Police Contract Job Trends in Wales

Police
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in contract job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Police over the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Police 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.46% - -
As % of the General category 0.83% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £456 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - -
75th Percentile £469 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £525 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +5.00%

All General Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 241 202 195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 55.15% 53.44% 47.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 98 129
10th Percentile £163 £160 £175
25th Percentile £239 £206 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £381 £418
Median % change year-on-year +1.64% -8.68% -9.49%
75th Percentile £488 £505 £575
90th Percentile £638 £625 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.23% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 33 19
10th Percentile £13.28 £15.79 £19.67
25th Percentile £13.33 £20.12 £21.70
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.00 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -34.33% +66.50%
75th Percentile £23.71 £28.75 £54.50
90th Percentile £49.74 £41.25 £55.50
UK median hourly rate £23.33 £27.39 £31.80
% change year-on-year -14.81% -13.88% +27.20%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Police job vacancy trend in Wales

Police
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Police

Police
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Police.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Police

Police
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Law
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (50.00%) RMADS