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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 591 490 507
Rank change year-on-year -101 +17 +138
Contract jobs citing CCTV 54 35 74
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.12% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.33% 0.34% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 17 38
10th Percentile £346 £285 £215
25th Percentile £406 £400 £221
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +18.75% -27.27%
75th Percentile £540 £588 £438
90th Percentile £650 £638 £597
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +21.25% - -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 16
10th Percentile £14.02 - £11.38
25th Percentile £14.81 £22.50 £11.50
Median hourly rate £15.24 £25.00 £11.79
Median % change year-on-year -39.04% +112.04% -
75th Percentile - £39.75 £25.25
90th Percentile - £47.10 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.24 - £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 16,262 10,169 13,073
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.46% 34.38% 29.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,985 6,390 8,312
10th Percentile £315 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £663
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 821 435 942
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £20.89 £20.21 £15.39
Median hourly rate £41.00 £33.05 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year +24.05% -7.29% +59.08%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.40 £82.19 £71.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £32.43 £35.00
% change year-on-year +35.55% -7.34% +59.09%

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 14 June 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 14 June 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 43 £455 +1.11% 195
UK excluding London -98 31 £485 +21.25% 170
London -74 19 £438 -7.89% 47
South East -59 11 £475 +11.76% 45
Work from Home -40 9 £481 -12.64% 14
North of England -63 7 £485 +61.67% 49
Scotland - 7 £625 - 14
North West -37 4 £445 +48.17% 26
Yorkshire -50 4 £500 +11.17% 14
South West - 3 - - 19
West Midlands -57 1 £188 -60.53% 12
Midlands -60 1 £188 -60.53% 19
Wales - 1 £165 - 4
East of England - 1 £725 - 25

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 (3.70%) CMS
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.96%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (7.41%) PaaS
2 4 (7.41%) SaaS
3 3 (5.56%) AWS
3 3 (5.56%) Azure
4 2 (3.70%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.26%) LAN
2 3 (5.56%) DHCP
2 3 (5.56%) WAN
3 2 (3.70%) DNS
3 2 (3.70%) VLAN
4 1 (1.85%) DMZ
4 1 (1.85%) Firewall
4 1 (1.85%) IP Telephony
4 1 (1.85%) Modbus
4 1 (1.85%) Multicast
4 1 (1.85%) PABX
4 1 (1.85%) Profibus
4 1 (1.85%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (1.85%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.85%) TETRA
4 1 (1.85%) Unicast
4 1 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.85%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 23 (42.59%) Social Skills
2 11 (20.37%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (16.67%) Retail
4 8 (14.81%) Law
5 6 (11.11%) Legal
6 5 (9.26%) Finance
7 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
8 3 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (5.56%) Police
9 2 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.85%) Aviation
10 1 (1.85%) Back Office
10 1 (1.85%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (1.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (14.81%) Security Advisor
2 7 (12.96%) CCTV Engineer
2 7 (12.96%) Network Engineer
3 6 (11.11%) Architect
3 6 (11.11%) Project Manager
4 5 (9.26%) IT Engineer
4 5 (9.26%) IT Support
4 5 (9.26%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (9.26%) Support Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) Analyst
5 4 (7.41%) Product Owner
5 4 (7.41%) Technical Manager
6 3 (5.56%) Business Analyst
6 3 (5.56%) Consultant
6 3 (5.56%) Security Consultant
6 3 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (5.56%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.96%) Management Information System
2 6 (11.11%) Operational Technology
3 4 (7.41%) Product Ownership
4 3 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (5.56%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.70%) Insider Threat
5 2 (3.70%) SCADA
5 2 (3.70%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.85%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.85%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.96%) VMS
2 4 (7.41%) Windows
3 2 (3.70%) Linux
3 2 (3.70%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.85%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.85%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (20.37%) People Management
1 11 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
1 11 (20.37%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (14.81%) Risk Management
3 7 (12.96%) Budget Management
3 7 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (12.96%) Roadmaps
4 6 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 6 (11.11%) Validation
5 5 (9.26%) Agile
5 5 (9.26%) DevOps
5 5 (9.26%) Programme Management
5 5 (9.26%) Project Management
5 5 (9.26%) Security Management
5 5 (9.26%) Technology Strategy
6 4 (7.41%) Business Case
6 4 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (7.41%) Technology Transformation
6 4 (7.41%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.85%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 11 (20.37%) Degree
3 5 (9.26%) SC Cleared
4 4 (7.41%) PMI Certification
4 4 (7.41%) PMP
5 3 (5.56%) DV Cleared
5 3 (5.56%) RIBA
6 2 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.85%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.85%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (1.85%) HNC
7 1 (1.85%) MCSE
7 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (1.85%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) JSP 440
1 3 (5.56%) NCSC
2 1 (1.85%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Firmware
2 1 (1.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.85%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (1.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.56%) Freshdesk
3 2 (3.70%) IFS
4 1 (1.85%) Cisco
4 1 (1.85%) Citrix
4 1 (1.85%) NEC
4 1 (1.85%) VMware