Police Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Police
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 504 441 433
Rank change year-on-year -63 -8 -190
Permanent jobs citing Police 76 85 331
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.29% 0.48%
As % of the General category 0.25% 0.41% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 53 76 250
10th Percentile £26,250 £37,602 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,635 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,688 £40,553
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +32.39% -5.36%
75th Percentile £63,750 £57,057 £50,000
90th Percentile £67,000 £70,321 £68,275
UK median annual salary £58,413 £52,344 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.59% +16.32% -7.77%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 30,899 20,664 39,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 46.79% 71.30% 57.88%
Number of salaries quoted 16,808 9,444 26,334
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £75,600
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Police job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Police
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Police.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Police

Police
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Police in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Police in the UK excluding London

Police
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
North of England +5 37 £55,000 +23.04% 6
North West +32 29 £55,000 -65.63% 3
Wales -19 9 £50,000 -
Yorkshire -48 8 £62,500 +39.82% 2
South East -22 7 £58,728 -16.10% 14
South West -55 7 £54,498 -2.89% 3
East of England -11 6 £32,361 -45.15%
Scotland - 5 £28,000 -
Midlands -72 3 £50,871 -5.25% 5
West Midlands -86 3 £50,871 -5.25% 4
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
Police
UK

Police
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.26%) Drupal
2 3 (3.95%) nginx
2 3 (3.95%) WordPress
3 2 (2.63%) CMS
4 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (1.32%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Cloud Services
1 14 (18.42%) Azure
2 6 (7.89%) AWS
2 6 (7.89%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (3.95%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.32%) IaaS
5 1 (1.32%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.32%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.26%) WAN
2 3 (3.95%) Firewall
3 2 (2.63%) LAN
3 2 (2.63%) Network Security
3 2 (2.63%) VPN
4 1 (1.32%) BGP
4 1 (1.32%) Internet
4 1 (1.32%) OSPF
4 1 (1.32%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.32%) SNMP
4 1 (1.32%) SSH
4 1 (1.32%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.32%) VoIP
4 1 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.95%) MariaDB
2 2 (2.63%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.32%) Metadata
3 1 (1.32%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.32%) SQL Server
General
1 22 (28.95%) Social Skills
2 19 (25.00%) Fire and Rescue
3 18 (23.68%) Public Sector
4 17 (22.37%) Law
5 13 (17.11%) Local Government
6 10 (13.16%) Finance
7 7 (9.21%) Retail
8 6 (7.89%) Electronics
8 6 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (7.89%) Manufacturing
8 6 (7.89%) Marketing
8 6 (7.89%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (7.89%) Telecoms
8 6 (7.89%) Welsh Language
9 2 (2.63%) Arabic Language
9 2 (2.63%) Military
10 1 (1.32%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.32%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (18.42%) Senior
2 8 (10.53%) Cyber Threat Hunter
2 8 (10.53%) Threat Hunter
3 7 (9.21%) IT Support
3 7 (9.21%) Network Engineer
4 6 (7.89%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 6 (7.89%) IT Engineer
4 6 (7.89%) IT Support Engineer
4 6 (7.89%) Security Engineer
4 6 (7.89%) Service Manager
4 6 (7.89%) Support Engineer
5 5 (6.58%) Analyst
5 5 (6.58%) Field Engineer
5 5 (6.58%) Field Support Engineer
5 5 (6.58%) Lead
5 5 (6.58%) Operations Manager
5 5 (6.58%) Senior Network Engineer
5 5 (6.58%) Service Operations Manager
6 4 (5.26%) Architect
6 4 (5.26%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.89%) Regular Expression
2 4 (5.26%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.32%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 15 (19.74%) Management Information System
2 11 (14.47%) Driving Licence
3 8 (10.53%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (9.21%) Onboarding
5 6 (7.89%) Cyberattack
5 6 (7.89%) Low-Code
5 6 (7.89%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (7.89%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (5.26%) CMDB
6 4 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.32%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.32%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.32%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.32%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (18.42%) Service Delivery
2 13 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (14.47%) ITIL
4 11 (14.47%) ITSM
5 9 (11.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (10.53%) Agile
6 8 (10.53%) Mentoring
7 7 (9.21%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (9.21%) Line Management
7 7 (9.21%) Roadmaps
7 7 (9.21%) Service Management
8 6 (7.89%) Decision-Making
8 6 (7.89%) Digital Marketing
8 6 (7.89%) Programme Management
8 6 (7.89%) Security Operations
8 6 (7.89%) SIEM
8 6 (7.89%) Threat Detection
9 5 (6.58%) Computer Science
9 5 (6.58%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.89%) PowerShell
1 6 (7.89%) Python
2 2 (2.63%) SQL
3 1 (1.32%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 12 (15.79%) Degree
3 8 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 7 (9.21%) DBS Check
5 6 (7.89%) A+ Certification
6 5 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (3.95%) AWS Certification
9 2 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.32%) CCAB
10 1 (1.32%) CIMA
10 1 (1.32%) MCSE
10 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.21%) Accessibility
2 6 (7.89%) Data Quality
2 6 (7.89%) SLA
3 3 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (3.95%) ISO 9001
3 3 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.95%) Docker
3 1 (1.32%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (1.32%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (1.32%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (17.11%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.89%) SAP
3 5 (6.58%) Oracle
4 2 (2.63%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (2.63%) Fortinet
4 2 (2.63%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.32%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.32%) Cisco
5 1 (1.32%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (1.32%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.32%) VMware