DBS Check Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxford with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 - 13
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing DBS Check 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 7.69% - 4.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.00% - 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £139
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 - £146
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.86%
75th Percentile - - £150
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £190 - £146
% change year-on-year - - -20.95%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25 12 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 48.08% 21.82% 18.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 10
10th Percentile £209 £160 £139
25th Percentile £222 £210 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £425 £250
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +70.00% -50.00%
75th Percentile £263 £500 £656
90th Percentile £360 £508 £678
Oxfordshire median daily rate £275 £463 £488
% change year-on-year -40.54% -5.13% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.15 - -
Median hourly rate £26.33 - -
75th Percentile £84.66 - -
90th Percentile £89.63 - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £25.00 £25.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -1.94% -27.16% +218.18%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

DBS Check job vacancy trend in Oxford

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Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing DBS Check

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Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing DBS Check

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Build Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Desktop Build Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cabling Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Database Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Driving Licence
1 3 (75.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft