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 29 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 613 625 719
Rank change year-on-year +12 +94 +247
Permanent jobs citing Fire and Rescue 87 20 133
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.049% 0.15%
As % of the General category 0.21% 0.069% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 53 9 128
10th Percentile £29,050 £34,654 £33,930
25th Percentile £31,691 £39,926 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £51,819 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.81% +15.15% -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,178 £53,337
90th Percentile £70,000 £57,773 £55,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,498 £46,008 £45,000
% change year-on-year +18.45% +2.24% -5.26%

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 41,498 29,003 54,214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 52.95% 70.54% 60.76%
Number of salaries quoted 22,808 15,706 38,349
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,333 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,790 £80,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,357 £51,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.99% +8.42% -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 29 March 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 29 March 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 +16 77 £60,000 +15.79% 30
UK excluding London +9 74 £54,498 +18.45% 29
Work from Home +15 32 £68,854 +49.66% 6
Midlands - 22 £65,000 - 11
North of England - 16 £37,500 - 7
West Midlands - 15 £65,000 - 4
North West - 12 £37,500 - 2
South East -25 10 £65,000 +61.70% 5
South West -34 10 £54,498 +2.73% 3
London -3 9 £30,500 -41.62% 5
East of England - 8 £32,430 -
East Midlands - 7 £35,000 - 7
Wales - 4 £35,000 -
Yorkshire - 4 £83,210 - 4
Scotland - 4 £28,000 - 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 (4.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.60%) SaaS
2 1 (1.15%) Azure
2 1 (1.15%) Entra ID
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.15%) Firewall
1 1 (1.15%) LAN
1 1 (1.15%) Network Security
1 1 (1.15%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.15%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (1.15%) Unified Communications
1 1 (1.15%) WAN
1 1 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (1.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.15%) RDBMS
1 1 (1.15%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.15%) SQL Server
General
1 26 (29.89%) Public Sector
2 25 (28.74%) Local Government
3 22 (25.29%) Legal
4 21 (24.14%) Influencing Skills
5 18 (20.69%) Social Skills
6 17 (19.54%) Police
7 10 (11.49%) Finance
7 10 (11.49%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (8.05%) Marketing
8 7 (8.05%) Social Housing
8 7 (8.05%) Telecoms
9 6 (6.90%) Electronics
9 6 (6.90%) Manufacturing
10 5 (5.75%) Advertising
10 5 (5.75%) Retail
11 4 (4.60%) Law
12 3 (3.45%) Aviation
13 2 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (33.33%) Business Manager
2 22 (25.29%) Business Development Manager
2 22 (25.29%) Development Manager
3 16 (18.39%) Analyst
4 14 (16.09%) Business Change Analyst
4 14 (16.09%) Change Analyst
5 7 (8.05%) Business Change Manager
5 7 (8.05%) Change Manager
5 7 (8.05%) Technology Director
6 6 (6.90%) IT Engineer
6 6 (6.90%) IT Support
6 6 (6.90%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (6.90%) Support Engineer
7 5 (5.75%) Field Engineer
7 5 (5.75%) Field Support Engineer
7 5 (5.75%) Security Engineer
7 5 (5.75%) Systems Engineer
8 4 (4.60%) Junior
8 4 (4.60%) Junior Service Manager
8 4 (4.60%) Service Desk Technician
Miscellaneous
1 23 (26.44%) NHS
2 16 (18.39%) Driving Licence
3 10 (11.49%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (6.90%) Management Information System
5 5 (5.75%) CCTV
6 4 (4.60%) CMDB
6 4 (4.60%) Data Centre
6 4 (4.60%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (4.60%) Social Media
7 3 (3.45%) Robotics
8 1 (1.15%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.15%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.15%) Replication
8 1 (1.15%) Smart City
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (35.63%) ITSM
2 28 (32.18%) Digital Innovation
2 28 (32.18%) Service Management
3 27 (31.03%) Agile
4 22 (25.29%) Business Development
5 21 (24.14%) Case Management
6 14 (16.09%) Data Migration
6 14 (16.09%) Migration
6 14 (16.09%) Service Delivery
7 13 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (11.49%) Change Management
8 10 (11.49%) Programme Management
9 8 (9.20%) Business Continuity
9 8 (9.20%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (9.20%) ITIL
9 8 (9.20%) Mentoring
10 7 (8.05%) Decision-Making
11 6 (6.90%) Digital Marketing
11 6 (6.90%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.15%) PL/SQL
1 1 (1.15%) SQL
1 1 (1.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (8.05%) Security Cleared
2 6 (6.90%) A+ Certification
3 5 (5.75%) Degree
4 4 (4.60%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.15%) BICSI RCDD
5 1 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.15%) City & Guilds
5 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.15%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (1.15%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.90%) SLA
2 4 (4.60%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (1.15%) OpenView
1 1 (1.15%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (1.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (6.90%) SAP
2 5 (5.75%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.15%) Cisco
3 1 (1.15%) Oracle