Fire and Rescue
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fire and Rescue in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Fire and Rescue over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 745 906 1058
Rank change year-on-year +161 +152 -154
Permanent jobs citing Fire and Rescue 170 46 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.047% 0.11%
As % of the General category 0.28% 0.070% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 152 37 131
10th Percentile £35,000 - £31,588
25th Percentile £36,365 £27,750 £36,870
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £44,047
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +7.84% +50.02%
75th Percentile £51,067 £55,859 £50,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £65,500 £61,740
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £40,455
% change year-on-year -5.26% +17.41% +37.79%

All General Skills
UK

Fire and Rescue 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 60,283 66,144 108,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 58.75% 67.94% 64.98%
Number of salaries quoted 39,987 35,943 51,825
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,426 £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%

Fire and Rescue
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Fire and Rescue as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Fire and Rescue in the UK

Fire and Rescue
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Fire and Rescue.

Salary trend for Fire and Rescue in the UK

Fire and Rescue
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fire and Rescue over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Fire and Rescue in the UK

Fire and Rescue
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fire and Rescue within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 +195 165 £45,000 -5.26% 106
UK excluding London +89 155 £45,000 -5.26% 91
Work from Home +134 89 £43,430 +52.38% 17
South West +61 89 £45,000 - 11
South East +21 27 £39,870 -26.59% 29
Midlands +10 25 £41,403 -17.80% 19
East Midlands -3 18 £43,430 -17.70% 9
London +154 10 £48,831 -18.62% 22
North of England +42 10 £50,000 +53.01% 20
West Midlands +13 7 £32,004 +1.44% 10
Yorkshire +80 6 £50,000 +75.44% 5
North West -1 4 £57,500 -17.86% 11
East of England -7 4 £61,551 +115.97% 8

Fire and Rescue
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 17 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.76%) Totara
4 1 (0.59%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.59%) CMS
4 1 (0.59%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 59 (34.71%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (30.00%) Power Platform
3 39 (22.94%) PowerApps
4 25 (14.71%) Power Automate
5 4 (2.35%) Azure
6 3 (1.76%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.18%) AWS
7 2 (1.18%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.59%) GitHub
8 1 (0.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.76%) Internet
1 3 (1.76%) LAN
1 3 (1.76%) WAN
1 3 (1.76%) Wireless
2 2 (1.18%) Firewall
3 1 (0.59%) DECT
3 1 (0.59%) Intranet
3 1 (0.59%) RFID
3 1 (0.59%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (15.29%) Power BI
2 6 (3.53%) RDBMS
2 6 (3.53%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.18%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.59%) EDMS
4 1 (0.59%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.59%) GIS
4 1 (0.59%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.59%) Spatial Data
4 1 (0.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Appium
1 2 (1.18%) Cucumber
1 2 (1.18%) JIRA
1 2 (1.18%) JUnit
1 2 (1.18%) Selenium
1 2 (1.18%) SoapUI
1 2 (1.18%) TestNG
1 2 (1.18%) TestRail
1 2 (1.18%) WebDriver
2 1 (0.59%) Jenkins
General
1 73 (42.94%) Social Skills
2 34 (20.00%) Local Government
3 25 (14.71%) Finance
4 20 (11.76%) Police
5 19 (11.18%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (10.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (10.59%) Public Sector
7 14 (8.24%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (5.29%) Legal
9 5 (2.94%) Marketing
10 2 (1.18%) Advertising
11 1 (0.59%) Electronics
11 1 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (30.59%) Developer
2 43 (25.29%) Senior
3 37 (21.76%) Applications Developer
4 25 (14.71%) Senior Developer
5 24 (14.12%) Senior Applications Developer
6 14 (8.24%) Business Manager
7 12 (7.06%) Analyst
7 12 (7.06%) Business Relationship Manager
7 12 (7.06%) Relationships Manager
7 12 (7.06%) Senior Manager
7 12 (7.06%) Software Developer
8 11 (6.47%) Development Manager
9 10 (5.88%) Architect
9 10 (5.88%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
9 10 (5.88%) Microsoft Specialist
9 10 (5.88%) Process Improvement Specialist
9 10 (5.88%) Service Manager
10 9 (5.29%) Financial Analyst
11 8 (4.71%) Project Manager
11 8 (4.71%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.35%) HTML
2 2 (1.18%) CSS
2 2 (1.18%) Gherkin
3 1 (0.59%) .NET
3 1 (0.59%) jQuery
3 1 (0.59%) JSON
3 1 (0.59%) Node.js
3 1 (0.59%) OpenLayers
3 1 (0.59%) React
3 1 (0.59%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 1 (0.59%) Web Services
3 1 (0.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 9 (5.29%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.94%) CMDB
3 5 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.35%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.76%) Acoustics
5 3 (1.76%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.18%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.18%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.18%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.18%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.18%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.59%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.59%) IoT
7 1 (0.59%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.59%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.59%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.59%) Social Media
7 1 (0.59%) Solar Energy
7 1 (0.59%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.88%) Windows
2 3 (1.76%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.18%) Unix
4 1 (0.59%) Linux
4 1 (0.59%) VMS
4 1 (0.59%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.59%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (30.59%) Agile
2 39 (22.94%) Continuous Improvement
3 38 (22.35%) Process Improvement
4 34 (20.00%) Project Management
4 34 (20.00%) User Experience
5 28 (16.47%) Line Management
6 25 (14.71%) Service Delivery
7 24 (14.12%) Customer-Centricity
7 24 (14.12%) DevOps
8 22 (12.94%) Manual Testing
9 21 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
11 16 (9.41%) Change Management
11 16 (9.41%) Customer Service
12 15 (8.82%) Scrum
13 14 (8.24%) Strategic Thinking
14 13 (7.65%) ITIL
15 12 (7.06%) Digital Transformation Strategy
16 11 (6.47%) Sprint Planning
16 11 (6.47%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 30 (17.65%) Java
2 24 (14.12%) SQL
3 4 (2.35%) Python
4 2 (1.18%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.59%) C#
5 1 (0.59%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.59%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 24 (14.12%) Degree
2 21 (12.35%) DBS Check
3 11 (6.47%) DV Cleared
3 11 (6.47%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.94%) HNC
5 4 (2.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (1.76%) HND
7 1 (0.59%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.59%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.59%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.59%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.59%) MCP
7 1 (0.59%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.59%) PMP
7 1 (0.59%) Project+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (12.94%) SLA
2 3 (1.76%) Accessibility
2 3 (1.76%) QA
3 2 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.18%) NIST
4 1 (0.59%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.59%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.59%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (4.71%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.59%) Docker
2 1 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (0.59%) Ansible
1 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.59%) Packer
1 1 (0.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 69 (40.59%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.18%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.59%) ESRI
3 1 (0.59%) TOWER Software