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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 585 472 478
Rank change year-on-year -113 +6 +227
Contract jobs citing CCTV 32 48 103
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.074% 0.16% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.22% 0.49% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 34 48
10th Percentile £233 - £215
25th Percentile £263 £220 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £250 £398
Median % change year-on-year +65.00% -37.11% -20.50%
75th Percentile £478 £450 £438
90th Percentile £540 £541 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £275 £225 £400
% change year-on-year +22.22% -43.75% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 14
10th Percentile - - £11.33
25th Percentile - - £11.50
Median hourly rate £12.21 £16.37 £11.79
Median % change year-on-year -25.41% +38.85% -41.05%
75th Percentile - - £22.27
90th Percentile - - £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 14,396 9,847 13,448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.21% 33.62% 30.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,049 6,257 8,610
10th Percentile £300 £287 £255
25th Percentile £408 £410 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 677 366 868
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.95 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.23 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.32 £32.50 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year +11.75% +17.12% +23.33%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £83.20 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.94 £31.42 £26.00
% change year-on-year +33.48% +20.85% +16.83%

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 19 March 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 13 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 19 March 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 -120 24 £413 +65.00% 203
London -51 15 £425 +70.00% 53
UK excluding London -88 14 £275 +22.22% 170
Midlands -67 4 £250 -47.37% 29
Wales -7 3 £165 - 3
West Midlands -59 3 £250 -47.37% 14
Yorkshire -64 3 £325 +47.73% 11
North of England -79 3 £325 +47.73% 21
Work from Home -26 2 £588 +30.56% 13
South East -53 2 £675 +50.00% 63
Scotland - 2 £450 - 10
South West - 1 £275 - 24
East Midlands - 1 - - 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 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (3.13%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.63%) LAN
2 4 (12.50%) DHCP
2 4 (12.50%) DNS
2 4 (12.50%) Firewall
2 4 (12.50%) WAN
3 3 (9.38%) Structured Cabling
3 3 (9.38%) VLAN
3 3 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (6.25%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.25%) VPN
4 2 (6.25%) Wireless
5 1 (3.13%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
1 1 (3.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 13 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.75%) Retail
3 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Finance
4 3 (9.38%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.13%) Aviation
5 1 (3.13%) Back Office
5 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.13%) Legal
5 1 (3.13%) Military
5 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (21.88%) Project Manager
2 4 (12.50%) Analyst
3 3 (9.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) Business Analyst
3 3 (9.38%) CCTV Project Manager
3 3 (9.38%) Consultant
3 3 (9.38%) ICT Consultant
3 3 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) Security Consultant
3 3 (9.38%) Support Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) Technical Manager
4 2 (6.25%) CCTV Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Data Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (6.25%) IT Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) IT Support
4 2 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Network Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Network Infrastructure Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 4 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 3 (9.38%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (6.25%) Data Centre
4 2 (6.25%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (3.13%) Driving Licence
5 1 (3.13%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.75%) Windows
2 3 (9.38%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.25%) Linux
4 1 (3.13%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (21.88%) Project Management
2 6 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (12.50%) Logistics
3 4 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (9.38%) Budget Management
4 3 (9.38%) Communications Security
4 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (9.38%) Data Management
4 3 (9.38%) Information Assurance
4 3 (9.38%) Migration
4 3 (9.38%) Network Design
4 3 (9.38%) Roadmaps
4 3 (9.38%) Security Operations
4 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (9.38%) Validation
4 3 (9.38%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (6.25%) Dependency Management
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.38%) DV Cleared
2 3 (9.38%) PMI Certification
2 3 (9.38%) PMP
2 3 (9.38%) RIBA
2 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (3.13%) APMP
4 1 (3.13%) CCNA
4 1 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.13%) MCSA
4 1 (3.13%) MCSE
4 1 (3.13%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) JSP 440
2 1 (3.13%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.25%) Firmware
3 1 (3.13%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) VMware
3 1 (3.13%) Cisco
3 1 (3.13%) Citrix
3 1 (3.13%) Logitech
3 1 (3.13%) Virgin Media