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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 222,302 listed Security and Emergency Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	219,804	98.88 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,690	0.76 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	808	0.36 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 4,275 new Security and Emergency Jobs posted each week, or 18,525 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,226	18,316
Contract	48	208

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: July 2026

Jobs listed

2,257

Down 10.7% vs last year

Average salary

£44,865.00

Down 0.0% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Security and Emergency Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: July 2026

Jobs listed

Up 16.3% vs last year

Average day rate

£630.00

Up 15.6% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: July 2026

Jobs listed

Up 10.8% vs last year

Average day rate

£625.00

Up 14.3% 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
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
September 2025	2,669
August 2025	2,434

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	10	£72,185.00	£79,800.00	£87,415.00
Security Manager	192	£63,170.00	£67,655.00	£72,140.00
Security Consultant	54	£58,810.00	£65,215.00	£71,625.00
Defence	2,048	£52,430.00	£56,660.00	£60,895.00
Fire Safety Manager	70	£51,340.00	£54,090.00	£56,840.00
Health & Safety Manager	639	£49,440.00	£52,685.00	£55,920.00
Loss Prevention	1	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Defence Engineer	56	£46,865.00	£49,750.00	£52,635.00
Safety Consultant	427	£45,100.00	£49,300.00	£53,500.00
Health And Safety Consultant	304	£44,485.00	£48,195.00	£51,915.00
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
Fire Risk Assessor	213	£44,510.00	£47,745.00	£50,980.00
Security Trainer	4	£43,500.00	£45,750.00	£48,000.00
Fire	2,487	£42,265.00	£45,635.00	£49,000.00
Health And Safety Advisor	402	£41,985.00	£45,280.00	£48,585.00
Health & Safety	4,881	£42,550.00	£45,230.00	£47,895.00
Alarm Installer	4	£37,750.00	£41,875.00	£46,000.00
Fire Installer	15	£38,500.00	£41,575.00	£44,650.00
Fire Alarm Engineer	197	£37,315.00	£41,050.00	£44,785.00
Health & Safety Officer	190	£37,670.00	£41,030.00	£44,385.00
Fire Alarm	351	£37,345.00	£40,810.00	£44,285.00
Safety Officer	283	£38,015.00	£40,760.00	£43,505.00
Military	290	£37,320.00	£39,750.00	£42,180.00
Fire Alarm Technician	10	£38,125.00	£39,740.00	£41,345.00
Armed Forces	2,392	£37,265.00	£39,485.00	£41,710.00
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
Police Officer	103	£37,755.00	£38,575.00	£39,395.00
Neighbourhood Officer	8	£37,150.00	£37,150.00	£37,150.00
Bid Specialist	2	£35,000.00	£36,250.00	£37,500.00
Health & Safety Trainer	2	£30,000.00	£35,000.00	£40,000.00
Prison Officer	14	£33,300.00	£34,425.00	£35,550.00
SIA	17	£34,110.00	£34,190.00	£34,275.00
Fire Extinguisher	16	£31,250.00	£33,565.00	£35,875.00
Intelligence Officer	3	£30,500.00	£32,750.00	£35,000.00
Prison Service	7	£28,975.00	£31,675.00	£34,375.00
Security Officer	66	£30,605.00	£30,765.00	£30,930.00
Prison Custody Officer	31	£30,700.00	£30,700.00	£30,700.00
SHE Advisor	14,258	£29,320.00	£30,690.00	£32,065.00
Health And Safety Administrator	5	£28,650.00	£29,900.00	£31,165.00
Prison Escort	8	£26,750.00	£26,750.00	£26,750.00