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 14 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 438 406 433
Rank change year-on-year -32 +27 +93
Contract jobs citing Police 188 109 91
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.41% 0.39% 0.27%
As % of the General category 0.74% 0.61% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 54 52
10th Percentile £250 £404 £306
25th Percentile £330 £463 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £538 £518
Median % change year-on-year -7.91% +3.86% +0.85%
75th Percentile £588 £616 £666
90th Percentile £677 £699 £733
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.45% +0.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 26 11
10th Percentile £13.10 £12.21 -
25th Percentile £15.72 £17.48 £13.69
Median hourly rate £17.85 £22.14 £14.79
Median % change year-on-year -19.38% +49.70% -81.51%
75th Percentile £21.86 - £17.10
90th Percentile £60.40 £30.30 £20.74
UK median hourly rate £16.46 £22.14 £14.46
% change year-on-year -25.65% +53.11% -81.93%

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 25,244 17,764 19,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.36% 64.28% 57.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,039 11,302 12,323
10th Percentile £313 £277 £300
25th Percentile £419 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -4.83% -2.18%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,001 964 1,232
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.25 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.48 £18.03
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +38.62%
75th Percentile £62.00 £50.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £70.39
UK median hourly rate £31.53 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +25.36% -34.02% +38.62%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 14 August 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 -46 69 £513 -6.82% 40
South East -45 37 £250 - 13
Midlands -25 29 £475 -13.64% 5
North of England -69 20 £500 +14.29% 13
West Midlands -37 18 £500 -9.09% 1
South West -43 16 £525 -10.64% 8
Yorkshire -46 13 £500 +14.29% 2
East Midlands -14 10 £205 - 4
North West -41 6 £456 - 8
North East - 1 £375 - 3
East of England - 1 £700 - 3
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 5 (2.66%) Confluence
1 5 (2.66%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle Coherence
3 1 (0.53%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (0.53%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.06%) assyst
2 1 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.53%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 33 (17.55%) Azure
2 14 (7.45%) AWS
2 14 (7.45%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (5.85%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.72%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.19%) GCP
6 5 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.66%) OCI
7 3 (1.60%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (1.60%) GitHub
7 3 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (1.60%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 3 (1.60%) Serverless
7 3 (1.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.06%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.06%) AWS Control Tower
8 2 (1.06%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.06%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.06%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.06%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.91%) Firewall
2 11 (5.85%) DNS
3 10 (5.32%) DHCP
3 10 (5.32%) LAN
4 8 (4.26%) BGP
4 8 (4.26%) Network Security
4 8 (4.26%) OSPF
5 7 (3.72%) VLAN
6 6 (3.19%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (3.19%) Cisco Nexus
6 6 (3.19%) IPsec
6 6 (3.19%) VoIP
6 6 (3.19%) VPN
6 6 (3.19%) WAN
7 5 (2.66%) 3GPP
7 5 (2.66%) RTP
7 5 (2.66%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.66%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (2.66%) Wireless
7 5 (2.66%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.32%) Power BI
2 5 (2.66%) Data Lake
3 4 (2.13%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.60%) Metadata
5 2 (1.06%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (1.06%) Amazon QuickSight
5 2 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (1.06%) EDMS
5 2 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.06%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.53%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.53%) Big Data
6 1 (0.53%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.53%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 10 (5.32%) Git
2 6 (3.19%) JIRA
3 5 (2.66%) GitLab
3 5 (2.66%) TeamCity
4 4 (2.13%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.60%) JUnit
5 3 (1.60%) Mockito
6 2 (1.06%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.53%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.53%) JMeter
7 1 (0.53%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.53%) Postman
7 1 (0.53%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.53%) Vite
General
1 85 (45.21%) Public Sector
2 45 (23.94%) Social Skills
3 34 (18.09%) Law
4 19 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (7.45%) Finance
6 10 (5.32%) Fire and Rescue
6 10 (5.32%) Legal
7 8 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (4.26%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.72%) Local Government
9 6 (3.19%) Aviation
10 5 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.13%) Military
12 3 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.06%) Back Office
13 2 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.53%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.53%) Banking
14 1 (0.53%) Publishing
14 1 (0.53%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 30 (15.96%) Analyst
2 25 (13.30%) Business Analyst
3 22 (11.70%) Architect
4 17 (9.04%) Developer
5 15 (7.98%) Senior
6 11 (5.85%) Administrator
7 10 (5.32%) Lead
7 10 (5.32%) Network Engineer
8 8 (4.26%) Field Engineer
9 7 (3.72%) Configuration Analyst
9 7 (3.72%) Security Architect
10 6 (3.19%) Data Engineer
10 6 (3.19%) Project Manager
10 6 (3.19%) Senior Network Engineer
10 6 (3.19%) ServiceNow Architect
10 6 (3.19%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
10 6 (3.19%) Technical Analyst
10 6 (3.19%) Technical Business Analyst
11 5 (2.66%) Consultant
11 5 (2.66%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.19%) .NET
2 5 (2.66%) .NET Core
2 5 (2.66%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (2.66%) RESTful
2 5 (2.66%) Spring
3 4 (2.13%) Spring Boot
4 3 (1.60%) Kafka
4 3 (1.60%) RabbitMQ
4 3 (1.60%) Spring Cloud
5 1 (0.53%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.53%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.53%) CSS3
5 1 (0.53%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.53%) HTML5
5 1 (0.53%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (0.53%) Node.js
5 1 (0.53%) React
5 1 (0.53%) REST
5 1 (0.53%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.53%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.32%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.79%) Data Centre
2 9 (4.79%) Driving Licence
3 8 (4.26%) Data Structures
4 7 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.19%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.66%) PKI
6 5 (2.66%) Robotics
7 4 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.60%) CCTV
8 3 (1.60%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.60%) Freedom of Information
8 3 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.06%) CMDB
9 2 (1.06%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.06%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.53%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.38%) Windows
2 7 (3.72%) Linux
3 4 (2.13%) Windows 10
3 4 (2.13%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.53%) Android
4 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (18.09%) Agile
2 29 (15.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 24 (12.77%) Validation
4 23 (12.23%) DevOps
4 23 (12.23%) User Acceptance Testing
5 21 (11.17%) Data Protection
5 21 (11.17%) Migration
6 19 (10.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (9.04%) Data Modelling
9 16 (8.51%) CI/CD
9 16 (8.51%) Decision-Making
10 15 (7.98%) ITIL
11 14 (7.45%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (6.91%) Business Analysis
12 13 (6.91%) Workshop Facilitation
13 12 (6.38%) AI
13 12 (6.38%) Data Migration
13 12 (6.38%) Information Management
14 11 (5.85%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.85%) SQL
2 7 (3.72%) Java
3 6 (3.19%) C#
4 5 (2.66%) Python
5 2 (1.06%) Bash
5 2 (1.06%) R
6 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.53%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 91 (48.40%) Security Cleared
2 63 (33.51%) SC Cleared
3 28 (14.89%) DV Cleared
4 18 (9.57%) Degree
5 9 (4.79%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (4.26%) CCNP
6 8 (4.26%) CISM
6 8 (4.26%) CISSP
7 7 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (2.13%) CTC Cleared
10 3 (1.60%) IIBA
11 2 (1.06%) APMG
11 2 (1.06%) DBS Check
11 2 (1.06%) ISEB
11 2 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.53%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.53%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 1 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.85%) QA
2 7 (3.72%) Government Security Classifications
2 7 (3.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 5 (2.66%) Actionable Recommendations
3 5 (2.66%) NCSC
3 5 (2.66%) PMO
4 4 (2.13%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.60%) GDPR
6 2 (1.06%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.06%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.53%) GRC
7 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.53%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.53%) NIST
7 1 (0.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (6.91%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.38%) Docker
3 5 (2.66%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.53%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (4.79%) Kubernetes
1 9 (4.79%) Terraform
2 6 (3.19%) Ansible
3 4 (2.13%) SCCM
4 3 (1.60%) Grafana
4 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.06%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.06%) Puppet
5 2 (1.06%) Salt
6 1 (0.53%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.53%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 29 (15.43%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.57%) ServiceNow
3 13 (6.91%) Oracle
4 12 (6.38%) Cisco
5 6 (3.19%) CheckPoint
5 6 (3.19%) VMware
6 5 (2.66%) Fortinet
7 4 (2.13%) Blue Prism
7 4 (2.13%) Google
8 3 (1.60%) UiPath
9 2 (1.06%) Automation Anywhere
9 2 (1.06%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.53%) Aruba
10 1 (0.53%) Avaya
10 1 (0.53%) Blue Coat
10 1 (0.53%) F5
10 1 (0.53%) IBM
10 1 (0.53%) Informatica
10 1 (0.53%) Juniper
10 1 (0.53%) Salesforce