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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 248 203
Rank change year-on-year +55 -45 +119
Permanent jobs citing Police 56 67 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.80% 0.56% 1.32%
As % of the General category 1.34% 1.00% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 51 47 36
10th Percentile £37,435 £25,500 £32,779
25th Percentile £38,754 £35,000 £34,452
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £43,227 £40,188
Median % change year-on-year +24.20% +7.56% -7.24%
75th Percentile - £59,250 £48,612
90th Percentile £60,000 £86,485 £53,923
England median annual salary £53,688 £45,000 £47,236
% change year-on-year +19.31% -4.73% +16.76%

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 4,173 6,721 6,765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 59.55% 56.59% 73.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,813 4,701 3,067
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £37,000
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 £72,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

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 15 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 15 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 +52 52 £53,688 +24.20% 12
East Midlands +31 4 £60,000 +9.09% 5
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 8 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (7.14%) Infor LN
1 4 (7.14%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 10 (17.86%) Microsoft 365
1 10 (17.86%) Power Platform
2 8 (14.29%) Power Automate
2 8 (14.29%) PowerApps
3 4 (7.14%) AWS
3 4 (7.14%) Azure
3 4 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.14%) Firewall
2 3 (5.36%) Internet
2 3 (5.36%) SD-WAN
3 2 (3.57%) VLAN
3 2 (3.57%) WAN
4 1 (1.79%) BGP
4 1 (1.79%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (1.79%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (1.79%) IPsec
4 1 (1.79%) Network Security
4 1 (1.79%) OpenScape
4 1 (1.79%) OSPF
4 1 (1.79%) VPN
4 1 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.14%) Oracle Database
1 4 (7.14%) SQL Server
1 4 (7.14%) Tableau
2 2 (3.57%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.57%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (3.57%) Power BI
2 2 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (7.14%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (3.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (19.64%) Finance
2 6 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.93%) Law
3 5 (8.93%) Social Skills
4 4 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.14%) Retail
5 1 (1.79%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 21 (37.50%) Developer
2 9 (16.07%) Microsoft 365 Developer
2 9 (16.07%) Senior
3 8 (14.29%) Vendor Manager
4 6 (10.71%) Lead
5 5 (8.93%) Java Developer
6 4 (7.14%) Accountant
6 4 (7.14%) Architect
6 4 (7.14%) Graduate
6 4 (7.14%) Graduate Developer
6 4 (7.14%) Graduate Java Developer
6 4 (7.14%) Power Platform Developer
6 4 (7.14%) Project Accountant
6 4 (7.14%) Senior Accountant
6 4 (7.14%) Team Leader
7 3 (5.36%) Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 3 (5.36%) IT Manager
7 3 (5.36%) Network Engineer
7 3 (5.36%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (21.43%) .NET
2 5 (8.93%) GWT
2 5 (8.93%) J2EE
2 5 (8.93%) JPA
2 5 (8.93%) Middleware
2 5 (8.93%) Vaadin
3 2 (3.57%) JSON
3 2 (3.57%) Web Services
3 2 (3.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.71%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.93%) Mobile App
3 3 (5.36%) PKI
4 2 (3.57%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.79%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.93%) Linux
1 5 (8.93%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (26.79%) Impact Assessments
2 13 (23.21%) Decision-Making
3 12 (21.43%) Release Management
4 10 (17.86%) Data Transformation
5 9 (16.07%) Project Delivery
6 8 (14.29%) ITIL
6 8 (14.29%) Project Management
6 8 (14.29%) User Experience
7 7 (12.50%) Asset Management
7 7 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (10.71%) Data Visualisation
8 6 (10.71%) Visualisation
9 5 (8.93%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (8.93%) Requirements Analysis
9 5 (8.93%) Risk Management
9 5 (8.93%) SDLC
9 5 (8.93%) Service Delivery
9 5 (8.93%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 15 (26.79%) Java
2 14 (25.00%) C#
3 9 (16.07%) SQL
4 2 (3.57%) PL/SQL
4 2 (3.57%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.57%) Python
4 2 (3.57%) R
4 2 (3.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (21.43%) Degree
2 6 (10.71%) Security Cleared
3 5 (8.93%) DV Cleared
4 4 (7.14%) ACCA
4 4 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (7.14%) CIMA
5 2 (3.57%) A+ Certification
5 2 (3.57%) APMG
5 2 (3.57%) AWS Certification
5 2 (3.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 2 (3.57%) CITP
5 2 (3.57%) Cyber Scheme
5 2 (3.57%) GIAC
5 2 (3.57%) ISACA
5 2 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (3.57%) SANS
6 1 (1.79%) CCNP
6 1 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.79%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (26.79%) QA
2 4 (7.14%) GAAP
2 4 (7.14%) IFRS
3 2 (3.57%) COBIT
3 2 (3.57%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (1.79%) NCSC
4 1 (1.79%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (3.57%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.79%) Nessus
Vendors
1 17 (30.36%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.29%) Oracle
3 5 (8.93%) Red Hat
4 4 (7.14%) Cognos
4 4 (7.14%) Infor
4 4 (7.14%) SAP
5 3 (5.36%) Cisco
6 2 (3.57%) Avaya
6 2 (3.57%) SolarWinds
6 2 (3.57%) Zscaler
7 1 (1.79%) Aruba
7 1 (1.79%) Blue Prism
7 1 (1.79%) F5
7 1 (1.79%) Juniper