Fire and Rescue Jobs in the West Midlands

Fire and Rescue
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fire and Rescue in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fire and Rescue over the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 191 249 228
Rank change year-on-year +58 -21 -
Permanent jobs citing Fire and Rescue 3 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.073% 0.026% 0.076%
As % of the General category 0.12% 0.046% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile - - £28,198
25th Percentile - £54,317 £28,231
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,939 £31,550
Median % change year-on-year -18.09% +74.13% -
75th Percentile - £55,560 £34,425
90th Percentile - - £34,470
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £28,500
% change year-on-year - +57.89% -35.30%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 common skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,468 4,360 3,885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 59.83% 56.19% 74.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,227 2,646 2,244
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,656 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £66,900
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,011 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% -

Fire and Rescue
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Fire and Rescue as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Fire and Rescue in the West Midlands

Fire and Rescue
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Fire and Rescue in the West Midlands

Fire and Rescue
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 July 2025. 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
Walsall - 2 £45,000 - 1
Fire and Rescue
England

Fire and Rescue
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) GIS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft