CMDB Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CMDB in contract job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CMDB over the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 32 38
Rank change year-on-year -14 +6 +14
Contract jobs citing CMDB 2 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.42% 0.37% 1.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.29% 0.93% 3.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile - - £129
25th Percentile - - £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £135 £135
Median % change year-on-year +492.59% - -77.50%
75th Percentile - - £138
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £800 £135 £135
% change year-on-year +492.59% - -77.50%

All Generic Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 155 108 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 32.77% 40.45% 40.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 69 106
10th Percentile £289 £160 £137
25th Percentile £322 £259 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £331 £490
Median % change year-on-year +28.33% -32.41% -5.20%
75th Percentile £528 £450 £548
90th Percentile £713 £494 £576
Wales median daily rate £425 £375 £490
% change year-on-year +13.33% -23.47% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 9
10th Percentile £24.93 £13.08 £17.46
25th Percentile £34.24 £18.95 -
Median hourly rate £43.96 £20.50 £25.60
Median % change year-on-year +114.44% -19.92% +41.12%
75th Percentile £50.00 £45.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.08 £46.25 £76.20
Wales median hourly rate £43.96 £21.01 £23.66
% change year-on-year +109.23% -11.20% +31.01%

CMDB
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

CMDB job vacancy trend in South Wales

CMDB
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing CMDB

CMDB
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 9 July 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
Cardiff - 2 £800 - 1
CMDB
Wales

CMDB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Service Owner
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Business Case
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Enablement
1 2 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA