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Highest Paying Security and Emergency Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Security and Emergency Jobs Summary

There have been 221,313 listed Security and Emergency Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	218,827	98.88 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,683	0.76 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	803	0.36 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 4,256 new Security and Emergency Jobs posted each week, or 18,443 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,208	18,235
Contract	47	207

The busiest month for new permanent Security and Emergency Jobs in the UK is January, whilst the quietest month is November.

The busiest month for new contract Security and Emergency Jobs is also January, and the quietest month is October.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Security and Emergency Jobs

Permanent Security and Emergency Jobs

Latest month: June 2026

Jobs listed

2,369

Down 3.5% vs last year

Average salary

£46,565.00

Up 4.1% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Security and Emergency Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: June 2026

Jobs listed

Up 91.4% vs last year

Average day rate

£570.00

Up 4.0% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: June 2026

Jobs listed

Up 80.0% vs last year

Average day rate

£565.00

Up 3.4% vs last year

Last 12 Month Total Listed Security and Emergency Jobs

Month 🔽	Listed Jobs	vs Prev Month	vs Prev 3 Months	vs Prev 6 Months	vs Prev Year
June 2026	2,369
May 2026	2,173
April 2026	3,345
March 2026	4,190
February 2026	3,499
January 2026	4,349
December 2025	1,353
November 2025	1,089
October 2025	1,253
September 2025	2,669
August 2025	2,434
July 2025	1,608

The Highest Paying Security and Emergency Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head Of Risk	50	£110,000.00	£123,335.00	£136,665.00
Head of Safety	10	£72,185.00	£79,800.00	£87,415.00
Event Security	2	£59,625.00	£69,375.00	£79,125.00
Security Manager	197	£62,990.00	£67,385.00	£71,775.00
Security Consultant	60	£58,065.00	£64,475.00	£70,885.00
Defence	2,043	£53,240.00	£57,635.00	£62,035.00
Fire Safety Manager	70	£53,430.00	£56,105.00	£58,780.00
Health & Safety Manager	635	£49,810.00	£53,210.00	£56,605.00
Defence Engineer	52	£47,200.00	£50,000.00	£52,800.00
Loss Prevention	1	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Safety Consultant	439	£45,395.00	£49,235.00	£53,080.00
Fire Risk Assessor	209	£45,600.00	£48,870.00	£52,140.00
Fire Safety Officer	2	£47,300.00	£48,175.00	£49,075.00
Crime Officer	6	£45,000.00	£48,125.00	£51,250.00
Health And Safety Consultant	324	£44,300.00	£47,735.00	£51,175.00
Security Trainer	4	£43,500.00	£45,750.00	£48,000.00
Fire	2,506	£42,215.00	£45,420.00	£48,625.00
Health & Safety	4,850	£42,360.00	£45,020.00	£47,670.00
Health And Safety Advisor	382	£40,765.00	£44,260.00	£47,755.00
Alarm Installer	2	£37,500.00	£43,250.00	£49,000.00
Fire Alarm Engineer	205	£37,775.00	£41,420.00	£45,070.00
Health & Safety Officer	188	£37,715.00	£41,075.00	£44,430.00
Fire Alarm	349	£37,460.00	£40,990.00	£44,530.00
Fire Installer	13	£38,125.00	£40,720.00	£43,315.00
Military	286	£38,150.00	£40,485.00	£42,820.00
Safety Officer	281	£37,595.00	£40,475.00	£43,350.00
Fire Alarm Technician	10	£38,125.00	£39,740.00	£41,345.00
Security Advisor	7	£38,375.00	£39,315.00	£40,250.00
Fire Service Engineer	66	£36,690.00	£39,205.00	£41,725.00
Armed Forces	2,524	£37,110.00	£39,165.00	£41,225.00
Police Officer	103	£37,575.00	£38,350.00	£39,125.00
Bid Specialist	2	£35,000.00	£36,250.00	£37,500.00
Prison Officer	20	£34,925.00	£35,490.00	£36,050.00
Neighbourhood Officer	10	£35,335.00	£35,335.00	£35,335.00
Health & Safety Trainer	2	£30,000.00	£35,000.00	£40,000.00
SIA	17	£34,110.00	£34,190.00	£34,275.00
Prison Service	3	£29,975.00	£33,225.00	£36,475.00
Intelligence Officer	3	£30,500.00	£32,750.00	£35,000.00
Prison Custody Officer	31	£30,700.00	£30,700.00	£30,700.00
SHE Advisor	14,699	£29,335.00	£30,700.00	£32,065.00
Fire Extinguisher	13	£28,335.00	£30,585.00	£32,835.00
Health And Safety Administrator	3	£29,250.00	£30,250.00	£31,250.00
Security Officer	63	£29,955.00	£30,120.00	£30,280.00
Prison Escort	8	£26,750.00	£26,750.00	£26,750.00