Police Job Trends in the South East

Police
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Police over the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 262 306
Rank change year-on-year -7 +44 -113
Permanent jobs citing Police 7 7 58
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.057% 0.099% 0.40%
As % of the General category 0.12% 0.15% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 46
10th Percentile - - £32,404
25th Percentile £56,337 £39,929 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,728 £70,000 £49,941
Median % change year-on-year -16.10% +40.17% -8.05%
75th Percentile £64,030 £145,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £65,000 - -
England median annual salary £58,728 £51,887 £47,500
% change year-on-year +13.18% +9.23% +0.56%

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6,035 4,685 8,289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 49.09% 65.94% 57.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,459 1,987 5,645
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,150 £25,750
25th Percentile £33,125 £37,838 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,847 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.01% +15.79% -12.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -12.90%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Police job vacancy trend in the South East

Police
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Police.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Police

Police
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 March 2026. 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
Oxfordshire +3 4 £58,728 +47.08% 9
Thames Valley -9 4 £58,728 -34.72% 9
Hampshire -4 2 £65,000 -7.14% 10
Surrey - 1 - - 4
Police
England

Police
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) PeopleSoft HRMS
General
1 5 (71.43%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Head of Development
1 4 (57.14%) Head of Support
1 4 (57.14%) Systems Support
2 2 (28.57%) Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Process Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Collaborative Culture
1 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
1 4 (57.14%) ERP
1 4 (57.14%) Service Delivery
1 4 (57.14%) Service Management
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (57.14%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) PeopleSoft