DBS Check Jobs in the UK excluding London

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 326 388
Rank change year-on-year +142 +62 +51
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 916 443 658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.40% 0.92% 0.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.43% 2.42% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 551 181 358
10th Percentile £24,000 £24,000 £26,175
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £44,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +6.02% +20.30%
75th Percentile £48,000 £62,971 £51,696
90th Percentile £61,250 £78,750 £73,322
UK median annual salary £37,528 £41,009 £42,250
% change year-on-year -8.49% -2.94% +9.18%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 16,873 18,275 26,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.85% 37.96% 33.36%
Number of salaries quoted 9,460 7,807 11,272
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £28,109
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +2.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

DBS Check
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing DBS Check as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for DBS Check in the UK excluding London

DBS Check
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DBS Check in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for DBS Check in the UK excluding London

DBS Check
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBS Check in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for DBS Check in the UK excluding London

DBS Check
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBS Check within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
South East +72 340 £39,939 -8.06% 233
North of England +116 184 £28,500 -38.04% 228
Midlands +84 170 £32,500 -36.27% 159
South West +61 96 £30,000 -29.41% 160
Yorkshire +121 88 £32,500 -39.53% 77
East Midlands +55 88 £35,868 +24.76% 75
North West +44 86 £27,500 -26.67% 121
West Midlands +33 82 £30,000 -45.45% 83
Scotland +7 61 £48,000 -28.36% 17
East of England -31 52 £38,350 +39.45% 93
Wales +22 11 £35,000 -30.00% 34
North East -10 10 £25,163 -56.11% 32
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 4
South Coast - 1 £35,000 -
DBS Check
UK

DBS Check
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (1.86%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.66%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.22%) CMS
4 2 (0.22%) Confluence
5 1 (0.11%) IIS
5 1 (0.11%) SAS
5 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 131 (14.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 119 (12.99%) Microsoft Office
3 75 (8.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.44%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 42 (4.59%) NEC Housing
2 19 (2.07%) Unit4 Business World
3 9 (0.98%) Primavera
4 3 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.11%) ContrOCC
5 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP PLM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 137 (14.96%) Microsoft 365
2 122 (13.32%) Azure
3 60 (6.55%) Power Platform
4 45 (4.91%) AWS
5 31 (3.38%) Google Workspace
6 12 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (1.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 12 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
6 12 (1.31%) Entra ID
7 11 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (1.09%) Figma
8 10 (1.09%) GCP
8 10 (1.09%) SaaS
9 8 (0.87%) Serverless
10 7 (0.76%) IaaS
11 6 (0.66%) BigCommerce
12 5 (0.55%) Google Analytics
12 5 (0.55%) Google Tag Manager
13 3 (0.33%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (0.33%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 44 (4.80%) TCP/IP
2 40 (4.37%) Wireless
3 34 (3.71%) LAN
4 32 (3.49%) Network Security
5 31 (3.38%) WAN
6 27 (2.95%) DNS
7 25 (2.73%) Firewall
8 23 (2.51%) DHCP
9 16 (1.75%) VLAN
10 13 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (1.20%) VoIP
12 10 (1.09%) Internet
13 7 (0.76%) Fibre Channel
13 7 (0.76%) Intranet
13 7 (0.76%) SAN
14 5 (0.55%) VPN
15 4 (0.44%) Broadband
15 4 (0.44%) SD-WAN
16 2 (0.22%) 4G
16 2 (0.22%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (6.44%) Power BI
2 28 (3.06%) Tableau
3 24 (2.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 21 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (1.86%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 16 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 11 (1.20%) Big Data
7 11 (1.20%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 10 (1.09%) Oracle Database
9 7 (0.76%) Power Query
10 5 (0.55%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.44%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.44%) Looker
11 4 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.33%) MySQL
13 2 (0.22%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.22%) Relational Database
14 1 (0.11%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 24 (2.62%) Git
2 14 (1.53%) JIRA
3 10 (1.09%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (0.33%) Axure RP
4 3 (0.33%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.22%) Apache Continuum
5 2 (0.22%) gulp
5 2 (0.22%) Katalon Studio
5 2 (0.22%) Postman
5 2 (0.22%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.11%) Gradle
6 1 (0.11%) JMeter
6 1 (0.11%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.11%) Selenium
6 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 428 (46.72%) Social Skills
2 212 (23.14%) Retail
3 174 (19.00%) Analytical Skills
4 173 (18.89%) Finance
5 87 (9.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 85 (9.28%) Organisational Skills
7 80 (8.73%) German Language
8 68 (7.42%) Marketing
9 64 (6.99%) Local Government
10 56 (6.11%) Police
10 56 (6.11%) Public Sector
11 51 (5.57%) Presentation Skills
12 26 (2.84%) Legal
13 23 (2.51%) Aerospace
14 20 (2.18%) Billing
14 20 (2.18%) Games
15 18 (1.97%) Advertising
15 18 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
16 17 (1.86%) Telecoms
17 10 (1.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 92 (10.04%) Senior
2 80 (8.73%) Graduate
3 74 (8.08%) IT Support
4 63 (6.88%) Support Engineer
5 61 (6.66%) Analyst
6 50 (5.46%) IT Engineer
7 48 (5.24%) IT Technician
8 46 (5.02%) Consultant
9 44 (4.80%) Developer
10 42 (4.59%) Lead
11 40 (4.37%) Support Technician
12 39 (4.26%) Smart Metering Engineer
13 38 (4.15%) 2nd Line Support
14 37 (4.04%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 36 (3.93%) IT Support Engineer
16 30 (3.28%) Field Engineer
17 29 (3.17%) Data Analyst
17 29 (3.17%) Desktop Engineer
18 28 (3.06%) IT Support Technician
19 26 (2.84%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.62%) .NET
2 22 (2.40%) EDI
3 20 (2.18%) CSS
4 15 (1.64%) HTML
4 15 (1.64%) REST
5 13 (1.42%) XML
6 11 (1.20%) .NET Core
6 11 (1.20%) JSON
6 11 (1.20%) SOAP
7 10 (1.09%) Ruby on Rails
8 7 (0.76%) Web Services
9 6 (0.66%) React
10 5 (0.55%) ASP.NET
11 3 (0.33%) .NET Framework
12 2 (0.22%) Gherkin
12 2 (0.22%) Tailwind CSS
12 2 (0.22%) XSLT
13 1 (0.11%) AngularJS
13 1 (0.11%) LESS
13 1 (0.11%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 127 (13.86%) Self-Motivation
2 113 (12.34%) Driving Licence
3 51 (5.57%) NHS
4 48 (5.24%) Management Information System
4 48 (5.24%) Social Media
5 39 (4.26%) Onboarding
5 39 (4.26%) Smart Meter
6 28 (3.06%) Mobile App
7 19 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
8 16 (1.75%) Photography
9 15 (1.64%) Renewable Energy
10 10 (1.09%) CCTV
11 9 (0.98%) Data Centre
11 9 (0.98%) PKI
12 8 (0.87%) Data Structures
13 7 (0.76%) Algorithms
13 7 (0.76%) Clustering
13 7 (0.76%) Replication
14 5 (0.55%) Chip and PIN
15 4 (0.44%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 198 (21.62%) Windows
2 75 (8.19%) Windows Server
3 45 (4.91%) Windows 10
4 43 (4.69%) Mac OS
5 21 (2.29%) Windows Vista
6 19 (2.07%) Windows Server 2016
6 19 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (1.64%) Android
8 14 (1.53%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (1.20%) Apple iOS
10 9 (0.98%) Windows 7
11 8 (0.87%) Linux
12 3 (0.33%) Windows 8
13 2 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (30.02%) Customer Service
2 233 (25.44%) Problem-Solving
3 82 (8.95%) Project Management
4 74 (8.08%) Line Management
5 65 (7.10%) Agile
6 64 (6.99%) Customer Insight
7 62 (6.77%) Project Delivery
7 62 (6.77%) Roadmaps
8 61 (6.66%) Business Intelligence
9 57 (6.22%) Migration
10 55 (6.00%) Time Management
11 54 (5.90%) ITIL
12 50 (5.46%) Computer Science
13 49 (5.35%) Analytics
14 48 (5.24%) Mathematics
15 47 (5.13%) Data Pipeline
16 45 (4.91%) Decision-Making
17 44 (4.80%) Stakeholder Management
18 43 (4.69%) Mentoring
19 40 (4.37%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 125 (13.65%) SQL
2 43 (4.69%) Python
3 32 (3.49%) C#
4 23 (2.51%) PowerShell
5 21 (2.29%) Java
6 13 (1.42%) C
7 11 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (1.09%) PL/SQL
8 10 (1.09%) Ruby
9 8 (0.87%) JavaScript
10 7 (0.76%) VBA
11 6 (0.66%) Scala
12 5 (0.55%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.44%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.33%) VB
15 2 (0.22%) C++
15 2 (0.22%) Fortran
15 2 (0.22%) Groovy
15 2 (0.22%) Julia
15 2 (0.22%) R
Qualifications
1 259 (28.28%) Degree
2 70 (7.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 63 (6.88%) Security Cleared
4 47 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 31 (3.38%) MCP
7 29 (3.17%) A+ Certification
8 24 (2.62%) SC Cleared
9 17 (1.86%) CIPD
10 10 (1.09%) CEH
10 10 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (0.87%) APMG
12 7 (0.76%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.66%) HND
14 5 (0.55%) ACCA
14 5 (0.55%) CIMA
14 5 (0.55%) MCSE
15 4 (0.44%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.44%) PMP
15 4 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (4.80%) Accessibility
2 33 (3.60%) GDPR
3 29 (3.17%) QA
4 16 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (1.64%) SLA
6 11 (1.20%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
7 4 (0.44%) NEBOSH
7 4 (0.44%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.22%) PMO
10 1 (0.11%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.11%) NCSC
System Software
1 102 (11.14%) Active Directory
2 23 (2.51%) Hyper-V
3 18 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.53%) Virtual Servers
5 7 (0.76%) Terminal Services
6 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.44%) vSphere
8 2 (0.22%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 10 (1.09%) Autotask
2 7 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Clustering
2 7 (0.76%) SCCM
2 7 (0.76%) SCOM
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.11%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 307 (33.52%) Microsoft
2 47 (5.13%) Google
3 42 (4.59%) NEC
4 37 (4.04%) Apple
5 32 (3.49%) Databricks
6 28 (3.06%) VMware
7 19 (2.07%) Sun
7 19 (2.07%) Thales
8 16 (1.75%) Oracle
9 9 (0.98%) Datto
9 9 (0.98%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.76%) HP
10 7 (0.76%) Veeam
11 6 (0.66%) Meraki
11 6 (0.66%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.55%) Cisco
13 4 (0.44%) Aruba
13 4 (0.44%) Sage
14 3 (0.33%) Fortinet
14 3 (0.33%) SolarWinds