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 have cited CCTV over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 568 778 1113
Rank change year-on-year +210 +335 -258
Permanent jobs citing CCTV 333 200 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.19% 0.072%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.95% 0.45% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 284 131 89
10th Percentile £23,800 £26,750 £22,500
25th Percentile £25,689 £30,750 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £39,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.39% +21.54% -18.75%
75th Percentile £45,000 £75,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £58,375 £77,542 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £35,151 £29,000
% change year-on-year -0.43% +21.21% -10.77%

All Generic Skills
UK

CCTV is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,962 44,378 73,876
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.48% 42.75% 47.31%
Number of salaries quoted 23,044 23,979 34,135
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,375 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £84,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CCTV in the UK

CCTV
Top 16 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 2 May 2024. 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 +203 308 £36,500 -7.59% 218
UK excluding London +91 265 £35,000 -0.43% 191
Midlands +59 79 £39,750 +6.00% 51
South East +53 71 £25,000 -20.63% 55
London +148 58 £42,864 -36.52% 44
North of England +44 51 £35,000 -53.68% 43
East Midlands +29 47 £42,500 +73.47% 25
North West +38 37 £32,500 -56.98% 22
Work from Home +80 32 £35,000 -53.33% 29
West Midlands +33 32 £35,000 -22.22% 26
South West -21 29 £33,500 -55.33% 16
East of England +31 20 £26,500 -7.02% 24
Yorkshire +95 14 £36,500 -51.69% 17
Wales +16 9 £25,500 +10.87% 4
Scotland -65 5 £38,000 +24.59% 7
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3

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 20 (6.01%) SharePoint
2 15 (4.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.90%) WordPress
4 1 (0.30%) nginx
Applications
1 50 (15.02%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.30%) AutoCAD
2 11 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.00%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.90%) Revit
5 2 (0.60%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.60%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.60%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.80%) C-CURE
2 4 (1.20%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.60%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.30%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 70 (21.02%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (18.32%) Azure
3 31 (9.31%) Entra ID
4 23 (6.91%) AWS
5 8 (2.40%) GCP
6 6 (1.80%) OCI
7 5 (1.50%) OneDrive
8 3 (0.90%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.60%) Dropbox
10 1 (0.30%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (16.22%) Wireless
2 52 (15.62%) Wi-Fi
3 41 (12.31%) Firewall
4 36 (10.81%) LAN
5 28 (8.41%) TCP/IP
6 19 (5.71%) DNS
7 17 (5.11%) DHCP
8 14 (4.20%) Network Security
8 14 (4.20%) WAN
9 12 (3.60%) VoIP
10 11 (3.30%) SAN
11 10 (3.00%) Broadband
12 9 (2.70%) Ethernet
12 9 (2.70%) VLAN
13 8 (2.40%) Internet
13 8 (2.40%) Structured Cabling
13 8 (2.40%) VPN
14 7 (2.10%) SD-WAN
14 7 (2.10%) WLAN
15 6 (1.80%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.30%) MySQL
General
1 128 (38.44%) Social Skills
2 44 (13.21%) Telecoms
3 35 (10.51%) Finance
4 34 (10.21%) Retail
5 21 (6.31%) Local Government
6 17 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (4.80%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (3.00%) Police
9 8 (2.40%) Electronics
9 8 (2.40%) Legal
10 7 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.80%) Advertising
11 6 (1.80%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.50%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.90%) Games
13 3 (0.90%) Law
13 3 (0.90%) Marketing
13 3 (0.90%) Military
13 3 (0.90%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 36 (10.81%) IT Support
2 33 (9.91%) CCTV Operator
3 31 (9.31%) Support Engineer
3 31 (9.31%) Systems Engineer
4 30 (9.01%) IT Engineer
5 29 (8.71%) Senior
6 28 (8.41%) CCTV Engineer
6 28 (8.41%) IT Technician
6 28 (8.41%) Security Engineer
7 26 (7.81%) Analyst
8 25 (7.51%) Support Technician
9 21 (6.31%) Technical Support
10 20 (6.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 19 (5.71%) Data Engineer
12 16 (4.80%) IT Support Engineer
12 16 (4.80%) IT Support Technician
12 16 (4.80%) Trainee
12 16 (4.80%) Trainee Operator
13 15 (4.50%) Support Analyst
13 15 (4.50%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.60%) CSS
1 2 (0.60%) HTML
2 1 (0.30%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 36 (10.81%) Driving Licence
2 31 (9.31%) Self-Motivation
3 26 (7.81%) Data Centre
4 17 (5.11%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.60%) EPoS
6 9 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
7 6 (1.80%) NHS
8 5 (1.50%) iPad
8 5 (1.50%) SCADA
9 4 (1.20%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.20%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (1.20%) FMCG
9 4 (1.20%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 3 (0.90%) Acoustics
10 3 (0.90%) Analogue Electronics
10 3 (0.90%) Fibre Optics
10 3 (0.90%) IoT
10 3 (0.90%) Smart City
10 3 (0.90%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 61 (18.32%) Windows
2 30 (9.01%) Windows 10
3 18 (5.41%) Windows Server
4 16 (4.80%) Linux
4 16 (4.80%) Windows Server 2016
5 13 (3.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (3.60%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.80%) Android
8 5 (1.50%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.20%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.90%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.60%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (20.42%) Customer Service
2 58 (17.42%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (12.31%) Project Management
4 33 (9.91%) Decision-Making
5 22 (6.61%) Cybersecurity
5 22 (6.61%) Line Management
6 21 (6.31%) Creative Thinking
6 21 (6.31%) Mathematics
7 20 (6.01%) Time Management
8 19 (5.71%) Data Protection
8 19 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 19 (5.71%) ITIL
9 15 (4.50%) Performance Management
9 15 (4.50%) Service Management
10 14 (4.20%) Technical Analysis
11 13 (3.90%) Service Delivery
12 12 (3.60%) Actionable Insight
12 12 (3.60%) Agile
13 11 (3.30%) IT Governance
13 11 (3.30%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 35 (10.51%) SQL
2 20 (6.01%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.60%) T-SQL
4 9 (2.70%) C#
5 8 (2.40%) C
6 5 (1.50%) Ladder Logic
6 5 (1.50%) VB
7 4 (1.20%) C++
7 4 (1.20%) VBA
8 2 (0.60%) Bash
8 2 (0.60%) Python
9 1 (0.30%) Swift
Qualifications
1 54 (16.22%) Degree
2 27 (8.11%) DBS Check
3 21 (6.31%) Security Cleared
4 18 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (5.41%) HND
5 13 (3.90%) A+ Certification
5 13 (3.90%) DV Cleared
5 13 (3.90%) Network+ Certification
6 11 (3.30%) CCNP
7 10 (3.00%) SC Cleared
8 8 (2.40%) MCP
9 6 (1.80%) CCNA
9 6 (1.80%) HNC
9 6 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.20%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.20%) MCSE
11 3 (0.90%) MCSA
11 3 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 3 (0.90%) RIBA
12 2 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.41%) GDPR
2 10 (3.00%) QA
3 9 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.20%) SLA
7 2 (0.60%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.60%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.30%) COBIT
8 1 (0.30%) COSHH
8 1 (0.30%) NIST
System Software
1 41 (12.31%) Active Directory
2 32 (9.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.11%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.60%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.30%) Firmware
7 1 (0.30%) pfSense
7 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (4.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.90%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.30%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (0.30%) PaperCut
3 1 (0.30%) Proxmox
3 1 (0.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 80 (24.02%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.81%) VMware
3 33 (9.91%) Cisco
4 17 (5.11%) Google
5 12 (3.60%) Meraki
6 10 (3.00%) Sage
7 7 (2.10%) WatchGuard
8 6 (1.80%) Oracle
9 5 (1.50%) Dell
9 5 (1.50%) HP
9 5 (1.50%) Ubiquiti
10 4 (1.20%) Aruba
10 4 (1.20%) Avaya
10 4 (1.20%) Citrix
10 4 (1.20%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.90%) Apple
11 3 (0.90%) Veeam
12 2 (0.60%) 3PAR
12 2 (0.60%) Acronis
12 2 (0.60%) Ruckus Wireless