DBS Check Contracts in the UK excluding London

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 319 346 376
Rank change year-on-year +27 +30 -74
Contract jobs citing DBS Check 79 101 132
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.38% 0.44% 0.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.05% 1.35% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 74 103
10th Percentile £133 £135 £123
25th Percentile £160 £160 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £201 £185
Median % change year-on-year -0.62% +8.78% +0.68%
75th Percentile £235 £438 £256
90th Percentile £425 £535 £438
UK median daily rate £223 £201 £200
% change year-on-year +10.56% +0.63% -36.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 10 13
10th Percentile £11.71 £9.50 £14.00
25th Percentile £11.97 £10.45 £15.00
Median hourly rate £15.00 £14.22 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.47% -16.34% -14.87%
75th Percentile £19.62 £20.00 £17.16
90th Percentile £26.66 - £20.00
UK median hourly rate £15.00 £14.22 £17.00
% change year-on-year +5.47% -16.34% -13.08%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

DBS Check is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,489 7,477 8,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.92% 32.63% 26.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,361 4,959 5,284
10th Percentile £275 £300 £260
25th Percentile £425 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £719 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 959 573 526
10th Percentile £13.65 £13.51 £13.33
25th Percentile £17.66 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £41.27 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.40% +50.00% +14.01%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £67.13
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.84%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for DBS Check in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DBS Check in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for DBS Check in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DBS Check in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DBS Check in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DBS Check in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for DBS Check in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DBS Check in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DBS Check in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
North of England +32 28 £160 -61.21% 274
South East +13 22 £200 -11.11% 298
North West +10 15 £159 -62.65% 154
Yorkshire +30 12 £180 - 82
Midlands +18 9 £293 +95.00% 193
East of England +4 7 £300 +56.86% 129
West Midlands +9 5 £293 +95.00% 112
South West +6 5 £110 -76.09% 145
Scotland +27 4 £200 +25.00% 57
Wales +19 4 £220 +69.23% 41
East Midlands +9 4 - - 81
North East +12 1 - - 40
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (5.06%) WordPress
2 2 (2.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (17.72%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (11.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (11.39%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.53%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.27%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (2.53%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 18 (22.78%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.33%) Azure
3 4 (5.06%) MailChimp
4 2 (2.53%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.53%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.27%) GCP
5 1 (1.27%) IaaS
5 1 (1.27%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.27%) PaaS
5 1 (1.27%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.33%) Firewall
2 2 (2.53%) DHCP
2 2 (2.53%) DNS
2 2 (2.53%) LAN
2 2 (2.53%) Network Security
2 2 (2.53%) SMS
2 2 (2.53%) VLAN
2 2 (2.53%) Wireless
2 2 (2.53%) WLAN
3 1 (1.27%) Internet
3 1 (1.27%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.27%) Power BI
1 1 (1.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Hudson
General
1 31 (39.24%) Social Skills
2 11 (13.92%) Finance
3 7 (8.86%) Legal
3 7 (8.86%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (5.06%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.80%) Local Government
6 2 (2.53%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.53%) Billing
6 2 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.53%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.53%) Retail
7 1 (1.27%) Advertising
7 1 (1.27%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.27%) Military
7 1 (1.27%) Police
7 1 (1.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (17.72%) IT Support
2 13 (16.46%) Support Engineer
3 9 (11.39%) IT Engineer
3 9 (11.39%) Lead
4 8 (10.13%) Project Manager
5 7 (8.86%) Field Engineer
5 7 (8.86%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (7.59%) IT Technician
6 6 (7.59%) Team Leader
7 5 (6.33%) Database Engineer
7 5 (6.33%) Network Engineer
8 4 (5.06%) Analyst
8 4 (5.06%) Senior
9 3 (3.80%) Desktop Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) IT Support Technician
9 3 (3.80%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) Support Technician
10 2 (2.53%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 2 (2.53%) Project Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.19%) Driving Licence
1 12 (15.19%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.80%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.80%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (3.80%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.53%) SCADA
4 1 (1.27%) Handset
4 1 (1.27%) NHS
4 1 (1.27%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 15 (18.99%) Windows
2 6 (7.59%) Windows 10
3 5 (6.33%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.06%) Mac OS
4 4 (5.06%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (2.53%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
1 10 (12.66%) Project Management
2 9 (11.39%) Customer Service
2 9 (11.39%) Decision-Making
2 9 (11.39%) Housing Management
3 7 (8.86%) Case Management
4 5 (6.33%) Data Protection
4 5 (6.33%) Resource Management
5 4 (5.06%) Document Management
5 4 (5.06%) Time Management
6 3 (3.80%) Agile
6 3 (3.80%) Budget Management
6 3 (3.80%) Business Analysis
6 3 (3.80%) Customer Value Proposition
6 3 (3.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (3.80%) ITIL
6 3 (3.80%) Line Management
6 3 (3.80%) Performance Monitoring
6 3 (3.80%) Service Delivery
6 3 (3.80%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.53%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.27%) SQL
2 1 (1.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (7.59%) Degree
2 4 (5.06%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (3.80%) CCNA
4 2 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.27%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.27%) CCDA
5 1 (1.27%) CCIE
5 1 (1.27%) CCNP
5 1 (1.27%) JNCIA
5 1 (1.27%) MCDST
5 1 (1.27%) MCP
5 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.59%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.80%) GDPR
3 2 (2.53%) SLA
4 1 (1.27%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.27%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (21.52%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.33%) Hyper-V
2 5 (6.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (8.86%) SCCM
2 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.27%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 27 (34.18%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.86%) Cisco
3 5 (6.33%) Google
3 5 (6.33%) VMware
4 4 (5.06%) Hootsuite
4 4 (5.06%) Salesforce
4 4 (5.06%) SAP
5 2 (2.53%) Aruba
5 2 (2.53%) Dell
5 2 (2.53%) NEC
5 2 (2.53%) Northgate
5 2 (2.53%) Remedy
5 2 (2.53%) SonicWALL
5 2 (2.53%) WatchGuard
6 1 (1.27%) Adobe
6 1 (1.27%) AlgoSec
6 1 (1.27%) Apple
6 1 (1.27%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.27%) Juniper
6 1 (1.27%) Veeam