Police Contracts in Dorset

Police
South West > Dorset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in contract job vacancies in Dorset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Police over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 21 34
Rank change year-on-year - +13 -
Contract jobs citing Police 0 7 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset - 4.00% 0.47%
As % of the General category - 8.54% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median daily rate £588 £165 £600
% change year-on-year +256.06% -72.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £14.46 -
South West median hourly rate - £14.54 -

All General Skills
Dorset

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 common skills in Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 58 82 110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 68.24% 46.86% 51.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 33 51
10th Percentile £208 £270 £281
25th Percentile £406 £325 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -27.08% +21.83%
75th Percentile £550 £650 £666
90th Percentile £595 £765 £725
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.46% +9.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 32 34
10th Percentile £14.78 £11.87 £14.41
25th Percentile £15.18 £13.69 £17.65
Median hourly rate £15.50 £16.81 £56.29
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% -70.14% +15.45%
75th Percentile £15.75 £50.00 £61.68
90th Percentile £17.06 £57.33 £70.06
South West median hourly rate £34.34 £45.00 £59.80
% change year-on-year -23.69% -24.75% +42.38%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Police in Dorset