DBS Check Jobs with Work from Home Options

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 164 349 501
Rank change year-on-year +185 +152 +35
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 681 336 437
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.96% 0.87% 0.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.01% 3.33% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 320 81 221
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,589 £47,672 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.47% +5.94% +12.50%
75th Percentile £60,811 £63,000 £61,588
90th Percentile £66,084 £82,751 £87,338
UK median annual salary £37,500 £44,173 £42,500
% change year-on-year -15.11% +3.94% +6.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,718 10,088 17,243
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.93% 26.18% 23.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5,904 6,114 8,887
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,818 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.30% +9.09% -

DBS Check
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing DBS Check as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

DBS Check trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing DBS Check.

DBS Check salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing DBS Check over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

DBS Check salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (1.47%) Confluence
2 4 (0.59%) Apache Spark
2 4 (0.59%) CMS
2 4 (0.59%) WordPress
3 3 (0.44%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.15%) Moodle
5 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 98 (14.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 77 (11.31%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.03%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.29%) LaTeX
6 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.29%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (1.76%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.59%) Visualfiles
3 3 (0.44%) iTrent
3 3 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.44%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.29%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.29%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.29%) Shopify
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 184 (27.02%) AWS
2 158 (23.20%) Azure
3 112 (16.45%) Power Platform
4 44 (6.46%) Serverless
5 42 (6.17%) AWS Lambda
6 30 (4.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 29 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
8 23 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (2.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 12 (1.76%) Google Analytics
11 11 (1.62%) GCP
12 10 (1.47%) Google Tag Manager
13 9 (1.32%) Asana
14 6 (0.88%) Entra ID
14 6 (0.88%) Snowflake
15 5 (0.73%) BigCommerce
15 5 (0.73%) IaaS
16 4 (0.59%) Google Workspace
16 4 (0.59%) MailChimp
16 4 (0.59%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.62%) Internet
2 10 (1.47%) Firewall
2 10 (1.47%) WAN
3 9 (1.32%) Wireless
4 8 (1.17%) LAN
4 8 (1.17%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.03%) DHCP
6 5 (0.73%) DNS
6 5 (0.73%) Fibre Channel
6 5 (0.73%) SAN
6 5 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.44%) HTTP
7 3 (0.44%) VLAN
8 2 (0.29%) 4G
8 2 (0.29%) DMVPN
8 2 (0.29%) Network Security
8 2 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.29%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.29%) VPN
8 2 (0.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (28.34%) Tableau
2 112 (16.45%) Power BI
3 53 (7.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 39 (5.73%) Data Warehouse
5 36 (5.29%) Amazon RDS
5 36 (5.29%) DynamoDB
6 33 (4.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 30 (4.41%) SQL Server
8 27 (3.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 18 (2.64%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 12 (1.76%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 7 (1.03%) Big Data
11 7 (1.03%) BigQuery
11 7 (1.03%) Looker
12 3 (0.44%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.44%) MySQL
12 3 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
13 2 (0.29%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.29%) GIS
Development Applications
1 210 (30.84%) Git
2 39 (5.73%) GitLab
3 12 (1.76%) JIRA
4 4 (0.59%) gulp
4 4 (0.59%) Katalon Studio
4 4 (0.59%) Postman
4 4 (0.59%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.44%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.29%) Apache Continuum
6 2 (0.29%) JMeter
6 2 (0.29%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.15%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.15%) fastlane
General
1 440 (64.61%) Social Skills
2 192 (28.19%) Analytical Skills
3 186 (27.31%) Retail
4 144 (21.15%) Presentation Skills
5 68 (9.99%) Marketing
6 54 (7.93%) Organisational Skills
7 48 (7.05%) Finance
8 47 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 33 (4.85%) Games
10 32 (4.70%) Legal
11 30 (4.41%) Aerospace
12 27 (3.96%) Pharmaceutical
12 27 (3.96%) Police
13 24 (3.52%) Public Sector
14 19 (2.79%) Billing
14 19 (2.79%) Local Government
15 10 (1.47%) Back Office
16 9 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (1.32%) Manufacturing
17 8 (1.17%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 189 (27.75%) Senior
2 170 (24.96%) Analyst
3 141 (20.70%) Data Analyst
4 109 (16.01%) Senior Analyst
