Police
UK

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 448 472 275
Rank change year-on-year +24 -197 +473
Permanent jobs citing Police 246 477 1,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.49% 1.32%
As % of the General category 0.70% 0.81% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 166 351 212
10th Percentile £38,754 £30,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £46,874 £35,000 £38,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £45,000 £49,280
Median % change year-on-year +19.31% -8.69% +21.36%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,000 £58,629
90th Percentile £70,321 £73,894 £70,690
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,688 £40,553 £42,000
% change year-on-year +32.39% -3.45% +5.50%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 35,192 58,854 71,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 67.47% 59.84% 68.59%
Number of salaries quoted 18,374 39,596 38,382
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +5.00%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Police as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Police in the UK

Police
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Police in the UK

Police
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Police over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Police in the UK

Police
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +79 216 £53,688 +19.31% 69
UK excluding London +62 172 £53,688 +32.39% 42
Midlands +85 85 £52,407 +21.24% 10
West Midlands +80 81 £52,344 +21.09% 8
Work from Home +85 67 £51,500 +8.42% 28
London +61 51 £51,790 +1.16% 34
North of England +56 32 £60,000 +71.43% 13
North West +38 24 £60,000 +0.84% 5
South West +108 19 £56,121 +24.71% 7
South East +50 16 £60,000 +33.33% 6
East of England +53 9 £60,000 +100.00% 2
Scotland +126 8 £60,000 -9.77% 3
Yorkshire +71 7 £60,000 +0.84% 7
East Midlands +42 4 £60,000 +9.09% 2
Wales -29 3 £60,000 +50.00% 1

Police
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 12 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.22%) CMS
3 3 (1.22%) Drupal
4 2 (0.81%) Confluence
4 2 (0.81%) IIS
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (3.25%) Photoshop
2 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 57 (23.17%) NEC Housing
2 40 (16.26%) Infor LN
2 40 (16.26%) SAP BPC
3 2 (0.81%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 19 (7.72%) Azure
2 17 (6.91%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (4.88%) Power Platform
4 11 (4.47%) Google Analytics
5 9 (3.66%) PaaS
5 9 (3.66%) SaaS
6 8 (3.25%) Canva
6 8 (3.25%) Google Ads
6 8 (3.25%) Microsoft Advertising
6 8 (3.25%) Power Automate
6 8 (3.25%) PowerApps
7 6 (2.44%) OCI
8 5 (2.03%) AWS
9 4 (1.63%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.63%) IaaS
9 4 (1.63%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.41%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.10%) Firewall
2 11 (4.47%) WAN
3 9 (3.66%) OSPF
4 7 (2.85%) SSH
5 6 (2.44%) EIGRP
5 6 (2.44%) RIP
5 6 (2.44%) SNMP
6 5 (2.03%) DHCP
6 5 (2.03%) DNS
6 5 (2.03%) Internet
6 5 (2.03%) LAN
6 5 (2.03%) VLAN
7 4 (1.63%) IPsec
7 4 (1.63%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.63%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.63%) VPN
7 4 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.22%) BGP
8 3 (1.22%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.81%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (17.48%) Tableau
2 21 (8.54%) Oracle Database
3 14 (5.69%) BusinessObjects
4 6 (2.44%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.63%) Power BI
6 3 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.41%) Big Data
8 1 (0.41%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 40 (16.26%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (1.22%) JIRA
2 3 (1.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 127 (51.63%) Finance
2 76 (30.89%) Public Sector
3 69 (28.05%) Local Government
4 51 (20.73%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (14.63%) Social Skills
6 29 (11.79%) Social Housing
7 14 (5.69%) Marketing
7 14 (5.69%) Retail
8 13 (5.28%) Law
9 10 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (3.25%) Advertising
10 8 (3.25%) Fire and Rescue
11 6 (2.44%) Aerospace
11 6 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.81%) Environmental Health
13 2 (0.81%) Military
14 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 67 (27.24%) Senior
2 57 (23.17%) Consultant
3 51 (20.73%) Lead
4 45 (18.29%) Implementation Consultant
5 40 (16.26%) Accountant
5 40 (16.26%) Project Accountant
5 40 (16.26%) Senior Accountant
5 40 (16.26%) Team Leader
6 25 (10.16%) Developer
7 18 (7.32%) Network Engineer
8 16 (6.50%) Technical Consultant
8 16 (6.50%) Technical Implementation Consultant
9 12 (4.88%) Senior Consultant
9 12 (4.88%) Senior Support Consultant
9 12 (4.88%) Support Consultant
10 11 (4.47%) Analyst
11 10 (4.07%) Vendor Manager
12 8 (3.25%) Microsoft 365 Developer
13 7 (2.85%) IT Manager
14 6 (2.44%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.28%) .NET
2 5 (2.03%) GWT
2 5 (2.03%) J2EE
2 5 (2.03%) JPA
2 5 (2.03%) Middleware
2 5 (2.03%) Vaadin
3 2 (0.81%) CSS
3 2 (0.81%) HTML
3 2 (0.81%) JSON
3 2 (0.81%) Web Services
3 2 (0.81%) XML
4 1 (0.41%) ADO
4 1 (0.41%) EDI
4 1 (0.41%) ODBC
4 1 (0.41%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 53 (21.54%) Management Information System
2 29 (11.79%) Housing Association
3 12 (4.88%) Social Media
4 11 (4.47%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.44%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.44%) PKI
5 6 (2.44%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.03%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.03%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.81%) CMDB
8 2 (0.81%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (0.81%) NHS
8 2 (0.81%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.81%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.41%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.41%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.41%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (12.20%) Unix
2 21 (8.54%) Linux
3 19 (7.72%) Windows
4 13 (5.28%) Solaris
5 5 (2.03%) Rocky
5 5 (2.03%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.41%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (23.17%) Decision-Making
2 44 (17.89%) Business Intelligence
3 43 (17.48%) Business Forecasting
3 43 (17.48%) Collaborative Working
4 41 (16.67%) Housing Management
5 40 (16.26%) Cyber Intelligence
5 40 (16.26%) Internal Audit
5 40 (16.26%) Revenue Recognition
6 23 (9.35%) Agile
6 23 (9.35%) Customer Requirements
7 21 (8.54%) ITIL
8 20 (8.13%) Asset Management
8 20 (8.13%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (8.13%) Project Management
8 20 (8.13%) Release Management
9 19 (7.72%) Project Delivery
10 18 (7.32%) Migration
11 17 (6.91%) Impact Assessments
11 17 (6.91%) Roadmaps
12 16 (6.50%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 71 (28.86%) SQL
2 18 (7.32%) PL/SQL
3 17 (6.91%) Java
4 15 (6.10%) C#
5 5 (2.03%) Python
6 3 (1.22%) R
7 2 (0.81%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.81%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.41%) Bash
8 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 74 (30.08%) DBS Check
2 40 (16.26%) ACCA
2 40 (16.26%) BPSS Clearance
2 40 (16.26%) CIMA
3 32 (13.01%) Degree
4 26 (10.57%) Security Cleared
5 13 (5.28%) DV Cleared
6 10 (4.07%) SC Cleared
7 5 (2.03%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.03%) MBA
8 4 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.22%) CCNA
9 3 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.81%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.81%) CISSP
10 2 (0.81%) CITP
10 2 (0.81%) Cyber Scheme
10 2 (0.81%) GIAC
10 2 (0.81%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (23.58%) Accessibility
2 40 (16.26%) GAAP
2 40 (16.26%) IFRS
3 18 (7.32%) QA
4 12 (4.88%) ISO 9001
5 4 (1.63%) GDPR
6 3 (1.22%) SLA
7 2 (0.81%) COBIT
7 2 (0.81%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.81%) NCSC
7 2 (0.81%) NIST
8 1 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (2.85%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.22%) Firmware
3 2 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.41%) Docker
4 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.41%) LXC
4 1 (0.41%) Samba
Systems Management
1 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.81%) Nessus
2 1 (0.41%) VxRail
Vendors
1 67 (27.24%) Oracle
2 57 (23.17%) NEC
3 56 (22.76%) Microsoft
4 40 (16.26%) Cognos
4 40 (16.26%) Infor
4 40 (16.26%) SAP
5 13 (5.28%) Citrix
6 12 (4.88%) Cisco
6 12 (4.88%) Google
7 8 (3.25%) CheckPoint
7 8 (3.25%) SolarWinds
8 5 (2.03%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.63%) Dell
10 2 (0.81%) Aruba
10 2 (0.81%) Avaya
10 2 (0.81%) Blue Prism
10 2 (0.81%) F5
10 2 (0.81%) Hotjar
10 2 (0.81%) Juniper
10 2 (0.81%) Snow