Security guard cost

Published rates

Security guard rates UK: what firms publish per hour

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Static guarding

From £14.99 an hour

Plus Security advertises nationwide guard services with rates from £14.99 an hour.

Source: UK security guard price index: every row, with its source

From £20 an hour

SafeSite Facilities publishes standard static guarding from £20 an hour.

Source: UK security guard price index: every row, with its source

Events

A council's charge

Dartford Borough Council charges hirers £19.75 per hour per guard for events at Temple Hill Community Centre.

Source: Dartford Borough Council: Temple Hill Community Centre charges

Everyone else

Quote only

The other 24 firms we read, including the national groups, publish no rate. They are listed as publishing none.

Source: UK security guard price index: every row, with its source

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Sources

This site's own datasets, every figure quoted from its source and dated:

  • The UK Security Guard Cost Floor carries 4 published figures read from 4 sources' own pages, from 12.71 to 204 GBP, read 28 October 2026.
  • The median published figure in the UK Security Guard Price Index is 17.50 GBP across 2 sources' own pages (range 14.99 to 20 GBP; 3 sources publish a figure, some priced per guard per hour), read 28 October 2026.
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