DBS Check Contracts in the Midlands

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 142 167
Rank change year-on-year +9 +25 -24
Contract jobs citing DBS Check 8 16 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.27% 0.50% 0.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.84% 1.84% 3.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 29
10th Percentile - £127 £130
25th Percentile £178 £143 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £150 £180
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% -16.67% +6.67%
75th Percentile £193 £316 £250
90th Percentile - £478 £438
England median daily rate £262 £225 £200
% change year-on-year +16.22% +12.50% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 4
10th Percentile £9.29 - £12.00
25th Percentile £13.38 £9.50 £13.13
Median hourly rate £19.08 £13.88 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +37.48% -19.57% +3.76%
75th Percentile £23.75 £20.00 £20.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £15.00 £14.22 £17.00
% change year-on-year +5.47% -16.34% -7.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 951 869 1,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.26% 27.00% 20.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 596 563 702
10th Percentile £255 £313 £205
25th Percentile £337 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +16.67% +8.43%
75th Percentile £589 £625 £550
90th Percentile £688 £700 £638
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 49 33
10th Percentile £13.30 £10.77 £11.60
25th Percentile £17.00 £12.50 £13.75
Median hourly rate £24.65 £20.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.25% - +23.08%
75th Percentile £42.50 £40.25 £25.25
90th Percentile £58.25 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for DBS Check in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for DBS Check in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for DBS Check in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DBS Check in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DBS Check in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
West Midlands +11 4 £185 +23.33% 115
East Midlands +6 4 - - 103
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Acrobat
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) SMS
2 1 (12.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Local Government
2 2 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) Advertising
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Fire and Rescue
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Police
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Development Officer
2 2 (25.00%) IT Support
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Buyer
3 1 (12.50%) ICT Technician
3 1 (12.50%) IT Buyer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support Technician
3 1 (12.50%) IT Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Senior IT Support
3 1 (12.50%) Senior IT Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Support Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Agile
1 3 (37.50%) Performance Monitoring
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Housing Management
3 1 (12.50%) Business Development
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 1 (12.50%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
3 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
1 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) MCDST
1 1 (12.50%) MCP
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) NEC
1 2 (25.00%) Northgate
2 1 (12.50%) Adobe