DBS Check Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for DBS Check qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 186 304 322
Rank change year-on-year +118 +18 +109
Permanent jobs citing DBS Check 1,079 621 790
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.51% 1.05% 1.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.53% 2.85% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 771 181 316
10th Percentile £23,875 £25,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £26,650 £30,265 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +4.94% +15.71%
75th Percentile £46,293 £60,000 £51,772
90th Percentile £61,250 £69,649 £73,322
UK median annual salary £36,000 £41,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year -13.25% - +3.75%

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,526 21,760 23,185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.26% 36.79% 31.93%
Number of salaries quoted 12,218 8,079 10,449
10th Percentile £27,338 £28,175 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,600 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

DBS Check
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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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for DBS Check in the UK excluding London

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Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBS Check in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for DBS Check in the UK excluding London

DBS Check
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBS Check within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
South East +109 419 £39,870 +15.87% 284
North of England +70 226 £32,500 -29.35% 314
Midlands +73 204 £32,882 -32.87% 248
East Midlands +66 114 £34,834 -0.47% 109
Yorkshire +83 105 £32,500 -26.71% 117
South West +70 105 £30,000 -25.00% 156
North West +39 102 £30,810 -33.02% 163
West Midlands +33 90 £30,150 -40.88% 139
East of England -1 77 £37,528 +44.34% 147
Scotland -50 41 £40,000 -40.30% 20
North East +2 19 £39,000 -18.19% 37
Wales -2 9 £35,000 -39.13% 47
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 2
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DBS Check
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 30 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.65%) Confluence
4 6 (0.56%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.37%) CMS
6 1 (0.093%) IIS
6 1 (0.093%) Moodle
6 1 (0.093%) SAS
6 1 (0.093%) WordPress
Applications
1 155 (14.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 151 (13.99%) Microsoft Office
3 73 (6.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (2.50%) Spreadsheet
5 12 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.65%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.28%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.19%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 15 (1.39%) NEC Housing
2 9 (0.83%) Primavera
3 6 (0.56%) SAP PLM
3 6 (0.56%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.37%) Visualfiles
5 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.093%) ContrOCC
7 1 (0.093%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.093%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.093%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 209 (19.37%) Azure
2 157 (14.55%) Microsoft 365
3 155 (14.37%) Power Platform
4 45 (4.17%) AWS
5 29 (2.69%) Azure Data Factory
6 28 (2.59%) Google Workspace
7 22 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 16 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (0.93%) Entra ID
10 10 (0.93%) GCP
10 10 (0.93%) Google Analytics
10 10 (0.93%) Google Tag Manager
10 10 (0.93%) IaaS
10 10 (0.93%) SaaS
11 9 (0.83%) PaaS
12 6 (0.56%) Snowflake
13 5 (0.46%) BigCommerce
13 5 (0.46%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 46 (4.26%) TCP/IP
2 41 (3.80%) Wireless
3 40 (3.71%) LAN
4 37 (3.43%) DNS
5 34 (3.15%) WAN
6 33 (3.06%) DHCP
7 30 (2.78%) Network Security
8 27 (2.50%) Firewall
9 23 (2.13%) VoIP
10 18 (1.67%) Internet
11 16 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (0.74%) Intranet
13 7 (0.65%) SMS
14 6 (0.56%) SAN
14 6 (0.56%) VLAN
14 6 (0.56%) VPN
15 5 (0.46%) Broadband
16 4 (0.37%) Fibre Channel
16 4 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
17 3 (0.28%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (13.35%) Power BI
2 57 (5.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 44 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (3.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 37 (3.43%) SQL Server
6 35 (3.24%) Tableau
7 31 (2.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 13 (1.20%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 12 (1.11%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 11 (1.02%) Big Data
11 10 (0.93%) Power Query
12 9 (0.83%) Data Lake
13 7 (0.65%) BigQuery
13 7 (0.65%) Looker
14 6 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
15 2 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
15 2 (0.19%) GIS
15 2 (0.19%) Hadoop
15 2 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 25 (2.32%) Git
2 10 (0.93%) JIRA
3 4 (0.37%) gulp
3 4 (0.37%) Katalon Studio
3 4 (0.37%) Postman
3 4 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (0.37%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.19%) Apache Continuum
4 2 (0.19%) JMeter
4 2 (0.19%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.093%) Bugzilla
5 1 (0.093%) Gradle
5 1 (0.093%) Selenium
5 1 (0.093%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.093%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 578 (53.57%) Social Skills
2 212 (19.65%) Retail
3 193 (17.89%) Analytical Skills
4 186 (17.24%) Finance
5 137 (12.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 108 (10.01%) Organisational Skills
7 86 (7.97%) Marketing
8 80 (7.41%) German Language
9 52 (4.82%) Public Sector
10 48 (4.45%) Presentation Skills
11 46 (4.26%) Local Government
12 32 (2.97%) Police
13 31 (2.87%) Aerospace
14 28 (2.59%) Games
15 27 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
16 26 (2.41%) Legal
17 24 (2.22%) Telecoms
18 21 (1.95%) Advertising
19 19 (1.76%) Billing
20 18 (1.67%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 85 (7.88%) Analyst
2 81 (7.51%) Senior
3 80 (7.41%) Graduate
4 79 (7.32%) IT Support
5 70 (6.49%) Developer
5 70 (6.49%) Lead
5 70 (6.49%) Support Engineer
6 67 (6.21%) IT Engineer
7 46 (4.26%) IT Support Engineer
8 43 (3.99%) IT Technician
9 42 (3.89%) Field Engineer
10 38 (3.52%) Administrator
10 38 (3.52%) Support Technician
11 37 (3.43%) Consultant
12 36 (3.34%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 34 (3.15%) Data Analyst
14 33 (3.06%) 2nd Line Support
15 31 (2.87%) Coordinator
16 30 (2.78%) IT Manager
16 30 (2.78%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.52%) .NET
2 27 (2.50%) EDI
3 18 (1.67%) CSS
4 15 (1.39%) React
5 13 (1.20%) .NET Core
6 11 (1.02%) HTML
6 11 (1.02%) Web Services
7 7 (0.65%) .NET Framework
8 5 (0.46%) Entity Framework
8 5 (0.46%) XML
9 4 (0.37%) Blazor
9 4 (0.37%) Gherkin
9 4 (0.37%) LINQ
9 4 (0.37%) Middleware
9 4 (0.37%) Tailwind CSS
9 4 (0.37%) WPF
9 4 (0.37%) XSLT
10 3 (0.28%) jQuery
10 3 (0.28%) LESS
10 3 (0.28%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 154 (14.27%) Self-Motivation
2 142 (13.16%) Driving Licence
3 63 (5.84%) Management Information System
4 54 (5.00%) NHS
5 42 (3.89%) Onboarding
6 32 (2.97%) Social Media
7 20 (1.85%) Data Centre
7 20 (1.85%) e-Learning
8 19 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
9 16 (1.48%) Photography
10 15 (1.39%) CCTV
10 15 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
11 11 (1.02%) Data Structures
12 10 (0.93%) Learning Management System
13 9 (0.83%) PKI
14 7 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (0.65%) VLE
15 6 (0.56%) Algorithms
15 6 (0.56%) Chip and PIN
16 5 (0.46%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 214 (19.83%) Windows
2 84 (7.78%) Windows Server
3 51 (4.73%) Windows 10
4 42 (3.89%) Mac OS
5 32 (2.97%) Windows Server 2019
6 29 (2.69%) Windows Server 2016
7 28 (2.59%) Windows Server 2012
8 19 (1.76%) Windows 7
9 15 (1.39%) Android
9 15 (1.39%) Apple iOS
10 10 (0.93%) Linux
11 9 (0.83%) Windows 8
12 5 (0.46%) Windows Vista
13 2 (0.19%) Unix
14 1 (0.093%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (25.30%) Customer Service
2 261 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
3 142 (13.16%) Business Intelligence
4 112 (10.38%) Line Management
5 104 (9.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 97 (8.99%) Project Management
7 87 (8.06%) Agile
8 85 (7.88%) Mentoring
9 77 (7.14%) Project Delivery
10 75 (6.95%) ITIL
11 65 (6.02%) Analytics
12 64 (5.93%) Customer Insight
12 64 (5.93%) Mathematics
13 63 (5.84%) Migration
14 61 (5.65%) Visualisation
15 56 (5.19%) Data Pipeline
16 54 (5.00%) Time Management
17 49 (4.54%) Data Analysis
18 48 (4.45%) Coaching
18 48 (4.45%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 189 (17.52%) SQL
2 56 (5.19%) C#
3 45 (4.17%) Python
4 35 (3.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 21 (1.95%) PowerShell
6 20 (1.85%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.67%) Java
8 14 (1.30%) T-SQL
8 14 (1.30%) TypeScript
9 12 (1.11%) VBA
10 5 (0.46%) VB
11 4 (0.37%) C++
11 4 (0.37%) Groovy
12 3 (0.28%) JSX
12 3 (0.28%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.19%) C
13 2 (0.19%) Scala
Qualifications
1 279 (25.86%) Degree
2 74 (6.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 71 (6.58%) Security Cleared
4 43 (3.99%) MCP
5 35 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 28 (2.59%) A+ Certification
7 28 (2.59%) SC Cleared
8 26 (2.41%) CIPD
9 10 (0.93%) Master's Degree
10 8 (0.74%) APMG
10 8 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.56%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.56%) HND
11 6 (0.56%) SnowPro
12 5 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 5 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (0.37%) AAT
13 4 (0.37%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (5.75%) GDPR
2 41 (3.80%) QA
3 21 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
4 18 (1.67%) SLA
5 13 (1.20%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.20%) Data Quality
6 10 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.74%) Disclosure Scotland
7 8 (0.74%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.56%) PMO
10 4 (0.37%) NEBOSH
11 3 (0.28%) NCSC
12 1 (0.093%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 130 (12.05%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.58%) Hyper-V
2 17 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.46%) vSphere
6 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.37%) Terminal Services
6 4 (0.37%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.28%) Docker
8 2 (0.19%) KVM
8 2 (0.19%) XenApp
8 2 (0.19%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.093%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (0.93%) SCCM
2 8 (0.74%) Autotask
3 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (0.37%) SCOM
5 2 (0.19%) SmoothWall
5 2 (0.19%) WSUS
6 1 (0.093%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.093%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.093%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 393 (36.42%) Microsoft
2 47 (4.36%) Google
3 36 (3.34%) Databricks
4 32 (2.97%) Apple
5 30 (2.78%) Thales
6 26 (2.41%) Sun
7 20 (1.85%) VMware
8 18 (1.67%) HP
8 18 (1.67%) ServiceNow
9 15 (1.39%) NEC
10 13 (1.20%) Oracle
11 11 (1.02%) Datto
12 9 (0.83%) Veeam
13 8 (0.74%) SAP
14 7 (0.65%) Aruba
14 7 (0.65%) Salesforce
15 6 (0.56%) Dell
16 5 (0.46%) Cisco
16 5 (0.46%) Northgate
17 4 (0.37%) Sage