Police Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Police
South West > Somerset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in contract job vacancies in Somerset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Police over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Police 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.51% - -
As % of the General category 1.02% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median daily rate £262 - £250
% change year-on-year - - -36.31%

All General Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 98 108 88
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 49.49% 66.67% 49.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 74 51
10th Percentile £182 £210 £158
25th Percentile £225 £293 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +2.23% -5.78%
75th Percentile £488 £638 £607
90th Percentile £578 £722 £690
South West median daily rate £510 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +2.00% -9.09% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 14
10th Percentile £38.78 - £23.45
25th Percentile £42.56 - £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.25 - £46.09
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.82%
75th Percentile £58.06 - £55.47
90th Percentile £61.93 - -
South West median hourly rate £24.00 £65.00 £56.40
% change year-on-year -63.08% +15.26% -10.48%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Police job vacancy trend in Somerset

Police
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Police.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Police

Police
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
Portishead - 1 - -
Police
South West

Police
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Catalogue
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality