Police Jobs in England

Police
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Police over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 557 514 260
Rank change year-on-year -43 -254 +560
Permanent jobs citing Police 129 352 1,193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.39% 1.38%
As % of the General category 0.38% 0.68% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 111 234 190
10th Percentile £38,754 £30,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £43,799 £35,000 £42,067
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £45,000 £49,280
Median % change year-on-year +19.31% -8.69% +21.81%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,500 £56,549
90th Percentile - £74,668 £70,069
UK median annual salary £53,688 £44,886 £49,280
% change year-on-year +19.61% -8.92% +21.36%

All General Skills
England

Police falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 34,227 52,053 58,720
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 69.91% 58.18% 67.97%
Number of salaries quoted 15,922 36,043 32,120
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Police as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Police in England

Police
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Police in England.

Salary trend for Police in England

Police
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Police in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Police in England

Police
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the England region over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +67 51 £53,688 +24.20% 62
West Midlands +45 47 £53,688 +24.20% 32
London +38 21 £51,500 +0.59% 21
South West +100 19 £56,121 +24.71% 40
South East +31 15 £60,000 +20.29% 81
North of England -7 11 £60,000 +60.00% 76
East of England +41 8 £59,500 +98.33% 59
Yorkshire +60 7 £60,000 +9.59% 33
East Midlands +40 4 £60,000 +9.09% 26
North West -14 3 £60,000 +0.84% 32
Police
UK

Police
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (6.20%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.33%) CMS
2 3 (2.33%) Drupal
3 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.78%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.78%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 28 (21.71%) Infor LN
1 28 (21.71%) SAP BPC
2 2 (1.55%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 15 (11.63%) Azure
2 12 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (9.30%) Power Platform
3 8 (6.20%) Power Automate
3 8 (6.20%) PowerApps
4 5 (3.88%) AWS
5 4 (3.10%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (3.10%) OCI
6 2 (1.55%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.78%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.08%) Firewall
2 12 (9.30%) WAN
3 9 (6.98%) OSPF
4 7 (5.43%) SSH
5 6 (4.65%) EIGRP
5 6 (4.65%) LAN
5 6 (4.65%) RIP
5 6 (4.65%) SNMP
6 5 (3.88%) DHCP
6 5 (3.88%) DNS
6 5 (3.88%) VLAN
7 4 (3.10%) Internet
7 4 (3.10%) IPsec
7 4 (3.10%) TCP/IP
8 3 (2.33%) BGP
8 3 (2.33%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (2.33%) SD-WAN
8 3 (2.33%) VPN
8 3 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.55%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (23.26%) Tableau
2 6 (4.65%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.88%) Oracle Database
4 4 (3.10%) Power BI
5 3 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.55%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (1.55%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.78%) Big Data
7 1 (0.78%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.78%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 28 (21.71%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.55%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.78%) JIRA
General
1 45 (34.88%) Finance
2 38 (29.46%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (13.95%) Social Skills
4 14 (10.85%) Public Sector
5 12 (9.30%) Retail
6 9 (6.98%) Fire and Rescue
7 8 (6.20%) Local Government
8 6 (4.65%) Law
9 5 (3.88%) Marketing
10 4 (3.10%) Aerospace
10 4 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.55%) Environmental Health
11 2 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.55%) Military
12 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (32.56%) Senior
2 34 (26.36%) Lead
3 28 (21.71%) Accountant
3 28 (21.71%) Project Accountant
3 28 (21.71%) Senior Accountant
3 28 (21.71%) Team Leader
4 24 (18.60%) Developer
5 11 (8.53%) Network Engineer
6 9 (6.98%) Microsoft 365 Developer
7 7 (5.43%) Vendor Manager
8 6 (4.65%) Senior Network Engineer
9 5 (3.88%) Java Developer
10 4 (3.10%) Graduate
10 4 (3.10%) Graduate Developer
10 4 (3.10%) Graduate Java Developer
10 4 (3.10%) IT Manager
10 4 (3.10%) Power Platform Developer
10 4 (3.10%) Service Manager
11 3 (2.33%) Analyst
11 3 (2.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.30%) .NET
2 5 (3.88%) GWT
2 5 (3.88%) J2EE
2 5 (3.88%) JPA
2 5 (3.88%) Middleware
2 5 (3.88%) Vaadin
3 2 (1.55%) CSS
3 2 (1.55%) HTML
3 2 (1.55%) JSON
3 2 (1.55%) Web Services
3 2 (1.55%) XML
4 1 (0.78%) EDI
4 1 (0.78%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 33 (25.58%) Management Information System
2 13 (10.08%) Driving Licence
3 5 (3.88%) Mobile App
3 5 (3.88%) PKI
4 4 (3.10%) Social Media
4 4 (3.10%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.55%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (1.55%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.55%) NHS
6 2 (1.55%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.55%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.78%) CCTV
7 1 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.78%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.75%) Linux
2 5 (3.88%) Rocky
2 5 (3.88%) Windows
3 4 (3.10%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.78%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.78%) Solaris
4 1 (0.78%) Unix
4 1 (0.78%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (28.68%) Decision-Making
2 32 (24.81%) Business Forecasting
2 32 (24.81%) Business Intelligence
3 31 (24.03%) Collaborative Working
4 28 (21.71%) Cyber Intelligence
4 28 (21.71%) Internal Audit
4 28 (21.71%) Revenue Recognition
5 16 (12.40%) ITIL
5 16 (12.40%) Line Management
5 16 (12.40%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (10.85%) Impact Assessments
6 14 (10.85%) Project Management
7 13 (10.08%) Release Management
8 12 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (8.53%) Service Delivery
9 11 (8.53%) User Experience
10 10 (7.75%) Data Transformation
10 10 (7.75%) Strategic Thinking
11 9 (6.98%) Project Delivery
11 9 (6.98%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (12.40%) Java
2 14 (10.85%) C#
3 13 (10.08%) SQL
4 4 (3.10%) Python
5 3 (2.33%) R
6 2 (1.55%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.55%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.55%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.78%) Bash
7 1 (0.78%) Scala
Qualifications
1 28 (21.71%) ACCA
1 28 (21.71%) BPSS Clearance
1 28 (21.71%) CIMA
2 21 (16.28%) Degree
3 16 (12.40%) Security Cleared
4 7 (5.43%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.88%) DBS Check
6 4 (3.10%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.55%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.55%) APMG
8 2 (1.55%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (1.55%) CCNA
8 2 (1.55%) CITP
8 2 (1.55%) Cyber Scheme
8 2 (1.55%) ISACA
8 2 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.55%) NVQ Level 4
8 2 (1.55%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (21.71%) GAAP
1 28 (21.71%) IFRS
2 15 (11.63%) QA
3 4 (3.10%) SLA
4 3 (2.33%) GDPR
5 2 (1.55%) COBIT
5 2 (1.55%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.78%) NCSC
6 1 (0.78%) NIST
6 1 (0.78%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (2.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.55%) Firmware
3 1 (0.78%) Docker
3 1 (0.78%) LXC
3 1 (0.78%) Samba
Systems Management
1 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.78%) Nessus
Vendors
1 38 (29.46%) Oracle
2 28 (21.71%) Cognos
2 28 (21.71%) Infor
2 28 (21.71%) SAP
3 22 (17.05%) Microsoft
4 11 (8.53%) Cisco
5 8 (6.20%) CheckPoint
5 8 (6.20%) SolarWinds
6 5 (3.88%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.33%) Dell
7 3 (2.33%) Google
8 2 (1.55%) Avaya
8 2 (1.55%) Blue Prism
8 2 (1.55%) Hotjar
8 2 (1.55%) Northgate
8 2 (1.55%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.78%) Aruba
9 1 (0.78%) Automation Anywhere
9 1 (0.78%) F5
9 1 (0.78%) UiPath