Police Jobs 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 458 442 230
Rank change year-on-year -16 -212 +333
Permanent jobs citing Police 112 341 928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.47% 1.58%
As % of the General category 0.43% 0.83% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 103 248 86
10th Percentile £38,754 £30,000 £33,150
25th Percentile £50,195 £35,000 £35,764
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,321 £40,553 £47,078
Median % change year-on-year +33.95% -13.86% +18.41%
75th Percentile £60,000 £50,000 £53,923
90th Percentile - £68,275 £69,649
UK median annual salary £53,688 £45,000 £49,280
% change year-on-year +19.31% -8.69% +21.36%

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 common skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 26,274 40,993 40,388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 67.82% 57.08% 68.68%
Number of salaries quoted 11,596 26,506 18,404
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £64,559 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Police as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Police in the UK excluding London

Police
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Police in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Police in the UK excluding London

Police
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Police in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

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 23 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
Midlands +55 51 £53,688 +24.20% 49
West Midlands +57 47 £53,688 +24.20% 27
South West +98 17 £56,121 +24.71% 25
South East +36 14 £60,000 +26.47% 62
North of England -15 11 £60,000 +60.00% 55
Scotland +115 8 £60,000 +50.00% 7
East of England +32 8 £59,500 +98.33% 27
Yorkshire +63 7 £60,000 +0.84% 24
East Midlands +30 4 £60,000 +9.09% 20
North West -21 3 £60,000 +0.84% 23
Wales -34 3 £60,000 +50.00% 6
Police
UK

Police
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 8 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.89%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 38 (33.93%) Infor LN
1 38 (33.93%) SAP BPC
2 2 (1.79%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.89%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 12 (10.71%) Azure
1 12 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (8.93%) Power Platform
3 8 (7.14%) Power Automate
3 8 (7.14%) PowerApps
4 4 (3.57%) AWS
4 4 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.79%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.61%) Firewall
2 9 (8.04%) OSPF
3 8 (7.14%) WAN
4 7 (6.25%) SSH
5 6 (5.36%) EIGRP
5 6 (5.36%) RIP
5 6 (5.36%) SNMP
6 5 (4.46%) VLAN
7 4 (3.57%) IPsec
8 3 (2.68%) BGP
8 3 (2.68%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (2.68%) DHCP
8 3 (2.68%) DNS
8 3 (2.68%) Internet
8 3 (2.68%) SD-WAN
8 3 (2.68%) VPN
8 3 (2.68%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.79%) Intranet
9 2 (1.79%) TCP/IP
9 2 (1.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (33.93%) Tableau
2 5 (4.46%) Oracle Database
3 4 (3.57%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.79%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.79%) Power BI
4 2 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 38 (33.93%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.79%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.89%) JIRA
General
1 52 (46.43%) Finance
2 44 (39.29%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (10.71%) Social Skills
4 10 (8.93%) Public Sector
5 7 (6.25%) Retail
6 6 (5.36%) Local Government
7 5 (4.46%) Law
8 3 (2.68%) Fire and Rescue
8 3 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.79%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.79%) Environmental Health
9 2 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (44.64%) Senior
2 39 (34.82%) Lead
3 38 (33.93%) Accountant
3 38 (33.93%) Project Accountant
3 38 (33.93%) Senior Accountant
3 38 (33.93%) Team Leader
4 21 (18.75%) Developer
5 11 (9.82%) Network Engineer
6 9 (8.04%) Microsoft 365 Developer
7 7 (6.25%) Vendor Manager
8 6 (5.36%) Senior Network Engineer
9 5 (4.46%) Java Developer
10 4 (3.57%) Graduate
10 4 (3.57%) Graduate Developer
10 4 (3.57%) Graduate Java Developer
10 4 (3.57%) IT Manager
10 4 (3.57%) Power Platform Developer
11 3 (2.68%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 3 (2.68%) Security Engineer
12 2 (1.79%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.71%) .NET
2 5 (4.46%) GWT
2 5 (4.46%) J2EE
2 5 (4.46%) JPA
2 5 (4.46%) Middleware
2 5 (4.46%) Vaadin
3 2 (1.79%) JSON
3 2 (1.79%) Web Services
3 2 (1.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 9 (8.04%) Driving Licence
3 5 (4.46%) Mobile App
3 5 (4.46%) PKI
4 4 (3.57%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.79%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (1.79%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.79%) NHS
6 2 (1.79%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.89%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.36%) Linux
2 5 (4.46%) Rocky
3 1 (0.89%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.89%) Solaris
3 1 (0.89%) Unix
3 1 (0.89%) Windows
3 1 (0.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (41.07%) Decision-Making
2 40 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
3 39 (34.82%) Collaborative Working
4 38 (33.93%) Business Forecasting
4 38 (33.93%) Cyber Intelligence
4 38 (33.93%) Internal Audit
4 38 (33.93%) Revenue Recognition
5 14 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
5 14 (12.50%) Line Management
6 13 (11.61%) Project Management
6 13 (11.61%) Release Management
7 11 (9.82%) ITIL
8 10 (8.93%) Data Transformation
9 9 (8.04%) Strategic Thinking
9 9 (8.04%) Technical Analysis
10 8 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (7.14%) User Experience
11 7 (6.25%) Network Design
11 7 (6.25%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (13.39%) Java
2 14 (12.50%) C#
3 10 (8.93%) SQL
4 2 (1.79%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.79%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.79%) Python
4 2 (1.79%) R
4 2 (1.79%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.89%) Bash
Qualifications
1 38 (33.93%) ACCA
1 38 (33.93%) BPSS Clearance
1 38 (33.93%) CIMA
2 19 (16.96%) Degree
3 10 (8.93%) Security Cleared
4 5 (4.46%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.79%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.79%) APMG
6 2 (1.79%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.79%) CCNA
6 2 (1.79%) CITP
6 2 (1.79%) Cyber Scheme
6 2 (1.79%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.79%) GIAC
6 2 (1.79%) ISACA
6 2 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.79%) NVQ Level 4
6 2 (1.79%) SANS
6 2 (1.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (33.93%) GAAP
1 38 (33.93%) IFRS
2 14 (12.50%) QA
3 2 (1.79%) COBIT
3 2 (1.79%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (0.89%) NCSC
4 1 (0.89%) NIST
4 1 (0.89%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.79%) Firmware
2 1 (0.89%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.89%) Docker
2 1 (0.89%) LXC
2 1 (0.89%) Samba
Systems Management
1 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.89%) Nessus
Vendors
1 45 (40.18%) Oracle
2 38 (33.93%) Cognos
2 38 (33.93%) Infor
2 38 (33.93%) SAP
3 16 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 11 (9.82%) Cisco
5 8 (7.14%) CheckPoint
5 8 (7.14%) SolarWinds
6 5 (4.46%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.68%) Dell
8 2 (1.79%) Avaya
8 2 (1.79%) Northgate
8 2 (1.79%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.89%) Aruba
9 1 (0.89%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.89%) F5
9 1 (0.89%) Juniper