DBS Check Job Trends in Bolton

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bolton with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 29 57 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bolton 41.43% 51.82% -
As % of the Qualifications category 53.70% 78.08% -
Number of salaries quoted 19 47 0
10th Percentile £28,875 £24,649 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £30,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -
75th Percentile £53,835 £57,500 -
90th Percentile - £77,500 -
Manchester median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% +16.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bolton

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Bolton.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 54 73 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 77.14% 66.36% 28.07%
Number of salaries quoted 28 51 13
10th Percentile £29,750 £24,649 -
25th Percentile £42,813 £29,750 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% +63.64%
75th Percentile £54,126 £57,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £52,578
Manchester median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

DBS Check job vacancy trend in Bolton

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Salary Trend in Bolton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing DBS Check.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing DBS Check

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Salary Histogram in Bolton

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBS Check in Bolton over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for DBS Check in Bolton

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.24%) Azure
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.90%) Entra ID
3 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) LAN
1 3 (10.34%) WAN
2 1 (3.45%) Firewall
2 1 (3.45%) VLAN
2 1 (3.45%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) Power BI
2 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
General
1 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.24%) Law
2 5 (17.24%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Finance
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Marketing
4 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (17.24%) Commercial Manager
1 5 (17.24%) Commercial Project Manager
1 5 (17.24%) Project Manager
2 3 (10.34%) Analyst
3 2 (6.90%) 1st Line Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) Financial Analyst
3 2 (6.90%) Report Analyst
3 2 (6.90%) Service Desk Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Data Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Data Scientist
4 1 (3.45%) HR Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) HR Data Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) IT Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (44.83%) Social Media
2 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (41.38%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Collaborative Working
2 7 (24.14%) Data Protection
3 6 (20.69%) Change Management
3 6 (20.69%) Customer Service
4 5 (17.24%) Agile
4 5 (17.24%) Budget Management
4 5 (17.24%) Business Case
4 5 (17.24%) Business Transformation
4 5 (17.24%) Demand Management
4 5 (17.24%) Matrix Organization
4 5 (17.24%) PRINCE2
4 5 (17.24%) Process Improvement
4 5 (17.24%) Project Delivery
4 5 (17.24%) Project Governance
4 5 (17.24%) Project Management
4 5 (17.24%) Project Planning
4 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (13.79%) ITIL
6 3 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (10.34%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) Python
1 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Degree
1 5 (17.24%) PMI Certification
1 5 (17.24%) PMP
2 1 (3.45%) AAT
2 1 (3.45%) ACCA
2 1 (3.45%) CCNA
2 1 (3.45%) CIMA
2 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.45%) MCSA
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) QA
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) Jamf Pro
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.90%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) Cisco
2 4 (13.79%) Meraki
3 1 (3.45%) Apple
3 1 (3.45%) Cognos
3 1 (3.45%) Ubiquiti