Fire and Rescue Job Trends in the North East

Fire and Rescue
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fire and Rescue in permanent job vacancies in the North East. 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	152	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Fire and Rescue	1	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East	0.026%	-	-
As % of the General category	0.060%	-	-
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	-	-	-
England median annual salary	£55,000	£45,000	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+22.22%	-10.00%	+50.16%

All General Skills
North East

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 the North East.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	1,680	579	784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East	44.09%	54.62%	59.94%
Number of salaries quoted	1,119	368	367
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£25,086	£24,960
25^th Percentile	£40,345	£28,250	£32,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£54,100	£40,000	£44,000
Median % change year-on-year	+35.25%	-9.09%	-10.20%
75^th Percentile	£71,250	£56,563	£60,000
90^th Percentile	£88,148	£73,750	£76,000
England median annual salary	£55,000	£52,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+4.76%	-12.50%	-

Fire and Rescue Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Fire and Rescue Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Fire and Rescue.

Fire and Rescue Job Locations in the North East

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 North East 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
Durham	-	1	£38,000	-
Fire and Rescue England

Fire and Rescue Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

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 North East 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 the North East 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