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 9 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 408 410 474
Rank change year-on-year +2 +64 -16
Permanent jobs citing CMDB 38 30 82
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.18% 0.18% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.47% 0.43% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 30 16 68
10th Percentile £46,000 £47,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £55,625 £39,065
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £60,000 £63,304
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -5.22% -9.57%
75th Percentile £93,287 £102,188 £86,250
90th Percentile £95,250 £127,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £65,288 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.73% +8.18% -

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 8,013 7,048 11,344
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.80% 42.96% 34.81%
Number of salaries quoted 4,966 3,635 8,675
10th Percentile £34,597 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £111,250
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -14.40%

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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 9 July 2026.

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 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (7.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 13 (34.21%) Azure
2 10 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (15.79%) GitHub
3 6 (15.79%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (5.26%) Mimecast
5 1 (2.63%) AWS
5 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.63%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.26%) Ethernet
1 2 (5.26%) Firewall
1 2 (5.26%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.63%) LAN
2 1 (2.63%) VPN
2 1 (2.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (15.79%) Git
1 6 (15.79%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 24 (63.16%) Social Skills
2 19 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 9 (23.68%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (7.89%) Banking
6 2 (5.26%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (28.95%) Consultant
1 11 (28.95%) DV Cleared Technical Consultant
1 11 (28.95%) Senior
1 11 (28.95%) ServiceNow Consultant
1 11 (28.95%) Technical Consultant
2 7 (18.42%) Architect
2 7 (18.42%) Senior Consultant
2 7 (18.42%) Senior ServiceNow Consultant
2 7 (18.42%) Senior Technical Consultant
2 7 (18.42%) ServiceNow Architect
3 6 (15.79%) Azure Engineer
3 6 (15.79%) Azure Platform Engineer
3 6 (15.79%) Cloud Platform Engineer
3 6 (15.79%) Platform Engineer
3 6 (15.79%) Technical Architect
4 5 (13.16%) Lead
4 5 (13.16%) Support Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) Desktop Support
5 3 (7.89%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (28.95%) REST
1 11 (28.95%) SOAP
2 1 (2.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.79%) Private Cloud
1 6 (15.79%) Public Cloud
2 2 (5.26%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 13 (34.21%) Windows
2 8 (21.05%) Windows Server
3 6 (15.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (63.16%) ITSM
2 22 (57.89%) ITIL
3 16 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (39.47%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (34.21%) Disaster Recovery
5 13 (34.21%) Presales
6 12 (31.58%) AI
7 11 (28.95%) Roadmaps
7 11 (28.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (26.32%) Mentoring
9 9 (23.68%) Technical Leadership
9 9 (23.68%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 8 (21.05%) Business Continuity
10 8 (21.05%) Infrastructure Automation
10 8 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (21.05%) Translating Business Requirements
11 7 (18.42%) Workshop Facilitation
12 6 (15.79%) CI/CD
12 6 (15.79%) Impact Assessments
12 6 (15.79%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (28.95%) PowerShell
2 6 (15.79%) Python
3 2 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (42.11%) Security Cleared
2 15 (39.47%) DV Cleared
3 11 (28.95%) Degree
4 6 (15.79%) Azure Certification
5 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (5.26%) MCSA
7 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.42%) QA
2 3 (7.89%) SLA
3 2 (5.26%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.63%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (26.32%) Active Directory
2 8 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (5.26%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (18.42%) Terraform
2 6 (15.79%) Ansible
2 6 (15.79%) Kubernetes
2 6 (15.79%) Packer
3 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (7.89%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 31 (81.58%) ServiceNow
2 16 (42.11%) Microsoft
3 10 (26.32%) VMware
4 9 (23.68%) Cisco
5 6 (15.79%) EMC
5 6 (15.79%) F5
5 6 (15.79%) Palo Alto
6 4 (10.53%) Veeam
7 3 (7.89%) Apple
7 3 (7.89%) Bloomberg
7 3 (7.89%) Meraki
7 3 (7.89%) Symantec
7 3 (7.89%) Tenable
8 2 (5.26%) IFS
8 2 (5.26%) Oracle