Protective service associate professionals n.e.c.: salary in the UK
About £35,877 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +2.2% on last year
£3,745 a month About £2,990 a month after tax 36 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £34,110 in 2021 to £44,940 in 2026 (+32%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £23,380 | £28,361 | £34,110 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | £30,838 | £36,487 | x | x |
| 2023 | £26,949 | £32,792 | £39,425 | £45,327 | x |
| 2024 | £26,384 | £33,183 | £41,035 | £47,974 | x |
| 2025 | £28,256 | £34,703 | £43,957 | £55,156 | x |
| 2026 | £28,210 | £35,086 | £44,940 | £55,611 | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £44,940 a year and half earn more. That is 10% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £35,086 and £55,611; one in ten earns less than £28,210.
Ranked by median, it is number 108 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,990 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,958 in Scotland.
The median for men is £46,368 and for women £42,482, a gap of 8% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £28,210 | £2,351 |
| 20th | £33,514 | £2,793 |
| 25th (P25) | £35,086 | £2,924 |
| 30th | £36,853 | £3,071 |
| 40th | £39,935 | £3,328 |
| Median (50th) | £44,940 | £3,745 |
| 60th | £49,099 | £4,092 |
| 70th | £53,519 | £4,460 |
| 75th (P75) | £55,611 | £4,634 |
| 80th | £62,883 | £5,240 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £46,368 | £52,143 | 22 |
| Women | £42,482 | £47,214 | 15 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £35,877 | £2,990 |
| Scotland | £35,494 | £2,958 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £45,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 87 job titles to SOC 3319 Protective service associate professionals n.e.c.. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Border force higher officer
- Border force officer
- Branch manager
- CCTV manager
- CCTV officer
- CCTV operations manager
- Civil defence instructor
- Civil defence officer
- Civil investigator
- Civilian investigator
- Coast guard
- Coastguard
- Coastguard officer
- Coastguard watch assistant
- Coastguard watch officer
- Community payback supervisor
- Contract manager
- Counter fraud specialist
- Credit investigator
- Crime prevention officer
- Crime scene examiner
- Crime scene investigator
- Customs and excise officer
- Customs officer
- Detective
- Detective agency owner
- District officer
- Emergency planning officer
- Excise officer
- Financial crime investigator
- Financial crime manager
- Financial crime team leader
- Financial investigator
- Finger print expert
- Fingerprint expert
- Firearms enquiry officer
- Forensic handwriting examiner
- Forensic submissions officer
- Fraud analyst
- Fraud control specialist
- Fraud inspector
- Fraud investigating officer
- Fraud investigation officer
- Fraud investigator
- Fraud manager
- Fraud officer
- Fraud strategy analyst
- Handwriting analyst
- Head of security
- Hire purchase investigator
- Immigration officer
- Investigating officer
- Investigation officer
- Investigations manager
- Investigator
- Law enforcement officer
- Loss prevention manager
- Manager
- Maritime security
- Maritime security consultant
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- Maritime security officer
- Operations manager
- Owner
- Port control officer
- Preventive officer
- Private detective
- Private investigator
- Profit protection manager
- Rescue station superintendent
- Rescue superintendent
- Route steward
- Safety camera technician
- Scene examiner
- Scenes of crime officer
- Security adviser
- Security consultant
- Security coordinator
- Security executive
- Security investigator
- Security manager
- Station officer
- Test purchase investigator
- Trace agent
- Traffic officer
- Watch assistant
- Water guard
- Waterguard
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.