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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 612 622 711
Rank change year-on-year +10 +89 +259
Permanent jobs citing Fire and Rescue 86 19 130
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.044% 0.15%
As % of the General category 0.21% 0.063% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 52 9 125
10th Percentile £25,000 £34,654 £33,930
25th Percentile £31,691 £39,926 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £51,819 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.22% +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 £50,000 £46,008 £44,714
% change year-on-year +8.68% +2.89% -5.87%

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 40,122 30,167 51,968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 53.62% 70.52% 61.15%
Number of salaries quoted 21,945 15,530 37,503
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,398 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.12% +10.31% -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 18 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 18 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 +27 73 £60,000 +15.79% 30
UK excluding London +24 73 £50,000 +8.68% 33
Work from Home +33 31 £83,210 +80.86% 6
Midlands - 20 £65,000 - 8
North of England - 16 £37,500 - 6
West Midlands - 15 £65,000 - 3
North West - 12 £37,500 - 2
South East -4 10 £65,000 +61.70% 6
London +2 9 £30,500 -41.62% 4
South West -22 9 - - 5
East of England - 7 £32,500 - 3
Scotland - 7 £26,000 - 5
East Midlands - 5 £35,000 - 5
Yorkshire - 4 £83,210 - 3
Wales - 4 £35,000 - 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:

Applications
1 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.65%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.16%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (1.16%) Wireless
General
1 25 (29.07%) Local Government
1 25 (29.07%) Public Sector
2 22 (25.58%) Legal
3 21 (24.42%) Influencing Skills
4 20 (23.26%) Social Skills
5 15 (17.44%) Police
6 10 (11.63%) Finance
6 10 (11.63%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (8.14%) Marketing
7 7 (8.14%) Social Housing
7 7 (8.14%) Telecoms
8 6 (6.98%) Electronics
8 6 (6.98%) Manufacturing
9 5 (5.81%) Advertising
9 5 (5.81%) Retail
10 4 (4.65%) Law
11 3 (3.49%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 29 (33.72%) Business Manager
2 22 (25.58%) Business Development Manager
2 22 (25.58%) Development Manager
3 14 (16.28%) Analyst
3 14 (16.28%) Business Change Analyst
3 14 (16.28%) Change Analyst
4 7 (8.14%) Business Change Manager
4 7 (8.14%) Change Manager
4 7 (8.14%) Technology Director
5 6 (6.98%) IT Engineer
5 6 (6.98%) IT Support
5 6 (6.98%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (6.98%) Support Engineer
6 5 (5.81%) Field Engineer
6 5 (5.81%) Field Support Engineer
6 5 (5.81%) Security Engineer
6 5 (5.81%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (4.65%) Junior
7 4 (4.65%) Junior Service Manager
7 4 (4.65%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 23 (26.74%) NHS
2 17 (19.77%) Driving Licence
3 13 (15.12%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (6.98%) Management Information System
5 5 (5.81%) CCTV
6 4 (4.65%) Social Media
7 3 (3.49%) CMDB
7 3 (3.49%) Data Centre
7 3 (3.49%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (3.49%) Robotics
8 1 (1.16%) Smart City
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (36.05%) ITSM
2 29 (33.72%) Service Management
3 28 (32.56%) Digital Innovation
4 27 (31.40%) Agile
5 22 (25.58%) Business Development
6 21 (24.42%) Case Management
7 14 (16.28%) Data Migration
7 14 (16.28%) Migration
7 14 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (16.28%) Service Delivery
8 10 (11.63%) Change Management
8 10 (11.63%) Programme Management
9 8 (9.30%) Mentoring
10 7 (8.14%) Business Continuity
10 7 (8.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (8.14%) Decision-Making
11 6 (6.98%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (6.98%) Digital Marketing
11 6 (6.98%) ITIL
11 6 (6.98%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 7 (8.14%) Security Cleared
2 6 (6.98%) A+ Certification
3 4 (4.65%) Degree
4 3 (3.49%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.16%) BICSI RCDD
5 1 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.16%) City & Guilds
5 1 (1.16%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (1.16%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.14%) SLA
2 6 (6.98%) QA
3 3 (3.49%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (1.16%) OpenView
Vendors
1 6 (6.98%) SAP
2 4 (4.65%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.16%) Cisco