Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CCTV in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CCTV over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 585 771 1121
Rank change year-on-year +186 +350 -284
Permanent jobs citing CCTV 326 200 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.19% 0.072%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.94% 0.45% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 277 131 88
10th Percentile £23,800 £26,750 £22,500
25th Percentile £25,500 £30,750 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £39,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.39% +21.54% -18.75%
75th Percentile £43,750 £75,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £56,150 £77,542 £70,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £35,151 £29,000
% change year-on-year -0.43% +21.21% -10.77%

All Generic Skills
UK

CCTV is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,768 44,861 72,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 42.86% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22,918 24,128 34,106
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,107 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

CCTV
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CCTV as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CCTV in the UK

CCTV
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCTV.

Salary trend for CCTV in the UK

CCTV
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCTV over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for CCTV in the UK

CCTV
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCTV within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +229 303 £35,000 -11.39% 201
UK excluding London +105 261 £35,000 -0.43% 175
Midlands +57 77 £39,750 +6.00% 46
South East +62 70 £24,750 -21.43% 50
London +156 57 £42,500 -37.06% 44
North of England +50 50 £35,000 -53.68% 37
East Midlands +28 45 £42,500 +73.47% 24
North West +45 37 £32,500 -56.98% 21
Work from Home +79 32 £35,000 -53.33% 22
West Midlands +34 32 £35,000 -22.22% 22
South West +3 29 £33,500 -55.33% 19
East of England +29 20 £26,500 -7.02% 20
Yorkshire +95 13 £36,500 -51.69% 12
Wales +16 9 £25,500 +10.87% 2
Scotland -72 5 £38,000 +24.59% 9
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3

