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 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 148 224
Rank change year-on-year +83 +76 +36
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 276 197 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.99% 1.55% 0.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.35% 6.07% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 173 129 15
10th Percentile £26,375 £22,500 £23,700
25th Percentile £36,189 £24,700 £26,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £32,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.62% -36.27% +67.21%
75th Percentile £41,000 £43,750 £82,751
90th Percentile £54,750 £55,000 -
England median annual salary £38,325 £37,055 £40,000
% change year-on-year +3.43% -7.36% -3.61%

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 3,305 3,246 3,105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 47.77% 25.59% 39.75%
Number of salaries quoted 894 1,632 1,283
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £36,054 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,350
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.26% +13.80%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,200 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +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 20 July 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 20 July 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 +128 223 £36,925 +23.94% 84
East Midlands -12 48 £28,500 -18.57% 61
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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 6 (2.17%) CMS
2 5 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.72%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.36%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.36%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 19 (6.88%) Azure
2 16 (5.80%) Power Platform
3 9 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.17%) AWS
4 6 (2.17%) SaaS
5 5 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.45%) Azure AI
6 4 (1.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (1.45%) Azure Key Vault
6 4 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (1.45%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (1.45%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.45%) IaaS
6 4 (1.45%) PaaS
6 4 (1.45%) Power Automate
7 3 (1.09%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.09%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.72%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (0.72%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.54%) DNS
2 4 (1.45%) Firewall
2 4 (1.45%) SD-WAN
2 4 (1.45%) VPN
2 4 (1.45%) WAN
2 4 (1.45%) Wireless
3 3 (1.09%) DHCP
4 1 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.36%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.80%) Power BI
2 11 (3.99%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.90%) Tableau
4 4 (1.45%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.45%) MySQL
5 2 (0.72%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.72%) Looker
5 2 (0.72%) Parquet
5 2 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.72%) Spark SQL
6 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 12 (4.35%) Git
2 2 (0.72%) GitLab
3 1 (0.36%) NUnit
General
1 30 (10.87%) Social Skills
2 11 (3.99%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (3.99%) Finance
3 9 (3.26%) Marketing
3 9 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (2.90%) Retail
5 7 (2.54%) Advertising
5 7 (2.54%) Local Government
5 7 (2.54%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (2.17%) Legal
6 6 (2.17%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (1.81%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.09%) Billing
9 3 (1.09%) Esports
9 3 (1.09%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.36%) Back Office
10 1 (0.36%) Games
10 1 (0.36%) Law
Job Titles
1 28 (10.14%) Instructor
2 24 (8.70%) Lead
3 14 (5.07%) Analyst
4 11 (3.99%) Developer
5 10 (3.62%) Database Developer
5 10 (3.62%) SQL Database Developer
5 10 (3.62%) SQL Developer
5 10 (3.62%) Support Engineer
6 8 (2.90%) Product Manager
7 7 (2.54%) Technical Engineer
7 7 (2.54%) Technical Support
7 7 (2.54%) Technical Support Engineer
8 6 (2.17%) Manufacturing Engineer
9 5 (1.81%) Data Analyst
10 4 (1.45%) Architect
10 4 (1.45%) Business Development Manager
10 4 (1.45%) Business Manager
10 4 (1.45%) Development Manager
10 4 (1.45%) Security Engineer
10 4 (1.45%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.72%) EDI
1 2 (0.72%) PySpark
1 2 (0.72%) XGBoost
2 1 (0.36%) .NET
2 1 (0.36%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.36%) JWT
2 1 (0.36%) OAuth
2 1 (0.36%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 189 (68.48%) Social Media
2 10 (3.62%) Driving Licence
3 6 (2.17%) NHS
4 4 (1.45%) CCTV
4 4 (1.45%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.72%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.72%) Smart Energy
7 1 (0.36%) Animation
7 1 (0.36%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.36%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.36%) Motion Graphics
7 1 (0.36%) Online Games
7 1 (0.36%) Photography
7 1 (0.36%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.36%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 192 (69.57%) Windows
2 186 (67.39%) Windows Vista
3 3 (1.09%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.72%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (10.51%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (8.70%) Analytics
3 21 (7.61%) Pedagogy
4 16 (5.80%) Artificial Intelligence
5 14 (5.07%) Customer Service
6 12 (4.35%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (4.35%) Roadmaps
7 11 (3.99%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (3.99%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 11 (3.99%) Project Delivery
8 10 (3.62%) Critical Thinking
8 10 (3.62%) Database Optimisation
8 10 (3.62%) ITIL
8 10 (3.62%) Project Management
9 9 (3.26%) Mathematics
10 8 (2.90%) Computer Science
10 8 (2.90%) Cost Control
10 8 (2.90%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (2.90%) Visualisation
11 7 (2.54%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 25 (9.06%) SQL
2 10 (3.62%) Python
2 10 (3.62%) T-SQL
3 4 (1.45%) Bicep
3 4 (1.45%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.72%) R
5 1 (0.36%) C#
Qualifications
1 16 (5.80%) Degree
2 7 (2.54%) HNC
2 7 (2.54%) HND
3 5 (1.81%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (1.81%) Master's Degree
4 4 (1.45%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.36%) CRISC
6 1 (0.36%) MRICS
6 1 (0.36%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.36%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.54%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.45%) QA
3 3 (1.09%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (10.51%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.99%) Databricks
3 6 (2.17%) Google
4 4 (1.45%) Meraki
5 3 (1.09%) MobileIron
5 3 (1.09%) Zoho
6 1 (0.36%) Adobe
6 1 (0.36%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.36%) NEC
6 1 (0.36%) SAP
6 1 (0.36%) Sony
6 1 (0.36%) YouTube