Police Contract Job Trends in the North West

Police
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Police over the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 125 113
Rank change year-on-year -53 -12 +26
Contract jobs citing Police 6 5 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.15% 0.23% 0.26%
As % of the General category 0.30% 0.38% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £293 - -
25th Percentile £348 - £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 - £400
75th Percentile £573 - £437
90th Percentile £634 - £467
England median daily rate £500 £550 £518
% change year-on-year -9.09% +6.28% -1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.10 - -
Median hourly rate £18.91 £12.21 -
Median % change year-on-year +54.87% - -
75th Percentile £24.72 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £17.85 £20.44 £18.32
% change year-on-year -12.65% +11.54% -2.45%

All General Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,020 1,318 1,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 50.83% 61.25% 54.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,154 843 757
10th Percentile £243 £274 £269
25th Percentile £400 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £458 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.29% -8.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £676 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 107 81
10th Percentile £15.11 £12.82 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.72 £14.03 £18.03
Median hourly rate £35.05 £22.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.89% -35.34% +55.35%
75th Percentile £64.01 £51.25 £45.00
90th Percentile £83.75 £70.06 £54.00
England median hourly rate £31.50 £25.15 £39.68
% change year-on-year +25.25% -36.62% +44.29%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Police job vacancy trend in the North West

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Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Police.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Police

Police
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Police in the North West over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Police in the North West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Police.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Police

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the North West region over the 6 months to 8 September 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
Merseyside -17 2 - - 3
Manchester - 2 £456 - 10
Cumbria - 2 - -
Police
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) OCI
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) EDMS
General
1 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Administrator
1 2 (33.33%) ICT Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Release Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Test Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 2 (33.33%) Document Management
1 2 (33.33%) ERP
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 2 (33.33%) Service Management
1 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
1 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
1 2 (33.33%) Time Management
1 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) AirWatch
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle