Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CMDB in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited CMDB over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 381 431 518
Rank change year-on-year +50 +87 -53
Contract jobs citing CMDB 224 305 365
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.51% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.70% 1.53% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 203 232
10th Percentile £298 £307 £364
25th Percentile £400 £413 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £600
90th Percentile £703 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £520 £462
% change year-on-year -5.72% +12.49% +5.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £19.36
25th Percentile - - £24.59
Median hourly rate £24.18 - £34.38
75th Percentile - - £43.84
90th Percentile - - £48.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £17.25
% change year-on-year - - -55.35%

All Generic Skills
UK

CMDB is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,143 19,914 29,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.35% 33.30% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,422 13,704 20,462
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £653
90th Percentile £788 £800 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 903 647 727
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.11
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.88
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% -16.67%

CMDB
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CMDB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CMDB in the UK

CMDB
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CMDB in the UK

CMDB
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CMDB over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CMDB in the UK

CMDB
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for CMDB in the UK

CMDB
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +71 195 £500 -4.76% 49
UK excluding London +44 109 £490 -5.72% 32
London +65 96 £525 -1.41% 18
Work from Home +98 70 £550 +10.55% 26
North of England +35 37 £488 -23.53% 17
North West +11 28 £488 -23.53% 15
South West +30 24 £450 +38.46%
South East +15 18 £400 -20.00% 2
Midlands +22 14 £550 -3.93% 9
Yorkshire +28 10 £602 - 1
West Midlands +26 10 £550 -12.00% 8
Scotland +23 10 £513 +4.59% 2
East of England +9 6 £500 -28.57% 2
East Midlands +20 3 £120 -65.71% 1
Wales +16 3 £135 -77.50%
North East - 1 £710 - 1

CMDB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 12 (5.36%) Skype for Business
2 1 (0.45%) CMS
2 1 (0.45%) Confluence
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.45%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (4.91%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.89%) Maximo
2 2 (0.89%) Remedy AR System
Cloud Services
1 23 (10.27%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (4.02%) Power Platform
3 7 (3.13%) IaaS
4 4 (1.79%) Azure
5 3 (1.34%) SaaS
6 2 (0.89%) GCP
6 2 (0.89%) Google App Engine
7 1 (0.45%) AWS
7 1 (0.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.36%) Skype
2 10 (4.46%) LAN
3 8 (3.57%) WAN
4 5 (2.23%) Firewall
5 4 (1.79%) DNS
5 4 (1.79%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.79%) WLAN
6 3 (1.34%) DHCP
7 2 (0.89%) Internet
7 2 (0.89%) MPLS
7 2 (0.89%) SAN
7 2 (0.89%) VLAN
8 1 (0.45%) BGP
8 1 (0.45%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.45%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.45%) HTTP
8 1 (0.45%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.45%) NX-OS
8 1 (0.45%) OSPF
8 1 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.02%) Power BI
2 8 (3.57%) Relational Database
3 6 (2.68%) RDBMS
4 5 (2.23%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.34%) Metadata
6 2 (0.89%) Pentaho
6 2 (0.89%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.89%) Tableau
7 1 (0.45%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 7 (3.13%) JIRA
2 2 (0.89%) Hudson
General
1 96 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 31 (13.84%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 27 (12.05%) Finance
5 7 (3.13%) Retail
6 6 (2.68%) Legal
7 5 (2.23%) Banking
7 5 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.89%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.45%) Military
9 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (15.18%) Analyst
2 31 (13.84%) Consultant
2 31 (13.84%) Developer
3 26 (11.61%) ServiceNow Developer
4 20 (8.93%) Architect
5 14 (6.25%) Senior
6 12 (5.36%) Configuration Manager
6 12 (5.36%) Support Engineer
7 11 (4.91%) Desktop Support
7 11 (4.91%) IT Analyst
7 11 (4.91%) Service Manager
7 11 (4.91%) ServiceNow Consultant
8 10 (4.46%) Desktop Engineer
8 10 (4.46%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 10 (4.46%) IT Support
8 10 (4.46%) ServiceNow Architect
9 9 (4.02%) Management Consultant
10 8 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (3.57%) Software Manager
10 8 (3.57%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.91%) CSS
1 11 (4.91%) HTML
1 11 (4.91%) LDAP
2 6 (2.68%) XML
3 5 (2.23%) AngularJS
3 5 (2.23%) Web Services
4 4 (1.79%) Ajax
4 4 (1.79%) REST
4 4 (1.79%) SailPoint
4 4 (1.79%) SOAP
5 3 (1.34%) JSON
6 2 (0.89%) React Native
7 1 (0.45%) .NET
7 1 (0.45%) DHTML
7 1 (0.45%) JAX-WS
7 1 (0.45%) Middleware
7 1 (0.45%) RESTful
7 1 (0.45%) SAML
7 1 (0.45%) WSDL
7 1 (0.45%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.95%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.80%) iPhone
3 12 (5.36%) Virtual Team
4 7 (3.13%) Freedom of Information
4 7 (3.13%) Operational Technology
5 5 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.79%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.79%) Smartphone
7 3 (1.34%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.34%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.34%) FMCG
7 3 (1.34%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.34%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.45%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.45%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.45%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.45%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.45%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 30 (13.39%) Windows
2 20 (8.93%) Windows 10
3 15 (6.70%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.68%) Windows 7
5 5 (2.23%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.89%) Android
7 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.45%) Linux
8 1 (0.45%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (43.30%) ITSM
2 80 (35.71%) Configuration Management
2 80 (35.71%) ITIL
3 68 (30.36%) Service Management
4 45 (20.09%) Asset Management
5 39 (17.41%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (14.29%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
7 26 (11.61%) Roadmaps
8 25 (11.16%) Agile
9 22 (9.82%) IT Asset Management
10 20 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (8.93%) Customer Service
11 19 (8.48%) Change Management
11 19 (8.48%) Incident Management
12 18 (8.04%) Analytics
12 18 (8.04%) Computer Science
13 17 (7.59%) Mentoring
14 15 (6.70%) Service Delivery
15 14 (6.25%) Service Catalogue
16 13 (5.80%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.80%) JavaScript
1 13 (5.80%) PowerShell
1 13 (5.80%) SQL
2 7 (3.13%) Python
3 6 (2.68%) Java
4 2 (0.89%) Perl
5 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 63 (28.13%) Security Cleared
2 49 (21.88%) SC Cleared
3 30 (13.39%) Degree
4 13 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (5.80%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (4.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (3.57%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.34%) CCNA
7 3 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.89%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.45%) CCNP
9 1 (0.45%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.45%) MBA
9 1 (0.45%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.38%) Data Quality
2 12 (5.36%) SLA
3 6 (2.68%) GRC
3 6 (2.68%) QA
4 2 (0.89%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.89%) NIST
5 1 (0.45%) COBIT
System Software
1 21 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.68%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (1.34%) Firmware
5 2 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.89%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (5.36%) Jamf Pro
2 9 (4.02%) SCCM
3 6 (2.68%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.79%) Nagios
4 4 (1.79%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 3 (1.34%) vRealize
6 2 (0.89%) Ansible
6 2 (0.89%) SCOM
6 2 (0.89%) WSUS
6 2 (0.89%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.45%) Observium
7 1 (0.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 114 (50.89%) ServiceNow
2 23 (10.27%) Microsoft
3 14 (6.25%) Apple
4 12 (5.36%) Citrix
4 12 (5.36%) Remedy
5 10 (4.46%) VMware
6 8 (3.57%) BMC
7 4 (1.79%) CyberArk
7 4 (1.79%) Splunk
7 4 (1.79%) WALLIX
8 3 (1.34%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.89%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.89%) Cisco
9 2 (0.89%) EMC
9 2 (0.89%) Iron Mountain
9 2 (0.89%) NetApp
9 2 (0.89%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.89%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.45%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.45%) Zscaler