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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 209,354 listed Security and Emergency Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	207,057	98.90 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,559	0.74 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	738	0.35 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 4,026 new Security and Emergency Jobs posted each week, or 17,446 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	3,981	17,254
Contract	44	191

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

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
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
June 2025	1,504
May 2025	1,475
April 2025	1,672
March 2025	2,353

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
Defence Engineer	2	£80,000.00	£90,000.00	£100,000.00
Head of Safety	10	£72,185.00	£79,800.00	£87,415.00
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 Consultant	78	£59,310.00	£65,270.00	£71,240.00
Security Manager	196	£60,600.00	£64,985.00	£69,365.00
Defence	1,032	£52,345.00	£57,260.00	£62,185.00
Fire Safety Manager	108	£52,040.00	£54,035.00	£56,030.00
Health & Safety Manager	474	£49,425.00	£52,720.00	£56,010.00
Safety Consultant	449	£45,105.00	£49,220.00	£53,335.00
Health And Safety Consultant	340	£44,790.00	£48,770.00	£52,755.00
Fire Risk Assessor	169	£45,285.00	£48,735.00	£52,190.00
Fire Safety Officer	2	£47,300.00	£48,175.00	£49,075.00
Health & Safety	3,948	£42,890.00	£45,455.00	£48,010.00
Fire	1,834	£42,190.00	£45,320.00	£48,450.00
Security Trainer	2	£42,000.00	£45,000.00	£48,000.00
Military	173	£41,575.00	£43,595.00	£45,610.00
Health And Safety Advisor	293	£39,575.00	£43,115.00	£46,660.00
Fire Installer	8	£38,875.00	£41,375.00	£43,875.00
Fire Alarm Engineer	123	£37,035.00	£40,625.00	£44,215.00
Security Advisor	5	£39,250.00	£40,625.00	£42,000.00
Safety Officer	248	£37,590.00	£40,595.00	£43,605.00
Fire Alarm	242	£37,205.00	£40,500.00	£43,800.00
Health & Safety Officer	158	£35,955.00	£40,045.00	£44,135.00
Fire Alarm Technician	10	£38,125.00	£39,740.00	£41,345.00
Fire Service Engineer	44	£37,190.00	£39,685.00	£42,180.00
Police Officer	110	£38,275.00	£38,800.00	£39,325.00
Armed Forces	1,782	£36,535.00	£37,880.00	£39,240.00
Prison Officer	63	£35,570.00	£37,595.00	£39,620.00
Fire Extinguisher	7	£32,500.00	£36,250.00	£40,000.00
Health & Safety Trainer	2	£30,000.00	£35,000.00	£40,000.00
SIA	8	£34,250.00	£34,500.00	£34,750.00
Intelligence Officer	2	£33,000.00	£34,000.00	£35,000.00
Neighbourhood Officer	7	£33,475.00	£33,475.00	£33,475.00
Prison Custody Officer	43	£30,410.00	£30,410.00	£30,410.00
SHE Advisor	13,967	£28,020.00	£29,115.00	£30,210.00
Security Officer	49	£27,965.00	£28,630.00	£29,295.00
Prison Escort	8	£26,750.00	£26,750.00	£26,750.00