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Highest Paying Security and Emergency Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Security and Emergency Jobs Summary

There have been 200,952 listed Security and Emergency Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	198,747	98.90 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,500	0.75 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	705	0.35 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 3,864 new Security and Emergency Jobs posted each week, or 16,746 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	3,821	16,562
Contract	42	183

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

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
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
January 2025	1,188

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	8	£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 Manager	220	£62,720.00	£67,510.00	£72,305.00
Security Consultant	77	£59,885.00	£66,275.00	£72,665.00
Defence	744	£52,535.00	£57,250.00	£61,965.00
Health & Safety Manager	305	£49,265.00	£52,435.00	£55,600.00
Fire Safety Manager	78	£49,350.00	£51,420.00	£53,490.00
Safety Consultant	397	£44,445.00	£49,320.00	£54,195.00
Fire Risk Assessor	131	£45,425.00	£48,465.00	£51,505.00
Fire Safety Officer	2	£47,300.00	£48,175.00	£49,075.00
Health And Safety Consultant	320	£44,195.00	£48,005.00	£51,820.00
Health & Safety	2,830	£43,325.00	£45,765.00	£48,200.00
Security Trainer	2	£42,000.00	£45,000.00	£48,000.00
Fire	1,193	£41,380.00	£44,120.00	£46,860.00
Health And Safety Advisor	197	£40,330.00	£43,825.00	£47,330.00
Military	105	£41,685.00	£43,660.00	£45,635.00
Fire Alarm Technician	6	£40,000.00	£41,100.00	£42,190.00
Health & Safety Officer	32	£37,495.00	£41,070.00	£44,655.00
Safety Officer	52	£37,960.00	£40,675.00	£43,395.00
Fire Installer	4	£38,500.00	£40,625.00	£42,750.00
Fire Service Engineer	17	£37,330.00	£40,355.00	£43,375.00
Fire Alarm Engineer	76	£37,205.00	£40,240.00	£43,270.00
Fire Alarm	155	£37,195.00	£39,955.00	£42,720.00
Police Officer	75	£38,575.00	£39,125.00	£39,675.00
Prison Officer	98	£35,695.00	£37,995.00	£40,300.00
Armed Forces	1,315	£36,340.00	£37,410.00	£38,485.00
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
SIA	4	£33,500.00	£33,750.00	£34,000.00
Prison Custody Officer	43	£30,410.00	£30,410.00	£30,410.00
Security Officer	31	£28,310.00	£29,055.00	£29,800.00
Neighbourhood Officer	4	£28,125.00	£28,475.00	£28,825.00
SHE Advisor	12,103	£27,080.00	£28,015.00	£28,945.00
Prison Escort	8	£26,750.00	£26,750.00	£26,750.00