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 23 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 421 383 425
Rank change year-on-year -38 +42 +13
Permanent jobs citing CMDB 49 38 56
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.20% 0.24% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% 0.56% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 34 24 34
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £56,250 £52,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,911
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -1.49% -18.79%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £81,875
90th Percentile £95,000 £127,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £66,538 £60,000 £57,713
% change year-on-year +10.90% +3.96% -1.77%

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 9,347 6,845 7,607
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.00% 42.36% 33.74%
Number of salaries quoted 5,488 3,507 4,600
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,250 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%

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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 23 September 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 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.33%) Azure
1 8 (16.33%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (8.16%) GitHub
2 4 (8.16%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (2.04%) AWS
3 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.04%) IaaS
3 1 (2.04%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.04%) PaaS
3 1 (2.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) Ethernet
1 2 (4.08%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.04%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (2.04%) DHCP
2 1 (2.04%) DNS
2 1 (2.04%) Firewall
2 1 (2.04%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Git
1 4 (8.16%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 29 (59.18%) Social Skills
2 20 (40.82%) Public Sector
3 14 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (20.41%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (12.24%) Finance
6 5 (10.20%) Banking
7 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.04%) Legal
7 1 (2.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (24.49%) Senior
2 11 (22.45%) Consultant
2 11 (22.45%) DV Cleared Technical Consultant
2 11 (22.45%) ServiceNow Consultant
2 11 (22.45%) Technical Consultant
3 8 (16.33%) Architect
3 8 (16.33%) ServiceNow Architect
4 7 (14.29%) Senior Consultant
4 7 (14.29%) Senior ServiceNow Consultant
4 7 (14.29%) Senior Technical Consultant
5 6 (12.24%) Developer
5 6 (12.24%) ServiceNow Developer
5 6 (12.24%) Technical Architect
6 5 (10.20%) Lead
7 4 (8.16%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (8.16%) Azure Platform Engineer
7 4 (8.16%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 4 (8.16%) Platform Engineer
7 4 (8.16%) Support Engineer
8 3 (6.12%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (22.45%) REST
1 11 (22.45%) SOAP
2 5 (10.20%) Terraform
3 4 (8.16%) CSS
3 4 (8.16%) LDAP
3 4 (8.16%) Web Services
4 3 (6.12%) Ajax
4 3 (6.12%) HTML
5 1 (2.04%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.04%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (8.16%) Private Cloud
2 4 (8.16%) Public Cloud
3 3 (6.12%) Operational Technology
4 2 (4.08%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (4.08%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.08%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.04%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (18.37%) Windows
2 6 (12.24%) Windows Server
3 4 (8.16%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (69.39%) ITSM
2 30 (61.22%) ITIL
3 18 (36.73%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (32.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (30.61%) AI
5 15 (30.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 14 (28.57%) Presales
7 13 (26.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (24.49%) Translating Business Requirements
9 11 (22.45%) Mentoring
10 9 (18.37%) Asset Management
10 9 (18.37%) Roadmaps
10 9 (18.37%) Service Management
10 9 (18.37%) Technical Leadership
11 8 (16.33%) Agile
11 8 (16.33%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (16.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 7 (14.29%) Decision-Making
12 7 (14.29%) Service Delivery
12 7 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 7 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 4 (8.16%) Python
3 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (51.02%) Security Cleared
2 15 (30.61%) DV Cleared
3 9 (18.37%) Degree
4 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (8.16%) Azure Certification
6 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
7 2 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (4.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (4.08%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.29%) QA
2 5 (10.20%) Data Quality
3 3 (6.12%) SLA
4 2 (4.08%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.04%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (2.04%) COBIT
5 1 (2.04%) GRC
5 1 (2.04%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (22.45%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (8.16%) Ansible
1 4 (8.16%) Kubernetes
1 4 (8.16%) Packer
1 4 (8.16%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.12%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (2.04%) Nessus
Vendors
1 40 (81.63%) ServiceNow
2 12 (24.49%) Microsoft
3 8 (16.33%) Cisco
4 7 (14.29%) VMware
5 4 (8.16%) EMC
5 4 (8.16%) F5
5 4 (8.16%) Palo Alto
5 4 (8.16%) Tenable
5 4 (8.16%) Veeam
6 3 (6.12%) Apple
6 3 (6.12%) Bloomberg
6 3 (6.12%) Meraki
6 3 (6.12%) Symantec