Police Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Police
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Police over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 84 106
Rank change year-on-year -26 +22 +1
Contract jobs citing Police 7 4 13
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.38% 0.36% 0.67%
As % of the General category 0.81% 0.58% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 10
10th Percentile £314 - £598
25th Percentile £366 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.33%
75th Percentile £600 - £688
90th Percentile £700 - -
South East median daily rate £250 £200 £650
% change year-on-year +25.00% -69.23% +33.33%

All General Skills
Berkshire

Police falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 863 687 1,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 47.37% 61.01% 56.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 508 438 537
10th Percentile £306 £305 £213
25th Percentile £400 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £504 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.70% +0.70% -2.68%
75th Percentile £600 £614 £608
90th Percentile £700 £700 £655
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £496
% change year-on-year - +0.83% -0.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 25 96
10th Percentile £23.94 £21.81 £19.74
25th Percentile £71.80 £32.05 £42.00
Median hourly rate £83.25 £57.50 £58.49
Median % change year-on-year +44.78% -1.69% +58.08%
75th Percentile £88.00 £68.75 £68.05
90th Percentile £104.80 £88.87 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £48.02 £19.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +152.74% -57.78% -10.00%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Police relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Police job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Police
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Police.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Police

Police
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Police in Berkshire over the 6 months to 10 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Police in Berkshire

Police
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 10 June 2026. 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
Reading -30 3 £700 - 6
Wokingham - 3 £375 - 1
Police
South East

Police
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DMVPN
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) MPLS
1 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
1 1 (14.29%) TETRA
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Security Advisor
1 3 (42.86%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Network Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Senior UAT Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) UAT Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) UAT Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) CCTV
2 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
3 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
3 1 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
1 3 (42.86%) People Management
2 2 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (28.57%) Validation
2 2 (28.57%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Case Management
3 1 (14.29%) CRM
3 1 (14.29%) Focus Group
3 1 (14.29%) Line Management
3 1 (14.29%) Matrix Management
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) QMS
3 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
3 1 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Security Management
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Avaya
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
2 1 (14.29%) IBM
2 1 (14.29%) VMware