Police
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Police over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 466 258 703
Rank change year-on-year -208 +445 +142
Permanent jobs citing Police 500 1,357 625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.49% 1.39% 0.37%
As % of the General category 0.83% 2.05% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 352 202 219
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,452 £31,133
25th Percentile £35,195 £42,067 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,886 £49,280 £40,606
Median % change year-on-year -8.92% +21.36% +1.52%
75th Percentile £57,000 £62,015 £51,579
90th Percentile £72,849 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,553 £47,236 £39,540
% change year-on-year -14.15% +19.46% -0.68%

All General Skills
UK

Police is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 60,283 66,144 108,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 58.75% 67.94% 64.98%
Number of salaries quoted 39,987 35,943 51,825
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,426 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Police as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Police in the UK

Police
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Police.

Salary trend for Police in the UK

Police
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Police over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Police in the UK

Police
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England -246 353 £45,000 -8.69% 95
UK excluding London -223 344 £40,553 -14.15% 77
Work from Home -129 181 £47,000 -4.59% 35
London -106 98 £51,196 +3.89% 25
Wales +31 80 £40,000 - 3
South East -141 72 £49,881 -8.16% 15
Midlands -49 70 £43,227 -4.40% 14
North of England -97 70 £37,500 -24.33% 20
West Midlands +2 60 £43,227 +7.56% 6
North East -34 37 £35,000 -29.37% 1
North West -66 26 £59,500 +44.86% 15
South West -42 24 £45,000 +22.62% 14
Scotland -111 14 £40,000 -40.30% 9
East of England -116 14 £30,000 -17.17% 3
East Midlands -55 10 £55,000 +4.22% 8
Yorkshire +11 7 £54,750 -18.29% 4

Police
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 27 (5.40%) Apache
1 27 (5.40%) IIS
1 27 (5.40%) Tomcat
2 24 (4.80%) WebLogic
3 18 (3.60%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.20%) Confluence
4 6 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.60%) SAS
6 2 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 36 (7.20%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.60%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (0.60%) Adobe Premiere
4 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.60%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.60%) SPSS
5 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 74 (14.80%) NEC Housing
2 12 (2.40%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.60%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 74 (14.80%) Azure
2 27 (5.40%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (4.00%) Power Platform
5 15 (3.00%) PowerApps
6 14 (2.80%) AWS
6 14 (2.80%) Power Automate
7 11 (2.20%) SaaS
8 10 (2.00%) OCI
8 10 (2.00%) PaaS
9 9 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (1.80%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.40%) IaaS
11 5 (1.00%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (0.80%) GCP
13 3 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (0.60%) Azure Service Fabric
13 3 (0.60%) Dropbox
14 2 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.60%) Firewall
2 19 (3.80%) WAN
3 15 (3.00%) LAN
4 12 (2.40%) Network Security
5 11 (2.20%) Intranet
6 9 (1.80%) CTI
6 9 (1.80%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.80%) VLAN
7 6 (1.20%) DNS
7 6 (1.20%) Internet
7 6 (1.20%) SAN
7 6 (1.20%) Unified Communications
7 6 (1.20%) VPN
8 5 (1.00%) Extranet
8 5 (1.00%) MPLS
8 5 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.00%) Wireless
8 5 (1.00%) WLAN
9 4 (0.80%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.80%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (11.40%) Oracle Database
2 47 (9.40%) SQL Server
3 26 (5.20%) Elasticsearch
4 23 (4.60%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (4.40%) Oracle Database 12c
6 12 (2.40%) Relational Database
7 11 (2.20%) RDBMS
8 6 (1.20%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.00%) Power BI
10 4 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.60%) Big Data
11 3 (0.60%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (0.60%) EDRMS
11 3 (0.60%) MySQL
12 2 (0.40%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
13 1 (0.20%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 17 (3.40%) Git
2 15 (3.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 14 (2.80%) Visual Studio
4 12 (2.40%) JIRA
5 6 (1.20%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.80%) Selenium
7 2 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
General
1 151 (30.20%) Public Sector
2 131 (26.20%) Social Skills
3 122 (24.40%) Local Government
4 118 (23.60%) Finance
5 99 (19.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 92 (18.40%) Analytical Skills
7 33 (6.60%) Retail
8 32 (6.40%) Back Office
8 32 (6.40%) Law
9 25 (5.00%) Legal
10 20 (4.00%) Electronics
10 20 (4.00%) Fire and Rescue
11 18 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (3.40%) Marketing
13 12 (2.40%) Telecoms
14 10 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.80%) Military
16 7 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
18 5 (1.00%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 107 (21.40%) Analyst
2 97 (19.40%) Senior
3 52 (10.40%) Developer
4 49 (9.80%) Applications Support
5 46 (9.20%) Lead
6 35 (7.00%) Architect
7 33 (6.60%) Senior Analyst
8 28 (5.60%) DBA
9 27 (5.40%) Administrator
10 22 (4.40%) Applications Support Analyst
10 22 (4.40%) Oracle DBA
10 22 (4.40%) PostgreSQL DBA
10 22 (4.40%) Senior Applications Support
10 22 (4.40%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
10 22 (4.40%) Senior Support Analyst
10 22 (4.40%) Support Analyst
10 22 (4.40%) Test Analyst
11 21 (4.20%) Project Manager
12 19 (3.80%) Forensic Manager
13 17 (3.40%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (11.00%) .NET
2 40 (8.00%) Web Services
3 30 (6.00%) Spring
4 22 (4.40%) J2EE
4 22 (4.40%) Java EE
5 11 (2.20%) CSS
6 10 (2.00%) .NET Core
7 8 (1.60%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (1.40%) React
9 6 (1.20%) ASP.NET
9 6 (1.20%) Node.js
9 6 (1.20%) RESTful
9 6 (1.20%) SOAP
9 6 (1.20%) YAML
10 5 (1.00%) XML
11 4 (0.80%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 3 (0.60%) .NET Framework
12 3 (0.60%) Entity Framework
12 3 (0.60%) JSON
12 3 (0.60%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.80%) Driving Licence
2 30 (6.00%) Public Cloud
3 27 (5.40%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (5.20%) Management Information System
5 14 (2.80%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.20%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.00%) NHS
8 9 (1.80%) CCTV
9 8 (1.60%) Social Media
10 7 (1.40%) Blog
10 7 (1.40%) Cybercrime
10 7 (1.40%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.20%) PKI
12 5 (1.00%) Smartphone
13 4 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (0.80%) Digital Media
13 4 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
14 3 (0.60%) IoT
14 3 (0.60%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.60%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 73 (14.60%) Unix
1 73 (14.60%) Windows
2 34 (6.80%) Linux
3 27 (5.40%) Solaris
4 16 (3.20%) Windows 10
5 10 (2.00%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.20%) Android
7 2 (0.40%) AIX
7 2 (0.40%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.20%) SUSE
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (14.80%) ITIL
2 64 (12.80%) Customer Service
3 60 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (11.60%) Agile
5 56 (11.20%) Business Strategy
6 46 (9.20%) Impact Assessments
7 45 (9.00%) Mentoring
7 45 (9.00%) Service Management
8 43 (8.60%) Decision-Making
9 38 (7.60%) Digital Forensics
10 37 (7.40%) Continuous Improvement
11 36 (7.20%) Risk Management
12 35 (7.00%) Project Management
13 34 (6.80%) Data Security
13 34 (6.80%) Performance Tuning
14 32 (6.40%) DevOps
14 32 (6.40%) Task Automation
15 29 (5.80%) Information Management
16 28 (5.60%) Actionable Insight
17 27 (5.40%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (9.80%) Shell Script
2 41 (8.20%) Java
3 38 (7.60%) C#
4 35 (7.00%) SQL
5 23 (4.60%) PL/1
6 8 (1.60%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.40%) Python
8 6 (1.20%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.00%) VB
10 4 (0.80%) C++
11 3 (0.60%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.40%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.40%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.40%) VBA
13 1 (0.20%) Ruby
13 1 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 202 (40.40%) Security Cleared
2 117 (23.40%) SC Cleared
3 99 (19.80%) Degree
4 39 (7.80%) DBS Check
5 37 (7.40%) DV Cleared
6 24 (4.80%) Oracle Certification
7 9 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.60%) HNC
8 8 (1.60%) HND
8 8 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.40%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.00%) APMP
10 5 (1.00%) Postgraduate
11 4 (0.80%) CISSP
11 4 (0.80%) MCSA
12 3 (0.60%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.60%) CESG Certified Professional
12 3 (0.60%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.40%) CREST Certified
13 2 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (15.80%) Accessibility
2 59 (11.80%) QA
3 27 (5.40%) SLA
4 8 (1.60%) GDPR
5 7 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 7 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.00%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 3 (0.60%) NIST
8 3 (0.60%) PMO
9 2 (0.40%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
9 2 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.40%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 23 (4.60%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.00%) Firmware
4 6 (1.20%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (1.00%) Docker
6 4 (0.80%) vSphere
7 3 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (4.80%) Single Sign-On
2 22 (4.40%) OpenSSO
3 11 (2.20%) SCCM
4 9 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.20%) SCOM
6 5 (1.00%) Kubernetes
6 5 (1.00%) Terraform
7 4 (0.80%) Ansible
8 3 (0.60%) Nessus
9 2 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 141 (28.20%) Microsoft
2 102 (20.40%) Oracle
3 74 (14.80%) NEC
4 22 (4.40%) Remedy
5 18 (3.60%) Cisco
6 15 (3.00%) VMware
7 10 (2.00%) HP
8 9 (1.80%) webMethods
9 6 (1.20%) Google
9 6 (1.20%) NetApp
10 5 (1.00%) Citrix
10 5 (1.00%) Dell
11 4 (0.80%) Avaya
11 4 (0.80%) Blue Prism
11 4 (0.80%) SolarWinds
11 4 (0.80%) Zscaler
12 3 (0.60%) Adobe
12 3 (0.60%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.60%) UiPath
13 2 (0.40%) IBM