DBS Check Contracts in the Midlands

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 141 165
Rank change year-on-year +13 +24 -22
Contract jobs citing DBS Check 9 22 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.33% 0.64% 0.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.00% 2.22% 3.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 24
10th Percentile £178 £127 £147
25th Percentile £179 £143 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £165 £174
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% -5.04% +24.11%
75th Percentile £309 £316 £196
90th Percentile £379 £478 £368
England median daily rate £200 £210 £200
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 4
10th Percentile £8.38 £9.50 £12.00
25th Percentile £11.11 £11.41 £13.13
Median hourly rate £15.65 £20.00 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.75% +15.94% +1.47%
75th Percentile £19.70 - £20.00
90th Percentile £22.13 £28.50 -
England median hourly rate £15.00 £19.75 £17.00
% change year-on-year -24.05% +16.18% -19.24%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

DBS Check is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 899 991 998
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.77% 28.65% 19.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 561 631 668
10th Percentile £225 £250 £212
25th Percentile £325 £400 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £596 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 76 38
10th Percentile £13.25 £11.00 £11.10
25th Percentile £17.00 £14.30 £13.73
Median hourly rate £24.65 £18.63 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% -6.88% +17.65%
75th Percentile £43.13 £26.64 £23.69
90th Percentile £56.25 £65.00 £37.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -1.81%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for DBS Check in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for DBS Check in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DBS Check in the Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DBS Check in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for DBS Check in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DBS Check in the Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DBS Check in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
West Midlands +23 5 £185 +29.14% 36
East Midlands +10 4 - - 34
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Acrobat
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) SMS
2 1 (11.11%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (22.22%) Local Government
2 2 (22.22%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Advertising
3 1 (11.11%) Fire and Rescue
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Police
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Development Officer
2 2 (22.22%) IT Support
2 2 (22.22%) Lead
2 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Buyer
3 1 (11.11%) Database Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Buyer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support Technician
3 1 (11.11%) IT Technician
3 1 (11.11%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior IT Support
3 1 (11.11%) Senior IT Technician
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Technician
3 1 (11.11%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Agile
1 3 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
1 3 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Housing Management
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
3 1 (11.11%) Business Development
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Change Control
3 1 (11.11%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
3 1 (11.11%) Inventory Management
3 1 (11.11%) Mathematics
3 1 (11.11%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
1 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) MCDST
1 1 (11.11%) MCP
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 1 (11.11%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) NEC
1 2 (22.22%) Northgate
2 1 (11.11%) Adobe