How Much Does a CCTV Installer Cost in the UK? (2026 City-by-City Guide)
The cost of hiring a cctv installer in the UK varies considerably depending on your location. CCTV Installers in the UK should hold NSI or SSAIB approved (recommended); BT/Openreach accreditation may apply certification (verified at NSI (National Security Inspectorate)). This guide lists 2026 cctv installer prices for all 200 UK cities in our database — click any city for a full local pricing guide.
Regional price tip: London cctv installer costs typically run 40–50% above the national average.
Cities in the North East and Northern Ireland are often 15–25% below average.
Use the region jump-links below to find your area quickly.
📄 CCTV Installer — National Price Overview (2026)
- UK Range (typical jobs)
- £20 – £1,400
- Typical Duration
- 2–8 hours
- Certification Required
- NSI or SSAIB approved (recommended); BT/Openreach accreditation may apply
- Cities Covered
- 200 UK cities
The UK national average is used as the baseline. London typically costs 40–50% above the national average; Northern Ireland and parts of the North East are 15–25% below. Prices within each region can also vary by suburb and whether your job requires emergency call-out rates.
What a CCTV Installer Job Typically Involves
A standard cctv installer quote usually covers:
- Labour for positioning, mounting and cabling the cameras and connecting them to the recorder
- A standard IP or HD camera set, a network video recorder (NVR) or DVR with a hard drive, and power supply
- System configuration, camera angle and field-of-view setup, and remote viewing app installation on your phone
- A handover demonstration of live view, playback, and how to retrieve and export footage
- Standard cabling, weatherproof connectors, fixings and minor making-good around camera and recorder locations
Plug-and-play wireless or battery doorbell and standalone cameras are well within DIY capability and need no certification. Larger mains-powered multi-camera systems involve fixed wiring that should be installed by a competent electrician or accredited installer (NSI or SSAIB approval is recommended for insurance-grade systems). Note the legal reality: domestic CCTV that captures images beyond your own boundary brings you under UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act, so cameras should be angled to minimise filming neighbours' property and the public footpath, and signage may be required — a point a professional installer will advise on but a DIY fit often overlooks.
Greater London
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| London | £60 – £100 per hour | Full guide → |
South East England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Aldershot | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Aylesbury | £45 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Basingstoke | £45 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bognor Regis | £40 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Brighton | £45 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Canterbury | £45 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Chichester | £45 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Crawley | £45 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dover | £40 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Eastbourne | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Epsom | £45 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Farnham | £45 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Folkestone | £40 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Guildford | £45 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hastings | £40 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| High Wycombe | £45 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Horsham | £45 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lewes | £45 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Maidstone | £45 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Margate | £40 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Medway | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Milton Keynes | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Oxford | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Portsmouth | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Ramsgate | £40 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Reading | £45 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Redhill | £45 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Reigate | £45 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | £45 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Slough | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Southampton | £45 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Tonbridge | £45 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Winchester | £45 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Windsor | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Woking | £45 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Worthing | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
South West England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Bath | £45 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bournemouth | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bristol | £45 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Cheltenham | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Cirencester | £40 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dorchester | £40 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Exeter | £40 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Gloucester | £40 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Paignton | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Plymouth | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Poole | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Salisbury | £45 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stroud | £40 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Swindon | £40 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Taunton | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Torquay | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Truro | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Weston-super-Mare | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Weymouth | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Yeovil | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
East of England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Basildon | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bedford | £40 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bury St Edmunds | £40 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Cambridge | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Chelmsford | £45 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Colchester | £40 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Ely | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Great Yarmouth | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Harlow | £45 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hemel Hempstead | £45 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Huntingdon | £40 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Ipswich | £40 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| King's Lynn | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lowestoft | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Luton | £45 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Norwich | £40 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Peterborough | £40 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Southend-on-Sea | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| St Albans | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stevenage | £45 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Watford | £45 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
East Midlands
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Buxton | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Chesterfield | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Corby | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Derby | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Grantham | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Kettering | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Leicester | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lincoln | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Loughborough | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Mansfield | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Northampton | £40 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Nottingham | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
West Midlands
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Burton upon Trent | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Coventry | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dudley | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hereford | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Kidderminster | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lichfield | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Nuneaton | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Redditch | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Royal Leamington Spa | £40 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Rugby | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Shrewsbury | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Solihull | £40 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stafford | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stratford-upon-Avon | £40 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Tamworth | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Telford | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Walsall | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Wolverhampton | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Worcester | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
Yorkshire and the Humber
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Beverley | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bradford | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dewsbury | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Doncaster | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Grimsby | £35 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Harrogate | £40 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Huddersfield | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hull | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Keighley | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Leeds | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Rotherham | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Scarborough | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Scunthorpe | £35 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Sheffield | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Wakefield | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| York | £40 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
North West England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Altrincham | £40 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Birkenhead | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Blackburn | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Blackpool | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bolton | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Burnley | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Carlisle | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Chester | £40 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Crewe | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lancaster | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Liverpool | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Macclesfield | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Manchester | £40 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Oldham | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Preston | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Rochdale | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Runcorn | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Salford | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Southport | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| St Helens | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stockport | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Warrington | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Wigan | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
North East England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Bishop Auckland | £35 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Darlington | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Durham | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Gateshead | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hartlepool | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Middlesbrough | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| South Shields | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stockton-on-Tees | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Sunderland | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
Scotland
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | £40 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Ayr | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Coatbridge | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dundee | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dunfermline | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| East Kilbride | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Edinburgh | £40 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Falkirk | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Glasgow | £40 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Greenock | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hamilton | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Inverness | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Kilmarnock | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Kirkcaldy | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Livingston | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Motherwell | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Paisley | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Perth | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| St Andrews | £40 – £70 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stirling | £40 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
Wales
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Barry | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bridgend | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Caerphilly | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Cardiff | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Llanelli | £35 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Merthyr Tydfil | £35 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Newport | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Penarth | £35 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Pontypridd | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Swansea | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Wrexham | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
Northern Ireland
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Armagh | £30 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bangor | £35 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Belfast | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Derry | £30 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Enniskillen | £30 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lisburn | £35 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Newry | £30 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Newtownabbey | £35 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
Frequently Asked Questions
UK cctv installer costs vary significantly by location. Typical job prices run £20 – £1,400. London tends to run 40–50% above the national average; cities in the North East and Northern Ireland are often 15–25% below. Click any city in the table above for a full local pricing breakdown.
Hourly rates for cctv installers depend on your location and the time of call-out. Standard daytime rates (Mon–Fri 8am–6pm) are the lowest; evening, weekend and emergency call-outs typically attract a 30–60% surcharge. Most cctv installers also charge a minimum call-out fee equivalent to 30–60 minutes of work.
Yes — CCTV Installer work legally requires NSI or SSAIB approved (recommended); BT/Openreach accreditation may apply certification in the UK. Verify credentials at NSI (National Security Inspectorate) before hiring.
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