Facial Recognition Job Trends

Facial Recognition
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Facial Recognition skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 668 785 779
Rank change year-on-year +117 -6 +395
Permanent jobs citing Facial Recognition 2 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% 0.001% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.005% 0.002% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £51,483 - £52,000
25th Percentile £51,812 £24,875 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,727 £25,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +104.77% -60.38% +38.92%
75th Percentile £53,276 £26,625 £82,500
90th Percentile £53,386 - £93,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £25,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -60.38% +97.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Facial Recognition 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43,994 63,366 59,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.57% 80.78% 94.50%
Number of salaries quoted 24,874 36,796 44,284
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,338 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +2.86%

Facial Recognition
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Facial Recognition as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Facial Recognition in the UK

Facial Recognition
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Facial Recognition.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Facial Recognition

Facial Recognition
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Facial Recognition within the UK over the 6 months to 10 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +111 2 £52,727 +104.77% 1
London - 2 £52,727 - 1

Facial Recognition
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Technologist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence