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 21 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 88 92
Rank change year-on-year -51 +4 +24
Contract jobs citing DBS Check 15 11 13
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.55% 0.93% 0.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.76% 3.82% 4.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 6
10th Percentile - - £126
25th Percentile £140 - £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £160 £180
Median % change year-on-year +32.81% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £259 £200 £425
90th Percentile £288 £485 £572
England median daily rate £275 £200 £262
% change year-on-year +37.50% -23.52% +16.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile - - £12.75
25th Percentile - - £13.31
Median hourly rate £17.01 - £15.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £15.65 £20.31 £15.00
% change year-on-year -22.95% +35.42% +8.11%

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 544 288 304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 19.90% 24.26% 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 359 182 184
10th Percentile £313 £285 £311
25th Percentile £420 £375 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.09% -2.05% -9.09%
75th Percentile £578 £575 £550
90th Percentile £688 £624 £668
England median daily rate £525 £525 £537
% change year-on-year - -2.23% -2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 12 26
10th Percentile - £18.51 £12.53
25th Percentile £21.33 £20.38 £13.50
Median hourly rate £25.77 £25.11 £15.09
Median % change year-on-year +2.62% +66.47% -42.54%
75th Percentile - £25.15 £25.83
90th Percentile £68.75 £28.39 £63.75
England median hourly rate £52.50 £30.13 £41.50
% change year-on-year +74.27% -27.41% -24.55%

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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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Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DBS Check in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 21 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DBS Check in Yorkshire

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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 21 June 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 -11 12 £213 -67.31% 25
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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 (73.33%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
1 1 (6.67%) Tableau
General
1 6 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Analyst
1 11 (73.33%) Data Analyst
1 11 (73.33%) SystmOne Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Help Desk Assistant
3 1 (6.67%) EPoS Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
1 1 (6.67%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
1 3 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (6.67%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (6.67%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis
3 1 (6.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (6.67%) Information Governance
3 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.67%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (6.67%) GDPR