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

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 613 517 512
Rank change year-on-year -96 -5 +114
Contract jobs citing CCTV 62 36 51
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.11% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.34% 0.31% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 17 30
10th Percentile £375 £163 £192
25th Percentile £429 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.63% +18.75% -27.27%
75th Percentile £554 £574 £450
90th Percentile £650 £638 £621
UK excluding London median daily rate £507 £513 £400
% change year-on-year -1.17% +28.13% -8.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.50 £22.50 £11.50
Median hourly rate £14.23 £25.00 £11.79
Median % change year-on-year -43.10% +112.04% -49.27%
75th Percentile £15.24 £27.50 -
90th Percentile - £42.20 £42.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.50 - £11.65
% change year-on-year - - -49.89%

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 18,125 11,625 11,771
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.64% 35.25% 30.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,985 7,151 7,486
10th Percentile £322 £300 £300
25th Percentile £424 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,055 577 574
10th Percentile £14.86 £15.13 £12.30
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.87 £18.35
Median hourly rate £43.50 £30.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.00% -33.33% +6.27%
75th Percentile £68.75 £57.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £84.60 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £47.75
% change year-on-year +46.53% -37.17% +6.11%

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 23 August 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 11 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 23 August 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 -109 51 £485 +2.11% 307
UK excluding London -85 39 £507 -1.17% 263
London -80 22 £500 +11.11% 79
South East -63 11 £475 - 78
Scotland - 11 £625 - 9
Work from Home -48 10 £481 -19.92% 26
North of England -58 10 £485 -9.77% 56
North West -37 6 £445 +48.17% 30
South West -36 5 £325 +116.67% 33
Yorkshire -42 5 £500 -9.46% 20
East of England - 2 £725 - 42

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 3 (4.84%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.52%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (9.68%) PaaS
2 6 (9.68%) SaaS
3 3 (4.84%) AWS
3 3 (4.84%) Azure
4 2 (3.23%) GCP
4 2 (3.23%) IaaS
5 1 (1.61%) Google Drive
5 1 (1.61%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.68%) LAN
2 5 (8.06%) WAN
3 4 (6.45%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (6.45%) Wireless
4 2 (3.23%) Firewall
4 2 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (3.23%) Modbus
5 1 (1.61%) DHCP
5 1 (1.61%) DMZ
5 1 (1.61%) DWDM
5 1 (1.61%) IP Telephony
5 1 (1.61%) MPLS
5 1 (1.61%) Network Security
5 1 (1.61%) PABX
5 1 (1.61%) Profibus
5 1 (1.61%) SDH
5 1 (1.61%) TETRA
5 1 (1.61%) VLAN
5 1 (1.61%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.61%) DTS
General
1 25 (40.32%) Social Skills
2 9 (14.52%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (12.90%) Law
3 8 (12.90%) Legal
3 8 (12.90%) Retail
4 7 (11.29%) Finance
5 5 (8.06%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (4.84%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.84%) Police
6 3 (4.84%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.23%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.23%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.61%) Aviation
8 1 (1.61%) Cyber-Physical System
8 1 (1.61%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 10 (16.13%) Architect
2 8 (12.90%) Project Manager
2 8 (12.90%) Security Advisor
3 7 (11.29%) CCTV Engineer
3 7 (11.29%) Network Engineer
4 5 (8.06%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (8.06%) Technical Manager
4 5 (8.06%) Technical Project Manager
5 4 (6.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 4 (6.45%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (6.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (6.45%) Administrator
5 4 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (6.45%) IT Engineer
5 4 (6.45%) IT Support
5 4 (6.45%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (6.45%) Product Owner
5 4 (6.45%) Security Engineer
5 4 (6.45%) Support Engineer
5 4 (6.45%) Technical Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.61%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.68%) Operational Technology
2 4 (6.45%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.84%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.23%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.23%) Insider Threat
4 2 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.23%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.23%) SCADA
4 2 (3.23%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.61%) IoT
5 1 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.29%) VMS
2 5 (8.06%) Windows
3 2 (3.23%) Linux
4 1 (1.61%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.61%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.61%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.61%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
1 16 (25.81%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (17.74%) People Management
3 8 (12.90%) Budget Management
3 8 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (12.90%) Project Management
4 7 (11.29%) Agile
4 7 (11.29%) Risk Management
5 6 (9.68%) Decision-Making
5 6 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (8.06%) DevOps
6 5 (8.06%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (8.06%) Roadmaps
6 5 (8.06%) Security Management
6 5 (8.06%) Technology Strategy
7 4 (6.45%) Programme Management
7 4 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (6.45%) User Experience
7 4 (6.45%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.23%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.61%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (17.74%) Degree
1 11 (17.74%) Security Cleared
2 4 (6.45%) PMP
2 4 (6.45%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.84%) PMI Certification
4 2 (3.23%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.23%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.61%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.61%) CCNA
5 1 (1.61%) CCNP
5 1 (1.61%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.61%) HNC
5 1 (1.61%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.84%) NCSC
2 1 (1.61%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.61%) NEBOSH
2 1 (1.61%) NIST
2 1 (1.61%) NIST 800
2 1 (1.61%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.61%) Firmware
1 1 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (6.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (1.61%) Ansible
Vendors
1 20 (32.26%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.45%) Cisco
3 3 (4.84%) Freshdesk
4 2 (3.23%) Google
4 2 (3.23%) IFS
4 2 (3.23%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.61%) Juniper
5 1 (1.61%) Meraki
5 1 (1.61%) NEC
5 1 (1.61%) Oracle
5 1 (1.61%) VMware