DBS Check Contracts in the Thames Valley

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 133 169
Rank change year-on-year +10 +36 -9
Contract jobs citing DBS Check 7 9 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.33% 0.34% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.83% 0.84% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 10
10th Percentile £142 £139 £115
25th Percentile £143 £140 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £150 £136
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +10.09% -22.14%
75th Percentile £286 £178 £219
90th Percentile £428 £281 £247
South East median daily rate £150 £175 £143
% change year-on-year -14.29% +22.81% -58.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £11.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £14.60
South East median hourly rate - - £11.00
% change year-on-year - - -35.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 842 1,073 1,277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 39.36% 40.38% 32.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 689 917
10th Percentile £255 £213 £325
25th Percentile £404 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.90% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £600
90th Percentile £696 £680 £650
South East median daily rate £525 £528 £525
% change year-on-year -0.47% +0.48% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 60 24
10th Percentile £29.60 £16.23 £11.00
25th Percentile £48.18 £45.21 £15.38
Median hourly rate £61.50 £60.82 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% +189.63% -41.67%
75th Percentile £70.98 £72.33 £51.25
90th Percentile £100.00 £75.71 £76.43
South East median hourly rate £58.49 £60.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -2.52% +33.33% -2.01%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing DBS Check as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for DBS Check in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DBS Check in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for DBS Check in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DBS Check in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DBS Check in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DBS Check in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for DBS Check in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DBS Check within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +11 6 £145 -20.55% 16
Buckinghamshire +9 1 £140 -20.00% 13
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (28.57%) Confluence
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (57.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) ATM
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Trainer
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) EPoS Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Driving Licence
2 4 (57.14%) Mobile App
3 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
4 1 (14.29%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Customer Experience
1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
1 4 (57.14%) Time Management
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Budget Management
2 2 (28.57%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 2 (28.57%) Business Case
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) ITSM
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
2 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Service Management
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) PMO