Police Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Police
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in contract job vacancies in Leicestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Police over the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Police 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 0.58% - -
As % of the General category 1.01% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £205 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £16.46 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.97 £30.20 £20.03
% change year-on-year -40.50% +50.81% -

All General Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 99 72 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 57.89% 55.81% 38.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 40 41
10th Percentile £263 £132 £190
25th Percentile £313 £250 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £316 £418
Median % change year-on-year +62.18% -24.40% -5.80%
75th Percentile £581 £488 £500
90th Percentile £688 £526 £606
East Midlands median daily rate £500 £401 £445
% change year-on-year +24.69% -9.89% -6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 2
10th Percentile £13.45 £19.03 £21.30
25th Percentile £14.65 £19.81 £22.13
Median hourly rate £16.98 £20.90 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.76% -14.69% +30.67%
75th Percentile £25.68 £22.60 £27.13
90th Percentile £31.13 £24.94 £28.10
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.75 £24.75 £18.16
% change year-on-year -24.24% +36.29% -57.29%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Police relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Police job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Police
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 7 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
Leicester - 1 - - 1
Police
East Midlands

Police
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA