DBS Check Job Trends in Kent

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 5 46
Rank change year-on-year -73 +41 +31
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 10 112 37
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.64% 15.22% 2.83%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.09% 46.28% 14.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1 106 34
10th Percentile - - £35,000
25th Percentile - £34,988 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £38,325 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.94% -4.19% -11.11%
75th Percentile - £41,663 £48,750
90th Percentile - £45,000 £50,747
South East median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +2.56% -13.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 324 242 257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 20.78% 32.88% 19.65%
Number of salaries quoted 127 209 160
10th Percentile £26,890 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £34,988 £34,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £38,325 £44,250
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% -13.39% -4.84%
75th Percentile £62,500 £46,500 £63,420
90th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £75,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £51,300 £52,500
% change year-on-year +16.96% -2.29% -

DBS Check
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DBS Check relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Kent.

DBS Check job vacancy trend in Kent

DBS Check
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing DBS Check.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing DBS Check

DBS Check
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBS Check within the Kent region over the 6 months to 1 August 2026. 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
Tunbridge Wells - 6 - -
Maidstone -23 1 - - 1
Dartford - 1 - - 1
Deal - 1 - -
DBS Check
South East

DBS Check
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Wireless
2 1 (10.00%) DHCP
2 1 (10.00%) DNS
2 1 (10.00%) Firewall
2 1 (10.00%) LAN
2 1 (10.00%) WLAN
General
1 7 (70.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (60.00%) Local Government
3 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Finance
5 1 (10.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Trainee
2 2 (20.00%) IT Support
2 2 (20.00%) Systems Support
3 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support Technician
3 1 (10.00%) IT Technician
3 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Support Officer
3 1 (10.00%) Support Technician
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (30.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (10.00%) AI
3 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (10.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (10.00%) Information Management
3 1 (10.00%) ITSM
3 1 (10.00%) Line Management
3 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (10.00%) Ticket Management
3 1 (10.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Facebook
1 7 (70.00%) Instagram
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) HP