DBS Check Job Trends in the East of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 112 145
Rank change year-on-year +32 +33 +17
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 91 51 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.78% 1.76% 1.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.37% 3.89% 4.15%
Number of salaries quoted 74 19 52
10th Percentile £27,430 £26,000 £22,509
25th Percentile £38,000 £31,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £33,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +77.46% +11.67% -42.31%
75th Percentile £64,450 £44,375 £44,500
90th Percentile £79,655 £50,000 £60,875
England median annual salary £39,000 £36,925 £35,000
% change year-on-year +5.62% +5.50% -17.65%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,429 1,310 1,493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 28.00% 45.30% 28.39%
Number of salaries quoted 510 549 1,039
10th Percentile £29,225 £31,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £33,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,253 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,530 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%

DBS Check
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

DBS Check job vacancy trend in the East of England

DBS Check
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing DBS Check

DBS Check
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBS Check in the East of England over the 6 months to 11 March 2026.

Salary histogram for DBS Check in the East of England

DBS Check
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 11 March 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
Cambridgeshire +36 59 £60,100 +20.20% 2
Suffolk +9 12 £39,339 +21.04% 3
Hertfordshire -26 9 £26,500 -19.70% 3
Norfolk - 6 £36,625 - 3
Essex -16 5 £30,850 +44.50% 7
DBS Check
England

DBS Check
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.40%) SAS
3 1 (1.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (12.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.20%) SAP SD
2 1 (1.10%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 22 (24.18%) AWS
2 12 (13.19%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (8.79%) Serverless
4 5 (5.49%) Google Workspace
5 4 (4.40%) Azure
6 2 (2.20%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.10%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.10%) Dataform
7 1 (1.10%) dbt
7 1 (1.10%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.10%) GitHub
7 1 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.10%) PaaS
7 1 (1.10%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.99%) Wireless
2 8 (8.79%) Firewall
2 8 (8.79%) TCP/IP
3 7 (7.69%) WAN
4 6 (6.59%) DHCP
4 6 (6.59%) DNS
4 6 (6.59%) IMAP
4 6 (6.59%) POP3
4 6 (6.59%) SMTP
5 5 (5.49%) EIGRP
5 5 (5.49%) Intrusion Detection
5 5 (5.49%) LAN
5 5 (5.49%) Network Security
5 5 (5.49%) OSPF
5 5 (5.49%) VLAN
5 5 (5.49%) VPN
5 5 (5.49%) Wireshark
6 1 (1.10%) IP Telephony
6 1 (1.10%) VoIP
6 1 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.40%) Big Data
2 3 (3.30%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.20%) Power BI
4 1 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.10%) GIS
4 1 (1.10%) Looker
4 1 (1.10%) Metabase
4 1 (1.10%) Tableau
General
1 59 (64.84%) Social Skills
2 13 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
3 11 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (8.79%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (5.49%) Publishing
6 4 (4.40%) Finance
7 3 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.30%) Local Government
8 2 (2.20%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (2.20%) Legal
8 2 (2.20%) Police
8 2 (2.20%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.10%) Law
Job Titles
1 32 (35.16%) Lead
2 10 (10.99%) Analyst
3 8 (8.79%) Delivery Manager
3 8 (8.79%) IT Support
3 8 (8.79%) Technical Leader
4 7 (7.69%) IT Engineer
4 7 (7.69%) Lead Software Engineer
4 7 (7.69%) Software Analyst
4 7 (7.69%) Software Engineer
5 6 (6.59%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (6.59%) Senior
5 6 (6.59%) Support Engineer
6 5 (5.49%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (5.49%) Team Leader
7 4 (4.40%) Developer
7 4 (4.40%) Lead Developer
7 4 (4.40%) Senior Delivery Manager
7 4 (4.40%) Senior Manager
7 4 (4.40%) Technical Manager
7 4 (4.40%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.69%) React
1 7 (7.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (27.47%) Driving Licence
2 15 (16.48%) Product Ownership
3 10 (10.99%) Digital Media
3 10 (10.99%) Social Media
4 8 (8.79%) Cloud Native
4 8 (8.79%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (8.79%) Legacy Applications
5 7 (7.69%) e-Learning
6 4 (4.40%) Educational Technology
7 3 (3.30%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (2.20%) CMDB
8 2 (2.20%) Management Information System
8 2 (2.20%) Taxonomies
9 1 (1.10%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (1.10%) Freedom of Information Act
9 1 (1.10%) iPad
9 1 (1.10%) LLPG
9 1 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (30.77%) Windows
2 12 (13.19%) Windows Server
3 6 (6.59%) Windows 10
4 5 (5.49%) Apple iOS
4 5 (5.49%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (3.30%) Linux
6 1 (1.10%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (54.95%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (34.07%) Agile
3 21 (23.08%) AI
3 21 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (17.58%) Decision-Making
5 15 (16.48%) Roadmaps
5 15 (16.48%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (14.29%) Mentoring
6 13 (14.29%) Scrum
6 13 (14.29%) User Experience
7 11 (12.09%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (12.09%) Conflict Resolution
7 11 (12.09%) Kanban
7 11 (12.09%) Time Management
8 10 (10.99%) CI/CD
8 10 (10.99%) Observability
8 10 (10.99%) Pedagogy
9 9 (9.89%) Line Management
9 9 (9.89%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 9 (9.89%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.79%) PowerShell
1 8 (8.79%) Python
2 7 (7.69%) Java
2 7 (7.69%) JavaScript
2 7 (7.69%) TypeScript
3 5 (5.49%) VB
4 4 (4.40%) SQL
5 3 (3.30%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.10%) Julia
6 1 (1.10%) R
Qualifications
1 23 (25.27%) Degree
2 9 (9.89%) CCNA
2 9 (9.89%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (5.49%) CCNP
4 4 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (4.40%) Master's Degree
5 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.20%) APMP
6 2 (2.20%) CISA
6 2 (2.20%) CISM
6 2 (2.20%) CISSP
6 2 (2.20%) MCDST
6 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (1.10%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.99%) QA
2 5 (5.49%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.20%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.10%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (13.19%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.10%) Grafana
1 1 (1.10%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.10%) SCCM
1 1 (1.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.59%) Apple
2 6 (6.59%) Cisco
3 5 (5.49%) Google
3 5 (5.49%) SolarWinds
4 3 (3.30%) Oracle
5 2 (2.20%) Meraki
5 2 (2.20%) SAP
5 2 (2.20%) Sophos
6 1 (1.10%) Citrix
6 1 (1.10%) New Relic
6 1 (1.10%) Remedy
6 1 (1.10%) ServiceNow