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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 602 512 526
Rank change year-on-year -90 +14 +110
Contract jobs citing CCTV 63 43 59
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.36% 0.38% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 20 31
10th Percentile £321 £356 £193
25th Percentile £411 £409 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £494 £400
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% +23.44% -27.27%
75th Percentile £540 £577 £438
90th Percentile £648 £638 £619
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £525 £400
% change year-on-year -8.48% +31.25% -12.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £22.50 £11.50
Median hourly rate £13.50 £25.00 £11.79
Median % change year-on-year -46.00% +112.04% -
75th Percentile £15.24 £27.50 £19.28
90th Percentile - £42.20 £30.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.50 - £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 17,556 11,324 12,527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.27% 34.65% 30.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,740 6,998 8,033
10th Percentile £318 £300 £300
25th Percentile £417 £406 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £630 £644 £672
90th Percentile £749 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 899 543 732
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.17 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.87 £16.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.53% -25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.16 £77.50 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £30.25 £41.25
% change year-on-year +45.32% -26.67% -9.16%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -103 48 £475 - 223
UK excluding London -93 37 £481 -8.48% 194
London -72 22 £475 - 53
South East -60 11 £475 +18.75% 60
Scotland - 11 £625 - 6
Work from Home -47 9 £481 -12.64% 21
North of England -67 7 £485 -9.77% 52
North West -41 4 £445 +48.17% 20
Yorkshire -49 4 £500 -9.46% 26
South West - 4 £325 - 21
East of England - 2 £725 - 26
Midlands -56 1 £188 -60.53% 31
West Midlands -65 1 £188 -60.53% 20
Wales - 1 £165 - 4

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 2 (3.17%) CMS
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (7.94%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.87%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (6.35%) PaaS
2 4 (6.35%) SaaS
3 3 (4.76%) AWS
3 3 (4.76%) Azure
4 2 (3.17%) GCP
5 1 (1.59%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.29%) LAN
2 7 (11.11%) WAN
3 5 (7.94%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (6.35%) Structured Cabling
4 4 (6.35%) Wireless
5 3 (4.76%) DHCP
6 2 (3.17%) DNS
6 2 (3.17%) Firewall
6 2 (3.17%) VLAN
7 1 (1.59%) DMZ
7 1 (1.59%) DWDM
7 1 (1.59%) Modbus
7 1 (1.59%) MPLS
7 1 (1.59%) Multicast
7 1 (1.59%) Network Security
7 1 (1.59%) PABX
7 1 (1.59%) Profibus
7 1 (1.59%) SDH
7 1 (1.59%) TETRA
7 1 (1.59%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 28 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 11 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (15.87%) Retail
4 9 (14.29%) Legal
5 8 (12.70%) Law
6 7 (11.11%) Finance
7 5 (7.94%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (6.35%) Public Sector
9 3 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (4.76%) Police
9 3 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (3.17%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.59%) Aviation
11 1 (1.59%) Back Office
11 1 (1.59%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (15.87%) Project Manager
2 8 (12.70%) Network Engineer
2 8 (12.70%) Security Advisor
2 8 (12.70%) Technical Manager
3 7 (11.11%) Architect
3 7 (11.11%) CCTV Engineer
3 7 (11.11%) Technical Project Manager
4 5 (7.94%) Analyst
4 5 (7.94%) IT Engineer
4 5 (7.94%) IT Support
4 5 (7.94%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (7.94%) Support Engineer
5 4 (6.35%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 4 (6.35%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (6.35%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (6.35%) Administrator
5 4 (6.35%) Product Owner
5 4 (6.35%) Technical Administrator
6 3 (4.76%) Security Consultant
6 3 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 6 (9.52%) Operational Technology
3 4 (6.35%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.76%) Fibre Optics
4 3 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (4.76%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.17%) Insider Threat
5 2 (3.17%) SCADA
5 2 (3.17%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.59%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.59%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.59%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.11%) VMS
2 6 (9.52%) Windows
3 3 (4.76%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.17%) Linux
5 1 (1.59%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.59%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.59%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.59%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.98%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (17.46%) People Management
4 10 (15.87%) Budget Management
5 9 (14.29%) Project Management
6 8 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (11.11%) Agile
7 7 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (11.11%) Data Management
7 7 (11.11%) Risk Management
7 7 (11.11%) Roadmaps
7 7 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (9.52%) Decision-Making
8 6 (9.52%) PRINCE2
8 6 (9.52%) Programme Management
8 6 (9.52%) Validation
9 5 (7.94%) DevOps
9 5 (7.94%) Security Management
9 5 (7.94%) Technology Strategy
10 4 (6.35%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.59%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.59%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 11 (17.46%) Degree
3 7 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 6 (9.52%) PMP
5 5 (7.94%) PMI Certification
6 3 (4.76%) DV Cleared
6 3 (4.76%) RIBA
7 2 (3.17%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (1.59%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.59%) CCNA
8 1 (1.59%) CCNP
8 1 (1.59%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.59%) HNC
8 1 (1.59%) MCSE
8 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (1.59%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.76%) JSP 440
1 3 (4.76%) NCSC
2 1 (1.59%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 2 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.59%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (1.59%) Firmware
2 1 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (6.35%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (1.59%) WSUS
Vendors
1 21 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.76%) Cisco
2 3 (4.76%) Freshdesk
3 2 (3.17%) IFS
3 2 (3.17%) Palo Alto
3 2 (3.17%) VMware
4 1 (1.59%) Citrix
4 1 (1.59%) Google
4 1 (1.59%) Juniper
4 1 (1.59%) NEC