CMDB Job Trends in the South West

Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CMDB in permanent job vacancies in the South 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 176 183 208
Rank change year-on-year +7 +25 +54
Permanent jobs citing CMDB 9 10 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.18% 0.23% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.69% 0.62% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 5 10 6
10th Percentile £37,250 £23,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £31,241 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £48,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -6.74% -3.50%
75th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £50,750
90th Percentile - - £51,000
England median annual salary £62,000 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +22.77% +1.00% -4.76%

All Generic Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,296 1,626 1,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 25.84% 37.69% 36.56%
Number of salaries quoted 836 797 1,175
10th Percentile £27,250 £17,903 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,404 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,125 £82,500 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

CMDB job vacancy trend in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing CMDB

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing CMDB in the South West over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CMDB in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CMDB within the South 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
Devon +6 4 £47,500 +33.49%
Gloucestershire - 4 - -
Dorset - 1 £32,500 -
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (44.44%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Firewall
1 4 (44.44%) Network Security
General
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Administrator
1 5 (55.56%) IT Administrator
2 3 (33.33%) Lead
2 3 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Lead Network Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (44.44%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) ITIL
2 8 (88.89%) Asset Management
3 5 (55.56%) Configuration Management
4 4 (44.44%) Budgeting
4 4 (44.44%) Change Control
4 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (44.44%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (44.44%) Invoice Processing
4 4 (44.44%) ITSM
4 4 (44.44%) Use Case
5 3 (33.33%) Network Design
5 3 (33.33%) Service Management
6 1 (11.11%) Identity Management
6 1 (11.11%) IT Asset Management
6 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) CCIE
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (44.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Nagios
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) CheckPoint
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco
1 4 (44.44%) F5
1 4 (44.44%) Fortinet
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft