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 18 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 394 449
Rank change year-on-year +65 +55 +129
Permanent jobs citing CMDB 38 53 46
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.25% 0.32% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.72% 0.81% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 21 36 42
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £34,055
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,188 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -27.27% +55.66%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,856 £88,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 -
UK median annual salary £62,000 £55,213 £47,557
% change year-on-year +12.29% +16.10% -9.42%

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 5,246 6,517 8,688
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.26% 39.65% 37.98%
Number of salaries quoted 3,350 3,591 6,919
10th Percentile £28,000 £37,500 £35,920
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,624 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £81,768
90th Percentile £105,000 £112,500 £100,000
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 18 January 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%) IIS
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (13.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (15.79%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (7.89%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 12 (31.58%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (26.32%) Azure
3 6 (15.79%) Azure Storage
4 2 (5.26%) Mimecast
5 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (26.32%) Firewall
2 7 (18.42%) VPN
2 7 (18.42%) WAN
3 6 (15.79%) SD-WAN
3 6 (15.79%) SSL
4 3 (7.89%) Network Security
5 1 (2.63%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.89%) Relational Database
1 3 (7.89%) SQL Server
General
1 21 (55.26%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (13.16%) Finance
3 4 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (7.89%) Back Office
4 3 (7.89%) Law
4 3 (7.89%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 8 (21.05%) IT Manager
2 6 (15.79%) Cloud Engineer
2 6 (15.79%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (15.79%) Configuration Manager
3 5 (13.16%) Analyst
4 4 (10.53%) Developer
4 4 (10.53%) IT Analyst
4 4 (10.53%) Service Analyst
4 4 (10.53%) Service Design Analyst
4 4 (10.53%) Service Transition Analyst
4 4 (10.53%) ServiceNow Developer
4 4 (10.53%) Transition Analyst
5 3 (7.89%) Administrator
5 3 (7.89%) IT Administrator
5 3 (7.89%) Lead
5 3 (7.89%) Network Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) Service Desk Manager
5 3 (7.89%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.16%) CSS
1 5 (13.16%) HTML
2 3 (7.89%) REST
2 3 (7.89%) SOAP
3 2 (5.26%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.63%) LDAP
4 1 (2.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.89%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (7.89%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.26%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.26%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.63%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (39.47%) Windows
2 10 (26.32%) Windows Server
3 3 (7.89%) Linux
3 3 (7.89%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (65.79%) ITIL
2 22 (57.89%) Asset Management
2 22 (57.89%) ITSM
3 16 (42.11%) Configuration Management
4 14 (36.84%) Service Management
5 12 (31.58%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (21.05%) Capacity Planning
7 8 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (18.42%) Migration
8 7 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (15.79%) Proactive Monitoring
9 6 (15.79%) Service Delivery
9 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (15.79%) Storage Management
10 5 (13.16%) Incident Response
10 5 (13.16%) Problem Management
10 5 (13.16%) Service Catalogue
11 4 (10.53%) Coaching
11 4 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.68%) PowerShell
1 9 (23.68%) SQL
2 5 (13.16%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.63%) C#
3 1 (2.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (13.16%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.89%) CCIE
2 3 (7.89%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (7.89%) Degree
2 3 (7.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 3 (7.89%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.79%) Data Quality
2 4 (10.53%) COBIT
2 4 (10.53%) SLA
3 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.63%) GDPR
3 1 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (2.63%) NIST
3 1 (2.63%) QA
System Software
1 8 (21.05%) Virtual Servers
2 6 (15.79%) Hyper-V
3 5 (13.16%) Active Directory
4 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (15.79%) Terraform
3 3 (7.89%) Nagios
Vendors
1 15 (39.47%) ServiceNow
2 9 (23.68%) Microsoft
3 6 (15.79%) SonicWALL
4 3 (7.89%) CheckPoint
4 3 (7.89%) Cisco
4 3 (7.89%) F5
4 3 (7.89%) Fortinet
5 2 (5.26%) IFS
5 2 (5.26%) Oracle
6 1 (2.63%) VMware