Police Contracts

Police
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Police over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 455 577 653
Rank change year-on-year +122 +76 -30
Contract jobs citing Police 120 105 185
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.19% 0.21%
As % of the General category 0.48% 0.32% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 64 68
10th Percentile £232 £400 £400
25th Percentile £375 £481 £482
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £501 £598
Median % change year-on-year +0.27% -16.23% +37.36%
75th Percentile £641 £600 £715
90th Percentile £688 £650 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £488 £550
% change year-on-year -23.08% -11.36% +29.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 2 0
10th Percentile £11.95 - -
25th Percentile £12.97 £72.50 -
Median hourly rate £14.54 £80.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -81.83% - -
75th Percentile £19.75 £87.50 -
90th Percentile £20.84 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.54 - -

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 24,753 32,807 49,724
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 57.49% 58.53% 56.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,550 22,755 34,565
10th Percentile £275 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +8.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,984 981 1,390
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.30 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +43.56% +4.65%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.36
90th Percentile £67.38 £72.50 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.42 £27.84 £19.50
% change year-on-year +2.08% +42.77% +2.63%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Police.

Daily rate trend for Police in the UK

Police
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Police over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Police in the UK

Police
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Police.

Hourly rate trend for Police in the UK

Police
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Police over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Police in the UK

Police
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +113 116 £500 -4.76% 89
UK excluding London +57 75 £375 -23.08% 78
Work from Home +116 40 £494 -1.42% 38
London +95 34 £504 -8.42% 21
South West +25 28 £270 -55.00% 11
South East +13 25 £650 +33.33% 15
North of England +16 11 £544 +11.51% 20
North West +15 9 £575 +5.75% 13
Midlands +28 7 £240 - 17
West Midlands +18 5 £240 - 8
Scotland +38 3 - - 8
Yorkshire +18 2 £425 +75.26% 4
East Midlands +13 2 - - 9
East of England - 1 £275 - 4

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 5 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.50%) Confluence
3 1 (0.83%) Apache
3 1 (0.83%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.83%) IIS
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.83%) Moodle
3 1 (0.83%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (11.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (9.17%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (6.67%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.83%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.83%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.83%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.83%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (14.17%) Azure
2 10 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 8 (6.67%) AWS
4 5 (4.17%) SaaS
5 4 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.67%) Azure Machine Learning
6 2 (1.67%) Azure Stack
6 2 (1.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (1.67%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.67%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.67%) ShareGate
7 1 (0.83%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (0.83%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.83%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.83%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (0.83%) Azure Service Fabric
7 1 (0.83%) Azure Storage
7 1 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.83%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.83%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.50%) CTI
1 3 (2.50%) H.323
1 3 (2.50%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.67%) Power BI
2 3 (2.50%) Big Data
2 3 (2.50%) Tableau
3 2 (1.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.83%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.83%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.83%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.83%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.83%) DTS
4 1 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.83%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.83%) MySQL
4 1 (0.83%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (10.83%) Cucumber
1 13 (10.83%) Jenkins
1 13 (10.83%) REST Assured
1 13 (10.83%) Selenium
1 13 (10.83%) SonarQube
2 10 (8.33%) JIRA
3 8 (6.67%) GitLab
General
1 48 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 29 (24.17%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (24.17%) Law
3 25 (20.83%) Public Sector
4 20 (16.67%) Finance
5 12 (10.00%) Fire and Rescue
6 11 (9.17%) Local Government
7 6 (5.00%) Legal
7 6 (5.00%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.50%) Electronics
8 3 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.50%) Military
9 2 (1.67%) Environmental Health
9 2 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.83%) Advertising
10 1 (0.83%) Back Office
10 1 (0.83%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (11.67%) Analyst
2 10 (8.33%) Senior
3 9 (7.50%) Administrator
3 9 (7.50%) Java Engineer
4 7 (5.83%) Data Technician
4 7 (5.83%) Developer
4 7 (5.83%) Forensic Technician
4 7 (5.83%) Project Manager
5 6 (5.00%) Business Process Trainer
5 6 (5.00%) Delivery Manager
5 6 (5.00%) Field Engineer
5 6 (5.00%) Field Support Engineer
5 6 (5.00%) Service Delivery Manager
5 6 (5.00%) Service Manager
5 6 (5.00%) Support Engineer
5 6 (5.00%) Support Manager
5 6 (5.00%) Support Specialist
5 6 (5.00%) Technical Support
5 6 (5.00%) Technical Support Engineer
5 6 (5.00%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.83%) Java EE
1 13 (10.83%) REST
2 8 (6.67%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.83%) .NET
3 1 (0.83%) CSS
3 1 (0.83%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.83%) HTML
3 1 (0.83%) HTML5
3 1 (0.83%) Kafka
3 1 (0.83%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 10 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 6 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.33%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (3.33%) CCTV
5 4 (3.33%) Freedom of Information
5 4 (3.33%) Freedom of Information Act
6 2 (1.67%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.83%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.83%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.83%) FMCG
7 1 (0.83%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.83%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.83%) NHS
7 1 (0.83%) Photography
7 1 (0.83%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.50%) Windows
2 2 (1.67%) Linux
3 1 (0.83%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.83%) VMS
3 1 (0.83%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (32.50%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (17.50%) Decision-Making
3 16 (13.33%) Project Management
3 16 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
4 14 (11.67%) Agile
4 14 (11.67%) Data Protection
4 14 (11.67%) Line Management
5 13 (10.83%) Continuous Integration
5 13 (10.83%) DevOps
5 13 (10.83%) Software Architecture
5 13 (10.83%) Software Engineering
5 13 (10.83%) Test Automation
6 11 (9.17%) ITIL
7 9 (7.50%) Business Analysis
7 9 (7.50%) Migration
8 8 (6.67%) Analytics
8 8 (6.67%) Coaching
8 8 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (6.67%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.67%) Java
2 6 (5.00%) SQL
3 5 (4.17%) R
4 4 (3.33%) Python
5 2 (1.67%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.83%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.83%) Scala
Qualifications
1 66 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 55 (45.83%) SC Cleared
3 11 (9.17%) DV Cleared
4 9 (7.50%) CTC Cleared
5 7 (5.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (5.83%) CITP
5 7 (5.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (5.00%) Degree
7 3 (2.50%) HNC
7 3 (2.50%) NVQ Level 4
8 1 (0.83%) CCNA
8 1 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.83%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.83%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.83%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.83%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.00%) SLA
2 9 (7.50%) GDPR
3 5 (4.17%) PMO
4 2 (1.67%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.83%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.83%) GMP
5 1 (0.83%) QA
System Software
1 8 (6.67%) Docker
2 3 (2.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.83%) iptables
3 1 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (10.83%) Ansible
2 8 (6.67%) Docker Swarm
2 8 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 8 (6.67%) Podman
2 8 (6.67%) Terraform
3 2 (1.67%) SCCM
4 1 (0.83%) Kibana
4 1 (0.83%) logstash
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (24.17%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.00%) BT
3 4 (3.33%) Databricks
4 3 (2.50%) Avaya
4 3 (2.50%) Cisco
5 2 (1.67%) Adobe
5 2 (1.67%) Oracle
6 1 (0.83%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.83%) SAP
6 1 (0.83%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.83%) VMware