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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 51 105
Rank change year-on-year -63 +54 +30
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 29 86 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.15% 3.88% 1.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.43% 10.66% 5.38%
Number of salaries quoted 20 26 21
10th Percentile £36,250 £24,196 £25,613
25th Percentile £40,000 £24,649 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £25,103 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +79.27% -28.28% +16.67%
75th Percentile £46,585 £25,556 £50,000
90th Percentile - £34,250 £66,436
England median annual salary £39,000 £30,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -14.29% -17.65%

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 654 807 390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 25.84% 36.42% 20.71%
Number of salaries quoted 228 211 251
10th Percentile £28,750 £24,649 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £56,563 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

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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 15 January 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 15 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire - 11 £45,390 - 4
Nottinghamshire -30 9 £55,000 +119.10% 5
Lincolnshire - 5 £40,000 -
Northamptonshire 0 2 - -
Derbyshire -14 2 £37,500 +30.65% 1
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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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (17.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Academy Housing
1 2 (6.90%) NEC Housing
2 1 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.45%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 7 (24.14%) Azure
2 6 (20.69%) Entra ID
3 5 (17.24%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (17.24%) OneDrive
4 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.45%) AWS
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.45%) Lucidchart
5 1 (3.45%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Data Mining
2 1 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.45%) GIS
2 1 (3.45%) Power BI
2 1 (3.45%) Power Query
2 1 (3.45%) Tableau
General
1 12 (41.38%) Public Sector
1 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (24.14%) Social Housing
4 6 (20.69%) Finance
5 3 (10.34%) Legal
5 3 (10.34%) Local Government
5 3 (10.34%) Marketing
6 2 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (6.90%) Law
7 1 (3.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Senior
2 6 (20.69%) Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) IT Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) IT Support
3 5 (17.24%) IT Support Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Support Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Data Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Senior Data Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) CRM Executive
5 3 (10.34%) Data Scientist
5 3 (10.34%) Lead
6 2 (6.90%) Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Enterprise Information Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Enterprise Security Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Information Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Information Security Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Security Architect
7 1 (3.45%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) PySpark
2 1 (3.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Cyber Security Posture
2 3 (10.34%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.90%) Credit Risk
3 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.90%) Mashup
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.45%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
1 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (27.59%) Data Protection
1 8 (27.59%) Roadmaps
2 7 (24.14%) Analytics
2 7 (24.14%) Decision-Making
2 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (24.14%) Project Delivery
3 6 (20.69%) CRM
3 6 (20.69%) Service Delivery
4 5 (17.24%) Budget Management
4 5 (17.24%) Data Science
4 5 (17.24%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 5 (17.24%) IT Strategy
4 5 (17.24%) Network Management
4 5 (17.24%) Strategic Roadmap
4 5 (17.24%) Technology Roadmap
5 4 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (13.79%) Data Management
5 4 (13.79%) Housing Management
6 3 (10.34%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) SQL
2 4 (13.79%) Python
3 1 (3.45%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) Degree
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (6.90%) CISM
3 2 (6.90%) CISSP
3 2 (6.90%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (6.90%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (3.45%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.45%) CRISC
4 1 (3.45%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (3.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (34.48%) GDPR
2 5 (17.24%) QA
3 4 (13.79%) Data Quality
4 3 (10.34%) ISO 9001
5 2 (6.90%) GRC
System Software
1 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) Progress
3 4 (13.79%) Civica
3 4 (13.79%) Northgate
4 3 (10.34%) Salesforce
4 3 (10.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 2 (6.90%) Databricks
6 1 (3.45%) Aareon
6 1 (3.45%) Google
6 1 (3.45%) Orchard