Fire and Rescue Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Fire and Rescue
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fire and Rescue in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fire and Rescue over the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 64 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs citing Fire and Rescue 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.12% 0.39% -
As % of the General category 0.20% 0.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £163 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - -
75th Percentile £188 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 £700 £250
% change year-on-year -17.86% +180.00% -28.57%

All General Skills
East Midlands

Fire and Rescue 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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 509 447 415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 61.55% 58.36% 48.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 263 286
10th Percentile £220 £263 £213
25th Percentile £350 £355 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £404 £445 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% -11.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £492 £550 £633
90th Percentile £595 £613 £719
England median daily rate £501 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -6.10% -3.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 28 27
10th Percentile £15.25 £12.75 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.17 £15.08 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.39 £17.66 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.12% -35.78% +50.68%
75th Percentile £25.15 £44.97 £51.50
90th Percentile £25.69 £55.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year -30.14% +25.22% +15.00%

Fire and Rescue
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Fire and Rescue relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Fire and Rescue job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Fire and Rescue
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Fire and Rescue.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Fire and Rescue

Fire and Rescue
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 October 2025. 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
Derbyshire - 1 £175 - 3
Fire and Rescue
England

Fire and Rescue
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CCTV
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Entry
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft