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 24 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 617 664 684
Rank change year-on-year +47 +20 +282
Permanent jobs citing Fire and Rescue 76 17 121
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.036% 0.16%
As % of the General category 0.20% 0.052% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 43 7 119
10th Percentile £22,129 £39,926 £33,930
25th Percentile £29,000 £45,445 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £52,242 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.22% +16.09% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,217 £53,337
90th Percentile £70,000 £60,289 £55,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £51,819 £44,714
% change year-on-year -27.63% +15.89% -5.87%

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 38,721 32,564 46,560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 55.94% 68.81% 61.65%
Number of salaries quoted 21,049 15,067 34,344
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £106,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%

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 24 February 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 24 February 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
UK excluding London +49 61 £37,500 -27.63% 22
England +58 60 £60,000 +14.85% 18
Work from Home +65 30 £31,500 -39.21% 3
Midlands - 15 £70,000 - 5
West Midlands - 12 £70,000 - 4
London +29 11 £30,500 -49.20% 5
North of England - 11 £37,500 - 3
Scotland - 10 £22,129 - 5
South West -10 9 - -
North West - 9 £37,500 -
South East -7 8 £60,000 +49.26% 6
Wales - 4 £35,000 - 2
East of England - 4 £60,000 - 1
East Midlands - 3 £50,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £83,210 - 3

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 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.32%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (1.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.63%) GIS
General
1 24 (31.58%) Legal
2 23 (30.26%) Local Government
3 22 (28.95%) Public Sector
3 22 (28.95%) Social Skills
4 21 (27.63%) Influencing Skills
5 12 (15.79%) Police
6 10 (13.16%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (11.84%) Finance
8 7 (9.21%) Marketing
8 7 (9.21%) Social Housing
8 7 (9.21%) Telecoms
9 6 (7.89%) Electronics
9 6 (7.89%) Manufacturing
10 5 (6.58%) Advertising
10 5 (6.58%) Aviation
10 5 (6.58%) Retail
11 4 (5.26%) Law
Job Titles
1 22 (28.95%) Business Manager
2 15 (19.74%) Business Development Manager
2 15 (19.74%) Development Manager
3 14 (18.42%) Analyst
3 14 (18.42%) Business Change Analyst
3 14 (18.42%) Change Analyst
4 7 (9.21%) Business Change Manager
4 7 (9.21%) Change Manager
5 6 (7.89%) IT Engineer
5 6 (7.89%) IT Support
5 6 (7.89%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (7.89%) Support Engineer
6 5 (6.58%) Field Engineer
6 5 (6.58%) Field Support Engineer
6 5 (6.58%) Operations Manager
6 5 (6.58%) Security Engineer
6 5 (6.58%) Service Manager
6 5 (6.58%) Service Operations Manager
6 5 (6.58%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (5.26%) Junior Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 23 (30.26%) NHS
2 16 (21.05%) Driving Licence
2 16 (21.05%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (6.58%) CCTV
3 5 (6.58%) Robotics
4 4 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.26%) Social Media
5 3 (3.95%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.63%) SCADA
7 1 (1.32%) Smart City
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (38.16%) ITSM
1 29 (38.16%) Service Management
2 28 (36.84%) Agile
3 23 (30.26%) Digital Innovation
4 21 (27.63%) Case Management
5 18 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (21.05%) Service Delivery
7 15 (19.74%) Business Development
8 14 (18.42%) Data Migration
8 14 (18.42%) Migration
9 12 (15.79%) Change Management
10 10 (13.16%) Programme Management
11 8 (10.53%) Mentoring
12 7 (9.21%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (9.21%) DevOps
12 7 (9.21%) Incident Management
13 6 (7.89%) Business Continuity
13 6 (7.89%) Digital Marketing
14 5 (6.58%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 7 (9.21%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.89%) A+ Certification
3 2 (2.63%) Degree
4 1 (1.32%) BICSI RCDD
4 1 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.32%) City & Guilds
4 1 (1.32%) NVQ Level 3
4 1 (1.32%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.47%) QA
2 8 (10.53%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.32%) OpenView
Vendors
1 6 (7.89%) Microsoft
1 6 (7.89%) SAP
2 1 (1.32%) Cisco