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 18 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 437 398 445
Rank change year-on-year -39 +47 +93
Contract jobs citing Police 183 102 112
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.41% 0.37% 0.31%
As % of the General category 0.74% 0.59% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 48 60
10th Percentile £250 £364 £237
25th Percentile £329 £475 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £494
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +11.36% -2.78%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £653
90th Percentile £639 £712 £738
UK median daily rate £494 £550 £494
% change year-on-year -10.23% +11.36% -1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 25 26
10th Percentile £15.72 £12.21 £12.82
25th Percentile £16.70 £17.48 £13.69
Median hourly rate £17.97 £22.14 £19.38
Median % change year-on-year -18.83% +14.27% -75.78%
75th Percentile £25.50 - £20.55
90th Percentile £153.73 £30.30 £27.97
UK median hourly rate £17.97 £22.14 £14.79
% change year-on-year -18.83% +49.70% -81.51%

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 24,886 17,337 20,728
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.30% 63.68% 57.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,960 11,100 13,262
10th Percentile £313 £281 £300
25th Percentile £413 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £530
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -3.30% -3.64%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £749 £760 £775
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,820 899 1,587
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.25 £13.50
25th Percentile £19.17 £16.36 £16.25
Median hourly rate £33.99 £26.32 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.14% -24.80% +14.68%
75th Percentile £65.00 £51.58 £57.50
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £26.21 £33.97
% change year-on-year +25.91% -22.83% +11.21%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -29 67 £483 -12.27% 11
South East -31 36 £250 +11.11% 10
Midlands -24 35 £500 - 5
West Midlands -36 24 £525 +5.00% 4
South West -34 16 £475 -19.15% 5
North of England -89 13 £500 - 6
Yorkshire -48 11 £525 - 4
East Midlands -6 10 £205 - 1
North West -56 1 £263 - 2
North East - 1 £375 -
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 (2.73%) Confluence
1 5 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.09%) Oracle Coherence
3 1 (0.55%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (0.55%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) assyst
2 1 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.55%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 31 (16.94%) Azure
2 15 (8.20%) AWS
3 13 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (5.46%) Entra ID
4 10 (5.46%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.28%) GCP
6 4 (2.19%) Serverless
7 3 (1.64%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.64%) GitHub
7 3 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (1.64%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 3 (1.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.09%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.09%) AWS Control Tower
8 2 (1.09%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.09%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.09%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.55%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.01%) Firewall
2 9 (4.92%) DNS
3 8 (4.37%) DHCP
3 8 (4.37%) LAN
3 8 (4.37%) Network Security
4 6 (3.28%) BGP
4 6 (3.28%) OSPF
5 5 (2.73%) 3GPP
5 5 (2.73%) RTP
5 5 (2.73%) VLAN
5 5 (2.73%) WAN
5 5 (2.73%) Wireshark
6 4 (2.19%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (2.19%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (2.19%) IPsec
6 4 (2.19%) VoIP
6 4 (2.19%) VPN
7 3 (1.64%) Cisco Firepower
7 3 (1.64%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (1.64%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.92%) Power BI
2 5 (2.73%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.64%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.09%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (1.09%) Amazon QuickSight
4 2 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.55%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.55%) Big Data
5 1 (0.55%) Metadata
5 1 (0.55%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (5.46%) Git
2 6 (3.28%) JIRA
3 5 (2.73%) GitLab
3 5 (2.73%) TeamCity
4 4 (2.19%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.64%) JUnit
5 3 (1.64%) Mockito
6 2 (1.09%) Artifactory
6 2 (1.09%) Postman
7 1 (0.55%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.55%) JMeter
7 1 (0.55%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.55%) Selenium
7 1 (0.55%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.55%) Vite
General
1 83 (45.36%) Public Sector
2 45 (24.59%) Social Skills
3 35 (19.13%) Law
4 16 (8.74%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (8.20%) Finance
6 14 (7.65%) Fire and Rescue
7 9 (4.92%) Local Government
8 8 (4.37%) Telecoms
9 7 (3.83%) Legal
9 7 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (3.28%) Aviation
10 6 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.19%) Military
12 3 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.09%) Back Office
14 1 (0.55%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.55%) Banking
14 1 (0.55%) Publishing
14 1 (0.55%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 30 (16.39%) Analyst
2 23 (12.57%) Business Analyst
3 18 (9.84%) Developer
4 16 (8.74%) Architect
5 15 (8.20%) Senior
6 9 (4.92%) Administrator
7 8 (4.37%) Field Engineer
7 8 (4.37%) Network Engineer
7 8 (4.37%) Project Manager
8 7 (3.83%) Configuration Analyst
8 7 (3.83%) Consultant
8 7 (3.83%) Lead
9 6 (3.28%) Data Engineer
10 5 (2.73%) Java Developer
10 5 (2.73%) ServiceNow Architect
10 5 (2.73%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
10 5 (2.73%) Software Engineer
10 5 (2.73%) Technical Analyst
10 5 (2.73%) Technical Business Analyst
11 4 (2.19%) IT Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.83%) .NET
2 6 (3.28%) SailPoint
3 5 (2.73%) .NET Core
3 5 (2.73%) RESTful
3 5 (2.73%) Spring
4 4 (2.19%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.64%) Kafka
5 3 (1.64%) Middleware
5 3 (1.64%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (1.64%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (1.64%) Spring Cloud
6 1 (0.55%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.55%) CSS
6 1 (0.55%) EJB
6 1 (0.55%) HTML5
6 1 (0.55%) Java SE
6 1 (0.55%) JDBC
6 1 (0.55%) JSON
6 1 (0.55%) JSP
6 1 (0.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.01%) Driving Licence
2 9 (4.92%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.37%) Data Structures
4 7 (3.83%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.28%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.73%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.73%) Robotics
7 4 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.64%) CCTV
8 3 (1.64%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.64%) Freedom of Information
8 3 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.64%) PKI
9 2 (1.09%) CMDB
10 1 (0.55%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.55%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.55%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.55%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.65%) Windows
2 9 (4.92%) Linux
3 4 (2.19%) Windows 10
3 4 (2.19%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.55%) Android
4 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (19.67%) Agile
2 25 (13.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 25 (13.66%) Validation
3 24 (13.11%) Migration
4 19 (10.38%) Data Protection
4 19 (10.38%) User Acceptance Testing
5 18 (9.84%) Records Management
6 17 (9.29%) DevOps
6 17 (9.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 16 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (8.20%) CI/CD
8 15 (8.20%) Decision-Making
8 15 (8.20%) ITIL
9 14 (7.65%) Data Modelling
9 14 (7.65%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (7.10%) Workshop Facilitation
11 12 (6.56%) Change Management
11 12 (6.56%) Data Migration
11 12 (6.56%) Project Management
12 11 (6.01%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.01%) SQL
2 8 (4.37%) Java
3 7 (3.83%) C#
4 4 (2.19%) Python
5 2 (1.09%) Bash
5 2 (1.09%) R
6 1 (0.55%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.55%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.55%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 83 (45.36%) Security Cleared
2 62 (33.88%) SC Cleared
3 22 (12.02%) DV Cleared
4 13 (7.10%) Degree
5 7 (3.83%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.28%) CCNP
7 5 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.19%) CTC Cleared
9 3 (1.64%) CISM
9 3 (1.64%) CISSP
9 3 (1.64%) IIBA
10 2 (1.09%) APMG
10 2 (1.09%) ISEB
10 2 (1.09%) NVQ Level 3
11 1 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.55%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.55%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.55%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 1 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.83%) QA
2 5 (2.73%) GDPR
2 5 (2.73%) NCSC
2 5 (2.73%) PMO
3 4 (2.19%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (2.19%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.09%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.09%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (1.09%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.55%) GRC
5 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.55%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.55%) NIST
5 1 (0.55%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (8.74%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.56%) Docker
3 7 (3.83%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.55%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (4.37%) Kubernetes
1 8 (4.37%) Terraform
2 6 (3.28%) Ansible
3 4 (2.19%) SCCM
4 3 (1.64%) Grafana
4 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.09%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.09%) Puppet
5 2 (1.09%) Salt
6 1 (0.55%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.55%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 31 (16.94%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.74%) ServiceNow
3 10 (5.46%) Cisco
4 8 (4.37%) VMware
5 7 (3.83%) Oracle
6 5 (2.73%) Fortinet
7 4 (2.19%) Blue Prism
7 4 (2.19%) CheckPoint
7 4 (2.19%) Google
8 3 (1.64%) UiPath
9 2 (1.09%) Automation Anywhere
9 2 (1.09%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.55%) Aruba
10 1 (0.55%) Avaya
10 1 (0.55%) Blue Coat
10 1 (0.55%) F5
10 1 (0.55%) IBM
10 1 (0.55%) Juniper
10 1 (0.55%) Salesforce