DBS Check Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 56 67
Rank change year-on-year +11 +11 +13
Contract jobs citing DBS Check 5 3 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 1.42% 0.57% 1.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.90% 2.42% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile £196 - £138
25th Percentile £216 - £146
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - £175
Median % change year-on-year - - -36.36%
75th Percentile £325 - £216
90th Percentile £370 - £488
South East median daily rate £200 £145 £175
% change year-on-year +37.93% -17.14% +20.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £12.43 -
South East median hourly rate £16.50 £12.43 -
% change year-on-year +32.80% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 102 124 252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 28.90% 23.62% 32.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 97 183
10th Percentile £202 £203 £206
25th Percentile £239 £355 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -21.74% +3.84%
75th Percentile £548 £575 £684
90th Percentile £600 £673 £835
South East median daily rate £501 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.00% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 16
10th Percentile £22.13 £11.71 £50.00
25th Percentile - £14.10 £54.37
Median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £63.32
Median % change year-on-year -53.43% -14.71% +40.70%
75th Percentile £30.88 £66.63 £76.53
90th Percentile £41.75 £72.71 £77.93
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.49 £60.00
% change year-on-year -57.00% -2.52% +33.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for DBS Check in Surrey

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Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DBS Check in Surrey over the 6 months to 27 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DBS Check in Surrey

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Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 27 September 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
Redhill - 2 - - 2
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) FTP
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Local Government
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) IT Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) IT Support
1 3 (60.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Transformation Manager
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (20.00%) MCP
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (20.00%) XenApp
2 1 (20.00%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft