DBS Check Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DBS Check 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.46% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 - -
South East median daily rate £220 £319 £250
% change year-on-year -30.93% +27.40% +11.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 471 75 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 54.01% 30.36% 34.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 53 120
10th Percentile £401 £280 £369
25th Percentile £463 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £513 £490
Median % change year-on-year +4.67% +4.59% -2.00%
75th Percentile £610 £575 £550
90th Percentile £638 £623 £645
South East median daily rate £533 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +1.43% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 13
10th Percentile - £15.12 £15.85
25th Percentile - £15.81 £18.00
Median hourly rate £16.35 £19.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.95% -15.56% +44.83%
75th Percentile £18.32 £46.60 £27.50
90th Percentile £19.03 £67.50 -
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £47.81 £57.35
% change year-on-year +25.51% -16.64% -4.42%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

DBS Check job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DBS Check within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 26 June 2026. 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
High Wycombe - 2 £190 - 3
Milton Keynes - 1 - - 2
Bletchley - 1 - -
DBS Check
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Database Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft