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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 579 493 513
Rank change year-on-year -86 +20 +160
Contract jobs citing CCTV 47 34 78
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.099% 0.12% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.31% 0.34% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 21 39
10th Percentile £241 £220 £215
25th Percentile £375 £240 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +3.76% +6.25% -27.27%
75th Percentile £497 £475 £431
90th Percentile £550 £588 £548
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £350 £400
% change year-on-year +28.57% -12.50% -16.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 15
10th Percentile - £19.93 £11.35
25th Percentile - £25.28 £11.50
Median hourly rate £12.21 £34.19 £11.79
Median % change year-on-year -64.28% +189.95% -41.05%
75th Percentile - £43.09 £19.28
90th Percentile - £48.44 £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 15,251 9,965 13,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.08% 34.02% 30.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,494 6,364 8,440
10th Percentile £306 £300 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £656
90th Percentile £738 £775 £798
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 719 400 905
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.95 £12.25
25th Percentile £20.31 £21.01 £15.17
Median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% +7.76% +34.13%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £87.50 £82.57 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £31.08 £28.25
% change year-on-year +60.88% +10.02% +28.41%

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 5 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 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 5 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 -107 38 £438 +9.38% 223
UK excluding London -82 27 £450 +28.57% 197
London -49 17 £425 -5.56% 57
South East -54 10 £455 +1.11% 55
North of England -56 8 £476 +116.36% 62
Work from Home -34 5 £476 -4.80% 19
Yorkshire -46 5 £494 +124.55% 25
North West -32 4 £445 +48.17% 32
Wales - 3 £165 - 6
Scotland - 3 £550 - 17
Midlands -72 2 £188 -60.53% 29
West Midlands -61 1 £188 -60.53% 17
South West - 1 £275 - 19
East Midlands - 1 - - 12

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