Feature Extraction Job Trends

Feature Extraction
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Feature Extraction skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 640 700 725
Rank change year-on-year +60 +25 +288
Permanent jobs citing Feature Extraction 2 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.003% 0.009% 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.004% 0.010% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 £75,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £83,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -49.25% +28.85% +11.12%
75th Percentile £43,750 £94,688 £70,000
90th Percentile - £96,375 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 - £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.12%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Feature Extraction 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 48,096 48,629 50,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.07% 90.53% 89.95%
Number of salaries quoted 28,289 23,726 38,360
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Feature Extraction
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Feature Extraction relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Feature Extraction job vacancy trend in the UK

Feature Extraction
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Feature Extraction.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Feature Extraction

Feature Extraction
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Feature Extraction within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
Work from Home +80 2 £42,500 -49.25% 1
England +70 2 £42,500 -49.25% 3
UK excluding London +50 2 £42,500 - 3
East of England - 2 £42,500 - 1

Feature Extraction
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (100.00%) Computer Scientist
1 2 (100.00%) Image Processing Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Keras
1 2 (100.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (100.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Vision
1 2 (100.00%) Data Interpretation
1 2 (100.00%) Image Processing
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Microscopy
1 2 (100.00%) Neural Network
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) PhD