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 7 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 651 632 734
Rank change year-on-year -19 +102 +186
Permanent jobs citing Fire and Rescue 74 26 152
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.081% 0.060% 0.16%
As % of the General category 0.16% 0.083% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 63 7 145
10th Percentile £29,400 £33,241 £34,637
25th Percentile £33,346 £37,997 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,197 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.83% -10.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £53,926 £51,067
90th Percentile - £55,209 £55,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,008 £45,000
% change year-on-year +19.54% +2.24% +6.69%

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 45,808 31,403 58,038
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 50.11% 71.89% 60.38%
Number of salaries quoted 24,744 15,990 39,621
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,896 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,910 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,314 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £105,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% -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 7 May 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 7 May 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 -6 66 £55,000 +19.54% 33
England -17 64 £57,500 +43.05% 30
North of England - 24 £55,000 - 16
North West - 21 £55,000 - 9
Work from Home +12 16 £65,000 +41.28% 8
Midlands - 13 £55,000 - 3
South East -14 12 £60,000 +49.26% 7
West Midlands - 8 £65,000 - 2
East of England - 8 £32,430 - 1
London -21 6 £30,500 +5.17% 2
East Midlands - 5 £35,000 - 1
Wales - 4 £35,000 - 1
Scotland - 4 £28,000 - 4
Yorkshire - 3 £83,210 - 6
South West -56 1 £54,498 +2.73% 1

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 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.35%) Azure
2 1 (1.35%) Entra ID
2 1 (1.35%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.35%) Firewall
1 1 (1.35%) LAN
1 1 (1.35%) Network Security
1 1 (1.35%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.35%) Unified Communications
1 1 (1.35%) WAN
1 1 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.35%) Data Mining
1 1 (1.35%) Power BI
1 1 (1.35%) Power Query
1 1 (1.35%) RDBMS
1 1 (1.35%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.35%) SQL Server
General
1 32 (43.24%) Public Sector
2 19 (25.68%) Police
3 16 (21.62%) Social Skills
4 12 (16.22%) Local Government
5 11 (14.86%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (13.51%) Finance
7 9 (12.16%) Social Housing
8 7 (9.46%) Marketing
9 6 (8.11%) Electronics
9 6 (8.11%) Manufacturing
9 6 (8.11%) Telecoms
10 5 (6.76%) Advertising
10 5 (6.76%) Retail
11 4 (5.41%) Law
12 2 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
13 1 (1.35%) Legal
Job Titles
1 27 (36.49%) Business Development Manager
1 27 (36.49%) Business Manager
1 27 (36.49%) Development Manager
2 7 (9.46%) Technology Director
3 6 (8.11%) IT Engineer
3 6 (8.11%) IT Support
3 6 (8.11%) IT Support Engineer
3 6 (8.11%) Support Engineer
4 5 (6.76%) Field Engineer
4 5 (6.76%) Field Support Engineer
4 5 (6.76%) ICT Technician
4 5 (6.76%) Lead
4 5 (6.76%) Security Engineer
4 5 (6.76%) Security Manager
4 5 (6.76%) Service Desk Technician
4 5 (6.76%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (5.41%) Digital Director
5 4 (5.41%) Junior
5 4 (5.41%) Junior Service Manager
5 4 (5.41%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.62%) Driving Licence
2 10 (13.51%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (6.76%) CCTV
4 4 (5.41%) CMDB
4 4 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (5.41%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.41%) Social Media
5 3 (4.05%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.35%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.35%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.35%) Replication
6 1 (1.35%) Smart City
6 1 (1.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (36.49%) Business Development
2 11 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (14.86%) Service Delivery
3 10 (13.51%) ITSM
3 10 (13.51%) Programme Management
4 8 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (9.46%) Decision-Making
5 7 (9.46%) Digital Innovation
6 6 (8.11%) Digital Marketing
6 6 (8.11%) Mentoring
7 5 (6.76%) Business Continuity
7 5 (6.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (6.76%) CRM
7 5 (6.76%) ITIL
7 5 (6.76%) Line Management
7 5 (6.76%) Roadmaps
8 4 (5.41%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (5.41%) Customer Service
8 4 (5.41%) Data Strategy
8 4 (5.41%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.70%) SQL
2 1 (1.35%) PL/SQL
2 1 (1.35%) Python
2 1 (1.35%) R
2 1 (1.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (8.11%) A+ Certification
1 6 (8.11%) DBS Check
1 6 (8.11%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.76%) Degree
3 1 (1.35%) City & Guilds
3 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.35%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.11%) SLA
2 5 (6.76%) Data Quality
3 4 (5.41%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (1.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (1.35%) OpenView
1 1 (1.35%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (1.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (8.11%) Microsoft
1 6 (8.11%) SAP
2 1 (1.35%) Oracle