5 102 (14.98%) Senior Data Analyst
6 68 (9.99%) Lead
7 67 (9.84%) Developer
8 46 (6.75%) Data Scientist
9 45 (6.61%) Administrator
9 45 (6.61%) Senior Data Scientist
10 41 (6.02%) Coordinator
11 32 (4.70%) Lead Data Analyst
12 29 (4.26%) DBA
13 26 (3.82%) SQL DBA
14 24 (3.52%) Data Manager
15 21 (3.08%) Business Intelligence Manager
16 19 (2.79%) Software Engineer
17 18 (2.64%) AWS Engineer
17 18 (2.64%) Project Manager
17 18 (2.64%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (6.61%) Pandas
1 45 (6.61%) PySpark
1 45 (6.61%) scikit-learn
1 45 (6.61%) TensorFlow
2 40 (5.87%) GraphQL
3 39 (5.73%) Django
4 36 (5.29%) .NET
4 36 (5.29%) RESTful
5 18 (2.64%) React
6 14 (2.06%) .NET Core
6 14 (2.06%) Web Services
7 13 (1.91%) CSS
8 5 (0.73%) .NET Framework
8 5 (0.73%) Next.js
9 4 (0.59%) Apollo GraphQL
9 4 (0.59%) Blazor
9 4 (0.59%) Gherkin
9 4 (0.59%) LINQ
9 4 (0.59%) Tailwind CSS
9 4 (0.59%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 58 (8.52%) Self-Motivation
2 52 (7.64%) Algorithms
3 36 (5.29%) Management Information System
4 30 (4.41%) NHS
5 13 (1.91%) Social Media
6 11 (1.62%) Data Structures
6 11 (1.62%) Driving Licence
7 8 (1.17%) Renewable Energy
8 6 (0.88%) Chip and PIN
8 6 (0.88%) Data Centre
8 6 (0.88%) Replication
9 5 (0.73%) Acoustics
9 5 (0.73%) Clustering
10 4 (0.59%) Educational Technology
10 4 (0.59%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.44%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.44%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.44%) Smart City
11 3 (0.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.67%) Windows
2 18 (2.64%) Windows Server
3 10 (1.47%) Linux
4 8 (1.17%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.17%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.88%) Android
5 6 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.29%) Unix
6 2 (0.29%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.29%) Windows 8
6 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (42.73%) Problem-Solving
2 207 (30.40%) Visualisation
3 206 (30.25%) Actionable Insight
4 196 (28.78%) Storytelling
5 192 (28.19%) Mathematics
6 182 (26.73%) Analytics
7 180 (26.43%) Root Cause Analysis
8 178 (26.14%) Statistics
9 171 (25.11%) Data Pipeline
10 151 (22.17%) Data Analysis
11 133 (19.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 132 (19.38%) Business Strategy
13 126 (18.50%) Customer Intelligence
14 117 (17.18%) Business Intelligence
15 115 (16.89%) Agile
16 78 (11.45%) Decision-Making
17 76 (11.16%) Stakeholder Management
18 69 (10.13%) Customer Service
19 68 (9.99%) Customer Experience
19 68 (9.99%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 304 (44.64%) SQL
2 234 (34.36%) Python
3 44 (6.46%) C#
4 23 (3.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 20 (2.94%) JavaScript
6 17 (2.50%) TypeScript
7 12 (1.76%) PowerShell
8 11 (1.62%) Java
9 10 (1.47%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.59%) C++
10 4 (0.59%) Groovy
11 3 (0.44%) JSX
11 3 (0.44%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.44%) PHP
12 2 (0.29%) C
12 2 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 264 (38.77%) Degree
2 51 (7.49%) Master's Degree
3 46 (6.75%) Security Cleared
4 42 (6.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 24 (3.52%) CIPD
6 17 (2.50%) SC Cleared
7 12 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.76%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.17%) PMI Certification
8 8 (1.17%) PMP
9 6 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (0.88%) DV Cleared
9 6 (0.88%) SnowPro
10 5 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.44%) ACCA
11 3 (0.44%) CEH
11 3 (0.44%) CIMA
11 3 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.29%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (6.31%) QA
2 17 (2.50%) GDPR
3 12 (1.76%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.76%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.17%) SLA
5 6 (0.88%) Disclosure Scotland
5 6 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.88%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.59%) PMO
7 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.29%) NCSC
7 2 (0.29%) NIST
8 1 (0.15%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.15%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 18 (2.64%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.88%) vSphere
5 5 (0.73%) Terminal Services
6 4 (0.59%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.44%) Docker
7 3 (0.44%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.29%) XenApp
8 2 (0.29%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (1.17%) SCCM
2 5 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Clustering
2 5 (0.73%) SCOM
3 4 (0.59%) Autotask
4 3 (0.44%) Consul
4 3 (0.44%) Packer
4 3 (0.44%) Terraform
5 2 (0.29%) Ansible
5 2 (0.29%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.29%) Rundeck
6 1 (0.15%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.15%) MobiControl
6 1 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 189 (27.75%) Databricks
2 186 (27.31%) Microsoft
3 30 (4.41%) Thales
4 22 (3.23%) Google
5 13 (1.91%) VMware
6 12 (1.76%) NEC
7 8 (1.17%) Adobe
7 8 (1.17%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.17%) Sun
8 6 (0.88%) Veeam
9 5 (0.73%) Facebook
9 5 (0.73%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.59%) Alteryx
10 4 (0.59%) Cisco
10 4 (0.59%) Datto
10 4 (0.59%) YouTube
11 3 (0.44%) Aruba
11 3 (0.44%) Dell
11 3 (0.44%) New Relic
11 3 (0.44%) Oracle