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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 387 471
Rank change year-on-year +52 +84 +98
Permanent jobs citing CMDB 38 50 46
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.24% 0.31% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.71% 0.77% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 21 34 43
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £34,685
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,777 £48,153
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 £64,688 £88,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £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 5,324 6,497 9,555
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.03% 39.71% 37.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3,383 3,585 7,693
10th Percentile £28,500 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £47,500 £45,026
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 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £103,500 £115,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,900
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.63% -10.92%

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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 25 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
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (15.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (15.79%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (5.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 13 (34.21%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (28.95%) Azure
3 6 (15.79%) Azure Storage
4 3 (7.89%) 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 4 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.89%) Relational Database
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 9 (23.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (21.05%) IT Manager
3 6 (15.79%) Cloud Engineer
3 6 (15.79%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (15.79%) Configuration Manager
4 5 (13.16%) Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Developer
5 4 (10.53%) IT Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Service Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Service Design Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Service Transition Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) ServiceNow Developer
5 4 (10.53%) Transition Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
6 3 (7.89%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Support
6 3 (7.89%) Lead
6 3 (7.89%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
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%) Data Centre
1 3 (7.89%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (5.26%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.63%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (42.11%) 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%) ITSM
3 21 (55.26%) Asset Management
4 15 (39.47%) Configuration Management
5 14 (36.84%) Service Management
6 12 (31.58%) Disaster Recovery
7 11 (28.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (23.68%) Capacity Planning
8 9 (23.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (18.42%) Migration
11 6 (15.79%) Proactive Monitoring
11 6 (15.79%) Service Delivery
11 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (15.79%) Storage Management
12 5 (13.16%) Incident Response
12 5 (13.16%) Problem Management
12 5 (13.16%) Service Catalogue
13 4 (10.53%) Coaching
13 4 (10.53%) IT Governance
Programming Languages
1 10 (26.32%) PowerShell
1 10 (26.32%) SQL
2 5 (13.16%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.63%) C#
3 1 (2.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (13.16%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.53%) Degree
3 3 (7.89%) CCIE
3 3 (7.89%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (7.89%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 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 9 (23.68%) Virtual Servers
2 6 (15.79%) Hyper-V
3 5 (13.16%) Active Directory
4 3 (7.89%) 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
4 3 (7.89%) IFS
4 3 (7.89%) Oracle
5 1 (2.63%) VMware