Fire and Rescue Job Trends

Fire and Rescue
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fire and Rescue in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fire and Rescue over the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 562 679 667
Rank change year-on-year +117 -12 +285
Permanent jobs citing Fire and Rescue 91 14 89
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.026% 0.14%
As % of the General category 0.25% 0.039% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 42 7 87
10th Percentile £22,129 £46,500 £31,552
25th Percentile £29,000 £50,000 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £51,819 £43,430
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% +19.32% -8.57%
75th Percentile £45,000 £53,966 £53,337
90th Percentile £69,500 £60,289 £55,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £50,000 £39,870
% change year-on-year -25.00% +25.41% -16.94%

All General Skills
UK

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 requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 36,000 35,617 39,434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 57.82% 67.00% 61.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,477 16,084 29,110
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%

Fire and Rescue
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Fire and Rescue job vacancy trend in the UK

Fire and Rescue
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Fire and Rescue

Fire and Rescue
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fire and Rescue over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Fire and Rescue in the UK

Fire and Rescue
Top 15 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 23 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +124 77 £45,000 -13.16% 12
UK excluding London +89 60 £37,500 -25.00% 15
Work from Home +89 28 £30,250 -39.50% 3
London +64 28 £30,500 -49.20% 1
Midlands - 23 £45,000 - 2
West Midlands - 20 £45,000 - 1
Scotland - 10 £22,129 - 3
North of England +17 9 £37,500 -25.00% 4
South West +13 9 - -
North West - 8 £37,500 - 3
South East +27 5 £65,000 - 4
Wales - 3 £35,000 -
East Midlands - 3 £50,000 - 1
Yorkshire -16 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 £32,500 - 2

Fire and Rescue
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 10 (10.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (25.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.10%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (1.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.99%) GIS
General
1 39 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 32 (35.16%) Legal
3 28 (30.77%) Police
4 22 (24.18%) Aviation
4 22 (24.18%) Local Government
5 21 (23.08%) Influencing Skills
6 16 (17.58%) Finance
7 13 (14.29%) Public Sector
8 10 (10.99%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (7.69%) Marketing
9 7 (7.69%) Telecoms
10 6 (6.59%) Electronics
10 6 (6.59%) Manufacturing
11 5 (5.49%) Advertising
11 5 (5.49%) Retail
12 4 (4.40%) Law
13 1 (1.10%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 22 (24.18%) Operations Manager
1 22 (24.18%) Service Manager
1 22 (24.18%) Service Operations Manager
2 16 (17.58%) Business Manager
3 14 (15.38%) Analyst
3 14 (15.38%) Business Change Analyst
3 14 (15.38%) Change Analyst
4 10 (10.99%) Network Engineer
5 9 (9.89%) Business Development Manager
5 9 (9.89%) Development Manager
6 7 (7.69%) Business Change Manager
6 7 (7.69%) Change Manager
7 6 (6.59%) IT Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) IT Support
7 6 (6.59%) IT Support Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) Support Engineer
8 5 (5.49%) Field Engineer
8 5 (5.49%) Field Support Engineer
8 5 (5.49%) Security Engineer
8 5 (5.49%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 23 (25.27%) NHS
2 22 (24.18%) Robotics
3 16 (17.58%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (16.48%) Driving Licence
5 10 (10.99%) SCADA
6 5 (5.49%) CCTV
7 4 (4.40%) Management Information System
7 4 (4.40%) Social Media
8 3 (3.30%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (49.45%) Service Management
2 44 (48.35%) Agile
3 43 (47.25%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (36.26%) Service Delivery
5 32 (35.16%) Incident Management
6 29 (31.87%) Change Management
6 29 (31.87%) ITSM
7 24 (26.37%) DevOps
8 23 (25.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (24.18%) AI
9 22 (24.18%) Business Continuity
9 22 (24.18%) Customer Engagement
9 22 (24.18%) Incident Response
9 22 (24.18%) ITIL
9 22 (24.18%) Observability
9 22 (24.18%) Resource Allocation
9 22 (24.18%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 22 (24.18%) Service Design
9 22 (24.18%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 22 (24.18%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 7 (7.69%) Security Cleared
2 6 (6.59%) A+ Certification
3 1 (1.10%) BICSI RCDD
3 1 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.10%) Degree
3 1 (1.10%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (30.77%) QA
2 8 (8.79%) SLA
Vendors
1 14 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.59%) SAP
3 1 (1.10%) Cisco