Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CMDB in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited CMDB over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 362 433 523
Rank change year-on-year +71 +90 -65
Contract jobs citing CMDB 217 282 360
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.49% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.68% 1.49% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 191 227
10th Percentile £300 £315 £370
25th Percentile £400 £406 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £520 £462
% change year-on-year -11.54% +12.55% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £19.36
25th Percentile - - £24.59
Median hourly rate £24.18 - £34.38
75th Percentile - - £43.84
90th Percentile - - £48.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £17.25
% change year-on-year - - -55.35%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,885 18,988 28,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.28% 33.25% 33.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,301 13,052 20,257
10th Percentile £269 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £674 £676 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 890 627 724
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.14 £10.63 £17.23
Median hourly rate £31.25 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.98% -18.24% +4.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £21.04
% change year-on-year +29.55% +4.56% -12.33%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CMDB.

Daily rate trend for CMDB in the UK

CMDB
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CMDB over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CMDB in the UK

CMDB
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CMDB.

Hourly rate trend for CMDB in the UK

CMDB
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMDB within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +58 188 £500 -4.76% 56
London +82 101 £500 -5.44% 20
UK excluding London +26 96 £460 -11.54% 35
Work from Home +87 63 £525 - 26
North of England +25 36 £488 -23.53% 12
North West +17 28 £488 -23.53% 10
South West +24 19 £450 +125.00%
South East +3 14 £375 -27.88% 4
Midlands +27 11 £531 +3.16% 17
West Midlands +15 10 £550 -5.98% 11
Scotland +36 9 £481 -1.79% 1
Yorkshire +27 9 £500 - 1
East of England +11 6 £500 -30.41% 1
Wales +23 3 £135 -77.50%
East Midlands +14 1 £120 -56.36% 6
North East - 1 £710 - 1

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 12 (5.53%) Skype for Business
2 1 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.46%) CMS
2 1 (0.46%) Confluence
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (7.37%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.46%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (3.69%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.92%) Maximo
2 2 (0.92%) Remedy AR System
Cloud Services
1 20 (9.22%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (4.15%) Power Platform
3 7 (3.23%) IaaS
4 5 (2.30%) SaaS
5 4 (1.84%) Azure
6 2 (0.92%) AWS
6 2 (0.92%) GCP
6 2 (0.92%) Google App Engine
7 1 (0.46%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.99%) LAN
2 12 (5.53%) Skype
3 9 (4.15%) WAN
4 7 (3.23%) Firewall
5 5 (2.30%) WLAN
6 3 (1.38%) Internet
6 3 (1.38%) MPLS
6 3 (1.38%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.92%) DHCP
7 2 (0.92%) DNS
7 2 (0.92%) VLAN
8 1 (0.46%) BGP
8 1 (0.46%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.46%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.46%) HTTP
8 1 (0.46%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.46%) NX-OS
8 1 (0.46%) OSPF
8 1 (0.46%) SAN
8 1 (0.46%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.15%) Power BI
2 4 (1.84%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.92%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.92%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (3.23%) JIRA
2 2 (0.92%) Hudson
General
1 90 (41.47%) Social Skills
2 30 (13.82%) Finance
3 24 (11.06%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (11.06%) Public Sector
4 7 (3.23%) Retail
5 6 (2.76%) Legal
6 5 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.84%) Banking
7 4 (1.84%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.46%) Automotive
9 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.46%) Military
9 1 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (16.13%) Developer
2 33 (15.21%) Analyst
3 31 (14.29%) Consultant
4 30 (13.82%) ServiceNow Developer
5 20 (9.22%) Architect
6 15 (6.91%) Senior
7 13 (5.99%) Service Manager
8 12 (5.53%) Configuration Manager
8 12 (5.53%) ServiceNow Consultant
9 10 (4.61%) IT Analyst
9 10 (4.61%) Support Engineer
10 9 (4.15%) IT Support
10 9 (4.15%) Management Consultant
11 8 (3.69%) Desktop Engineer
11 8 (3.69%) Desktop Support
11 8 (3.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 8 (3.69%) Senior Analyst
11 8 (3.69%) Software Asset Manager
11 8 (3.69%) Software Manager
11 8 (3.69%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.91%) CSS
1 15 (6.91%) HTML
2 10 (4.61%) LDAP
2 10 (4.61%) XML
3 9 (4.15%) AngularJS
4 8 (3.69%) Ajax
4 8 (3.69%) Web Services
5 7 (3.23%) JSON
5 7 (3.23%) SOAP
6 4 (1.84%) REST
6 4 (1.84%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.92%) React Native
8 1 (0.46%) .NET
8 1 (0.46%) DHTML
8 1 (0.46%) JAX-WS
8 1 (0.46%) RESTful
8 1 (0.46%) SAML
8 1 (0.46%) WSDL
8 1 (0.46%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.36%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.99%) iPhone
3 12 (5.53%) Virtual Team
4 8 (3.69%) Operational Technology
5 7 (3.23%) Freedom of Information
6 3 (1.38%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.38%) FMCG
6 3 (1.38%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.38%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.38%) Taxonomies
7 2 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.46%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.46%) BYOD
8 1 (0.46%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.46%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.46%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.46%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.46%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.46%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 27 (12.44%) Windows
2 19 (8.76%) Windows 10
3 15 (6.91%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.76%) Windows 7
5 4 (1.84%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.92%) Android
8 1 (0.46%) Linux
8 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.46%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (42.86%) ITSM
2 84 (38.71%) Configuration Management
3 77 (35.48%) ITIL
4 68 (31.34%) Service Management
5 42 (19.35%) Asset Management
6 34 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (15.21%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
8 27 (12.44%) Agile
9 20 (9.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (9.22%) Customer Service
9 20 (9.22%) Roadmaps
10 19 (8.76%) Analytics
10 19 (8.76%) Incident Management
10 19 (8.76%) IT Asset Management
11 18 (8.29%) Computer Science
12 17 (7.83%) Change Management
13 16 (7.37%) Mentoring
13 16 (7.37%) Service Catalogue
13 16 (7.37%) Service Delivery
14 15 (6.91%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.83%) JavaScript
2 11 (5.07%) PowerShell
2 11 (5.07%) SQL
3 5 (2.30%) Java
3 5 (2.30%) Python
4 2 (0.92%) Perl
5 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 49 (22.58%) Security Cleared
2 43 (19.82%) SC Cleared
3 28 (12.90%) Degree
4 13 (5.99%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (5.99%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (4.61%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.30%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.92%) CCNA
7 2 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.46%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.46%) CCNP
8 1 (0.46%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.46%) MBA
8 1 (0.46%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.46%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.46%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.22%) Data Quality
2 12 (5.53%) SLA
3 6 (2.76%) GRC
3 6 (2.76%) QA
4 2 (0.92%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.92%) NIST
5 1 (0.46%) COBIT
System Software
1 21 (9.68%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.30%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (1.38%) Firmware
5 2 (0.92%) vSphere
6 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (5.53%) Jamf Pro
2 7 (3.23%) SCCM
3 5 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.84%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 3 (1.38%) Nagios
5 3 (1.38%) vRealize
6 2 (0.92%) Ansible
6 2 (0.92%) SCOM
7 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.46%) Observium
7 1 (0.46%) Terraform
7 1 (0.46%) WSUS
7 1 (0.46%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 104 (47.93%) ServiceNow
2 24 (11.06%) Microsoft
3 13 (5.99%) Apple
4 12 (5.53%) Citrix
5 9 (4.15%) Remedy
6 8 (3.69%) VMware
7 6 (2.76%) BMC
8 4 (1.84%) CyberArk
8 4 (1.84%) WALLIX
9 3 (1.38%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.38%) Splunk
10 2 (0.92%) AppDynamics
10 2 (0.92%) Cisco
10 2 (0.92%) Iron Mountain
10 2 (0.92%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.92%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.46%) Dynatrace
11 1 (0.46%) Logitech
11 1 (0.46%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.46%) Zscaler