Hybrid/Remote CMDB Job Trends

Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CMDB in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited CMDB over the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 339 396 424
Rank change year-on-year +57 +28 +199
Permanent jobs citing CMDB 39 54 52
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.26% 0.31% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.74% 0.80% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 23 39 48
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £33,426
25th Percentile £46,875 £46,250 £59,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,713 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.37% -30.04% +55.66%
75th Percentile £61,250 £64,375 £88,750
90th Percentile £74,750 £82,500 -
UK median annual salary £62,000 £52,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year +19.23% +5.05% -5.71%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,282 6,714 7,907
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.59% 39.10% 38.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3,387 3,780 6,159
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,494 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,984 £47,231 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £101,185
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CMDB and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

CMDB job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CMDB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CMDB

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CMDB over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

CMDB salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 6 (15.38%) IIS
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (15.38%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (10.26%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (25.64%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (20.51%) Azure
3 6 (15.38%) Azure Storage
4 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (23.08%) Firewall
2 7 (17.95%) VPN
2 7 (17.95%) WAN
3 6 (15.38%) SD-WAN
3 6 (15.38%) SSL
4 2 (5.13%) Network Security
5 1 (2.56%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 19 (48.72%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.51%) Finance
3 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.26%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Back Office
4 3 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Law
5 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (20.51%) IT Manager
2 6 (15.38%) Architect
2 6 (15.38%) Cloud Engineer
2 6 (15.38%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (15.38%) Configuration Manager
2 6 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (12.82%) Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Administrator
4 4 (10.26%) IT Administrator
4 4 (10.26%) IT Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Service Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Service Design Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Service Transition Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Transition Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Junior Architect
5 3 (7.69%) Junior Solutions Architect
5 3 (7.69%) Service Desk Manager
5 3 (7.69%) Service Manager
5 3 (7.69%) ServiceNow Developer
5 3 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.26%) CSS
1 4 (10.26%) HTML
2 2 (5.13%) REST
2 2 (5.13%) SOAP
3 1 (2.56%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.56%) LDAP
3 1 (2.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (5.13%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.13%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (30.77%) Windows
2 10 (25.64%) Windows Server
3 3 (7.69%) Windows 10
4 2 (5.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (56.41%) ITIL
2 21 (53.85%) Asset Management
3 20 (51.28%) Configuration Management
3 20 (51.28%) ITSM
4 13 (33.33%) Service Management
5 11 (28.21%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (17.95%) Migration
9 6 (15.38%) Capacity Planning
9 6 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (15.38%) Proactive Monitoring
9 6 (15.38%) Service Delivery
9 6 (15.38%) Storage Management
10 5 (12.82%) Budgeting
10 5 (12.82%) Incident Response
10 5 (12.82%) IT Asset Management
10 5 (12.82%) Problem Management
10 5 (12.82%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.95%) PowerShell
1 7 (17.95%) SQL
2 4 (10.26%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.56%) C#
3 1 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.13%) CCIE
4 2 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.38%) Data Quality
2 4 (10.26%) COBIT
2 4 (10.26%) SLA
3 1 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.56%) GDPR
3 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (2.56%) NIST
3 1 (2.56%) QA
System Software
1 6 (15.38%) Hyper-V
1 6 (15.38%) Virtual Servers
2 5 (12.82%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (15.38%) Terraform
3 2 (5.13%) Nagios
Vendors
1 15 (38.46%) ServiceNow
2 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
3 6 (15.38%) SonicWALL
4 2 (5.13%) CheckPoint
4 2 (5.13%) Cisco
4 2 (5.13%) F5
4 2 (5.13%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.56%) VMware