Hybrid/Remote Police Job Trends

Police
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Police over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 384 415
Rank change year-on-year -1 +31 -58
Permanent jobs citing Police 35 41 180
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.18% 0.27% 0.53%
As % of the General category 0.31% 0.37% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 28 38 131
10th Percentile £51,872 £30,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £44,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,728 £49,140 £46,350
Median % change year-on-year +19.51% +6.02% -7.08%
75th Percentile £66,441 £55,237 £57,500
90th Percentile £84,402 £57,057 £73,894
UK median annual salary £58,728 £51,500 £44,886
% change year-on-year +14.03% +14.74% -8.92%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Police falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 11,177 11,215 20,615
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.57% 74.88% 60.82%
Number of salaries quoted 7,263 6,195 15,194
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £99,273 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -12.50%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Police and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Police job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Police.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Police

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Police over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Police salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (5.71%) CMS
2 1 (2.86%) Drupal
2 1 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.86%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 11 (31.43%) Azure
2 6 (17.14%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.71%) AWS
4 2 (5.71%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.71%) Serverless
5 1 (2.86%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.86%) ChatGPT
5 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.57%) Firewall
2 2 (5.71%) Network Security
2 2 (5.71%) WAN
3 1 (2.86%) BGP
3 1 (2.86%) DHCP
3 1 (2.86%) DNS
3 1 (2.86%) Internet
3 1 (2.86%) LAN
3 1 (2.86%) OSPF
3 1 (2.86%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.86%) SNMP
3 1 (2.86%) SSH
3 1 (2.86%) Unified Communications
3 1 (2.86%) VLAN
3 1 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.86%) Power BI
2 1 (2.86%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.86%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 13 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.71%) Fire and Rescue
2 9 (25.71%) Law
3 8 (22.86%) Local Government
3 8 (22.86%) Public Sector
4 6 (17.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (17.14%) Retail
5 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Back Office
6 1 (2.86%) Finance
6 1 (2.86%) Legal
6 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (17.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 6 (17.14%) Lead
1 6 (17.14%) Security Engineer
1 6 (17.14%) Senior
2 4 (11.43%) Head of Development
2 4 (11.43%) Head of Support
2 4 (11.43%) Systems Support
3 3 (8.57%) Architect
3 3 (8.57%) ICT Director
3 3 (8.57%) Technical Architect
3 3 (8.57%) Technology Director
4 2 (5.71%) Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) IT Manager
4 2 (5.71%) Principal Architect
4 2 (5.71%) Principal Technical Architect
4 2 (5.71%) Service Manager
5 1 (2.86%) Designer
5 1 (2.86%) IT Support
5 1 (2.86%) Senior Designer
5 1 (2.86%) Senior IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.14%) Regular Expression
2 4 (11.43%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 10 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 7 (20.00%) Onboarding
3 6 (17.14%) Cyberattack
3 6 (17.14%) Low-Code
3 6 (17.14%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (8.57%) IoT
5 2 (5.71%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.86%) Blog
6 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.86%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.86%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
6 1 (2.86%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (25.71%) Roadmaps
3 8 (22.86%) Agile
4 7 (20.00%) Service Management
5 6 (17.14%) Collaborative Culture
5 6 (17.14%) Computer Science
5 6 (17.14%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (17.14%) Digital Innovation
5 6 (17.14%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 6 (17.14%) Security Operations
5 6 (17.14%) Service Delivery
5 6 (17.14%) SIEM
5 6 (17.14%) Strategic Thinking
5 6 (17.14%) Threat Detection
6 5 (14.29%) Decision-Making
7 4 (11.43%) Analytics
7 4 (11.43%) ERP
7 4 (11.43%) ITIL
7 4 (11.43%) Line Management
7 4 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.14%) PowerShell
1 6 (17.14%) Python
2 3 (8.57%) SQL
3 1 (2.86%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (25.71%) Degree
2 8 (22.86%) DBS Check
3 7 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 5 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (11.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.71%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.86%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (2.86%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (2.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.29%) Oracle
3 1 (2.86%) CheckPoint
3 1 (2.86%) Cisco
3 1 (2.86%) SolarWinds
3 1 (2.86%) Ubiquiti