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Highest Paying Security and Emergency Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Security and Emergency Jobs Summary

There have been 199,090 listed Security and Emergency Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	196,929	98.91 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,467	0.74 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	694	0.35 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 3,829 new Security and Emergency Jobs posted each week, or 16,591 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	3,787	16,410
Contract	41	180

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

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

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Security and Emergency Jobs

Last 12 Month UK Contract Security and Emergency Jobs

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
November 2025	1,089
October 2025	1,253
September 2025	2,669
August 2025	2,434
July 2025	1,608
June 2025	1,504
May 2025	1,475
April 2025	1,672
March 2025	2,353
February 2025	1,333
January 2025	1,188
December 2024	817

The Highest Paying Security and Emergency Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head Of Risk	2	£90,000.00	£100,000.00	£110,000.00
Head of Safety	4	£71,640.00	£79,850.00	£88,065.00
Crime Officer	2	£62,500.00	£71,250.00	£80,000.00
Event Security	2	£59,625.00	£69,375.00	£79,125.00
Security Manager	226	£62,390.00	£66,925.00	£71,465.00
Security Consultant	74	£60,030.00	£66,670.00	£73,315.00
Defence	713	£51,125.00	£56,420.00	£61,715.00
Health & Safety Manager	336	£48,395.00	£51,710.00	£55,015.00
Fire Safety Manager	77	£49,280.00	£51,020.00	£52,765.00
Safety Consultant	383	£44,230.00	£49,250.00	£54,270.00
Fire Risk Assessor	119	£45,620.00	£48,550.00	£51,480.00
Fire Safety Officer	2	£47,300.00	£48,175.00	£49,075.00
Health And Safety Consultant	311	£44,105.00	£47,915.00	£51,725.00
Health & Safety	2,677	£43,565.00	£45,925.00	£48,290.00
Security Trainer	2	£42,000.00	£45,000.00	£48,000.00
Fire	1,101	£41,525.00	£44,300.00	£47,080.00
Health And Safety Advisor	190	£39,790.00	£43,375.00	£46,960.00
Military	107	£40,580.00	£42,375.00	£44,175.00
Fire Alarm Technician	6	£40,000.00	£41,100.00	£42,190.00
Safety Officer	41	£38,230.00	£40,765.00	£43,300.00
Fire Installer	4	£38,500.00	£40,625.00	£42,750.00
Health & Safety Officer	26	£36,945.00	£40,460.00	£43,985.00
Fire Service Engineer	17	£37,330.00	£40,355.00	£43,375.00
Fire Alarm Engineer	70	£37,270.00	£40,330.00	£43,385.00
Fire Alarm	140	£37,150.00	£39,735.00	£42,320.00
Police Officer	77	£38,900.00	£39,045.00	£39,190.00
Armed Forces	1,192	£37,085.00	£38,160.00	£39,250.00
Prison Officer	98	£35,695.00	£37,995.00	£40,300.00
Fire Extinguisher	4	£30,000.00	£36,000.00	£42,000.00
Health & Safety Trainer	2	£30,000.00	£35,000.00	£40,000.00
Intelligence Officer	2	£33,000.00	£34,000.00	£35,000.00
Prison Custody Officer	43	£30,410.00	£30,410.00	£30,410.00
Neighbourhood Officer	22	£28,685.00	£28,915.00	£29,150.00
Security Officer	18	£27,920.00	£28,815.00	£29,710.00
SHE Advisor	11,777	£26,605.00	£27,420.00	£28,235.00
Prison Escort	8	£26,750.00	£26,750.00	£26,750.00