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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 457 427 410
Rank change year-on-year -30 -17 +60
Contract jobs citing Police 189 92 114
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.41% 0.33% 0.35%
As % of the General category 0.72% 0.51% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 57 54
10th Percentile £300 £408 -
25th Percentile £375 £463 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £381
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +44.26% -25.71%
75th Percentile £625 £606 £526
90th Percentile £710 £695 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £394
% change year-on-year -4.55% +39.68% -21.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 16 1
10th Percentile £13.10 - -
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 £15.72 £18.73 £18.32
% change year-on-year -16.07% +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 26,193 17,941 19,065
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.30% 64.02% 58.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,300 11,368 11,469
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £533
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -6.10% -3.09%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
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 2,374 1,041 878
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.70 £16.17 £17.50
Median hourly rate £29.50 £25.15 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.30% -30.14% +25.22%
75th Percentile £56.21 £45.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.51 £69.65 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £28.26 £25.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.68% -28.36% +27.27%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 70 £550 - 64
Midlands -22 35 £488 -17.02% 17
South East -42 26 £375 -16.67% 30
North of England -66 25 £500 +14.29% 27
West Midlands -29 18 £500 -14.89% 9
East Midlands -1 17 £205 - 8
South West -30 15 £438 -25.53% 31
Yorkshire -36 13 £500 +14.29% 6
North West -44 11 £456 - 21
North East - 1 £375 -
East of England - 1 £700 - 12
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 (2.65%) Confluence
2 4 (2.12%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.06%) Oracle Coherence
4 1 (0.53%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.53%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (5.29%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.59%) iTrent
2 2 (1.06%) assyst
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.53%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 31 (16.40%) Azure
2 20 (10.58%) AWS
3 15 (7.94%) Power Platform
4 10 (5.29%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.70%) OCI
7 5 (2.65%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (2.65%) GCP
7 5 (2.65%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.65%) Serverless
8 4 (2.12%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.12%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (2.12%) Copilot Studio
8 4 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.12%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.59%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.59%) GitHub
9 3 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.59%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 3 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.35%) DNS
2 11 (5.82%) Firewall
3 10 (5.29%) DHCP
4 7 (3.70%) LAN
5 6 (3.17%) BGP
5 6 (3.17%) IPsec
5 6 (3.17%) Network Security
5 6 (3.17%) OSPF
5 6 (3.17%) VLAN
5 6 (3.17%) VPN
6 5 (2.65%) 3GPP
6 5 (2.65%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (2.65%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (2.65%) RTP
6 5 (2.65%) TCP/IP
6 5 (2.65%) VoIP
6 5 (2.65%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (2.65%) Wireless
6 5 (2.65%) Wireshark
6 5 (2.65%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.29%) Power BI
2 6 (3.17%) Data Lake
3 5 (2.65%) Metadata
4 4 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.12%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.06%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (1.06%) Amazon QuickSight
6 2 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.06%) EDMS
6 2 (1.06%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.53%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.53%) Big Data
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.53%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 8 (4.23%) Git
2 6 (3.17%) GitLab
3 5 (2.65%) JIRA
3 5 (2.65%) TeamCity
4 4 (2.12%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.06%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.06%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.06%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.06%) JMeter
5 2 (1.06%) JUnit
5 2 (1.06%) Mockito
5 2 (1.06%) Postman
5 2 (1.06%) REST Assured
5 2 (1.06%) Selenium
5 2 (1.06%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 90 (47.62%) Public Sector
2 57 (30.16%) Social Skills
3 34 (17.99%) Law
4 18 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (7.41%) Finance
6 11 (5.82%) Fire and Rescue
6 11 (5.82%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (4.23%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.70%) Legal
8 7 (3.70%) Local Government
9 6 (3.17%) Aviation
9 6 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.65%) Military
11 4 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.06%) Retail
14 1 (0.53%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.53%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.53%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 24 (12.70%) Analyst
2 22 (11.64%) Architect
3 19 (10.05%) Business Analyst
4 16 (8.47%) Developer
5 13 (6.88%) Lead
6 11 (5.82%) Administrator
6 11 (5.82%) Senior
7 7 (3.70%) Security Architect
8 6 (3.17%) Data Engineer
8 6 (3.17%) Network Engineer
8 6 (3.17%) Project Manager
8 6 (3.17%) ServiceNow Architect
8 6 (3.17%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
8 6 (3.17%) Technical Analyst
8 6 (3.17%) Technical Business Analyst
9 5 (2.65%) Configuration Analyst
9 5 (2.65%) Service Manager
9 5 (2.65%) SOC Analyst
9 5 (2.65%) Software Engineer
9 5 (2.65%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.82%) Terraform
2 9 (4.76%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (3.17%) .NET
4 5 (2.65%) .NET Core
4 5 (2.65%) REST
5 4 (2.12%) Kafka
5 4 (2.12%) Spring
6 3 (1.59%) HTML
6 3 (1.59%) HTML5 Canvas
6 3 (1.59%) Middleware
6 3 (1.59%) RESTful
6 3 (1.59%) SailPoint
6 3 (1.59%) Spring Boot
7 2 (1.06%) Playwright
7 2 (1.06%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (1.06%) Spring Cloud
7 2 (1.06%) Web Services
8 1 (0.53%) EJB
8 1 (0.53%) JDBC
8 1 (0.53%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.94%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.76%) Driving Licence
3 8 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.70%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.70%) Data Structures
5 6 (3.17%) PKI
6 5 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.65%) Freedom of Information
6 5 (2.65%) Robotics
7 4 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.12%) e-Learning
7 4 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.59%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.59%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.59%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.06%) Freedom of Information Act
9 2 (1.06%) PMI
9 2 (1.06%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.06%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.29%) Windows
2 7 (3.70%) Linux
3 5 (2.65%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.59%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.53%) Android
5 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (16.93%) Agile
2 31 (16.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 30 (15.87%) DevOps
4 29 (15.34%) Stakeholder Management
5 23 (12.17%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (11.64%) User Acceptance Testing
6 22 (11.64%) Validation
7 21 (11.11%) Data Modelling
7 21 (11.11%) Decision-Making
8 20 (10.58%) CI/CD
9 19 (10.05%) Data Protection
9 19 (10.05%) Migration
10 16 (8.47%) ITIL
11 14 (7.41%) AI
12 13 (6.88%) Records Management
13 12 (6.35%) Business Analysis
13 12 (6.35%) Event-Driven
13 12 (6.35%) Information Management
13 12 (6.35%) Service Management
14 11 (5.82%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.29%) SQL
2 9 (4.76%) Python
3 6 (3.17%) C#
3 6 (3.17%) Java
4 3 (1.59%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.06%) Bash
5 2 (1.06%) R
6 1 (0.53%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 100 (52.91%) Security Cleared
2 72 (38.10%) SC Cleared
3 37 (19.58%) DV Cleared
4 27 (14.29%) Degree
5 8 (4.23%) CISM
5 8 (4.23%) CISSP
6 7 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (3.70%) DBS Check
7 6 (3.17%) AWS Certification
7 6 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.65%) CCNP
9 4 (2.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (2.12%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 3 (1.59%) CTC Cleared
10 3 (1.59%) IIBA
10 3 (1.59%) ISEB
11 2 (1.06%) ISTQB
11 2 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (1.06%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.41%) QA
2 7 (3.70%) Government Security Classifications
2 7 (3.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 6 (3.17%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.65%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (2.65%) NCSC
5 4 (2.12%) PMO
6 2 (1.06%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.06%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (1.06%) GDPR
7 1 (0.53%) GRC
7 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.53%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.53%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (6.35%) Docker
2 10 (5.29%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.65%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.53%) ProxySG
5 1 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (5.29%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.70%) Ansible
3 3 (1.59%) Grafana
3 3 (1.59%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.06%) Puppet
4 2 (1.06%) Salt
5 1 (0.53%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.53%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.53%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.53%) Kibana
5 1 (0.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 35 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.52%) Oracle
3 17 (8.99%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.70%) Cisco
5 6 (3.17%) CheckPoint
5 6 (3.17%) VMware
6 4 (2.12%) Google
7 3 (1.59%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.59%) NEC
8 2 (1.06%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.53%) Aruba
9 1 (0.53%) Automation Anywhere
9 1 (0.53%) Blue Coat
9 1 (0.53%) F5
9 1 (0.53%) Informatica
9 1 (0.53%) Juniper
9 1 (0.53%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.53%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.53%) UiPath