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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 443 424 400
Rank change year-on-year -19 -24 +66
Contract jobs citing Police 193 87 118
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.42% 0.31% 0.36%
As % of the General category 0.74% 0.48% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 55 55
10th Percentile £300 £405 -
25th Percentile £419 £463 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £375
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +46.67% -26.05%
75th Percentile £628 £622 £514
90th Percentile £700 £718 £670
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £388
% change year-on-year -2.27% +41.94% -22.58%
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 26,169 17,939 19,058
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.57% 63.95% 58.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,233 11,374 11,440
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
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 2,437 1,065 835
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.69 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £16.32 £17.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £25.08 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.65% -28.36% +16.67%
75th Percentile £56.21 £45.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £78.51 £70.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +10.00% -23.08% +18.18%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -43 79 £550 - 78
Midlands -14 36 £488 -17.02% 20
South East -50 24 £369 -18.06% 21
North of England -69 22 £500 +14.29% 30
East Midlands +4 18 £205 - 9
West Midlands -34 18 £500 -14.89% 11
South West -18 15 £438 - 32
Yorkshire -30 11 £500 +14.29% 11
North West -45 10 £650 - 19
North East - 1 £375 -
East of England - 1 £700 - 13
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 (2.59%) Confluence
2 4 (2.07%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.55%) nginx
4 2 (1.04%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.52%) SAS
5 1 (0.52%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.52%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.55%) iTrent
2 2 (1.04%) assyst
2 2 (1.04%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.52%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 38 (19.69%) Azure
2 27 (13.99%) AWS
3 18 (9.33%) Power Platform
4 13 (6.74%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (5.18%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.63%) GitHub
6 7 (3.63%) OCI
7 6 (3.11%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (3.11%) PowerApps
8 5 (2.59%) Copilot Studio
8 5 (2.59%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.59%) GCP
8 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (2.59%) SaaS
9 4 (2.07%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (2.07%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.55%) Azure API Management
10 3 (1.55%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.55%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.22%) DNS
2 10 (5.18%) DHCP
3 9 (4.66%) Firewall
3 9 (4.66%) VPN
4 7 (3.63%) LAN
5 6 (3.11%) BGP
5 6 (3.11%) IPsec
5 6 (3.11%) Network Security
5 6 (3.11%) OSPF
5 6 (3.11%) VLAN
6 5 (2.59%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (2.59%) Cisco Firepower
6 5 (2.59%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (2.59%) TCP/IP
6 5 (2.59%) VoIP
6 5 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (2.59%) Wireless
6 5 (2.59%) WLAN
7 3 (1.55%) OpenVPN
7 3 (1.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.70%) Power BI
2 8 (4.15%) Metadata
3 7 (3.63%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.07%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (1.55%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.04%) EDMS
6 2 (1.04%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.52%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.52%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.52%) Big Data
7 1 (0.52%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.52%) Power Query
7 1 (0.52%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 8 (4.15%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.63%) GitLab
3 5 (2.59%) Git
3 5 (2.59%) JIRA
4 3 (1.55%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.04%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.04%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.04%) JMeter
5 2 (1.04%) JUnit
5 2 (1.04%) Mockito
5 2 (1.04%) Postman
5 2 (1.04%) REST Assured
5 2 (1.04%) Selenium
5 2 (1.04%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 95 (49.22%) Public Sector
2 59 (30.57%) Social Skills
3 37 (19.17%) Law
4 22 (11.40%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (7.25%) Finance
6 11 (5.70%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (4.66%) Fire and Rescue
8 7 (3.63%) Local Government
8 7 (3.63%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.11%) Legal
10 5 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.07%) Aviation
11 4 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.04%) Military
13 2 (1.04%) Publishing
13 2 (1.04%) Retail
14 1 (0.52%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.52%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 28 (14.51%) Architect
2 23 (11.92%) Analyst
3 18 (9.33%) Business Analyst
4 15 (7.77%) Developer
5 13 (6.74%) Lead
6 11 (5.70%) Senior
7 10 (5.18%) Administrator
8 8 (4.15%) Data Engineer
8 8 (4.15%) Security Architect
9 7 (3.63%) Technical Architect
10 6 (3.11%) DevOps Engineer
10 6 (3.11%) Network Engineer
10 6 (3.11%) Project Manager
10 6 (3.11%) ServiceNow Architect
10 6 (3.11%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
10 6 (3.11%) Technical Analyst
10 6 (3.11%) Technical Business Analyst
11 5 (2.59%) Senior Network Engineer
11 5 (2.59%) Service Manager
11 5 (2.59%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.77%) Terraform
2 11 (5.70%) REST
3 9 (4.66%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (3.11%) .NET
5 5 (2.59%) Kafka
6 4 (2.07%) HTML
6 4 (2.07%) HTML5 Canvas
6 4 (2.07%) Spring
7 3 (1.55%) .NET Core
7 3 (1.55%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.55%) Entity Framework
7 3 (1.55%) Middleware
7 3 (1.55%) React
7 3 (1.55%) RESTful
7 3 (1.55%) SailPoint
7 3 (1.55%) Spring Boot
7 3 (1.55%) Vue
7 3 (1.55%) WPF
8 2 (1.04%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (1.04%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.84%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.66%) Driving Licence
2 9 (4.66%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.15%) Data Centre
3 8 (4.15%) Data Structures
4 7 (3.63%) PKI
5 6 (3.11%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.59%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.59%) Freedom of Information
7 3 (1.55%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.55%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.55%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (1.55%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.55%) Robotics
7 3 (1.55%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.04%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.04%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.04%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.22%) Windows
2 9 (4.66%) Linux
3 5 (2.59%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (17.62%) Agile
1 34 (17.62%) DevOps
2 33 (17.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (15.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 26 (13.47%) Validation
5 25 (12.95%) Data Modelling
5 25 (12.95%) Migration
6 24 (12.44%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (11.92%) CI/CD
8 22 (11.40%) Decision-Making
9 21 (10.88%) User Acceptance Testing
10 20 (10.36%) Analytics
10 20 (10.36%) Data Protection
11 16 (8.29%) AI
11 16 (8.29%) Infrastructure as Code
11 16 (8.29%) ITIL
12 15 (7.77%) Event-Driven
12 15 (7.77%) Microservices
12 15 (7.77%) Records Management
12 15 (7.77%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.74%) Python
2 12 (6.22%) SQL
3 7 (3.63%) Java
3 7 (3.63%) JavaScript
4 6 (3.11%) C#
5 3 (1.55%) Groovy
6 2 (1.04%) Bicep
6 2 (1.04%) R
7 1 (0.52%) Bash
7 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.52%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 109 (56.48%) Security Cleared
2 82 (42.49%) SC Cleared
3 39 (20.21%) DV Cleared
4 25 (12.95%) Degree
5 9 (4.66%) CISM
5 9 (4.66%) CISSP
6 7 (3.63%) AWS Certification
6 7 (3.63%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (3.63%) DBS Check
7 6 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.59%) CCNP
8 5 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (2.07%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 3 (1.55%) CTC Cleared
10 3 (1.55%) IIBA
10 3 (1.55%) ISEB
11 2 (1.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (1.04%) APMG
11 2 (1.04%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.70%) QA
2 9 (4.66%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.63%) Government Security Classifications
3 7 (3.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 5 (2.59%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (2.07%) NCSC
6 2 (1.04%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (1.04%) GDPR
6 2 (1.04%) PMO
7 1 (0.52%) GRC
7 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.52%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.52%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (6.22%) Docker
2 9 (4.66%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.59%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.52%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (5.70%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.11%) Ansible
3 5 (2.59%) Grafana
4 4 (2.07%) Kibana
5 2 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.52%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.52%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.52%) SCCM
6 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (20.21%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.36%) ServiceNow
3 19 (9.84%) Oracle
4 8 (4.15%) Cisco
5 6 (3.11%) CheckPoint
5 6 (3.11%) VMware
6 4 (2.07%) Google
7 3 (1.55%) Dynatrace
7 3 (1.55%) NEC
8 2 (1.04%) Automation Anywhere
8 2 (1.04%) Blue Prism
8 2 (1.04%) Snow
8 2 (1.04%) UiPath
9 1 (0.52%) ABBYY
9 1 (0.52%) Aruba
9 1 (0.52%) Databricks
9 1 (0.52%) F5
9 1 (0.52%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.52%) OpenText
9 1 (0.52%) Palo Alto
224 Police jobs in England