Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 171 381 500
Rank change year-on-year +210 +119 +68
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 1,695 919 1,017
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.73% 0.87% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.20% 2.67% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,060 245 409
10th Percentile £24,500 £24,200 £25,400
25th Percentile £27,965 £30,265 £28,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £40,455
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +5.05% +1.14%
75th Percentile £48,122 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £61,250 £69,649 £72,664
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £43,423 £40,228
% change year-on-year -19.40% +7.94% +14.94%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

DBS Check is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,325 34,428 41,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.74% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,299 15,366 18,926
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,875
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,825 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% +5.14% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,863
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000

DBS Check
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DBS Check as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DBS Check in the UK

DBS Check
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DBS Check.

Salary trend for DBS Check in the UK

DBS Check
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBS Check over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for DBS Check in the UK

DBS Check
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 25 April 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
England +232 1,611 £35,000 -17.65% 503
UK excluding London +101 1,038 £35,000 -19.40% 406
London +337 603 £37,934 +14.95% 121
Work from Home +135 547 £45,000 +0.05% 162
South East +91 416 £39,870 +15.56% 121
North of England +43 201 £32,500 -29.35% 122
Midlands +68 194 £34,834 -18.04% 70
South West +74 108 £30,000 -13.67% 50
East Midlands +48 100 £35,000 +7.69% 36
North West +40 94 £31,500 -31.52% 63
West Midlands +26 94 £32,741 -34.52% 34
Yorkshire +63 89 £32,500 -26.71% 40
East of England +29 76 £37,528 +44.34% 29
Scotland -51 35 £39,000 -41.79% 15
North East -1 18 £57,000 +19.57% 21
Wales -8 10 £35,000 -22.18% 12
Northern Ireland - 2 - -

DBS Check
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 40 (2.36%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.59%) Confluence
4 6 (0.35%) WordPress
5 3 (0.18%) Apache
5 3 (0.18%) CMS
5 3 (0.18%) IIS
6 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.059%) Drupal
7 1 (0.059%) Moodle
7 1 (0.059%) nginx
7 1 (0.059%) SAS
Applications
1 325 (19.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 215 (12.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 205 (12.09%) Microsoft Office
4 97 (5.72%) Spreadsheet
5 12 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.41%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.24%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.12%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 9 (0.53%) Primavera
2 7 (0.41%) NEC Housing
3 6 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
3 6 (0.35%) SAP PLM
3 6 (0.35%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.24%) Visualfiles
5 3 (0.18%) iTrent
5 3 (0.18%) Raiser’s Edge
5 3 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.12%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.12%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.12%) Shopify
6 2 (0.12%) SystmOne
7 1 (0.059%) ContrOCC
7 1 (0.059%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.059%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 236 (13.92%) Azure
2 183 (10.80%) Microsoft 365
3 169 (9.97%) Power Platform
4 126 (7.43%) AWS
5 39 (2.30%) Serverless
6 36 (2.12%) Azure Data Factory
7 34 (2.01%) AWS Lambda
8 32 (1.89%) Google Workspace
9 29 (1.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 23 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (1.24%) GCP
12 19 (1.12%) Entra ID
13 16 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
14 12 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
15 11 (0.65%) Google Analytics
15 11 (0.65%) SaaS
16 10 (0.59%) IaaS
17 9 (0.53%) Asana
17 9 (0.53%) Google Tag Manager
17 9 (0.53%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 60 (3.54%) Wireless
2 49 (2.89%) DNS
3 48 (2.83%) TCP/IP
4 44 (2.60%) DHCP
4 44 (2.60%) LAN
5 39 (2.30%) Firewall
5 39 (2.30%) WAN
6 34 (2.01%) Network Security
7 28 (1.65%) VoIP
8 27 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
9 23 (1.36%) Internet
10 16 (0.94%) Broadband
11 13 (0.77%) VLAN
12 11 (0.65%) VPN
13 10 (0.59%) Structured Cabling
14 8 (0.47%) Intranet
15 7 (0.41%) SMS
16 6 (0.35%) SAN
17 4 (0.24%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 4 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (9.32%) Power BI
2 109 (6.43%) Tableau
3 57 (3.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 44 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (2.54%) SQL Server
6 39 (2.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 31 (1.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 30 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
9 26 (1.53%) DynamoDB
10 18 (1.06%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 12 (0.71%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 11 (0.65%) Data Lake
13 10 (0.59%) Power Query
14 9 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
15 7 (0.41%) Big Data
15 7 (0.41%) BigQuery
15 7 (0.41%) Looker
15 7 (0.41%) MySQL
16 6 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
17 5 (0.29%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 124 (7.32%) Git
2 29 (1.71%) GitLab
3 13 (0.77%) JIRA
4 4 (0.24%) Katalon Studio
4 4 (0.24%) Postman
4 4 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.18%) Hudson
5 3 (0.18%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.12%) Apache Continuum
6 2 (0.12%) gulp
6 2 (0.12%) JMeter
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.12%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.059%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.059%) fastlane
7 1 (0.059%) Gradle
7 1 (0.059%) Selenium
7 1 (0.059%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.059%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.059%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 954 (56.28%) Social Skills
2 436 (25.72%) Analytical Skills
3 419 (24.72%) Retail
4 259 (15.28%) Finance
5 245 (14.45%) German Language
6 177 (10.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 150 (8.85%) Organisational Skills
8 141 (8.32%) Marketing
9 127 (7.49%) Public Sector
10 99 (5.84%) Presentation Skills
11 58 (3.42%) Advertising
12 49 (2.89%) Legal
13 44 (2.60%) Local Government
14 38 (2.24%) Games
15 35 (2.06%) Telecoms
16 31 (1.83%) Aerospace
17 25 (1.47%) Police
18 22 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
19 18 (1.06%) Fire and Rescue
20 12 (0.71%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 239 (14.10%) Graduate
2 161 (9.50%) Senior
3 143 (8.44%) Analyst
4 115 (6.78%) Lead
5 83 (4.90%) Data Analyst
5 83 (4.90%) IT Support
6 78 (4.60%) Developer
7 73 (4.31%) Support Engineer
8 70 (4.13%) IT Engineer
9 64 (3.78%) IT Technician
10 51 (3.01%) Administrator
11 47 (2.77%) IT Support Engineer
12 46 (2.71%) Coordinator
13 45 (2.65%) Consultant
13 45 (2.65%) Field Engineer
13 45 (2.65%) IT Manager
13 45 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
14 40 (2.36%) Project Manager
15 39 (2.30%) Support Technician
16 38 (2.24%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (2.36%) .NET
2 33 (1.95%) EDI
3 30 (1.77%) GraphQL
4 29 (1.71%) Django
5 27 (1.59%) PySpark
6 26 (1.53%) RESTful
7 25 (1.47%) Pandas
7 25 (1.47%) scikit-learn
7 25 (1.47%) TensorFlow
8 19 (1.12%) CSS
9 16 (0.94%) React
10 14 (0.83%) .NET Core
11 13 (0.77%) Web Services
12 12 (0.71%) HTML
13 7 (0.41%) AngularJS
14 6 (0.35%) .NET Framework
14 6 (0.35%) XML
15 5 (0.29%) Entity Framework
15 5 (0.29%) Laravel
15 5 (0.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 326 (19.23%) Self-Motivation
2 295 (17.40%) Driving Licence
3 100 (5.90%) Management Information System
4 88 (5.19%) Social Media
5 63 (3.72%) Analytical Mindset
6 61 (3.60%) NHS
7 60 (3.54%) Photography
8 51 (3.01%) Onboarding
9 32 (1.89%) Algorithms
10 26 (1.53%) CCTV
11 25 (1.47%) Data Centre
12 20 (1.18%) e-Learning
13 16 (0.94%) Educational Technology
14 12 (0.71%) Learning Management System
15 9 (0.53%) PKI
16 8 (0.47%) Renewable Energy
17 7 (0.41%) Hybrid Cloud
17 7 (0.41%) VLE
18 6 (0.35%) 3D Printing
18 6 (0.35%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 249 (14.69%) Windows
2 96 (5.66%) Windows Server
3 68 (4.01%) Windows 10
4 46 (2.71%) Windows Server 2019
5 43 (2.54%) Mac OS
5 43 (2.54%) Windows Server 2016
6 29 (1.71%) Windows Server 2012
7 19 (1.12%) Windows 7
8 17 (1.00%) Android
9 16 (0.94%) Apple iOS
10 10 (0.59%) Windows Vista
11 9 (0.53%) Windows 8
12 6 (0.35%) Linux
13 2 (0.12%) Unix
14 1 (0.059%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 406 (23.95%) Problem-Solving
2 307 (18.11%) Customer Service
3 187 (11.03%) Customer Insight
4 161 (9.50%) Business Intelligence
5 148 (8.73%) Agile
6 140 (8.26%) Visualisation
7 139 (8.20%) Line Management
8 138 (8.14%) Mathematics
9 135 (7.96%) Project Management
10 131 (7.73%) Analytics
11 124 (7.32%) Actionable Insight
12 116 (6.84%) Data Analysis
12 116 (6.84%) Stakeholder Management
13 113 (6.67%) Storytelling
14 103 (6.08%) Root Cause Analysis
15 102 (6.02%) Data Pipeline
16 98 (5.78%) Mentoring
17 97 (5.72%) Decision-Making
18 96 (5.66%) Statistics
19 95 (5.60%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 274 (16.17%) SQL
2 144 (8.50%) Python
3 58 (3.42%) C#
4 35 (2.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 30 (1.77%) PowerShell
6 23 (1.36%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.06%) Java
8 16 (0.94%) TypeScript
9 14 (0.83%) T-SQL
10 12 (0.71%) VBA
11 6 (0.35%) PHP
12 5 (0.29%) VB
13 4 (0.24%) C++
13 4 (0.24%) Groovy
14 3 (0.18%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.12%) C
15 2 (0.12%) FoxPro (VFP)
15 2 (0.12%) JSX
15 2 (0.12%) R
15 2 (0.12%) Scala
Qualifications
1 587 (34.63%) Degree
2 76 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 72 (4.25%) Security Cleared
4 45 (2.65%) MCP
5 44 (2.60%) A+ Certification
6 42 (2.48%) Master's Degree
7 40 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
9 28 (1.65%) SC Cleared
10 26 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
11 25 (1.47%) CIPD
12 15 (0.88%) CCNP
12 15 (0.88%) Network+ Certification
13 12 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
14 10 (0.59%) CCNA
14 10 (0.59%) CISSP
15 9 (0.53%) CEH
16 8 (0.47%) APMG
16 8 (0.47%) PMI Certification
16 8 (0.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (8.38%) GDPR
2 53 (3.13%) QA
3 24 (1.42%) SLA
4 21 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (0.53%) Data Quality
7 8 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
7 8 (0.47%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (0.41%) PMO
9 6 (0.35%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.29%) NEBOSH
11 3 (0.18%) NCSC
11 3 (0.18%) NIST
12 1 (0.059%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 161 (9.50%) Active Directory
2 36 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (1.36%) Hyper-V
4 14 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
5 10 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.59%) vSphere
6 4 (0.24%) Docker
6 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.24%) Terminal Services
6 4 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.24%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.12%) KVM
7 2 (0.12%) XenApp
7 2 (0.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 26 (1.53%) SCCM
2 15 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (0.47%) Autotask
4 6 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (0.35%) PaperCut
5 5 (0.29%) SmoothWall
5 5 (0.29%) WSUS
6 4 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Clustering
6 4 (0.24%) SCOM
7 3 (0.18%) Consul
7 3 (0.18%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.18%) Packer
7 3 (0.18%) Terraform
8 2 (0.12%) Ansible
8 2 (0.12%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.059%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.059%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.059%) MobiControl
Vendors
1 488 (28.79%) Microsoft
2 104 (6.14%) Databricks
3 70 (4.13%) Google
4 44 (2.60%) Apple
5 38 (2.24%) VMware
6 30 (1.77%) ServiceNow
6 30 (1.77%) Thales
7 26 (1.53%) Sun
8 22 (1.30%) Cisco
9 20 (1.18%) HP
9 20 (1.18%) Oracle
10 12 (0.71%) Meraki
10 12 (0.71%) Salesforce
11 11 (0.65%) Datto
11 11 (0.65%) Veeam
12 10 (0.59%) Adobe
12 10 (0.59%) Aruba
13 8 (0.47%) Sage
13 8 (0.47%) SAP
14 7 (0.41%) NEC