DBS Check Jobs 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 137 224
Rank change year-on-year +73 +87 +11
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 281 205 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.08% 1.69% 1.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.00% 6.84% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 164 155 20
10th Percentile £24,275 £22,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,375 £25,681 £26,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £32,882 £48,982
Median % change year-on-year +12.30% -32.87% +60.60%
75th Percentile - £43,750 £55,500
90th Percentile £54,625 £55,000 £82,751
England median annual salary £38,325 £35,773 £41,250
% change year-on-year +7.14% -13.28% +0.41%

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 4,012 2,996 3,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 58.19% 24.70% 39.72%
Number of salaries quoted 810 1,862 1,234
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,500 £27,575
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% -3.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,875 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £54,793 £54,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.54% -9.17% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing DBS Check as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for DBS Check in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DBS Check in the Midlands.

Salary trend for DBS Check in the Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBS Check in the Midlands over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

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 22 May 2025. 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 +128 210 £36,925 +22.47% 78
East Midlands -16 66 £25,103 -27.94% 34
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.85%) CMS
2 7 (2.49%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.14%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.71%) Drupal
4 2 (0.71%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.36%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (7.12%) Azure
2 17 (6.05%) Power Platform
3 7 (2.49%) AWS
3 7 (2.49%) SaaS
4 6 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.42%) Azure AI
6 4 (1.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (1.42%) Azure Key Vault
6 4 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (1.42%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (1.42%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.42%) Google Analytics
6 4 (1.42%) Google Tag Manager
6 4 (1.42%) IaaS
6 4 (1.42%) PaaS
6 4 (1.42%) Power Automate
7 3 (1.07%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (1.07%) Amazon S3
7 3 (1.07%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.42%) DNS
1 4 (1.42%) Firewall
1 4 (1.42%) SD-WAN
1 4 (1.42%) VPN
1 4 (1.42%) WAN
2 3 (1.07%) Wireless
3 1 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.05%) Power BI
1 17 (6.05%) Tableau
2 11 (3.91%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.42%) Big Data
3 4 (1.42%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.42%) MySQL
4 3 (1.07%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (1.07%) Parquet
4 3 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.07%) Spark SQL
5 2 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.71%) Looker
6 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (6.05%) Git
2 3 (1.07%) GitLab
3 1 (0.36%) ERwin
3 1 (0.36%) NUnit
General
1 34 (12.10%) Finance
2 31 (11.03%) Social Skills
3 22 (7.83%) Retail
4 17 (6.05%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.63%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (3.20%) Local Government
7 8 (2.85%) Legal
8 7 (2.49%) Billing
9 5 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.07%) Marketing
10 3 (1.07%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.71%) Esports
12 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Law
Job Titles
1 27 (9.61%) Instructor
2 24 (8.54%) Analyst
3 15 (5.34%) Lead
4 11 (3.91%) Developer
4 11 (3.91%) Senior
5 10 (3.56%) Database Developer
5 10 (3.56%) SQL Database Developer
5 10 (3.56%) SQL Developer
6 9 (3.20%) Data Analyst
7 8 (2.85%) Product Manager
8 7 (2.49%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (2.14%) IT Analyst
9 6 (2.14%) Service Analyst
9 6 (2.14%) Service Desk Analyst
10 5 (1.78%) Architect
10 5 (1.78%) Credit Analyst
10 5 (1.78%) Senior Strategy Analyst
10 5 (1.78%) Strategy Analyst
11 4 (1.42%) Contracts Manager
11 4 (1.42%) Performance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.42%) Dask
1 4 (1.42%) EDI
1 4 (1.42%) Polars
2 3 (1.07%) PySpark
2 3 (1.07%) XGBoost
3 1 (0.36%) .NET
3 1 (0.36%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.36%) JWT
3 1 (0.36%) OAuth
3 1 (0.36%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 180 (64.06%) Social Media
2 7 (2.49%) Credit Risk
3 6 (2.14%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.42%) Data Centre
4 4 (1.42%) NHS
5 3 (1.07%) CCTV
5 3 (1.07%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.71%) Smart Energy
7 1 (0.36%) Animation
7 1 (0.36%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.36%) Motion Graphics
7 1 (0.36%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.36%) Photography
7 1 (0.36%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.36%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 180 (64.06%) Windows
2 177 (62.99%) Windows Vista
3 4 (1.42%) Linux
4 2 (0.71%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (14.23%) Analytics
2 38 (13.52%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (9.96%) Customer Service
4 25 (8.90%) Customer Experience
5 17 (6.05%) Artificial Intelligence
5 17 (6.05%) Project Management
5 17 (6.05%) Roadmaps
6 16 (5.69%) Visualisation
7 14 (4.98%) Data Pipeline
8 13 (4.63%) Business Intelligence
8 13 (4.63%) Data Analysis
8 13 (4.63%) ITIL
8 13 (4.63%) Pedagogy
8 13 (4.63%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (4.27%) Mathematics
10 11 (3.91%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 11 (3.91%) Storytelling
11 10 (3.56%) Critical Thinking
11 10 (3.56%) Performance Monitoring
11 10 (3.56%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 39 (13.88%) SQL
2 24 (8.54%) Python
3 10 (3.56%) T-SQL
4 4 (1.42%) Bicep
4 4 (1.42%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.71%) R
7 1 (0.36%) C#
Qualifications
1 16 (5.69%) Degree
2 9 (3.20%) Master's Degree
3 5 (1.78%) Azure Certification
4 4 (1.42%) MRICS
5 3 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.36%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.36%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
1 4 (1.42%) Data Quality
2 2 (0.71%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 26 (9.25%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.47%) Databricks
3 7 (2.49%) Google
4 4 (1.42%) Meraki
4 4 (1.42%) NEC
4 4 (1.42%) SAP
4 4 (1.42%) YouTube
5 3 (1.07%) MobileIron
5 3 (1.07%) Zoho
6 1 (0.36%) Adobe
6 1 (0.36%) Sony