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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 599 527 516
Rank change year-on-year -72 -11 +84
Contract jobs citing CCTV 83 33 47
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.10% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.44% 0.28% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 18 24
10th Percentile £373 £163 £201
25th Percentile £461 £328 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £494 £413
Median % change year-on-year +5.06% +19.70% -5.44%
75th Percentile £609 £575 £547
90th Percentile £675 £638 £632
UK excluding London median daily rate £531 £525 £413
% change year-on-year +1.14% +27.27% -10.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 4 2
10th Percentile £13.50 - £36.30
25th Percentile £15.10 £22.50 £45.75
Median hourly rate £17.30 £25.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.80% -59.35% +164.63%
75th Percentile £28.35 £27.50 £77.25
90th Percentile £33.76 - £86.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.24 - £93.00
% change year-on-year - - +300.17%

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 18,863 11,816 11,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.52% 36.01% 30.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,255 7,246 6,862
10th Percentile £320 £299 £275
25th Percentile £425 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £526
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -1.55% -4.36%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £670
90th Percentile £750 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,299 615 417
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.78 £15.57
25th Percentile £17.72 £18.82 £22.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £28.13 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -40.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £67.50 £52.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.45 £72.50 £75.16
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £29.14 £57.35
% change year-on-year +28.71% -49.20% +13.09%

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 October 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CCTV over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for CCTV in the UK

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 October 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 -87 66 £476 +0.21% 495
UK excluding London -65 57 £531 +1.14% 363
London -84 21 £513 +41.38% 153
Scotland - 14 £625 - 27
South East -47 13 £465 - 94
North of England -67 13 £460 -19.25% 79
Work from Home -61 11 £471 -18.17% 96
North West - 11 £445 - 39
Midlands -37 7 - - 67
East Midlands -3 6 - - 27
East of England -22 5 £725 +52.63% 46
South West -31 5 £325 +116.67% 45
Yorkshire -41 3 £342 -40.00% 25
West Midlands -47 1 - - 40

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 4 (4.82%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (3.61%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.41%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 10 (12.05%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.02%) PaaS
2 5 (6.02%) SaaS
3 4 (4.82%) Azure
4 3 (3.61%) AWS
4 3 (3.61%) IaaS
5 2 (2.41%) GCP
6 1 (1.20%) Google Drive
6 1 (1.20%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.23%) Intrusion Detection
1 6 (7.23%) LAN
2 5 (6.02%) WAN
2 5 (6.02%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (6.02%) Wireless
3 4 (4.82%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (2.41%) Modbus
5 1 (1.20%) Broadband
5 1 (1.20%) DMZ
5 1 (1.20%) DWDM
5 1 (1.20%) Firewall
5 1 (1.20%) IP Telephony
5 1 (1.20%) MPLS
5 1 (1.20%) Network Security
5 1 (1.20%) PABX
5 1 (1.20%) Profibus
5 1 (1.20%) SDH
5 1 (1.20%) TETRA
5 1 (1.20%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.20%) DTS
General
1 35 (42.17%) Social Skills
2 13 (15.66%) Legal
3 8 (9.64%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (7.23%) Law
4 6 (7.23%) Retail
5 5 (6.02%) Finance
6 4 (4.82%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.41%) Police
8 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.41%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.20%) Aviation
9 1 (1.20%) Cyber-Physical System
9 1 (1.20%) Electronics
9 1 (1.20%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.20%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (15.66%) Architect
2 8 (9.64%) Project Manager
2 8 (9.64%) Security Engineer
3 7 (8.43%) Administrator
3 7 (8.43%) CCTV Engineer
3 7 (8.43%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (8.43%) Technical Manager
4 6 (7.23%) Network Engineer
4 6 (7.23%) Security Advisor
4 6 (7.23%) Systems Engineer
4 6 (7.23%) Technical Project Manager
5 4 (4.82%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 4 (4.82%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (4.82%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (4.82%) Infrastructure Architect
5 4 (4.82%) IT Engineer
5 4 (4.82%) IT Support
5 4 (4.82%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (4.82%) Support Engineer
5 4 (4.82%) Technical Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.41%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.23%) Operational Technology
2 5 (6.02%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.82%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (2.41%) CAN bus
4 2 (2.41%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.41%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.41%) Insider Threat
4 2 (2.41%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.41%) SCADA
5 1 (1.20%) IoT
5 1 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.20%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.20%) Social Media
5 1 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.23%) Windows
2 5 (6.02%) VMS
3 2 (2.41%) Linux
3 2 (2.41%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.20%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.20%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.20%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.20%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (20.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (13.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (10.84%) Project Management
5 8 (9.64%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (9.64%) People Management
6 7 (8.43%) Budget Management
6 7 (8.43%) Enterprise Architecture
7 6 (7.23%) Agile
7 6 (7.23%) Customer Service
7 6 (7.23%) Risk Management
8 5 (6.02%) Decision-Making
8 5 (6.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (6.02%) User Experience
9 4 (4.82%) Asset Management
9 4 (4.82%) Data Management
9 4 (4.82%) High Availability
9 4 (4.82%) Security Management
9 4 (4.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (4.82%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.61%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.20%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (18.07%) Security Cleared
2 12 (14.46%) Degree
3 8 (9.64%) DV Cleared
4 7 (8.43%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.82%) PMP
6 3 (3.61%) NVQ Level 3
6 3 (3.61%) PMI Certification
7 2 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.41%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (1.20%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.20%) CCNA
8 1 (1.20%) CCNP
8 1 (1.20%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.20%) HNC
8 1 (1.20%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.41%) NCSC
2 1 (1.20%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.20%) NEBOSH
2 1 (1.20%) NIST
2 1 (1.20%) NIST 800
2 1 (1.20%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.82%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (2.41%) Ansible
Vendors
1 27 (32.53%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.82%) Cisco
3 3 (3.61%) Freshdesk
4 2 (2.41%) Google
4 2 (2.41%) IFS
4 2 (2.41%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.20%) Juniper
5 1 (1.20%) Meraki
5 1 (1.20%) NEC
5 1 (1.20%) Oracle
5 1 (1.20%) VMware