Police Contracts in England

Police
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Police in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Police over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 422 495 714
Rank change year-on-year +73 +219 -43
Contract jobs citing Police 112 113 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.27% 0.12%
As % of the General category 0.59% 0.45% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 76 58
10th Percentile - £258 £387
25th Percentile £294 £434 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £412 £521 £525
Median % change year-on-year -20.88% -0.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £566 £575 £706
90th Percentile £703 £666 £775
UK median daily rate £415 £515 £513
% change year-on-year -19.35% +0.41% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 0
10th Percentile £14.14 £18.78 -
25th Percentile £14.81 £19.99 -
Median hourly rate £16.39 £21.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.87% - -
75th Percentile £17.67 £22.52 -
90th Percentile £18.16 - -
UK median hourly rate £16.39 £21.25 -
% change year-on-year -22.87% - -

All General Skills
England

Police falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 19,141 25,284 41,879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.33% 59.51% 58.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,658 17,476 29,330
10th Percentile £300 £310 £325
25th Percentile £413 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +7.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 958 1,005 1,154
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.70 £15.25
Median hourly rate £38.31 £29.50 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year +29.86% +19.19% +30.26%
75th Percentile £61.30 £58.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £71.01 £65.32
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £24.46
% change year-on-year +27.27% +12.43% +28.74%

Police
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Police in England

Police
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Police in England

Police
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Police in England over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Police in England

Police
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Police in England

Police
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Police within the England region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
London +55 42 £520 -5.45% 17
South West +33 27 £375 +50.00% 11
North of England +43 23 £294 -26.41% 17
North West +33 19 £294 - 11
South East +11 8 £675 +31.54% 8
East of England - 5 £275 - 4
Yorkshire +14 4 £650 +67.74% 6
Midlands +6 2 - - 15
West Midlands +7 1 - - 14
East Midlands +3 1 - - 1
Police
UK

Police
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (5.36%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.68%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.89%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.89%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.89%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.89%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 16 (14.29%) Azure
2 8 (7.14%) AWS
3 5 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (4.46%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.68%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.68%) Serverless
5 2 (1.79%) Azure Functions
5 2 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (1.79%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (1.79%) Azure Service Fabric
5 2 (1.79%) Azure Storage
5 2 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.79%) OpenShift
5 2 (1.79%) SaaS
5 2 (1.79%) ShareGate
6 1 (0.89%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.89%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.89%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.57%) MVNO
2 1 (0.89%) CTI
2 1 (0.89%) DHCP
2 1 (0.89%) DNS
2 1 (0.89%) H.323
2 1 (0.89%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.89%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.89%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.89%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.57%) Power BI
2 3 (2.68%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.79%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (1.79%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.79%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.79%) MariaDB
3 2 (1.79%) MySQL
3 2 (1.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.89%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.89%) Metadata
4 1 (0.89%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (0.89%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.89%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.57%) Cucumber
1 4 (3.57%) Jenkins
1 4 (3.57%) REST Assured
1 4 (3.57%) Selenium
1 4 (3.57%) SonarQube
2 3 (2.68%) GitLab
2 3 (2.68%) JIRA
General
1 27 (24.11%) Analytical Skills
1 27 (24.11%) Fire and Rescue
2 26 (23.21%) Finance
2 26 (23.21%) Public Sector
2 26 (23.21%) Social Skills
3 22 (19.64%) Military
4 14 (12.50%) Local Government
5 12 (10.71%) Law
6 8 (7.14%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.57%) Legal
8 3 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.89%) Electronics
9 1 (0.89%) Marketing
9 1 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.89%) Publishing
9 1 (0.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (16.07%) Architect
2 11 (9.82%) Analyst
3 10 (8.93%) Project Manager
4 8 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
4 8 (7.14%) Developer
5 6 (5.36%) Security Architect
5 6 (5.36%) Senior
5 6 (5.36%) Service Delivery Manager
5 6 (5.36%) Service Manager
5 6 (5.36%) Service Support Manager
5 6 (5.36%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (5.36%) Support Manager
6 5 (4.46%) Data Engineer
6 5 (4.46%) Lead
7 4 (3.57%) Data Technician
7 4 (3.57%) Forensic Technician
7 4 (3.57%) Integration Architect
8 3 (2.68%) Business Analyst
8 3 (2.68%) Software Engineer
8 3 (2.68%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.57%) .NET
1 4 (3.57%) Java EE
1 4 (3.57%) REST
2 3 (2.68%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.79%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.89%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.89%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.89%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.29%) Digital Media
2 7 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.68%) CCTV
3 3 (2.68%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.79%) Low-Code
4 2 (1.79%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.89%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.89%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.89%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.89%) FMCG
5 1 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.89%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.89%) Photography
5 1 (0.89%) PKI
5 1 (0.89%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.89%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.89%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.36%) Windows
2 4 (3.57%) Linux
3 2 (1.79%) VMS
3 2 (1.79%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (32.14%) Project Management
2 27 (24.11%) Agile
3 19 (16.96%) Digital Forensics
3 19 (16.96%) Mentoring
4 18 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (14.29%) PRINCE2
6 13 (11.61%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (9.82%) Project Delivery
9 10 (8.93%) Decision-Making
10 9 (8.04%) Service Delivery
11 8 (7.14%) Business Case
12 7 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (6.25%) DevOps
12 7 (6.25%) ITIL
12 7 (6.25%) Roadmaps
13 6 (5.36%) Collaborative Working
13 6 (5.36%) Software Engineering
14 5 (4.46%) Service Design
14 5 (4.46%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.36%) Java
1 6 (5.36%) SQL
2 4 (3.57%) Python
3 2 (1.79%) Go
3 2 (1.79%) PL/SQL
3 2 (1.79%) Ruby
3 2 (1.79%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.89%) C
4 1 (0.89%) C#
4 1 (0.89%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.89%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.89%) VB
Qualifications
1 77 (68.75%) Security Cleared
2 62 (55.36%) SC Cleared
3 17 (15.18%) DV Cleared
4 7 (6.25%) Degree
5 4 (3.57%) CITP
5 4 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.68%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.68%) NVQ Level 3
6 3 (2.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.89%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.89%) APMP
8 1 (0.89%) CCIE
8 1 (0.89%) CCNP
8 1 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.89%) CISMP
8 1 (0.89%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.89%) IISP
8 1 (0.89%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.46%) PMO
2 3 (2.68%) Government Security Classifications
2 3 (2.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 3 (2.68%) QA
3 2 (1.79%) GDPR
3 2 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.79%) NIST
3 2 (1.79%) SLA
4 1 (0.89%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.89%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.89%) GMP
4 1 (0.89%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.89%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.89%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (4.46%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.68%) Docker
4 1 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (5.36%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.46%) Ansible
3 4 (3.57%) SCCM
3 4 (3.57%) Terraform
4 3 (2.68%) Docker Swarm
4 3 (2.68%) Podman
5 2 (1.79%) SCOrch
5 2 (1.79%) SCSM
6 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.89%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 18 (16.07%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.46%) VMware
3 4 (3.57%) Cisco
3 4 (3.57%) Foundry
4 2 (1.79%) Cadence
4 2 (1.79%) Oracle
4 2 (1.79%) PeopleSoft
4 2 (1.79%) Progress
4 2 (1.79%) Remedy
4 2 (1.79%) SAP
4 2 (1.79%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.89%) Adobe
5 1 (0.89%) Apple
5 1 (0.89%) ArcSight
5 1 (0.89%) Avaya
5 1 (0.89%) Dell
5 1 (0.89%) EMC
5 1 (0.89%) HP
5 1 (0.89%) Kenna
5 1 (0.89%) Xerox