Police Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Police
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Police over the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 67 69
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Police 15 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.15% 0.39% 0.13%
As % of the General category 2.40% 0.63% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £181 - -
25th Percentile £190 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 - -
75th Percentile £252 - -
90th Percentile £281 - -
England median daily rate £500 £550 £445
% change year-on-year -9.09% +23.67% -15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 1
10th Percentile £13.19 - -
25th Percentile - £30.10 £18.16
Median hourly rate £16.46 £30.20 £18.32
Median % change year-on-year -45.50% +64.85% -
75th Percentile £17.97 £34.63 £18.48
90th Percentile £18.00 £37.23 -
England median hourly rate £17.85 £20.44 £18.32
% change year-on-year -12.65% +11.54% -13.79%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 624 474 451
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 47.71% 61.00% 57.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 330 274
10th Percentile £213 £213 £250
25th Percentile £384 £331 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £402 £450
Median % change year-on-year +21.27% -10.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £484 £575
90th Percentile £669 £590 £626
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 35 36
10th Percentile £12.76 £15.62 £12.75
25th Percentile £13.51 £17.19 £14.56
Median hourly rate £18.00 £21.39 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.85% +25.82% -49.09%
75th Percentile £25.75 £25.15 £44.97
90th Percentile £56.25 £30.30 £53.45
England median hourly rate £31.13 £25.15 £38.50
% change year-on-year +23.77% -34.68% +40.00%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Police job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Police.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Police

Police
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Police.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Police

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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Lincolnshire -15 8 £205 - 4
Leicestershire - 5 - - 3
Northamptonshire - 2 - -
Police
England

Police
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Azure
1 5 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 3 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (13.33%) AWS
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) Power BI
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (13.33%) Metadata
4 1 (6.67%) Apache Hive
4 1 (6.67%) Big Data
4 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
General
1 14 (93.33%) Public Sector
2 10 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (13.33%) Fire and Rescue
5 2 (13.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 3 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (6.67%) Architect
2 1 (6.67%) Data Architect
2 1 (6.67%) Data Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) ICT Trainer
2 1 (6.67%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
2 3 (20.00%) Driving Licence
3 2 (13.33%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (13.33%) Freedom of Information Act
3 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 5 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 4 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (26.67%) Data Protection
3 4 (26.67%) Records Management
4 3 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (20.00%) DevOps
4 3 (20.00%) Dimensional Modelling
4 3 (20.00%) Performance Management
4 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (13.33%) Analytics
5 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
5 2 (13.33%) Data Engineering
5 2 (13.33%) Data Privacy
5 2 (13.33%) Data Security
5 2 (13.33%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
5 2 (13.33%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) R
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
2 1 (6.67%) Java
2 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) Degree
2 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (33.33%) DBS Check
4 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (33.33%) QA
2 2 (13.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 2 (13.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Oracle