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Highest Paying Security and Emergency Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Security and Emergency Jobs Summary

There have been 207,169 listed Security and Emergency Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	204,891	98.90 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,542	0.74 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	736	0.36 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 3,984 new Security and Emergency Jobs posted each week, or 17,264 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	3,940	17,074
Contract	43	189

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
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
February 2025	1,333

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	80	£60,580.00	£66,860.00	£73,140.00
Security Manager	222	£60,235.00	£64,850.00	£69,470.00
Defence	945	£51,455.00	£56,265.00	£61,080.00
Health & Safety Manager	449	£50,320.00	£53,560.00	£56,795.00
Fire Safety Manager	106	£51,495.00	£53,390.00	£55,285.00
Safety Consultant	447	£45,170.00	£49,150.00	£53,130.00
Fire Risk Assessor	154	£45,540.00	£48,860.00	£52,185.00
Health And Safety Consultant	331	£44,725.00	£48,440.00	£52,160.00
Fire Safety Officer	2	£47,300.00	£48,175.00	£49,075.00
Health & Safety	3,707	£43,790.00	£46,355.00	£48,910.00
Fire	1,714	£41,975.00	£45,120.00	£48,270.00
Security Trainer	2	£42,000.00	£45,000.00	£48,000.00
Health And Safety Advisor	275	£39,660.00	£43,155.00	£46,655.00
Military	150	£40,740.00	£42,490.00	£44,240.00
Fire Alarm Technician	8	£39,165.00	£40,815.00	£42,460.00
Security Advisor	5	£39,250.00	£40,625.00	£42,000.00
Fire Installer	6	£38,165.00	£40,415.00	£42,665.00
Fire Alarm Engineer	105	£37,245.00	£40,410.00	£43,570.00
Fire Alarm	223	£37,260.00	£40,220.00	£43,185.00
Safety Officer	205	£37,215.00	£40,195.00	£43,180.00
Health & Safety Officer	144	£36,385.00	£40,055.00	£43,730.00
Fire Service Engineer	37	£37,055.00	£39,635.00	£42,210.00
Police Officer	93	£38,500.00	£39,070.00	£39,640.00
Armed Forces	1,668	£36,650.00	£37,965.00	£39,290.00
Prison Officer	63	£35,570.00	£37,595.00	£39,620.00
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
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	13,991	£27,950.00	£28,995.00	£30,040.00
Security Officer	42	£27,535.00	£28,310.00	£29,090.00
Prison Escort	8	£26,750.00	£26,750.00	£26,750.00