DBS Check Contracts in the South West

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
England > South West

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 140 163 156
Rank change year-on-year +23 -7 -26
Contract jobs citing DBS Check 4 8 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.13% 0.22% 0.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% 0.42% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 21
10th Percentile £124 £147 £108
25th Percentile £130 £169 £121
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £140 £460 £150
Median % change year-on-year -69.57% +206.67% -16.67%
75th Percentile £150 £750 £200
90th Percentile £156 £755 £313
England median daily rate £220 £190 £200
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.63 - -
Median hourly rate £25.28 - £15.00
75th Percentile £26.92 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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
South West

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 South West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,800 1,915 1,531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 56.30% 52.89% 41.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,145 1,413 1,075
10th Percentile £356 £400 £324
25th Percentile £465 £477 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £579 £522
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% +11.03% +9.79%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £623
90th Percentile £725 £728 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 155 93
10th Percentile £22.58 £39.55 £29.62
25th Percentile £40.00 £57.25 £51.25
Median hourly rate £62.00 £65.00 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +5.43% +33.38%
75th Percentile £72.50 £79.88 £68.30
90th Percentile £80.00 £85.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for DBS Check in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for DBS Check in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for DBS Check in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Somerset +6 2 £140 -57.09% 3
Devon - 2 - - 7
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 2 (50.00%) IT Project Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Budget Management
1 2 (50.00%) Line Management
1 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Remedy
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft