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 16 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 634 553 466
Rank change year-on-year -81 -87 -183
Permanent jobs citing Police 102 115 498
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.26% 0.46%
As % of the General category 0.23% 0.35% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 54 91 354
10th Percentile £38,555 £36,068 £30,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,584 £35,195
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,728 £51,500 £44,886
Median % change year-on-year +14.03% +14.74% -9.43%
75th Percentile £70,000 £53,688 £57,000
90th Percentile £82,387 £66,550 £72,771
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,688 £40,553
% change year-on-year +2.44% +32.39% -15.95%

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 general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 44,034 32,462 61,937
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.20% 72.83% 57.21%
Number of salaries quoted 27,017 15,825 40,965
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,043 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.08% +4.84% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Police relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Police job vacancy trend in the UK

Police
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Police.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Police

Police
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Police over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

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 16 June 2026. 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 -106 77 £60,000 +13.17% 64
UK excluding London -74 55 £55,000 +2.44% 47
Work from Home -5 35 £58,728 +19.51% 21
North of England -2 32 £63,750 +42.62% 6
North West +32 28 £57,500 -64.06% 1
London -20 26 £71,121 +52.29% 22
Wales -38 7 £50,000 - 1
East of England -16 5 £32,361 -34.24%
South East -21 4 £58,728 +47.08% 18
Yorkshire -36 4 £83,210 +86.15% 2
Midlands -53 3 £50,000 -6.87% 14
South West -69 3 £54,498 +0.33% 5
West Midlands -63 2 £50,436 -6.06% 8
East Midlands - 1 £35,440 - 6
Scotland - 1 - - 5

Police
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.96%) CMS
1 2 (1.96%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.98%) Drupal
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.98%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.98%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.98%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.98%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (14.71%) Azure
2 6 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
3 5 (4.90%) AWS
4 4 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.94%) GCP
5 3 (2.94%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.96%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.96%) SaaS
6 2 (1.96%) Serverless
7 1 (0.98%) Alation
7 1 (0.98%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.98%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.98%) Collibra
7 1 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.98%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.98%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.92%) Firewall
2 3 (2.94%) WAN
3 2 (1.96%) LAN
3 2 (1.96%) Network Security
4 1 (0.98%) BGP
4 1 (0.98%) DHCP
4 1 (0.98%) DNS
4 1 (0.98%) Internet
4 1 (0.98%) OSPF
4 1 (0.98%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.98%) SNMP
4 1 (0.98%) SSH
4 1 (0.98%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.98%) VLAN
4 1 (0.98%) VPN
4 1 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.96%) Metadata
1 2 (1.96%) Power BI
1 2 (1.96%) Relational Database
1 2 (1.96%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.98%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.98%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.98%) JIRA
General
1 24 (23.53%) Public Sector
2 19 (18.63%) Social Skills
3 18 (17.65%) Law
4 13 (12.75%) Finance
4 13 (12.75%) Fire and Rescue
5 12 (11.76%) Local Government
5 12 (11.76%) Retail
6 8 (7.84%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (6.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (5.88%) Welsh Language
9 4 (3.92%) Legal
10 2 (1.96%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.98%) Advertising
11 1 (0.98%) Back Office
11 1 (0.98%) Brand Awareness
11 1 (0.98%) Marketing
11 1 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (21.57%) Lead
2 19 (18.63%) Senior
3 11 (10.78%) Architect
4 7 (6.86%) Cyber Threat Hunter
4 7 (6.86%) Service Manager
4 7 (6.86%) Threat Hunter
5 6 (5.88%) Analyst
5 6 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 6 (5.88%) Security Engineer
5 6 (5.88%) Technical Architect
6 5 (4.90%) Network Engineer
6 5 (4.90%) Operations Manager
6 5 (4.90%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (4.90%) Service Operations Manager
7 4 (3.92%) Account Manager
7 4 (3.92%) Head of Development
7 4 (3.92%) Head of Support
7 4 (3.92%) ICT Engineer
7 4 (3.92%) ICT Technician
7 4 (3.92%) Service Desk Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.88%) Oracle Fusion
1 6 (5.88%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.73%) Management Information System
2 9 (8.82%) Onboarding
3 7 (6.86%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (5.88%) Cyberattack
4 6 (5.88%) Driving Licence
4 6 (5.88%) Low-Code
4 6 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (3.92%) CMDB
5 4 (3.92%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.94%) IoT
6 3 (2.94%) Social Media
7 2 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.96%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.98%) Blog
8 1 (0.98%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.98%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.98%) Podcast
8 1 (0.98%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.98%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.98%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (18.63%) Decision-Making
2 15 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (12.75%) Roadmaps
4 10 (9.80%) Agile
5 9 (8.82%) Analytics
5 9 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (8.82%) ITIL
5 9 (8.82%) Line Management
6 8 (7.84%) Collaborative Culture
6 8 (7.84%) Data Protection
6 8 (7.84%) Digital Innovation
6 8 (7.84%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (7.84%) Service Management
7 7 (6.86%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 7 (6.86%) Service Delivery
7 7 (6.86%) SIEM
7 7 (6.86%) Strategic Thinking
7 7 (6.86%) Value Proposition
8 6 (5.88%) Security Operations
8 6 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.88%) PowerShell
1 6 (5.88%) Python
2 5 (4.90%) SQL
3 1 (0.98%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.98%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 12 (11.76%) DBS Check
3 10 (9.80%) Degree
3 10 (9.80%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (0.98%) CCAB
6 1 (0.98%) CCSK
6 1 (0.98%) CCSP
6 1 (0.98%) CIMA
6 1 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.98%) CISM
6 1 (0.98%) CISSP
6 1 (0.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (0.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.86%) Accessibility
1 7 (6.86%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.98%) GDPR
2 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (0.98%) NCSC
2 1 (0.98%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (1.96%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.98%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (0.98%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (0.98%) SCCM
1 1 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.86%) Oracle
3 2 (1.96%) Google
3 2 (1.96%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.98%) CheckPoint
4 1 (0.98%) Cisco
4 1 (0.98%) Databricks
4 1 (0.98%) Informatica
4 1 (0.98%) Instagram
4 1 (0.98%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (0.98%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.98%) SolarWinds
4 1 (0.98%) TikTok
4 1 (0.98%) Ubiquiti
4 1 (0.98%) VMware
4 1 (0.98%) YouTube