Fire and Rescue Contracts in the West Midlands

Fire and Rescue
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fire and Rescue in contract job vacancies in the West 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 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 107 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Fire and Rescue 4 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.23% 0.26% -
As % of the General category 0.36% 0.47% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £574 - -
25th Percentile £591 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £240 -
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 £240 £180
% change year-on-year +139.58% +33.33% -48.57%

All General Skills
West 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 West Midlands.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,108 1,061 1,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 63.82% 55.75% 52.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 699 695 773
10th Percentile £220 £227 £250
25th Percentile £378 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £638
90th Percentile £638 £750 £738
England median daily rate £503 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.51% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 68 48
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.05 £15.10 £17.69
Median hourly rate £28.59 £20.30 £22.86
Median % change year-on-year +40.87% -11.22% +38.97%
75th Percentile £40.25 £31.55 £34.64
90th Percentile £50.00 £45.25 £69.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £28.16
% change year-on-year -34.02% +35.37% +14.75%

Fire and Rescue
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Fire and Rescue as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Fire and Rescue in the West Midlands

Fire and Rescue
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Fire and Rescue
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warwickshire - 4 £600 - 7
Fire and Rescue
England

Fire and Rescue
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
1 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (100.00%) Police
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations