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 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 649 610 715
Rank change year-on-year -39 +105 +48
Permanent jobs citing Fire and Rescue 156 63 69
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.13% 0.088%
As % of the General category 0.30% 0.19% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 139 20 54
10th Percentile £40,928 - £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 - £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £46,958
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -4.17% +38.93%
75th Percentile - - £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £51,067
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £45,979
% change year-on-year +22.22% -2.13% +55.82%

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 52,084 33,922 44,574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.10% 68.28% 56.82%
Number of salaries quoted 32,123 17,744 23,617
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.66%

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 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Fire and Rescue in the UK

Fire and Rescue
Top 13 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 10 September 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 -21 152 £55,000 +22.22% 59
UK excluding London +4 139 £55,000 +22.22% 51
North of England - 37 £55,000 - 10
North West - 37 £55,000 - 8
East of England +5 34 £60,000 +33.33% 8
Work from Home -21 32 £50,000 -31.08% 21
Midlands -27 32 £50,000 +11.11% 15
South East -3 20 £55,000 +46.67% 10
West Midlands -25 18 £51,356 +14.12% 3
London -77 16 £55,000 - 14
East Midlands - 14 £47,500 - 12
South West -68 13 £55,000 -24.19% 5
Wales - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 9 (5.77%) Azure
1 9 (5.77%) Power Platform
2 4 (2.56%) SaaS
3 2 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.64%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.64%) Firewall
1 1 (0.64%) LAN
1 1 (0.64%) Network Security
1 1 (0.64%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.64%) Unified Communications
1 1 (0.64%) WAN
1 1 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.77%) Power BI
1 9 (5.77%) Power Query
2 8 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (5.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 8 (5.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.64%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.64%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.64%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.64%) SQL Server
General
1 58 (37.18%) Local Government
2 32 (20.51%) Public Sector
3 22 (14.10%) Police
4 17 (10.90%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (10.90%) Finance
5 15 (9.62%) Social Skills
6 8 (5.13%) Social Housing
7 7 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.85%) Legal
9 4 (2.56%) Aeronautics
9 4 (2.56%) Aviation
9 4 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 88 (56.41%) Business Manager
2 77 (49.36%) Business Development Manager
2 77 (49.36%) Development Manager
3 18 (11.54%) Lead
4 8 (5.13%) Business Intelligence Lead
4 8 (5.13%) Team Leader
5 7 (4.49%) Security Manager
6 5 (3.21%) Business Project Manager
6 5 (3.21%) Business Systems Manager
6 5 (3.21%) Project Manager
6 5 (3.21%) Systems Manager
7 4 (2.56%) Accountant
7 4 (2.56%) Compliance Manager
7 4 (2.56%) Data Engineer
7 4 (2.56%) Data Manager
7 4 (2.56%) ICT Technician
7 4 (2.56%) Information Manager
7 4 (2.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (2.56%) Senior Data Engineer
7 4 (2.56%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.64%) Ajax
1 1 (0.64%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 36 (23.08%) CCTV
2 17 (10.90%) Data Protection Act
3 11 (7.05%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.85%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.56%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.56%) Robotics
7 3 (1.92%) CMDB
8 2 (1.28%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.64%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.64%) iPhone
9 1 (0.64%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.64%) Replication
9 1 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (49.36%) Business Development
2 21 (13.46%) Data Protection
3 17 (10.90%) Decision-Making
4 16 (10.26%) Analytics
5 13 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (8.33%) Roadmaps
6 12 (7.69%) Agile
6 12 (7.69%) AI
6 12 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
6 12 (7.69%) Data Management
7 11 (7.05%) Business Continuity
7 11 (7.05%) Data Analysis
8 10 (6.41%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (5.77%) Data Visualisation
9 9 (5.77%) Visualisation
9 9 (5.77%) Workload Management
10 8 (5.13%) Dashboard Development
10 8 (5.13%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 8 (5.13%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.05%) SQL
2 9 (5.77%) Python
3 8 (5.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.64%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.64%) R
4 1 (0.64%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (10.26%) DBS Check
2 12 (7.69%) Degree
3 2 (1.28%) City & Guilds
4 1 (0.64%) AAT
4 1 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.54%) Data Quality
2 8 (5.13%) GDPR
3 3 (1.92%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (0.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (0.64%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (0.64%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (5.13%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.56%) Infor
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle