Police Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Police
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in contract job vacancies in West Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Police over the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 72 -
Rank change year-on-year -19 - -
Contract jobs citing Police 5 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.36% 0.80% -
As % of the General category 0.74% 1.35% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £438 -
% change year-on-year +14.29% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £22.14 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate - £22.14 £20.74
% change year-on-year - +6.75% -

All General Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 673 444 392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 48.66% 59.36% 46.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 285 230
10th Percentile £283 £235 £350
25th Percentile £400 £375 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £650 £648 £639
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 16 27
10th Percentile £16.55 - £12.15
25th Percentile £16.62 £22.14 £13.87
Median hourly rate £24.00 £29.56 £16.19
Median % change year-on-year -18.80% +82.55% -10.06%
75th Percentile £35.00 £81.25 £36.25
90th Percentile £43.96 £89.90 £41.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.00 £22.14 £18.64
% change year-on-year +8.40% +18.81% -1.92%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Police job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Police
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Police.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Police

Police
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Police.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Police

Police
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 9 September 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
Bradford -13 5 £500 -
Police
Yorkshire

Police
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) BGP
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 5 (100.00%) DHCP
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) IPsec
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) OSPF
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (100.00%) VLAN
1 5 (100.00%) VoIP
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
1 5 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
1 5 (100.00%) WLAN
2 2 (40.00%) PSTN
2 2 (40.00%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
General
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Senior
1 5 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 5 (100.00%) PKI
1 5 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CCNP
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco