Annual Salary
£18,000 to £30,000
Average UK salary in 2023 was £34,963
(source Office for National Statistics)
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Fingerprint officers work to identify fingerprints taken from crime scenes.
Average UK salary in 2023 was £34,963
(source Office for National Statistics)
You could work: evenings / weekends / bank holidays; at short notice
There will be
0.2% fewer Fingerprint officer jobs in 2027.
As a fingerprint officer, you could:
You may need to wear protective clothing.
You could work in a laboratory.
Your working environment may be emotionally demanding.
You can get into this job through:
You could give yourself an advantage by doing a relevant degree in:
You'll usually need:
Each police service sets its own entry requirements, but to start as a trainee fingerprint officer you'll often need one or more of the following:
Police services will carry out checks into your background and employment history. This might also include checks on your close family members.
You'll need to:
Some knowledge of forensic and photographic techniques is helpful though not essential.
With experience, you could become a senior fingerprint officer or scientific support manager. With further training, you could become a scenes of crime officer (SOCO), or move into forensics or criminal intelligence work.
You'll need: