DBS Check Job Trends in London

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 261 115
Rank change year-on-year -16 -146 +287
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 149 133 632
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.67% 1.07% 2.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.32% 3.60% 9.95%
Number of salaries quoted 92 32 189
10th Percentile £28,697 £26,375 £27,473
25th Percentile £34,000 £29,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,250 £40,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.13% -4.76% +27.27%
75th Percentile £54,063 £58,329 £53,626
90th Percentile £64,750 £63,625 £64,075
England median annual salary £43,000 £38,325 £37,500
% change year-on-year +12.20% +2.20% -6.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,489 3,690 6,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.20% 29.63% 27.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,704 1,970 3,787
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,557 £35,750
25th Percentile £55,938 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £65,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.05% -2.96%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £110,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.30% -9.51%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

DBS Check job vacancy trend in London

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Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing DBS Check.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing DBS Check

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Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBS Check in London over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for DBS Check in London

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Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBS Check within the London region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
South London +16 22 £35,000 +32.70% 8
Central London -14 18 £46,750 -25.20% 5
East London +2 8 £47,012 -10.45% 10
West London -12 7 £42,000 - 9
North London - 3 £50,588 - 3
DBS Check
England

DBS Check
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 3 (2.01%) CMS
1 3 (2.01%) Drupal
2 1 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.67%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (6.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (6.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.67%) FastStats
2 1 (0.67%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (0.67%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 41 (27.52%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (6.04%) Power Platform
3 8 (5.37%) Azure
4 2 (1.34%) AWS
4 2 (1.34%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.34%) GCP
4 2 (1.34%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.67%) Asana
5 1 (0.67%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (0.67%) Blackbaud
5 1 (0.67%) ChatGPT
5 1 (0.67%) dbt
5 1 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.67%) Google Analytics
5 1 (0.67%) Google Gemini
5 1 (0.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.05%) Internet
2 4 (2.68%) Network Security
3 3 (2.01%) Firewall
3 3 (2.01%) Intranet
4 2 (1.34%) VoIP
5 1 (0.67%) Broadband
5 1 (0.67%) DHCP
5 1 (0.67%) DNS
5 1 (0.67%) DSL
5 1 (0.67%) DSLAM
5 1 (0.67%) LAN
5 1 (0.67%) VLAN
5 1 (0.67%) VPN
5 1 (0.67%) WAN
5 1 (0.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.04%) Power BI
2 6 (4.03%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (4.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.67%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.67%) Power Query
4 1 (0.67%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.67%) Star Schema
4 1 (0.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (4.03%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.67%) Git
2 1 (0.67%) JIRA
2 1 (0.67%) Oracle APEX
General
1 65 (43.62%) Social Skills
2 51 (34.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (14.77%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (11.41%) Legal
5 16 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (8.05%) Finance
7 10 (6.71%) Retail
8 9 (6.04%) Local Government
8 9 (6.04%) Marketing
9 5 (3.36%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.68%) Cyber-Physical System
10 4 (2.68%) Publishing
10 4 (2.68%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.67%) Advertising
12 1 (0.67%) Billing
12 1 (0.67%) Law
12 1 (0.67%) Police
Job Titles
1 15 (10.07%) IT Engineer
1 15 (10.07%) IT Support
1 15 (10.07%) IT Support Engineer
1 15 (10.07%) Support Engineer
2 9 (6.04%) Data Manager
2 9 (6.04%) Help Desk Officer
2 9 (6.04%) Senior
2 9 (6.04%) Trainee
3 8 (5.37%) Research Engineer
3 8 (5.37%) Security Engineer
4 7 (4.70%) Analyst
5 6 (4.03%) IT Manager
5 6 (4.03%) Project Engineer
6 5 (3.36%) Development Manager
6 5 (3.36%) Instructor
7 4 (2.68%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 4 (2.68%) Developer
7 4 (2.68%) IT Technician
7 4 (2.68%) Network Manager
7 4 (2.68%) Research Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.03%) HTML
2 3 (2.01%) TAPI
3 2 (1.34%) .NET
3 2 (1.34%) .NET Core
3 2 (1.34%) .NET Framework
3 2 (1.34%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.34%) Blazor
3 2 (1.34%) Bootstrap
3 2 (1.34%) CSS
3 2 (1.34%) CSS3
3 2 (1.34%) Entity Framework
3 2 (1.34%) HTML5
3 2 (1.34%) Vue
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.67%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.67%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.67%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.42%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (8.05%) Social Media
3 9 (6.04%) Driving Licence
4 8 (5.37%) Blog
5 6 (4.03%) SCADA
6 4 (2.68%) AI Agents
6 4 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.68%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.01%) Graphic Design
7 3 (2.01%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.34%) Educational Technology
8 2 (1.34%) Web Conferencing
9 1 (0.67%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.67%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.67%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.67%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.67%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.37%) Windows
2 1 (0.67%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (18.79%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (16.11%) Computer Science
3 23 (15.44%) AI
4 17 (11.41%) Customer Service
4 17 (11.41%) Mathematics
5 16 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (10.07%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (9.40%) CRM
8 13 (8.72%) Project Management
9 11 (7.38%) Agile
10 10 (6.71%) Coaching
10 10 (6.71%) Decision-Making
11 9 (6.04%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (6.04%) Line Management
11 9 (6.04%) Machine Learning
11 9 (6.04%) Mentoring
11 9 (6.04%) Software Engineering
12 8 (5.37%) Data Science
12 8 (5.37%) Deep Learning
12 8 (5.37%) Due Diligence
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.41%) SQL
2 9 (6.04%) Python
3 4 (2.68%) Ada
4 2 (1.34%) C#
4 2 (1.34%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.34%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.67%) ABAP
5 1 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.67%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.67%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.67%) R
Qualifications
1 41 (27.52%) Degree
2 15 (10.07%) Security Cleared
3 8 (5.37%) DV Cleared
4 6 (4.03%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.68%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.68%) PhD
6 2 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.67%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.67%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.70%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.68%) GDPR
3 3 (2.01%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.34%) QA
5 1 (0.67%) GRC
5 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.67%) NIST
5 1 (0.67%) PERC
5 1 (0.67%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (8.72%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.34%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.34%) PaperCut
1 2 (1.34%) Terraform
2 1 (0.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 50 (33.56%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.04%) Facebook
3 5 (3.36%) Google
4 3 (2.01%) Veritas
5 2 (1.34%) Cisco
5 2 (1.34%) Meraki
5 2 (1.34%) NEC
5 2 (1.34%) Oracle
5 2 (1.34%) Progress
5 2 (1.34%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.67%) Apple
6 1 (0.67%) BT
6 1 (0.67%) Capita
6 1 (0.67%) Databricks
6 1 (0.67%) SAP
6 1 (0.67%) Ubiquiti
6 1 (0.67%) YouTube