armoured car guard
Armoured car guards ensure the safe transportation of valuable items such as money between locations like stores and banks. They load and unload the vehicle, handle the documentation of the transfer, deliver the items to the correct location and respond quickly to robberies, according to the security protocol in place. They may also handle guns and drive the armoured car.
armoured car guard armoured car guards ensure the safe transportation of valuable items such as money between locations like stores and banks. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include security threats, unload cargo, load cargo, comply with the principles of self-defence, manage major incidents.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £33,832 a year for Security guards and related occupations (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £27,982 to £39,194 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 9231). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Service and sales workers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only armoured car guard, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 5. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
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Frequently asked questions
What does armoured car guard do?
Armoured car guards ensure the safe transportation of valuable items such as money between locations like stores and banks. They load and unload the vehicle, handle the documentation of the transfer, deliver the items to the correct location and respond quickly to robberies, according to the security protocol in place. They may also handle guns and drive the armoured car.
What skills does armoured car guard need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include security threats, unload cargo, load cargo, comply with the principles of self-defence, manage major incidents, maintain vehicle delivery documentation. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace armoured car guard?
Our AI-durability model gives armoured car guard a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.