DBS Check Jobs in England

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 156 385 524
Rank change year-on-year +229 +139 +62
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 1,736 697 931
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.82% 0.85% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.77% 2.52% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 968 208 393
10th Percentile £24,196 £24,350 £26,000
25th Percentile £28,229 £28,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £44,673 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.06% +7.64% +19.43%
75th Percentile £48,742 £60,000 £51,696
90th Percentile £61,250 £69,649 £72,907
UK median annual salary £37,917 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -15.74% +5.88% +13.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,654 27,711 39,123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.84% 33.76% 27.08%
Number of salaries quoted 15,775 12,833 16,968
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,734 £42,500 £40,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -

DBS Check
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for DBS Check in England

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Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DBS Check in England.

Salary trend for DBS Check in England

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBS Check in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for DBS Check in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBS Check within the England 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +318 656 £42,500 - 317
South East +83 414 £40,000 +11.11% 313
North of England +86 249 £32,500 -31.58% 314
Midlands +83 218 £32,500 -36.27% 216
East Midlands +68 119 £34,834 +7.18% 102
North West +32 115 £31,000 -31.87% 168
Yorkshire +92 114 £32,500 -29.23% 112
South West +47 112 £31,000 -48.33% 191
West Midlands +31 99 £30,000 -43.40% 113
East of England -27 71 £37,939 +45.92% 138
North East -9 20 £39,000 -18.19% 36
South Coast - 1 £35,000 -
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DBS Check
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 44 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.46%) Confluence
4 6 (0.35%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.29%) CMS
6 3 (0.17%) Apache
6 3 (0.17%) IIS
7 2 (0.12%) WordPress
8 1 (0.058%) Drupal
8 1 (0.058%) Moodle
8 1 (0.058%) nginx
8 1 (0.058%) SAS
Applications
1 330 (19.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 217 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
3 216 (12.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.23%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.12%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 18 (1.04%) NEC Housing
2 9 (0.52%) Primavera
3 6 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
3 6 (0.35%) SAP PLM
3 6 (0.35%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.23%) Raiser’s Edge
4 4 (0.23%) Visualfiles
5 3 (0.17%) iTrent
5 3 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.12%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.12%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.12%) Shopify
7 1 (0.058%) ContrOCC
7 1 (0.058%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.058%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.058%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 216 (12.44%) Azure
2 206 (11.87%) Microsoft 365
3 197 (11.35%) AWS
4 150 (8.64%) Power Platform
5 45 (2.59%) Serverless
6 40 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
7 36 (2.07%) Google Workspace
8 34 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
9 29 (1.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 22 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (0.92%) GCP
12 14 (0.81%) Entra ID
13 13 (0.75%) IaaS
14 12 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (0.69%) Google Analytics
15 11 (0.63%) SaaS
16 10 (0.58%) Google Tag Manager
17 9 (0.52%) Asana
17 9 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
17 9 (0.52%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 63 (3.63%) Wireless
2 50 (2.88%) TCP/IP
3 46 (2.65%) DNS
4 45 (2.59%) LAN
5 42 (2.42%) DHCP
6 41 (2.36%) WAN
7 36 (2.07%) Firewall
7 36 (2.07%) Network Security
8 24 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
9 23 (1.32%) Internet
10 22 (1.27%) VoIP
11 16 (0.92%) Broadband
12 14 (0.81%) VLAN
13 13 (0.75%) Structured Cabling
14 9 (0.52%) SAN
15 8 (0.46%) Intranet
16 7 (0.40%) Fibre Channel
16 7 (0.40%) SMS
16 7 (0.40%) VPN
17 4 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (11.18%) Tableau
2 139 (8.01%) Power BI
3 49 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
3 49 (2.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 36 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
4 36 (2.07%) DynamoDB
5 34 (1.96%) SQL Server
6 33 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 25 (1.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 18 (1.04%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 14 (0.81%) Data Lake
10 11 (0.63%) Big Data
10 11 (0.63%) Power Query
11 10 (0.58%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (0.40%) BigQuery
13 7 (0.40%) Looker
14 6 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
15 3 (0.17%) MySQL
15 3 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 212 (12.21%) Git
2 39 (2.25%) GitLab
3 11 (0.63%) JIRA
4 4 (0.23%) gulp
4 4 (0.23%) Katalon Studio
4 4 (0.23%) Postman
4 4 (0.23%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.17%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.12%) Apache Continuum
6 2 (0.12%) JMeter
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.058%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.058%) fastlane
7 1 (0.058%) Gradle
7 1 (0.058%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.058%) MSI
7 1 (0.058%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.058%) Selenium
7 1 (0.058%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.058%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,020 (58.76%) Social Skills
2 499 (28.74%) Retail
3 484 (27.88%) Analytical Skills
4 245 (14.11%) German Language
5 226 (13.02%) Finance
6 177 (10.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 163 (9.39%) Presentation Skills
8 148 (8.53%) Organisational Skills
9 147 (8.47%) Marketing
10 62 (3.57%) Advertising
11 61 (3.51%) Local Government
12 51 (2.94%) Public Sector
13 48 (2.76%) Legal
14 39 (2.25%) Games
15 37 (2.13%) Telecoms
16 35 (2.02%) Police
17 28 (1.61%) Aerospace
18 27 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
19 22 (1.27%) Billing
20 20 (1.15%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 249 (14.34%) Senior
2 239 (13.77%) Graduate
3 201 (11.58%) Analyst
4 148 (8.53%) Data Analyst
5 112 (6.45%) Lead
6 109 (6.28%) Senior Analyst
7 102 (5.88%) Senior Data Analyst
8 95 (5.47%) IT Support
9 79 (4.55%) Support Engineer
10 78 (4.49%) Developer
11 77 (4.44%) IT Technician
12 73 (4.21%) IT Engineer
13 53 (3.05%) IT Support Engineer
14 51 (2.94%) Consultant
15 48 (2.76%) Data Scientist
15 48 (2.76%) Project Manager
16 47 (2.71%) Coordinator
17 46 (2.65%) Senior Data Scientist
17 46 (2.65%) Support Technician
18 45 (2.59%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (2.71%) PySpark
2 45 (2.59%) Pandas
2 45 (2.59%) scikit-learn
2 45 (2.59%) TensorFlow
3 41 (2.36%) GraphQL
4 40 (2.30%) .NET
5 39 (2.25%) Django
6 36 (2.07%) EDI
6 36 (2.07%) RESTful
7 19 (1.09%) CSS
8 16 (0.92%) React
9 13 (0.75%) .NET Core
10 12 (0.69%) HTML
10 12 (0.69%) Web Services
11 7 (0.40%) .NET Framework
12 6 (0.35%) REST
12 6 (0.35%) XML
13 5 (0.29%) Entity Framework
13 5 (0.29%) Next.js
13 5 (0.29%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 325 (18.72%) Self-Motivation
2 289 (16.65%) Driving Licence
3 98 (5.65%) Management Information System
4 80 (4.61%) Social Media
5 66 (3.80%) NHS
6 57 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
7 54 (3.11%) Algorithms
7 54 (3.11%) Photography
8 53 (3.05%) Onboarding
9 25 (1.44%) CCTV
10 23 (1.32%) Data Centre
11 20 (1.15%) e-Learning
12 15 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
13 12 (0.69%) Learning Management System
14 11 (0.63%) Data Structures
15 9 (0.52%) PKI
16 8 (0.46%) Educational Technology
16 8 (0.46%) Replication
16 8 (0.46%) Video\Live Streaming
17 7 (0.40%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 263 (15.15%) Windows
