CCTV Contract Job Trends

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 17 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 592 495 489
Rank change year-on-year -97 -6 +185
Contract jobs citing CCTV 40 37 100
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.087% 0.13% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.27% 0.37% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 25 51
10th Percentile £238 £220 £215
25th Percentile £316 £240 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.13% - -18.78%
75th Percentile £481 £475 £438
90th Percentile £520 £573 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £445 £300 £400
% change year-on-year +48.17% -25.00% -13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 15
10th Percentile - £19.93 £11.35
25th Percentile - £25.28 £11.50
Median hourly rate £12.21 £34.19 £11.79
Median % change year-on-year -64.28% +189.95% -41.05%
75th Percentile - £43.09 £19.28
90th Percentile - £48.44 £25.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.21 £16.37 £11.79
% change year-on-year -25.41% +38.85% -

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 14,881 9,912 13,377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.34% 33.77% 30.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,309 6,359 8,581
10th Percentile £300 £296 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 703 381 907
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.95 £12.25
25th Percentile £20.82 £22.27 £15.17
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.88% +20.37% +20.08%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.52 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.40 £83.20 £67.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 £32.28 £25.50
% change year-on-year +47.30% +26.57% +15.91%

CCTV
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCTV relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

CCTV job vacancy trend in the UK

CCTV
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CCTV.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CCTV

CCTV
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCTV over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CCTV in the UK

CCTV
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CCTV.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CCTV

CCTV
Top 14 Contract Job 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 17 April 2026. 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 -112 32 £433 +44.17% 217
UK excluding London -86 20 £445 +48.17% 171
London -64 17 £429 +27.04% 61
North of England -69 6 £460 +109.20% 44
South East -57 5 £463 +2.78% 51
Work from Home -23 4 £481 +6.78% 17
Yorkshire -53 4 £416 +88.98% 19
Midlands -73 3 £219 -53.95% 33
Wales - 3 £165 - 1
North West -33 2 £460 +53.42% 21
West Midlands -60 2 £219 -53.95% 14
Scotland - 2 £450 - 7
East Midlands - 1 - - 19
South West - 1 £275 - 22

CCTV
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.00%) AWS
2 2 (5.00%) Azure
2 2 (5.00%) GCP
2 2 (5.00%) PaaS
2 2 (5.00%) SaaS
3 1 (2.50%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.00%) DHCP
1 4 (10.00%) LAN
2 3 (7.50%) DNS
2 3 (7.50%) Firewall
2 3 (7.50%) VLAN
2 3 (7.50%) WAN
2 3 (7.50%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (5.00%) Multicast
3 2 (5.00%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (2.50%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.50%) Unicast
4 1 (2.50%) VPN
4 1 (2.50%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
1 1 (2.50%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 16 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.50%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (15.00%) Retail
4 4 (10.00%) Finance
4 4 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (7.50%) Law
5 3 (7.50%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.50%) Aviation
6 1 (2.50%) Back Office
6 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.50%) Legal
6 1 (2.50%) Military
6 1 (2.50%) Police
6 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 4 (10.00%) Analyst
2 4 (10.00%) CCTV Engineer
2 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (7.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (7.50%) Business Analyst
3 3 (7.50%) Consultant
3 3 (7.50%) ICT Consultant
3 3 (7.50%) Security Advisor
3 3 (7.50%) Security Consultant
3 3 (7.50%) Technical Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (5.00%) IT Support
4 2 (5.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Network Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Network Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Security Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Security Project Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (7.50%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (7.50%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.00%) Insider Threat
3 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.50%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (2.50%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.50%) Windows
2 3 (7.50%) VMS
2 3 (7.50%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (20.00%) Project Management
2 7 (17.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 5 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 5 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 5 (12.50%) Validation
5 4 (10.00%) Agile
5 4 (10.00%) Budget Management
5 4 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (10.00%) Logistics
5 4 (10.00%) People Management
5 4 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (7.50%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (7.50%) Communications Security
6 3 (7.50%) Information Assurance
6 3 (7.50%) Network Design
6 3 (7.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 7 (17.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.00%) Degree
2 4 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 4 (10.00%) PMP
2 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.50%) DV Cleared
3 3 (7.50%) RIBA
4 2 (5.00%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (2.50%) APMP
5 1 (2.50%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (2.50%) MCSE
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (2.50%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) JSP 440
2 1 (2.50%) NCSC
2 1 (2.50%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (7.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.00%) Firmware
3 1 (2.50%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.00%) VMware
3 1 (2.50%) Citrix
3 1 (2.50%) Logitech
3 1 (2.50%) NEC