Police Job Trends in Manchester

Police
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Police over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 67 151
Rank change year-on-year -54 +84 +55
Permanent jobs citing Police 10 93 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.34% 3.51% 0.078%
As % of the General category 0.58% 5.07% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 2
10th Percentile £23,750 £37,989 £47,000
25th Percentile £27,125 £41,000 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -14.29% -10.64%
75th Percentile £37,625 £52,000 £58,125
90th Percentile £38,500 £67,600 £60,000
North West median annual salary £35,854 £73,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -51.22% +40.00% +1.65%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 general skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,731 1,835 1,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 59.65% 69.17% 55.61%
Number of salaries quoted 905 758 1,072
10th Percentile £27,850 £31,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £33,125 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,021
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.82% +1.86%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £89,300 £87,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £47,500 £51,238 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.30% +2.48% -4.76%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Police job vacancy trend in Manchester

Police
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Police.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Police

Police
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Police in Manchester over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Police in Manchester

Police
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 6 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (40.00%) Law
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Electronics
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Fire and Rescue
3 2 (20.00%) Local Government
3 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (20.00%) Marketing
3 2 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Cyber Threat Hunter
1 4 (40.00%) Senior
1 4 (40.00%) Threat Hunter
2 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (20.00%) Assistant IT Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Assistant Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) IT Assistant
2 2 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 2 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) IT Support
2 2 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Support Team Leader
2 2 (20.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
3 1 (10.00%) Field Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (20.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (20.00%) NHS
2 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) ITSM
1 4 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (20.00%) Availability Management
2 2 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (20.00%) Patch Management
2 2 (20.00%) People Management
2 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (20.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) A+ Certification
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) SAP