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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 195 198
Rank change year-on-year +47 +3 +64
Permanent jobs citing Police 49 58 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.14% 0.77% 1.11%
As % of the General category 2.00% 1.35% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 44 36 28
10th Percentile £33,501 £25,500 £32,788
25th Percentile £38,754 £34,400 £34,452
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £43,227 £40,188
Median % change year-on-year +24.20% +7.56% +4.96%
75th Percentile - £61,319 £48,258
90th Percentile - £86,485 £49,871
England median annual salary £53,688 £45,000 £48,250
% change year-on-year +19.31% -6.74% +19.27%

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 2,446 4,307 4,750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 57.11% 57.52% 76.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,060 3,025 2,191
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,600 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,813 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £66,788 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 +46 39 £53,688 +53.39% 2
Birmingham 0 5 £30,000 -30.60% 2
Worcestershire +24 2 £44,810 +34.23%
Wolverhampton - 2 £78,700 -
Warwickshire -13 1 £49,887 +84.76% 1
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 8 (16.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.41%) Microsoft 365
1 10 (20.41%) Power Platform
2 8 (16.33%) Power Automate
2 8 (16.33%) PowerApps
3 4 (8.16%) AWS
3 4 (8.16%) Azure
3 4 (8.16%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.16%) Firewall
2 3 (6.12%) Internet
2 3 (6.12%) SD-WAN
3 2 (4.08%) VLAN
3 2 (4.08%) WAN
4 1 (2.04%) BGP
4 1 (2.04%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (2.04%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (2.04%) IPsec
4 1 (2.04%) Network Security
4 1 (2.04%) OpenScape
4 1 (2.04%) OSPF
4 1 (2.04%) VPN
4 1 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.16%) Oracle Database
1 4 (8.16%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.08%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (4.08%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (4.08%) Power BI
2 2 (4.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (12.24%) Finance
2 5 (10.20%) Law
2 5 (10.20%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.16%) Public Sector
3 4 (8.16%) Retail
4 2 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 21 (42.86%) Developer
2 9 (18.37%) Microsoft 365 Developer
3 7 (14.29%) Vendor Manager
4 5 (10.20%) Java Developer
5 4 (8.16%) Architect
5 4 (8.16%) Graduate
5 4 (8.16%) Graduate Developer
5 4 (8.16%) Graduate Java Developer
5 4 (8.16%) Power Platform Developer
5 4 (8.16%) Senior
6 3 (6.12%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Network Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Security Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) IT Operations Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) IT Security Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) Lead Architect
7 2 (4.08%) Operations Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) Security Operations Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (4.08%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (24.49%) .NET
2 5 (10.20%) GWT
2 5 (10.20%) J2EE
2 5 (10.20%) JPA
2 5 (10.20%) Middleware
2 5 (10.20%) Vaadin
3 2 (4.08%) JSON
3 2 (4.08%) Web Services
3 2 (4.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Mobile App
2 3 (6.12%) PKI
3 2 (4.08%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (4.08%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.08%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.20%) Linux
1 5 (10.20%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (28.57%) Impact Assessments
2 12 (24.49%) Release Management
3 10 (20.41%) Data Transformation
4 8 (16.33%) Decision-Making
4 8 (16.33%) ITIL
4 8 (16.33%) User Experience
5 7 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (12.24%) Asset Management
6 6 (12.24%) Data Visualisation
6 6 (12.24%) Project Delivery
6 6 (12.24%) Project Management
6 6 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (12.24%) Visualisation
7 5 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (10.20%) Requirements Analysis
7 5 (10.20%) SDLC
7 5 (10.20%) Security Operations
7 5 (10.20%) Service Delivery
8 4 (8.16%) Supply Chain Management
8 4 (8.16%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.61%) Java
2 14 (28.57%) C#
3 9 (18.37%) SQL
4 2 (4.08%) PL/SQL
4 2 (4.08%) PowerShell
4 2 (4.08%) Python
4 2 (4.08%) R
4 2 (4.08%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (22.45%) Degree
2 6 (12.24%) Security Cleared
3 5 (10.20%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.08%) A+ Certification
4 2 (4.08%) APMG
4 2 (4.08%) AWS Certification
4 2 (4.08%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 2 (4.08%) CITP
4 2 (4.08%) Cyber Scheme
4 2 (4.08%) GIAC
4 2 (4.08%) ISACA
4 2 (4.08%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (4.08%) SANS
5 1 (2.04%) CCNP
5 1 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.04%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (28.57%) QA
2 2 (4.08%) COBIT
2 2 (4.08%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (2.04%) NCSC
3 1 (2.04%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.04%) Nessus
Vendors
1 15 (30.61%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.20%) Red Hat
3 4 (8.16%) Oracle
4 3 (6.12%) Cisco
5 2 (4.08%) Avaya
5 2 (4.08%) SolarWinds
5 2 (4.08%) Zscaler
6 1 (2.04%) Aruba
6 1 (2.04%) Blue Prism
6 1 (2.04%) F5
6 1 (2.04%) Juniper