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 have cited Fire and Rescue over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 747 922 1065
Rank change year-on-year +175 +143 -188
Permanent jobs citing Fire and Rescue 149 48 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.046% 0.11%
As % of the General category 0.25% 0.067% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 142 39 112
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,415 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,365 £27,750 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £44,388
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +7.01% +51.19%
75th Percentile £50,800 £55,859 £50,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £64,000 £64,674
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +10.47% +46.46%

All General Skills
UK

Fire and Rescue is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 58,670 71,907 98,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.84% 68.71% 63.59%
Number of salaries quoted 39,462 38,624 51,085
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Fire and Rescue
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Fire and Rescue as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Fire and Rescue in the UK

Fire and Rescue
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Fire and Rescue.

Salary trend for Fire and Rescue in the UK

Fire and Rescue
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fire and Rescue over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Fire and Rescue in the UK

Fire and Rescue
Top 13 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 27 April 2024. 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 +212 144 £45,000 -5.26% 77
UK excluding London +105 137 £45,000 -5.26% 69
South West +84 86 £45,000 - 10
Work from Home +144 73 £41,821 +46.74% 17
Midlands +22 24 £39,377 -21.82% 10
East Midlands -3 17 £43,430 -17.70% 3
South East +36 16 £39,870 -16.94% 25
London +138 7 £48,831 -18.62% 16
North of England +42 7 £42,500 +30.06% 15
West Midlands +29 7 £32,004 +1.44% 7
East of England +11 4 £61,551 +115.97% 11
North West +5 4 £57,500 -17.86% 8
Yorkshire +91 3 £35,000 +22.81% 6

Fire and Rescue
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (11.41%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.01%) Totara
4 1 (0.67%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.67%) CMS
4 1 (0.67%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 60 (40.27%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (34.23%) Power Platform
3 39 (26.17%) PowerApps
4 25 (16.78%) Power Automate
5 4 (2.68%) Azure
6 3 (2.01%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.34%) AWS
7 2 (1.34%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.67%) GitHub
8 1 (0.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.01%) Internet
1 3 (2.01%) LAN
1 3 (2.01%) WAN
1 3 (2.01%) Wireless
2 2 (1.34%) Firewall
3 1 (0.67%) DECT
3 1 (0.67%) Intranet
3 1 (0.67%) RFID
3 1 (0.67%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (17.45%) Power BI
2 6 (4.03%) RDBMS
2 6 (4.03%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.34%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.67%) EDMS
4 1 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.67%) GIS
4 1 (0.67%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.67%) Spatial Data
4 1 (0.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Jenkins
General
1 74 (49.66%) Social Skills
2 34 (22.82%) Local Government
3 19 (12.75%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (12.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (12.08%) Police
5 15 (10.07%) Public Sector
6 13 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (8.05%) Finance
8 7 (4.70%) Legal
9 5 (3.36%) Marketing
10 2 (1.34%) Advertising
11 1 (0.67%) Electronics
11 1 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (34.23%) Developer
2 42 (28.19%) Senior
3 36 (24.16%) Applications Developer
4 24 (16.11%) Senior Developer
5 23 (15.44%) Senior Applications Developer
6 13 (8.72%) Business Manager
7 12 (8.05%) Business Relationship Manager
7 12 (8.05%) Relationships Manager
7 12 (8.05%) Senior Manager
7 12 (8.05%) Software Developer
8 11 (7.38%) Development Manager
9 10 (6.71%) Architect
9 10 (6.71%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
9 10 (6.71%) Microsoft Specialist
9 10 (6.71%) Process Improvement Specialist
9 10 (6.71%) Service Manager
10 8 (5.37%) Project Manager
10 8 (5.37%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (4.70%) Data Manager
11 7 (4.70%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.68%) HTML
2 2 (1.34%) CSS
3 1 (0.67%) .NET
3 1 (0.67%) jQuery
3 1 (0.67%) JSON
3 1 (0.67%) Node.js
3 1 (0.67%) OpenLayers
3 1 (0.67%) React
3 1 (0.67%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 1 (0.67%) Web Services
3 1 (0.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.38%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (6.04%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.36%) CMDB
3 5 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.68%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.01%) Acoustics
5 3 (2.01%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.34%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.34%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.34%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.67%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.67%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.67%) IoT
7 1 (0.67%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.67%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.67%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.67%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.67%) Social Media
7 1 (0.67%) Solar Energy
7 1 (0.67%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.38%) Windows
2 4 (2.68%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.34%) Unix
3 2 (1.34%) Windows 7
3 2 (1.34%) Windows 8
4 1 (0.67%) Linux
4 1 (0.67%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (34.23%) Agile
2 39 (26.17%) Process Improvement
3 36 (24.16%) Continuous Improvement
4 34 (22.82%) User Experience
5 33 (22.15%) Project Management
6 27 (18.12%) Line Management
6 27 (18.12%) Service Delivery
7 24 (16.11%) Customer-Centricity
7 24 (16.11%) DevOps
8 22 (14.77%) Manual Testing
9 21 (14.09%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (10.74%) Business Intelligence
10 16 (10.74%) Change Management
10 16 (10.74%) Customer Service
11 14 (9.40%) ITIL
12 13 (8.72%) Scrum
13 12 (8.05%) Digital Transformation Strategy
14 11 (7.38%) Data Architecture
14 11 (7.38%) Performance Management
14 11 (7.38%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 30 (20.13%) Java
2 23 (15.44%) SQL
3 2 (1.34%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.34%) Python
4 1 (0.67%) C#
4 1 (0.67%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 24 (16.11%) Degree
2 19 (12.75%) DBS Check
3 5 (3.36%) HNC
4 4 (2.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 3 (2.01%) HND
6 1 (0.67%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.67%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.67%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.67%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.67%) MCP
6 1 (0.67%) Project+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (15.44%) SLA
2 2 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.34%) NIST
3 1 (0.67%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.67%) QA
System Software
1 8 (5.37%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.67%) Docker
2 1 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.67%) Ansible
2 1 (0.67%) Packer
2 1 (0.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 68 (45.64%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.34%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.67%) ESRI
3 1 (0.67%) TOWER Software