DBS Check Job Trends in the Midlands

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the 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 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 47 144
Rank change year-on-year -86 +97 +80
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 126 279 220
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.01% 5.57% 1.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.09% 13.33% 6.54%
Number of salaries quoted 99 163 158
10th Percentile £26,375 £24,205 £22,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £35,331 £25,647
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £36,925 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.62% +13.62% -36.27%
75th Percentile £43,000 £37,728 £43,750
90th Percentile £44,000 £55,000 £55,000
England median annual salary £43,000 £38,325 £37,500
% change year-on-year +12.20% +2.20% -15.44%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,069 2,093 3,362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 16.63% 41.75% 23.79%
Number of salaries quoted 992 791 1,894
10th Percentile £27,694 £27,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £34,635 £35,754 £31,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -7.23%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,025 £61,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £76,250
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 the Midlands

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

DBS Check job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing DBS Check

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for DBS Check in the Midlands

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Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
West Midlands -76 88 £39,000 +5.62% 45
East Midlands -48 37 £27,500 +11.06% 44
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (5.56%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Academy Housing
Cloud Services
1 23 (18.25%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (14.29%) Azure
3 10 (7.94%) Entra ID
4 7 (5.56%) AWS
4 7 (5.56%) Power Platform
5 6 (4.76%) GCP
6 5 (3.97%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.59%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 21 (16.67%) Internet
2 13 (10.32%) Wireless
3 8 (6.35%) Broadband
4 7 (5.56%) DHCP
4 7 (5.56%) DNS
5 6 (4.76%) Firewall
5 6 (4.76%) Network Security
6 5 (3.97%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (3.97%) VPN
7 2 (1.59%) LAN
7 2 (1.59%) VoIP
7 2 (1.59%) WAN
8 1 (0.79%) DSLAM
8 1 (0.79%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.56%) Power BI
2 5 (3.97%) GIS
3 1 (0.79%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.79%) Tableau
General
1 51 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.70%) Finance
3 12 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.56%) Retail
5 6 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (3.17%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.38%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.59%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.79%) Law
9 1 (0.79%) Legal
9 1 (0.79%) Military
9 1 (0.79%) Police
Job Titles
1 26 (20.63%) Instructor
2 17 (13.49%) IT Engineer
2 17 (13.49%) IT Support
2 17 (13.49%) IT Support Engineer
2 17 (13.49%) Support Engineer
3 9 (7.14%) Data Scientist
4 6 (4.76%) Junior
4 6 (4.76%) Machine Learning Scientist
5 5 (3.97%) Architect
5 5 (3.97%) Digital Architect
5 5 (3.97%) Installations Engineer
5 5 (3.97%) Junior IT Engineer
5 5 (3.97%) Junior IT Support
5 5 (3.97%) Junior Support Engineer
6 4 (3.17%) Hardware Engineer
6 4 (3.17%) Principal Engineer
6 4 (3.17%) Principal Hardware Engineer
6 4 (3.17%) Senior
7 2 (1.59%) Data Engineer
7 2 (1.59%) Head of Business Intelligence
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.76%) Pandas
1 6 (4.76%) PyTorch
1 6 (4.76%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 71 (56.35%) Social Media
2 40 (31.75%) Digital Media
3 21 (16.67%) Driving Licence
4 9 (7.14%) CCTV
5 4 (3.17%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.59%) Life Science
6 2 (1.59%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.79%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.79%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.79%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 89 (70.63%) Windows
2 12 (9.52%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.97%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (11.11%) Pedagogy
3 11 (8.73%) ITIL
4 10 (7.94%) Time Management
5 9 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (7.14%) Data Science
6 8 (6.35%) Analytics
6 8 (6.35%) Computer Science
6 8 (6.35%) Mathematics
7 7 (5.56%) Machine Learning
7 7 (5.56%) Predictive Modelling
7 7 (5.56%) Visualisation
8 6 (4.76%) Customer Segmentation
8 6 (4.76%) Data Visualisation
8 6 (4.76%) E-Commerce
8 6 (4.76%) Economics
8 6 (4.76%) MLOps
8 6 (4.76%) Physics
8 6 (4.76%) Statistics
9 5 (3.97%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.35%) Python
2 7 (5.56%) PowerShell
2 7 (5.56%) SQL
3 1 (0.79%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (9.52%) Degree
2 11 (8.73%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.97%) CTC Cleared
5 4 (3.17%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.59%) MCSE
7 1 (0.79%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.79%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.97%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (3.97%) PCI DSS
2 4 (3.17%) GDPR
2 4 (3.17%) ISO 14001
2 4 (3.17%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.38%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.79%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.79%) QA
4 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (19.84%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.59%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (3.17%) Functional Safety
2 2 (1.59%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.59%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (12.70%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.14%) Google
3 8 (6.35%) Cisco
4 7 (5.56%) VMware
5 6 (4.76%) Databricks
5 6 (4.76%) HP
6 5 (3.97%) Juniper
7 3 (2.38%) Meraki
8 2 (1.59%) Veeam
9 1 (0.79%) BT
9 1 (0.79%) Civica
9 1 (0.79%) Northgate
9 1 (0.79%) Orchard