CMDB Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CMDB in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited CMDB over the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 552 513 580
Rank change year-on-year -39 +67 -73
Permanent jobs citing CMDB 85 44 97
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.13% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.48% 0.32% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 56 16 77
10th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £31,950
25th Percentile £40,500 £47,188 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +10.53% -6.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £56,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £63,875 £77,500
UK median annual salary £63,870 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.45% +9.09% -8.33%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 17,806 13,637 18,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.37% 39.63% 30.76%
Number of salaries quoted 11,602 6,313 10,271
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £33,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,473 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.47% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,603
90th Percentile £86,500 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -10.51%

CMDB
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

CMDB job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CMDB
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CMDB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CMDB

CMDB
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CMDB in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Salary histogram for CMDB in the UK excluding London

CMDB
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CMDB within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 August 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
North of England -44 24 £43,000 -72.26% 15
Midlands -17 22 £75,000 +41.51% 7
South West -53 18 £66,250 +26.19% 5
North West -1 13 £41,000 - 10
East Midlands -19 13 £75,000 +41.51% 1
Yorkshire -23 10 £47,500 -69.35% 5
South East -23 9 £65,000 +13.04% 8
West Midlands - 9 £62,500 - 6
Wales -54 7 £75,000 +20.00% 1
East of England -24 5 £32,361 +30.59% 1
North East -55 1 £65,576 -
CMDB
UK

CMDB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 12 (14.12%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (25.88%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (20.00%) Azure
3 6 (7.06%) AWS
4 5 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 5 (5.88%) SaaS
5 4 (4.71%) OneDrive
6 3 (3.53%) Power Automate
6 3 (3.53%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.53%) PowerApps
7 2 (2.35%) GCP
8 1 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.24%) VPN
2 6 (7.06%) BGP
2 6 (7.06%) DNS
2 6 (7.06%) LAN
2 6 (7.06%) SD-WAN
2 6 (7.06%) WAN
3 5 (5.88%) Firewall
4 4 (4.71%) ATM
4 4 (4.71%) DHCP
4 4 (4.71%) HSRP
4 4 (4.71%) MPLS
4 4 (4.71%) VoIP
4 4 (4.71%) VPLS
4 4 (4.71%) VRRP
5 2 (2.35%) OSPF
5 2 (2.35%) Wireless
5 2 (2.35%) WLAN
6 1 (1.18%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (5.88%) JIRA
2 1 (1.18%) GitLab
General
1 47 (55.29%) Social Skills
2 24 (28.24%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (18.82%) Finance
4 15 (17.65%) Public Sector
5 12 (14.12%) Legal
6 11 (12.94%) Manufacturing
6 11 (12.94%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (11.76%) Military
7 10 (11.76%) Telecoms
8 8 (9.41%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (7.06%) Law
10 5 (5.88%) Retail
11 4 (4.71%) Fire and Rescue
11 4 (4.71%) Front Office
11 4 (4.71%) Police
12 1 (1.18%) Aerospace
12 1 (1.18%) Automotive
12 1 (1.18%) Banking
12 1 (1.18%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (16.47%) Senior
2 11 (12.94%) Desktop Support
2 11 (12.94%) Support Engineer
3 10 (11.76%) Analyst
4 9 (10.59%) Desktop Engineer
4 9 (10.59%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 8 (9.41%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 8 (9.41%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
5 8 (9.41%) 2nd Line Support
5 8 (9.41%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 8 (9.41%) Service Manager
5 8 (9.41%) Support Analyst
6 7 (8.24%) Architect
6 7 (8.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (7.06%) Network Engineer
7 6 (7.06%) SCCM Engineer
7 6 (7.06%) ServiceNow Architect
8 5 (5.88%) Lead
8 5 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (4.71%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (20.00%) REST
1 17 (20.00%) SOAP
2 6 (7.06%) CSS
3 5 (5.88%) HTML
4 4 (4.71%) AngularJS
4 4 (4.71%) ModSecurity
5 3 (3.53%) OAuth
5 3 (3.53%) SAML
6 2 (2.35%) JSON
7 1 (1.18%) JDBC
7 1 (1.18%) LDAP
7 1 (1.18%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (24.71%) Management Information System
2 8 (9.41%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (7.06%) Data Centre
3 6 (7.06%) Onboarding
4 5 (5.88%) AI Agents
4 5 (5.88%) Driving Licence
4 5 (5.88%) Product Ownership
5 4 (4.71%) Culture of Ownership
5 4 (4.71%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (4.71%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (3.53%) Security Posture
6 3 (3.53%) TM Forum
7 1 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.18%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.18%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.18%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (18.82%) Windows
2 4 (4.71%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.53%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.35%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.18%) Linux
5 1 (1.18%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (64.71%) ITIL
2 50 (58.82%) ITSM
3 28 (32.94%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (31.76%) Configuration Management
5 22 (25.88%) Service Management
6 21 (24.71%) Asset Management
7 19 (22.35%) Change Management
8 18 (21.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (17.65%) Customer Service
10 14 (16.47%) Root Cause Analysis
11 12 (14.12%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (14.12%) Knowledge Management
11 12 (14.12%) Service Delivery
11 12 (14.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 11 (12.94%) AI
12 11 (12.94%) Service Catalogue
13 8 (9.41%) Decision-Making
13 8 (9.41%) Incident Management
13 8 (9.41%) Stakeholder Management
13 8 (9.41%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 14 (16.47%) JavaScript
2 10 (11.76%) PowerShell
3 7 (8.24%) Python
4 3 (3.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (37.65%) Security Cleared
2 20 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 17 (20.00%) Degree
4 15 (17.65%) DV Cleared
5 10 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (7.06%) CCNP
6 6 (7.06%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (7.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (4.71%) CCIE
7 4 (4.71%) Chartered Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) DBS Check
8 3 (3.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (2.35%) A+ Certification
9 2 (2.35%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.35%) CISM
9 2 (2.35%) CISSP
9 2 (2.35%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (2.35%) PMI Certification
9 2 (2.35%) PMP
10 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (16.47%) SLA
2 10 (11.76%) Accessibility
3 8 (9.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (7.06%) JSP 440
5 4 (4.71%) Data Quality
5 4 (4.71%) Def Stans
5 4 (4.71%) NIST
6 3 (3.53%) PMO
6 3 (3.53%) QA
7 2 (2.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 16 (18.82%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.71%) VMware NSX
4 2 (2.35%) Firmware
4 2 (2.35%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (17.65%) SCCM
2 8 (9.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (8.24%) Ansible
3 7 (8.24%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (4.71%) Terraform
5 2 (2.35%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 36 (42.35%) ServiceNow
2 24 (28.24%) Microsoft
3 9 (10.59%) Cisco
4 6 (7.06%) VMware
5 5 (5.88%) Meraki
6 3 (3.53%) Adobe
6 3 (3.53%) Citrix
6 3 (3.53%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (3.53%) McAfee
6 3 (3.53%) Tenable
6 3 (3.53%) Zscaler
7 2 (2.35%) Avaya
7 2 (2.35%) F5
7 2 (2.35%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.35%) Infoblox
7 2 (2.35%) LogicMonitor
7 2 (2.35%) Netskope
7 2 (2.35%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.18%) NetApp
8 1 (1.18%) Veeam