DBS Check Contracts in the North West

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 120 134 164
Rank change year-on-year +14 +30 -41
Contract jobs citing DBS Check 15 16 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.54% 0.53% 0.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.94% 1.79% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 16
10th Percentile £143 £341 £173
25th Percentile £147 £388 £194
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £159 £425 £325
Median % change year-on-year -62.65% +30.77% +85.71%
75th Percentile £172 £488 £531
90th Percentile £181 £536 £549
England median daily rate £262 £225 £200
% change year-on-year +16.22% +12.50% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile £10.57 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £15.00 - £15.31
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £26.66 - -
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
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 773 896 917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 27.69% 29.75% 22.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 588 610
10th Percentile £300 £363 £298
25th Percentile £416 £443 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £622 £600 £625
90th Percentile £725 £689 £675
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 68 58
10th Percentile £10.95 £19.81 £14.25
25th Percentile £11.94 £25.75 £17.13
Median hourly rate £16.06 £40.58 £40.68
Median % change year-on-year -60.43% -0.25% +33.67%
75th Percentile £43.10 £49.52 £61.73
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.03 £81.00
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for DBS Check in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for DBS Check in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for DBS Check in the North West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Hourly rate histogram for DBS Check in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West 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
Lancashire +9 6 - - 23
Merseyside +17 3 £140 -73.08% 38
Manchester +2 3 £168 -60.59% 84
Cheshire -5 2 - - 11
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (13.33%) MS Visio
1 2 (13.33%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Hudson
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Legal
4 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Finance
4 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Lead
1 6 (40.00%) Team Leader
2 4 (26.67%) IT Support
3 3 (20.00%) Support Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Coordinator
4 2 (13.33%) Project Coordinator
5 1 (6.67%) 1st Line Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (6.67%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Desktop Support
5 1 (6.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) IT Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) IT Support Technician
5 1 (6.67%) IT Technician
5 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (13.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
2 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
2 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (6.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
1 2 (13.33%) Data Analysis
1 2 (13.33%) Data Protection
1 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
1 2 (13.33%) Order Management
1 2 (13.33%) Problem Management
1 2 (13.33%) Product Management
1 2 (13.33%) Project Management
1 2 (13.33%) Resource Management
1 2 (13.33%) Time Management
2 1 (6.67%) Asset Management
2 1 (6.67%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (6.67%) Proactive Maintenance
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Accessibility
1 2 (13.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) SAP
2 1 (6.67%) Aruba
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft