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 13 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 535 503 563
Rank change year-on-year -32 +60 +193
Contract jobs citing CCTV 39 49 61
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.13% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.31% 0.43% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 27 35
10th Percentile £185 £212 £214
25th Percentile £263 £225 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £250 £392
Median % change year-on-year +90.00% -36.22% -4.97%
75th Percentile £574 £475 £509
90th Percentile £638 £619 £597
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £230 £410
% change year-on-year +122.83% -43.90% -0.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £16.33 £36.30 -
25th Percentile £22.50 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £61.50 £23.24
Median % change year-on-year -59.35% +164.63% +22.32%
75th Percentile £27.50 £77.25 -
90th Percentile - £86.70 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.21 £93.00 £23.24
% change year-on-year -86.87% +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 12,706 11,273 14,806
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.79% 30.92% 32.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,850 6,655 9,974
10th Percentile £276 £281 £275
25th Percentile £406 £409 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £657 £669
90th Percentile £750 £788 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 685 355 495
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.94 £16.95
25th Percentile £17.98 £22.50 £20.93
Median hourly rate £27.00 £37.50 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% -14.77% +49.15%
75th Percentile £50.75 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.16 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £37.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -30.67% -18.80% +86.28%

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 13 November 2025.

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 13 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CCTV in the UK

CCTV
Top 12 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 13 November 2025. 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 -53 37 £475 +90.00% 300
UK excluding London -44 22 £513 +122.83% 258
London -11 15 £425 +61.90% 93
Yorkshire -31 9 £568 +157.95% 16
North of England -37 9 £568 +157.95% 41
Midlands -30 6 £250 - 32
South East +1 5 £675 +58.82% 79
Work from Home +12 4 £613 +36.11% 33
West Midlands -25 4 £463 - 16
East of England -20 2 £475 +61.02% 33
East Midlands - 2 £175 - 16
South West - 1 £150 - 38

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 (5.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.69%) Azure
3 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 7 (17.95%) Firewall
2 6 (15.38%) VPN
3 5 (12.82%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (10.26%) LAN
4 4 (10.26%) WAN
5 3 (7.69%) SAN
5 3 (7.69%) TCP/IP
5 3 (7.69%) VLAN
5 3 (7.69%) Wireless
6 2 (5.13%) DHCP
6 2 (5.13%) DNS
6 2 (5.13%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (5.13%) Network Security
6 2 (5.13%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (2.56%) 5G
7 1 (2.56%) Multicast
7 1 (2.56%) VoIP
7 1 (2.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Data Mining
1 1 (2.56%) GIS
General
1 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 4 (10.26%) Finance
4 3 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.13%) Aviation
5 2 (5.13%) Fire and Rescue
5 2 (5.13%) Local Government
5 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Banking
6 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (12.82%) Lead
1 5 (12.82%) Project Manager
1 5 (12.82%) Technical Leader
2 4 (10.26%) Architect
2 4 (10.26%) Installations Engineer
3 3 (7.69%) Analyst
3 3 (7.69%) CCTV Project Manager
3 3 (7.69%) IT Engineer
3 3 (7.69%) Security Manager
3 3 (7.69%) Support Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) CCTV Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Data Protection Analyst
4 2 (5.13%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (5.13%) IT Security Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Network Architect
4 2 (5.13%) Network Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (5.13%) Network Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (5.13%) Security Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Technology Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) RSS
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.08%) Driving Licence
2 3 (7.69%) Housing Association
3 2 (5.13%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.13%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (5.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.56%) IoT
4 1 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.26%) VMS
2 3 (7.69%) Windows
3 1 (2.56%) Linux
3 1 (2.56%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (15.38%) Project Management
2 4 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (7.69%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (7.69%) Integration Patterns
3 3 (7.69%) Migration
3 3 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (5.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (5.13%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (5.13%) Incident Response
4 2 (5.13%) IT Audit
4 2 (5.13%) IT Strategy
4 2 (5.13%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (5.13%) Network Segmentation
4 2 (5.13%) Project Delivery
4 2 (5.13%) SDLC
4 2 (5.13%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (5.13%) Virtual Environments
4 2 (5.13%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (20.51%) CCNA
1 8 (20.51%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (7.69%) Azure Certification
2 3 (7.69%) DBS Check
3 2 (5.13%) Degree
4 1 (2.56%) APMP
4 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.56%) MCP
4 1 (2.56%) MCSA
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (2.56%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.56%) PMP
4 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) GDPR
2 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.56%) NIST
2 1 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Hyper-V
1 2 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.56%) Firmware
Vendors
1 11 (28.21%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) Cisco
3 3 (7.69%) VMware
4 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.56%) Virgin Media