CCTV Job Trends

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 11 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 460 481 597
Rank change year-on-year +21 +116 +249
Permanent jobs citing CCTV 219 182 248
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.42% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.97% 1.06% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 158 103 223
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,250 £34,000 £24,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £45,000 £58,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £63,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +19.40% +3.08%

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 22,564 17,106 30,258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.91% 39.01% 36.15%
Number of salaries quoted 11,413 8,826 21,600
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,790 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

CCTV
Job Vacancy Trend

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

CCTV job vacancy trend in the UK

CCTV
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CCTV.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CCTV

CCTV
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCTV over the 6 months to 11 March 2026.

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 11 March 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
England -2 202 £38,500 -3.75% 216
UK excluding London -21 133 £37,500 -6.25% 183
London +48 81 £40,000 +6.67% 55
Work from Home +54 36 £32,500 -40.91% 13
South East -6 36 £39,000 -40.00% 64
North of England -29 31 £37,500 -1.96% 23
North West -4 27 £37,500 +10.29% 11
Midlands -33 26 £35,000 -28.21% 28
East of England +10 18 £30,000 -17.68% 25
West Midlands -26 16 £39,500 -1.25% 14
Scotland -5 10 £40,000 - 14
East Midlands -30 10 £30,000 -40.00% 14
South West -24 9 £45,000 +26.76% 26
Yorkshire -40 4 £43,750 +9.38% 10
Northern Ireland -27 3 £30,000 +3.45% 1

CCTV
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 10 (4.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.65%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.91%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.91%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.46%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (6.39%) Infor M3
2 6 (2.74%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (1.37%) Exchequer
4 2 (0.91%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.91%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.46%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 39 (17.81%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (9.59%) Azure
3 10 (4.57%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.20%) AWS
5 6 (2.74%) OneDrive
6 2 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.91%) Google Workspace
6 2 (0.91%) Mimecast
6 2 (0.91%) SaaS
7 1 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 25 (11.42%) Wi-Fi
2 21 (9.59%) Firewall
3 17 (7.76%) DHCP
4 15 (6.85%) DNS
5 13 (5.94%) TCP/IP
6 11 (5.02%) VoIP
6 11 (5.02%) VPN
7 9 (4.11%) VLAN
8 7 (3.20%) IP Telephony
9 4 (1.83%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (1.83%) WAN
10 3 (1.37%) LAN
10 3 (1.37%) Network Security
10 3 (1.37%) Wireless
11 2 (0.91%) Internet
12 1 (0.46%) IPv4
12 1 (0.46%) MPLS
12 1 (0.46%) Softphone
12 1 (0.46%) VRRP
12 1 (0.46%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (1.83%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.37%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 5 (2.28%) JIRA
General
1 46 (21.00%) Social Skills
2 42 (19.18%) Telecoms
3 16 (7.31%) Organisational Skills
4 13 (5.94%) Retail
5 10 (4.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.74%) Advertising
7 5 (2.28%) Fire and Rescue
7 5 (2.28%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.83%) Billing
8 4 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.83%) Electronics
8 4 (1.83%) Legal
9 1 (0.46%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.46%) Finance
9 1 (0.46%) Games
9 1 (0.46%) Law
9 1 (0.46%) Marketing
9 1 (0.46%) Military
9 1 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (20.55%) Security Engineer
2 40 (18.26%) Support Engineer
3 39 (17.81%) IT Support
4 36 (16.44%) Systems Engineer
5 27 (12.33%) IT Engineer
5 27 (12.33%) IT Support Engineer
6 23 (10.50%) Business Development Manager
6 23 (10.50%) Business Manager
6 23 (10.50%) Development Manager
7 19 (8.68%) Field Engineer
8 17 (7.76%) Field Service Engineer
9 15 (6.85%) Technical Engineer
10 14 (6.39%) CCTV Engineer
11 13 (5.94%) Technical Support
11 13 (5.94%) Technical Support Engineer
12 8 (3.65%) Analyst
12 8 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (3.20%) Security Support Engineer
13 7 (3.20%) Senior
14 6 (2.74%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.28%) EDI
2 1 (0.46%) .NET
2 1 (0.46%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 51 (23.29%) Driving Licence
2 17 (7.76%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (4.57%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.11%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (2.74%) Home Automation
6 4 (1.83%) Smart Home
7 3 (1.37%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.91%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.91%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.91%) Digital Signage
8 2 (0.91%) EPoS
8 2 (0.91%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.91%) SCADA
9 1 (0.46%) Derivative
9 1 (0.46%) FMCG
9 1 (0.46%) iPhone
9 1 (0.46%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.46%) Online Games
9 1 (0.46%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 37 (16.89%) Windows
2 21 (9.59%) Windows Server
3 13 (5.94%) Linux
4 12 (5.48%) Windows 10
5 8 (3.65%) Apple iOS
6 6 (2.74%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.83%) Android
7 4 (1.83%) Mac OS X
7 4 (1.83%) VMS
7 4 (1.83%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.83%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.46%) Debian
8 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.46%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (14.16%) Business Development
3 30 (13.70%) Customer Service
4 22 (10.05%) Preventative Maintenance
5 19 (8.68%) Cybersecurity
6 15 (6.85%) Time Management
7 13 (5.94%) Service Delivery
8 12 (5.48%) CRM
9 9 (4.11%) Mentoring
9 9 (4.11%) Project Management
10 8 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (3.65%) ITIL
10 8 (3.65%) ITSM
11 7 (3.20%) B2B
11 7 (3.20%) IT Strategy
12 6 (2.74%) Disaster Recovery
12 6 (2.74%) Service Management
12 6 (2.74%) Telesales
13 5 (2.28%) ERP
13 5 (2.28%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (8.22%) PHP
2 6 (2.74%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.83%) Delphi
3 4 (1.83%) Pascal
3 4 (1.83%) SQL
4 3 (1.37%) C#
5 2 (0.91%) C
5 2 (0.91%) C++
5 2 (0.91%) Ladder Logic
5 2 (0.91%) VB
5 2 (0.91%) VBA
6 1 (0.46%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (3.65%) CCNP
2 8 (3.65%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (3.65%) Degree
3 7 (3.20%) CCNA
3 7 (3.20%) MCSA
3 7 (3.20%) MCSE
3 7 (3.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 5 (2.28%) NVQ Level 4
5 3 (1.37%) HND
5 3 (1.37%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.91%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.91%) HNC
7 1 (0.46%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.65%) GDPR
2 7 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (2.74%) QA
4 5 (2.28%) SLA
5 3 (1.37%) ISO 14001
5 3 (1.37%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.91%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (6.39%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.94%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.83%) vSphere
5 2 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.91%) XenApp
6 1 (0.46%) iptables
Systems Management
1 11 (5.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.37%) PaperCut
3 2 (0.91%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.91%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.46%) Ansible
Vendors
1 37 (16.89%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.94%) VMware
3 7 (3.20%) Cisco
3 7 (3.20%) Draytek
3 7 (3.20%) Mitel
3 7 (3.20%) WatchGuard
4 6 (2.74%) Apple
4 6 (2.74%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.74%) Sophos
5 5 (2.28%) JD Edwards
5 5 (2.28%) Meraki
6 4 (1.83%) Siemens
7 3 (1.37%) Dell KACE
7 3 (1.37%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.37%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.91%) Adobe
8 2 (0.91%) Citrix
8 2 (0.91%) Google
8 2 (0.91%) SonicWALL
9 1 (0.46%) HP