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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 463 450 224
Rank change year-on-year -13 -226 +356
Permanent jobs citing Police 116 344 920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.46% 1.60%
As % of the General category 0.43% 0.82% 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 107 248 78
10th Percentile £38,754 £30,000 £32,788
25th Percentile £46,269 £35,000 £38,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,282 £40,553 £47,236
Median % change year-on-year +33.86% -14.15% +18.81%
75th Percentile £60,000 £50,000 £55,455
90th Percentile - £68,275 £69,649
UK median annual salary £53,688 £44,886 £49,280
% change year-on-year +19.61% -8.92% +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 26,890 41,891 38,984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 67.76% 55.94% 68.01%
Number of salaries quoted 12,017 26,910 18,141
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,000 £28,500
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 £63,908 £62,200 £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 31 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 31 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 +46 51 £53,688 +24.20% 10
West Midlands +43 47 £53,688 +24.20% 7
South West +108 20 £56,121 +24.71% 7
South East +21 15 £60,000 +20.29% 16
North of England -21 11 £60,000 +60.00% 21
Scotland +116 8 £60,000 +50.00% 3
East of England +44 8 £59,500 +98.33% 6
Yorkshire +56 7 £60,000 +9.59% 6
East Midlands +37 4 £60,000 +9.09% 3
North West -21 3 £60,000 +0.84% 9
Wales -29 3 £60,000 +50.00% 2
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 (6.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.86%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 38 (32.76%) Infor LN
1 38 (32.76%) SAP BPC
2 2 (1.72%) Infor M3
2 2 (1.72%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 12 (10.34%) Azure
1 12 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (8.62%) Power Platform
3 8 (6.90%) Power Automate
3 8 (6.90%) PowerApps
4 4 (3.45%) AWS
4 4 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.72%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.21%) Firewall
2 9 (7.76%) OSPF
3 8 (6.90%) WAN
4 7 (6.03%) SSH
5 6 (5.17%) EIGRP
5 6 (5.17%) RIP
5 6 (5.17%) SNMP
6 5 (4.31%) VLAN
7 4 (3.45%) IPsec
8 3 (2.59%) BGP
8 3 (2.59%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (2.59%) DHCP
8 3 (2.59%) DNS
8 3 (2.59%) Internet
8 3 (2.59%) SD-WAN
8 3 (2.59%) VPN
8 3 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.72%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (1.72%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (1.72%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (32.76%) Tableau
2 5 (4.31%) Oracle Database
3 4 (3.45%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.72%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.72%) Power BI
4 2 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 38 (32.76%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.72%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.86%) JIRA
General
1 52 (44.83%) Finance
2 45 (38.79%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (12.93%) Social Skills
4 10 (8.62%) Public Sector
5 7 (6.03%) Retail
6 6 (5.17%) Local Government
7 5 (4.31%) Law
8 4 (3.45%) Fire and Rescue
9 3 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.72%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.72%) Environmental Health
10 2 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (44.83%) Senior
2 39 (33.62%) Lead
3 38 (32.76%) Accountant
3 38 (32.76%) Project Accountant
3 38 (32.76%) Senior Accountant
3 38 (32.76%) Team Leader
4 21 (18.10%) Developer
5 11 (9.48%) Network Engineer
6 9 (7.76%) Microsoft 365 Developer
7 7 (6.03%) Vendor Manager
8 6 (5.17%) Senior Network Engineer
9 5 (4.31%) Java Developer
10 4 (3.45%) Graduate
10 4 (3.45%) Graduate Developer
10 4 (3.45%) Graduate Java Developer
10 4 (3.45%) IT Manager
10 4 (3.45%) Power Platform Developer
11 3 (2.59%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 3 (2.59%) Security Engineer
12 2 (1.72%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.34%) .NET
2 5 (4.31%) GWT
2 5 (4.31%) J2EE
2 5 (4.31%) JPA
2 5 (4.31%) Middleware
2 5 (4.31%) Vaadin
3 2 (1.72%) JSON
3 2 (1.72%) Web Services
3 2 (1.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (36.21%) Management Information System
2 13 (11.21%) Driving Licence
3 5 (4.31%) Mobile App
3 5 (4.31%) PKI
4 4 (3.45%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (1.72%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.72%) NHS
6 2 (1.72%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.86%) CCTV
7 1 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.86%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.17%) Linux
2 5 (4.31%) Rocky
3 3 (2.59%) Windows
3 3 (2.59%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.86%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.86%) Solaris
4 1 (0.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (39.66%) Decision-Making
2 40 (34.48%) Business Intelligence
3 39 (33.62%) Collaborative Working
4 38 (32.76%) Business Forecasting
4 38 (32.76%) Cyber Intelligence
4 38 (32.76%) Internal Audit
4 38 (32.76%) Revenue Recognition
5 17 (14.66%) Line Management
6 14 (12.07%) Impact Assessments
7 13 (11.21%) Project Management
7 13 (11.21%) Release Management
8 12 (10.34%) ITIL
9 11 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (9.48%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (8.62%) Data Transformation
11 9 (7.76%) Strategic Thinking
11 9 (7.76%) Technical Analysis
12 8 (6.90%) User Experience
13 7 (6.03%) Network Design
13 7 (6.03%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.93%) Java
2 14 (12.07%) C#
3 10 (8.62%) SQL
4 2 (1.72%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.72%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.72%) Python
4 2 (1.72%) R
4 2 (1.72%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.86%) Bash
Qualifications
1 38 (32.76%) ACCA
1 38 (32.76%) BPSS Clearance
1 38 (32.76%) CIMA
2 19 (16.38%) Degree
3 10 (8.62%) Security Cleared
4 5 (4.31%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.72%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.72%) APMG
6 2 (1.72%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.72%) CCNA
6 2 (1.72%) CITP
6 2 (1.72%) Cyber Scheme
6 2 (1.72%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.72%) GIAC
6 2 (1.72%) ISACA
6 2 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.72%) NVQ Level 4
6 2 (1.72%) SANS
6 2 (1.72%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (32.76%) GAAP
1 38 (32.76%) IFRS
2 14 (12.07%) QA
3 2 (1.72%) COBIT
3 2 (1.72%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (0.86%) NCSC
4 1 (0.86%) NIST
4 1 (0.86%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.72%) Firmware
2 1 (0.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.86%) Docker
2 1 (0.86%) LXC
2 1 (0.86%) Samba
Systems Management
1 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.86%) Nessus
Vendors
1 47 (40.52%) Oracle
2 38 (32.76%) Cognos
2 38 (32.76%) Infor
2 38 (32.76%) SAP
3 16 (13.79%) Microsoft
4 11 (9.48%) Cisco
5 8 (6.90%) CheckPoint
5 8 (6.90%) SolarWinds
6 5 (4.31%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.59%) Dell
8 2 (1.72%) Avaya
8 2 (1.72%) Northgate
8 2 (1.72%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.86%) Aruba
9 1 (0.86%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.86%) F5
9 1 (0.86%) Juniper