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 have cited Police over the 6 months to 5 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 449 590 824
Rank change year-on-year +141 +234 -152
Permanent jobs citing Police 307 577 287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.46% 0.23%
As % of the General category 0.87% 0.68% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 118 310 89
10th Percentile £27,386 £28,673 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,760 £35,764 £37,066
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,190 £45,095 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% -9.81% +1.50%
75th Percentile £54,000 £57,412 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £71,265 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,598 £40,188 £42,109
% change year-on-year +3.51% -4.56% -13.21%

All General Skills
UK

Police is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 35,094 85,421 76,361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 65.69% 68.79% 59.96%
Number of salaries quoted 24,655 48,498 47,418
10th Percentile £30,625 £32,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% +3.16%

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 5 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Police in the UK

Police
Top 17 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 5 December 2023. 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
UK excluding London +153 246 £41,598 +3.51% 121
Work from Home +294 216 £40,532 -4.63% 51
England +96 198 £48,291 +6.52% 145
North of England +120 57 £47,500 +8.23% 46
Wales +26 49 £41,598 +26.58% 7
South West +111 43 £35,232 -30.63% 10
London +90 43 £54,195 +6.70% 27
South East +120 33 £50,000 -6.90% 31
North West +105 30 £47,500 +1.18% 15
Scotland +58 29 - - 1
Midlands +79 19 £31,560 -30.38% 24
East Midlands +42 16 £36,120 -20.09% 6
Yorkshire +99 15 £55,000 +89.66% 22
Northern Ireland - 15 - - 1
North East +40 12 £46,005 +10.81% 9
West Midlands +75 3 £27,000 -40.44% 18
East of England +96 1 £100,000 +176.09% 4

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 (3.91%) Confluence
2 7 (2.28%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.30%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.98%) MS Exchange
4 3 (0.98%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (5.86%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 159 (51.79%) Serverless
2 19 (6.19%) Azure
3 10 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (1.95%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.30%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.98%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (0.98%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.98%) PowerApps
6 3 (0.98%) SaaS
7 2 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.65%) Azure Service Fabric
7 2 (0.65%) PaaS
8 1 (0.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.51%) Firewall
2 19 (6.19%) WAN
3 18 (5.86%) LAN
4 10 (3.26%) Network Security
5 9 (2.93%) Cisco ASA
6 8 (2.61%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (2.28%) BGP
7 7 (2.28%) Cisco IOS
7 7 (2.28%) Cisco Nexus
7 7 (2.28%) Spanning Tree
7 7 (2.28%) VPN
8 4 (1.30%) OSPF
8 4 (1.30%) Wireless
9 3 (0.98%) MPLS
9 3 (0.98%) NAS
9 3 (0.98%) SAN
9 3 (0.98%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.98%) VLAN
9 3 (0.98%) WLAN
10 2 (0.65%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (17.92%) Oracle Database
1 55 (17.92%) Relational Database
2 54 (17.59%) RDBMS
3 5 (1.63%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.30%) Geospatial Data
4 4 (1.30%) GIS
5 3 (0.98%) Base SAS
5 3 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.98%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 1 (0.33%) Metadata
6 1 (0.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 171 (55.70%) Git
2 12 (3.91%) Jenkins
2 12 (3.91%) JIRA
3 3 (0.98%) Oracle APEX
General
1 52 (16.94%) Social Skills
2 46 (14.98%) Local Government
3 41 (13.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 30 (9.77%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (9.45%) Finance
6 23 (7.49%) Public Sector
7 18 (5.86%) Military
7 18 (5.86%) Retail
8 8 (2.61%) Legal
8 8 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.30%) Law
11 2 (0.65%) Marketing
12 1 (0.33%) Back Office
12 1 (0.33%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 159 (51.79%) Software Engineer
2 108 (35.18%) Java Engineer
2 108 (35.18%) Java Software Engineer
3 51 (16.61%) Ruby Engineer
4 31 (10.10%) Senior
5 17 (5.54%) Analyst
6 16 (5.21%) Developer
6 16 (5.21%) Network Engineer
7 14 (4.56%) Senior Network Engineer
8 12 (3.91%) ICT Specialist
8 12 (3.91%) Java Developer
8 12 (3.91%) Senior Developer
8 12 (3.91%) Senior Java Developer
9 10 (3.26%) Project Manager
10 6 (1.95%) ICT Analyst
10 6 (1.95%) ICT Engineer
11 5 (1.63%) Business Analyst
11 5 (1.63%) Senior Manager
11 5 (1.63%) Senior Project Manager
11 5 (1.63%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (51.79%) React
2 120 (39.09%) Spring
3 108 (35.18%) J2EE
3 108 (35.18%) Ruby on Rails
4 51 (16.61%) Node.js
5 12 (3.91%) RESTful
6 4 (1.30%) Web Services
7 3 (0.98%) .NET
8 2 (0.65%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.65%) Entity Framework
8 2 (0.65%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.65%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.47%) Management Information System
2 19 (6.19%) Data Centre
3 11 (3.58%) Driving Licence
4 6 (1.95%) Smartphone
5 5 (1.63%) Product Ownership
6 3 (0.98%) Acoustics
6 3 (0.98%) CCTV
6 3 (0.98%) CESG
7 2 (0.65%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.65%) PKI
7 2 (0.65%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (0.65%) Smart City
8 1 (0.33%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.33%) NHS
8 1 (0.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.23%) Windows
2 6 (1.95%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.98%) Android
3 3 (0.98%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (66.12%) Problem-Solving
2 171 (55.70%) Actionable Insight
3 161 (52.44%) Microservices
3 161 (52.44%) Software Engineering
4 159 (51.79%) Clean Code
4 159 (51.79%) Code Quality
4 159 (51.79%) Containerisation
4 159 (51.79%) Continuous Integration
4 159 (51.79%) Design Patterns
4 159 (51.79%) Unit Testing
5 113 (36.81%) Coaching
6 108 (35.18%) Mentoring
7 56 (18.24%) DevOps
8 51 (16.61%) Open Source
9 35 (11.40%) Project Management
10 21 (6.84%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (6.51%) Service Delivery
11 20 (6.51%) Service Management
12 19 (6.19%) Agile
13 17 (5.54%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 175 (57.00%) Java
2 159 (51.79%) Python
2 159 (51.79%) Ruby
3 112 (36.48%) C#
4 51 (16.61%) Bash
4 51 (16.61%) Go
4 51 (16.61%) JavaScript
4 51 (16.61%) Perl
5 13 (4.23%) SQL
6 5 (1.63%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 206 (67.10%) Security Cleared
2 198 (64.50%) SC Cleared
3 40 (13.03%) Degree
4 15 (4.89%) DV Cleared
5 11 (3.58%) DBS Check
6 8 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.98%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.98%) CCNP
7 3 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (0.98%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (0.65%) CCIE
8 2 (0.65%) CCNA
8 2 (0.65%) CEH
8 2 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.33%) CISSP
9 1 (0.33%) HND
9 1 (0.33%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (17.59%) QA
2 7 (2.28%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.65%) COBIT
3 2 (0.65%) PMO
4 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.33%) GDPR
4 1 (0.33%) GRC
4 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (1.95%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.98%) Firmware
2 3 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
2 3 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.33%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 7 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (2.28%) SCCM
2 3 (0.98%) SCOM
3 2 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (0.65%) Nessus
3 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.33%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 59 (19.22%) Oracle
2 44 (14.33%) Microsoft
3 17 (5.54%) Cisco
4 4 (1.30%) CheckPoint
4 4 (1.30%) ESRI
5 3 (0.98%) Citrix
5 3 (0.98%) HP
5 3 (0.98%) SolarWinds
5 3 (0.98%) VMware
6 2 (0.65%) F5
6 2 (0.65%) McAfee
7 1 (0.33%) Datto
7 1 (0.33%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.33%) Meraki
7 1 (0.33%) NEC
7 1 (0.33%) Northgate
7 1 (0.33%) Ubiquiti