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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 586 475 497
Rank change year-on-year -111 +22 +145
Contract jobs citing CCTV 47 34 74
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.098% 0.12% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.31% 0.34% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 20 37
10th Percentile £276 £220 -
25th Percentile £391 £257 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +9.38% -27.27%
75th Percentile £519 £486 £425
90th Percentile £612 £589 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £455 £350 £400
% change year-on-year +30.00% -12.50% -16.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 15
10th Percentile - £19.93 £11.35
25th Percentile - £25.28 £11.50
Median hourly rate £15.24 £34.19 £11.79
Median % change year-on-year -55.42% +189.95% -41.05%
75th Percentile - £43.09 £19.28
90th Percentile - £48.44 £25.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.24 £16.37 £11.79
% change year-on-year -6.90% +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 15,310 9,915 12,913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.87% 33.95% 30.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,507 6,318 8,316
10th Percentile £313 £300 £267
25th Percentile £413 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £740 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £482 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +0.63% -4.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 718 396 899
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.71 £12.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £20.64 £15.17
Median hourly rate £41.94 £32.05 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.86% +1.75% +41.51%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.40 £83.20 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £30.93 £30.00
% change year-on-year +45.49% +3.10% +36.36%

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 May 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 May 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 -94 39 £450 +9.09% 203
UK excluding London -97 25 £455 +30.00% 190
London -51 18 £435 -5.95% 42
South East -59 9 £455 +1.11% 46
Work from Home -37 7 £476 -4.80% 22
North of England -65 7 £485 +120.45% 61
North West -36 4 £445 +48.17% 32
Yorkshire -52 4 £500 +127.39% 24
Scotland - 4 £625 - 17
South West - 3 £275 - 21
West Midlands -60 1 £188 -60.53% 20
Midlands -66 1 £188 -60.53% 31
Wales - 1 £165 - 6

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 (2.13%) CMS
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (8.51%) PaaS
2 4 (8.51%) SaaS
3 2 (4.26%) AWS
3 2 (4.26%) Azure
3 2 (4.26%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.51%) LAN
2 3 (6.38%) DHCP
2 3 (6.38%) VLAN
2 3 (6.38%) WAN
3 2 (4.26%) DNS
3 2 (4.26%) Firewall
3 2 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.13%) Multicast
4 1 (2.13%) PABX
4 1 (2.13%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (2.13%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.13%) Unicast
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 19 (40.43%) Social Skills
2 9 (19.15%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (17.02%) Retail
4 6 (12.77%) Law
5 5 (10.64%) Finance
6 3 (6.38%) Legal
6 3 (6.38%) Police
6 3 (6.38%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.13%) Back Office
8 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.13%) Military
8 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (14.89%) CCTV Engineer
1 7 (14.89%) Network Engineer
2 6 (12.77%) Project Manager
2 6 (12.77%) Security Advisor
3 4 (8.51%) Analyst
3 4 (8.51%) Architect
3 4 (8.51%) IT Engineer
3 4 (8.51%) IT Support
3 4 (8.51%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (8.51%) Product Owner
3 4 (8.51%) Support Engineer
3 4 (8.51%) Technical Manager
4 3 (6.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 3 (6.38%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (6.38%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (6.38%) Business Analyst
4 3 (6.38%) Consultant
4 3 (6.38%) ICT Consultant
4 3 (6.38%) Security Consultant
4 3 (6.38%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.51%) Operational Technology
2 4 (8.51%) Product Ownership
3 3 (6.38%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (6.38%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.26%) Insider Threat
4 2 (4.26%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.13%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.89%) VMS
2 4 (8.51%) Windows
3 2 (4.26%) Linux
3 2 (4.26%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.13%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (19.15%) People Management
1 9 (19.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (14.89%) Budget Management
3 7 (14.89%) Risk Management
3 7 (14.89%) Roadmaps
4 6 (12.77%) Validation
5 5 (10.64%) Agile
5 5 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (10.64%) Decision-Making
5 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (10.64%) Programme Management
5 5 (10.64%) Project Management
5 5 (10.64%) Technology Strategy
6 4 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (8.51%) DevOps
6 4 (8.51%) PRINCE2
6 4 (8.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (8.51%) Technology Transformation
7 3 (6.38%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (21.28%) Security Cleared
2 8 (17.02%) Degree
3 5 (10.64%) SC Cleared
4 4 (8.51%) PMI Certification
4 4 (8.51%) PMP
5 3 (6.38%) DV Cleared
5 3 (6.38%) RIBA
6 2 (4.26%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (2.13%) A+ Certification
7 1 (2.13%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (2.13%) MCSE
7 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (2.13%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.38%) JSP 440
1 3 (6.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Firmware
2 1 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.13%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 10 (21.28%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.26%) Freshdesk
2 2 (4.26%) IFS
3 1 (2.13%) Cisco
3 1 (2.13%) Citrix
3 1 (2.13%) Logitech
3 1 (2.13%) NEC
3 1 (2.13%) VMware