Hybrid/Remote Fire and Rescue Job Trends

Fire and Rescue
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fire and Rescue in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fire and Rescue over the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 429 380 458
Rank change year-on-year -49 +78 +38
Permanent jobs citing Fire and Rescue 38 34 26
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.15% 0.20% 0.12%
As % of the General category 0.25% 0.29% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 34 2 13
10th Percentile £42,336 £34,221 £42,240
25th Percentile - £40,552 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,273 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.48% +2.55% +44.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,163 £55,560
90th Percentile £65,000 £68,595 £63,112
UK median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £49,737
% change year-on-year +22.22% -9.52% +47.15%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 15,268 11,796 13,590
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.44% 70.74% 62.77%
Number of salaries quoted 9,164 6,200 7,566
10th Percentile £31,506 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -6.50% -1.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,039 £84,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

Fire and Rescue
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Fire and Rescue and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Fire and Rescue job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Fire and Rescue
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Fire and Rescue.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Fire and Rescue

Fire and Rescue
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Fire and Rescue over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Fire and Rescue salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Fire and Rescue
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) Data Mining
1 1 (2.63%) Power BI
1 1 (2.63%) Power Query
General
1 15 (39.47%) Local Government
2 14 (36.84%) Police
3 4 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.89%) Finance
4 3 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (7.89%) Social Skills
5 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (31.58%) Lead
2 3 (7.89%) Accountant
2 3 (7.89%) Systems Accountant
3 1 (2.63%) Administrator
3 1 (2.63%) Analyst
3 1 (2.63%) Business Analyst
3 1 (2.63%) Business Improvement Analyst
3 1 (2.63%) Data Administrator
3 1 (2.63%) ICT Technician
3 1 (2.63%) Service Desk Technician
3 1 (2.63%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.89%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (7.89%) Task Automation
2 2 (5.26%) Agile
2 2 (5.26%) Business Case
2 2 (5.26%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (5.26%) ITIL
2 2 (5.26%) ITSM
2 2 (5.26%) Knowledge Management
2 2 (5.26%) Mathematics
2 2 (5.26%) Process Improvement
2 2 (5.26%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (2.63%) Business Analysis
3 1 (2.63%) Data Analysis
3 1 (2.63%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (2.63%) Incident Management
3 1 (2.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (2.63%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (2.63%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.26%) SQL
2 1 (2.63%) Python
2 1 (2.63%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (10.53%) DBS Check
2 3 (7.89%) AAT
3 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.63%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (26.32%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft