Police Contracts in England

Police
UK > England

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

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 387 565 705
Rank change year-on-year +178 +140 -163
Contract jobs citing Police 152 90 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.41% 0.18% 0.11%
As % of the General category 0.70% 0.30% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 51 53
10th Percentile £240 £400 £363
25th Percentile £433 £481 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +28.65%
75th Percentile £619 £606 £675
90th Percentile £688 £650 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +27.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 2 1
10th Percentile £11.95 - -
25th Percentile £13.69 £72.50 £52.25
Median hourly rate £14.54 £80.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -81.83% +49.53% +249.10%
75th Percentile £19.75 £87.50 £54.75
90th Percentile £21.14 - -
UK median hourly rate £14.54 £80.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year -81.83% +49.53% +249.10%

All General Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,598 29,888 40,058
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.42% 59.22% 56.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,922 20,966 27,967
10th Percentile £275 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,777 974 1,322
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.97 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.25 £14.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.91 £21.43
Median % change year-on-year -11.53% +58.27% -4.78%
75th Percentile £51.50 £61.25 £45.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £58.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +62.79% -4.44%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Police in England

Police
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Police in England.

Daily rate trend for Police in England

Police
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Police in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Police in England

Police
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Police in England.

Hourly rate trend for Police in England

Police
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Police in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Police in England

Police
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
London +126 47 £570 +0.97% 14
South East +29 32 £638 +30.77% 12
South West +31 29 £165 -72.50% 15
North of England +33 18 £525 -4.55% 26
Midlands +34 12 £490 -2.00% 13
North West +18 11 £550 -8.33% 14
West Midlands +37 10 £490 -2.00% 9
Yorkshire - 7 £525 - 9
East Midlands +20 2 - - 4
Police
UK

Police
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (2.63%) Confluence
2 3 (1.97%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.32%) SAS
4 1 (0.66%) Apache
4 1 (0.66%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.66%) Moodle
Applications
1 15 (9.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (6.58%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (5.26%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (3.95%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.66%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.66%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.66%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 21 (13.82%) Azure
2 11 (7.24%) Power Platform
3 8 (5.26%) AWS
4 5 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.29%) SaaS
5 3 (1.97%) Azure Machine Learning
5 3 (1.97%) Azure Stack
5 3 (1.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (1.97%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.66%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.66%) GitHub
6 1 (0.66%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.97%) CTI
1 3 (1.97%) H.323
1 3 (1.97%) Skype
2 2 (1.32%) BGP
2 2 (1.32%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (1.32%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (1.32%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (1.32%) Firewall
2 2 (1.32%) LAN
2 2 (1.32%) Spanning Tree
2 2 (1.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.92%) Power BI
2 3 (1.97%) Big Data
2 3 (1.97%) Tableau
3 2 (1.32%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.66%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.66%) DTS
4 1 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.66%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (8.55%) Cucumber
1 13 (8.55%) Jenkins
1 13 (8.55%) REST Assured
1 13 (8.55%) Selenium
1 13 (8.55%) SonarQube
2 10 (6.58%) JIRA
3 8 (5.26%) GitLab
4 1 (0.66%) Git
General
1 49 (32.24%) Public Sector
2 46 (30.26%) Social Skills
3 28 (18.42%) Law
4 27 (17.76%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (15.79%) Finance
6 17 (11.18%) Fire and Rescue
7 6 (3.95%) Legal
7 6 (3.95%) Local Government
7 6 (3.95%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.97%) Electronics
8 3 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.32%) Environmental Health
9 2 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.32%) Military
9 2 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.66%) Advertising
10 1 (0.66%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 16 (10.53%) Consultant
2 12 (7.89%) Analyst
3 11 (7.24%) Architect
3 11 (7.24%) Project Manager
3 11 (7.24%) Senior
4 10 (6.58%) Data Consultant
4 10 (6.58%) Data Protection Consultant
5 9 (5.92%) Java Engineer
6 7 (4.61%) Data Technician
6 7 (4.61%) Developer
6 7 (4.61%) Field Engineer
6 7 (4.61%) Forensic Technician
7 6 (3.95%) Administrator
7 6 (3.95%) Business Process Trainer
7 6 (3.95%) IT Trainer
7 6 (3.95%) Lead
7 6 (3.95%) Support Engineer
7 6 (3.95%) Support Specialist
7 6 (3.95%) Technical Support
7 6 (3.95%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.55%) Java EE
1 13 (8.55%) REST
2 8 (5.26%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.66%) .NET
3 1 (0.66%) CSS
3 1 (0.66%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.66%) HTML
3 1 (0.66%) HTML5
3 1 (0.66%) Kafka
3 1 (0.66%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.55%) Driving Licence
2 10 (6.58%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.61%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.95%) Algorithms
4 6 (3.95%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (3.29%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (3.29%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.63%) CCTV
6 4 (2.63%) Freedom of Information
6 4 (2.63%) Freedom of Information Act
7 3 (1.97%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.97%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.32%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.32%) PMI
9 1 (0.66%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.66%) Photography
9 1 (0.66%) PKI
9 1 (0.66%) Robotics
9 1 (0.66%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.95%) Windows
2 2 (1.32%) Linux
2 2 (1.32%) Windows 10
2 2 (1.32%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.66%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (17.76%) Data Protection
3 24 (15.79%) Decision-Making
4 20 (13.16%) Project Management
5 19 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 19 (12.50%) Information Security
6 17 (11.18%) ITIL
7 16 (10.53%) Continuous Integration
7 16 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
8 15 (9.87%) Agile
9 14 (9.21%) DevOps
9 14 (9.21%) Line Management
10 13 (8.55%) Software Architecture
10 13 (8.55%) Software Engineering
10 13 (8.55%) Test Automation
11 11 (7.24%) Migration
12 10 (6.58%) Analytics
13 9 (5.92%) Business Intelligence
13 9 (5.92%) Stakeholder Management
14 8 (5.26%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.21%) Java
2 10 (6.58%) SQL
3 7 (4.61%) Python
3 7 (4.61%) R
4 2 (1.32%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.66%) Ruby
5 1 (0.66%) Scala
5 1 (0.66%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 91 (59.87%) Security Cleared
2 65 (42.76%) SC Cleared
3 18 (11.84%) DV Cleared
4 8 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (4.61%) CITP
6 6 (3.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (3.95%) CTC Cleared
6 6 (3.95%) Degree
7 3 (1.97%) CISM
7 3 (1.97%) CISSP
7 3 (1.97%) HNC
7 3 (1.97%) NVQ Level 4
8 2 (1.32%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.66%) CCNA
9 1 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.66%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.66%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.66%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (12.50%) GDPR
2 15 (9.87%) SLA
3 7 (4.61%) PMO
4 3 (1.97%) Government Security Classifications
4 3 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.97%) NCSC
5 2 (1.32%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.66%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.66%) JSP 440
System Software
1 8 (5.26%) Docker
2 2 (1.32%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.66%) iptables
3 1 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (8.55%) Ansible
2 8 (5.26%) Docker Swarm
2 8 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.26%) Podman
2 8 (5.26%) Terraform
3 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.32%) SCCM
4 1 (0.66%) Kibana
4 1 (0.66%) logstash
4 1 (0.66%) OPNET
Vendors
1 32 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.95%) BT
2 6 (3.95%) Databricks
3 5 (3.29%) Cisco
4 3 (1.97%) Avaya
4 3 (1.97%) Oracle
5 2 (1.32%) Adobe
5 2 (1.32%) PeopleSoft
5 2 (1.32%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.32%) VMware
6 1 (0.66%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.66%) Veritas