Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CCTV in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited CCTV over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 522 585 788
Rank change year-on-year +63 +203 +306
Permanent jobs citing CCTV 171 329 201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.33% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.95% 0.94% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 107 280 132
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,800 £26,761
25th Percentile £30,750 £25,642 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £39,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -11.39% +21.54%
75th Percentile £53,750 £45,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £57,625 £77,542
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,302
% change year-on-year +7.14% -0.86% +21.73%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,030 35,099 45,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.65% 35.64% 43.54%
Number of salaries quoted 9,845 23,059 23,957
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,251
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCTV.

Salary trend for CCTV in the UK

CCTV
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCTV over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CCTV in the UK

CCTV
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCTV within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +37 152 £37,500 +7.14% 325
UK excluding London +72 119 £37,500 +7.14% 243
Midlands +45 40 £33,250 -16.35% 40
London +90 38 £38,000 -11.35% 111
West Midlands +52 34 £32,000 -8.57% 29
South East +66 27 £56,250 +127.27% 68
North of England +56 21 £36,500 +4.29% 68
South West +98 20 £33,250 -0.75% 34
North West +10 15 £34,000 +4.62% 40
Work from Home +172 9 £65,000 +85.71% 27
East of England +43 6 £38,195 +44.13% 24
East Midlands +11 6 £43,750 +2.94% 11
Yorkshire +68 5 £40,000 +9.59% 24
Northern Ireland +39 5 £29,000 - 7
North East - 1 £31,500 - 6

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (11.70%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.17%) AutoCAD
4 2 (1.17%) SketchUp
4 2 (1.17%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (5.85%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (2.92%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 49 (28.65%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (25.73%) Azure
3 3 (1.75%) Entra ID
3 3 (1.75%) SaaS
4 2 (1.17%) AWS
4 2 (1.17%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 56 (32.75%) VoIP
2 42 (24.56%) LAN
3 37 (21.64%) WAN
4 22 (12.87%) VLAN
5 17 (9.94%) Firewall
5 17 (9.94%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (8.19%) MPLS
6 14 (8.19%) SAN
7 12 (7.02%) DNS
8 10 (5.85%) DHCP
9 9 (5.26%) Wireless
10 8 (4.68%) TCP/IP
11 7 (4.09%) VPN
12 6 (3.51%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (2.92%) Structured Cabling
14 4 (2.34%) 4G
15 3 (1.75%) Ethernet
15 3 (1.75%) Internet
16 2 (1.17%) IP Telephony
16 2 (1.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.17%) MSI
2 1 (0.58%) JIRA
General
1 96 (56.14%) Social Skills
2 38 (22.22%) Retail
3 16 (9.36%) Telecoms
4 15 (8.77%) Legal
4 15 (8.77%) Manufacturing
5 10 (5.85%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (4.09%) Finance
7 7 (4.09%) Military
8 6 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.92%) Electronics
10 1 (0.58%) Automotive
10 1 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (23.98%) IT Support
2 30 (17.54%) IT Support Specialist
2 30 (17.54%) Support Specialist
3 23 (13.45%) Security Engineer
4 17 (9.94%) CCTV Engineer
4 17 (9.94%) Field Engineer
5 10 (5.85%) Coordinator
5 10 (5.85%) Help Desk Coordinator
5 10 (5.85%) Technical Engineer
6 8 (4.68%) Installations Engineer
6 8 (4.68%) Senior
6 8 (4.68%) Systems Engineer
7 7 (4.09%) Lead
8 6 (3.51%) Analyst
8 6 (3.51%) Infrastructure Support
8 6 (3.51%) IT Analyst
8 6 (3.51%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
8 6 (3.51%) Microwave Engineer
8 6 (3.51%) Radar Engineer
8 6 (3.51%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.34%) Yocto
2 2 (1.17%) OpenEmbedded
Miscellaneous
1 35 (20.47%) Driving Licence
2 13 (7.60%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (5.85%) Fibre Optics
3 10 (5.85%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (3.51%) Analogue Electronics
5 5 (2.92%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.34%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.75%) EPoS
7 3 (1.75%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.17%) BYOD
8 2 (1.17%) CAN bus
8 2 (1.17%) Home Automation
8 2 (1.17%) IoT
8 2 (1.17%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.17%) Smart Home
8 2 (1.17%) Video\Live Streaming
9 1 (0.58%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.58%) SCADA
9 1 (0.58%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 68 (39.77%) Windows
2 44 (25.73%) Windows 10
3 23 (13.45%) Windows Server
4 10 (5.85%) Linux
5 8 (4.68%) Android
5 8 (4.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (3.51%) Mac OS X
6 6 (3.51%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.34%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.17%) VMS
8 2 (1.17%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (30.41%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (25.73%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (21.64%) Time Management
4 21 (12.28%) Customer Service
5 13 (7.60%) ERP
5 13 (7.60%) Mentoring
6 11 (6.43%) Collaborative Culture
7 10 (5.85%) Mathematics
7 10 (5.85%) Virtual Environments
8 9 (5.26%) CAD
8 9 (5.26%) Data Protection
8 9 (5.26%) ITIL
9 7 (4.09%) Artificial Intelligence
9 7 (4.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (4.09%) Incident Management
9 7 (4.09%) Preventative Maintenance
9 7 (4.09%) Project Management
10 6 (3.51%) Change Control
10 6 (3.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 6 (3.51%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.77%) SQL
2 5 (2.92%) C++
3 4 (2.34%) C
3 4 (2.34%) PHP
3 4 (2.34%) Shell Script
4 2 (1.17%) Python
5 1 (0.58%) Bash
5 1 (0.58%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 43 (25.15%) Degree
2 8 (4.68%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (4.09%) HNC
3 7 (4.09%) Security Cleared
4 6 (3.51%) CCNA
4 6 (3.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 6 (3.51%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.92%) DBS Check
6 4 (2.34%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.75%) HND
7 3 (1.75%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.58%) CISM
8 1 (0.58%) CISSP
8 1 (0.58%) CRISC
8 1 (0.58%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.58%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.26%) SLA
2 8 (4.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.92%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.75%) ISO 14001
5 2 (1.17%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.17%) GDPR
6 1 (0.58%) COSHH
6 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.58%) NIST
System Software
1 58 (33.92%) Active Directory
2 14 (8.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (5.85%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.17%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (3.51%) SCCM
2 5 (2.92%) PaperCut
3 4 (2.34%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 72 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.19%) Veeam
2 14 (8.19%) VMware
3 12 (7.02%) Cisco
4 6 (3.51%) MobileIron
4 6 (3.51%) Riverbed
4 6 (3.51%) SAP
4 6 (3.51%) Trend Micro
5 5 (2.92%) Dell KACE
5 5 (2.92%) Sophos
6 4 (2.34%) NVIDIA
7 2 (1.17%) IBM
7 2 (1.17%) Meraki
7 2 (1.17%) TOWER Software
7 2 (1.17%) Ubiquiti