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 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 319 361
Rank change year-on-year +12 +42 +55
Contract jobs citing Police 55 48 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.27% 0.28%
As % of the General category 0.58% 0.49% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 25 27
10th Percentile £197 £278 £224
25th Percentile £288 £375 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +10.42% -0.12% -15.00%
75th Percentile £578 £663 £535
90th Percentile £600 £688 £643
UK median daily rate £550 £518 £507
% change year-on-year +6.28% +2.05% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 8 1
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.33 -
25th Percentile £17.48 £13.69 £13.13
Median hourly rate £22.14 £14.63 £13.27
Median % change year-on-year +51.38% +10.25% -
75th Percentile - £16.41 £13.40
90th Percentile £30.30 £19.16 -
UK median hourly rate £22.14 £14.63 £16.02
% change year-on-year +51.38% -8.72% -

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 9,413 9,760 11,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 61.21% 54.13% 55.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,635 5,522 7,828
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £358 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £494 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -1.20% -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £653 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 879 1,025 837
10th Percentile £13.13 £13.92 £13.41
25th Percentile £15.43 £16.00 £15.21
Median hourly rate £22.05 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.20% +50.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £43.75 £61.30 £58.75
90th Percentile £70.38 £71.40 £70.65
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.39 £27.50
% change year-on-year -32.74% +35.96% +13.98%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Police.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Police

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 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Police in the UK excluding London

Police
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Police.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Police

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 29 August 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 29 August 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
North of England +2 21 £438 -2.72% 8
Yorkshire +6 16 £438 - 2
South East +9 12 £350 -46.15% 11
South West +12 10 £588 +56.67% 3
Midlands -4 10 £588 +144.79% 9
West Midlands -6 6 £588 +144.79% 8
North West -9 5 - - 4
East Midlands -1 4 - - 1
Wales - 2 £463 - 1
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 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.55%) Azure
2 6 (10.91%) AWS
3 2 (3.64%) AWS CloudFormation
3 2 (3.64%) GCP
4 1 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.64%) Firewall
1 2 (3.64%) VoIP
2 1 (1.82%) LAN
2 1 (1.82%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.82%) WAN
2 1 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.82%) Big Data
1 1 (1.82%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 6 (10.91%) Jenkins
2 4 (7.27%) Cucumber
2 4 (7.27%) GitLab
2 4 (7.27%) JIRA
2 4 (7.27%) REST Assured
2 4 (7.27%) Selenium
2 4 (7.27%) SonarQube
General
1 21 (38.18%) Social Skills
2 15 (27.27%) Law
3 14 (25.45%) Fire and Rescue
4 13 (23.64%) Public Sector
5 11 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (12.73%) Local Government
8 5 (9.09%) Finance
8 5 (9.09%) Military
9 2 (3.64%) Aviation
9 2 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (3.64%) Swedish Language
10 1 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (30.91%) Analyst
2 11 (20.00%) Support Analyst
3 7 (12.73%) Support Officer
4 5 (9.09%) Architect
5 4 (7.27%) Consultant
5 4 (7.27%) Java Engineer
5 4 (7.27%) Java Software Engineer
5 4 (7.27%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
5 4 (7.27%) Software Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) DevOps Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.64%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.64%) IT Support
7 2 (3.64%) Security Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) Service Analyst
7 2 (3.64%) Service Desk Analyst
8 1 (1.82%) ICT Trainer
8 1 (1.82%) IT Services Manager
8 1 (1.82%) Operations Engineer
8 1 (1.82%) Technical Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.27%) ARM Templates
1 4 (7.27%) Java EE
1 4 (7.27%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.27%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.64%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.64%) Driving Licence
2 2 (3.64%) Handset
2 2 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (3.64%) Robotics
3 1 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.82%) Digital Media
3 1 (1.82%) e-Learning
3 1 (1.82%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.91%) Windows
2 3 (5.45%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.64%) Linux
3 2 (3.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (25.45%) Service Management
3 12 (21.82%) Information Security
4 11 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 11 (20.00%) Performance Measurement
5 8 (14.55%) Customer Service
6 7 (12.73%) DevOps
6 7 (12.73%) Project Management
7 6 (10.91%) Configuration Management
7 6 (10.91%) Infrastructure as Code
7 6 (10.91%) Software Engineering
8 5 (9.09%) ITIL
8 5 (9.09%) Service Delivery
8 5 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (9.09%) Test Automation
9 4 (7.27%) Agile
9 4 (7.27%) Change Management
9 4 (7.27%) Continuous Integration
9 4 (7.27%) Line Management
9 4 (7.27%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.91%) Java
2 2 (3.64%) Python
3 1 (1.82%) Bash
3 1 (1.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (25.45%) Security Cleared
2 9 (16.36%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.09%) DBS Check
4 4 (7.27%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.82%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (21.82%) SLA
2 2 (3.64%) GDPR
3 1 (1.82%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.82%) NCSC
3 1 (1.82%) NIST
3 1 (1.82%) NIST 800
3 1 (1.82%) RMADS
System Software
1 4 (7.27%) Docker
2 1 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.82%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (12.73%) Ansible
1 7 (12.73%) Terraform
2 4 (7.27%) Docker Swarm
2 4 (7.27%) Kubernetes
2 4 (7.27%) Podman
3 2 (3.64%) FortiGate
3 2 (3.64%) Grafana
4 1 (1.82%) SCCM
4 1 (1.82%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (5.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.64%) Ribbon
2 2 (3.64%) ServiceNow
2 2 (3.64%) SolarWinds
2 2 (3.64%) Tenable
3 1 (1.82%) CheckPoint
3 1 (1.82%) Cisco
3 1 (1.82%) Fortinet
3 1 (1.82%) Foundry
3 1 (1.82%) Google
3 1 (1.82%) IBM
3 1 (1.82%) Oracle
3 1 (1.82%) VMware