Image Processing Job Trends in the South West

Image Processing
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Image Processing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 - 278
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Image Processing 3 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.039% - 0.055%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.057% - 0.067%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £20,000
75th Percentile £57,500 - -
90th Percentile - - £37,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.86% +26.84% -26.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,286 2,447 7,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 68.44% 91.00% 82.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,478 1,506 5,600
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,625 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,952
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +3.04% -3.86%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,525 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

Image Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Image Processing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Image Processing job vacancy trend in the South West

Image Processing
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Image Processing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Image Processing

Image Processing
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Image Processing within the South West region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
Dorset - 2 £55,000 - 1
Bristol - 1 - - 1
Image Processing
England

Image Processing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) DirectX
1 2 (66.67%) OpenGL
1 2 (66.67%) Vulkan
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) SDLC
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) 3D Rendering
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) TOWER Software