Police Jobs in the Midlands

Police
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Police over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 265 206
Rank change year-on-year +101 -59 +109
Permanent jobs citing Police 80 60 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.15% 0.51% 1.26%
As % of the General category 2.05% 0.91% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 64 46 36
10th Percentile £37,831 £25,500 £32,779
25th Percentile £38,754 £35,000 £34,452
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,885 £43,227 £40,188
Median % change year-on-year +22.34% +7.56% -7.24%
75th Percentile £53,688 £59,375 £48,612
90th Percentile £60,000 £86,485 £53,923
England median annual salary £53,688 £45,000 £48,250
% change year-on-year +19.31% -6.74% +16.61%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,901 6,618 7,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.16% 56.69% 73.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,838 4,704 3,129
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,991 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.86% +0.42%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Police in the Midlands

Police
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Police in the Midlands

Police
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Police in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Police in the Midlands

Police
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Midlands +76 76 £52,344 +21.09% 9
East Midlands +43 4 £60,000 +9.09% 2
Police
England

Police
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 11 (13.75%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.25%) IIS
3 1 (1.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (17.50%) NEC Housing
2 4 (5.00%) Infor LN
2 4 (5.00%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.25%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 8 (10.00%) Power Automate
3 8 (10.00%) PowerApps
4 7 (8.75%) Azure
5 4 (5.00%) AWS
5 4 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (3.75%) IaaS
6 3 (3.75%) OneDrive
6 3 (3.75%) PaaS
6 3 (3.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.50%) Firewall
2 4 (5.00%) Internet
2 4 (5.00%) SD-WAN
3 2 (2.50%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (2.50%) Network Security
3 2 (2.50%) VLAN
3 2 (2.50%) VPN
3 2 (2.50%) WAN
3 2 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.25%) BGP
4 1 (1.25%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (1.25%) IPsec
4 1 (1.25%) Junos
4 1 (1.25%) OpenScape
4 1 (1.25%) OSPF
4 1 (1.25%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.00%) Oracle Database
2 6 (7.50%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (5.00%) SQL Server
3 4 (5.00%) Tableau
4 2 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.50%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.50%) Power BI
4 2 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (5.00%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (3.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (33.75%) Finance
2 19 (23.75%) Public Sector
3 15 (18.75%) Local Government
4 11 (13.75%) Social Skills
5 7 (8.75%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (7.50%) Social Housing
7 5 (6.25%) Law
8 4 (5.00%) Retail
9 2 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 22 (27.50%) Developer
2 14 (17.50%) Consultant
2 14 (17.50%) Senior
3 10 (12.50%) Implementation Consultant
4 9 (11.25%) Vendor Manager
5 8 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Developer
6 6 (7.50%) Analyst
6 6 (7.50%) Lead
7 5 (6.25%) Java Developer
7 5 (6.25%) Power Platform Developer
8 4 (5.00%) Graduate Developer
8 4 (5.00%) IT Manager
8 4 (5.00%) Network Engineer
8 4 (5.00%) Security Engineer
8 4 (5.00%) Senior Consultant
8 4 (5.00%) Senior Manager
8 4 (5.00%) Senior Project Manager
8 4 (5.00%) Support Consultant
8 4 (5.00%) Team Leader
8 4 (5.00%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.25%) .NET
2 5 (6.25%) GWT
2 5 (6.25%) J2EE
2 5 (6.25%) JPA
2 5 (6.25%) Middleware
2 5 (6.25%) Vaadin
3 2 (2.50%) JSON
3 2 (2.50%) Web Services
3 2 (2.50%) XML
4 1 (1.25%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.25%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.50%) Housing Association
3 5 (6.25%) Mobile App
3 5 (6.25%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (5.00%) PKI
5 3 (3.75%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.50%) CMDB
6 2 (2.50%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (2.50%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.25%) Linux
2 6 (7.50%) Unix
2 6 (7.50%) Windows
3 5 (6.25%) Rocky
4 4 (5.00%) Solaris
5 2 (2.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (22.50%) Decision-Making
2 17 (21.25%) Release Management
3 16 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
4 14 (17.50%) ITIL
5 12 (15.00%) Asset Management
5 12 (15.00%) Project Delivery
6 11 (13.75%) Data Transformation
7 10 (12.50%) Housing Management
7 10 (12.50%) Project Management
8 9 (11.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (11.25%) Software Licensing
8 9 (11.25%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (10.00%) User Experience
10 7 (8.75%) Data Visualisation
10 7 (8.75%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (8.75%) Roadmaps
10 7 (8.75%) Service Delivery
10 7 (8.75%) Visualisation
11 6 (7.50%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (7.50%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (28.75%) SQL
2 16 (20.00%) Java
3 15 (18.75%) C#
4 6 (7.50%) PL/SQL
5 3 (3.75%) Python
6 2 (2.50%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.50%) R
6 2 (2.50%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (20.00%) Degree
2 14 (17.50%) DBS Check
3 6 (7.50%) Security Cleared
4 5 (6.25%) DV Cleared
5 4 (5.00%) ACCA
5 4 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (5.00%) CIMA
6 3 (3.75%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (2.50%) A+ Certification
7 2 (2.50%) APMG
7 2 (2.50%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 2 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.50%) CISSP
7 2 (2.50%) CITP
7 2 (2.50%) Cyber Scheme
7 2 (2.50%) GIAC
7 2 (2.50%) ISACA
7 2 (2.50%) SANS
8 1 (1.25%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (20.00%) QA
2 14 (17.50%) Accessibility
3 4 (5.00%) GAAP
3 4 (5.00%) IFRS
3 4 (5.00%) ISO 9001
4 2 (2.50%) COBIT
4 2 (2.50%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (2.50%) NCSC
4 2 (2.50%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (3.75%) Active Directory
1 3 (3.75%) Firmware
2 2 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.50%) Nessus
2 1 (1.25%) VxRail
Vendors
1 30 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.50%) NEC
3 12 (15.00%) Oracle
4 5 (6.25%) Citrix
4 5 (6.25%) Red Hat
5 4 (5.00%) Cisco
5 4 (5.00%) Cognos
5 4 (5.00%) Infor
5 4 (5.00%) SAP
6 2 (2.50%) Aruba
6 2 (2.50%) Avaya
6 2 (2.50%) F5
6 2 (2.50%) Juniper
6 2 (2.50%) Snow
6 2 (2.50%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.50%) VMware
6 2 (2.50%) Zscaler
7 1 (1.25%) Automation Anywhere
7 1 (1.25%) Blue Prism
7 1 (1.25%) Dell