CMDB Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CMDB in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CMDB over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 248 275 378
Rank change year-on-year +27 +103 +106
Contract jobs citing CMDB 56 70 99
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.57% 0.46% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.71% 1.59% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 47 71
10th Percentile £355 £425 -
25th Percentile £375 £484 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £505
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +8.91% -6.48%
75th Percentile £566 £588 £638
90th Percentile £626 £708 £725
UK median daily rate £489 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.30% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66.25 - -
Median hourly rate £67.50 - -
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £24.66 £24.18 -
% change year-on-year +1.99% - -

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,272 4,408 8,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.03% 28.73% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,222 2,974 5,725
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £431 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +2.33%
75th Percentile £680 £675 £688
90th Percentile £825 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 199 151
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.48 £19.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.50 £31.38
Median hourly rate £41.75 £51.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% -11.30% +29.21%
75th Percentile £64.57 £65.02 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.13 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

CMDB
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CMDB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CMDB trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CMDB.

CMDB daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CMDB over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

CMDB daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CMDB
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CMDB.

CMDB hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (1.79%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.14%) SaaS
2 2 (3.57%) IaaS
3 1 (1.79%) AWS
3 1 (1.79%) Azure
3 1 (1.79%) Datadog
3 1 (1.79%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.79%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.93%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.79%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (1.79%) Pentaho
General
1 21 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 15 (26.79%) Finance
3 7 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.93%) Law
4 5 (8.93%) Public Sector
5 4 (7.14%) Telecoms
6 3 (5.36%) Banking
6 3 (5.36%) Legal
7 2 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.79%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.79%) Portuguese Language
8 1 (1.79%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (33.93%) Architect
2 16 (28.57%) ServiceNow Architect
3 10 (17.86%) Consultant
4 8 (14.29%) Developer
4 8 (14.29%) Lead
4 8 (14.29%) ServiceNow Consultant
5 7 (12.50%) ServiceNow Developer
5 7 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (10.71%) Analyst
6 6 (10.71%) Lead Architect
6 6 (10.71%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 4 (7.14%) Senior
8 3 (5.36%) Telecoms Architect
9 2 (3.57%) Administrator
9 2 (3.57%) Business Analyst
9 2 (3.57%) Configuration Management Consultant
9 2 (3.57%) Data Analyst
9 2 (3.57%) Management Consultant
9 2 (3.57%) Product Manager
9 2 (3.57%) ServiceNow Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (23.21%) HTML
1 13 (23.21%) Web Services
2 11 (19.64%) AngularJS
3 8 (14.29%) CSS
4 6 (10.71%) Ajax
4 6 (10.71%) XML
5 5 (8.93%) REST
5 5 (8.93%) SOAP
6 2 (3.57%) Bootstrap
7 1 (1.79%) JSON
7 1 (1.79%) LDAP
7 1 (1.79%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.57%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.79%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.79%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.79%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.79%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.79%) Android
1 1 (1.79%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.79%) Windows
1 1 (1.79%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (73.21%) ITSM
2 24 (42.86%) ITIL
3 22 (39.29%) Configuration Management
3 22 (39.29%) Service Management
4 14 (25.00%) Agile
5 13 (23.21%) IT Asset Management
6 12 (21.43%) Problem Management
6 12 (21.43%) Service Catalogue
7 11 (19.64%) Change Management
8 9 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (16.07%) Scrum
9 8 (14.29%) Analytics
10 7 (12.50%) Asset Management
10 7 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
10 7 (12.50%) Incident Management
10 7 (12.50%) RBAC
11 6 (10.71%) Data Modelling
11 6 (10.71%) Roadmaps
11 6 (10.71%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 11 (19.64%) JavaScript
2 2 (3.57%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.57%) Python
3 1 (1.79%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (19.64%) Security Cleared
2 9 (16.07%) SC Cleared
3 6 (10.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (5.36%) Degree
6 1 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.79%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.79%) PMO
2 1 (1.79%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (3.57%) SCCM
1 2 (3.57%) WSUS
2 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (76.79%) ServiceNow
2 4 (7.14%) BMC
3 3 (5.36%) Dynatrace
3 3 (5.36%) Remedy
3 3 (5.36%) Snow
4 2 (3.57%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.79%) Dell
5 1 (1.79%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.79%) VMware