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

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 182 299
Rank change year-on-year +77 +117 +16
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 1,064 1,072 663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.75% 1.51% 1.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.99% 5.50% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 676 772 181
10th Percentile £25,480 £23,875 £24,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £26,725 £30,265
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,325 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.50% -17.65% +5.05%
75th Percentile £47,580 £46,293 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £69,649
UK median annual salary £38,325 £35,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year +9.50% -15.66% +2.47%

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 21,303 19,487 21,880
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 55.09% 27.48% 36.38%
Number of salaries quoted 9,009 12,232 8,108
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £37,029
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -2.63% +2.70%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.24% +8.18%

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 9 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 9 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 +68 310 £42,000 +29.23% 216
South East +37 302 £38,325 -3.87% 162
Midlands +85 298 £36,925 +12.30% 103
West Midlands +121 218 £36,925 +22.47% 60
North West +73 211 £40,000 +29.03% 116
South West +99 96 £33,500 +11.67% 72
East Midlands +8 75 £25,103 -27.94% 41
Yorkshire +36 71 £50,000 +53.85% 81
East of England +9 52 £32,533 -13.31% 80
North East +57 26 £48,000 +23.08% 22
Scotland +105 16 £65,000 +64.56% 17
Wales +41 9 £38,094 +8.84% 51
Northern Ireland +37 1 - - 7
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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 (7.05%) Oracle Application Server
2 24 (2.26%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.85%) CMS
5 7 (0.66%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.38%) SAS
7 3 (0.28%) WordPress
8 2 (0.19%) Drupal
8 2 (0.19%) nginx
9 1 (0.094%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.094%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.094%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 68 (6.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
4 18 (1.69%) Trello
5 3 (0.28%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.094%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.094%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.094%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.094%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.094%) Blender
7 1 (0.094%) Maya
7 1 (0.094%) Pipeline Pilot
7 1 (0.094%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 14 (1.32%) NEC Housing
2 3 (0.28%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 3 (0.28%) Raiser’s Edge
3 2 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.19%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.094%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.094%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 172 (16.17%) Azure
2 85 (7.99%) Power Platform
3 70 (6.58%) Microsoft 365
4 64 (6.02%) Entra ID
5 32 (3.01%) SaaS
6 23 (2.16%) AWS
6 23 (2.16%) IaaS
6 23 (2.16%) PaaS
7 17 (1.60%) Power Automate
8 16 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (1.41%) Azure Service Bus
10 14 (1.32%) Azure AI
10 14 (1.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 14 (1.32%) Azure Key Vault
10 14 (1.32%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (0.66%) Google Analytics
12 5 (0.47%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 4 (0.38%) AWS CloudTrail
13 4 (0.38%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.20%) Firewall
2 30 (2.82%) DNS
3 24 (2.26%) WAN
4 18 (1.69%) VPN
5 14 (1.32%) Intrusion Detection
5 14 (1.32%) SD-WAN
6 11 (1.03%) LAN
7 10 (0.94%) VoIP
8 8 (0.75%) DHCP
9 4 (0.38%) Internet
10 3 (0.28%) Network Security
10 3 (0.28%) VLAN
10 3 (0.28%) WPA
11 2 (0.19%) Intranet
11 2 (0.19%) MPLS
11 2 (0.19%) Skype
11 2 (0.19%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.19%) Wireless
12 1 (0.094%) Converged Networks
12 1 (0.094%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (7.89%) Data Warehouse
1 84 (7.89%) Power BI
2 75 (7.05%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 75 (7.05%) Oracle Reports
3 51 (4.79%) SQL Server
4 24 (2.26%) Tableau
5 16 (1.50%) MySQL
6 15 (1.41%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
7 6 (0.56%) GIS
8 5 (0.47%) Big Data
8 5 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.38%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.28%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.28%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.28%) Parquet
10 3 (0.28%) Power Query
10 3 (0.28%) Spark SQL
11 2 (0.19%) Looker
Development Applications
1 27 (2.54%) Git
2 22 (2.07%) JIRA
3 3 (0.28%) GitLab
4 1 (0.094%) ERwin
4 1 (0.094%) ESLint
4 1 (0.094%) NUnit
4 1 (0.094%) Selenium
4 1 (0.094%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.094%) Storybook
4 1 (0.094%) webpack
General
1 304 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 238 (22.37%) Finance
3 168 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (14.10%) Organisational Skills
5 77 (7.24%) Military
6 58 (5.45%) Esports
7 44 (4.14%) Retail
8 35 (3.29%) Local Government
9 31 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
10 27 (2.54%) Legal
11 26 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 25 (2.35%) Public Sector
13 16 (1.50%) Police
14 14 (1.32%) Marketing
14 14 (1.32%) Welsh Language
15 10 (0.94%) Billing
16 9 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (0.66%) Social Housing
18 6 (0.56%) Fire and Rescue
19 5 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 98 (9.21%) Analyst
2 68 (6.39%) Developer
3 57 (5.36%) Senior
4 44 (4.14%) SQL Developer
5 37 (3.48%) Technology Specialist
6 35 (3.29%) IT Support
7 32 (3.01%) Database Developer
7 32 (3.01%) SQL Database Developer
8 29 (2.73%) Architect
8 29 (2.73%) Lead
9 28 (2.63%) Instructor
10 26 (2.44%) Administrator
11 25 (2.35%) Database Engineer
12 24 (2.26%) Support Engineer
13 20 (1.88%) IT Engineer
14 19 (1.79%) IT Analyst
14 19 (1.79%) Senior Analyst
15 18 (1.69%) Head of IT
15 18 (1.69%) IT Administrator
15 18 (1.69%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.07%) .NET
2 13 (1.22%) Blazor
3 10 (0.94%) HTML
4 8 (0.75%) Bootstrap
4 8 (0.75%) HTML5
5 4 (0.38%) Dask
5 4 (0.38%) EDI
5 4 (0.38%) JSON
5 4 (0.38%) OAuth
5 4 (0.38%) Polars
5 4 (0.38%) PySpark
6 3 (0.28%) REST
6 3 (0.28%) XGBoost
7 2 (0.19%) CSS
7 2 (0.19%) Laravel
7 2 (0.19%) RESTful
7 2 (0.19%) Sass
7 2 (0.19%) Vue
7 2 (0.19%) Web Services
7 2 (0.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 556 (52.26%) Social Media
2 58 (5.45%) NHS
3 50 (4.70%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (3.10%) Management Information System
5 27 (2.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 21 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
7 16 (1.50%) Data Centre
8 14 (1.32%) Security Posture
9 13 (1.22%) Driving Licence
10 11 (1.03%) Onboarding
11 10 (0.94%) Credit Risk
12 8 (0.75%) IoT
13 7 (0.66%) Biopharmaceutical
14 6 (0.56%) Housing Association
14 6 (0.56%) iPad
14 6 (0.56%) Robotics
15 5 (0.47%) Analytical Mindset
16 4 (0.38%) CMDB
17 3 (0.28%) Freedom of Information
17 3 (0.28%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 563 (52.91%) Windows
2 503 (47.27%) Windows Vista
3 16 (1.50%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.13%) Linux
5 11 (1.03%) Windows 10
6 10 (0.94%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.56%) Android
7 6 (0.56%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.56%) Unix
8 5 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.38%) Solaris
10 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
2 173 (16.26%) ITIL
3 157 (14.76%) Computer Science
4 154 (14.47%) Analytics
5 122 (11.47%) Agile
6 119 (11.18%) Customer Experience
7 111 (10.43%) Customer Service
8 106 (9.96%) Service Management
9 99 (9.30%) Data Modelling
10 94 (8.83%) Data Management
10 94 (8.83%) DevOps
11 93 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
12 89 (8.36%) Data Integration
13 81 (7.61%) Business Analysis
14 72 (6.77%) Business Intelligence
15 71 (6.67%) Project Management
16 62 (5.83%) Collaborative Working
17 58 (5.45%) Line Management
18 57 (5.36%) Mathematics
19 52 (4.89%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 134 (12.59%) SQL
2 45 (4.23%) T-SQL
3 40 (3.76%) Python
4 18 (1.69%) R
5 17 (1.60%) PowerShell
6 14 (1.32%) Bicep
7 13 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (0.56%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.47%) PHP
10 4 (0.38%) C#
10 4 (0.38%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.28%) VB
12 2 (0.19%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.19%) VBA
13 1 (0.094%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.094%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 192 (18.05%) Degree
2 37 (3.48%) Master's Degree
3 25 (2.35%) Azure Certification
4 22 (2.07%) PMI Certification
5 21 (1.97%) PMP
6 20 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (1.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 14 (1.32%) ACCA
8 14 (1.32%) CEH
8 14 (1.32%) CIMA
8 14 (1.32%) CISA
8 14 (1.32%) CISM
8 14 (1.32%) CISSP
8 14 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (1.13%) MCSA
10 11 (1.03%) HNC
11 9 (0.85%) MCSE
12 8 (0.75%) AAT
12 8 (0.75%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (4.14%) SLA
2 21 (1.97%) GDPR
3 19 (1.79%) Accessibility
4 17 (1.60%) QA
5 16 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.41%) NIST
7 12 (1.13%) Data Quality
8 7 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.38%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.28%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.094%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.094%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.094%) GRC
11 1 (0.094%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.094%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.094%) PMO
System Software
1 93 (8.74%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.38%) Docker
4 4 (0.38%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.094%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.094%) Firmware
5 1 (0.094%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.094%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
3 7 (0.66%) SmoothWall
4 1 (0.094%) Ansible
4 1 (0.094%) Autotask
4 1 (0.094%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.094%) Grafana
4 1 (0.094%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.094%) SCCM
4 1 (0.094%) Terraform
Vendors
1 246 (23.12%) Microsoft
2 79 (7.42%) Oracle
3 31 (2.91%) Databricks
4 21 (1.97%) Meraki
5 18 (1.69%) NEC
6 14 (1.32%) Google
7 11 (1.03%) Apple
8 10 (0.94%) Cisco
8 10 (0.94%) Salesforce
9 9 (0.85%) Citrix
9 9 (0.85%) VMware
10 8 (0.75%) SAP
11 6 (0.56%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.47%) Adobe
13 4 (0.38%) Cognos
13 4 (0.38%) MobileIron
13 4 (0.38%) YouTube
14 3 (0.28%) SonicWALL
14 3 (0.28%) Zoho
15 2 (0.19%) Northgate