Image Processing Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Image Processing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Image Processing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 508 548 545
Rank change year-on-year +40 -3 +198
Permanent jobs citing Image Processing 9 20 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.021% 0.055% 0.039%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.062% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 10
10th Percentile £41,250 £51,900 £30,125
25th Percentile £44,063 £53,750 £33,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +16.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,750 £61,250
90th Percentile - £71,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +16.00% -20.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,374 32,384 29,323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.73% 88.57% 88.65%
Number of salaries quoted 19,133 14,703 21,772
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,407
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,778
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Image Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Image Processing job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Image Processing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Image Processing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Image Processing

Image Processing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Image Processing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Image Processing in the UK excluding London

Image Processing
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Image Processing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 January 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
East of England +16 5 £48,750 -15.95% 6
North of England - 2 £55,000 - 2
North West - 2 £55,000 - 1
South East +23 1 - - 9
South West +9 1 - - 3
Image Processing
UK

Image Processing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) Apache Solr
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (44.44%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Git
2 1 (11.11%) GitLab
2 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (11.11%) Electronics
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Law
1 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
1 1 (11.11%) Marketing
1 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Backend Developer
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
1 4 (44.44%) Integration Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Scientist
2 2 (22.22%) Image Processing Scientist
3 1 (11.11%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) CUDA Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) CUDA Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) Node.js
2 2 (22.22%) Keras
2 2 (22.22%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 2 (22.22%) 3D Graphics
2 2 (22.22%) Life Science
3 1 (11.11%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Linux
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Software Engineering
2 6 (66.67%) Machine Learning
3 5 (55.56%) CI/CD
4 4 (44.44%) AI
4 4 (44.44%) API Management
4 4 (44.44%) Containerisation
4 4 (44.44%) OO
4 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
5 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
6 2 (22.22%) Computer Vision
6 2 (22.22%) Data Interpretation
6 2 (22.22%) Feature Extraction
6 2 (22.22%) Microscopy
6 2 (22.22%) Neural Network
7 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
7 1 (11.11%) Physics
7 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
7 1 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) Python
2 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
2 4 (44.44%) PHP
3 2 (22.22%) C++
4 1 (11.11%) C
4 1 (11.11%) Rust
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) PhD
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Docker
2 1 (11.11%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) SAP