DBS Check Contracts in Merseyside

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 28 43
Rank change year-on-year +2 +15 -2
Contract jobs citing DBS Check 4 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 2.53% 1.42% 0.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.27% 4.48% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £142 - £201
25th Percentile £144 - £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 £140 £344
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -59.24% +5.13%
75th Percentile £163 - £439
90th Percentile £165 - £494
North West median daily rate £200 £159 £413
% change year-on-year +25.98% -61.52% +13.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £12.21 £10.57 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.52% - -
North West median hourly rate £12.21 £15.00 -
% change year-on-year -18.60% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 55 67 110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 34.81% 31.60% 35.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 32 81
10th Percentile £203 £184 £400
25th Percentile £363 £213 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.11% -10.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £625 £581 £588
90th Percentile £775 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £491 £500 £504
% change year-on-year -1.80% -0.84% +0.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 3
10th Percentile £15.87 £12.14 -
25th Percentile - £14.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £17.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.34% - -
75th Percentile £20.38 £34.27 £18.75
90th Percentile £21.52 £46.13 -
North West median hourly rate £29.64 £16.06 £40.59
% change year-on-year +84.53% -60.43% -0.23%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Job postings citing DBS Check as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Job vacancy trend for DBS Check in Merseyside

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DBS Check in Merseyside.

Daily rate trend for DBS Check in Merseyside

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DBS Check in Merseyside.

Hourly rate trend for DBS Check in Merseyside

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Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Liverpool +1 4 £158 +12.50% 6
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North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) ATM
2 1 (25.00%) VoIP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Local Government
2 1 (25.00%) Police
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) ATM Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) EPoS Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) IT Technician
1 1 (25.00%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) EPoS
2 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Line Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe
1 1 (25.00%) Apple
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft