Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CMDB in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CMDB over the 6 months to 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 687 692 1037
Rank change year-on-year +5 +345 -270
Permanent jobs citing CMDB 218 266 232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.28% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.60% 0.66% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 152 199 147
10th Percentile £30,175 £32,500 £22,125
25th Percentile £37,101 £45,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +4.85% -0.96%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,875 £77,000
90th Percentile £88,625 £88,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +25.00% +6.67%

All Generic Skills
UK

CMDB is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 36,313 40,517 83,128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.94% 43.16% 48.57%
Number of salaries quoted 23,344 22,343 34,665
10th Percentile £28,179 £35,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,500 £45,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

CMDB
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CMDB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CMDB in the UK

CMDB
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CMDB.

Salary trend for CMDB in the UK

CMDB
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CMDB over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for CMDB in the UK

CMDB
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CMDB within the UK over the 6 months to 6 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -28 194 £57,500 +6.48% 48
UK excluding London -60 136 £42,500 -15.00% 28
Work from Home +8 96 £64,554 -4.36% 19
London +61 71 £74,000 +0.34% 16
South East +26 54 £34,000 -16.56% 6
Midlands +4 30 £56,250 +60.71% 11
West Midlands -15 23 £57,500 +65.58% 4
North of England -34 23 £41,867 -16.27% 8
North West -30 17 £41,235 -17.53% 7
Wales +18 9 £41,067 +49.33%
South West -40 8 £46,958 +43.60% 2
East Midlands -16 7 £40,000 -25.93% 7
East of England -26 6 £55,000 +2.80% 2
Yorkshire +37 5 £70,000 +3.70% 1
Scotland -71 4 - -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
North East -18 1 £42,750 +32.56%

CMDB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 22 (10.09%) SAS
2 10 (4.59%) IIS
3 7 (3.21%) CMS
4 6 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.38%) Confluence
6 1 (0.46%) Mattermost
6 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 23 (10.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 18 (8.26%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (7.34%) Azure
3 10 (4.59%) AWS
4 9 (4.13%) SaaS
5 7 (3.21%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (3.21%) Slack
6 6 (2.75%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.83%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.46%) ChatGPT
8 1 (0.46%) GCP
8 1 (0.46%) Google App Engine
8 1 (0.46%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.46%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (10.55%) SNMP
2 20 (9.17%) Firewall
3 13 (5.96%) SSH
3 13 (5.96%) TCP/IP
4 11 (5.05%) VPN
5 10 (4.59%) DHCP
5 10 (4.59%) DNS
6 7 (3.21%) SAN
6 7 (3.21%) SSL
7 4 (1.83%) DSL
8 3 (1.38%) Broadband
8 3 (1.38%) NaaS
8 3 (1.38%) SD-WAN
8 3 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.38%) Wireless
9 2 (0.92%) LAN
9 2 (0.92%) NAS
9 2 (0.92%) Network Security
9 2 (0.92%) WAN
9 2 (0.92%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.63%) Relational Database
2 13 (5.96%) MySQL
3 6 (2.75%) Power BI
4 5 (2.29%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.92%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.46%) QlikView
6 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (5.96%) Eclipse
2 5 (2.29%) MSI
3 4 (1.83%) JIRA
General
1 37 (16.97%) Social Skills
2 32 (14.68%) Finance
3 21 (9.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (5.96%) Law
6 7 (3.21%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.75%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.29%) Fire and Rescue
9 4 (1.83%) Retail
10 3 (1.38%) Banking
10 3 (1.38%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.38%) Turkish Language
11 2 (0.92%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.92%) Billing
11 2 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Legal
12 1 (0.46%) Police
12 1 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (22.02%) Developer
1 48 (22.02%) ServiceNow Developer
2 40 (18.35%) Senior
3 21 (9.63%) Systems Engineer
3 21 (9.63%) Windows Engineer
3 21 (9.63%) Windows Systems Engineer
4 18 (8.26%) Architect
5 14 (6.42%) Analyst
5 14 (6.42%) Support Engineer
6 13 (5.96%) Senior Support Engineer
6 13 (5.96%) Senior Technical Engineer
6 13 (5.96%) Senior Technical Support
6 13 (5.96%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
6 13 (5.96%) Technical Engineer
6 13 (5.96%) Technical Support
6 13 (5.96%) Technical Support Engineer
7 12 (5.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (5.05%) Applications Support
8 11 (5.05%) IT Manager
9 10 (4.59%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (26.61%) CSS
1 58 (26.61%) HTML
2 57 (26.15%) AngularJS
3 56 (25.69%) Web Services
4 38 (17.43%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 34 (15.60%) XML
6 26 (11.93%) SOAP
7 24 (11.01%) LDAP
8 22 (10.09%) REST
9 18 (8.26%) Ajax
10 16 (7.34%) JSON
10 16 (7.34%) ODBC
11 13 (5.96%) JDBC
11 13 (5.96%) XHTML
12 6 (2.75%) Middleware
13 4 (1.83%) Software Packaging
14 3 (1.38%) Kafka
15 1 (0.46%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.09%) Legacy Systems
2 18 (8.26%) Management Information System
3 11 (5.05%) Data Centre
4 10 (4.59%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.29%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.38%) TM Forum
7 2 (0.92%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.92%) Fat Client
7 2 (0.92%) Housing Association
7 2 (0.92%) N-Tier
7 2 (0.92%) Robotics
7 2 (0.92%) Smartcard
7 2 (0.92%) Thin Client
7 2 (0.92%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.46%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.46%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.46%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.46%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 66 (30.28%) Windows
2 34 (15.60%) Linux
3 28 (12.84%) Windows Server
4 13 (5.96%) Unix
5 6 (2.75%) Mac OS
5 6 (2.75%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (54.13%) ITSM
2 97 (44.50%) ITIL
3 81 (37.16%) Configuration Management
4 78 (35.78%) Service Management
5 52 (23.85%) Change Management
6 42 (19.27%) Asset Management
6 42 (19.27%) Service Catalogue
7 40 (18.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 37 (16.97%) Problem Management
9 34 (15.60%) Mentoring
10 31 (14.22%) Security Operations
11 29 (13.30%) IT Asset Management
11 29 (13.30%) Root Cause Analysis
11 29 (13.30%) Service Delivery
12 28 (12.84%) Agile
12 28 (12.84%) Incident Management
13 23 (10.55%) Problem-Solving
14 22 (10.09%) Actionable Insight
14 22 (10.09%) ChatOps
14 22 (10.09%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 49 (22.48%) JavaScript
2 23 (10.55%) SQL
3 16 (7.34%) PowerShell
4 15 (6.88%) Java
5 13 (5.96%) Perl
5 13 (5.96%) Python
6 3 (1.38%) C
Qualifications
1 51 (23.39%) Security Cleared
2 49 (22.48%) SC Cleared
3 28 (12.84%) Degree
4 24 (11.01%) DV Cleared
5 13 (5.96%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (3.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.29%) CCNA
7 5 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.38%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.38%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.38%) PMP
9 2 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.92%) MCITP
10 1 (0.46%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.59%) SLA
2 6 (2.75%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.75%) GRC
3 3 (1.38%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.92%) NCSC
5 1 (0.46%) GDPR
5 1 (0.46%) PMO
System Software
1 35 (16.06%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (1.83%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.92%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.92%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (7.34%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (6.42%) SCOM
3 13 (5.96%) WMI
4 7 (3.21%) Ansible
4 7 (3.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (3.21%) Terraform
5 6 (2.75%) SCCM
6 4 (1.83%) HP UCMDB
6 4 (1.83%) Nagios
6 4 (1.83%) Nessus
7 2 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.92%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.46%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 89 (40.83%) ServiceNow
2 35 (16.06%) Microsoft
3 25 (11.47%) BMC
4 23 (10.55%) Remedy
5 20 (9.17%) HP
6 14 (6.42%) Splunk
7 13 (5.96%) Oracle
8 10 (4.59%) Dynatrace
8 10 (4.59%) Snow
9 7 (3.21%) Cisco
10 5 (2.29%) Apple
11 4 (1.83%) CA
11 4 (1.83%) Meraki
11 4 (1.83%) SolarWinds
12 3 (1.38%) Atlassian
12 3 (1.38%) Cadence
12 3 (1.38%) VMware
13 2 (0.92%) Citrix
13 2 (0.92%) Infoblox
13 2 (0.92%) Sparx