OpenCV Job Trends

Intel OpenCV
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring OpenCV skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 692 705
Rank change year-on-year - +13 +293
Permanent jobs citing OpenCV 0 19 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK - 0.034% 0.016%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 0.16% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 6
10th Percentile - £49,825 £45,000
25th Percentile - £60,813 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £82,750 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year - +20.36% -5.17%
75th Percentile - £105,813 £81,250
90th Percentile - £117,475 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £82,750 £77,500
% change year-on-year - +6.77% +47.62%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

OpenCV falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,011 11,847 12,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.85% 21.45% 25.32%
Number of salaries quoted 5,218 7,037 10,585
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,900 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £108,750 £106,289
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500

OpenCV
Job Vacancy Trend

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

OpenCV job vacancy trend in the UK

OpenCV
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenCV.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenCV