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 8 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 426 432 410
Rank change year-on-year +6 -22 +70
Contract jobs citing Police 197 89 116
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.43% 0.32% 0.36%
As % of the General category 0.75% 0.50% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 55 53
10th Percentile £300 £405 -
25th Percentile £425 £463 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £375
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +46.67% -25.15%
75th Percentile £625 £622 £525
90th Percentile £700 £718 £673
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £388
% change year-on-year -2.27% +41.94% -22.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 16 1
10th Percentile £13.02 - -
25th Percentile £16.46 £12.21 £18.16
Median hourly rate £17.85 £18.73 £18.32
Median % change year-on-year -4.70% +2.24% -13.79%
75th Percentile £19.20 £22.14 £18.48
90th Percentile £24.72 - -
UK median hourly rate £14.23 £18.73 £18.32
% change year-on-year -24.03% +2.24% -13.79%

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 26,131 17,889 18,997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.49% 63.93% 58.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,215 11,356 11,412
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £530
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% -3.64%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,413 1,048 844
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.61 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £16.30 £17.49
Median hourly rate £29.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.31% -28.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £55.00 £45.75 £61.60
90th Percentile £78.10 £70.05 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £25.08 £33.00
% change year-on-year +9.67% -24.02% +20.00%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 8 October 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 80 £550 - 74
Midlands -21 36 £488 -17.02% 22
South East -45 24 £369 -18.06% 27
North of England -53 23 £500 +14.29% 30
East Midlands +5 18 £205 - 10
West Midlands -33 18 £500 -14.89% 12
South West -29 15 £438 - 35
Yorkshire -34 12 £500 +14.29% 8
North West -38 10 £650 - 22
North East - 1 £375 -
East of England - 1 £700 - 11
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 (2.54%) Confluence
2 4 (2.03%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.52%) nginx
4 2 (1.02%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.51%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.51%) SAS
5 1 (0.51%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.51%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (5.58%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.52%) iTrent
2 2 (1.02%) assyst
2 2 (1.02%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.51%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 37 (18.78%) Azure
2 29 (14.72%) AWS
3 17 (8.63%) Power Platform
4 13 (6.60%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (4.06%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (3.55%) Entra ID
7 7 (3.55%) GitHub
7 7 (3.55%) OCI
8 6 (3.05%) Serverless
9 5 (2.54%) Amazon S3
9 5 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (2.54%) GCP
9 5 (2.54%) PowerApps
9 5 (2.54%) SaaS
10 4 (2.03%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (2.03%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (2.03%) Copilot Studio
10 4 (2.03%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (1.52%) AWS Control Tower
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.09%) DNS
2 11 (5.58%) Firewall
3 10 (5.08%) DHCP
4 9 (4.57%) VPN
5 7 (3.55%) LAN
6 6 (3.05%) BGP
6 6 (3.05%) IPsec
6 6 (3.05%) Network Security
6 6 (3.05%) OSPF
6 6 (3.05%) VLAN
7 5 (2.54%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (2.54%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (2.54%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (2.54%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.54%) VoIP
7 5 (2.54%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (2.54%) Wireless
7 5 (2.54%) WLAN
8 4 (2.03%) 3GPP
8 4 (2.03%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.58%) Power BI
2 7 (3.55%) Metadata
3 6 (3.05%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.03%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.52%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (1.52%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.02%) Amazon QuickSight
6 2 (1.02%) EDMS
7 1 (0.51%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.51%) Big Data
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.51%) Power Query
7 1 (0.51%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 9 (4.57%) GitLab
2 8 (4.06%) Git
2 8 (4.06%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.54%) JIRA
4 4 (2.03%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.02%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.02%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.02%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.02%) JMeter
5 2 (1.02%) JUnit
5 2 (1.02%) Mockito
5 2 (1.02%) Postman
5 2 (1.02%) REST Assured
5 2 (1.02%) Selenium
5 2 (1.02%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 96 (48.73%) Public Sector
2 61 (30.96%) Social Skills
3 38 (19.29%) Law
4 22 (11.17%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.61%) Finance
6 11 (5.58%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (5.08%) Fire and Rescue
8 7 (3.55%) Local Government
8 7 (3.55%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (3.05%) Legal
10 5 (2.54%) Aviation
10 5 (2.54%) Military
11 4 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.02%) Publishing
13 2 (1.02%) Retail
14 1 (0.51%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.51%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 28 (14.21%) Architect
2 23 (11.68%) Analyst
3 18 (9.14%) Business Analyst
4 16 (8.12%) Developer
5 14 (7.11%) Lead
6 12 (6.09%) Senior
7 10 (5.08%) Administrator
8 8 (4.06%) Security Architect
9 7 (3.55%) Data Engineer
9 7 (3.55%) Technical Architect
10 6 (3.05%) DevOps Engineer
10 6 (3.05%) Network Engineer
10 6 (3.05%) Project Manager
10 6 (3.05%) ServiceNow Architect
10 6 (3.05%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
10 6 (3.05%) Technical Analyst
10 6 (3.05%) Technical Business Analyst
11 5 (2.54%) Consultant
11 5 (2.54%) Senior Network Engineer
11 5 (2.54%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.63%) Terraform
2 11 (5.58%) REST
3 9 (4.57%) Oracle Fusion
4 8 (4.06%) .NET
5 5 (2.54%) Kafka
6 4 (2.03%) .NET Core
6 4 (2.03%) .NET Framework
6 4 (2.03%) Spring
7 3 (1.52%) Entity Framework
7 3 (1.52%) HTML
7 3 (1.52%) HTML5 Canvas
7 3 (1.52%) Middleware
7 3 (1.52%) React
7 3 (1.52%) RESTful
7 3 (1.52%) SailPoint
7 3 (1.52%) Spring Boot
7 3 (1.52%) Vue
7 3 (1.52%) WPF
8 2 (1.02%) Spring Cloud
8 2 (1.02%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.64%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.57%) Driving Licence
2 9 (4.57%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.06%) Data Centre
3 8 (4.06%) Data Structures
3 8 (4.06%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (3.55%) PKI
5 6 (3.05%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.54%) Freedom of Information
6 5 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.03%) Robotics
8 3 (1.52%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.52%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.52%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.52%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.52%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.02%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.02%) PMI
9 2 (1.02%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.09%) Windows
2 10 (5.08%) Linux
3 5 (2.54%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (18.78%) DevOps
2 36 (18.27%) Agile
3 34 (17.26%) Stakeholder Management
4 30 (15.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 26 (13.20%) CI/CD
5 26 (13.20%) Validation
6 24 (12.18%) Migration
7 23 (11.68%) Data Modelling
7 23 (11.68%) Decision-Making
7 23 (11.68%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (10.66%) User Acceptance Testing
9 20 (10.15%) Data Protection
10 19 (9.64%) Analytics
11 18 (9.14%) AI
11 18 (9.14%) Infrastructure as Code
12 16 (8.12%) ITIL
13 15 (7.61%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (7.61%) Event-Driven
13 15 (7.61%) Service Management
13 15 (7.61%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.11%) Python
2 12 (6.09%) SQL
3 8 (4.06%) C#
4 7 (3.55%) Java
5 6 (3.05%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.52%) Bash
6 3 (1.52%) Groovy
7 2 (1.02%) Bicep
7 2 (1.02%) R
8 1 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.51%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.51%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 111 (56.35%) Security Cleared
2 84 (42.64%) SC Cleared
3 38 (19.29%) DV Cleared
4 26 (13.20%) Degree
5 9 (4.57%) CISM
5 9 (4.57%) CISSP
6 7 (3.55%) AWS Certification
6 7 (3.55%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (3.55%) DBS Check
7 6 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.54%) CCNP
9 4 (2.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (2.03%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 3 (1.52%) CTC Cleared
10 3 (1.52%) IIBA
10 3 (1.52%) ISEB
11 2 (1.02%) CCSP
11 2 (1.02%) ISTQB
11 2 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.60%) QA
2 8 (4.06%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.55%) Government Security Classifications
3 7 (3.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 5 (2.54%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (2.54%) NCSC
5 3 (1.52%) PMO
6 2 (1.02%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.02%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (1.02%) GDPR
7 1 (0.51%) GRC
7 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.51%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.51%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (7.61%) Docker
2 11 (5.58%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.54%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.51%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.51%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (6.60%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.06%) Ansible
3 7 (3.55%) Grafana
4 4 (2.03%) Kibana
4 4 (2.03%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.02%) Puppet
5 2 (1.02%) Salt
6 1 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.51%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.51%) SCCM
6 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (20.30%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.15%) ServiceNow
3 18 (9.14%) Oracle
4 8 (4.06%) Cisco
5 6 (3.05%) CheckPoint
5 6 (3.05%) VMware
6 4 (2.03%) Google
7 3 (1.52%) Blue Prism
7 3 (1.52%) Dynatrace
7 3 (1.52%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.52%) NEC
8 2 (1.02%) Automation Anywhere
8 2 (1.02%) Snow
8 2 (1.02%) UiPath
9 1 (0.51%) ABBYY
9 1 (0.51%) Blue Coat
9 1 (0.51%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.51%) Hyland
9 1 (0.51%) Kofax
9 1 (0.51%) Palo Alto