DBS Check Contract Job Trends in East London

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in East London with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 - 36
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs citing DBS Check 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in East London 0.96% - 1.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.76% - 9.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £183 - £123
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 - £125
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.67%
75th Percentile £188 - £195
90th Percentile - - £222
London median daily rate £425 £190 £175
% change year-on-year +123.68% +8.57% -22.22%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East London

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 East London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21 35 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 20.19% 26.92% 19.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 30 48
10th Percentile £416 £250 £204
25th Percentile £445 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £631 £501 £568
Median % change year-on-year +25.94% -11.67% +3.18%
75th Percentile £694 £593 £650
90th Percentile £781 £651 £770
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £55.75 - -
25th Percentile £56.88 - -
Median hourly rate £58.75 - -
75th Percentile £60.63 - -
90th Percentile £61.75 - -
London median hourly rate £25.47 £37.25 £51.19
% change year-on-year -31.62% -27.23% +11.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

DBS Check job vacancy trend in East London

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Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing DBS Check

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Hourly Rate Trend in East London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing DBS Check.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing DBS Check

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Contract Job Locations in East London

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 East London region over the 6 months to 20 December 2025. 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
Havering - 1 £185 - 1
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London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London 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%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft