CMDB Job Trends in England

Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CMDB in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited CMDB over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 488 499 511
Rank change year-on-year +11 +12 +133
Permanent jobs citing CMDB 114 163 158
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.22% 0.33% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.61% 0.89% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 63 96 129
10th Percentile £40,600 £35,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £46,875 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.98% +2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £78,125 £64,063 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £82,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £62,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.23% +4.00% -4.76%

All Generic Skills
England

CMDB falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,647 18,396 16,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.78% 37.29% 37.01%
Number of salaries quoted 9,399 8,758 12,644
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,713 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,063 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

CMDB
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CMDB relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

CMDB job vacancy trend in England

CMDB
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CMDB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CMDB

CMDB
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CMDB in England over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CMDB in England

CMDB
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CMDB within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +42 73 £70,000 +21.29% 12
Midlands +8 15 £90,000 +80.00% 14
North of England +16 13 £41,000 +3.80% 10
East Midlands -15 11 - - 1
South West +14 9 £47,500 +5.56% 1
Yorkshire 0 8 £162,500 +345.21% 5
West Midlands +12 4 £90,000 +100.00% 13
North West +26 3 £41,000 -6.82% 5
North East +6 2 £37,500 - 1
South East +21 1 £57,500 +15.00% 14
East of England +9 1 £54,000 -10.00%
CMDB
UK

CMDB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (14.91%) SharePoint
2 15 (13.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (7.89%) Skype for Business
4 2 (1.75%) Confluence
5 1 (0.88%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.51%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.75%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 34 (29.82%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (24.56%) Azure
3 16 (14.04%) AWS
4 12 (10.53%) Entra ID
5 11 (9.65%) GCP
6 9 (7.89%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (2.63%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.75%) SaaS
9 1 (0.88%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.65%) Firewall
2 9 (7.89%) Cisco IOS
2 9 (7.89%) Skype
2 9 (7.89%) WAAS
3 8 (7.02%) Network Security
4 3 (2.63%) WAN
5 2 (1.75%) DHCP
5 2 (1.75%) DNS
5 2 (1.75%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.75%) VPN
6 1 (0.88%) Internet
6 1 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.88%) LAN
6 1 (0.88%) NGFW
6 1 (0.88%) SSL
6 1 (0.88%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.88%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.89%) DTS
2 4 (3.51%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (5.26%) JIRA
2 1 (0.88%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.88%) Git
General
1 40 (35.09%) Social Skills
2 37 (32.46%) Finance
3 17 (14.91%) Retail
4 13 (11.40%) Banking
4 13 (11.40%) Law
4 13 (11.40%) Manufacturing
5 12 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (7.89%) Legal
7 8 (7.02%) Public Sector
8 7 (6.14%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.63%) Back Office
11 3 (2.63%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.88%) Advertising
12 1 (0.88%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (19.30%) IT Manager
2 17 (14.91%) Lead
3 15 (13.16%) Configuration Manager
4 13 (11.40%) Support Engineer
5 12 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (9.65%) Senior
6 11 (9.65%) Service Manager
7 10 (8.77%) Infrastructure Support
7 10 (8.77%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 8 (7.02%) Asset and Configuration Manager
8 8 (7.02%) Change Manager
8 8 (7.02%) Developer
8 8 (7.02%) IT Change Manager
8 8 (7.02%) ServiceNow Developer
9 7 (6.14%) Architect
9 7 (6.14%) IT Engineer
10 6 (5.26%) Platform Engineer
10 6 (5.26%) Platform Manager
10 6 (5.26%) Senior IT Manager
10 6 (5.26%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.53%) REST
2 6 (5.26%) CSS
2 6 (5.26%) GraphQL
2 6 (5.26%) HTML
2 6 (5.26%) SOAP
3 2 (1.75%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.75%) XML
4 1 (0.88%) JSON
4 1 (0.88%) LDAP
4 1 (0.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.91%) Onboarding
2 14 (12.28%) Video Conferencing
3 8 (7.02%) Management Information System
4 7 (6.14%) Data Centre
4 7 (6.14%) Product Ownership
5 4 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (3.51%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.75%) Shadow IT
7 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.88%) PKI
7 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 46 (40.35%) Windows
2 16 (14.04%) Windows Server
3 9 (7.89%) Android
3 9 (7.89%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (7.02%) Linux
5 7 (6.14%) Windows 10
6 4 (3.51%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (52.63%) ITIL
2 56 (49.12%) ITSM
3 38 (33.33%) Configuration Management
4 37 (32.46%) Service Management
5 28 (24.56%) Asset Management
5 28 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (24.56%) Root Cause Analysis
6 23 (20.18%) Problem Management
7 22 (19.30%) Agile
7 22 (19.30%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (18.42%) Service Delivery
9 20 (17.54%) Change Management
10 19 (16.67%) Customer Service
11 16 (14.04%) Information Security
11 16 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
12 15 (13.16%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 13 (11.40%) Migration
13 13 (11.40%) User Experience
13 13 (11.40%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 21 (18.42%) PowerShell
2 19 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 4 (3.51%) SQL
4 2 (1.75%) Python
5 1 (0.88%) Bash
5 1 (0.88%) C#
5 1 (0.88%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (12.28%) Security Cleared
2 13 (11.40%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (11.40%) SC Cleared
3 10 (8.77%) Degree
4 6 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (5.26%) CISSP
5 4 (3.51%) CCIE
5 4 (3.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (2.63%) A+ Certification
6 3 (2.63%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.63%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (2.63%) Novell Certification
7 2 (1.75%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.88%) CCSA
8 1 (0.88%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (18.42%) SLA
2 8 (7.02%) ISO/IEC 19770
2 8 (7.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (7.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 7 (6.14%) GRC
3 7 (6.14%) QA
4 6 (5.26%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.75%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.75%) GDPR
5 2 (1.75%) NIST
5 2 (1.75%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 31 (27.19%) Active Directory
2 10 (8.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (7.89%) Virtual Desktop
3 9 (7.89%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (4.39%) Firmware
5 2 (1.75%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.75%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.88%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.88%) Docker
6 1 (0.88%) iptables
Systems Management
1 19 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (11.40%) Nagios
2 13 (11.40%) SCCM
3 9 (7.89%) ZABBIX
4 4 (3.51%) Terraform
5 3 (2.63%) Ansible
5 3 (2.63%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (2.63%) CSIRT
5 3 (2.63%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (2.63%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.88%) Grafana
6 1 (0.88%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 50 (43.86%) ServiceNow
2 42 (36.84%) Microsoft
3 15 (13.16%) Cisco
4 10 (8.77%) BMC
4 10 (8.77%) VMware
5 9 (7.89%) Citrix
5 9 (7.89%) Darktrace
5 9 (7.89%) Google
5 9 (7.89%) Proofpoint
5 9 (7.89%) Red Hat
5 9 (7.89%) SolarWinds
5 9 (7.89%) Tanium
5 9 (7.89%) Trend Micro
6 5 (4.39%) CheckPoint
6 5 (4.39%) Fortinet
7 4 (3.51%) F5
8 1 (0.88%) IBM
8 1 (0.88%) Meraki
8 1 (0.88%) Oracle
8 1 (0.88%) SonicWALL