Police Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Police
West Midlands > Staffordshire

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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Police 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 3.41% - -
As % of the General category 5.36% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £416 - -
25th Percentile £545 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £820 - -
75th Percentile £890 - -
90th Percentile £896 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £563 - £240

All General Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 56 39 64
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 63.64% 62.90% 57.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 27 36
10th Percentile £177 £140 £208
25th Percentile £302 £150 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £200 £375
Median % change year-on-year +105.00% -46.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £514 £481 £438
90th Percentile £886 £500 £513
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £458 £500
% change year-on-year +6.56% -8.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 11
10th Percentile - £12.25 -
25th Percentile - £13.40 £14.71
Median hourly rate - £27.11 £15.90
Median % change year-on-year - +70.50% -42.18%
75th Percentile - £32.56 £33.93
90th Percentile - £39.05 £38.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £31.25 £24.34 £19.30
% change year-on-year +28.39% +26.15% -7.40%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Police job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Police
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Police

Police
Daily Rate Histogram in Staffordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Police in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Police in Staffordshire

Police
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Stafford - 2 £578 - 4
Police
West Midlands

Police
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 2 (66.67%) Oracle Coherence
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Director
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ERP
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco