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 9 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 591 480 236
Rank change year-on-year -111 -244 +447
Permanent jobs citing Police 150 489 1,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.47% 1.54%
As % of the General category 0.36% 0.81% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 123 314 190
10th Percentile £36,104 £30,234 £34,125
25th Percentile £43,799 £35,195 £45,531
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £45,000 £49,419
Median % change year-on-year +19.31% -8.94% +21.70%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £64,618
90th Percentile - £72,500 £70,690
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,688 £43,227 £47,236
% change year-on-year +24.20% -8.49% +20.13%

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 41,188 60,670 58,193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 67.91% 57.80% 66.40%
Number of salaries quoted 20,061 39,320 35,173
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,500 £32,011
25th Percentile £35,707 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.37% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £102,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.39% -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 9 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Police in the UK

Police
Top 16 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 9 July 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 -49 124 £53,688 +13.03% 104
UK excluding London -30 115 £53,688 +24.20% 81
Midlands +58 41 £53,688 +24.20% 11
Work from Home -68 39 £49,140 +3.45% 48
West Midlands +50 37 £53,688 +24.20% 8
South West +105 20 £56,121 +24.71% 13
South East +34 18 £60,000 +20.14% 22
London +10 17 £51,500 +0.59% 27
North of England -23 17 £44,700 +11.06% 18
Scotland +84 8 £60,000 +50.00% 3
East of England +23 8 £59,500 +98.33% 8
North West -19 8 £38,000 -36.13% 10
Yorkshire +48 7 £60,000 +9.59% 5
East Midlands +44 4 £60,000 +9.09% 3
Wales -28 3 £60,000 +64.49% 5
North East +4 2 - - 3

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 11 (7.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.33%) CMS
2 2 (1.33%) Drupal
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (5.33%) Photoshop
2 4 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 40 (26.67%) Infor LN
1 40 (26.67%) SAP BPC
2 2 (1.33%) Infor M3
2 2 (1.33%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 13 (8.67%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (7.33%) Google Analytics
3 10 (6.67%) Azure
3 10 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 8 (5.33%) Canva
4 8 (5.33%) Google Ads
4 8 (5.33%) Microsoft Advertising
4 8 (5.33%) Power Automate
4 8 (5.33%) PowerApps
5 4 (2.67%) AWS
6 3 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.33%) OCI
8 1 (0.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.00%) WAN
2 7 (4.67%) Firewall
3 6 (4.00%) LAN
3 6 (4.00%) OSPF
4 4 (2.67%) VLAN
5 3 (2.00%) BGP
5 3 (2.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (2.00%) DHCP
5 3 (2.00%) DNS
5 3 (2.00%) EIGRP
5 3 (2.00%) IPsec
5 3 (2.00%) RIP
5 3 (2.00%) SD-WAN
5 3 (2.00%) SNMP
5 3 (2.00%) SSH
5 3 (2.00%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.00%) VPN
5 3 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.33%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (1.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (27.33%) Tableau
2 5 (3.33%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (2.67%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.00%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.33%) Power BI
6 1 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 40 (26.67%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.33%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.67%) JIRA
General
1 55 (36.67%) Finance
2 52 (34.67%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (22.00%) Social Skills
4 18 (12.00%) Public Sector
5 16 (10.67%) Fire and Rescue
6 13 (8.67%) Law
7 12 (8.00%) Marketing
8 8 (5.33%) Advertising
8 8 (5.33%) Local Government
8 8 (5.33%) Retail
9 5 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.00%) Digital Economy
10 3 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.00%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.33%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.33%) Environmental Health
11 2 (1.33%) Legal
11 2 (1.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 49 (32.67%) Lead
2 48 (32.00%) Senior
3 43 (28.67%) Team Leader
4 40 (26.67%) Accountant
4 40 (26.67%) Project Accountant
4 40 (26.67%) Senior Accountant
5 19 (12.67%) Developer
6 9 (6.00%) Microsoft 365 Developer
7 8 (5.33%) Network Engineer
8 7 (4.67%) Analyst
9 5 (3.33%) Java Developer
9 5 (3.33%) Service Manager
9 5 (3.33%) Systems Manager
9 5 (3.33%) Systems Support
10 4 (2.67%) Coordinator
10 4 (2.67%) Graduate
10 4 (2.67%) Graduate Developer
10 4 (2.67%) Graduate Java Developer
10 4 (2.67%) Security Manager
10 4 (2.67%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.33%) .NET
2 5 (3.33%) GWT
2 5 (3.33%) J2EE
2 5 (3.33%) JPA
2 5 (3.33%) Middleware
2 5 (3.33%) Vaadin
3 3 (2.00%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (2.00%) Software Packaging
4 2 (1.33%) CSS
4 2 (1.33%) HTML
4 2 (1.33%) Web Services
5 1 (0.67%) EDI
5 1 (0.67%) JSON
5 1 (0.67%) Shiny
5 1 (0.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (32.00%) Management Information System
2 13 (8.67%) Driving Licence
3 12 (8.00%) Social Media
4 5 (3.33%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.33%) NHS
5 4 (2.67%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.00%) PKI
6 3 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.33%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.33%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.67%) CCTV
8 1 (0.67%) Data Fabric
8 1 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.67%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.00%) Linux
2 6 (4.00%) Windows
3 5 (3.33%) Rocky
4 3 (2.00%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.67%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (32.67%) Decision-Making
2 44 (29.33%) Business Forecasting
3 42 (28.00%) Business Intelligence
3 42 (28.00%) Collaborative Working
4 40 (26.67%) Cyber Intelligence
4 40 (26.67%) Internal Audit
4 40 (26.67%) Revenue Recognition
5 21 (14.00%) ITIL
6 20 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (11.33%) Analytics
8 17 (11.33%) Line Management
9 16 (10.67%) Service Delivery
10 13 (8.67%) Impact Assessments
10 13 (8.67%) Release Management
11 11 (7.33%) User Experience
12 10 (6.67%) Agile
12 10 (6.67%) Data Transformation
13 8 (5.33%) Copywriting
13 8 (5.33%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.00%) Java
2 13 (8.67%) C#
3 10 (6.67%) SQL
4 2 (1.33%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.33%) Python
4 2 (1.33%) R
4 2 (1.33%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 43 (28.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 40 (26.67%) ACCA
2 40 (26.67%) CIMA
3 20 (13.33%) Degree
4 17 (11.33%) Security Cleared
5 13 (8.67%) DBS Check
6 7 (4.67%) SC Cleared
7 5 (3.33%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.33%) CCNA
9 2 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.33%) NVQ Level 4
10 1 (0.67%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.67%) APMG
10 1 (0.67%) CCNP
10 1 (0.67%) CITP
10 1 (0.67%) GIAC
10 1 (0.67%) ISACA
10 1 (0.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (26.67%) GAAP
1 40 (26.67%) IFRS
2 15 (10.00%) QA
3 4 (2.67%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.67%) GDPR
3 4 (2.67%) SLA
4 2 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.67%) COBIT
5 1 (0.67%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.33%) Firmware
2 1 (0.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 50 (33.33%) Oracle
2 40 (26.67%) Cognos
2 40 (26.67%) Infor
2 40 (26.67%) SAP
3 27 (18.00%) Microsoft
4 12 (8.00%) Google
5 8 (5.33%) Cisco
6 5 (3.33%) CheckPoint
6 5 (3.33%) Red Hat
6 5 (3.33%) SolarWinds
7 3 (2.00%) Dell
8 2 (1.33%) Avaya
8 2 (1.33%) Hotjar
8 2 (1.33%) Northgate
8 2 (1.33%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.67%) Automation Anywhere
9 1 (0.67%) BiZZdesign
9 1 (0.67%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.67%) Sparx
9 1 (0.67%) UiPath