DBS Check Job Trends in Staffordshire

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 57 36
Rank change year-on-year +6 -21 +25
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 22 8 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 2.29% 1.50% 3.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.60% 4.30% 11.20%
Number of salaries quoted 22 8 10
10th Percentile - £22,500 £24,865
25th Percentile £26,375 £28,125 £31,114
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,694 £36,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.60% -19.44% +30.43%
75th Percentile - £43,750 £52,188
90th Percentile £63,750 - £54,250
West Midlands median annual salary £39,000 £42,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -8.24% +21.43% +26.36%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 478 186 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 49.84% 34.83% 27.59%
Number of salaries quoted 77 106 117
10th Percentile £26,375 - £21,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £32,500 £26,768
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £51,251 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.88% +13.89% +5.88%
75th Percentile £63,750 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £64,000 £59,250
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £57,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.00% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

DBS Check job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

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Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing DBS Check.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing DBS Check

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Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBS Check in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for DBS Check in Staffordshire

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Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBS Check within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Lichfield - 12 £27,034 - 1
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West Midlands

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 9 (40.91%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Azure
1 4 (18.18%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (18.18%) Entra ID
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (40.91%) Internet
2 4 (18.18%) Firewall
2 4 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (18.18%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) GIS
General
1 4 (18.18%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (81.82%) Instructor
2 4 (18.18%) Architect
2 4 (18.18%) Digital Architect
3 1 (4.55%) Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 18 (81.82%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (81.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (18.18%) Impact Assessments
2 4 (18.18%) ITIL
2 4 (18.18%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) CTC Cleared
1 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
1 4 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Cisco
1 4 (18.18%) HP
1 4 (18.18%) Juniper
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 4 (18.18%) VMware