DBS Check Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 104 98
Rank change year-on-year -34 -6 +6
Contract jobs citing DBS Check 18 12 7
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.63% 0.79% 0.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.03% 3.34% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 6
10th Percentile £140 £153 £143
25th Percentile £146 £160 £157
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £194 £162 £350
Median % change year-on-year +19.75% -53.83% -36.36%
75th Percentile £250 £195 £538
90th Percentile £288 £438 £597
England median daily rate £233 £185 £225
% change year-on-year +25.95% -17.78% +16.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.01 - -
England median hourly rate £24.75 £21.63 £12.43
% change year-on-year +14.45% +74.04% -14.72%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 594 359 306
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 20.78% 23.60% 20.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 379 240 208
10th Percentile £305 £306 £350
25th Percentile £413 £375 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £553 £575
90th Percentile £688 £638 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 18 17
10th Percentile £21.33 £18.51 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £22.23 £15.17
Median hourly rate £25.77 £25.15 £24.87
Median % change year-on-year +2.47% +1.13% -17.10%
75th Percentile £25.81 - £42.50
90th Percentile £43.96 - £59.25
England median hourly rate £53.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +110.74% -47.05% -13.64%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

DBS Check job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 20 August 2026. 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 Yorkshire -12 15 £194 -70.23% 41
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 11 (61.11%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
1 1 (5.56%) Tableau
General
1 6 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Games
3 2 (11.11%) Legal
4 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Analyst
1 11 (61.11%) Data Analyst
1 11 (61.11%) SystmOne Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Help Desk Assistant
3 1 (5.56%) Coordinator
3 1 (5.56%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (5.56%) Project Support Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) CSS
1 2 (11.11%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Educational Technology
1 2 (11.11%) Robotics
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
2 3 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 2 (11.11%) Time Management
4 1 (5.56%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.56%) CRM
4 1 (5.56%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (5.56%) Data Analysis
4 1 (5.56%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (5.56%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (5.56%) Information Governance
4 1 (5.56%) Project Delivery
4 1 (5.56%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.56%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) SCCM