2 110 (6.34%) Windows Server
3 73 (4.21%) Windows 10
4 46 (2.65%) Mac OS
5 44 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
6 41 (2.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 27 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
8 19 (1.09%) Windows 7
9 17 (0.98%) Android
9 17 (0.98%) Apple iOS
10 13 (0.75%) Linux
11 7 (0.40%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.17%) Unix
13 1 (0.058%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.058%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 487 (28.05%) Problem-Solving
2 309 (17.80%) Customer Service
3 225 (12.96%) Mathematics
3 225 (12.96%) Visualisation
4 208 (11.98%) Actionable Insight
5 200 (11.52%) Storytelling
6 199 (11.46%) Analytics
7 187 (10.77%) Customer Insight
8 180 (10.37%) Root Cause Analysis
8 180 (10.37%) Statistics
9 176 (10.14%) Data Analysis
10 174 (10.02%) Data Pipeline
11 159 (9.16%) Agile
12 148 (8.53%) Project Management
13 147 (8.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 144 (8.29%) Business Intelligence
15 142 (8.18%) Line Management
16 140 (8.06%) Business Strategy
17 126 (7.26%) Customer Intelligence
18 121 (6.97%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 353 (20.33%) SQL
2 251 (14.46%) Python
3 58 (3.34%) C#
4 35 (2.02%) PowerShell
5 31 (1.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 21 (1.21%) JavaScript
7 20 (1.15%) Java
8 15 (0.86%) TypeScript
9 14 (0.81%) T-SQL
10 12 (0.69%) VBA
11 6 (0.35%) C++
12 5 (0.29%) Scala
12 5 (0.29%) VB
13 4 (0.23%) C
13 4 (0.23%) Groovy
13 4 (0.23%) R
14 3 (0.17%) JSX
14 3 (0.17%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.12%) Fortran
15 2 (0.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 654 (37.67%) Degree
2 77 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 73 (4.21%) Security Cleared
4 59 (3.40%) Master's Degree
5 47 (2.71%) MCP
6 43 (2.48%) A+ Certification
7 42 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 40 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 31 (1.79%) SC Cleared
10 29 (1.67%) CIPD
11 18 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
12 12 (0.69%) Network+ Certification
13 11 (0.63%) CCNP
13 11 (0.63%) CEH
14 8 (0.46%) APMG
14 8 (0.46%) PMI Certification
14 8 (0.46%) PMP
15 7 (0.40%) CCNA
15 7 (0.40%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (3.34%) GDPR
2 53 (3.05%) QA
3 35 (2.02%) SLA
4 23 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (0.98%) Accessibility
5 17 (0.98%) Data Quality
6 12 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
7 8 (0.46%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.35%) PMO
10 5 (0.29%) NEBOSH
11 3 (0.17%) NCSC
11 3 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 164 (9.45%) Active Directory
2 30 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (1.27%) Hyper-V
4 16 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
5 10 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.40%) Terminal Services
7 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.35%) vSphere
8 4 (0.23%) VMware Server
9 3 (0.17%) Docker
10 2 (0.12%) KVM
10 2 (0.12%) XenApp
10 2 (0.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 25 (1.44%) SCCM
2 11 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (0.52%) Autotask
4 7 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Clustering
4 7 (0.40%) SCOM
5 6 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.17%) Consul
6 3 (0.17%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.17%) Packer
6 3 (0.17%) Terraform
7 2 (0.12%) Ansible
7 2 (0.12%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (0.12%) PaperCut
7 2 (0.12%) Rundeck
8 1 (0.058%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.058%) MobiControl
8 1 (0.058%) SmoothWall
8 1 (0.058%) WSUS
Vendors
1 507 (29.21%) Microsoft
2 195 (11.23%) Databricks
3 78 (4.49%) Google
4 44 (2.53%) Apple
5 36 (2.07%) VMware
6 28 (1.61%) ServiceNow
6 28 (1.61%) Sun
7 24 (1.38%) Thales
8 18 (1.04%) NEC
8 18 (1.04%) Oracle
9 16 (0.92%) Cisco
9 16 (0.92%) HP
10 13 (0.75%) Veeam
11 12 (0.69%) Salesforce
12 11 (0.63%) Datto
13 10 (0.58%) Adobe
13 10 (0.58%) Meraki
14 8 (0.46%) Facebook
14 8 (0.46%) SAP
15 7 (0.40%) Sage