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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 394 442
Rank change year-on-year +72 +48 +130
Permanent jobs citing CMDB 39 49 46
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.26% 0.30% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.75% 0.75% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 22 36 42
10th Percentile £42,875 £42,500 £34,333
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,188 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -27.27% +55.66%
75th Percentile £61,875 £66,856 £88,750
90th Percentile £76,125 £82,500 -
UK median annual salary £62,000 £55,213 £49,000
% change year-on-year +12.29% +12.68% -6.67%

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 5,184 6,522 8,262
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.57% 39.53% 38.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3,309 3,608 6,516
10th Percentile £28,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,250 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £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 11 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 (15.38%) IIS
2 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (10.26%) 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
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 11 (28.21%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (23.08%) Azure
3 6 (15.38%) Azure Storage
4 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.56%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 10 (25.64%) Firewall
2 7 (17.95%) VPN
2 7 (17.95%) WAN
3 6 (15.38%) SD-WAN
3 6 (15.38%) SSL
4 3 (7.69%) Network Security
5 1 (2.56%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) Relational Database
2 2 (5.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 21 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Finance
3 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.26%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (7.69%) Back Office
5 3 (7.69%) Law
5 3 (7.69%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (20.51%) IT Manager
2 7 (17.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) Cloud Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) Configuration Manager
4 5 (12.82%) Analyst
5 4 (10.26%) Administrator
5 4 (10.26%) Developer
5 4 (10.26%) IT Administrator
5 4 (10.26%) IT Analyst
5 4 (10.26%) Service Analyst
5 4 (10.26%) Service Design Analyst
5 4 (10.26%) Service Transition Analyst
5 4 (10.26%) ServiceNow Developer
5 4 (10.26%) Transition Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Architect
6 3 (7.69%) Lead
6 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 3 (7.69%) Service Desk Manager
6 3 (7.69%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.82%) CSS
1 5 (12.82%) HTML
2 3 (7.69%) REST
2 3 (7.69%) SOAP
3 2 (5.13%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.56%) LDAP
4 1 (2.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.13%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.56%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (35.90%) Windows
2 10 (25.64%) Windows Server
3 3 (7.69%) Linux
3 3 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (64.10%) ITIL
2 23 (58.97%) Asset Management
3 22 (56.41%) ITSM
4 18 (46.15%) Configuration Management
5 14 (35.90%) Service Management
6 12 (30.77%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (17.95%) Capacity Planning
8 7 (17.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (17.95%) Migration
8 7 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
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%) Problem Management
10 5 (12.82%) Service Catalogue
11 4 (10.26%) Impact Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.51%) PowerShell
1 8 (20.51%) SQL
2 5 (12.82%) 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%) CCIE
3 3 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.13%) Degree
5 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
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 7 (17.95%) Virtual Servers
2 6 (15.38%) Hyper-V
3 5 (12.82%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (15.38%) Terraform
3 3 (7.69%) Nagios
Vendors
1 15 (38.46%) ServiceNow
2 9 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 6 (15.38%) SonicWALL
4 3 (7.69%) CheckPoint
4 3 (7.69%) Cisco
4 3 (7.69%) F5
4 3 (7.69%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.56%) IFS
5 1 (2.56%) Oracle
5 1 (2.56%) VMware