Police Contract Job Trends in Devon

Police
South West > Devon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in contract job vacancies in Devon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Police over the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 28 31
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 -
Contract jobs citing Police 1 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 0.52% 1.17% 2.41%
As % of the General category 0.92% 2.17% 5.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £165
75th Percentile - - £173
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £300 - £165
% change year-on-year - - -72.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £13.86
Median hourly rate - - £14.79
75th Percentile - - £15.73
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate - - £14.54

All General Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 109 92 117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 56.77% 53.80% 40.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 36 74
10th Percentile £146 £193 £153
25th Percentile £174 £322 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +7.53% -
75th Percentile £569 £600 £575
90th Percentile £775 £663 £626
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £545
% change year-on-year -3.85% -4.59% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 6 22
10th Percentile £14.45 £33.46 £10.42
25th Percentile £15.74 £55.31 £13.07
Median hourly rate £44.00 £62.50 £26.40
Median % change year-on-year -29.60% +136.79% -56.01%
75th Percentile £46.00 £65.00 £42.50
90th Percentile - £67.50 £44.75
South West median hourly rate £33.25 £62.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -46.80% +38.89% -26.83%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Police job vacancy trend in Devon

Police
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Police

Police
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Police.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Police

Police
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the Devon region over the 6 months to 2 March 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
Exeter - 1 - - 5
Police
South West

Police
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco