Image Processing Contracts

Image Processing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Image Processing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Image Processing 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 513 571 710
Rank change year-on-year +58 +139 +134
Contract jobs citing Image Processing 7 11 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.025% 0.013%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.026% 0.029% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £322 - -
25th Percentile £500 £575 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +33.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £475
90th Percentile £590 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £600 £450
% change year-on-year -8.33% +33.33% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £13.50 £56.25
Median hourly rate - £55.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +93.52%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £55.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +173.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Image Processing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Image Processing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Image Processing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Image Processing in the UK

Image Processing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Image Processing.

Daily rate trend for Image Processing in the UK

Image Processing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Image Processing over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Image Processing in the UK

Image Processing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Image Processing.

Hourly rate trend for Image Processing in the UK

Image Processing
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Image Processing 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +51 5 £525 -12.50% 43
UK excluding London +55 3 £550 -8.33% 36
North of England +19 3 £550 - 5
Work from Home - 3 £404 - 24
North West - 3 £550 - 1
London - 2 £208 - 14

Image Processing
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 (14.29%) Camunda
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (14.29%) Automotive
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
1 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) iOS Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Vision Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Graduate
3 1 (14.29%) Junior
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Python Developer
3 1 (14.29%) React Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) .NET
1 3 (42.86%) AVFoundation
1 3 (42.86%) UIKit
2 2 (28.57%) iOS SDK
2 2 (28.57%) OpenCV
2 2 (28.57%) React
3 1 (14.29%) FastAPI
3 1 (14.29%) Flask
3 1 (14.29%) GStreamer
3 1 (14.29%) OpenCL
3 1 (14.29%) PyTorch
3 1 (14.29%) Spring
3 1 (14.29%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Algorithms
2 1 (14.29%) CUDA
2 1 (14.29%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Apple iOS
2 1 (14.29%) Android
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
2 3 (42.86%) iOS Development
2 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (28.57%) Product Requirements
3 2 (28.57%) SOLID
3 2 (28.57%) TDD
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Vision
4 1 (14.29%) Data Science
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Machine Learning
4 1 (14.29%) Multithreading
4 1 (14.29%) Nanotechnology
4 1 (14.29%) Parallel Processing
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (14.29%) Video Processing
4 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) Swift
3 1 (14.29%) C++
3 1 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) Kotlin
3 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Hitachi
1 1 (14.29%) NVIDIA