CCTV Job Trends in England

Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CCTV in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited CCTV over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 449 483 529
Rank change year-on-year +34 +46 +196
Permanent jobs citing CCTV 248 149 310
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.30% 0.38% 0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.13% 0.88% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 207 89 274
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £25,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +2.74% -5.81%
75th Percentile £48,125 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £64,500 £64,625
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% -6.67%

All Generic Skills
England

CCTV falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 21,975 16,939 29,607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.74% 43.00% 34.94%
Number of salaries quoted 12,610 8,290 20,856
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

CCTV
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CCTV relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

CCTV job vacancy trend in England

CCTV
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCTV.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCTV

CCTV
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCTV in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Salary histogram for CCTV in England

CCTV
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCTV within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +15 73 £38,750 +13.97% 61
London +13 65 £43,250 +12.34% 44
South East +2 44 £42,500 -15.00% 50
Midlands -33 39 £39,500 +16.18% 30
North West +25 37 £37,500 +11.94% 31
Yorkshire -18 34 £40,000 - 26
West Midlands -45 23 £40,000 +17.65% 18
East Midlands -19 16 £27,500 -15.38% 12
South West -64 16 £43,750 +36.72% 17
East of England -8 13 £30,000 -20.00% 22
North East -38 2 - - 6
CCTV
UK

CCTV
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 8 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.40%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.42%) Infor M3
1 6 (2.42%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (1.21%) C-CURE
3 2 (0.81%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (14.11%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (3.23%) OneDrive
3 6 (2.42%) Azure
4 4 (1.61%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.40%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 35 (14.11%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (4.44%) Firewall
3 10 (4.03%) DNS
3 10 (4.03%) Intrusion Detection
3 10 (4.03%) Structured Cabling
3 10 (4.03%) VoIP
3 10 (4.03%) Wireless
4 9 (3.63%) DHCP
5 8 (3.23%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.82%) VLAN
6 7 (2.82%) VPN
7 5 (2.02%) Network Security
8 3 (1.21%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.81%) Internet
10 1 (0.40%) DMZ
10 1 (0.40%) IPv4
10 1 (0.40%) MPLS
10 1 (0.40%) SMS
10 1 (0.40%) VRRP
10 1 (0.40%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (1.61%) Relational Database
1 4 (1.61%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.40%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.02%) JIRA
General
1 42 (16.94%) Social Skills
2 32 (12.90%) Telecoms
3 18 (7.26%) Retail
4 15 (6.05%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (5.65%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (4.44%) Social Housing
7 10 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (4.03%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.63%) Fire and Rescue
9 6 (2.42%) Advertising
9 6 (2.42%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (1.61%) Electronics
11 3 (1.21%) Legal
12 1 (0.40%) Banking
12 1 (0.40%) Finance
12 1 (0.40%) French Language
12 1 (0.40%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 86 (34.68%) Security Engineer
2 78 (31.45%) Systems Engineer
3 39 (15.73%) IT Support
4 30 (12.10%) Support Engineer
5 27 (10.89%) IT Engineer
6 25 (10.08%) Business Development Manager
6 25 (10.08%) Business Manager
6 25 (10.08%) Development Manager
6 25 (10.08%) IT Support Engineer
7 21 (8.47%) CCTV Engineer
7 21 (8.47%) Senior
8 20 (8.06%) Field Engineer
9 18 (7.26%) Field Service Engineer
10 16 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (6.45%) Senior Security Engineer
10 16 (6.45%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 9 (3.63%) CCTV Project Manager
11 9 (3.63%) Project Control Manager
11 9 (3.63%) Project Manager
12 8 (3.23%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.02%) EDI
2 1 (0.40%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 61 (24.60%) Driving Licence
2 26 (10.48%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (3.23%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.42%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (1.61%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.21%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.21%) Smart Home
7 2 (0.81%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.81%) EPoS
7 2 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.81%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.40%) Acoustics
8 1 (0.40%) FMCG
8 1 (0.40%) PKI
8 1 (0.40%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 30 (12.10%) Windows
2 15 (6.05%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.23%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.02%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.61%) Linux
6 2 (0.81%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (19.76%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (13.71%) Business Development
3 32 (12.90%) Customer Service
4 26 (10.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 19 (7.66%) Time Management
6 17 (6.85%) Preventative Maintenance
7 15 (6.05%) Service Delivery
8 14 (5.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (4.84%) B2B
9 12 (4.84%) Cybersecurity
10 11 (4.44%) Collaborative Working
10 11 (4.44%) CRM
10 11 (4.44%) Disaster Recovery
11 9 (3.63%) Performance Monitoring
12 8 (3.23%) Mentoring
12 8 (3.23%) Project Management
13 6 (2.42%) Process Improvement
13 6 (2.42%) Systems Engineering
14 5 (2.02%) B2B Sales
14 5 (2.02%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.03%) PHP
2 7 (2.82%) SQL
3 4 (1.61%) Delphi
3 4 (1.61%) Pascal
3 4 (1.61%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.40%) C#
4 1 (0.40%) Ladder Logic
4 1 (0.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (3.63%) DBS Check
2 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (1.21%) Degree
3 3 (1.21%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (0.81%) CCNA
4 2 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (0.81%) DV Cleared
4 2 (0.81%) HNC
4 2 (0.81%) HND
5 1 (0.40%) CCNP
5 1 (0.40%) CISSP
5 1 (0.40%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.42%) PCI DSS
2 5 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.61%) GDPR
3 4 (1.61%) QA
4 3 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.81%) ISO 14001
5 2 (0.81%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 22 (8.87%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.21%) Firmware
4 2 (0.81%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.40%) vSphere
5 1 (0.40%) Xen
Systems Management
1 4 (1.61%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.40%) Proxmox
2 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 25 (10.08%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.45%) Cisco
3 7 (2.82%) Sophos
4 6 (2.42%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.42%) VMware
5 5 (2.02%) Apple
5 5 (2.02%) JD Edwards
5 5 (2.02%) Meraki
6 4 (1.61%) Siemens
6 4 (1.61%) SonicWALL
7 2 (0.81%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.81%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.40%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.40%) NetApp
8 1 (0.40%) Splunk
8 1 (0.40%) Ubiquiti