Police Jobs in the South West

Police
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Police over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 262 227
Rank change year-on-year +100 -35 +55
Permanent jobs citing Police 19 24 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.54% 0.25% 0.61%
As % of the General category 0.83% 0.47% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 19 19 4
10th Percentile £47,944 £39,308 -
25th Percentile £53,387 £42,500 £24,137
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,121 £45,000 £36,700
Median % change year-on-year +24.71% +22.62% +10.36%
75th Percentile £60,000 £46,494 £49,263
90th Percentile - £47,500 -
England median annual salary £53,688 £45,000 £49,280
% change year-on-year +19.31% -8.69% +21.81%

All General Skills
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,281 5,129 4,246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 64.80% 52.51% 63.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,258 3,474 2,305
10th Percentile £25,267 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -5.45% +3.29%
75th Percentile £64,075 £60,814 £67,070
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Police in the South West

Police
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Police in the South West

Police
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Police in the South West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Police in the South West

Police
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 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
Somerset - 15 £56,121 - 6
Bristol +52 2 £60,000 +57.83% 4
Dorset +32 2 £60,000 +33.33% 7
Police
England

Police
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (5.26%) IIS
Business Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Infor LN
1 6 (31.58%) SAP BPC
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) Firewall
1 7 (36.84%) SSH
2 6 (31.58%) EIGRP
2 6 (31.58%) OSPF
2 6 (31.58%) RIP
2 6 (31.58%) SNMP
2 6 (31.58%) WAN
3 1 (5.26%) DHCP
3 1 (5.26%) DNS
3 1 (5.26%) IPsec
3 1 (5.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (31.58%) Tableau
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 7 (36.84%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Finance
3 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (5.26%) Local Government
5 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (68.42%) Senior
2 7 (36.84%) Lead
3 6 (31.58%) Accountant
3 6 (31.58%) Network Engineer
3 6 (31.58%) Project Accountant
3 6 (31.58%) Senior Accountant
3 6 (31.58%) Senior Network Engineer
3 6 (31.58%) Team Leader
4 2 (10.53%) IT Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Lead Product Manager
5 1 (5.26%) PMO Officer
5 1 (5.26%) Product Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Project Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Support Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Technical Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Technical Support
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Support Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (47.37%) Driving Licence
2 6 (31.58%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
1 2 (10.53%) Windows Server
2 1 (5.26%) Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Mac OS
2 1 (5.26%) Solaris
2 1 (5.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) Line Management
2 7 (36.84%) Collaborative Working
2 7 (36.84%) Strategic Thinking
2 7 (36.84%) Technical Analysis
3 6 (31.58%) Business Forecasting
3 6 (31.58%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (31.58%) Customer Requirements
3 6 (31.58%) Cyber Intelligence
3 6 (31.58%) Decision-Making
3 6 (31.58%) Internal Audit
3 6 (31.58%) Inventory Management
3 6 (31.58%) Network Design
3 6 (31.58%) Network Management
3 6 (31.58%) Revenue Recognition
4 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.53%) ITIL
6 2 (10.53%) Process Improvement
6 2 (10.53%) Programme Management
6 2 (10.53%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) Bash
1 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) ACCA
1 6 (31.58%) BPSS Clearance
1 6 (31.58%) CIMA
2 1 (5.26%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) GAAP
1 6 (31.58%) IFRS
2 1 (5.26%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.26%) Docker
1 1 (5.26%) LXC
1 1 (5.26%) Samba
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) Oracle
2 6 (31.58%) CheckPoint
2 6 (31.58%) Cisco
2 6 (31.58%) Cognos
2 6 (31.58%) Infor
2 6 (31.58%) SAP
2 6 (31.58%) SolarWinds
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft