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 have cited Police over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 458 267 715
Rank change year-on-year -191 +448 +131
Permanent jobs citing Police 513 1,358 603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 1.37% 0.38%
As % of the General category 0.86% 2.01% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 357 207 219
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,452 £31,133
25th Percentile £35,195 £39,469 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,280 £40,606
Median % change year-on-year -8.69% +21.36% +2.00%
75th Percentile £57,000 £56,549 £50,000
90th Percentile £73,290 £70,000 £62,192
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,553 £44,543 £39,540
% change year-on-year -8.96% +12.65% +1.39%

All General Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 59,575 67,663 103,701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.63% 68.23% 64.52%
Number of salaries quoted 39,717 36,616 51,172
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,059 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Police as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Police in the UK

Police
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Police in the UK

Police
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Police over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Police in the UK

Police
Top 17 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 18 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
England -226 363 £45,000 -6.74% 86
UK excluding London -208 353 £40,553 -8.96% 74
Work from Home -120 190 £47,000 +10.59% 34
London -111 102 £51,196 +3.13% 23
Wales +34 81 £40,000 - 2
South East -131 75 £45,000 -17.15% 16
Midlands -52 70 £43,227 +7.56% 9
North of England -100 70 £36,250 -22.74% 23
West Midlands +2 59 £43,227 +7.56% 2
North East -36 38 £35,000 -28.43% 2
South West -38 27 £45,000 +86.44% 15
North West -66 26 £59,500 +33.48% 14
Scotland -115 15 £40,000 -40.30% 9
East of England -107 14 £30,000 -17.17% 1
East Midlands -47 11 £55,000 +4.22% 7
Yorkshire +9 6 £59,500 +23.96% 7
Northern Ireland +7 1 - -

Police
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 27 (5.26%) Apache
1 27 (5.26%) IIS
1 27 (5.26%) Tomcat
2 24 (4.68%) WebLogic
3 18 (3.51%) Confluence
4 16 (3.12%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.58%) SAS
7 2 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 35 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.58%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (0.58%) Adobe Premiere
5 3 (0.58%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.58%) SPSS
6 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 69 (13.45%) NEC Housing
2 12 (2.34%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.58%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 77 (15.01%) Azure
2 26 (5.07%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (3.90%) Power Platform
5 15 (2.92%) PowerApps
6 14 (2.73%) AWS
6 14 (2.73%) Power Automate
7 11 (2.14%) Entra ID
7 11 (2.14%) PaaS
7 11 (2.14%) SaaS
8 10 (1.95%) OCI
9 9 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (1.36%) IaaS
11 6 (1.17%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (0.97%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (0.78%) Azure Service Fabric
13 4 (0.78%) GCP
14 3 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
14 3 (0.58%) Dropbox
15 2 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.85%) Firewall
2 21 (4.09%) WAN
3 18 (3.51%) LAN
4 12 (2.34%) Network Security
5 11 (2.14%) Intranet
6 9 (1.75%) CTI
6 9 (1.75%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.75%) VLAN
7 6 (1.17%) DNS
7 6 (1.17%) Internet
7 6 (1.17%) SAN
7 6 (1.17%) Unified Communications
7 6 (1.17%) VPN
8 5 (0.97%) Extranet
8 5 (0.97%) MPLS
8 5 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.97%) Wireless
8 5 (0.97%) WLAN
9 4 (0.78%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.78%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (11.11%) Oracle Database
2 47 (9.16%) SQL Server
3 26 (5.07%) Elasticsearch
4 23 (4.48%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (4.29%) Oracle Database 12c
6 12 (2.34%) Relational Database
7 11 (2.14%) RDBMS
8 6 (1.17%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.97%) Power BI
10 4 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.58%) Big Data
11 3 (0.58%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (0.58%) EDRMS
11 3 (0.58%) MySQL
12 2 (0.39%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
13 1 (0.19%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 29 (5.65%) Git
2 24 (4.68%) JIRA
3 18 (3.51%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.92%) Team Foundation Server
5 14 (2.73%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.78%) Selenium
7 2 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
General
1 146 (28.46%) Public Sector
2 133 (25.93%) Social Skills
3 119 (23.20%) Local Government
4 115 (22.42%) Finance
5 98 (19.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 92 (17.93%) Analytical Skills
7 34 (6.63%) Law
8 33 (6.43%) Retail
9 32 (6.24%) Back Office
10 23 (4.48%) Legal
11 20 (3.90%) Electronics
12 18 (3.51%) Fire and Rescue
13 15 (2.92%) Marketing
14 14 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (2.53%) Military
16 12 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (2.34%) Telecoms
17 7 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
18 6 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
19 5 (0.97%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 109 (21.25%) Analyst
1 109 (21.25%) Senior
2 64 (12.48%) Developer
3 49 (9.55%) Applications Support
4 46 (8.97%) Lead
5 36 (7.02%) Architect
6 33 (6.43%) Senior Analyst
7 28 (5.46%) DBA
8 27 (5.26%) Administrator
9 22 (4.29%) Applications Support Analyst
9 22 (4.29%) Oracle DBA
9 22 (4.29%) PostgreSQL DBA
9 22 (4.29%) Project Manager
9 22 (4.29%) Senior Applications Support
9 22 (4.29%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
9 22 (4.29%) Senior Developer
9 22 (4.29%) Senior Support Analyst
9 22 (4.29%) Support Analyst
9 22 (4.29%) Test Analyst
10 20 (3.90%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (10.72%) .NET
2 42 (8.19%) Spring
3 40 (7.80%) Web Services
4 22 (4.29%) J2EE
4 22 (4.29%) Java EE
5 18 (3.51%) RESTful
6 11 (2.14%) CSS
7 10 (1.95%) .NET Core
8 8 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
9 7 (1.36%) React
9 7 (1.36%) YAML
10 6 (1.17%) ASP.NET
10 6 (1.17%) Node.js
10 6 (1.17%) SOAP
11 5 (0.97%) XML
12 4 (0.78%) Entity Framework
12 4 (0.78%) SailPoint
12 4 (0.78%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 3 (0.58%) ARM Templates
13 3 (0.58%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.63%) Driving Licence
2 30 (5.85%) Public Cloud
3 27 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (4.68%) Management Information System
5 14 (2.73%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.14%) Data Centre
7 10 (1.95%) CCTV
7 10 (1.95%) NHS
8 8 (1.56%) Social Media
9 7 (1.36%) Blog
9 7 (1.36%) Cybercrime
9 7 (1.36%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.17%) PKI
11 5 (0.97%) Smartphone
12 4 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.78%) Digital Media
12 4 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.58%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.58%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.58%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 73 (14.23%) Unix
1 73 (14.23%) Windows
2 34 (6.63%) Linux
3 27 (5.26%) Solaris
4 16 (3.12%) Windows 10
5 10 (1.95%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.17%) Android
7 2 (0.39%) AIX
7 2 (0.39%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.19%) SUSE
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (14.23%) ITIL
2 72 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (12.87%) Customer Service
4 58 (11.31%) Agile
5 56 (10.92%) Business Strategy
6 46 (8.97%) Impact Assessments
7 45 (8.77%) Mentoring
7 45 (8.77%) Service Management
8 43 (8.38%) Decision-Making
9 40 (7.80%) Actionable Insight
10 38 (7.41%) Digital Forensics
11 37 (7.21%) Continuous Improvement
12 36 (7.02%) Risk Management
13 34 (6.63%) Data Security
13 34 (6.63%) Performance Tuning
13 34 (6.63%) Project Management
14 33 (6.43%) DevOps
15 32 (6.24%) Task Automation
16 29 (5.65%) Information Management
17 28 (5.46%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (10.33%) Java
2 49 (9.55%) Shell Script
3 38 (7.41%) C#
4 36 (7.02%) SQL
5 23 (4.48%) PL/1
6 8 (1.56%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.36%) Python
8 6 (1.17%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.97%) VB
10 4 (0.78%) C++
11 3 (0.58%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.39%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.39%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.39%) VBA
13 1 (0.19%) Ruby
13 1 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 217 (42.30%) Security Cleared
2 130 (25.34%) SC Cleared
3 99 (19.30%) Degree
4 35 (6.82%) DV Cleared
5 34 (6.63%) DBS Check
6 24 (4.68%) Oracle Certification
7 11 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.56%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.56%) HNC
8 8 (1.56%) HND
8 8 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.97%) APMP
9 5 (0.97%) Postgraduate
10 4 (0.78%) CCIE
10 4 (0.78%) CCNP
10 4 (0.78%) CISSP
10 4 (0.78%) MCSA
11 3 (0.58%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.58%) CESG Certified Professional
11 3 (0.58%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (14.42%) Accessibility
2 56 (10.92%) QA
3 27 (5.26%) SLA
4 8 (1.56%) GDPR
5 7 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 7 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.97%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.97%) PMO
7 4 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 3 (0.58%) NIST
9 2 (0.39%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
9 2 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.39%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.19%) COBIT
10 1 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 25 (4.87%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.95%) Firmware
4 6 (1.17%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.97%) Docker
6 4 (0.78%) vSphere
7 3 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (4.87%) Single Sign-On
2 22 (4.29%) OpenSSO
3 10 (1.95%) SCCM
4 9 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.17%) SCOM
6 5 (0.97%) Kubernetes
6 5 (0.97%) Terraform
7 4 (0.78%) Ansible
8 3 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.58%) Nessus
9 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 138 (26.90%) Microsoft
2 102 (19.88%) Oracle
3 69 (13.45%) NEC
4 22 (4.29%) Remedy
5 20 (3.90%) Cisco
6 15 (2.92%) VMware
7 10 (1.95%) HP
8 9 (1.75%) webMethods
9 6 (1.17%) Google
9 6 (1.17%) NetApp
10 5 (0.97%) Citrix
10 5 (0.97%) Dell
11 4 (0.78%) Avaya
11 4 (0.78%) Blue Prism
11 4 (0.78%) SolarWinds
11 4 (0.78%) Zscaler
12 3 (0.58%) Adobe
12 3 (0.58%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.58%) UiPath
13 2 (0.39%) Cadence