CMDB Job Trends in the North West

Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CMDB in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited CMDB over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 193 184
Rank change year-on-year +17 -9 +125
Permanent jobs citing CMDB 3 12 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.049% 0.23% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.75% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 6
10th Percentile - - £28,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £38,750 £30,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £44,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -7.37% +31.03%
75th Percentile £41,500 - £65,938
90th Percentile - £48,350 £68,750
England median annual salary £62,000 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +22.77% +1.00% -4.76%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,799 1,606 1,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 45.42% 30.88% 35.38%
Number of salaries quoted 911 805 1,011
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £33,313 £40,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -7.27% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

CMDB
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

CMDB job vacancy trend in the North West

CMDB
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CMDB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CMDB

CMDB
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CMDB within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Cheshire - 3 £41,000 - 1
CMDB
England

CMDB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 3 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft