CMDB Job Trends in the North of England

Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CMDB in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited CMDB over the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 279 296
Rank change year-on-year -53 +17 -46
Permanent jobs citing CMDB 29 16 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.12% 0.17% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.55% 0.41% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 15 3 8
10th Percentile £36,250 £57,500 £37,425
25th Percentile £44,375 £91,250 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £155,000 £45,750
Median % change year-on-year -69.35% +238.80% +1.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £171,250 £55,938
90th Percentile £66,634 £176,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £65,576 £60,500 £57,713
% change year-on-year +8.39% +4.83% +4.93%

All Generic Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,262 3,861 3,674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.97% 40.28% 27.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,596 1,555 1,572
10th Percentile £29,875 £26,100 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -8.65% -9.57%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.76%

CMDB
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

CMDB job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CMDB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CMDB

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Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CMDB in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 October 2026.

Salary histogram for CMDB in the North of England

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Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CMDB within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 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
Yorkshire -28 15 £51,250 -68.46% 13
North West -11 13 £46,250 - 9
North East -64 1 £65,576 +87.36% 1
CMDB
England

CMDB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 7 (24.14%) SharePoint
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (41.38%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (27.59%) Azure
3 7 (24.14%) Entra ID
4 5 (17.24%) OneDrive
4 5 (17.24%) Power Automate
4 5 (17.24%) Power Platform
4 5 (17.24%) PowerApps
4 5 (17.24%) SaaS
General
1 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Finance
2 8 (27.59%) Legal
3 7 (24.14%) Public Sector
4 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (17.24%) Manufacturing
5 5 (17.24%) Retail
6 4 (13.79%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (6.90%) Law
8 1 (3.45%) Banking
8 1 (3.45%) Local Government
8 1 (3.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Applications Architect
1 6 (20.69%) Architect
2 4 (13.79%) Lead
2 4 (13.79%) Senior
3 3 (10.34%) Developer
3 3 (10.34%) IT Manager
3 3 (10.34%) IT Support
3 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) ServiceNow Developer
3 3 (10.34%) Team Leader
4 2 (6.90%) Administrator
4 2 (6.90%) Deskside Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Deskside Support Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Desktop Support
4 2 (6.90%) Senior Developer
4 2 (6.90%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Support Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Support Team Leader
4 2 (6.90%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) CSS
1 1 (3.45%) HTML
1 1 (3.45%) JSON
1 1 (3.45%) REST
1 1 (3.45%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) AI Agents
1 5 (17.24%) Security Posture
2 4 (13.79%) Driving Licence
3 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
3 3 (10.34%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (24.14%) Windows
2 2 (6.90%) Mac OS
2 2 (6.90%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (72.41%) ITSM
2 17 (58.62%) ITIL
3 12 (41.38%) Service Management
4 9 (31.03%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (27.59%) Configuration Management
5 8 (27.59%) Identity Access Management
6 7 (24.14%) Roadmaps
7 6 (20.69%) Asset Management
7 6 (20.69%) Portfolio Management
7 6 (20.69%) RBAC
8 5 (17.24%) AI
8 5 (17.24%) Decision-Making
8 5 (17.24%) IT Asset Management
8 5 (17.24%) Proactive Management
8 5 (17.24%) Runbook
8 5 (17.24%) Tech Ops
8 5 (17.24%) Workflow
9 4 (13.79%) Agile
9 4 (13.79%) Escalation Management
10 3 (10.34%) Contract Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (37.93%) SC Cleared
1 11 (37.93%) Security Cleared
2 10 (34.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (17.24%) Degree
4 2 (6.90%) A+ Certification
4 2 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.90%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (6.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) Data Quality
1 3 (10.34%) SLA
2 2 (6.90%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (24.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.90%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (6.90%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (44.83%) Microsoft
2 12 (41.38%) ServiceNow
3 3 (10.34%) Cisco
3 3 (10.34%) Meraki
4 1 (3.45%) BMC