DBS Check Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Barrow-in-Furness with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 27 -
Rank change year-on-year -13 - -
Contract jobs citing DBS Check 3 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Barrow-in-Furness 1.55% 3.65% -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.08% 4.59% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £346 - -
25th Percentile £349 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £354 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -43.33% - -
75th Percentile £365 £638 -
90th Percentile £371 - -
Cumbria median daily rate £354 £625 -
% change year-on-year -43.33% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Barrow-in-Furness

DBS Check falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Barrow-in-Furness.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 144 109 114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 74.61% 79.56% 68.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 43 79
10th Percentile £360 £431 £437
25th Percentile £422 £464 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.56% +8.00% +2.88%
75th Percentile £537 £638 £586
90th Percentile £610 - £670
Cumbria median daily rate £483 £527 £500
% change year-on-year -8.35% +5.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 14
10th Percentile - £25.26 £10.95
25th Percentile - £25.60 £26.39
Median hourly rate £35.55 £29.64 £42.26
Median % change year-on-year +19.96% -29.87% -24.34%
75th Percentile - £58.50 £55.25
90th Percentile - £71.35 £82.66
Cumbria median hourly rate £47.78 £29.27 £10.95
% change year-on-year +63.22% +167.31% -80.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DBS Check relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness.

DBS Check job vacancy trend in Barrow-in-Furness

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Daily Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing DBS Check.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing DBS Check

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Skype
General
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Disk Encryption
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) VB
1 3 (100.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow