DBS Check Jobs with Work from Home Options

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work 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 143 387 566
Rank change year-on-year +244 +179 -4
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 623 201 375
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.23% 0.61% 0.48%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.08% 2.25% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 222 70 239
10th Percentile £24,196 £25,975 £27,125
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,563 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,672 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% +5.94% +8.11%
75th Percentile £60,918 £81,750 £61,588
90th Percentile £71,250 £87,500 £87,338
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
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,707 8,918 18,247
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.59% 27.17% 23.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4,422 5,570 9,177
10th Percentile £33,755 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,999 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £58,454
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +2.64% +6.28%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing DBS Check as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

DBS Check trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing DBS Check.

DBS Check salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing DBS Check over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

DBS Check salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (0.96%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.64%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.32%) CMS
4 2 (0.32%) Confluence
5 1 (0.16%) SAS
5 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 69 (11.08%) Microsoft Office
2 65 (10.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.64%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 54 (8.67%) NEC Housing
2 3 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.32%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.32%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 189 (30.34%) AWS
2 103 (16.53%) Azure
3 55 (8.83%) Power Platform
4 54 (8.67%) Microsoft 365
5 44 (7.06%) Serverless
6 39 (6.26%) AWS Lambda
7 20 (3.21%) Figma
8 16 (2.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 15 (2.41%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (1.77%) SaaS
12 10 (1.61%) Entra ID
13 9 (1.44%) Asana
14 7 (1.12%) Google Workspace
14 7 (1.12%) IaaS
15 6 (0.96%) BigCommerce
16 5 (0.80%) GCP
16 5 (0.80%) Google Analytics
16 5 (0.80%) Google Tag Manager
17 3 (0.48%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.89%) TCP/IP
2 15 (2.41%) Firewall
3 13 (2.09%) WAN
4 11 (1.77%) LAN
5 10 (1.61%) VLAN
6 9 (1.44%) DHCP
6 9 (1.44%) Wireless
7 8 (1.28%) Internet
7 8 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (1.12%) DNS
8 7 (1.12%) Fibre Channel
8 7 (1.12%) SAN
9 5 (0.80%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.48%) HTTP
11 2 (0.32%) 4G
11 2 (0.32%) DMVPN
11 2 (0.32%) Network Security
11 2 (0.32%) VPN
11 2 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (30.98%) Tableau
2 55 (8.83%) Power BI
3 36 (5.78%) Amazon RDS
3 36 (5.78%) DynamoDB
4 25 (4.01%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 16 (2.57%) SQL Server
6 16 (2.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 16 (2.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 15 (2.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 10 (1.61%) Oracle Database
9 7 (1.12%) Big Data
10 4 (0.64%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.64%) Looker
11 3 (0.48%) MySQL
11 3 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.48%) Power Query
12 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.16%) MongoDB
12 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 208 (33.39%) Git
2 39 (6.26%) GitLab
3 23 (3.69%) JIRA
4 10 (1.61%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (0.48%) Axure RP
5 3 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.32%) Apache Continuum
6 2 (0.32%) gulp
6 2 (0.32%) Katalon Studio
6 2 (0.32%) Postman
7 1 (0.16%) fastlane
7 1 (0.16%) JMeter
7 1 (0.16%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 430 (69.02%) Social Skills
2 198 (31.78%) Analytical Skills
3 188 (30.18%) Retail
4 175 (28.09%) Presentation Skills
5 81 (13.00%) Finance
6 64 (10.27%) Police
7 61 (9.79%) Local Government
8 59 (9.47%) Public Sector
9 53 (8.51%) Marketing
10 43 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
11 36 (5.78%) Legal
12 33 (5.30%) Games
12 33 (5.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 20 (3.21%) Social Housing
14 19 (3.05%) Aerospace
14 19 (3.05%) Billing
15 18 (2.89%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (1.28%) Back Office
18 7 (1.12%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 187 (30.02%) Senior
2 161 (25.84%) Analyst
3 144 (23.11%) Data Analyst
4 113 (18.14%) Senior Analyst
5 110 (17.66%) Senior Data Analyst
6 55 (8.83%) Lead
7 51 (8.19%) Developer
8 46 (7.38%) Data Scientist
9 45 (7.22%) Senior Data Scientist
10 32 (5.14%) Coordinator
10 32 (5.14%) Lead Data Analyst
11 27 (4.33%) Administrator
11 27 (4.33%) Product Manager
12 26 (4.17%) Software Developer
13 19 (3.05%) Software Engineer
14 18 (2.89%) AWS Engineer
14 18 (2.89%) Project Manager
14 18 (2.89%) Python Engineer
14 18 (2.89%) SQL Developer
15 17 (2.73%) Business Intelligence Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (7.22%) Pandas
1 45 (7.22%) PySpark
1 45 (7.22%) scikit-learn
1 45 (7.22%) TensorFlow
2 40 (6.42%) GraphQL
3 39 (6.26%) Django
4 36 (5.78%) RESTful
5 21 (3.37%) .NET
6 19 (3.05%) CSS
7 16 (2.57%) REST
8 12 (1.93%) HTML
8 12 (1.93%) XML
9 11 (1.77%) .NET Core
9 11 (1.77%) JSON
10 10 (1.61%) Ruby on Rails
10 10 (1.61%) SOAP
10 10 (1.61%) Web Services
11 8 (1.28%) React
12 4 (0.64%) Apollo GraphQL
13 3 (0.48%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 51 (8.19%) Algorithms
2 46 (7.38%) Self-Motivation
3 38 (6.10%) Management Information System
4 31 (4.98%) NHS
5 21 (3.37%) Mobile App
6 13 (2.09%) Social Media
7 8 (1.28%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
7 8 (1.28%) Replication
8 7 (1.12%) Clustering
8 7 (1.12%) Driving Licence
9 6 (0.96%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.80%) Chip and PIN
11 3 (0.48%) Acoustics
11 3 (0.48%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.48%) Freedom of Information
11 3 (0.48%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.48%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.48%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.32%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 34 (5.46%) Windows
2 21 (3.37%) Windows Server
3 10 (1.61%) Windows 10
4 8 (1.28%) Android
4 8 (1.28%) Linux
5 6 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (0.80%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.80%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (45.91%) Problem-Solving
2 204 (32.74%) Actionable Insight
3 202 (32.42%) Visualisation
4 195 (31.30%) Mathematics
4 195 (31.30%) Storytelling
5 186 (29.86%) Statistics
6 177 (28.41%) Root Cause Analysis
7 173 (27.77%) Analytics
8 164 (26.32%) Data Pipeline
9 144 (23.11%) Data Analysis
10 131 (21.03%) Business Strategy
11 127 (20.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 126 (20.22%) Customer Intelligence
13 116 (18.62%) Agile
14 98 (15.73%) Decision-Making
15 69 (11.08%) Customer Service
16 68 (10.91%) Customer Experience
16 68 (10.91%) Project Management
17 63 (10.11%) Project Delivery
18 59 (9.47%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 269 (43.18%) SQL
2 236 (37.88%) Python
3 27 (4.33%) C#
4 18 (2.89%) PowerShell
5 13 (2.09%) Java
6 11 (1.77%) C
7 10 (1.61%) PL/SQL
7 10 (1.61%) Ruby
8 9 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (1.12%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.12%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.32%) Groovy
10 2 (0.32%) VBA
11 1 (0.16%) JSX
11 1 (0.16%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 279 (44.78%) Degree
2 50 (8.03%) Master's Degree
3 48 (7.70%) Security Cleared
4 37 (5.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (3.05%) SC Cleared
6 17 (2.73%) CIPD
6 17 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (2.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.61%) CEH
8 10 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
8 10 (1.61%) PMI Certification
8 10 (1.61%) PMP
9 6 (0.96%) ACCA
9 6 (0.96%) CIMA
10 4 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.64%) MCSE
10 4 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.32%) AAT
12 2 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (8.99%) Accessibility
2 42 (6.74%) QA
3 13 (2.09%) Data Quality
4 12 (1.93%) GDPR
5 7 (1.12%) SLA
6 4 (0.64%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (0.64%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.32%) NIST
7 2 (0.32%) PMO
8 1 (0.16%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.16%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 17 (2.73%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.09%) Hyper-V
3 11 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.12%) Terminal Services
5 6 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.96%) vSphere
6 2 (0.32%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 7 (1.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 7 (1.12%) Microsoft Clustering
1 7 (1.12%) SCCM
1 7 (1.12%) SCOM
2 6 (0.96%) Autotask
3 3 (0.48%) Consul
3 3 (0.48%) Packer
3 3 (0.48%) Terraform
4 2 (0.32%) Ansible
4 2 (0.32%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.32%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 196 (31.46%) Databricks
2 152 (24.40%) Microsoft
3 54 (8.67%) NEC
4 21 (3.37%) VMware
5 19 (3.05%) Thales
6 13 (2.09%) Google
6 13 (2.09%) Oracle
7 11 (1.77%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.12%) Cisco
9 6 (0.96%) Veeam
10 5 (0.80%) Apple
10 5 (0.80%) Fortinet
10 5 (0.80%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.80%) Sun
11 4 (0.64%) Adobe
11 4 (0.64%) Datto
11 4 (0.64%) YouTube
12 3 (0.48%) Aruba
12 3 (0.48%) Facebook
12 3 (0.48%) SolarWinds