Police Contract Job Trends in England

Police
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Police over the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 457 416 391
Rank change year-on-year -41 -25 +176
Contract jobs citing Police 129 69 156
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.28% 0.42%
As % of the General category 0.58% 0.44% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 34 88
10th Percentile £250 £425 £240
25th Percentile £350 £460 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -3.45%
75th Percentile £595 £620 £625
90th Percentile £650 £698 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 37
10th Percentile £15.59 £21.76 £11.95
25th Percentile £15.72 - £13.69
Median hourly rate £17.85 £22.14 £14.54
Median % change year-on-year -19.38% +52.27% -81.83%
75th Percentile £25.50 £28.26 £19.75
90th Percentile £29.56 £31.90 £21.14
UK median hourly rate £17.85 £22.14 £14.54
% change year-on-year -19.38% +52.27% -81.83%

All General Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 22,061 15,727 21,785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.57% 63.99% 58.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,826 10,218 14,096
10th Percentile £304 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,429 662 1,772
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.05 £17.53 £15.39
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.60 £29.83
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -4.11% -14.79%
75th Percentile £61.25 £58.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £28.55 £28.18 £28.50
% change year-on-year +1.31% -1.12% -18.57%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Police job vacancy trend in England

Police
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Police

Police
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Police in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Police in England

Police
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Police

Police
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Police in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Police in England

Police
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the England region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
London -37 45 £498 -5.24% 10
Midlands -31 34 £550 +15.79% 6
West Midlands -36 25 £550 +15.79% 4
South East -39 21 £250 - 6
South West -28 14 £413 -29.79% 3
East Midlands -28 8 - - 2
North of England -65 6 £525 - 6
Yorkshire -57 3 - - 4
North East - 2 £575 - 2
East of England -27 1 - - 1
North West - 1 £263 - 1
Police
UK

Police
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.78%) Confluence
1 1 (0.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (14.73%) Azure
2 11 (8.53%) AWS
2 11 (8.53%) Entra ID
3 8 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.88%) Power Platform
4 5 (3.88%) Serverless
5 4 (3.10%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (2.33%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (1.55%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (1.55%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (1.55%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.55%) AWS Control Tower
7 2 (1.55%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.78%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.78%) GCP
8 1 (0.78%) GitHub
8 1 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.88%) Firewall
1 5 (3.88%) LAN
1 5 (3.88%) WAN
2 3 (2.33%) 3GPP
2 3 (2.33%) BGP
2 3 (2.33%) DNS
2 3 (2.33%) Network Security
2 3 (2.33%) OSPF
2 3 (2.33%) RTP
2 3 (2.33%) SD-WAN
2 3 (2.33%) Wireshark
3 2 (1.55%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (1.55%) DHCP
3 2 (1.55%) DMVPN
3 2 (1.55%) MPLS
3 2 (1.55%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (1.55%) TETRA
4 1 (0.78%) SAN
4 1 (0.78%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.78%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.88%) Power BI
2 2 (1.55%) Amazon Athena
2 2 (1.55%) Amazon QuickSight
2 2 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.78%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.78%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (5.43%) Git
2 3 (2.33%) GitLab
2 3 (2.33%) TeamCity
3 2 (1.55%) Artifactory
3 2 (1.55%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.55%) JIRA
3 2 (1.55%) Postman
4 1 (0.78%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.78%) JMeter
4 1 (0.78%) JUnit
4 1 (0.78%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.78%) Mockito
4 1 (0.78%) Selenium
4 1 (0.78%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.78%) Vite
General
1 55 (42.64%) Public Sector
2 30 (23.26%) Social Skills
3 19 (14.73%) Law
4 12 (9.30%) Fire and Rescue
5 8 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.20%) Finance
6 6 (4.65%) Local Government
7 5 (3.88%) Legal
7 5 (3.88%) Military
7 5 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.33%) Aviation
9 3 (2.33%) Back Office
10 2 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.55%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.78%) Banking
11 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 23 (17.83%) Analyst
2 15 (11.63%) Business Analyst
3 12 (9.30%) Architect
4 9 (6.98%) Developer
4 9 (6.98%) Senior
5 8 (6.20%) Field Engineer
6 6 (4.65%) Consultant
7 5 (3.88%) Administrator
7 5 (3.88%) Configuration Analyst
7 5 (3.88%) Help Desk Technician
7 5 (3.88%) ICT Technician
7 5 (3.88%) Network Engineer
7 5 (3.88%) Project Manager
7 5 (3.88%) Technical Architect
8 4 (3.10%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.33%) Information Assurance Manager
9 3 (2.33%) Information Manager
9 3 (2.33%) Network Architect
9 3 (2.33%) PMO Manager
9 3 (2.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.65%) SailPoint
2 5 (3.88%) .NET
3 4 (3.10%) Middleware
4 3 (2.33%) .NET Core
5 2 (1.55%) RESTful
6 1 (0.78%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.78%) CSS
6 1 (0.78%) CSS3
6 1 (0.78%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.78%) HTML
6 1 (0.78%) HTML5
6 1 (0.78%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.78%) Jest
6 1 (0.78%) JSON
6 1 (0.78%) Node.js
6 1 (0.78%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.78%) Redux
6 1 (0.78%) Spring
6 1 (0.78%) Spring Cloud
6 1 (0.78%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.75%) Driving Licence
2 9 (6.98%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (6.98%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.88%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (3.88%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.10%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.33%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.33%) e-Learning
5 3 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.33%) Robotics
6 2 (1.55%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.55%) CMDB
7 1 (0.78%) CCTV
7 1 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.78%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.78%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.78%) Replication
7 1 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.78%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.40%) Windows
2 8 (6.20%) Linux
3 4 (3.10%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.33%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.78%) Android
5 1 (0.78%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.78%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (18.60%) Migration
2 22 (17.05%) Records Management
3 21 (16.28%) Agile
4 18 (13.95%) Data Protection
5 15 (11.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (10.08%) ITIL
7 11 (8.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (8.53%) Data Migration
8 10 (7.75%) CI/CD
8 10 (7.75%) Validation
9 9 (6.98%) Service Delivery
10 8 (6.20%) Business Continuity
10 8 (6.20%) Change Management
10 8 (6.20%) Customer Service
10 8 (6.20%) Information Management
11 7 (5.43%) Information Governance
11 7 (5.43%) Information Security
11 7 (5.43%) Knowledge Transfer
11 7 (5.43%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (5.43%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.88%) C#
1 5 (3.88%) SQL
2 3 (2.33%) Java
3 2 (1.55%) Bash
3 2 (1.55%) Kotlin
3 2 (1.55%) Python
4 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 52 (40.31%) Security Cleared
2 41 (31.78%) SC Cleared
3 15 (11.63%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.88%) Degree
4 5 (3.88%) NVQ Level 3
5 3 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.33%) CCNP
5 3 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.55%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.78%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.78%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.78%) CCNA
7 1 (0.78%) ISEB
7 1 (0.78%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.78%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.65%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.88%) QA
3 4 (3.10%) GDPR
4 3 (2.33%) NCSC
4 3 (2.33%) PMO
5 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.78%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.78%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.78%) NIST
5 1 (0.78%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (10.85%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (6.20%) Hyper-V
4 7 (5.43%) Docker
5 2 (1.55%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.78%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (3.88%) SCCM
2 3 (2.33%) Ansible
2 3 (2.33%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.33%) Terraform
3 2 (1.55%) Grafana
3 2 (1.55%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.55%) Puppet
3 2 (1.55%) Salt
4 1 (0.78%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.78%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 24 (18.60%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.75%) VMware
3 6 (4.65%) Cisco
4 5 (3.88%) Blue Prism
4 5 (3.88%) Fortinet
5 4 (3.10%) UiPath
6 3 (2.33%) Automation Anywhere
7 2 (1.55%) Cellebrite
7 2 (1.55%) IBM
7 2 (1.55%) Intel
8 1 (0.78%) Avaya
8 1 (0.78%) NetApp
8 1 (0.78%) Oracle
8 1 (0.78%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.78%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.78%) SAP
8 1 (0.78%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.78%) Veeam