DBS Check Contract Job Trends in Bolton

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bolton with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 11 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing DBS Check 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bolton 3.57% 4.17% -
As % of the Qualifications category 10.00% 12.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £425 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median daily rate £192 £170 £175
% change year-on-year +12.65% -2.86% -58.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bolton

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 Bolton.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 10 8 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bolton 35.71% 33.33% 46.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £177 £232 £480
25th Percentile £210 £235 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £285 £245 £482
Median % change year-on-year +16.33% -49.12% -
75th Percentile £365 £250 £482
90th Percentile £401 - £483
Manchester median daily rate £450 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 6
10th Percentile - £32.63 £24.15
25th Percentile £22.68 £35.44 £25.64
Median hourly rate £29.50 £48.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.18% +61.67% -55.72%
75th Percentile £66.88 £60.00 £44.25
90th Percentile £74.38 - £73.25
Manchester median hourly rate £27.08 £32.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year -16.69% -33.67% +145.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

DBS Check job vacancy trend in Bolton

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Daily Rate Trend in Bolton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing DBS Check.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing DBS Check

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton 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 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) PMO Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft