Police Jobs 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 240 148 190
Rank change year-on-year -92 +42 +7
Permanent jobs citing Police 12 63 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.21% 1.66% 1.00%
As % of the General category 0.31% 2.25% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 44
10th Percentile - - £31,133
25th Percentile - £64,356 £31,929
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £67,003 £37,980
Median % change year-on-year -40.30% +76.42% -8.17%
75th Percentile - £69,649 £44,187
90th Percentile £49,300 - £45,607
UK median annual salary £45,000 £49,280 £40,606
% change year-on-year -8.69% +21.36% -9.76%

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 3,813 2,806 3,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 66.92% 73.96% 65.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,377 1,519 2,130
10th Percentile £28,650 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £41,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,350 £72,433 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,500 £83,750 £84,056
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Police in Scotland

Police
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Police in Scotland

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 26 July 2024. 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 -96 12 £40,000 -40.30% 1
Police
UK

Police
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (16.67%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (66.67%) NEC Housing
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (16.67%) OCI
2 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle Database
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 10 (83.33%) Finance
3 8 (66.67%) Legal
3 8 (66.67%) Local Government
3 8 (66.67%) Marketing
3 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
4 4 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Senior
2 8 (66.67%) Bid Writer
2 8 (66.67%) Senior Bid Writer
3 2 (16.67%) Administrator
3 2 (16.67%) DBA
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior DBA
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (66.67%) Knowledge Management
1 8 (66.67%) Project Management
1 8 (66.67%) Software Delivery
1 8 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 8 (66.67%) Value Proposition
2 4 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 2 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 2 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (16.67%) Database Security
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (16.67%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) DBS Check
2 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) MCSE
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (16.67%) OCA
3 2 (16.67%) OCP
3 2 (16.67%) Oracle Certification
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (66.67%) Accessibility
1 8 (66.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 8 (66.67%) NEC
3 2 (16.67%) Oracle
3 2 (16.67%) VMware