Fire and Rescue Job Trends in Durham

Fire and Rescue
North East > Durham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fire and Rescue in permanent job vacancies in Durham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fire and Rescue over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	47	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Fire and Rescue	1	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham	0.19%	-	-
As % of the General category	0.34%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	1	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£37,000	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£38,000	-	-
75^th Percentile	£39,000	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
North East median annual salary	£38,000	-	-

All General Skills
Durham

Fire and Rescue falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing general skills in Durham.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	291	119	139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham	54.49%	45.25%	51.29%
Number of salaries quoted	153	53	61
10^th Percentile	£29,171	£27,000	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£36,250	£28,188	£35,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,700	£31,500	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+51.43%	-37.00%	-0.99%
75^th Percentile	£58,750	£53,750	£62,365
90^th Percentile	£76,075	£85,000	£74,145
North East median annual salary	£54,100	£40,000	£44,000
% change year-on-year	+35.25%	-9.09%	-10.20%

Fire and Rescue Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Fire and Rescue Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fire and Rescue within the Durham region over the 6 months to 31 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Darlington	-	1	£38,000	-
Fire and Rescue North East

Fire and Rescue Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham

For the 6 months to 31 October 2026, job vacancies citing Fire and Rescue also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Durham region citing Fire and Rescue.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CTC Cleared	100.0%	1
1	Data Protection	100.0%	1
1	Digital Signal Processing	100.0%	1
1	Functional Testing	100.0%	1
1	Information Security	100.0%	1
1	LAN	100.0%	1
1	SC Cleared	100.0%	1
1	Security Cleared	100.0%	1
1	Security Patching	100.0%	1
1	Signal Processing	100.0%	1
1	Wireless	100.0%	1

Fire and Rescue Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Public Sector	100.0%	1