CMDB Job Trends

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 12 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 541 559 523
Rank change year-on-year +18 -36 +245
Permanent jobs citing CMDB 111 193 211
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.29% 0.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.56% 0.88% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 53 112 163
10th Percentile £43,250 £36,775 £26,100
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £57,713 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.23% +6.88% +2.86%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £83,125
90th Percentile £82,500 £113,500 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,000 £33,426
% change year-on-year +0.96% +55.57% -33.15%

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 19,969 21,951 20,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 38.14% 32.59% 38.71%
Number of salaries quoted 10,666 10,564 15,243
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,617 £34,000
25th Percentile £35,953 £45,500 £45,581
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £84,056
90th Percentile £101,250 £110,000 £106,289
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -1.82% -

CMDB
Job Vacancy Trend

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

CMDB job vacancy trend in the UK

CMDB
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CMDB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CMDB

CMDB
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CMDB over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Salary histogram for CMDB in the UK

CMDB
Top 16 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 12 November 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 +5 95 £60,000 +3.96% 65
London +22 56 £67,500 +4.09% 35
UK excluding London +31 46 £52,500 +0.96% 39
Work from Home +56 39 £57,500 -4.17% 24
Midlands +27 13 £90,000 +80.00% 9
South West +35 10 £47,500 +33.49% 5
East Midlands +26 10 - - 3
North of England 0 10 £155,000 +238.80% 5
Scotland -1 7 - - 3
North East +11 5 £35,000 -
Yorkshire +8 4 £162,500 +132.14% 2
West Midlands +17 3 £90,000 +89.47% 6
Wales - 3 £56,000 - 1
South East +19 2 £59,250 -21.00% 16
North West +13 1 - - 3
East of England -1 1 £54,000 -10.00%

CMDB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 13 (11.71%) SharePoint
2 12 (10.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (8.11%) Skype for Business
4 6 (5.41%) IIS
5 2 (1.80%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (6.31%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (6.31%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (6.31%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (3.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 27 (24.32%) Azure
2 24 (21.62%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (9.91%) AWS
3 11 (9.91%) GCP
4 9 (8.11%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (5.41%) Azure Storage
6 2 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.80%) SaaS
7 1 (0.90%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 17 (15.32%) Firewall
2 9 (8.11%) Skype
3 8 (7.21%) Network Security
4 7 (6.31%) SD-WAN
4 7 (6.31%) WAN
5 6 (5.41%) SSL
5 6 (5.41%) VPN
6 1 (0.90%) DHCP
6 1 (0.90%) DNS
6 1 (0.90%) Internet
6 1 (0.90%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.90%) NGFW
6 1 (0.90%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.90%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.11%) DTS
2 4 (3.60%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (7.21%) JIRA
2 1 (0.90%) Burp Suite
General
1 44 (39.64%) Social Skills
2 37 (33.33%) Finance
3 23 (20.72%) Retail
4 14 (12.61%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (10.81%) Manufacturing
6 11 (9.91%) Banking
7 10 (9.01%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (9.01%) Law
7 10 (9.01%) Legal
8 5 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.60%) Billing
9 4 (3.60%) Financial Institution
9 4 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.70%) Back Office
11 2 (1.80%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.90%) Advertising
12 1 (0.90%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (18.02%) IT Manager
2 16 (14.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 16 (14.41%) Service Manager
3 14 (12.61%) Configuration Manager
4 13 (11.71%) Architect
5 12 (10.81%) Analyst
6 11 (9.91%) Senior
7 10 (9.01%) Asset and Configuration Manager
8 9 (8.11%) Infrastructure Support
8 9 (8.11%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 9 (8.11%) Support Engineer
9 7 (6.31%) Administrator
9 7 (6.31%) Developer
9 7 (6.31%) ServiceNow Developer
10 6 (5.41%) Cloud Engineer
10 6 (5.41%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (5.41%) IT Engineer
10 6 (5.41%) Platform Manager
10 6 (5.41%) Senior IT Engineer
10 6 (5.41%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.91%) REST
2 6 (5.41%) GraphQL
3 5 (4.50%) SOAP
4 4 (3.60%) CSS
4 4 (3.60%) HTML
5 2 (1.80%) XML
6 1 (0.90%) LDAP
6 1 (0.90%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.01%) Onboarding
2 9 (8.11%) Product Ownership
2 9 (8.11%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (4.50%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.60%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.60%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.60%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.60%) Operational Technology
4 4 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.80%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.80%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 31 (27.93%) Windows
2 18 (16.22%) Windows Server
3 9 (8.11%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (6.31%) Linux
5 3 (2.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (50.45%) ITSM
2 55 (49.55%) ITIL
3 47 (42.34%) Configuration Management
4 44 (39.64%) Service Management
5 35 (31.53%) Asset Management
6 30 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (24.32%) Agile
8 23 (20.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (18.92%) Root Cause Analysis
10 19 (17.12%) Change Management
11 18 (16.22%) IT Asset Management
12 17 (15.32%) Cybersecurity
13 16 (14.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 16 (14.41%) Stakeholder Management
14 15 (13.51%) Problem Management
14 15 (13.51%) Scrum
14 15 (13.51%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
15 13 (11.71%) Customer Service
15 13 (11.71%) Incident Response
16 12 (10.81%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.41%) PowerShell
2 12 (10.81%) JavaScript
3 9 (8.11%) SQL
4 1 (0.90%) C#
4 1 (0.90%) Java
4 1 (0.90%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (11.71%) Security Cleared
2 9 (8.11%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.31%) CISSP
4 6 (5.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 5 (4.50%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.60%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (3.60%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (3.60%) Novell Certification
7 3 (2.70%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.70%) CCIE
8 2 (1.80%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.80%) Degree
8 2 (1.80%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.80%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.90%) CCNA CyberOps
9 1 (0.90%) Check Point Certification
9 1 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.90%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.01%) ISO/IEC 19770
2 9 (8.11%) SLA
3 6 (5.41%) Accessibility
3 6 (5.41%) QA
3 6 (5.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (3.60%) COBIT
5 3 (2.70%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.70%) GDPR
5 3 (2.70%) NIST
6 2 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.80%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 24 (21.62%) Active Directory
2 11 (9.91%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (8.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 9 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (6.31%) Hyper-V
4 7 (6.31%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (10.81%) Nagios
2 11 (9.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (8.11%) Terraform
3 9 (8.11%) ZABBIX
4 4 (3.60%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 4 (3.60%) CSIRT
5 2 (1.80%) Ansible
5 2 (1.80%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 55 (49.55%) ServiceNow
2 22 (19.82%) Microsoft
3 12 (10.81%) BMC
4 9 (8.11%) Citrix
4 9 (8.11%) Darktrace
4 9 (8.11%) Google
4 9 (8.11%) Proofpoint
4 9 (8.11%) Red Hat
4 9 (8.11%) SolarWinds
4 9 (8.11%) Tanium
4 9 (8.11%) Trend Micro
4 9 (8.11%) VMware
5 6 (5.41%) Cisco
5 6 (5.41%) SonicWALL
6 4 (3.60%) CheckPoint
6 4 (3.60%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.70%) F5
8 2 (1.80%) Juniper
9 1 (0.90%) Remedy
9 1 (0.90%) Zscaler