How much do bouncers and security gaurds get paid a year in the UK?

Answer 1

£12000 - £14000 a year

Answer 2

Hi, with all due respect, I don't know where "firefoxy" gets the figure of £300 per night from.
I was installing "rover-cams" in a new north Lodon massive supermarket emporium, and when setting up the monitors & recording gear, a uniformed security bod let slip that he received about £9 per hour, and was working a 10 hour day, six days per week to make the ends meet.
Ok, the job I suppose had its' interests, such as playing with a radio to say that some bloke on isle 99 was a bit suspicious.
A soul destroying job, in my humble opinion, and fair play to those that do it.
But I think that you would have to be a top-notch doorman, whatever, at a top London night-club or such to earn that, say, £60,000 per annum.
More like half that I guess, with long hours.
Not for me !
Bob.

Answer 3

Legally security and bouncer are NOT allowed to search you... and are not allow to touch your stuff.. they have to ask your permission first.. however it is a conditon of entry -so if you refuse a search you will be refuse entry However having said that these things do happen -- and the cops have bigger issuses to worry about -- so its not like the cops will arrest security for doing that. Its unlikely that you can sucessfully sue a bouncer for something like that and win. " For instance the place was so crowded that had there been a fire there wouldve been absolutely no way to get out" You do realise that most clubs have emergency exits -- which you might not be aware of ( because they usually remain closed

Answer 4

As proper licenced bouncer, with appropriate qualifications you can earn £300 or more a night (in Westminster, they need to attend a day course and have first aid training).

A security guard is slightly above 'mcdonalds burger crew' in terms of earning power.

{edit} - I guess it depends on what sort of security guard that you are. I tend to associate 'security guard' with the guy standing by the door at Tesco's..........

Answer 5

I have been a security guard & part time Bouncer.
And the rate of pay varies from job to job.

1/ Security guards centainly dont get paid enough especially ones that are vunerable to dangerous situations.

2/ Bouncers in my opinion should be one of the highest paid people for the main reasons,
1. they put they're life on the line every time whilst on door duty as they never know whats going to happen at any given time.

2. Unlike members of joe public a bouncer does not have the option/luxury of walking away from the situation,he's stuck on duty until the end of his shift regardless.

Hope this helps

Answer 6

That's probably going to vary quite a bit depending upon location, experience, firm and responsibilities. why don't you do some searches on Fish4Jobs.com and the Monster.com uk site? This will probably give you a better idea of the sort of jobs available, where they are and what they pay.

Answer 7

depends where they work, security guards get paid peanuts tho