Image Processing Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Image Processing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Image Processing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 169 234
Rank change year-on-year +3 +65 +21
Permanent jobs citing Image Processing 4 1 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.072% 0.033% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.100% 0.036% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 - £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -45.83%
75th Percentile - - £33,750
90th Percentile - - £41,250
South East median annual salary £40,500 £65,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year -37.69% +56.63% -24.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,016 2,810 5,526
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 72.43% 93.02% 84.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,606 1,218 4,016
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,926 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

Image Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Image Processing job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Image Processing
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Image Processing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Image Processing

Image Processing
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Image Processing within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Oxfordshire -3 4 £40,500 - 3
Image Processing
South East

Image Processing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) CUDA Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) CUDA Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Research Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Research Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Algorithms
1 3 (75.00%) CUDA
2 1 (25.00%) Life Science
2 1 (25.00%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Deep Learning
2 3 (75.00%) Memory Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Science
3 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C++