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 8 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 75 98
Rank change year-on-year -49 +23 +34
Contract jobs citing DBS Check 8 12 10
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.42% 1.14% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.85% 4.46% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 8
10th Percentile £160 - £139
25th Percentile £177 £140 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £145 £190
Median % change year-on-year +37.93% -23.68% +10.14%
75th Percentile £216 £220 £525
90th Percentile £221 £440 £600
England median daily rate £193 £145 £190
% change year-on-year +32.76% -23.68% -15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.73
25th Percentile - - £17.57
Median hourly rate - - £20.64
75th Percentile - - £23.71
90th Percentile - - £25.55
England median hourly rate £14.30 £22.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year -37.14% +1.11% +15.38%

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 432 269 342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 22.85% 25.47% 19.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 182 233
10th Percentile £316 £220 £315
25th Percentile £404 £328 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.68%
75th Percentile £588 £567 £600
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 7
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.75 £13.71
25th Percentile £15.94 £16.47 £17.38
Median hourly rate £24.36 £28.07 £26.78
Median % change year-on-year -13.20% +4.81% +42.83%
75th Percentile £25.15 £41.56 £40.04
90th Percentile - £42.50 £55.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £52.05
% change year-on-year -45.54% -11.28% +15.67%

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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 8 January 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 -16 4 £207 -6.14% 10
South Yorkshire -57 1 £163 +12.52% 4
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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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) ATM
General
1 2 (25.00%) Legal
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) ATM Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Design Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Coaching
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 1 (12.50%) Network Management
3 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Scheme
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Veritas
2 1 (12.50%) Apple
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft