DBS Check Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 300 340 372
Rank change year-on-year +40 +32 -57
Contract jobs citing DBS Check 78 83 145
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.44% 0.38% 0.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.27% 1.13% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 51 117
10th Percentile £105 £140 £130
25th Percentile £143 £159 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £200 £200
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% - -28.57%
75th Percentile £355 £449 £413
90th Percentile £505 £565 £548
UK median daily rate £169 £200 £225
% change year-on-year -15.63% -11.11% -35.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 8
10th Percentile - £14.54 -
25th Percentile £11.71 £14.57 £11.00
Median hourly rate £12.43 £16.50 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.70% +17.86% -13.85%
75th Percentile £21.10 £25.27 £20.00
90th Percentile £36.88 £33.67 £49.63
UK median hourly rate £17.46 £16.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year +5.83% -10.81% +13.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,122 7,368 8,584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.35% 34.01% 27.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,604 4,565 5,771
10th Percentile £285 £281 £290
25th Percentile £413 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year - +1.94% +8.42%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 562 607 582
10th Percentile £16.32 £15.33 £13.41
25th Percentile £25.36 £23.00 £18.60
Median hourly rate £52.35 £51.89 £44.66
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +16.19% +58.09%
75th Percentile £69.73 £70.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £79.92 £78.14 £74.45
UK median hourly rate £49.00 £54.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -9.26% +20.00% +38.46%

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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 20 September 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 20 September 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 20 September 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 +30 19 £335 -34.63% 149
South West +27 19 £145 -42.00% 75
South East +9 14 £163 -17.72% 102
West Midlands +13 11 £145 -46.30% 47
Midlands +8 11 £145 -34.09% 91
Yorkshire +18 10 £220 -63.33% 58
East of England +26 9 £163 -14.47% 56
North West +15 9 £450 +2.27% 79
Wales +15 6 £220 +17.33% 15
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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 10 (12.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.56%) Confluence
2 2 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (26.92%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (17.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (17.95%) MS Visio
3 4 (5.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (5.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (10.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.85%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 17 (21.79%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (14.10%) Azure
3 4 (5.13%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (2.56%) AWS
5 1 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.28%) GCP
5 1 (1.28%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.28%) IaaS
5 1 (1.28%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.97%) VPN
2 4 (5.13%) Firewall
3 2 (2.56%) LAN
3 2 (2.56%) WLAN
4 1 (1.28%) ADSL
4 1 (1.28%) DHCP
4 1 (1.28%) DNS
4 1 (1.28%) Internet
4 1 (1.28%) IPv4
4 1 (1.28%) IPv6
4 1 (1.28%) Network Security
4 1 (1.28%) WAN
4 1 (1.28%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (5.13%) GCC
2 2 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 28 (35.90%) Social Skills
2 13 (16.67%) Local Government
3 12 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 8 (10.26%) Finance
5 7 (8.97%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (5.13%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.85%) Fire and Rescue
7 3 (3.85%) Police
8 1 (1.28%) Aviation
8 1 (1.28%) Front Office
8 1 (1.28%) Legal
8 1 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (12.82%) IT Support
1 10 (12.82%) Trainer
2 7 (8.97%) IT Engineer
3 6 (7.69%) Analyst
3 6 (7.69%) IT Technician
3 6 (7.69%) Support Engineer
4 4 (5.13%) Cutover Manager
4 4 (5.13%) ERP Manager
4 4 (5.13%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (5.13%) Lead
4 4 (5.13%) Workstream Lead
5 3 (3.85%) Database Engineer
5 3 (3.85%) Rollout Engineer
5 3 (3.85%) Support Specialist
5 3 (3.85%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (2.56%) Field Engineer
6 2 (2.56%) Hardware Technician
6 2 (2.56%) Network Engineer
6 2 (2.56%) PMO Analyst
7 1 (1.28%) ICT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.95%) Driving Licence
2 13 (16.67%) Mobile App
3 9 (11.54%) Management Information System
4 5 (6.41%) NHS
5 4 (5.13%) Biopharmaceutical
5 4 (5.13%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (3.85%) CCTV
7 2 (2.56%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.28%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.28%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 15 (19.23%) Windows
2 8 (10.26%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.85%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.56%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (19.23%) Project Management
1 15 (19.23%) Time Management
2 13 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 9 (11.54%) Customer Service
3 9 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (10.26%) ERP
4 8 (10.26%) ITSM
5 7 (8.97%) Housing Management
6 5 (6.41%) Change Management
7 4 (5.13%) Case Management
7 4 (5.13%) Customer Value Proposition
7 4 (5.13%) Data Protection
7 4 (5.13%) Target Operating Model
7 4 (5.13%) User Experience
7 4 (5.13%) Value Proposition
8 3 (3.85%) Customer Requirements
8 3 (3.85%) Data Migration
8 3 (3.85%) Migration
8 3 (3.85%) Service Management
8 3 (3.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.28%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.28%) Python
1 1 (1.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (37.18%) Degree
2 3 (3.85%) NVQ Level 3
3 1 (1.28%) CCDA
3 1 (1.28%) CCIE
3 1 (1.28%) CCNP
3 1 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.28%) JNCIA
3 1 (1.28%) MCP
3 1 (1.28%) MCSE
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.28%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.56%) COSHH
1 2 (2.56%) PMO
1 2 (2.56%) SLA
2 1 (1.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (19.23%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.56%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (11.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.54%) SAP
3 4 (5.13%) Ariba
4 3 (3.85%) Capita
4 3 (3.85%) Cisco
4 3 (3.85%) Google
4 3 (3.85%) NEC
4 3 (3.85%) Northgate
4 3 (3.85%) VMware
5 2 (2.56%) Dell
5 2 (2.56%) SonicWALL
5 2 (2.56%) WatchGuard
6 1 (1.28%) AlgoSec
6 1 (1.28%) Apple
6 1 (1.28%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.28%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.28%) Juniper
6 1 (1.28%) ServiceNow