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 6 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 595 534 547
Rank change year-on-year -61 +13 -37
Permanent jobs citing CMDB 167 101 187
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.16% 0.23% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.61% 0.56% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 101 42 100
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,849 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,500 £57,713
Median % change year-on-year +11.57% +4.83% +4.93%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £127,500 £101,500
UK median annual salary £65,576 £60,000 £57,713
% change year-on-year +9.29% +3.96% +2.60%

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 27,293 18,083 21,356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.22% 41.86% 32.56%
Number of salaries quoted 17,629 9,183 10,641
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,038 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% -4.00%

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 6 October 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 6 October 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 -63 58 £70,000 -9.68% 78
Midlands -36 29 £75,000 -16.67% 8
North of England -55 26 £47,500 -69.35% 23
South West -70 17 £80,000 +52.38% 5
East Midlands -24 15 £75,000 -
West Midlands -21 14 £70,000 -22.22% 8
North West -19 13 £46,250 - 10
Yorkshire -30 12 £47,500 -70.77% 12
South East -38 9 £65,000 +7.44% 22
East of England -30 1 - - 29
North East -69 1 £65,576 +87.36% 1
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 19 (11.38%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.99%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 29 (17.37%) Azure
1 29 (17.37%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (9.58%) Entra ID
3 9 (5.39%) AWS
4 7 (4.19%) SaaS
5 6 (3.59%) OneDrive
6 5 (2.99%) Power Automate
6 5 (2.99%) Power Platform
6 5 (2.99%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.80%) GitHub
8 2 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.60%) GCP
9 1 (0.60%) Google App Engine
9 1 (0.60%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.60%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.19%) DNS
2 6 (3.59%) LAN
2 6 (3.59%) SD-WAN
2 6 (3.59%) WAN
3 5 (2.99%) SNMP
3 5 (2.99%) SSH
3 5 (2.99%) VPN
4 4 (2.40%) ATM
4 4 (2.40%) BGP
4 4 (2.40%) Internet
4 4 (2.40%) OSPF
4 4 (2.40%) VoIP
4 4 (2.40%) Wireless
4 4 (2.40%) WLAN
5 3 (1.80%) DHCP
6 2 (1.20%) Ethernet
6 2 (1.20%) Network Security
6 2 (1.20%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.60%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.99%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.80%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Git
1 2 (1.20%) JIRA
1 2 (1.20%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (0.60%) GitLab
General
1 69 (41.32%) Social Skills
2 41 (24.55%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (19.16%) Finance
4 30 (17.96%) Public Sector
5 19 (11.38%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (9.58%) Legal
7 14 (8.38%) Law
8 12 (7.19%) Telecoms
9 9 (5.39%) Manufacturing
10 8 (4.79%) Retail
11 7 (4.19%) Banking
11 7 (4.19%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (4.19%) Military
12 5 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.80%) Front Office
14 2 (1.20%) Automotive
15 1 (0.60%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.60%) Local Government
15 1 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 28 (16.77%) Architect
2 25 (14.97%) Senior
3 20 (11.98%) Analyst
4 19 (11.38%) Developer
4 19 (11.38%) ServiceNow Developer
5 17 (10.18%) Consultant
5 17 (10.18%) ServiceNow Architect
6 13 (7.78%) Lead
7 12 (7.19%) Senior Consultant
7 12 (7.19%) ServiceNow Consultant
7 12 (7.19%) Technical Consultant
8 11 (6.59%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 11 (6.59%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
8 11 (6.59%) 2nd Line Support
8 11 (6.59%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 11 (6.59%) DV Cleared Technical Consultant
8 11 (6.59%) Support Analyst
9 8 (4.79%) IT Manager
10 7 (4.19%) IT Analyst
10 7 (4.19%) Senior Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (17.37%) REST
1 29 (17.37%) SOAP
2 11 (6.59%) CSS
3 10 (5.99%) HTML
4 8 (4.79%) Terraform
5 4 (2.40%) AngularJS
5 4 (2.40%) LDAP
5 4 (2.40%) Web Services
6 3 (1.80%) Ajax
6 3 (1.80%) JSON
6 3 (1.80%) OAuth
6 3 (1.80%) SAML
6 3 (1.80%) XML
7 1 (0.60%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.98%) Management Information System
2 12 (7.19%) Data Centre
3 10 (5.99%) AI Agents
3 10 (5.99%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.79%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (4.19%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.99%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.99%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.80%) Culture of Ownership
8 3 (1.80%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.80%) TM Forum
9 2 (1.20%) Blog
9 2 (1.20%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.20%) IoT
9 2 (1.20%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.20%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.60%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 28 (16.77%) Windows
2 9 (5.39%) Windows 10
3 6 (3.59%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.20%) Linux
4 2 (1.20%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.60%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (59.88%) ITSM
2 89 (53.29%) ITIL
3 41 (24.55%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (24.55%) Service Management
4 33 (19.76%) Asset Management
4 33 (19.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 33 (19.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 33 (19.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 29 (17.37%) Configuration Management
6 28 (16.77%) AI
7 25 (14.97%) Roadmaps
8 24 (14.37%) Mentoring
9 22 (13.17%) Agile
10 21 (12.57%) Change Management
11 20 (11.98%) Decision-Making
12 19 (11.38%) IT Asset Management
13 18 (10.78%) Presales
13 18 (10.78%) Translating Business Requirements
14 17 (10.18%) Disaster Recovery
15 16 (9.58%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 30 (17.96%) JavaScript
2 17 (10.18%) PowerShell
3 11 (6.59%) Python
4 5 (2.99%) SQL
5 1 (0.60%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 64 (38.32%) Security Cleared
2 34 (20.36%) SC Cleared
3 24 (14.37%) DV Cleared
4 22 (13.17%) Degree
5 14 (8.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.99%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (2.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (2.40%) Azure Certification
8 4 (2.40%) CCNP
8 4 (2.40%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.20%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.20%) MCSA
9 2 (1.20%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.20%) PMP
9 2 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.60%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.78%) Data Quality
2 9 (5.39%) QA
2 9 (5.39%) SLA
3 6 (3.59%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.40%) Def Stans
4 4 (2.40%) JSP 440
5 3 (1.80%) GRC
6 2 (1.20%) COBIT
6 2 (1.20%) NCSC
7 1 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.60%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.60%) PMO
System Software
1 30 (17.96%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.40%) Firmware
3 4 (2.40%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.20%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.60%) Docker
5 1 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (10.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (6.59%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (3.59%) Ansible
4 5 (2.99%) SCCM
4 5 (2.99%) WMI
5 3 (1.80%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.20%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.20%) Packer
7 1 (0.60%) Nessus
Vendors
1 116 (69.46%) ServiceNow
2 36 (21.56%) Microsoft
3 11 (6.59%) Cisco
4 8 (4.79%) BMC
4 8 (4.79%) Meraki
4 8 (4.79%) VMware
5 7 (4.19%) Apple
6 6 (3.59%) F5
7 5 (2.99%) Fortinet
8 4 (2.40%) Avaya
8 4 (2.40%) Infoblox
8 4 (2.40%) Netskope
8 4 (2.40%) SolarWinds
8 4 (2.40%) Tenable
8 4 (2.40%) Veeam
9 3 (1.80%) Bloomberg
9 3 (1.80%) Symantec
10 2 (1.20%) EMC
10 2 (1.20%) Planon
10 2 (1.20%) Salesforce