Police Contracts in the South East

Police
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in contract job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Police over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 168 204 252
Rank change year-on-year +36 +48 -
Contract jobs citing Police 32 22 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.58% 0.38% 0.12%
As % of the General category 1.14% 0.65% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 11 8
10th Percentile £331 £213 £434
25th Percentile £363 £441 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £488 £564
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -13.56% -
75th Percentile £678 £558 £675
90th Percentile £688 £623 £720
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +28.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £10.50 - -
25th Percentile £18.20 - -
Median hourly rate £19.50 - -
75th Percentile £20.15 - -
90th Percentile £20.55 - -
England median hourly rate £14.54 £80.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year -81.83% +49.53% +249.10%

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,814 3,408 4,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 50.93% 58.47% 54.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,539 2,321 2,793
10th Percentile £205 £245 £213
25th Percentile £355 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +9.29%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £721 £660
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 166 220
10th Percentile £12.91 £18.50 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.67 £25.00 £14.45
Median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +137.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £32.56
90th Percentile £70.29 £73.11 £48.75
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.31 £21.30
% change year-on-year -12.56% +61.08% -5.33%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Police as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Police in the South East

Police
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Police in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Police in the South East

Police
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Police in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Police in the South East

Police
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Police in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Police in the South East

Police
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 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
Thames Valley +21 24 £650 +33.33% 4
Berkshire -1 13 £650 +33.33% 1
Oxfordshire +13 11 £375 -6.25% 1
Hampshire -4 3 £375 +97.37% 4
West Sussex - 3 - -
Surrey +13 2 - - 3
Police
England

Police
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (28.13%) Azure
2 8 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) Big Data
2 1 (3.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (40.63%) Cucumber
1 13 (40.63%) Jenkins
1 13 (40.63%) REST Assured
1 13 (40.63%) Selenium
1 13 (40.63%) SonarQube
2 8 (25.00%) GitLab
2 8 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 21 (65.63%) Social Skills
2 13 (40.63%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (40.63%) Law
3 2 (6.25%) Environmental Health
3 2 (6.25%) Finance
3 2 (6.25%) Fire and Rescue
3 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (28.13%) Java Engineer
2 8 (25.00%) Senior
3 6 (18.75%) Business Process Trainer
3 6 (18.75%) IT Trainer
3 6 (18.75%) Trainer
4 5 (15.63%) Analyst
5 4 (12.50%) Developer
5 4 (12.50%) Java Developer
5 4 (12.50%) Java Software Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) Senior Java Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) Senior Java Software Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) Software Engineer
6 3 (9.38%) Deployment Manager
6 3 (9.38%) Deployment Project Manager
6 3 (9.38%) Project Manager
6 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared Java Developer
6 3 (9.38%) Senior Developer
6 3 (9.38%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (40.63%) Java EE
1 13 (40.63%) REST
2 8 (25.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.13%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
1 2 (6.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (53.13%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 13 (40.63%) Continuous Integration
3 13 (40.63%) DevOps
3 13 (40.63%) Software Architecture
3 13 (40.63%) Software Engineering
3 13 (40.63%) Technical Leadership
3 13 (40.63%) Test Automation
4 8 (25.00%) Configuration Management
4 8 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 8 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 6 (18.75%) Data Protection
5 6 (18.75%) Information Security
5 6 (18.75%) Workload Management
6 5 (15.63%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 3 (9.38%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (9.38%) Service Delivery
7 3 (9.38%) User Experience
8 2 (6.25%) ITIL
8 2 (6.25%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (40.63%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (46.88%) SC Cleared
1 15 (46.88%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (25.00%) Docker
2 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (40.63%) Ansible
2 8 (25.00%) Docker Swarm
2 8 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 8 (25.00%) Podman
2 8 (25.00%) Terraform
3 1 (3.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft
1 2 (6.25%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.13%) Veritas