DBS Check Contract Job Trends in the City of Westminster

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
Central London > City of Westminster

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of Westminster with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DBS Check 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of Westminster 1.47% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £166 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £168 - -
75th Percentile £169 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £608 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of Westminster

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 the City of Westminster.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 44 16 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 64.71% 34.04% 10.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 10 2
10th Percentile £405 £347 £470
25th Percentile £411 £450 £482
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £600 £508
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% +18.23% -3.33%
75th Percentile £641 £650 £527
90th Percentile £694 £688 £535
Central London median daily rate £547 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -0.55% -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £51.98 - -
25th Percentile £52.69 £25.04 -
Median hourly rate £55.25 £25.08 -
Median % change year-on-year +120.34% - -
75th Percentile £57.69 £25.11 -
90th Percentile £58.33 - -
Central London median hourly rate £42.53 £31.78 £27.00
% change year-on-year +33.86% +17.69% +50.00%

DBS Check
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

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

DBS Check job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

DBS Check
Daily Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing DBS Check.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing DBS Check

DBS Check
Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster

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 City of Westminster region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
Westminster - 1 £168 -
DBS Check
Central London

DBS Check
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow