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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 189 298
Rank change year-on-year +83 +109 +24
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 1,092 1,075 657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.80% 1.52% 1.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.15% 5.52% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 686 773 180
10th Percentile £25,480 £23,875 £24,450
25th Percentile £33,250 £26,750 £30,265
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,325 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.50% -17.65% +4.94%
75th Percentile £47,895 £46,293 £58,125
90th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £69,649
UK median annual salary £38,325 £35,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +9.50% -17.65% +2.41%

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 21,217 19,460 21,953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.42% 27.47% 36.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8,872 12,205 8,200
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,118 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £51,603
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.11% +3.21%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,563
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.34% +8.30%

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 14 May 2025.

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 14 May 2025. 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
North of England +83 336 £42,000 +29.23% 215
South East +30 307 £38,325 -3.87% 179
Midlands +88 290 £36,925 +12.30% 121
North West +59 211 £40,000 +29.03% 114
West Midlands +119 210 £36,925 +22.47% 74
South West +95 93 £33,500 +11.67% 67
Yorkshire +52 77 £50,000 +53.85% 79
East Midlands -2 75 £25,103 -27.94% 45
East of England +25 59 £32,533 -13.31% 96
North East +64 46 £48,000 +23.08% 26
Scotland +96 16 £65,000 +62.50% 30
Wales +42 10 £38,094 +8.84% 35
Northern Ireland +43 1 - - 9
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 75 (6.87%) Oracle Application Server
2 22 (2.01%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.73%) CMS
5 7 (0.64%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.37%) SAS
7 2 (0.18%) Drupal
7 2 (0.18%) WordPress
8 1 (0.092%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.092%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.092%) nginx
8 1 (0.092%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 64 (5.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
3 21 (1.92%) Trello
4 6 (0.55%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.092%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.092%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.092%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.092%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.092%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.092%) Blender
5 1 (0.092%) Maya
5 1 (0.092%) Pipeline Pilot
5 1 (0.092%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 3 (0.27%) Raiser’s Edge
2 2 (0.18%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 2 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.18%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.092%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.092%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 209 (19.14%) Azure
2 100 (9.16%) Entra ID
3 84 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 72 (6.59%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (2.84%) SaaS
6 23 (2.11%) IaaS
6 23 (2.11%) PaaS
7 20 (1.83%) AWS
8 17 (1.56%) Power Automate
9 16 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (1.37%) Azure Service Bus
11 14 (1.28%) Azure AI
11 14 (1.28%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 14 (1.28%) Azure Key Vault
11 14 (1.28%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (0.64%) Google Analytics
13 5 (0.46%) Google Workspace
14 4 (0.37%) Google Tag Manager
14 4 (0.37%) Serverless
15 3 (0.27%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.11%) Firewall
2 30 (2.75%) DNS
3 25 (2.29%) WAN
4 18 (1.65%) VPN
5 14 (1.28%) Intrusion Detection
5 14 (1.28%) SD-WAN
6 12 (1.10%) LAN
7 11 (1.01%) VoIP
8 8 (0.73%) DHCP
9 4 (0.37%) Internet
10 3 (0.27%) Network Security
10 3 (0.27%) VLAN
10 3 (0.27%) Wireless
11 2 (0.18%) Intranet
11 2 (0.18%) MPLS
11 2 (0.18%) SAN
11 2 (0.18%) Skype
11 2 (0.18%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.18%) WPA
12 1 (0.092%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
2 83 (7.60%) Power BI
3 75 (6.87%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 75 (6.87%) Oracle Reports
4 50 (4.58%) SQL Server
5 24 (2.20%) Tableau
6 16 (1.47%) MySQL
7 15 (1.37%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.55%) GIS
9 5 (0.46%) Big Data
10 4 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
11 3 (0.27%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.27%) Parquet
11 3 (0.27%) Power Query
11 3 (0.27%) Spark SQL
12 2 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.18%) Looker
Development Applications
1 27 (2.47%) Git
2 23 (2.11%) JIRA
3 3 (0.27%) GitLab
4 1 (0.092%) ERwin
4 1 (0.092%) ESLint
4 1 (0.092%) NUnit
4 1 (0.092%) Selenium
4 1 (0.092%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.092%) Storybook
4 1 (0.092%) webpack
General
1 309 (28.30%) Social Skills
2 224 (20.51%) Finance
3 170 (15.57%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (14.01%) Organisational Skills
5 77 (7.05%) Military
6 60 (5.49%) Esports
7 43 (3.94%) Retail
8 32 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
9 26 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 25 (2.29%) Legal
11 21 (1.92%) Local Government
12 16 (1.47%) Marketing
13 14 (1.28%) Welsh Language
14 11 (1.01%) Public Sector
15 10 (0.92%) Billing
16 9 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (0.55%) Fire and Rescue
18 5 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
19 4 (0.37%) Arabic Language
19 4 (0.37%) German Language
Job Titles
1 100 (9.16%) Analyst
2 70 (6.41%) Technology Specialist
3 67 (6.14%) Developer
4 53 (4.85%) Senior
5 44 (4.03%) SQL Developer
6 39 (3.57%) Identity Management Specialist
7 34 (3.11%) IT Support
8 32 (2.93%) Database Developer
8 32 (2.93%) SQL Database Developer
9 29 (2.66%) Architect
9 29 (2.66%) Lead
10 28 (2.56%) Instructor
11 25 (2.29%) Administrator
11 25 (2.29%) Database Engineer
12 23 (2.11%) Support Engineer
13 22 (2.01%) IT Engineer
14 19 (1.74%) IT Analyst
14 19 (1.74%) Senior Analyst
15 18 (1.65%) Head of IT
15 18 (1.65%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (1.83%) .NET
2 13 (1.19%) Blazor
3 9 (0.82%) HTML
4 8 (0.73%) Bootstrap
4 8 (0.73%) HTML5
5 4 (0.37%) Dask
5 4 (0.37%) EDI
5 4 (0.37%) JSON
5 4 (0.37%) OAuth
5 4 (0.37%) Polars
5 4 (0.37%) PySpark
6 3 (0.27%) REST
6 3 (0.27%) XGBoost
7 2 (0.18%) JWT
7 2 (0.18%) RESTful
7 2 (0.18%) Web Services
7 2 (0.18%) XML
8 1 (0.092%) Lightning Web Components
8 1 (0.092%) Material-UI
8 1 (0.092%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 566 (51.83%) Social Media
2 90 (8.24%) NHS
3 51 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (3.02%) Management Information System
5 27 (2.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 21 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
7 16 (1.47%) Data Centre
8 15 (1.37%) Driving Licence
9 14 (1.28%) Security Posture
10 10 (0.92%) Credit Risk
10 10 (0.92%) Onboarding
11 8 (0.73%) IoT
12 7 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (0.64%) Biopharmaceutical
12 7 (0.64%) Robotics
13 6 (0.55%) iPad
14 3 (0.27%) Freedom of Information
15 2 (0.18%) CMDB
15 2 (0.18%) Photography
15 2 (0.18%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 561 (51.37%) Windows
2 505 (46.25%) Windows Vista
3 17 (1.56%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.82%) Mac OS
4 9 (0.82%) Windows 10
5 7 (0.64%) Linux
6 6 (0.55%) Android
6 6 (0.55%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (19.05%) ITIL
2 178 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
3 159 (14.56%) Computer Science
4 151 (13.83%) Analytics
5 127 (11.63%) Agile
6 118 (10.81%) Customer Experience
7 110 (10.07%) Customer Service
8 105 (9.62%) Service Management
9 99 (9.07%) Data Modelling
10 94 (8.61%) Data Management
11 93 (8.52%) DevOps
12 92 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
13 89 (8.15%) Data Integration
14 85 (7.78%) Identity Management
15 83 (7.60%) Business Analysis
16 74 (6.78%) Business Intelligence
17 71 (6.50%) Project Management
18 64 (5.86%) Collaborative Working
19 59 (5.40%) Line Management
20 56 (5.13%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 118 (10.81%) SQL
2 45 (4.12%) T-SQL
3 41 (3.75%) Python
4 18 (1.65%) PowerShell
4 18 (1.65%) R
5 14 (1.28%) Bicep
6 13 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (0.46%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.37%) PHP
9 3 (0.27%) C#
10 2 (0.18%) VB
10 2 (0.18%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.18%) VBA
11 1 (0.092%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.092%) Java
11 1 (0.092%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 232 (21.25%) Degree
2 40 (3.66%) Master's Degree
3 25 (2.29%) Azure Certification
3 25 (2.29%) PMI Certification
4 24 (2.20%) PMP
5 20 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 14 (1.28%) ACCA
7 14 (1.28%) CEH
7 14 (1.28%) CIMA
7 14 (1.28%) CISA
7 14 (1.28%) CISM
7 14 (1.28%) CISSP
8 12 (1.10%) MCSA
9 11 (1.01%) HNC
10 9 (0.82%) MCSE
11 8 (0.73%) MOS
12 7 (0.64%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (4.03%) SLA
2 20 (1.83%) GDPR
2 20 (1.83%) QA
3 16 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.37%) NIST
5 12 (1.10%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.46%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.27%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.092%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.092%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.092%) GRC
9 1 (0.092%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.092%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.092%) PMO
System Software
1 128 (11.72%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.37%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.27%) Docker
6 1 (0.092%) Firmware
6 1 (0.092%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.092%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
4 9 (0.82%) SmoothWall
5 1 (0.092%) Ansible
5 1 (0.092%) Autotask
5 1 (0.092%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.092%) Grafana
5 1 (0.092%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.092%) SCCM
5 1 (0.092%) Terraform
Vendors
1 271 (24.82%) Microsoft
2 75 (6.87%) Oracle
3 31 (2.84%) Databricks
4 24 (2.20%) Meraki
5 14 (1.28%) Cisco
5 14 (1.28%) Google
6 10 (0.92%) Apple
6 10 (0.92%) Salesforce
7 9 (0.82%) VMware
8 8 (0.73%) SAP
9 5 (0.46%) Citrix
10 4 (0.37%) Adobe
10 4 (0.37%) Cognos
10 4 (0.37%) MobileIron
10 4 (0.37%) NEC
10 4 (0.37%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.37%) YouTube
11 3 (0.27%) Palo Alto
11 3 (0.27%) SonicWALL
11 3 (0.27%) Zoho