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🇬🇧 UKSOC 5245· Skilled Metal, Electrical and Electronic Trades

Security system installers and repairers

Security system installers and repairers fit, maintain and service alarm systems and other electronic security devices which provide access control and monitoring, intruder detection and security lighting.

Alarm engineerCCTV engineerInstallation engineer (alarms)Service engineer (alarms)Security engineer
£37,991
median salary
£30,867 – £44,836
19,600
currently employed
19,256
projected 2035
Declining
5 tasks scored5 Human-Led

Task Bundle Breakdown

How AI interacts with this occupation's task bundle

100%
0%
AI automates
0%
AI assists
100%
Human-led

Task-by-Task Breakdown

Every task scored individually — sorted highest to lowest AI exposure

33

discusses security needs with clients, responds to call outs and explains operation of equipment

Human-Led

AI chatbots like ChatGPT can help draft client communications or explain equipment specs, but the face-to-face consultation, trust-building, and real-time problem-solving with clients requires human presence and interpersonal judgment.

33

carries out on site surveys and determines security needs

Human-Led

AI-powered tools can assist with analysing floor plans or CCTV coverage maps, but physically walking a site, assessing vulnerabilities, and making contextual security judgments still requires trained human expertise on location.

33

services existing systems and tests for faults

Human-Led

AI diagnostic tools and manufacturer software can help identify fault codes and suggest fixes remotely, but physically testing components, tracing wiring faults, and servicing hardware on-site remains a hands-on human task.

22

responds to call-outs and repairs faulty or inoperative equipment

Human-Led

Remote monitoring AI platforms can triage alerts and flag likely fault types before an engineer arrives, saving diagnostic time, but the physical repair work itself is entirely dependent on skilled human presence.

11

installs security systems and connects them to control panels, including intruder and fire alarms, surveillance and monitoring equipment and access control systems

Human-Led

The physical installation of cables, sensors, control panels, and access hardware is hands-on skilled trade work that AI cannot perform; AI might assist with wiring diagrams or configuration documentation but has no role in the physical task.

ROI Calculator

Security system installers and repairers

1.9hrs
saved per week
90hrs
per year ≈ 2.4 weeks
£1,900
salary-equivalent capacity freed per year

This is not a pay rise — it's 90 hours of productive capacity that AI could return to you, valued at your current rate.

£0
value at risk — 0% of role exposed to AI

The portion of your current salary tied to tasks AI can automate or augment. Not a prediction of job loss — a signal of where your role is changing fastest.

How is this calculated?▾

Task weights — each task is weighted by its O*NET frequency rating. Where frequency data is absent, equal weighting is applied.

AI time reduction — tasks scored as "AI Automates" assume 80% time saving; "AI Assists" assumes 40%; "Human-Led" assumes 5%.

Salary equivalent — annual hours saved × (salary ÷ 1,800 working hours/year).

Value at risk — salary × share of role time in AI-automate or AI-assist tasks.

Figures are indicative estimates for planning purposes, not guarantees of productivity gain or job loss risk.