CCTV Job Trends 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 12 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 401 411 492
Rank change year-on-year +10 +81 +49
Permanent jobs citing CCTV 194 121 285
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.41% 0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.32% 0.98% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 174 64 250
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,250 £23,770
25th Percentile £34,550 £30,375 £24,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -0.86%
75th Percentile £46,875 £42,563 £40,250
90th Percentile £56,750 £70,000 £53,750
UK median annual salary £41,250 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +2.74% -3.31%

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 14,751 12,340 24,952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 22.17% 41.83% 32.17%
Number of salaries quoted 9,649 5,309 15,503
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,988 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

CCTV
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

CCTV job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CCTV
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CCTV.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CCTV

CCTV
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCTV in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

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 12 June 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 +25 82 £40,000 +19.40% 48
South East -17 43 £45,000 +19.21% 40
Yorkshire -3 42 £40,000 - 14
Midlands -21 39 £39,500 +16.18% 18
North West +35 38 £35,800 +11.01% 25
West Midlands -37 23 £40,000 +17.65% 12
East Midlands -19 16 £27,500 -15.38% 6
South West -64 16 £37,500 +20.97% 20
East of England -7 14 £31,250 -16.67% 23
Scotland - 5 £40,000 - 15
North East - 2 - - 10
Wales - 1 £38,000 - 4
CCTV
UK

CCTV
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.55%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.52%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.03%) C-CURE
2 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (11.34%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (1.55%) OneDrive
3 1 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (0.52%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 28 (14.43%) Wi-Fi
2 17 (8.76%) Structured Cabling
3 11 (5.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (5.67%) VoIP
3 11 (5.67%) Wireless
4 10 (5.15%) Firewall
5 9 (4.64%) VLAN
6 7 (3.61%) DNS
7 6 (3.09%) DHCP
7 6 (3.09%) Network Security
7 6 (3.09%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.55%) Broadband
8 3 (1.55%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.52%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.52%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.52%) SMS
9 1 (0.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.55%) SQL Server
General
1 37 (19.07%) Social Skills
2 34 (17.53%) Telecoms
3 17 (8.76%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (7.73%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (6.70%) Social Housing
6 10 (5.15%) Retail
7 8 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (4.12%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.61%) Fire and Rescue
9 4 (2.06%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (1.55%) Legal
11 2 (1.03%) Advertising
11 2 (1.03%) Finance
11 2 (1.03%) Military
12 1 (0.52%) Banking
12 1 (0.52%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 66 (34.02%) Security Engineer
2 62 (31.96%) Systems Engineer
3 34 (17.53%) IT Support
4 31 (15.98%) Business Development Manager
4 31 (15.98%) Business Manager
4 31 (15.98%) Development Manager
4 31 (15.98%) Support Engineer
5 29 (14.95%) IT Engineer
6 27 (13.92%) IT Support Engineer
7 17 (8.76%) Senior
7 17 (8.76%) Senior Security Engineer
7 17 (8.76%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 14 (7.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (6.70%) Field Engineer
10 12 (6.19%) CCTV Engineer
11 11 (5.67%) Field Service Engineer
12 8 (4.12%) Infrastructure Support
12 8 (4.12%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 8 (4.12%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 6 (3.09%) Business Development Executive
Miscellaneous
1 60 (30.93%) Driving Licence
2 22 (11.34%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (4.64%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.09%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (2.06%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.55%) Smart Home
7 2 (1.03%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.03%) EPoS
7 2 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.52%) Acoustics
8 1 (0.52%) SCADA
8 1 (0.52%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.31%) Windows
2 15 (7.73%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.09%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (21.13%) Business Development
2 35 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (15.46%) Customer Service
4 24 (12.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 16 (8.25%) Time Management
6 14 (7.22%) B2B
7 11 (5.67%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (5.67%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (5.15%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (5.15%) Performance Monitoring
8 10 (5.15%) Service Delivery
9 9 (4.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (4.64%) Mentoring
10 6 (3.09%) B2B Sales
10 6 (3.09%) Preventative Maintenance
10 6 (3.09%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 6 (3.09%) Systems Engineering
11 4 (2.06%) Compliance Audit
11 4 (2.06%) IT Strategy
11 4 (2.06%) Lead Generation
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.52%) C#
1 1 (0.52%) Ladder Logic
1 1 (0.52%) SQL
1 1 (0.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (4.64%) DBS Check
2 6 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (3.09%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.55%) Degree
3 3 (1.55%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.03%) CCNA
4 2 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (1.03%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.03%) HND
5 1 (0.52%) CISSP
5 1 (0.52%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.61%) QA
2 5 (2.58%) GDPR
2 5 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.55%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.55%) PMO
4 2 (1.03%) ISO 14001
4 2 (1.03%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 20 (10.31%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.03%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (3.09%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.52%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 18 (9.28%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.76%) Cisco
3 9 (4.64%) Sophos
4 6 (3.09%) SonicWALL
4 6 (3.09%) VMware
5 4 (2.06%) Siemens
6 3 (1.55%) Meraki
7 2 (1.03%) Draytek
7 2 (1.03%) MikroTik
7 2 (1.03%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.03%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (0.52%) Apple
8 1 (0.52%) Juniper