DBS Check Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 83 150
Rank change year-on-year -4 +67 -9
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 97 119 100
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.67% 3.52% 1.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.96% 7.22% 3.99%
Number of salaries quoted 79 75 88
10th Percentile £30,312 £24,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,000 - £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -2.33% -13.96%
75th Percentile - £45,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £50,121 £52,004 £54,592
South East median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - +11.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,219 1,648 2,505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 21.00% 48.76% 34.48%
Number of salaries quoted 704 449 1,495
10th Percentile £33,470 £28,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £67,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £83,250
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £51,020
% change year-on-year +14.29% +2.90% -1.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

DBS Check job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing DBS Check.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing DBS Check

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBS Check in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Salary histogram for DBS Check in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBS Check within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 June 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
Berkshire +1 52 £45,000 - 28
Buckinghamshire -30 25 £34,000 -19.05% 5
Oxfordshire +11 20 £38,508 -35.45% 6
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South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (5.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.12%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 19 (19.59%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (10.31%) Azure
2 10 (10.31%) Google Workspace
3 6 (6.19%) GCP
4 4 (4.12%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.12%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.09%) AWS
5 3 (3.09%) OCI
5 3 (3.09%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.31%) VoIP
2 7 (7.22%) Firewall
2 7 (7.22%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (4.12%) DHCP
3 4 (4.12%) DNS
3 4 (4.12%) SSL
3 4 (4.12%) VLAN
3 4 (4.12%) VPN
4 3 (3.09%) LAN
4 3 (3.09%) NAS
4 3 (3.09%) Network Security
4 3 (3.09%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.12%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (3.09%) JIRA
General
1 27 (27.84%) Social Skills
2 8 (8.25%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (8.25%) Legal
3 7 (7.22%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (6.19%) Local Government
5 4 (4.12%) Finance
6 3 (3.09%) Aviation
6 3 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.09%) Law
7 1 (1.03%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (27.84%) IT Engineer
2 24 (24.74%) IT Support
2 24 (24.74%) IT Support Engineer
2 24 (24.74%) Support Engineer
3 11 (11.34%) Lead
4 7 (7.22%) QA Leader
5 6 (6.19%) Senior
5 6 (6.19%) Senior IT Engineer
5 6 (6.19%) Senior IT Support
5 6 (6.19%) Senior Support Engineer
6 5 (5.15%) Analyst
6 5 (5.15%) IT Technician
7 3 (3.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (3.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (3.09%) Graduate IT Engineer
7 3 (3.09%) Graduate IT Support
7 3 (3.09%) Graduate IT Support Engineer
7 3 (3.09%) Graduate Support Engineer
7 3 (3.09%) Head of Business Transformation
7 3 (3.09%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 36 (37.11%) Social Media
2 9 (9.28%) Driving Licence
3 7 (7.22%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.06%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.03%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 58 (59.79%) Windows
2 10 (10.31%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.12%) Mac OS
3 4 (4.12%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (3.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (37.11%) Creative Thinking
2 19 (19.59%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (18.56%) Customer Service
4 12 (12.37%) Decision-Making
5 9 (9.28%) ITIL
6 7 (7.22%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (7.22%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (7.22%) Data Protection
7 4 (4.12%) Business Analysis
7 4 (4.12%) Business Development
7 4 (4.12%) Case Management
7 4 (4.12%) Data Privacy
7 4 (4.12%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (4.12%) Kalman Filter
7 4 (4.12%) Mobile Device Management
7 4 (4.12%) Process Improvement
7 4 (4.12%) Project Delivery
7 4 (4.12%) Project Management
7 4 (4.12%) User Experience
8 3 (3.09%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.12%) SQL
2 3 (3.09%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (14.43%) Degree
2 4 (4.12%) CompTIA Security+
2 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (4.12%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (3.09%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.22%) QA
2 6 (6.19%) SLA
3 4 (4.12%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (4.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (3.09%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (7.22%) Active Directory
1 7 (7.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.12%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.09%) BitLocker
3 3 (3.09%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (7.22%) Jamf Pro
1 7 (7.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.09%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 18 (18.56%) Google
2 14 (14.43%) Microsoft
3 7 (7.22%) Cisco
3 7 (7.22%) VMware
4 4 (4.12%) Apple
4 4 (4.12%) Datto
4 4 (4.12%) SonicWALL
4 4 (4.12%) Veeam
5 3 (3.09%) Barracuda Networks
5 3 (3.09%) Meraki
5 3 (3.09%) Oracle
5 3 (3.09%) Sophos