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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 535 581 781
Rank change year-on-year +46 +200 +314
Permanent jobs citing CCTV 171 338 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.34% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.88% 0.96% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 107 289 131
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,800 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £25,750 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £65,250 £59,750 £77,542
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% - +20.69%

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 19,436 35,193 43,934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.52% 35.47% 43.49%
Number of salaries quoted 10,068 23,064 23,448
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,015
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £79,500 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £108,000
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 11 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 11 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 +7 153 £37,500 +2.74% 514
UK excluding London +48 116 £37,500 +7.14% 420
Midlands +27 41 £34,000 -14.47% 74
London +90 39 £38,500 -10.94% 141
West Midlands +63 35 £34,000 -2.86% 51
South East +57 27 £56,250 +118.45% 106
North of England +33 22 £35,250 +0.71% 110
South West +98 20 £33,250 -0.75% 62
North West -20 16 £33,750 +3.85% 60
Work from Home +133 9 £65,000 +85.71% 40
East Midlands +3 6 £43,750 +2.94% 22
Yorkshire +58 5 £40,000 +9.59% 42
East of England +24 4 £37,500 +41.51% 48
Northern Ireland +42 2 - - 11
North East - 1 £31,500 - 10

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%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (9.36%) Firewall
7 14 (8.19%) MPLS
7 14 (8.19%) SAN
8 12 (7.02%) DNS
9 10 (5.85%) DHCP
9 10 (5.85%) Wireless
10 8 (4.68%) TCP/IP
11 7 (4.09%) Structured Cabling
11 7 (4.09%) VPN
12 6 (3.51%) Cisco IOS
13 4 (2.34%) 4G
14 3 (1.75%) Ethernet
14 3 (1.75%) Internet
15 2 (1.17%) IP Telephony
15 2 (1.17%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.17%) MSI
2 1 (0.58%) JIRA
General
1 97 (56.73%) Social Skills
2 39 (22.81%) Retail
3 16 (9.36%) Legal
3 16 (9.36%) Telecoms
4 15 (8.77%) Manufacturing
5 10 (5.85%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (4.68%) Finance
7 8 (4.68%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (4.09%) Military
9 5 (2.92%) Analytical 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 42 (24.56%) IT Support
2 30 (17.54%) IT Support Specialist
2 30 (17.54%) Support Specialist
3 24 (14.04%) 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
6 9 (5.26%) Technical Engineer
7 8 (4.68%) Installations Engineer
7 8 (4.68%) Senior
8 7 (4.09%) Lead
8 7 (4.09%) Systems Engineer
9 6 (3.51%) Analyst
9 6 (3.51%) Desktop Analyst
9 6 (3.51%) Desktop Support
9 6 (3.51%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 6 (3.51%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
9 6 (3.51%) IT Support Analyst
9 6 (3.51%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.34%) Yocto
2 2 (1.17%) OpenEmbedded
Miscellaneous
1 35 (20.47%) Driving Licence
2 11 (6.43%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (5.85%) Fibre Optics
3 10 (5.85%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (4.09%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.51%) Analogue Electronics
6 4 (2.34%) Algorithms
6 4 (2.34%) EPoS
7 3 (1.75%) Smartphone
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%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.58%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.58%) SCADA
9 1 (0.58%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 66 (38.60%) Windows
2 44 (25.73%) Windows 10
3 23 (13.45%) Windows Server
4 8 (4.68%) Android
4 8 (4.68%) Linux
4 8 (4.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (3.51%) Mac OS X
5 6 (3.51%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (2.34%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.17%) VMS
7 2 (1.17%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (28.65%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (25.15%) Cybersecurity
3 39 (22.81%) Time Management
4 23 (13.45%) Customer Service
5 13 (7.60%) ERP
5 13 (7.60%) Mentoring
6 10 (5.85%) Collaborative Culture
6 10 (5.85%) Mathematics
6 10 (5.85%) Virtual Environments
7 9 (5.26%) CAD
7 9 (5.26%) ITIL
8 8 (4.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (4.68%) Data Protection
9 7 (4.09%) Artificial Intelligence
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 14 (8.19%) SQL
2 5 (2.92%) C++
3 4 (2.34%) C
3 4 (2.34%) PHP
4 2 (1.17%) Python
4 2 (1.17%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.58%) Bash
5 1 (0.58%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 40 (23.39%) 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%) DBS Check
4 6 (3.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 6 (3.51%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.34%) Chartered Engineer
6 3 (1.75%) HND
6 3 (1.75%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.58%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.58%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.26%) SLA
2 7 (4.09%) 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
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