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 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 563 715 690
Rank change year-on-year +152 -25 +301
Permanent jobs citing Fire and Rescue 91 27 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.043% 0.040%
As % of the General category 0.26% 0.070% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 41 20 19
10th Percentile £22,129 £35,000 £24,879
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,938 £30,137
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £32,004
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +56.23% -31.90%
75th Percentile - £50,267 £38,462
90th Percentile £70,000 £54,190 £58,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £32,004
% change year-on-year -10.00% +56.23% -26.06%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 34,690 38,800 32,912
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 61.51% 62.46% 65.21%
Number of salaries quoted 19,111 18,775 24,691
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.46% +4.00% -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 7 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 +153 78 £45,000 -10.00% 19
UK excluding London +128 56 £45,000 -10.00% 22
Work from Home +104 31 £30,500 -39.00% 5
London +93 30 £55,000 -8.39% 6
Midlands +61 27 £45,000 +12.50%
West Midlands - 24 £45,000 -
South West +36 10 £72,546 +40.00% 1
Scotland - 8 £22,129 - 4
North of England +26 7 £37,500 -25.00% 5
North West +46 6 £37,500 +7.14% 4
East Midlands +15 3 £50,000 +25.00%
Wales - 2 £35,000 - 3
South East +42 1 - - 6
Yorkshire -13 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 £45,000 - 4

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 14 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (24.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.10%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (1.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (15.38%) GIS
General
1 37 (40.66%) Social Skills
2 36 (39.56%) Legal
3 29 (31.87%) Police
4 22 (24.18%) Aviation
5 21 (23.08%) Influencing Skills
5 21 (23.08%) Local Government
6 20 (21.98%) Finance
7 11 (12.09%) Public Sector
8 7 (7.69%) Law
8 7 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (7.69%) Telecoms
9 4 (4.40%) Advertising
9 4 (4.40%) Retail
10 3 (3.30%) Digital Economy
10 3 (3.30%) Electronics
10 3 (3.30%) Manufacturing
10 3 (3.30%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 22 (24.18%) Operations Manager
1 22 (24.18%) Service Manager
1 22 (24.18%) Service Operations Manager
2 14 (15.38%) Analyst
2 14 (15.38%) Business Change Analyst
2 14 (15.38%) Change Analyst
2 14 (15.38%) Network Engineer
3 12 (13.19%) Business Manager
4 7 (7.69%) Business Change Manager
4 7 (7.69%) Change Manager
5 5 (5.49%) Business Development Manager
5 5 (5.49%) Development Manager
6 4 (4.40%) Junior
6 4 (4.40%) Junior Service Manager
6 4 (4.40%) Programme Manager
6 4 (4.40%) Security Engineer
6 4 (4.40%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (3.30%) Field Engineer
7 3 (3.30%) Field Support Engineer
7 3 (3.30%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 25 (27.47%) NHS
2 22 (24.18%) Robotics
3 14 (15.38%) SCADA
4 13 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (12.09%) Driving Licence
6 6 (6.59%) Management Information System
7 5 (5.49%) CCTV
8 4 (4.40%) Data Centre
8 4 (4.40%) Social Media
9 1 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (50.55%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (49.45%) Agile
2 45 (49.45%) Service Management
3 36 (39.56%) Incident Management
4 29 (31.87%) Change Management
4 29 (31.87%) Service Delivery
5 27 (29.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (28.57%) ITSM
7 25 (27.47%) AI
8 24 (26.37%) DevOps
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 4 (4.40%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.30%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.10%) BICSI RCDD
4 1 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.10%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (30.77%) QA
2 5 (5.49%) SLA
Vendors
1 18 (19.78%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.30%) SAP
3 1 (1.10%) Cisco