CCTV
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (6.13%) SharePoint
2 15 (4.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.92%) WordPress
4 1 (0.31%) nginx
Applications
1 50 (15.34%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.37%) AutoCAD
2 11 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.07%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.92%) Revit
5 2 (0.61%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.61%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.61%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.84%) C-CURE
2 4 (1.23%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.31%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 70 (21.47%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (18.71%) Azure
3 31 (9.51%) Entra ID
4 23 (7.06%) AWS
5 8 (2.45%) GCP
6 6 (1.84%) OCI
7 5 (1.53%) OneDrive
8 3 (0.92%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.61%) Dropbox
10 1 (0.31%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.31%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (16.56%) Wireless
2 51 (15.64%) Wi-Fi
3 41 (12.58%) Firewall
4 36 (11.04%) LAN
5 28 (8.59%) TCP/IP
6 19 (5.83%) DNS
7 17 (5.21%) DHCP
8 14 (4.29%) WAN
9 13 (3.99%) Network Security
10 12 (3.68%) VoIP
11 11 (3.37%) SAN
12 10 (3.07%) Broadband
13 9 (2.76%) Ethernet
13 9 (2.76%) VLAN
14 8 (2.45%) Internet
14 8 (2.45%) VPN
15 7 (2.15%) SD-WAN
15 7 (2.15%) Structured Cabling
15 7 (2.15%) WLAN
16 6 (1.84%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.83%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.31%) MySQL
General
1 128 (39.26%) Social Skills
2 44 (13.50%) Telecoms
3 33 (10.12%) Finance
3 33 (10.12%) Retail
4 21 (6.44%) Local Government
5 16 (4.91%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.07%) Police
8 8 (2.45%) Legal
9 7 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.84%) Advertising
10 6 (1.84%) Electronics
11 5 (1.53%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.23%) Public Sector
13 3 (0.92%) Games
13 3 (0.92%) Military
13 3 (0.92%) Multimedia
14 2 (0.61%) French Language
14 2 (0.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 36 (11.04%) IT Support
2 33 (10.12%) CCTV Operator
3 31 (9.51%) Support Engineer
3 31 (9.51%) Systems Engineer
4 30 (9.20%) IT Engineer
5 28 (8.59%) CCTV Engineer
5 28 (8.59%) IT Technician
5 28 (8.59%) Security Engineer
5 28 (8.59%) Senior
6 26 (7.98%) Analyst
7 25 (7.67%) Support Technician
8 21 (6.44%) Technical Support
9 20 (6.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 19 (5.83%) Data Engineer
11 16 (4.91%) IT Support Engineer
11 16 (4.91%) IT Support Technician
11 16 (4.91%) Trainee
11 16 (4.91%) Trainee Operator
12 15 (4.60%) Support Analyst
12 15 (4.60%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.61%) CSS
1 2 (0.61%) HTML
2 1 (0.31%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 34 (10.43%) Driving Licence
2 31 (9.51%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (7.67%) Data Centre
4 17 (5.21%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.68%) EPoS
6 9 (2.76%) Video Conferencing
7 6 (1.84%) NHS
8 5 (1.53%) iPad
8 5 (1.53%) SCADA
9 4 (1.23%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.23%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (1.23%) FMCG
9 4 (1.23%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 3 (0.92%) Acoustics
10 3 (0.92%) Analogue Electronics
10 3 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.92%) IPTV
10 3 (0.92%) Media Streaming
10 3 (0.92%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 61 (18.71%) Windows
2 30 (9.20%) Windows 10
3 18 (5.52%) Windows Server
4 16 (4.91%) Linux
4 16 (4.91%) Windows Server 2016
5 13 (3.99%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (3.68%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.84%) Android
8 5 (1.53%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.23%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.92%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.61%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (20.86%) Customer Service
2 58 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (11.96%) Project Management
4 33 (10.12%) Decision-Making
5 22 (6.75%) Cybersecurity
5 22 (6.75%) Line Management
6 21 (6.44%) Creative Thinking
6 21 (6.44%) Mathematics
7 20 (6.13%) Time Management
8 19 (5.83%) Data Protection
8 19 (5.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 18 (5.52%) ITIL
10 15 (4.60%) Performance Management
11 14 (4.29%) Service Management
11 14 (4.29%) Technical Analysis
12 13 (3.99%) Service Delivery
13 12 (3.68%) Actionable Insight
13 12 (3.68%) Agile
14 11 (3.37%) IT Governance
14 11 (3.37%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 35 (10.74%) SQL
2 20 (6.13%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.68%) T-SQL
4 9 (2.76%) C#
5 8 (2.45%) C
6 5 (1.53%) Ladder Logic
6 5 (1.53%) VB
7 4 (1.23%) C++
7 4 (1.23%) VBA
8 2 (0.61%) Bash
8 2 (0.61%) Python
9 1 (0.31%) Swift
Qualifications
1 50 (15.34%) Degree
2 26 (7.98%) DBS Check
3 21 (6.44%) Security Cleared
4 18 (5.52%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (5.52%) HND
5 13 (3.99%) A+ Certification
5 13 (3.99%) DV Cleared
5 13 (3.99%) Network+ Certification
6 11 (3.37%) CCNP
7 10 (3.07%) SC Cleared
8 8 (2.45%) MCP
9 6 (1.84%) CCNA
9 6 (1.84%) HNC
9 6 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.23%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.23%) MCSE
11 3 (0.92%) MCSA
11 3 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 3 (0.92%) RIBA
12 2 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.52%) GDPR
2 10 (3.07%) QA
3 9 (2.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.23%) SLA
7 2 (0.61%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.61%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.31%) COBIT
8 1 (0.31%) COSHH
8 1 (0.31%) NIST
System Software
1 41 (12.58%) Active Directory
2 32 (9.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.21%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.61%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.31%) Firmware
7 1 (0.31%) pfSense
7 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (4.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.92%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.31%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (0.31%) PaperCut
3 1 (0.31%) Proxmox
3 1 (0.31%) SCCM
Vendors
1 80 (24.54%) Microsoft
2 36 (11.04%) VMware
3 33 (10.12%) Cisco
4 17 (5.21%) Google
5 12 (3.68%) Meraki
6 10 (3.07%) Sage
7 7 (2.15%) WatchGuard
8 6 (1.84%) Oracle
9 5 (1.53%) Dell
9 5 (1.53%) HP
9 5 (1.53%) Ubiquiti
10 4 (1.23%) Aruba
10 4 (1.23%) Avaya
10 4 (1.23%) Citrix
10 4 (1.23%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.92%) Apple
11 3 (0.92%) Veeam
12 2 (0.61%) 3PAR
12 2 (0.61%) Acronis
12 2 (0.61%) Ruckus Wireless