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 9 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 607 559 847
Rank change year-on-year -48 +288 -2
Permanent jobs citing CMDB 204 223 325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.37% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.82% 0.95% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 108 172 192
10th Percentile £36,250 £26,400 £31,375
25th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,607 £56,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% +7.14% +10.53%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,625 £77,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £88,750 £87,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £34,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year +47.06% -30.26% +30.00%

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 24,789 23,475 65,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.44% 38.47% 45.64%
Number of salaries quoted 11,676 17,067 31,922
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,500 £34,895
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £106,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,450 £55,000 £54,850
% change year-on-year -2.82% +0.27% +9.70%

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 9 October 2024.

Salary histogram for CMDB in the UK

CMDB
Top 17 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 9 October 2024. 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 -50 194 £57,500 +4.55% 47
UK excluding London -46 105 £50,000 +47.06% 37
London +16 93 £65,000 -13.33% 18
Work from Home +8 65 £57,713 -23.05% 15
Midlands -4 42 £47,500 -19.15% 7
West Midlands +1 34 £47,500 -20.83% 4
North of England -21 27 £44,000 -2.22% 3
North West -11 21 £44,000 -13.73% 3
South East -55 14 £75,000 +127.27% 12
East of England -37 10 £47,500 -8.21% 8
East Midlands -22 8 £52,000 -3.70% 3
Scotland +7 7 £125,000 +162.84% 7
Yorkshire +7 3 £70,000 -
South West -8 3 £35,583 +14.78% 1
North East -45 3 - -
Wales +36 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2

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 11 (5.39%) SAS
2 3 (1.47%) CMS
2 3 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.98%) Confluence
3 2 (0.98%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.49%) Mattermost
Applications
1 12 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.96%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 24 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (5.39%) Azure
3 6 (2.94%) Entra ID
4 5 (2.45%) Power Platform
5 4 (1.96%) SaaS
6 3 (1.47%) AWS
7 1 (0.49%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.49%) GCP
7 1 (0.49%) GitHub
7 1 (0.49%) Google App Engine
7 1 (0.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (11.76%) Firewall
2 17 (8.33%) VPN
3 16 (7.84%) Network Security
3 16 (7.84%) VLAN
4 13 (6.37%) BGP
4 13 (6.37%) OSPF
5 12 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
5 12 (5.88%) TCP/IP
6 9 (4.41%) DSL
6 9 (4.41%) VPLS
7 5 (2.45%) SD-WAN
7 5 (2.45%) Unified Communications
7 5 (2.45%) WAN
8 4 (1.96%) Ethernet
8 4 (1.96%) SSL
9 3 (1.47%) DHCP
9 3 (1.47%) DNS
9 3 (1.47%) NAS
9 3 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (1.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (11.76%) Relational Database
2 5 (2.45%) Power BI
2 5 (2.45%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.49%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.96%) JIRA
2 1 (0.49%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.49%) Bitbucket
General
1 77 (37.75%) Social Skills
2 32 (15.69%) Finance
3 14 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.39%) Law
5 10 (4.90%) Retail Banking
6 7 (3.43%) Banking
7 6 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.45%) Retail
9 3 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.47%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.98%) Billing
10 2 (0.98%) Legal
10 2 (0.98%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.49%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.49%) Digital Economy
11 1 (0.49%) Local Government
11 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (23.04%) Developer
1 47 (23.04%) ServiceNow Developer
2 27 (13.24%) Architect
3 24 (11.76%) Analyst
4 13 (6.37%) Consultant
4 13 (6.37%) IT Manager
5 11 (5.39%) Configuration Manager
5 11 (5.39%) Lead
5 11 (5.39%) Senior
5 11 (5.39%) ServiceNow Architect
6 10 (4.90%) Software Asset Manager
6 10 (4.90%) Software Manager
7 9 (4.41%) Change Analyst
7 9 (4.41%) Service Manager
7 9 (4.41%) ServiceNow Consultant
7 9 (4.41%) Support Analyst
7 9 (4.41%) Technical Trainer
7 9 (4.41%) Trainer
8 8 (3.92%) Junior
8 8 (3.92%) Junior ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (19.12%) Web Services
2 37 (18.14%) AngularJS
3 36 (17.65%) CSS
4 32 (15.69%) HTML
5 24 (11.76%) LDAP
6 23 (11.27%) Ajax
7 15 (7.35%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 9 (4.41%) REST
8 9 (4.41%) SOAP
8 9 (4.41%) Software Packaging
9 7 (3.43%) XML
10 6 (2.94%) .NET
10 6 (2.94%) .NET Framework
11 5 (2.45%) JDBC
12 4 (1.96%) jQuery
12 4 (1.96%) JSON
12 4 (1.96%) Middleware
13 3 (1.47%) 802.1X
14 2 (0.98%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (13.24%) Management Information System
2 13 (6.37%) Data Centre
3 11 (5.39%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (5.39%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.43%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.45%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.96%) Life Science
6 4 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.47%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.47%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.98%) Fat Client
8 2 (0.98%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.98%) IoT
8 2 (0.98%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.98%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.98%) Robotics
8 2 (0.98%) Thin Client
8 2 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.49%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.49%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 25 (12.25%) Windows
2 13 (6.37%) Windows 10
3 6 (2.94%) Mac OS
4 5 (2.45%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.98%) Linux
6 1 (0.49%) Android
6 1 (0.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (52.45%) Configuration Management
2 100 (49.02%) ITIL
3 97 (47.55%) ITSM
4 78 (38.24%) Service Management
5 53 (25.98%) Continuous Improvement
6 51 (25.00%) Asset Management
7 48 (23.53%) Agile
8 43 (21.08%) Change Management
9 42 (20.59%) Data Modelling
10 27 (13.24%) Security Operations
11 26 (12.75%) Scrum
12 25 (12.25%) Problem-Solving
13 24 (11.76%) Customer Service
13 24 (11.76%) Problem Management
14 23 (11.27%) Project Management
14 23 (11.27%) Roadmaps
15 20 (9.80%) Risk Management
15 20 (9.80%) Service Delivery
15 20 (9.80%) SIAM
16 19 (9.31%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 42 (20.59%) JavaScript
2 22 (10.78%) SQL
3 6 (2.94%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.45%) Java
5 2 (0.98%) C
6 1 (0.49%) Bicep
6 1 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 36 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 34 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 19 (9.31%) Cisco Certification
3 19 (9.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 18 (8.82%) Degree
5 16 (7.84%) ITIL Certification
6 14 (6.86%) CCNP
7 12 (5.88%) JNCIP
8 11 (5.39%) DV Cleared
8 11 (5.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.45%) CCNA
11 3 (1.47%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.47%) MCITP
12 2 (0.98%) CISSP
13 1 (0.49%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.88%) GRC
2 6 (2.94%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.96%) SLA
4 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.49%) GDPR
4 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.49%) PMO
4 1 (0.49%) QA
System Software
1 16 (7.84%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.47%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.98%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 22 (10.78%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (6.37%) FortiGate
3 11 (5.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (4.90%) SCCM
5 9 (4.41%) Nessus
6 6 (2.94%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.47%) Nagios
8 1 (0.49%) HP UCMDB
8 1 (0.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 104 (50.98%) ServiceNow
2 26 (12.75%) Microsoft
3 20 (9.80%) Cisco
4 15 (7.35%) Palo Alto
5 14 (6.86%) Fortinet
6 12 (5.88%) Juniper
6 12 (5.88%) Snow
7 9 (4.41%) BMC
8 8 (3.92%) Cadence
9 6 (2.94%) Remedy
10 5 (2.45%) Meraki
10 5 (2.45%) SAP
10 5 (2.45%) SolarWinds
11 4 (1.96%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.96%) HP
12 3 (1.47%) Aruba
12 3 (1.47%) Sophos
12 3 (1.47%) Veeam
13 2 (0.98%) F5
13 2 (0.98%) Infoblox