Image Processing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Image Processing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Image Processing over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 815 940 1087
Rank change year-on-year +125 +147 -275
Permanent jobs citing Image Processing 75 37 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.075% 0.037% 0.098%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.088% 0.039% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 53 28 11
10th Percentile £31,250 £44,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £39,250 £47,500 £43,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% -3.85% +25.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £82,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £57,000 £100,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,250 £57,500 £53,250
% change year-on-year -26.52% +7.98% +12.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Image Processing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Image Processing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Image Processing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Image Processing in the UK

Image Processing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Image Processing.

Salary trend for Image Processing in the UK

Image Processing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Image Processing over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Image Processing in the UK

Image Processing
Top 12 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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 +120 67 £47,500 -26.92% 17
UK excluding London -3 57 £42,250 -26.52% 13
Work from Home +103 38 £50,000 - 8
South East +7 23 £41,500 -36.15% 4
London +122 18 £50,000 -50.00% 6
East of England +13 18 £42,250 -24.89% 4
Scotland -55 8 £55,250 -3.91% 1
South West - 5 £20,000 - 1
North of England +52 2 £55,000 +12.82% 1
North West +5 2 £55,000 +12.82% 1
Midlands - 1 £45,000 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £45,000 -

Image Processing
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.67%) Confluence
2 1 (1.33%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (6.67%) Doxygen
2 4 (5.33%) Simulink
3 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.33%) Azure
2 6 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (8.00%) GitHub
3 2 (2.67%) AWS
3 2 (2.67%) Figma
4 1 (1.33%) AWS IoT
4 1 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.67%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (1.33%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.33%) RS-232
2 1 (1.33%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.33%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.33%) MySQL
2 1 (1.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (14.67%) JIRA
2 10 (13.33%) Git
3 8 (10.67%) GitLab
4 5 (6.67%) Bitbucket
5 3 (4.00%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.33%) Artifactory
6 1 (1.33%) CMake
6 1 (1.33%) Mocha
6 1 (1.33%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (1.33%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (1.33%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 27 (36.00%) Electronics
2 14 (18.67%) Social Skills
3 7 (9.33%) Italian Language
4 6 (8.00%) Marketing
4 6 (8.00%) Police
5 5 (6.67%) Manufacturing
5 5 (6.67%) Retail
6 4 (5.33%) Aeronautics
6 4 (5.33%) Aerospace
6 4 (5.33%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.33%) Finance
6 4 (5.33%) French Language
6 4 (5.33%) Games
6 4 (5.33%) German Language
6 4 (5.33%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.33%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.67%) Health Technology
7 2 (2.67%) Law
7 2 (2.67%) Mandarin Language
7 2 (2.67%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 22 (29.33%) Software Engineer
2 11 (14.67%) Graduate
2 11 (14.67%) Senior
3 10 (13.33%) Analyst
4 8 (10.67%) Test Analyst
5 5 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 5 (6.67%) Computer Vision Engineer
5 5 (6.67%) Design Engineer
5 5 (6.67%) Developer
5 5 (6.67%) Digital Design Engineer
5 5 (6.67%) Embedded Engineer
5 5 (6.67%) Graduate Software Engineer
6 4 (5.33%) C++ Software Engineer
6 4 (5.33%) Graphics Engineer
6 4 (5.33%) Graphics Software Engineer
6 4 (5.33%) Process Engineer
6 4 (5.33%) Senior Software Engineer
7 3 (4.00%) Full Stack Engineer
7 3 (4.00%) Full Stack Software Engineer
7 3 (4.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (18.67%) OpenCV
2 8 (10.67%) OpenVINO
3 7 (9.33%) ONNX
3 7 (9.33%) PyTorch
4 6 (8.00%) DirectX
4 6 (8.00%) OpenGL
5 4 (5.33%) Qt
5 4 (5.33%) Rendezvous
6 3 (4.00%) RESTful
6 3 (4.00%) TensorFlow
7 2 (2.67%) .NET
7 2 (2.67%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 2 (2.67%) Middleware
7 2 (2.67%) NumPy
7 2 (2.67%) OpenGL ES
7 2 (2.67%) React
7 2 (2.67%) React Native
7 2 (2.67%) Skia Graphics Library
7 2 (2.67%) Vulkan
8 1 (1.33%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (37.33%) Algorithms
2 8 (10.67%) FPGA
3 7 (9.33%) Ray Tracing
4 6 (8.00%) 3D Graphics
4 6 (8.00%) Acoustics
4 6 (8.00%) Video\Live Streaming
5 5 (6.67%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (6.67%) Fibre Optics
5 5 (6.67%) Virtual Team
6 4 (5.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (5.33%) IoT
7 2 (2.67%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.67%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.33%) Device Driver
8 1 (1.33%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.33%) Robotics
8 1 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.33%) STB
8 1 (1.33%) Verilog
8 1 (1.33%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 20 (26.67%) Linux
2 9 (12.00%) Windows
3 3 (4.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (37.33%) Software Engineering
2 26 (34.67%) Computer Science
3 21 (28.00%) Computer Vision
3 21 (28.00%) Mathematics
4 20 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (21.33%) Artificial Intelligence
6 15 (20.00%) Physics
7 14 (18.67%) Deep Learning
7 14 (18.67%) Regression Testing
8 13 (17.33%) Signal Processing
9 12 (16.00%) Functional Testing
9 12 (16.00%) Software Testing
10 11 (14.67%) Machine Learning
10 11 (14.67%) Multithreading
11 10 (13.33%) Agile
11 10 (13.33%) Backlog Management
11 10 (13.33%) DevOps
11 10 (13.33%) Scenario Testing
11 10 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
12 8 (10.67%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 45 (60.00%) Python
2 19 (25.33%) C++
2 19 (25.33%) MATLAB
3 17 (22.67%) C
4 9 (12.00%) Java
5 8 (10.67%) C#
6 6 (8.00%) SQL
7 4 (5.33%) Bash
8 3 (4.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 54 (72.00%) Degree
2 19 (25.33%) Security Cleared
3 13 (17.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (17.33%) Master's Degree
4 11 (14.67%) PhD
5 10 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.67%) Postgraduate
7 1 (1.33%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.33%) MCAD
7 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.67%) QA
2 9 (12.00%) GDPR
3 2 (2.67%) HIPAA
3 2 (2.67%) IEC 62304
3 2 (2.67%) ISO 13485
4 1 (1.33%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 18 (24.00%) Firmware
2 12 (16.00%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (6.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (6.67%) Intel
1 5 (6.67%) Xilinx
2 4 (5.33%) NVIDIA
2 4 (5.33%) SAP
3 2 (2.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.33%) Coverity
4 1 (1.33%) EMC
4 1 (1.33%) Klocwork
4 1 (1.33%) Thales