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 22 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 470 378 391
Rank change year-on-year -92 +13 +248
Contract jobs citing Police 82 104 163
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.24% 0.40% 0.43%
As % of the General category 0.40% 0.64% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 44 98
10th Percentile £310 - £250
25th Percentile £425 £294 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £631 £514 £588
90th Percentile £665 £668 £664
UK median daily rate £525 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 39
10th Percentile £20.12 - £11.95
25th Percentile £25.24 - £14.12
Median hourly rate £25.50 £22.14 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.18% +13.54% -75.63%
75th Percentile - - £22.52
90th Percentile £35.64 - £23.41
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £22.14 £19.50
% change year-on-year +15.18% +13.54% -75.63%

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 20,541 16,192 22,382
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 59.05% 62.63% 58.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,993 9,958 14,697
10th Percentile £300 £299 £265
25th Percentile £405 £410 £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 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,287 530 1,569
10th Percentile £14.06 £15.62 £13.22
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.14 £15.17
Median hourly rate £23.50 £30.79 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.68% +18.43% -12.61%
75th Percentile £53.75 £60.00 £51.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £66.80
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -23.33% +15.38% -6.19%

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 22 February 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 22 February 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 22 February 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 -42 32 £500 +1.01% 8
Midlands -22 30 £575 +20.42% 4
West Midlands -40 22 £575 +20.42% 4
East Midlands - 8 - -
South East -25 7 £350 +71.67% 8
South West -40 7 £300 - 10
North of England -84 2 £575 +95.33% 9
North East - 2 £575 - 2
East of England -27 1 - - 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:

Applications
1 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (14.63%) AWS
2 10 (12.20%) Azure
3 5 (6.10%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.66%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (2.44%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (2.44%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.44%) Serverless
7 1 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.44%) LAN
1 2 (2.44%) WAN
2 1 (1.22%) BGP
2 1 (1.22%) DMVPN
2 1 (1.22%) DNS
2 1 (1.22%) EIGRP
2 1 (1.22%) Firewall
2 1 (1.22%) MPLS
2 1 (1.22%) NAS
2 1 (1.22%) Network Security
2 1 (1.22%) OSPF
2 1 (1.22%) SAN
2 1 (1.22%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.22%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.22%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.66%) Power BI
2 1 (1.22%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.22%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Postman
1 2 (2.44%) Selenium
2 1 (1.22%) JIRA
General
1 36 (43.90%) Public Sector
2 22 (26.83%) Social Skills
3 9 (10.98%) Law
4 8 (9.76%) Fire and Rescue
5 5 (6.10%) Local Government
6 3 (3.66%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.44%) Back Office
7 2 (2.44%) Finance
7 2 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.44%) Military
8 1 (1.22%) Legal
8 1 (1.22%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (19.51%) Analyst
2 11 (13.41%) Business Analyst
3 10 (12.20%) Architect
4 6 (7.32%) Consultant
4 6 (7.32%) Project Manager
5 5 (6.10%) Help Desk Technician
5 5 (6.10%) ICT Technician
5 5 (6.10%) Technical Architect
6 4 (4.88%) Product Owner
7 3 (3.66%) Developer
7 3 (3.66%) IAM Specialist
7 3 (3.66%) Information Assurance Manager
7 3 (3.66%) Information Manager
7 3 (3.66%) Security Assurance Manager
7 3 (3.66%) Security Manager
7 3 (3.66%) Senior
7 3 (3.66%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (3.66%) Technical Business Analyst
8 2 (2.44%) Network Engineer
8 2 (2.44%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.10%) SailPoint
2 4 (4.88%) Middleware
3 2 (2.44%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.98%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (9.76%) Driving Licence
3 5 (6.10%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.88%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.88%) Product Ownership
4 4 (4.88%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.66%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.44%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.22%) CMDB
7 1 (1.22%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.22%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.22%) Replication
7 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.20%) Windows
2 5 (6.10%) Linux
3 2 (2.44%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.22%) VMS
4 1 (1.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.61%) Migration
2 18 (21.95%) Records Management
3 13 (15.85%) Data Protection
4 12 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (13.41%) Agile
6 9 (10.98%) Data Migration
7 8 (9.76%) Business Continuity
7 8 (9.76%) Information Security
7 8 (9.76%) ITIL
7 8 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (8.54%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (8.54%) Service Delivery
9 6 (7.32%) Mathematics
10 5 (6.10%) Identity Access Management
10 5 (6.10%) Incident Response
10 5 (6.10%) Information Governance
10 5 (6.10%) ITSM
10 5 (6.10%) Programme Governance
10 5 (6.10%) Project Management
10 5 (6.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.44%) C#
1 2 (2.44%) Java
1 2 (2.44%) Kotlin
2 1 (1.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (45.12%) Security Cleared
2 29 (35.37%) SC Cleared
3 8 (9.76%) DV Cleared
4 5 (6.10%) NVQ Level 3
5 2 (2.44%) CESG Certified Professional
5 2 (2.44%) CISM
5 2 (2.44%) CISMP
5 2 (2.44%) CISSP
5 2 (2.44%) Degree
5 2 (2.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (1.22%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (7.32%) Data Quality
3 5 (6.10%) NCSC
4 4 (4.88%) GDPR
4 4 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 4 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 2 (2.44%) GRC
6 1 (1.22%) Def Stans
6 1 (1.22%) JSP 440
6 1 (1.22%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (8.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (7.32%) Active Directory
3 5 (6.10%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (1.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (2.44%) SCCM
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 15 (18.29%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.54%) VMware
3 2 (2.44%) Automation Anywhere
3 2 (2.44%) Blue Prism
3 2 (2.44%) Cellebrite
3 2 (2.44%) Cisco
3 2 (2.44%) Fortinet
3 2 (2.44%) Intel
3 2 (2.44%) UiPath
4 1 (1.22%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.22%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.22%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.22%) IBM
4 1 (1.22%) NetApp
4 1 (1.22%) Oracle
4 1 (1.22%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.22%) SAP
4 1 (1.22%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.22%) Veeam