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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 604 510 510
Rank change year-on-year -94 0 +138
Contract jobs citing CCTV 61 42 61
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.13% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.35% 0.37% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 19 32
10th Percentile £313 £350 £195
25th Percentile £400 £406 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year +0.21% +18.75% -27.27%
75th Percentile £540 £581 £438
90th Percentile £650 £638 £616
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 12
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 £25.25
90th Percentile - £42.20 £29.53
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 17,495 11,285 12,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.19% 34.63% 30.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,701 6,971 8,109
10th Percentile £318 £300 £300
25th Percentile £417 £406 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £630 £645 £666
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 886 539 761
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.29 £12.25
25th Percentile £19.89 £18.87 £15.92
Median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.53% -22.08% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £87.50 £77.50 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +46.53% -25.00% -12.70%

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 21 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 21 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 -82 46 £475 - 193
UK excluding London -93 37 £481 -8.48% 166
London -58 20 £465 -2.11% 52
South East -66 11 £475 +18.75% 48
Scotland - 11 £625 - 5
Work from Home -52 9 £481 -12.64% 16
North of England -75 7 £485 -9.77% 46
North West -44 4 £445 +48.17% 20
Yorkshire -57 4 £500 -9.46% 22
South West - 4 £325 - 17
East of England - 2 £725 - 23
Midlands -51 1 £188 -60.53% 27
West Midlands -57 1 £188 -60.53% 18
Wales - 1 £165 - 5

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 (3.28%) CMS
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.75%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (6.56%) PaaS
2 4 (6.56%) SaaS
3 3 (4.92%) AWS
3 3 (4.92%) Azure
4 2 (3.28%) GCP
5 1 (1.64%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (13.11%) LAN
2 6 (9.84%) WAN
3 4 (6.56%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (4.92%) DHCP
4 3 (4.92%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (4.92%) Wireless
5 2 (3.28%) DNS
5 2 (3.28%) Firewall
5 2 (3.28%) VLAN
6 1 (1.64%) DMZ
6 1 (1.64%) DWDM
6 1 (1.64%) Modbus
6 1 (1.64%) MPLS
6 1 (1.64%) Multicast
6 1 (1.64%) Network Security
6 1 (1.64%) PABX
6 1 (1.64%) Profibus
6 1 (1.64%) SDH
6 1 (1.64%) TETRA
6 1 (1.64%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 27 (44.26%) Social Skills
2 11 (18.03%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (14.75%) Legal
3 9 (14.75%) Retail
4 8 (13.11%) Law
5 6 (9.84%) Finance
6 5 (8.20%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (6.56%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (4.92%) Police
8 3 (4.92%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (3.28%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.64%) Aviation
10 1 (1.64%) Back Office
10 1 (1.64%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.64%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (13.11%) Network Engineer
1 8 (13.11%) Project Manager
1 8 (13.11%) Security Advisor
2 7 (11.48%) Architect
2 7 (11.48%) CCTV Engineer
3 6 (9.84%) Technical Manager
4 5 (8.20%) Analyst
4 5 (8.20%) IT Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) IT Support
4 5 (8.20%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) Support Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) Technical Project Manager
5 4 (6.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 4 (6.56%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (6.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (6.56%) Administrator
5 4 (6.56%) Product Owner
5 4 (6.56%) Technical Administrator
6 3 (4.92%) Consultant
6 3 (4.92%) Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.48%) Management Information System
2 6 (9.84%) Operational Technology
3 4 (6.56%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.92%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (4.92%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.28%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (3.28%) Insider Threat
5 2 (3.28%) SCADA
5 2 (3.28%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.64%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.64%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.64%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.48%) VMS
2 6 (9.84%) Windows
3 3 (4.92%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.28%) Linux
5 1 (1.64%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.64%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.64%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.64%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (22.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (18.03%) People Management
4 8 (13.11%) Budget Management
4 8 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (11.48%) Data Management
5 7 (11.48%) Project Management
5 7 (11.48%) Risk Management
5 7 (11.48%) Roadmaps
6 6 (9.84%) Agile
6 6 (9.84%) Decision-Making
6 6 (9.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (9.84%) Validation
7 5 (8.20%) DevOps
7 5 (8.20%) PRINCE2
7 5 (8.20%) Programme Management
7 5 (8.20%) Security Management
7 5 (8.20%) Technology Strategy
8 4 (6.56%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.64%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (22.95%) Security Cleared
2 11 (18.03%) Degree
3 7 (11.48%) SC Cleared
4 5 (8.20%) PMP
5 4 (6.56%) PMI Certification
6 3 (4.92%) DV Cleared
6 3 (4.92%) RIBA
7 2 (3.28%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (1.64%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.64%) CCNA
8 1 (1.64%) CCNP
8 1 (1.64%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.64%) HNC
8 1 (1.64%) MCSE
8 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (1.64%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.92%) JSP 440
1 3 (4.92%) NCSC
2 1 (1.64%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 2 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.64%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (1.64%) Firmware
2 1 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (6.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (1.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 20 (32.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.92%) Cisco
2 3 (4.92%) Freshdesk
3 2 (3.28%) IFS
3 2 (3.28%) Palo Alto
3 2 (3.28%) VMware
4 1 (1.64%) Citrix
4 1 (1.64%) Google
4 1 (1.64%) Juniper
4 1 (1.64%) NEC