CCTV Jobs in the UK excluding London

Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CCTV in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited CCTV over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 465 516 602
Rank change year-on-year +51 +86 +182
Permanent jobs citing CCTV 112 269 154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.28% 0.36% 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.83% 1.10% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 59 238 93
10th Percentile £25,250 £23,500 £23,720
25th Percentile £30,000 £24,750 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% - +20.69%
75th Percentile £49,875 £43,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £53,750 £77,542
UK median annual salary £37,500 £35,750 £37,500
% change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% +15.38%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,443 24,459 24,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.14% 32.80% 42.31%
Number of salaries quoted 5,886 15,283 10,904
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

CCTV
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CCTV as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CCTV in the UK excluding London

CCTV
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCTV in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for CCTV in the UK excluding London

CCTV
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCTV in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CCTV in the UK excluding London

CCTV
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCTV within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +39 40 £34,000 -9.33% 107
West Midlands +61 37 £34,000 -2.86% 66
South East +45 29 £43,750 +65.09% 134
North of England +20 20 £33,500 -4.29% 152
South West +95 18 £31,500 -5.97% 72
North West -14 14 £32,250 -0.77% 83
Yorkshire +51 6 £40,000 +9.59% 51
East of England +31 3 £37,500 +41.51% 72
East Midlands -3 3 £32,500 -23.53% 37
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 12
CCTV
UK

CCTV
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.79%) AutoCAD
3 2 (1.79%) SketchUp
3 2 (1.79%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 10 (8.93%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 42 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (34.82%) Azure
3 3 (2.68%) Entra ID
3 3 (2.68%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (44.64%) VoIP
2 34 (30.36%) LAN
3 31 (27.68%) WAN
4 18 (16.07%) VLAN
5 15 (13.39%) Firewall
6 14 (12.50%) MPLS
7 13 (11.61%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (9.82%) SAN
9 6 (5.36%) Wireless
10 5 (4.46%) VPN
11 4 (3.57%) DNS
12 3 (2.68%) Cisco IOS
12 3 (2.68%) DHCP
12 3 (2.68%) Structured Cabling
12 3 (2.68%) TCP/IP
13 1 (0.89%) 4G
13 1 (0.89%) 5G
13 1 (0.89%) IP Telephony
13 1 (0.89%) Remote Desktop
13 1 (0.89%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.79%) GIS
1 2 (1.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.89%) JIRA
General
1 68 (60.71%) Social Skills
2 42 (37.50%) Retail
3 18 (16.07%) Legal
4 15 (13.39%) Manufacturing
5 11 (9.82%) Finance
6 10 (8.93%) Telecoms
7 8 (7.14%) Military
7 8 (7.14%) Public Sector
8 5 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.79%) Electronics
11 1 (0.89%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.89%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.89%) Police
11 1 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (38.39%) IT Support
2 30 (26.79%) IT Support Specialist
2 30 (26.79%) Support Specialist
3 10 (8.93%) Coordinator
3 10 (8.93%) Field Engineer
3 10 (8.93%) Help Desk Coordinator
3 10 (8.93%) Security Engineer
4 7 (6.25%) Senior
5 6 (5.36%) CCTV Engineer
6 5 (4.46%) Embedded Engineer
6 5 (4.46%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (3.57%) C Software Engineer
7 4 (3.57%) Embedded C Engineer
7 4 (3.57%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 4 (3.57%) IT Manager
7 4 (3.57%) IT Services Manager
7 4 (3.57%) Senior IT Manager
7 4 (3.57%) Senior Manager
7 4 (3.57%) Service Manager
7 4 (3.57%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.57%) Yocto
2 2 (1.79%) OpenEmbedded
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.07%) Driving Licence
2 10 (8.93%) Video Conferencing
3 8 (7.14%) EPoS
4 4 (3.57%) Algorithms
4 4 (3.57%) Analogue Electronics
4 4 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.68%) Smartphone
6 2 (1.79%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.79%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (1.79%) Home Automation
6 2 (1.79%) Smart Home
7 1 (0.89%) IoT
7 1 (0.89%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.89%) Social Media
7 1 (0.89%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 56 (50.00%) Windows
2 40 (35.71%) Windows 10
3 19 (16.96%) Windows Server
4 7 (6.25%) Linux
5 4 (3.57%) Mac OS
5 4 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (2.68%) Android
6 3 (2.68%) Mac OS X
6 3 (2.68%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.89%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (29.46%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (12.50%) Time Management
4 13 (11.61%) Customer Service
4 13 (11.61%) ERP
5 10 (8.93%) Virtual Environments
6 7 (6.25%) Incident Management
7 6 (5.36%) Data Protection
7 6 (5.36%) Project Management
8 5 (4.46%) Artificial Intelligence
8 5 (4.46%) Computer Vision
8 5 (4.46%) ITIL
8 5 (4.46%) Service Delivery
8 5 (4.46%) Software Licensing
9 4 (3.57%) CAD
9 4 (3.57%) Change Control
9 4 (3.57%) Change Management
9 4 (3.57%) DevOps
9 4 (3.57%) Line Management
9 4 (3.57%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 18 (16.07%) SQL
2 5 (4.46%) C++
3 4 (3.57%) C
3 4 (3.57%) PHP
4 2 (1.79%) Python
4 2 (1.79%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.89%) Bash
5 1 (0.89%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (33.04%) Degree
2 8 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.36%) DBS Check
4 4 (3.57%) Chartered Engineer
4 4 (3.57%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.79%) HNC
7 1 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.89%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.89%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.68%) ISO 14001
2 3 (2.68%) ISO 9001
2 3 (2.68%) SLA
3 2 (1.79%) COSHH
3 2 (1.79%) GDPR
4 1 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 52 (46.43%) Active Directory
2 11 (9.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (8.93%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.79%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (3.57%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (2.68%) SCCM
3 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 53 (47.32%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.82%) Veeam
2 11 (9.82%) VMware
3 7 (6.25%) Cisco
4 3 (2.68%) MobileIron
4 3 (2.68%) NVIDIA
4 3 (2.68%) Riverbed
4 3 (2.68%) SAP
4 3 (2.68%) Trend Micro
5 1 (0.89%) Ubiquiti