Police Job Trends in Scotland

Police
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Police over the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 143 153
Rank change year-on-year -4 +10 +49
Permanent jobs citing Police 4 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.15% 0.12% 0.17%
As % of the General category 0.21% 0.21% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25,203 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,835 £40,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -35.41% - -
75th Percentile £30,080 - -
90th Percentile £36,584 - -
UK median annual salary £39,965 £50,000 £44,510
% change year-on-year -20.07% +12.34% -1.50%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,910 1,913 1,753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 69.51% 58.97% 74.03%
Number of salaries quoted 779 859 1,447
10th Percentile £25,684 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £51,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.95% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £69,800
90th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £82,548
UK median annual salary £51,729 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% - -

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Police job vacancy trend in Scotland

Police
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Police.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Police

Police
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Glasgow -9 3 £25,835 -35.41% 2
Scottish Borders - 1 £39,594 -
Police
UK

Police
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (25.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (75.00%) Local Government
2 3 (75.00%) Marketing
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Sales Executive
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Flask
1 1 (25.00%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (25.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) AI
1 3 (75.00%) Customer Experience
1 3 (75.00%) Email Marketing
1 3 (75.00%) IT Strategy
1 3 (75.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Microservices
2 1 (25.00%) OO
2 1 (25.00%) OOP
2 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) SOLID
2 1 (25.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Remedy