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 13 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 654 629 730
Rank change year-on-year -25 +101 +146
Permanent jobs citing Fire and Rescue 79 35 171
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.085% 0.079% 0.16%
As % of the General category 0.18% 0.11% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 68 7 153
10th Percentile £31,691 £33,241 £36,365
25th Percentile £47,500 £36,159 £38,103
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,197 £46,958
Median % change year-on-year +36.83% -14.40% +31.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £47,823 £51,067
90th Percentile - £55,209 £55,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £40,197 £45,000
% change year-on-year +36.83% -10.67% +31.21%

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 43,787 32,377 61,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.22% 72.89% 57.55%
Number of salaries quoted 26,822 15,709 40,857
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +7.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +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 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Fire and Rescue in the UK

Fire and Rescue
Top 14 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 13 June 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 -9 76 £55,000 +36.83% 32
UK excluding London -1 75 £55,000 +36.83% 36
North of England - 27 £55,000 - 11
North West - 24 £55,000 - 3
Midlands - 17 £55,000 - 7
South East -4 16 £60,000 +49.26% 3
East of England - 13 £60,000 - 3
Work from Home -7 12 £65,000 +61.70% 6
West Midlands - 12 £55,000 - 5
East Midlands - 5 £35,000 - 2
Yorkshire - 3 £83,210 - 3
London -22 2 - - 7
South West -57 1 £54,498 +0.40% 2
Wales - 1 £40,000 - 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 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.53%) Azure
1 2 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (2.53%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.27%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.27%) Firewall
1 1 (1.27%) LAN
1 1 (1.27%) Network Security
1 1 (1.27%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.27%) Unified Communications
1 1 (1.27%) WAN
1 1 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.53%) Power BI
1 2 (2.53%) Power Query
2 1 (1.27%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.27%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.27%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.27%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 31 (39.24%) Public Sector
2 13 (16.46%) Local Government
2 13 (16.46%) Police
3 11 (13.92%) Social Housing
4 6 (7.59%) Social Skills
5 4 (5.06%) Finance
6 3 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Advertising
7 1 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (55.70%) Business Development Manager
1 44 (55.70%) Business Manager
1 44 (55.70%) Development Manager
2 7 (8.86%) Security Manager
2 7 (8.86%) Technology Director
3 6 (7.59%) Lead
4 5 (6.33%) ICT Technician
4 5 (6.33%) Service Desk Technician
5 4 (5.06%) Digital Director
5 4 (5.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (5.06%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
6 3 (3.80%) Compliance Manager
6 3 (3.80%) Data Compliance Manager
6 3 (3.80%) Data Manager
6 3 (3.80%) Data Protection Manager
6 3 (3.80%) ICT Director
6 3 (3.80%) Information Manager
6 3 (3.80%) Infrastructure Technician
6 3 (3.80%) Security Technician
7 2 (2.53%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.86%) CCTV
2 6 (7.59%) Driving Licence
2 6 (7.59%) Renewable Energy
3 5 (6.33%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (5.06%) CMDB
4 4 (5.06%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.80%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.27%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.27%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.27%) Replication
6 1 (1.27%) Smart City
6 1 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (55.70%) Business Development
2 8 (10.13%) Data Protection
2 8 (10.13%) Decision-Making
2 8 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (8.86%) Digital Innovation
4 6 (7.59%) Business Continuity
5 5 (6.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (6.33%) ITIL
5 5 (6.33%) Line Management
5 5 (6.33%) Roadmaps
6 4 (5.06%) Agile
6 4 (5.06%) Customer Service
6 4 (5.06%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (5.06%) Data Strategy
6 4 (5.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (5.06%) ITSM
6 4 (5.06%) Risk Management
6 4 (5.06%) Service Management
7 3 (3.80%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (3.80%) Organisational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.80%) SQL
2 2 (2.53%) Python
3 1 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.27%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.27%) R
3 1 (1.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (7.59%) DBS Check
1 6 (7.59%) Degree
2 1 (1.27%) City & Guilds
2 1 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.27%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.59%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.06%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (1.27%) OpenView
1 1 (1.27%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (1.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (3.80%) Infor
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.27%) Oracle