Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CMDB in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited CMDB over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 589 684 708
Rank change year-on-year +95 +24 +264
Permanent jobs citing CMDB 103 212 281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.22% 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.57% 0.60% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 67 152 222
10th Percentile £32,300 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £34,000 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £77,188
90th Percentile £72,350 £88,750 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £41,067 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.66% -17.87% +14.94%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,030 35,099 45,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.65% 35.64% 43.54%
Number of salaries quoted 9,845 23,059 23,957
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,251
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

CMDB
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CMDB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CMDB in the UK

CMDB
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CMDB.

Salary trend for CMDB in the UK

CMDB
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CMDB over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CMDB in the UK

CMDB
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CMDB within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
England +88 100 £53,000 +6.00% 74
UK excluding London +133 59 £47,500 +15.66% 53
London +87 44 £57,500 -22.30% 27
Work from Home +135 36 £60,000 -6.41% 39
North of England +77 19 £36,500 -11.48% 13
Yorkshire +81 13 £36,500 -41.60% 3
South West +105 10 £45,000 -4.17% 11
East of England +62 10 £60,000 - 3
South East +61 9 £50,000 +47.06% 13
Midlands +71 8 £52,500 -18.11% 9
North West +22 6 £39,500 -4.21% 10
East Midlands +48 5 £53,000 +32.50% 3
Scotland +131 3 £39,500 - 2
West Midlands +41 3 £38,754 -42.20% 6

CMDB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (11.65%) Confluence
2 6 (5.83%) nginx
3 3 (2.91%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.97%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 15 (14.56%) AWS
2 13 (12.62%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (10.68%) Azure
4 10 (9.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 8 (7.77%) AWS CloudTrail
6 6 (5.83%) GitHub
7 5 (4.85%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (4.85%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (4.85%) AWS Step Functions
7 5 (4.85%) Serverless
8 3 (2.91%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.94%) Datadog
9 2 (1.94%) SaaS
10 1 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.97%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.91%) VoIP
2 2 (1.94%) Firewall
3 1 (0.97%) SSL
3 1 (0.97%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.83%) Amazon RDS
1 6 (5.83%) MariaDB
2 4 (3.88%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.91%) Power BI
4 2 (1.94%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 29 (28.16%) JIRA
General
1 52 (50.49%) Social Skills
2 27 (26.21%) Finance
3 13 (12.62%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (10.68%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (4.85%) Law
5 5 (4.85%) Retail
6 4 (3.88%) Games
6 4 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.94%) Billing
8 2 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.94%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.94%) Police
9 1 (0.97%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (20.39%) Analyst
2 17 (16.50%) Developer
2 17 (16.50%) ServiceNow Developer
3 12 (11.65%) Administrator
3 12 (11.65%) IT Manager
4 10 (9.71%) Service Analyst
4 10 (9.71%) Service Manager
5 8 (7.77%) IT Analyst
6 7 (6.80%) Consultant
6 7 (6.80%) ServiceNow Manager
7 6 (5.83%) Architect
7 6 (5.83%) Senior
8 5 (4.85%) Configuration Analyst
8 5 (4.85%) Configuration Management Analyst
8 5 (4.85%) Database Analyst
8 5 (4.85%) Service Management Analyst
9 4 (3.88%) Configuration Management Consultant
9 4 (3.88%) Database Consultant
9 4 (3.88%) Service Desk Analyst
9 4 (3.88%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (16.50%) SOAP
2 16 (15.53%) Web Services
3 14 (13.59%) REST
4 8 (7.77%) Ajax
4 8 (7.77%) CSS
4 8 (7.77%) HTML
5 6 (5.83%) XML
6 5 (4.85%) Bootstrap
6 5 (4.85%) jQuery
6 5 (4.85%) JSON
7 4 (3.88%) LDAP
8 2 (1.94%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.97%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.68%) Management Information System
2 10 (9.71%) Onboarding
3 6 (5.83%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (3.88%) Mobile Games
4 4 (3.88%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.94%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.80%) Windows
1 7 (6.80%) Windows 10
2 2 (1.94%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (61.17%) ITIL
2 51 (49.51%) ITSM
2 51 (49.51%) Service Management
3 41 (39.81%) Configuration Management
4 31 (30.10%) Asset Management
5 26 (25.24%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (22.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (20.39%) IT Asset Management
8 19 (18.45%) Customer Service
8 19 (18.45%) Service Delivery
9 16 (15.53%) Roadmaps
10 14 (13.59%) DevOps
10 14 (13.59%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (11.65%) Agile
11 12 (11.65%) Change Management
12 11 (10.68%) Cost Optimisation
12 11 (10.68%) Data Modelling
13 10 (9.71%) Dashboard Development
14 9 (8.74%) Business Continuity
14 9 (8.74%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 17 (16.50%) JavaScript
2 8 (7.77%) PowerShell
3 5 (4.85%) SQL
4 1 (0.97%) Bicep
4 1 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.97%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (19.42%) Degree
2 12 (11.65%) Security Cleared
3 10 (9.71%) SC Cleared
4 9 (8.74%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (5.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 5 (4.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (3.88%) DBS Check
8 3 (2.91%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.91%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 3 (2.91%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 3 (2.91%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
9 2 (1.94%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.97%) APMG
10 1 (0.97%) CEH
10 1 (0.97%) CITP
10 1 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.97%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.97%) PMP
10 1 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (16.50%) SLA
2 2 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.94%) GDPR
2 2 (1.94%) GRC
2 2 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.97%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (7.77%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.91%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (5.83%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (5.83%) Opsgenie
1 6 (5.83%) SCCM
2 3 (2.91%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.94%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.97%) HP UCMDB
4 1 (0.97%) Terraform
Vendors
1 65 (63.11%) ServiceNow
2 19 (18.45%) Microsoft
3 7 (6.80%) Atlassian
4 4 (3.88%) Cisco
5 3 (2.91%) Apple
5 3 (2.91%) HP
5 3 (2.91%) Snow
6 2 (1.94%) Google
6 2 (1.94%) Juniper
6 2 (1.94%) NetApp
6 2 (1.94%) Splunk
6 2 (1.94%) VMware
7 1 (0.97%) BMC
7 1 (0.97%) Remedy
7 1 (0.97%) Salesforce