CMDB Contracts in the UK excluding London

Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CMDB in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CMDB over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 239 294 319
Rank change year-on-year +55 +25 +47
Contract jobs citing CMDB 105 96 121
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.82% 0.47% 0.52%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.45% 1.63% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 53 78
10th Percentile £195 £170 £223
25th Percentile £325 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £460 £520
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +12.55%
75th Percentile £538 £519 £650
90th Percentile £577 £619 £700
UK median daily rate £489 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.30% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £18.86 - -
25th Percentile £24.17 - -
Median hourly rate £24.66 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £26.66 - -
UK median hourly rate £24.66 £24.18 -
% change year-on-year +1.99% - -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,288 5,894 7,486
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.32% 29.09% 32.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,603 3,538 5,020
10th Percentile £205 £210 £220
25th Percentile £363 £378 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £597 £613
90th Percentile £656 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -3.23% -1.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 717 421
10th Percentile £16.46 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.89 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £29.53 £28.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.60% +29.55% +3.53%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.35 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £31.76 £31.25 £22.49
% change year-on-year +1.63% +38.98% -18.24%

CMDB
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CMDB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CMDB in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CMDB in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for CMDB in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CMDB in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CMDB in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CMDB in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CMDB in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMDB within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
South East +66 29 £475 +26.67% 23
Scotland +27 27 £458 -4.83% 3
North of England +7 25 £511 +4.88% 5
North West -1 19 £497 +1.95% 3
South West +34 12 £485 +7.78% 9
East of England +27 8 £200 -60.00% 11
Yorkshire +11 6 £525 +5.00% 2
Midlands +6 3 £538 +1.18% 2
West Midlands +4 3 £538 -2.27% 2
Wales 0 1 £135 -
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UK

CMDB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (0.95%) Confluence
1 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.95%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (8.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (8.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (5.71%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (4.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.95%) iTrent
2 1 (0.95%) Remedy AR System
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.81%) Azure
1 4 (3.81%) SaaS
2 3 (2.86%) Entra ID
2 3 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.95%) AWS
3 1 (0.95%) IaaS
3 1 (0.95%) OneDrive
3 1 (0.95%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.57%) Firewall
2 7 (6.67%) Wireless
3 6 (5.71%) LAN
3 6 (5.71%) WAN
4 5 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (4.76%) WLAN
5 4 (3.81%) HTTP
6 3 (2.86%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.90%) VPN
8 1 (0.95%) DHCP
8 1 (0.95%) DNS
8 1 (0.95%) Internet
8 1 (0.95%) Intranet
8 1 (0.95%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.95%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.95%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (0.95%) Pentaho
1 1 (0.95%) RDBMS
1 1 (0.95%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.95%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.86%) JIRA
2 1 (0.95%) Subversion
2 1 (0.95%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 29 (27.62%) Social Skills
2 16 (15.24%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (12.38%) Finance
3 13 (12.38%) Public Sector
4 8 (7.62%) Banking
5 6 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (5.71%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.86%) Investment Banking
6 3 (2.86%) Legal
7 2 (1.90%) Law
7 2 (1.90%) Publishing
8 1 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.95%) Electronics
8 1 (0.95%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.95%) Marketing
8 1 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (19.05%) Analyst
2 16 (15.24%) Architect
3 12 (11.43%) Business Analyst
4 11 (10.48%) Administrator
5 10 (9.52%) Developer
5 10 (9.52%) ServiceNow Architect
6 9 (8.57%) Senior
7 8 (7.62%) Network Administrator
7 8 (7.62%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
7 8 (7.62%) ServiceNow Developer
8 6 (5.71%) Consultant
8 6 (5.71%) Data Centre Engineer
8 6 (5.71%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (5.71%) Senior Business Analyst
9 5 (4.76%) Data Architect
9 5 (4.76%) Network Engineer
9 5 (4.76%) Technical Analyst
10 4 (3.81%) Data Analyst
10 4 (3.81%) Hardware Engineer
10 4 (3.81%) Implementation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.62%) CSS
1 8 (7.62%) HTML
1 8 (7.62%) XML
2 6 (5.71%) REST
2 6 (5.71%) SOAP
3 4 (3.81%) Ajax
3 4 (3.81%) JSON
3 4 (3.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 12 (11.43%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.86%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.90%) Smartphone
6 2 (1.90%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.95%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.71%) Windows
2 3 (2.86%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.90%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.95%) Android
4 1 (0.95%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.95%) Linux
4 1 (0.95%) Unix
4 1 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (49.52%) ITSM
2 44 (41.90%) ITIL
3 43 (40.95%) Service Management
4 41 (39.05%) Configuration Management
5 29 (27.62%) Change Management
5 29 (27.62%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (26.67%) Agile
7 25 (23.81%) Asset Management
8 18 (17.14%) IT Asset Management
9 16 (15.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 15 (14.29%) Customer Service
10 15 (14.29%) Problem Management
11 13 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (12.38%) Time Management
12 12 (11.43%) Business Analysis
12 12 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (11.43%) Incident Management
13 11 (10.48%) Process Improvement
13 11 (10.48%) Risk Management
14 10 (9.52%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.71%) JavaScript
2 5 (4.76%) Python
3 3 (2.86%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.90%) Java
4 2 (1.90%) SQL
5 1 (0.95%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 21 (20.00%) Degree
3 16 (15.24%) SC Cleared
4 10 (9.52%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (7.62%) DV Cleared
6 6 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (5.71%) CCNA
6 6 (5.71%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.90%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.95%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.95%) ECDL
8 1 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.95%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.95%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.62%) QA
2 7 (6.67%) Data Quality
3 5 (4.76%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (2.86%) SLA
5 2 (1.90%) GRC
6 1 (0.95%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 3 (2.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.86%) SCCM
2 2 (1.90%) WSUS
3 1 (0.95%) Nagios
3 1 (0.95%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 58 (55.24%) ServiceNow
2 8 (7.62%) BMC
2 8 (7.62%) Cisco
2 8 (7.62%) Juniper
3 5 (4.76%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.76%) Remedy
4 2 (1.90%) Snow
4 2 (1.90%) SolarWinds
5 1 (0.95%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.95%) F5
5 1 (0.95%) Oracle
5 1 (0.95%) SAP