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 7 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 355 490
Rank change year-on-year -21 +135 +66
Permanent jobs citing CMDB 26 35 71
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.15% 0.27% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.43% 0.64% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 13 29 65
10th Percentile - £41,150 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +10.64%
75th Percentile £92,500 - £88,750
90th Percentile £97,000 £82,500 £92,530
UK median annual salary £62,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.10% +5.00% -4.76%

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 6,010 5,441 11,445
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.00% 42.17% 36.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3,756 3,674 9,108
10th Percentile £31,188 £35,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £43,121
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.04% -8.46%
75th Percentile £81,250 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £120,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%

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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 7 April 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 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (23.08%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.85%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 10 (38.46%) Azure
2 9 (34.62%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (15.38%) GitHub
3 4 (15.38%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (11.54%) Mimecast
5 2 (7.69%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.85%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) Firewall
2 3 (11.54%) VPN
2 3 (11.54%) WAN
3 2 (7.69%) LAN
4 1 (3.85%) Network Security
4 1 (3.85%) SD-WAN
4 1 (3.85%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Git
1 4 (15.38%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 15 (57.69%) Social Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Back Office
5 1 (3.85%) Finance
5 1 (3.85%) Law
5 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) IT Manager
2 6 (23.08%) Configuration Manager
3 4 (15.38%) Azure Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Azure Platform Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Cloud Platform Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Platform Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
4 3 (11.54%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (11.54%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Support
4 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Service Desk Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Service Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Support Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) AngularJS
1 2 (7.69%) CSS
1 2 (7.69%) HTML
1 2 (7.69%) REST
1 2 (7.69%) SOAP
2 1 (3.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Private Cloud
1 4 (15.38%) Public Cloud
2 3 (11.54%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (53.85%) Windows
2 10 (38.46%) Windows Server
3 5 (19.23%) Linux
4 3 (11.54%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (61.54%) ITIL
2 14 (53.85%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (53.85%) ITSM
3 12 (46.15%) Asset Management
4 11 (42.31%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (38.46%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (34.62%) Configuration Management
6 9 (34.62%) Roadmaps
6 9 (34.62%) Service Management
7 7 (26.92%) Business Continuity
7 7 (26.92%) Change Management
7 7 (26.92%) Information Security
7 7 (26.92%) Infrastructure Automation
8 6 (23.08%) Service Delivery
8 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (19.23%) Service Catalogue
10 4 (15.38%) CI/CD
10 4 (15.38%) Incident Response
10 4 (15.38%) Platform Engineering
10 4 (15.38%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 10 (38.46%) PowerShell
2 4 (15.38%) Python
2 4 (15.38%) SQL
3 2 (7.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) Degree
2 4 (15.38%) Azure Certification
3 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) CCIE
4 1 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (23.08%) Data Quality
2 3 (11.54%) SLA
3 2 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (3.85%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (34.62%) Active Directory
2 6 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (15.38%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (3.85%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) Terraform
2 4 (15.38%) Ansible
2 4 (15.38%) Kubernetes
2 4 (15.38%) Packer
3 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (3.85%) Nagios
Vendors
1 16 (61.54%) ServiceNow
2 12 (46.15%) Microsoft
3 6 (23.08%) VMware
4 5 (19.23%) Cisco
4 5 (19.23%) F5
5 4 (15.38%) EMC
5 4 (15.38%) Palo Alto
6 3 (11.54%) IFS
6 3 (11.54%) Oracle
7 1 (3.85%) CheckPoint
7 1 (3.85%) Fortinet
7 1 (3.85%) SonicWALL