Fire and Rescue Contracts

Fire and Rescue
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fire and Rescue in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Fire and Rescue over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 566 695 835
Rank change year-on-year +129 +140 -161
Contract jobs citing Fire and Rescue 32 24 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.040% 0.016%
As % of the General category 0.13% 0.069% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 3
10th Percentile £240 £342 £240
25th Percentile £301 £390 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £395 £400
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -1.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £438 £547 £550
90th Percentile - £699 £640
UK excluding London median daily rate £308 £390 £300
% change year-on-year -21.15% +30.00% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £15.07 - -
25th Percentile £21.54 - -
Median hourly rate £25.25 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.25 - -

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,217 34,983 49,764
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.24% 58.49% 56.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,921 24,245 34,457
10th Percentile £270 £313 £319
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.90% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,927 1,077 1,444
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.46 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.48 £18.13 £14.75
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +62.79% -4.44%
75th Percentile £51.75 £61.25 £46.13
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £58.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.51 £30.54 £18.50
% change year-on-year -9.93% +65.08% -7.50%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Fire and Rescue in the UK

Fire and Rescue
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fire and Rescue over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Fire and Rescue in the UK

Fire and Rescue
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Fire and Rescue in the UK

Fire and Rescue
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Fire and Rescue over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Fire and Rescue in the UK

Fire and Rescue
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fire and Rescue within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +140 32 £400 -25.58% 77
UK excluding London +66 19 £308 -21.15% 69
London +104 8 £425 -24.44% 16
North of England +36 6 £375 -44.44% 15
Midlands - 6 £240 - 10
West Midlands - 5 £240 - 7
Work from Home +124 4 £400 -31.91% 17
North West +18 4 - - 8
South West +16 4 - - 10
South East +26 2 - - 25
Yorkshire +21 2 £375 - 6
East Midlands - 1 - - 3
East of England - 1 £400 - 11

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 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.13%) Moodle
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) AutoCAD
1 2 (6.25%) Revit
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.13%) Adobe Creative Cloud
1 1 (3.13%) Azure
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) DTS
1 1 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (3.13%) Power BI
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (56.25%) Finance
1 18 (56.25%) Public Sector
2 17 (53.13%) Police
3 7 (21.88%) Local Government
4 5 (15.63%) Advertising
5 4 (12.50%) Electronics
6 3 (9.38%) Social Skills
7 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (3.13%) Games
8 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
8 1 (3.13%) Marketing
8 1 (3.13%) Military
8 1 (3.13%) Social Housing
8 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (18.75%) Project Manager
2 4 (12.50%) Analyst
3 3 (9.38%) Senior
4 2 (6.25%) IT Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Lead
4 2 (6.25%) Transition Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Administrator
5 1 (3.13%) Architect
5 1 (3.13%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Data Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) Developer
5 1 (3.13%) e-Learning Developer
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) Network Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) SOC Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (3.13%) Technical Architect
5 1 (3.13%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) CSS
1 1 (3.13%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (3.13%) HTML
1 1 (3.13%) HTML5
1 1 (3.13%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) CCTV
2 5 (15.63%) Social Media
3 2 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.25%) PMI
4 1 (3.13%) e-Learning
4 1 (3.13%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.13%) PKI
4 1 (3.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) VMS
2 2 (6.25%) Linux
2 2 (6.25%) Windows
3 1 (3.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) Project Management
2 4 (12.50%) Cost Control
2 4 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (9.38%) ITIL
4 2 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (6.25%) Data Management
4 2 (6.25%) Mentoring
4 2 (6.25%) PRINCE2
4 2 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (6.25%) Service Delivery
4 2 (6.25%) Service Management
4 2 (6.25%) SIEM
4 2 (6.25%) Technical Analysis
5 1 (3.13%) Content Development
5 1 (3.13%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Monitoring
5 1 (3.13%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (3.13%) Storytelling
5 1 (3.13%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (3.13%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) R
1 1 (3.13%) SQL
1 1 (3.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 8 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 3 (9.38%) Degree
4 3 (9.38%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.13%) CCNA
5 1 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (3.13%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (3.13%) DBS Check
5 1 (3.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.13%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (3.13%) PMP
5 1 (3.13%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) SLA
2 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.13%) JSP 440
2 1 (3.13%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.13%) iptables
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Kibana
1 1 (3.13%) logstash
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.13%) OPNET
1 1 (3.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.13%) Adobe
2 1 (3.13%) Facebook
2 1 (3.13%) Instagram
2 1 (3.13%) SAP
2 1 (3.13%) Twitter
2 1 (3.13%) Veritas
2 1 (3.13%) YouTube