DBS Check Job Trends in the South East

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 53 111
Rank change year-on-year -58 +58 +74
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 242 369 405
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.55% 4.32% 2.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.24% 10.20% 7.55%
Number of salaries quoted 172 262 212
10th Percentile £26,618 £31,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,188 £34,988 £32,106
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £40,000 £39,969
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +0.08% +6.57%
75th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £48,847
90th Percentile £51,500 - £63,750
England median annual salary £43,000 £38,325 £37,500
% change year-on-year +12.20% +2.20% -11.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,342 3,619 5,366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 21.35% 42.36% 31.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,949 1,615 3,470
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,000 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +1.27% -1.91%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,399
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.11% -9.34%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

DBS Check job vacancy trend in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBS Check in the South East over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for DBS Check in the South East

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Job Locations in the South 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 South East region over the 6 months to 11 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
Hampshire +20 105 £32,000 -21.18% 21
Thames Valley -15 96 £45,000 +7.14% 29
Berkshire +3 50 £45,000 - 16
Buckinghamshire -34 28 £34,000 -19.05% 8
Oxfordshire +6 18 £77,500 +29.92% 5
Kent -68 17 £28,000 -26.94% 13
Surrey -47 14 £54,500 +32.93% 7
East Sussex -35 7 £29,500 -11.94% 2
West Sussex -30 3 £30,000 +17.30% 7
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (3.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (5.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (11.57%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (7.44%) Azure
3 9 (3.72%) Entra ID
4 7 (2.89%) Google Workspace
5 6 (2.48%) GCP
6 5 (2.07%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.24%) AWS
7 3 (1.24%) OCI
7 3 (1.24%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.24%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.41%) BrowserStack
8 1 (0.41%) IaaS
8 1 (0.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.98%) Firewall
2 12 (4.96%) Wireless
3 10 (4.13%) VoIP
4 9 (3.72%) DHCP
4 9 (3.72%) DNS
4 9 (3.72%) LAN
4 9 (3.72%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (2.48%) VPN
6 5 (2.07%) Network Security
6 5 (2.07%) SSL
6 5 (2.07%) VLAN
6 5 (2.07%) WAN
7 4 (1.65%) WLAN
8 3 (1.24%) NAS
9 2 (0.83%) Internet
10 1 (0.41%) BGP
10 1 (0.41%) EIGRP
10 1 (0.41%) MPLS
10 1 (0.41%) OSPF
10 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.07%) Power BI
2 4 (1.65%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.24%) JIRA
2 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.41%) Git
2 1 (0.41%) JMeter
2 1 (0.41%) REST Assured
2 1 (0.41%) Selenium
2 1 (0.41%) Snyk
General
1 96 (39.67%) Social Skills
2 36 (14.88%) Organisational Skills
3 20 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (8.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (5.37%) Finance
5 12 (4.96%) Local Government
6 8 (3.31%) Legal
7 6 (2.48%) Retail
8 5 (2.07%) Advertising
9 4 (1.65%) Law
10 3 (1.24%) Aviation
10 3 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.83%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.41%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.41%) Marketing
12 1 (0.41%) Military
12 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 58 (23.97%) IT Support
2 39 (16.12%) Support Engineer
3 36 (14.88%) Support Technician
4 35 (14.46%) IT Engineer
4 35 (14.46%) IT Support Engineer
5 28 (11.57%) IT Technician
6 23 (9.50%) IT Support Technician
7 19 (7.85%) 2nd Line Support
8 17 (7.02%) Programme Manager
9 16 (6.61%) Administrator
10 15 (6.20%) Lead
10 15 (6.20%) Senior
11 12 (4.96%) 2nd Line Support Technician
12 11 (4.55%) IT Manager
13 10 (4.13%) Senior IT Engineer
13 10 (4.13%) Senior IT Support
13 10 (4.13%) Senior Support Engineer
13 10 (4.13%) Systems Engineer
14 9 (3.72%) QA Leader
15 7 (2.89%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.24%) EDI
2 1 (0.41%) JSON
2 1 (0.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.81%) Social Media
2 11 (4.55%) Driving Licence
3 9 (3.72%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.65%) Clustering
5 3 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (0.83%) CCTV
6 2 (0.83%) Low-Code
6 2 (0.83%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.83%) PKI
6 2 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.41%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.41%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 87 (35.95%) Windows
2 20 (8.26%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.31%) Mac OS
3 8 (3.31%) Windows 10
3 8 (3.31%) Windows Server 2016
3 8 (3.31%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (39.67%) Project Delivery
2 94 (38.84%) Project Management
3 91 (37.60%) Logistics
4 86 (35.54%) Problem-Solving
5 63 (26.03%) Customer Service
6 43 (17.77%) ITIL
7 42 (17.36%) Creative Thinking
8 38 (15.70%) Decision-Making
9 27 (11.16%) Stakeholder Management
10 22 (9.09%) Service Delivery
11 20 (8.26%) PRINCE2
12 19 (7.85%) Time Management
13 14 (5.79%) Cybersecurity
14 13 (5.37%) Configuration Management
15 12 (4.96%) Asset Management
15 12 (4.96%) Continuous Improvement
15 12 (4.96%) Contract Management
16 11 (4.55%) Critical Thinking
16 11 (4.55%) Quality Management
17 9 (3.72%) AI
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.65%) PowerShell
1 4 (1.65%) Python
1 4 (1.65%) SQL
2 3 (1.24%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.41%) Java
Qualifications
1 20 (8.26%) Degree
2 17 (7.02%) PMI Certification
2 17 (7.02%) PMP
2 17 (7.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 8 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (2.07%) CIPD
5 4 (1.65%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (1.65%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (1.65%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.65%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.83%) HNC
7 1 (0.41%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.55%) ISO 9001
2 10 (4.13%) QA
3 9 (3.72%) SLA
4 6 (2.48%) GDPR
5 5 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.65%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
System Software
1 14 (5.79%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.72%) Hyper-V
3 7 (2.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.24%) BitLocker
4 3 (1.24%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (6.20%) SCCM
2 11 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.65%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (1.65%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 1 (0.41%) SCOM
4 1 (0.41%) WSUS
Vendors
1 68 (28.10%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.26%) SonicWALL
3 16 (6.61%) Fortinet
4 15 (6.20%) Google
5 9 (3.72%) Facebook
5 9 (3.72%) Instagram
6 7 (2.89%) VMware
7 5 (2.07%) Apple
8 4 (1.65%) Cisco
8 4 (1.65%) Datto
8 4 (1.65%) Veeam
9 3 (1.24%) Barracuda Networks
9 3 (1.24%) Oracle
9 3 (1.24%) Sophos
10 1 (0.41%) HP
10 1 (0.41%) Meraki
10 1 (0.41%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.41%) ServiceNow