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 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 381 440 425
Rank change year-on-year +59 -15 +321
Permanent jobs citing CMDB 35 57 91
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.25% 0.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% 0.73% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 22 35 78
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £46,775
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,607 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,108 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.41% -12.18% +39.05%
75th Percentile £74,125 £82,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £127,500 £115,000 -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% - +9.52%

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 6,789 7,790 10,530
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 41.95% 33.60% 41.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3,487 4,786 8,514
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £39,294
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £106,289
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -

CMDB
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CMDB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CMDB trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

CMDB
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing CMDB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing CMDB

CMDB
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CMDB over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

CMDB salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CMDB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (11.43%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (11.43%) MS Visio
1 4 (11.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.43%) Azure
1 4 (11.43%) Azure Storage
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.29%) Firewall
1 5 (14.29%) SSL
1 5 (14.29%) VPN
2 4 (11.43%) SD-WAN
2 4 (11.43%) WAN
3 1 (2.86%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) JIRA
General
1 13 (37.14%) Finance
2 12 (34.29%) Social Skills
3 8 (22.86%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.43%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Law
5 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (28.57%) ServiceNow Manager
2 6 (17.14%) Architect
2 6 (17.14%) Development Manager
2 6 (17.14%) ITIL Manager
2 6 (17.14%) ITIL Service Manager
2 6 (17.14%) Service Manager
3 5 (14.29%) IT Manager
4 4 (11.43%) Administrator
4 4 (11.43%) Cloud Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) IT Administrator
4 4 (11.43%) Junior
4 4 (11.43%) Junior Architect
4 4 (11.43%) Junior Solutions Architect
4 4 (11.43%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (8.57%) Technical Manager
5 3 (8.57%) Technical Services Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) CSS
1 2 (5.71%) HTML
1 2 (5.71%) SOAP
1 2 (5.71%) XML
2 1 (2.86%) Ajax
2 1 (2.86%) LDAP
2 1 (2.86%) REST
2 1 (2.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 6 (17.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (11.43%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.29%) Windows
2 4 (11.43%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (62.86%) ITIL
2 17 (48.57%) ITSM
3 11 (31.43%) Asset Management
4 10 (28.57%) Configuration Management
4 10 (28.57%) Data Modelling
4 10 (28.57%) Service Management
5 8 (22.86%) Disaster Recovery
5 8 (22.86%) IT Asset Management
5 8 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (22.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (14.29%) Budgeting
6 5 (14.29%) Business Strategy
7 4 (11.43%) Actionable Insight
7 4 (11.43%) Change Advisory Board
7 4 (11.43%) Cost Optimisation
7 4 (11.43%) Decision-Making
7 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (11.43%) Order Management
7 4 (11.43%) Roadmaps
7 4 (11.43%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.29%) SQL
2 4 (11.43%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.71%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.43%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (11.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 4 (11.43%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) CCIE
3 1 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) COBIT
1 1 (2.86%) GDPR
1 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (11.43%) Hyper-V
1 4 (11.43%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (11.43%) Terraform
2 1 (2.86%) HP UCMDB
2 1 (2.86%) Nagios
Vendors
1 21 (60.00%) ServiceNow
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) SonicWALL
3 1 (2.86%) BMC
3 1 (2.86%) CheckPoint
3 1 (2.86%) Cisco
3 1 (2.86%) F5
3 1 (2.86%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.86%) HP
3 1 (2.86%) Remedy