Fire and Rescue
South West > Somerset
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fire and Rescue in contract job vacancies in Somerset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fire and Rescue over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 26 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Fire and Rescue | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset | - | - | 2.07% |
| As % of the General category | - | - | 3.88% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| South West median daily rate | - | - | £238 |
All General Skills
Somerset
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 Somerset.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills | 81 | 117 | 103 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset | 55.48% | 56.52% | 53.37% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 56 | 58 | 83 |
| 10th Percentile | £316 | £204 | £186 |
| 25th Percentile | £461 | £390 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £620 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +24.00% | -4.76% | +16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £586 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £606 | £735 |
| South West median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £545 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -3.67% | +9.27% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 28 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £12.50 | £17.83 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £22.63 | £28.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £14.42 | £25.00 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -42.32% | -37.50% | -19.60% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £40.00 | £52.53 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £42.40 | £66.84 |
| South West median hourly rate | £60.00 | £46.39 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.34% | -22.68% | +41.89% |
Fire and Rescue
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset
Job postings citing Fire and Rescue as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.
