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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 227,898 listed Security and Emergency Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	225,318	98.87 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,749	0.77 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	831	0.36 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 4,383 new Security and Emergency Jobs posted each week, or 18,992 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,333	18,776
Contract	49	215

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: September 2026

Jobs listed

3,737

Up 49.4% vs last year

Average salary

£46,320.00

Up 3.2% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Security and Emergency Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

Up 24.6% vs last year

Average day rate

£585.00

Up 4.0% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

Down 59.2% vs last year

Average day rate

£530.00

Down 2.2% 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
September 2026	3,737
August 2026	1,464
July 2026	2,257
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

The Highest Paying Security and Emergency Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head Of Risk	48	£120,000.00	£135,000.00	£150,000.00
Head of Safety	9	£73,275.00	£79,700.00	£86,125.00
Security Manager	217	£65,990.00	£70,170.00	£74,350.00
Security Consultant	58	£59,930.00	£66,495.00	£73,065.00
Defence	2,131	£53,200.00	£57,205.00	£61,225.00
Fire Safety Manager	80	£53,000.00	£55,255.00	£57,515.00
Health & Safety Manager	759	£51,130.00	£54,715.00	£58,300.00
Safety Consultant	384	£46,250.00	£50,550.00	£54,850.00
Loss Prevention	1	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Defence Engineer	56	£46,865.00	£49,750.00	£52,635.00
Health And Safety Consultant	268	£45,050.00	£48,610.00	£52,170.00
Crime Officer	6	£45,000.00	£48,125.00	£51,250.00
Fire Risk Assessor	190	£44,445.00	£47,540.00	£50,640.00
Security Trainer	2	£45,000.00	£46,500.00	£48,000.00
Health And Safety Advisor	531	£42,790.00	£46,225.00	£49,660.00
Fire	2,696	£42,110.00	£45,570.00	£49,040.00
Fire Safety Officer	2	£40,925.00	£45,100.00	£49,275.00
Health & Safety	5,368	£42,250.00	£44,925.00	£47,590.00
Fire Installer	30	£40,100.00	£43,450.00	£46,800.00
Health & Safety Officer	187	£37,760.00	£41,130.00	£44,500.00
Fire Alarm Engineer	227	£37,165.00	£40,965.00	£44,765.00
Alarm Installer	10	£37,000.00	£40,375.00	£43,750.00
Fire Alarm Technician	6	£38,335.00	£40,250.00	£42,165.00
Fire Alarm	423	£36,445.00	£40,180.00	£43,915.00
Military	301	£37,020.00	£39,820.00	£42,625.00
Safety Officer	279	£36,720.00	£39,725.00	£42,730.00
Armed Forces	2,669	£37,225.00	£39,660.00	£42,100.00
Fire Service Engineer	79	£37,060.00	£39,345.00	£41,625.00
Security Advisor	7	£38,375.00	£39,315.00	£40,250.00
Police Officer	111	£37,790.00	£38,560.00	£39,335.00
Neighbourhood Officer	8	£37,150.00	£37,150.00	£37,150.00
Bid Specialist	2	£35,000.00	£36,250.00	£37,500.00
SIA	17	£34,110.00	£34,190.00	£34,275.00
Intelligence Officer	7	£32,500.00	£34,165.00	£35,835.00
Fire Extinguisher	22	£31,705.00	£33,355.00	£35,000.00
Security Officer	68	£32,095.00	£32,260.00	£32,420.00
SHE Advisor	13,877	£30,215.00	£31,910.00	£33,605.00
Prison Service	7	£28,975.00	£31,675.00	£34,375.00
Health And Safety Administrator	12	£27,975.00	£29,480.00	£30,995.00
Prison Escort	2	£26,750.00	£26,750.00	£26,750.00