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 17 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 593 677 679
Rank change year-on-year +84 +2 +291
Permanent jobs citing Fire and Rescue 79 17 118
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.035% 0.16%
As % of the General category 0.21% 0.051% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 41 7 116
10th Percentile £22,129 £39,926 £33,930
25th Percentile £29,000 £45,445 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £52,242 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.22% +16.09% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,217 £53,337
90th Percentile £70,000 £60,289 £55,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £51,819 £43,430
% change year-on-year -27.63% +19.32% -8.57%

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 37,983 33,413 46,130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 56.30% 68.18% 61.56%
Number of salaries quoted 20,665 15,109 34,214
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -10.51%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £106,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -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 17 February 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 17 February 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 +91 64 £60,000 +14.85% 26
UK excluding London +64 58 £37,500 -27.63% 28
Work from Home +74 29 £30,500 -41.14% 9
London +37 17 £30,500 -49.20% 6
Midlands - 16 £57,500 - 3
West Midlands - 13 £57,500 - 1
Scotland - 10 £22,129 - 5
South West +1 9 - - 1
North of England - 9 £37,500 - 6
North West - 8 £37,500 - 5
South East +16 7 £62,500 +55.48% 10
East of England - 4 £60,000 - 2
Wales - 3 £35,000 - 2
East Midlands - 3 £50,000 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 - - 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:

Applications
1 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (15.19%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.27%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (1.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.80%) GIS
General
1 28 (35.44%) Social Skills
2 25 (31.65%) Legal
3 22 (27.85%) Local Government
4 21 (26.58%) Influencing Skills
5 19 (24.05%) Public Sector
6 17 (21.52%) Police
7 11 (13.92%) Aviation
8 10 (12.66%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (11.39%) Finance
10 7 (8.86%) Marketing
10 7 (8.86%) Telecoms
11 6 (7.59%) Electronics
11 6 (7.59%) Manufacturing
11 6 (7.59%) Social Housing
12 5 (6.33%) Advertising
12 5 (6.33%) Retail
13 4 (5.06%) Law
Job Titles
1 21 (26.58%) Business Manager
2 14 (17.72%) Analyst
2 14 (17.72%) Business Change Analyst
2 14 (17.72%) Business Development Manager
2 14 (17.72%) Change Analyst
2 14 (17.72%) Development Manager
3 11 (13.92%) Operations Manager
3 11 (13.92%) Service Manager
3 11 (13.92%) Service Operations Manager
4 7 (8.86%) Business Change Manager
4 7 (8.86%) Change Manager
5 6 (7.59%) IT Engineer
5 6 (7.59%) IT Support
5 6 (7.59%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (7.59%) Support Engineer
6 5 (6.33%) Field Engineer
6 5 (6.33%) Field Support Engineer
6 5 (6.33%) Security Engineer
6 5 (6.33%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (5.06%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 23 (29.11%) NHS
2 16 (20.25%) Driving Licence
2 16 (20.25%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (13.92%) Robotics
4 5 (6.33%) CCTV
5 4 (5.06%) Management Information System
5 4 (5.06%) Social Media
6 3 (3.80%) Data Centre
6 3 (3.80%) SCADA
7 1 (1.27%) Smart City
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (43.04%) Service Management
2 33 (41.77%) Agile
3 29 (36.71%) ITSM
4 25 (31.65%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (27.85%) Service Delivery
6 21 (26.58%) Case Management
6 21 (26.58%) Digital Innovation
7 18 (22.78%) Change Management
8 14 (17.72%) Business Development
8 14 (17.72%) Data Migration
8 14 (17.72%) Incident Management
8 14 (17.72%) Migration
9 13 (16.46%) DevOps
10 12 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (13.92%) Incident Response
11 11 (13.92%) Observability
11 11 (13.92%) Resource Allocation
11 11 (13.92%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 11 (13.92%) Service Design
11 11 (13.92%) Site Reliability Engineering
Qualifications
1 7 (8.86%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.59%) A+ Certification
3 1 (1.27%) BICSI RCDD
3 1 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.27%) City & Guilds
3 1 (1.27%) Degree
3 1 (1.27%) NVQ Level 3
3 1 (1.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (21.52%) QA
2 8 (10.13%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.27%) OpenView
Vendors
1 7 (8.86%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.59%) SAP
3 1 (1.27%) Cisco