DBS Check Contracts in Northern Ireland

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DBS Check 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.26% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £185 £200 £190
% change year-on-year -7.50% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.50 - -
Median hourly rate £23.00 - -
75th Percentile £23.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £22.06 £15.00 £19.75
% change year-on-year +47.08% -24.05% +16.18%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 56 48 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 35.22% 32.21% 13.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 27 14
10th Percentile £135 £206 £172
25th Percentile £200 £344 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £369 £520 £413
Median % change year-on-year -29.09% +26.06% -4.62%
75th Percentile £523 £623 £475
90th Percentile £588 £660 £500
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 4
10th Percentile £22.50 - -
25th Percentile £24.00 - -
Median hourly rate £32.13 £12.25 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year +162.24% -11.93% -26.79%
75th Percentile £36.84 £15.63 £14.65
90th Percentile £44.65 £31.88 £15.99
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for DBS Check in Northern Ireland

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Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 1 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
County Antrim - 2 - - 6
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 2 (100.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow