Hybrid/Remote DBS Check Job Trends

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 16 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 154 160
Rank change year-on-year -32 +6 +159
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 271 363 699
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.36% 2.37% 2.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.37% 6.88% 7.64%
Number of salaries quoted 176 105 322
10th Percentile £26,099 £28,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £33,313 £36,246 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,315 £44,386
Median % change year-on-year -2.84% +4.34% -16.60%
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,750 £60,775
90th Percentile £78,250 £63,750 £65,000
UK median annual salary £43,000 £38,325 £37,917
% change year-on-year +12.20% +1.08% -14.50%

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 4,253 5,278 9,150
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.36% 34.43% 26.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,938 2,363 5,898
10th Percentile £33,350 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,667 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DBS Check and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

DBS Check job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing DBS Check.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing DBS Check

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing DBS Check over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

DBS Check salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.95%) CMS
2 4 (1.48%) Drupal
2 4 (1.48%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.11%) WordPress
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.37%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 24 (8.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.37%) CapCut
4 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.11%) Academy Housing
2 2 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.37%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.37%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 27 (9.96%) AWS
2 23 (8.49%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (8.49%) Power Platform
3 19 (7.01%) Azure
4 6 (2.21%) Entra ID
4 6 (2.21%) GCP
5 5 (1.85%) Google Workspace
5 5 (1.85%) SaaS
6 4 (1.48%) Serverless
7 3 (1.11%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.74%) Canva
8 2 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.37%) Asana
9 1 (0.37%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.37%) BrowserStack
9 1 (0.37%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.37%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.37%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.37%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.64%) Firewall
2 13 (4.80%) Wireless
3 7 (2.58%) Network Security
3 7 (2.58%) VoIP
4 6 (2.21%) LAN
4 6 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (1.85%) Unified Communications
6 4 (1.48%) DHCP
6 4 (1.48%) DNS
6 4 (1.48%) NAS
7 3 (1.11%) Internet
8 2 (0.74%) VLAN
9 1 (0.37%) DSL
9 1 (0.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.12%) Power BI
2 8 (2.95%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (2.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (1.48%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.11%) Tableau
6 2 (0.74%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.74%) GIS
6 2 (0.74%) Power Query
7 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (2.21%) JIRA
1 6 (2.21%) Visual Studio
2 3 (1.11%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.37%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.37%) Git
3 1 (0.37%) JMeter
3 1 (0.37%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.37%) Selenium
3 1 (0.37%) Snyk
General
1 121 (44.65%) Social Skills
2 39 (14.39%) Analytical Skills
2 39 (14.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 39 (14.39%) Organisational Skills
3 31 (11.44%) Finance
4 20 (7.38%) Legal
5 14 (5.17%) Local Government
6 13 (4.80%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (3.69%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.32%) Marketing
9 8 (2.95%) Law
9 8 (2.95%) Police
10 7 (2.58%) Publishing
10 7 (2.58%) Retail
11 5 (1.85%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.48%) Social Housing
13 3 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.74%) Fire and Rescue
14 2 (0.74%) Military
Job Titles
1 46 (16.97%) Lead
2 40 (14.76%) IT Support
3 33 (12.18%) Analyst
4 32 (11.81%) Support Technician
5 27 (9.96%) IT Technician
6 25 (9.23%) IT Support Technician
6 25 (9.23%) Senior
7 20 (7.38%) Support Engineer
8 19 (7.01%) Administrator
9 15 (5.54%) 2nd Line Support
9 15 (5.54%) Developer
9 15 (5.54%) IT Engineer
9 15 (5.54%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (5.54%) Programme Manager
10 14 (5.17%) Software Engineer
11 13 (4.80%) Lead Software Engineer
12 9 (3.32%) Data Manager
12 9 (3.32%) Lead Developer
12 9 (3.32%) Principal Developer
12 9 (3.32%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.80%) React
1 13 (4.80%) Web Services
2 4 (1.48%) TAPI
3 2 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.37%) JSON
4 1 (0.37%) Middleware
4 1 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.37%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.37%) Web Dynpro
4 1 (0.37%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (11.07%) Product Ownership
2 17 (6.27%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (4.80%) Cloud Native
3 13 (4.80%) e-Learning
3 13 (4.80%) Legacy Applications
3 13 (4.80%) Social Media
4 10 (3.69%) Driving Licence
4 10 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.95%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.58%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.48%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.11%) Educational Technology
8 3 (1.11%) Graphic Design
9 2 (0.74%) NHS
9 2 (0.74%) PMI
10 1 (0.37%) Blog
10 1 (0.37%) Clustering
10 1 (0.37%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.37%) Photography
10 1 (0.37%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 39 (14.39%) Windows
2 13 (4.80%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.58%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.48%) Linux
5 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (43.54%) Problem-Solving
2 84 (31.00%) Project Management
3 71 (26.20%) Project Delivery
4 68 (25.09%) Logistics
5 63 (23.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 54 (19.93%) Decision-Making
7 47 (17.34%) Agile
8 46 (16.97%) Customer Service
9 41 (15.13%) ITIL
10 36 (13.28%) Stakeholder Management
11 30 (11.07%) Mentoring
11 30 (11.07%) Service Delivery
12 27 (9.96%) AI
13 26 (9.59%) Coaching
14 24 (8.86%) User Experience
15 23 (8.49%) Business Intelligence
16 22 (8.12%) CI/CD
17 20 (7.38%) Collaborative Working
17 20 (7.38%) Scrum
17 20 (7.38%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 27 (9.96%) SQL
2 20 (7.38%) Python
3 14 (5.17%) Java
3 14 (5.17%) JavaScript
4 13 (4.80%) TypeScript
5 5 (1.85%) R
6 4 (1.48%) Ada
6 4 (1.48%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.11%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.74%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.37%) ABAP
9 1 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 52 (19.19%) Degree
2 14 (5.17%) PMI Certification
3 12 (4.43%) PMP
3 12 (4.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 5 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (1.85%) CCNP
4 5 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.48%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 4 (1.48%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.74%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.74%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (0.74%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.74%) Postgraduate
7 2 (0.74%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.37%) CISSP
8 1 (0.37%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.37%) PhD
8 1 (0.37%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.23%) QA
2 16 (5.90%) GDPR
3 13 (4.80%) ISO 9001
4 10 (3.69%) Accessibility
4 10 (3.69%) SLA
5 5 (1.85%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.74%) GMP
7 2 (0.74%) GRC
7 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.74%) PMO
8 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.37%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (3.32%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.11%) BitLocker
2 3 (1.11%) Terminal Services
2 3 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.74%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (3.69%) SCCM
2 6 (2.21%) Ansible
2 6 (2.21%) Puppet
2 6 (2.21%) Terraform
3 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.48%) Autotask
4 4 (1.48%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 70 (25.83%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.69%) Cisco
2 10 (3.69%) Fortinet
2 10 (3.69%) SonicWALL
3 8 (2.95%) Google
3 8 (2.95%) Oracle
4 5 (1.85%) Adobe
4 5 (1.85%) Aruba
4 5 (1.85%) Juniper
4 5 (1.85%) Meraki
4 5 (1.85%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.11%) Barracuda Networks
5 3 (1.11%) Informatica
5 3 (1.11%) Sophos
5 3 (1.11%) VMware
6 2 (0.74%) ESRI
6 2 (0.74%) HP
6 2 (0.74%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.37%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.37%) Ubiquiti