Fire and Rescue Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Fire and Rescue
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fire and Rescue in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fire and Rescue over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 86 112
Rank change year-on-year -28 +26 -
Contract jobs citing Fire and Rescue 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.045% 0.098% 0.051%
As % of the General category 0.093% 0.16% 0.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £713 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £400
75th Percentile £738 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £608 £338 £400
% change year-on-year +80.00% -15.63% +64.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.00 -
England median hourly rate £25.50 £17.79 £25.25
% change year-on-year +43.34% -29.54% -

All General Skills
East of England

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 general skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,081 628 1,144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 48.61% 61.33% 58.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 491 316 406
10th Percentile £188 £200 £223
25th Percentile £325 £325 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £679 £650
England median daily rate £520 £520 £533
% change year-on-year - -2.35% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 129 447
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.62 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.84 £17.33 £15.62
Median hourly rate £20.35 £32.50 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -37.38% -14.74% +95.39%
75th Percentile £59.00 £72.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.07 £81.35 £65.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £28.08 £31.97
% change year-on-year +15.76% -12.18% +4.82%

Fire and Rescue
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Fire and Rescue job vacancy trend in the East of England

Fire and Rescue
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Fire and Rescue
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Fire and Rescue.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Fire and Rescue

Fire and Rescue
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 14 June 2026. 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
Norfolk - 1 £725 - 2
Fire and Rescue
England

Fire and Rescue
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DMZ
1 1 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
1 1 (100.00%) Profibus
1 1 (100.00%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DTS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CCTV
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NEBOSH