Police Jobs in the West Midlands

Police
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 118 198 208
Rank change year-on-year +80 +10 +41
Permanent jobs citing Police 81 49 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.81% 0.68% 1.07%
As % of the General category 3.30% 1.17% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 64 36 29
10th Percentile £36,995 £25,500 £32,792
25th Percentile £38,754 £32,471 £34,452
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,344 £43,227 £40,188
Median % change year-on-year +21.09% +7.56% +4.96%
75th Percentile £53,688 £61,319 £43,200
90th Percentile - £86,485 £48,856
England median annual salary £53,688 £45,000 £48,250
% change year-on-year +19.31% -6.74% +14.36%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,458 4,203 5,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 55.05% 58.05% 76.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,097 3,025 2,262
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,995 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,950 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,063
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.59% +0.11%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Police as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Police in the West Midlands

Police
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Police in the West Midlands

Police
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Police in the West Midlands

Police
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the West Midlands region 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
Staffordshire +64 56 £52,885 +51.10% 4
Birmingham +18 20 £30,000 -30.60% 1
Worcestershire +24 2 £44,810 +34.23%
Wolverhampton - 2 £78,700 -
Warwickshire -20 1 £49,887 +84.76% 2
Police
England

Police
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (14.81%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.23%) IIS
3 1 (1.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (18.52%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 14 (17.28%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (12.35%) Power Platform
3 8 (9.88%) Azure
3 8 (9.88%) Power Automate
3 8 (9.88%) PowerApps
4 4 (4.94%) AWS
4 4 (4.94%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (4.94%) IaaS
4 4 (4.94%) OneDrive
4 4 (4.94%) PaaS
4 4 (4.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.41%) Firewall
2 4 (4.94%) Internet
2 4 (4.94%) SD-WAN
3 2 (2.47%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (2.47%) Network Security
3 2 (2.47%) VLAN
3 2 (2.47%) VPN
3 2 (2.47%) WAN
3 2 (2.47%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.23%) BGP
4 1 (1.23%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (1.23%) IPsec
4 1 (1.23%) Junos
4 1 (1.23%) OpenScape
4 1 (1.23%) OSPF
4 1 (1.23%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.88%) Oracle Database
2 6 (7.41%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (4.94%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.47%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.47%) Power BI
4 2 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (29.63%) Finance
2 20 (24.69%) Public Sector
3 16 (19.75%) Local Government
4 12 (14.81%) Social Skills
5 7 (8.64%) Social Housing
6 5 (6.17%) Law
7 4 (4.94%) Retail
8 3 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 22 (27.16%) Developer
2 15 (18.52%) Consultant
3 11 (13.58%) Implementation Consultant
4 10 (12.35%) Senior
4 10 (12.35%) Vendor Manager
5 8 (9.88%) Analyst
5 8 (9.88%) Microsoft 365 Developer
6 5 (6.17%) IT Manager
6 5 (6.17%) Java Developer
6 5 (6.17%) Power Platform Developer
7 4 (4.94%) Change Analyst
7 4 (4.94%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 4 (4.94%) Graduate Developer
7 4 (4.94%) Graduate Java Developer
7 4 (4.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (4.94%) Security Engineer
7 4 (4.94%) Senior Consultant
7 4 (4.94%) Senior Project Manager
7 4 (4.94%) Senior Support Consultant
7 4 (4.94%) Technical Implementation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.05%) .NET
2 5 (6.17%) GWT
2 5 (6.17%) J2EE
2 5 (6.17%) JPA
2 5 (6.17%) Middleware
2 5 (6.17%) Vaadin
3 2 (2.47%) JSON
3 2 (2.47%) Web Services
3 2 (2.47%) XML
4 1 (1.23%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.35%) Management Information System
2 7 (8.64%) Housing Association
3 5 (6.17%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (6.17%) Mobile App
3 5 (6.17%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.94%) Data Centre
4 4 (4.94%) PKI
5 2 (2.47%) CMDB
5 2 (2.47%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (2.47%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.11%) Linux
2 7 (8.64%) Unix
3 6 (7.41%) Windows
4 5 (6.17%) Rocky
5 4 (4.94%) Solaris
6 2 (2.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (22.22%) Release Management
2 17 (20.99%) Impact Assessments
3 16 (19.75%) Decision-Making
4 15 (18.52%) ITIL
5 14 (17.28%) Asset Management
5 14 (17.28%) Project Delivery
6 11 (13.58%) Data Transformation
6 11 (13.58%) Housing Management
6 11 (13.58%) Project Management
6 11 (13.58%) Software Licensing
7 10 (12.35%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (9.88%) Roadmaps
9 8 (9.88%) Service Delivery
9 8 (9.88%) User Experience
10 7 (8.64%) Change Advisory Board
10 7 (8.64%) Contract Management
10 7 (8.64%) Customer Service
10 7 (8.64%) Matrix Management
10 7 (8.64%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 24 (29.63%) SQL
2 16 (19.75%) Java
3 15 (18.52%) C#
4 6 (7.41%) PL/SQL
5 3 (3.70%) Python
6 2 (2.47%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.47%) R
6 2 (2.47%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (19.75%) Degree
2 15 (18.52%) DBS Check
3 6 (7.41%) Security Cleared
4 5 (6.17%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.47%) A+ Certification
6 2 (2.47%) APMG
6 2 (2.47%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 2 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.47%) CISSP
6 2 (2.47%) CITP
6 2 (2.47%) Cyber Scheme
6 2 (2.47%) GIAC
6 2 (2.47%) ISACA
6 2 (2.47%) SANS
7 1 (1.23%) CCNA
7 1 (1.23%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (20.99%) QA
2 15 (18.52%) Accessibility
3 4 (4.94%) ISO 9001
4 2 (2.47%) COBIT
4 2 (2.47%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (2.47%) NCSC
4 2 (2.47%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (4.94%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.70%) Firmware
3 2 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.47%) Nessus
2 1 (1.23%) VxRail
Vendors
1 33 (40.74%) Microsoft
2 15 (18.52%) NEC
3 8 (9.88%) Oracle
4 5 (6.17%) Citrix
4 5 (6.17%) Red Hat
5 4 (4.94%) Cisco
6 2 (2.47%) Aruba
6 2 (2.47%) Avaya
6 2 (2.47%) F5
6 2 (2.47%) Juniper
6 2 (2.47%) Snow
6 2 (2.47%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.47%) VMware
6 2 (2.47%) Zscaler
7 1 (1.23%) Automation Anywhere
7 1 (1.23%) Blue Prism
7 1 (1.23%) Dell
7 1 (1.23%) EqualLogic
7 1 (1.23%) UiPath