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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 591 484 503
Rank change year-on-year -107 +19 +161
Contract jobs citing CCTV 40 35 88
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.086% 0.12% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.27% 0.35% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 23 44
10th Percentile £231 £220 £215
25th Percentile £316 £240 £234
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.13% - -17.53%
75th Percentile £481 £475 £438
90th Percentile £520 £580 £573
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 15,036 10,013 13,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.36% 33.90% 30.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,385 6,397 8,539
10th Percentile £304 £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 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £497 £500
% change year-on-year -4.43% -0.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 713 393 908
10th Percentile £16.03 £16.95 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.25 £15.17
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.05 £28.13
Median % change year-on-year +41.84% +13.96% +25.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £82.45 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 £31.42 £26.33
% change year-on-year +51.30% +19.33% +19.68%

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 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 24 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 -98 32 £433 +8.13% 194
UK excluding London -82 20 £445 +48.17% 157
London -60 17 £429 -2.00% 55
North of England -65 7 £445 +102.05% 55
Yorkshire -50 5 £325 +47.73% 24
South East -57 5 £463 +2.78% 42
Work from Home -27 4 £481 -3.90% 15
North West -35 3 £445 +48.17% 26
Wales - 3 £165 -
Midlands -59 2 £188 -60.53% 25
Scotland - 2 £450 - 9
West Midlands -60 1 £188 -60.53% 15
East Midlands - 1 - - 10
South West - 1 £275 - 15

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%) CMS
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.50%) 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%) LAN
2 3 (7.50%) DHCP
2 3 (7.50%) Firewall
2 3 (7.50%) VLAN
2 3 (7.50%) WAN
3 2 (5.00%) DNS
3 2 (5.00%) Multicast
3 2 (5.00%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.50%) PABX
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 17 (42.50%) 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%) 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%) Administrator
4 2 (5.00%) Architect
4 2 (5.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Network Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Security Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Security Project Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Technical Architect
4 2 (5.00%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (7.50%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.00%) Driving Licence
3 2 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.00%) Insider Threat
3 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.50%) Fibre Optics
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
3 2 (5.00%) Linux
3 2 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (20.00%) Project Management
2 7 (17.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
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%) Logistics
5 4 (10.00%) People Management
5 4 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (7.50%) Communications Security
6 3 (7.50%) Data Management
6 3 (7.50%) Migration
6 3 (7.50%) Network Design
6 3 (7.50%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
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%) A+ 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 1 (2.50%) Cisco
2 1 (2.50%) Citrix
2 1 (2.50%) Logitech
2 1 (2.50%) NEC
2 1 (2.50%) VMware