Police Contracts in the UK excluding London

Police
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Police over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 298 387
Rank change year-on-year -3 +89 +13
Contract jobs citing Police 34 91 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.44% 0.27%
As % of the General category 0.43% 0.81% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 46 30
10th Percentile £190 £158 £348
25th Percentile £200 £363 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -52.38% +7.69% -11.36%
75th Percentile £516 £613 £609
90th Percentile £554 £675 £628
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £501
% change year-on-year - +4.79% -8.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 35 0
10th Percentile £21.76 £12.50 -
25th Percentile - £13.69 -
Median hourly rate £22.14 £14.54 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.27% - -
75th Percentile £28.26 £19.75 -
90th Percentile £31.90 £21.33 -
UK median hourly rate £22.14 £14.54 £80.00
% change year-on-year +52.27% -81.83% +49.53%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 7,974 11,188 13,395
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 62.58% 54.50% 56.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,925 6,365 9,157
10th Percentile £210 £205 £230
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £660 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 579 1,646 771
10th Percentile £13.74 £12.50 £13.31
25th Percentile £16.28 £15.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £24.66 £28.50 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.47% -1.72% +55.08%
75th Percentile £56.58 £53.75 £60.59
90th Percentile £75.00 £66.50 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £32.85
% change year-on-year -8.82% -8.17% +49.50%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Police as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Police in the UK excluding London

Police
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Police in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Police in the UK excluding London

Police
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Police in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Police in the UK excluding London

Police
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Police in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Police in the UK excluding London

Police
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Police in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Police in the UK excluding London

Police
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
South East +24 10 £200 -69.23% 19
South West +19 10 £588 +256.06% 8
North of England +10 8 - - 13
Yorkshire +6 8 - - 8
Midlands +11 4 £475 -3.06% 15
East Midlands +11 3 - - 5
East of England - 2 - - 2
West Midlands +4 1 £475 -3.06% 10
Police
UK

Police
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.65%) Azure
2 4 (11.76%) AWS
3 1 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.94%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.88%) Firewall
1 2 (5.88%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Cucumber
1 4 (11.76%) GitLab
1 4 (11.76%) Jenkins
1 4 (11.76%) JIRA
1 4 (11.76%) REST Assured
1 4 (11.76%) Selenium
1 4 (11.76%) SonarQube
General
1 11 (32.35%) Fire and Rescue
1 11 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 8 (23.53%) Public Sector
3 7 (20.59%) Finance
3 7 (20.59%) Law
3 7 (20.59%) Military
4 6 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (8.82%) Local Government
6 2 (5.88%) Aviation
6 2 (5.88%) Swedish Language
7 1 (2.94%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (26.47%) Analyst
2 6 (17.65%) Support Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Java Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Java Software Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Software Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Architect
5 2 (5.88%) IT Support
5 2 (5.88%) Principal Advisor
5 2 (5.88%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.94%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Computer Operations Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) IT Services Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Operations Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Security Assurance Coordinator
6 1 (2.94%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.76%) ARM Templates
1 4 (11.76%) Java EE
1 4 (11.76%) REST
2 1 (2.94%) .NET
2 1 (2.94%) .NET Core
2 1 (2.94%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.94%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.94%) CSS
2 1 (2.94%) Entity Framework
2 1 (2.94%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Data Centre
1 2 (5.88%) Driving Licence
1 2 (5.88%) Handset
1 2 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (5.88%) Robotics
2 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.94%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.71%) Windows
2 3 (8.82%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.88%) Linux
3 2 (5.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (29.41%) Project Management
2 7 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (20.59%) Service Management
3 6 (17.65%) Configuration Management
3 6 (17.65%) Decision-Making
3 6 (17.65%) Information Security
3 6 (17.65%) Performance Measurement
3 6 (17.65%) Software Engineering
4 5 (14.71%) Agile
4 5 (14.71%) DevOps
5 4 (11.76%) Containerisation
5 4 (11.76%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (11.76%) Software Architecture
5 4 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (11.76%) Test Automation
6 3 (8.82%) Change Management
6 3 (8.82%) Customer Service
6 3 (8.82%) ITIL
6 3 (8.82%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) Java
2 1 (2.94%) Bash
2 1 (2.94%) C#
2 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (44.12%) Security Cleared
2 10 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 4 (11.76%) DV Cleared
4 3 (8.82%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.59%) SLA
2 1 (2.94%) GDPR
2 1 (2.94%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) Docker
2 1 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.94%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 5 (14.71%) Ansible
1 5 (14.71%) Terraform
2 4 (11.76%) Docker Swarm
2 4 (11.76%) Kubernetes
2 4 (11.76%) Podman
3 2 (5.88%) FortiGate
3 2 (5.88%) Grafana
4 1 (2.94%) SCCM
4 1 (2.94%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.88%) Ribbon
2 2 (5.88%) ServiceNow
2 2 (5.88%) Tenable
3 1 (2.94%) Foundry
3 1 (2.94%) Google
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle
3 1 (2.94%) SolarWinds
3 1 (2.94%) VMware