Police Contracts in the Midlands

Police
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Police over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 121 162
Rank change year-on-year +14 +41 +33
Contract jobs citing Police 4 12 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.21% 0.44% 0.15%
As % of the General category 0.34% 0.79% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 3
10th Percentile - - £262
25th Percentile £438 £240 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £513 £538 £519
90th Percentile - £548 £530
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £20.73 £8.08 -
25th Percentile £24.24 £10.36 -
Median hourly rate £30.20 £14.79 -
Median % change year-on-year +104.19% - -
75th Percentile £30.30 £18.58 -
90th Percentile - £20.47 -
England median hourly rate £22.14 £14.54 £80.00
% change year-on-year +52.27% -81.83% +49.53%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 common skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,194 1,513 1,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 62.38% 54.88% 55.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 1,034 1,359
10th Percentile £190 £207 £213
25th Percentile £343 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £488 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +1.56% +2.67%
75th Percentile £550 £611 £588
90th Percentile £650 £738 £688
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 167 83
10th Percentile £13.98 £11.75 £11.80
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.90 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.88 £17.50 £20.32
Median % change year-on-year +7.90% -13.88% +14.80%
75th Percentile £30.00 £38.13 £32.13
90th Percentile £34.24 £53.80 £51.50
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Police as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Police in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Police in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Police in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Police in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Police in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Police in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Police in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
East Midlands +11 3 - - 2
West Midlands +5 1 £475 -3.06% 8
Police
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (75.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft