DBS Check Job Trends in the East Midlands

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 66 79
Rank change year-on-year -61 +13 +52
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 39 73 115
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.85% 3.73% 2.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.19% 8.55% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 20 35 77
10th Percentile £25,089 £24,196 £22,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £24,461 £24,840
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £25,103 £34,834
Median % change year-on-year +9.55% -27.94% -0.47%
75th Percentile £35,938 £30,344 £48,750
90th Percentile £45,000 £48,413 £56,563
England median annual salary £42,500 £38,325 £36,000
% change year-on-year +10.89% +6.46% -12.73%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 930 854 891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 20.17% 43.64% 20.75%
Number of salaries quoted 282 216 572
10th Percentile £26,750 £24,649 £25,250
25th Percentile £30,438 £30,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -1.76% -10.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,933 £55,300
90th Percentile £78,625 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

DBS Check job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing DBS Check.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing DBS Check

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Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBS Check in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Salary histogram for DBS Check in the East Midlands

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Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBS Check within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Lincolnshire -8 18 £27,500 +11.06% 4
Nottinghamshire -54 9 £25,198 +0.38% 7
Leicestershire -27 8 £45,000 +85.98% 3
Derbyshire - 2 £37,500 - 6
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Academy Housing
Cloud Services
1 13 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (28.21%) Azure
3 8 (20.51%) AWS
3 8 (20.51%) Power Platform
4 6 (15.38%) GCP
5 3 (7.69%) Entra ID
6 2 (5.13%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 10 (25.64%) Wireless
2 7 (17.95%) Broadband
2 7 (17.95%) Internet
3 3 (7.69%) DHCP
3 3 (7.69%) DNS
4 2 (5.13%) VoIP
4 2 (5.13%) VPN
5 1 (2.56%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (20.51%) Power BI
2 2 (5.13%) Data Mining
2 2 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (5.13%) Tableau
General
1 12 (30.77%) Finance
2 9 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (17.95%) Social Skills
4 6 (15.38%) Pharmaceutical
4 6 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 6 (15.38%) Retail
5 4 (10.26%) Social Housing
6 3 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (5.13%) Law
7 2 (5.13%) Legal
7 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (5.13%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 14 (35.90%) IT Engineer
1 14 (35.90%) IT Support
1 14 (35.90%) IT Support Engineer
1 14 (35.90%) Support Engineer
2 12 (30.77%) Data Scientist
3 6 (15.38%) Machine Learning Scientist
4 5 (12.82%) Installations Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Junior
6 2 (5.13%) Analyst
6 2 (5.13%) Data Analyst
6 2 (5.13%) Field Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Field Support Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Junior IT Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Junior IT Support
6 2 (5.13%) Junior Support Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Sales Executive
6 2 (5.13%) Senior
6 2 (5.13%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (5.13%) Senior Data Analyst
7 1 (2.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.38%) Pandas
1 6 (15.38%) PyTorch
1 6 (15.38%) scikit-learn
2 2 (5.13%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 17 (43.59%) Driving Licence
2 9 (23.08%) CCTV
3 2 (5.13%) Credit Risk
3 2 (5.13%) Social Media
4 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 14 (35.90%) Windows
2 9 (23.08%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.90%) Data Science
2 11 (28.21%) Analytics
3 10 (25.64%) Time Management
4 8 (20.51%) Economics
4 8 (20.51%) Machine Learning
4 8 (20.51%) Mathematics
4 8 (20.51%) Predictive Modelling
4 8 (20.51%) Statistics
4 8 (20.51%) Visualisation
5 6 (15.38%) Computer Science
5 6 (15.38%) Customer Segmentation
5 6 (15.38%) Data Visualisation
5 6 (15.38%) E-Commerce
5 6 (15.38%) MLOps
5 6 (15.38%) Physics
6 4 (10.26%) Data Analytics
6 4 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (5.13%) Anomaly Detection
7 2 (5.13%) Kalman Filter
7 2 (5.13%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 11 (28.21%) Python
2 10 (25.64%) SQL
3 3 (7.69%) PowerShell
4 2 (5.13%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (20.51%) Degree
2 2 (5.13%) Azure Certification
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) GDPR
2 4 (10.26%) Data Quality
3 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.13%) PCI DSS
3 2 (5.13%) QA
4 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (35.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (25.64%) Google
2 8 (20.51%) Databricks
3 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.13%) Cisco
4 2 (5.13%) Civica
4 2 (5.13%) Meraki
4 2 (5.13%) Northgate
4 2 (5.13%) Orchard
5 1 (2.56%) HP