DBS Check Job Trends in the North East

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 83 67
Rank change year-on-year +11 -16 +24
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 6 6 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.58% 0.64% 1.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.77% 2.45% 4.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile - £32,751 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,001 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £40,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.12% +2.56% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £45,000 £41,000
90th Percentile £76,000 £47,250 -
England median annual salary £39,000 £30,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -14.29% -17.65%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 339 245 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 32.50% 26.32% 23.66%
Number of salaries quoted 152 103 142
10th Percentile - £30,350 £29,100
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £59,430 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.69% +18.86% +11.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £79,800 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,157 £95,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

DBS Check job vacancy trend in the North East

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Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing DBS Check

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Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBS Check in the North East over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for DBS Check in the North East

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Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBS Check within the North East region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Tyne and Wear +4 6 £51,250 +28.12% 7
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (16.67%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
1 1 (16.67%) MySQL
1 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (16.67%) RDBMS
1 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Bitbucket
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Advertising
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Account Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Information Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Security Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Information Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Information Security Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Security Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) CRM Executive
2 1 (16.67%) DBA
2 1 (16.67%) Senior DBA
2 1 (16.67%) Senior SQL DBA
2 1 (16.67%) SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Clustering
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Architecture Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 2 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
2 2 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security
2 2 (33.33%) SABSA
2 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 1 (16.67%) Copywriting
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) Journey Map
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
1 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CISM
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
1 2 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GRC
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Informatica
1 1 (16.67%) RedGate
1 1 (16.67%) Salesforce
1 1 (16.67%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
1 1 (16.67%) Talend