.82%) Administrator
4 3 (8.82%) Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) ServiceNow Administrator
4 3 (8.82%) Technical Support
5 2 (5.88%) Data Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) IT Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (5.88%) Technical Architect
6 1 (2.94%) Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Remedy Architect
6 1 (2.94%) Support Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Technical Support Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Technical Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (38.24%) REST
2 12 (35.29%) SOAP
3 2 (5.88%) Web Services
4 1 (2.94%) Ajax
4 1 (2.94%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.94%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.94%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.82%) Windows
2 2 (5.88%) Linux
2 2 (5.88%) Unix
3 1 (2.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (58.82%) ITSM
2 13 (38.24%) IT Asset Management
2 13 (38.24%) ITIL
3 12 (35.29%) Data Modelling
3 12 (35.29%) Security Operations
4 10 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (26.47%) Roadmaps
6 8 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (23.53%) Translating Business Requirements
7 7 (20.59%) Agile
7 7 (20.59%) CAD
7 7 (20.59%) Enterprise Architecture
7 7 (20.59%) Strategic Roadmap
7 7 (20.59%) Technical Architecture
8 6 (17.65%) Configuration Management
8 6 (17.65%) Scrum
8 6 (17.65%) Technical Leadership
9 5 (14.71%) Change Management
10 4 (11.76%) Asset Management
10 4 (11.76%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (29.41%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.94%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (26.47%) GRC
2 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 1 (2.94%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.94%) PMO
3 1 (2.94%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (70.59%) ServiceNow
2 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.82%) Snow
4 2 (5.88%) BMC
4 2 (5.88%) Google
4 2 (5.88%) IBM
4 2 (5.88%) Oracle
4 2 (5.88%) Remedy
4 2 (5.88%) SAP
5 1 (2.94%) Commvault
5 1 (2.94%) HP
5 1 (2.94%) Okta
5 1 (2.94%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.94%) Progress