CCTV Contracts

Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CCTV in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CCTV over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 520 641
Rank change year-on-year +21 +121 +120
Contract jobs citing CCTV 37 71 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.16% 0.073%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.35% 0.55% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 36 34
10th Percentile £331 £215 £363
25th Percentile £400 £240 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% -27.27% +25.00%
75th Percentile £591 £438 £600
90th Percentile £638 £603 £635
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £400 £456
% change year-on-year +6.25% -12.33% +65.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 16 0
10th Percentile - £11.38 -
25th Percentile £22.50 £11.50 -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £11.79 -
Median % change year-on-year +112.04% - -
75th Percentile £27.50 £25.25 -
90th Percentile £42.20 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £11.79 -

All Generic Skills
UK

CCTV falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 10,668 13,018 18,342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.63% 30.16% 32.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,619 8,265 12,604
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £650 £663 £676
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 496 927 581
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.32 £11.87
Median hourly rate £30.90 £35.65 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% +58.44% -16.64%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.25 £60.63
90th Percentile £78.73 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £35.58 £22.50
% change year-on-year -15.67% +58.11% +4.65%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCTV.

Daily rate trend for CCTV in the UK

CCTV
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCTV over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCTV in the UK

CCTV
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCTV.

Hourly rate trend for CCTV in the UK

CCTV
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CCTV over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CCTV in the UK

CCTV
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCTV within the UK over the 6 months to 1 July 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +26 35 £450 +12.50% 974
UK excluding London +3 16 £425 +6.25% 724
London +44 15 £463 +92.71% 356
South East +36 7 £425 +6.25% 163
Midlands +6 5 £475 +97.92% 127
West Midlands -1 5 £475 +97.92% 71
North of England +3 4 £463 +2.78% 186
Work from Home +38 3 £550 +57.14% 141
Yorkshire +2 3 £625 +119.30% 59
North West +3 1 £300 -36.84% 104

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:

Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) Azure
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (21.62%) LAN
1 8 (21.62%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (18.92%) WAN
3 5 (13.51%) Structured Cabling
4 4 (10.81%) Wireless
5 3 (8.11%) 5G
5 3 (8.11%) Firewall
5 3 (8.11%) SAN
5 3 (8.11%) WLAN
6 2 (5.41%) VoIP
6 2 (5.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Data Mining
1 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (18.92%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.51%) Finance
2 5 (13.51%) Telecoms
3 4 (10.81%) Aviation
4 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Electronics
6 1 (2.70%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (2.70%) Law
6 1 (2.70%) Local Government
6 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (21.62%) Field Engineer
1 8 (21.62%) Field Service Engineer
2 4 (10.81%) Installations Engineer
2 4 (10.81%) Project Manager
2 4 (10.81%) Security Manager
3 3 (8.11%) Analyst
3 3 (8.11%) Architect
3 3 (8.11%) Design Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) Data Analyst
4 2 (5.41%) Data Protection Analyst
4 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (5.41%) Lead
4 2 (5.41%) Network Architect
4 2 (5.41%) Network Design Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) Network Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) Security Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) Technology Manager
5 1 (2.70%) IT Security Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Driving Licence
1 3 (8.11%) Fibre Optics
1 3 (8.11%) IoT
1 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.41%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (5.41%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) VMS
2 2 (5.41%) Windows
2 2 (5.41%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (21.62%) Project Management
2 7 (18.92%) IT Audit
2 7 (18.92%) Migration
3 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (8.11%) Customer Service
5 3 (8.11%) Integration Patterns
5 3 (8.11%) Network Design
6 2 (5.41%) Change Control
6 2 (5.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (5.41%) Data Protection
6 2 (5.41%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (5.41%) IT Strategy
6 2 (5.41%) Logistics
6 2 (5.41%) Network Segmentation
6 2 (5.41%) Project Delivery
6 2 (5.41%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (5.41%) Supplier Management
6 2 (5.41%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) SQL
2 1 (2.70%) C#
2 1 (2.70%) Java
2 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.70%) Python
2 1 (2.70%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) Azure Certification
2 2 (5.41%) DBS Check
2 2 (5.41%) Degree
3 1 (2.70%) BICSI Certification
3 1 (2.70%) BICSI RCDD
3 1 (2.70%) CCNA
3 1 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.70%) CISSP
3 1 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.70%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.70%) PMP
3 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) GDPR
1 2 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (5.41%) QA
2 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.11%) Cisco
3 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow