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 advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Police over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 197 199 252
Rank change year-on-year +2 +53 -30
Permanent jobs citing Police 56 71 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.76% 1.11% 0.41%
As % of the General category 1.31% 1.46% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 37 29 4
10th Percentile £25,500 £32,792 £27,570
25th Percentile £32,600 £34,452 £33,674
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,227 £40,188 £38,288
Median % change year-on-year +7.56% +4.96% +4.83%
75th Percentile £59,000 £48,258 £39,509
90th Percentile £86,485 £48,856 -
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,236 £40,455
% change year-on-year -4.73% +16.76% +3.73%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,261 4,873 4,581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 57.82% 76.03% 62.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,024 2,229 2,869
10th Percentile £25,500 £29,750 £30,310
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,662
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +9.38% +1.05%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

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 13 May 2024.

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 13 May 2024. 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
Birmingham -28 39 £43,227 +7.56% 1
Staffordshire - 10 £35,000 - 1
Warwickshire +44 4 £27,000 -
Worcestershire -22 2 £33,383 -20.52% 1
Shropshire -11 1 £14,416 -
Herefordshire - 1 £17,299 -
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 7 (12.50%) Apache
1 7 (12.50%) IIS
1 7 (12.50%) Tomcat
2 2 (3.57%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.79%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 14 (25.00%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.29%) Azure
2 6 (10.71%) Azure Sentinel
3 5 (8.93%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (7.14%) AWS
5 3 (5.36%) Entra ID
5 3 (5.36%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.57%) PowerApps
6 2 (3.57%) SaaS
7 1 (1.79%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.71%) Firewall
2 5 (8.93%) Network Security
3 4 (7.14%) SD-WAN
3 4 (7.14%) VLAN
3 4 (7.14%) VSAN
3 4 (7.14%) WAN
4 1 (1.79%) Intranet
4 1 (1.79%) NGFW
4 1 (1.79%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (23.21%) Oracle Database
2 10 (17.86%) SQL Server
3 6 (10.71%) Oracle Database 12c
3 6 (10.71%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (7.14%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (7.14%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.79%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.79%) MySQL
5 1 (1.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (32.14%) Public Sector
2 17 (30.36%) Finance
3 16 (28.57%) Local Government
4 12 (21.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (19.64%) Social Skills
6 8 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (10.71%) Back Office
8 4 (7.14%) Retail
9 3 (5.36%) Electronics
9 3 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (5.36%) Welsh Language
10 2 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (3.57%) Legal
11 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.79%) Law
11 1 (1.79%) Publishing
11 1 (1.79%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 13 (23.21%) Analyst
2 9 (16.07%) Network Engineer
3 7 (12.50%) Applications Support
3 7 (12.50%) Digital Analyst
3 7 (12.50%) Forensic Analyst
4 6 (10.71%) Administrator
4 6 (10.71%) DBA
4 6 (10.71%) Oracle DBA
4 6 (10.71%) PostgreSQL DBA
5 4 (7.14%) Head of Test
5 4 (7.14%) Server Engineer
6 2 (3.57%) Business Development Manager
6 2 (3.57%) Business Manager
6 2 (3.57%) Data Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Development Manager
6 2 (3.57%) Graduate Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Head of Information
6 2 (3.57%) Junior Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) SOC Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.29%) Web Services
2 6 (10.71%) .NET
3 4 (7.14%) ASP.NET
3 4 (7.14%) Node.js
3 4 (7.14%) React
3 4 (7.14%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 4 (7.14%) YAML
4 1 (1.79%) XML
4 1 (1.79%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.50%) Public Cloud
2 6 (10.71%) Driving Licence
2 6 (10.71%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (8.93%) Management Information System
4 4 (7.14%) PKI
5 3 (5.36%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.79%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.79%) Freedom of Information Act
6 1 (1.79%) NHS
6 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (23.21%) Unix
1 13 (23.21%) Windows
2 7 (12.50%) Linux
2 7 (12.50%) Solaris
3 6 (10.71%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (26.79%) Customer Service
1 15 (26.79%) ITIL
2 10 (17.86%) Agile
3 9 (16.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 9 (16.07%) Tech Ops
4 8 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (12.50%) Data Security
5 7 (12.50%) Digital Forensics
5 7 (12.50%) Network Architecture
5 7 (12.50%) Server Management
5 7 (12.50%) Task Automation
6 6 (10.71%) Line Management
6 6 (10.71%) Mentoring
6 6 (10.71%) Performance Tuning
6 6 (10.71%) Problem Management
7 5 (8.93%) Case Management
7 5 (8.93%) DevOps
7 5 (8.93%) Project Delivery
8 4 (7.14%) DevSecOps
8 4 (7.14%) GitOps
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.50%) Shell Script
2 5 (8.93%) C#
2 5 (8.93%) VB
3 4 (7.14%) JavaScript
3 4 (7.14%) Python
3 4 (7.14%) SQL
4 1 (1.79%) C++
4 1 (1.79%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 27 (48.21%) Security Cleared
2 14 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 11 (19.64%) Degree
4 9 (16.07%) DV Cleared
5 6 (10.71%) Oracle Certification
6 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (7.14%) MCSA
8 3 (5.36%) Azure Certification
8 3 (5.36%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.79%) NVQ Level 4
9 1 (1.79%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 9 (16.07%) QA
3 4 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 3 (5.36%) Data Quality
5 2 (3.57%) ISO 9001
5 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (7.14%) Docker
3 4 (7.14%) vSphere
4 1 (1.79%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (7.14%) Kubernetes
1 4 (7.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (33.93%) Microsoft
2 14 (25.00%) NEC
2 14 (25.00%) Oracle
3 10 (17.86%) Cisco
4 5 (8.93%) Dell
4 5 (8.93%) HP
4 5 (8.93%) VMware
5 4 (7.14%) Avaya
5 4 (7.14%) SolarWinds
5 4 (7.14%) Zscaler
6 1 (1.79%) NetApp
6 1 (1.79%) Salesforce