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 6 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 590 490 522
Rank change year-on-year -100 +32 +148
Contract jobs citing CCTV 47 34 78
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.099% 0.12% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.31% 0.34% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 21 39
10th Percentile £241 £220 £215
25th Percentile £375 £240 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +3.76% +6.25% -27.27%
75th Percentile £497 £475 £431
90th Percentile £550 £588 £548
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £350 £400
% change year-on-year +28.57% -12.50% -16.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 15
10th Percentile £12.51 £19.93 £11.35
25th Percentile £12.97 £25.28 £11.50
Median hourly rate £13.73 £34.19 £11.79
Median % change year-on-year -59.85% +189.95% -41.05%
75th Percentile £14.48 £43.09 £19.28
90th Percentile £14.94 £48.44 £25.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.73 £16.37 £11.79
% change year-on-year -16.16% +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 15,270 9,967 13,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.07% 34.00% 30.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,501 6,373 8,439
10th Percentile £306 £300 £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 £656
90th Percentile £738 £775 £798
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.05% -1.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 725 402 905
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.95 £12.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.06 £15.17
Median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% +7.76% +34.13%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £86.90 £83.13 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £31.76 £28.25
% change year-on-year +57.43% +12.42% +28.41%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -93 38 £438 +9.38% 248
UK excluding London -95 27 £450 +28.57% 225
London -41 17 £425 -5.56% 56
South East -49 9 £455 +1.11% 60
North of England -57 8 £476 +116.36% 67
Work from Home -33 6 £476 -4.80% 20
Yorkshire -56 5 £494 +124.55% 28
North West -39 4 £445 +48.17% 33
Wales - 3 £165 - 7
Scotland - 3 £550 - 17
Midlands -72 2 £188 -60.53% 34
South West - 2 £275 - 25
West Midlands -59 1 £188 -60.53% 16
East Midlands - 1 - - 18

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 (2.13%) CMS
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.38%) PaaS
2 3 (6.38%) SaaS
3 2 (4.26%) AWS
3 2 (4.26%) Azure
3 2 (4.26%) GCP
4 1 (2.13%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.38%) DHCP
1 3 (6.38%) LAN
1 3 (6.38%) VLAN
2 2 (4.26%) DNS
2 2 (4.26%) Firewall
2 2 (4.26%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (4.26%) WAN
2 2 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.13%) Multicast
3 1 (2.13%) PABX
3 1 (2.13%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.13%) Unicast
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) JIRA
1 1 (2.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 19 (40.43%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.28%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (12.77%) Law
3 6 (12.77%) Retail
4 5 (10.64%) Finance
5 3 (6.38%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (6.38%) Police
5 3 (6.38%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.26%) Legal
6 2 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Aviation
7 1 (2.13%) Back Office
7 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.13%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (14.89%) CCTV Engineer
2 6 (12.77%) Security Advisor
3 5 (10.64%) Network Engineer
3 5 (10.64%) Project Manager
4 4 (8.51%) Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) Architect
5 3 (6.38%) Business Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) Consultant
5 3 (6.38%) ICT Consultant
5 3 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) IT Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) IT Support
5 3 (6.38%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) Product Owner
5 3 (6.38%) Security Consultant
5 3 (6.38%) Support Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) Technical Manager
6 2 (4.26%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.02%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.51%) Operational Technology
3 3 (6.38%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (6.38%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.38%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.26%) Insider Threat
5 1 (2.13%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.13%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.64%) VMS
1 5 (10.64%) Windows
2 2 (4.26%) Linux
2 2 (4.26%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.13%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (17.02%) People Management
3 7 (14.89%) Risk Management
3 7 (14.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (12.77%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (12.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (12.77%) Roadmaps
4 6 (12.77%) Validation
5 5 (10.64%) Agile
5 5 (10.64%) Budget Management
5 5 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (10.64%) Decision-Making
5 5 (10.64%) Project Management
6 4 (8.51%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (8.51%) Logistics
6 4 (8.51%) Programme Management
6 4 (8.51%) Technology Strategy
7 3 (6.38%) Acceptance Criteria
7 3 (6.38%) Technology Transformation
7 3 (6.38%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (21.28%) Security Cleared
2 7 (14.89%) Degree
3 5 (10.64%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.38%) DV Cleared
4 3 (6.38%) PMI Certification
4 3 (6.38%) PMP
4 3 (6.38%) RIBA
5 2 (4.26%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (2.13%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.13%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) MCSE
6 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (2.13%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.38%) JSP 440
1 3 (6.38%) NCSC
2 1 (2.13%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.26%) Firmware
2 1 (2.13%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (19.15%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.26%) IFS
3 1 (2.13%) Cisco
3 1 (2.13%) Citrix
3 1 (2.13%) Freshdesk
3 1 (2.13%) Logitech
3 1 (2.13%) NEC
3 1 (2.13%) VMware