CCTV Contracts

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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 492 515 652
Rank change year-on-year +23 +137 +101
Contract jobs citing CCTV 34 75 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.17% 0.081%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.34% 0.58% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 38 33
10th Percentile £220 £215 £366
25th Percentile £240 £221 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -27.27% +27.17%
75th Percentile £475 £434 £600
90th Percentile £588 £553 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £400 £463
% change year-on-year -12.50% -13.51% +81.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 15 1
10th Percentile £19.93 £11.35 -
25th Percentile £25.28 £11.50 -
Median hourly rate £34.19 £11.79 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +189.95% -41.05% -11.21%
75th Percentile £43.09 £19.28 -
90th Percentile £48.44 £25.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.37 £11.79 -
% change year-on-year +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 9,933 13,040 19,264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.96% 30.32% 33.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,305 8,396 13,221
10th Percentile £300 £269 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £651 £663 £678
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 405 904 636
10th Percentile £16.67 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £32.50 £31.25 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +38.98% -18.24%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £63.88
90th Percentile £83.20 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.93 £29.25 £22.00
% change year-on-year +5.74% +32.95% +4.04%

CCTV
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CCTV as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CCTV in the UK

CCTV
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCTV.

Daily rate trend for CCTV in the UK

CCTV
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCTV over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCTV in the UK

CCTV
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCTV.

Hourly rate trend for CCTV in the UK

CCTV
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CCTV over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CCTV in the UK

CCTV
Top 10 Contract 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 12 May 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 +28 30 £400 - 448
UK excluding London +17 16 £350 -12.50% 347
London +26 10 £450 +95.65% 140
South East +26 7 £450 +12.50% 86
North of England +14 5 £220 -46.67% 91
Yorkshire +16 4 £220 -22.81% 34
West Midlands +14 4 £475 +97.92% 44
Midlands +9 4 £475 +24.18% 60
Work from Home +42 2 £500 +83.49% 40
North West +8 1 £300 -25.00% 51

CCTV
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.94%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.94%) Azure
1 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.59%) LAN
1 7 (20.59%) Structured Cabling
2 6 (17.65%) WAN
3 5 (14.71%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (8.82%) ADSL
4 3 (8.82%) Broadband
4 3 (8.82%) PSTN
4 3 (8.82%) Wireless
5 2 (5.88%) 5G
5 2 (5.88%) WLAN
6 1 (2.94%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.71%) Aviation
2 5 (14.71%) Telecoms
3 4 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Finance
4 2 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Electronics
5 1 (2.94%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (2.94%) Law
5 1 (2.94%) Local Government
5 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (20.59%) Field Engineer
1 7 (20.59%) Field Service Engineer
2 6 (17.65%) Project Manager
3 4 (11.76%) Infrastructure Manager
3 4 (11.76%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 3 (8.82%) Help Desk Technician
4 3 (8.82%) Security Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Design Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Lead
5 2 (5.88%) Project Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Project Support Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Support Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Cabling Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) Implementation Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Installation Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Network Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.82%) Driving Licence
2 3 (8.82%) Fibre Optics
2 3 (8.82%) Operational Technology
3 2 (5.88%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) VMS
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
1 2 (5.88%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (26.47%) Project Management
2 6 (17.65%) IT Audit
2 6 (17.65%) Migration
2 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (11.76%) Strategic Thinking
4 4 (11.76%) Supplier Management
5 3 (8.82%) Customer Service
5 3 (8.82%) Incident Management
5 3 (8.82%) PRINCE2
5 3 (8.82%) Security Management
6 2 (5.88%) Change Control
6 2 (5.88%) Contract Negotiation
6 2 (5.88%) Information Security
6 2 (5.88%) Logistics
6 2 (5.88%) Network Design
6 2 (5.88%) Project Delivery
7 1 (2.94%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.94%) C#
1 1 (2.94%) Java
1 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.94%) Python
1 1 (2.94%) Ruby
1 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Degree
2 3 (8.82%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (8.82%) DBS Check
2 3 (8.82%) PMI Certification
2 3 (8.82%) PMP
3 1 (2.94%) BICSI Certification
3 1 (2.94%) BICSI RCDD
3 1 (2.94%) CISSP
3 1 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (8.82%) Salesforce
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow