DBS Check Job Trends in Surrey

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

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 40 108
Rank change year-on-year -43 +68 -83
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 46 63 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 1.83% 5.52% 1.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.73% 16.71% 2.83%
Number of salaries quoted 16 45 12
10th Percentile £26,337 £27,338 £29,000
25th Percentile £26,647 £39,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £41,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.27% +17.14% +12.90%
75th Percentile £38,063 £44,000 -
90th Percentile £60,625 £45,000 -
South East median annual salary £35,000 £38,325 £37,500
% change year-on-year -8.68% +2.20% -4.06%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 473 377 706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 18.84% 33.04% 39.31%
Number of salaries quoted 294 271 297
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,040 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,375 £31,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £44,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £89,000 £90,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £56,509
% change year-on-year +20.00% -11.52% +7.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

DBS Check job vacancy trend in Surrey

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Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing DBS Check.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing DBS Check

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Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBS Check in Surrey over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for DBS Check in Surrey

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Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBS Check within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
Leatherhead - 8 - - 4
Lingfield - 4 £27,000 -
Cranleigh - 4 - -
Camberley -10 3 £62,500 +4.77% 1
Epsom -20 2 - - 2
Caterham - 2 £29,000 -
Redhill - 2 £35,000 - 3
Warlingham - 2 £29,000 -
Farnham - 1 - - 1
Banstead - 1 - -
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South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 2 (4.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (30.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.52%) Azure
2 3 (6.52%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.35%) Google Workspace
3 2 (4.35%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.35%) Internet
1 2 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.17%) Firewall
2 1 (2.17%) LAN
2 1 (2.17%) VPN
2 1 (2.17%) WAN
General
1 20 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 14 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (28.26%) Finance
4 12 (26.09%) Local Government
5 10 (21.74%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (15.22%) Advertising
7 4 (8.70%) Legal
7 4 (8.70%) Retail
8 3 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (6.52%) Law
9 2 (4.35%) Police
9 2 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (4.35%) Public Sector
10 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (2.17%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (21.74%) Operations Manager
2 7 (15.22%) Facilities Manager
2 7 (15.22%) IT Manager
2 7 (15.22%) IT Operations Manager
3 6 (13.04%) Administrator
4 4 (8.70%) Information Officer
4 4 (8.70%) IT Support
4 4 (8.70%) IT Support Technician
4 4 (8.70%) IT Technician
4 4 (8.70%) Support Officer
4 4 (8.70%) Support Technician
5 3 (6.52%) Senior
5 3 (6.52%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (6.52%) Systems Support
6 2 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (4.35%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Desktop Support
6 2 (4.35%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.22%) Management Information System
2 5 (10.87%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.35%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.35%) Mac OS
1 2 (4.35%) Windows
1 2 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.96%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (30.43%) Customer Service
3 11 (23.91%) Service Delivery
4 10 (21.74%) Decision-Making
5 8 (17.39%) Mathematics
6 7 (15.22%) Contract Negotiation
6 7 (15.22%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (15.22%) Supplier Management
7 6 (13.04%) Time Management
8 5 (10.87%) Data Governance
9 4 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (8.70%) Data Entry
9 4 (8.70%) Data Protection
9 4 (8.70%) Line Management
9 4 (8.70%) PRINCE2
9 4 (8.70%) Statistics
10 3 (6.52%) CRM
10 3 (6.52%) Data Analysis
10 3 (6.52%) Information Governance
Qualifications
1 5 (10.87%) Degree
2 4 (8.70%) A+ Certification
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.17%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.22%) GDPR
2 3 (6.52%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.17%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.17%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.35%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (2.17%) Autotask
Vendors
1 24 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.35%) Apple
2 2 (4.35%) Google
2 2 (4.35%) Xero
3 1 (2.17%) ConnectWise
3 1 (2.17%) Datto