Computer Vision: market
A Computer Vision Engineer develops systems that understand images and video: object detection and recognition, segmentation, tracking, 3D and visual models for robots, cars and medicine. We currently track 315 open positions for this role, 304 of them fresh. The core is Python and C++, PyTorch, OpenCV, vision neural architectures, datasets and labeling, model optimization for edge devices. By co-occurrence in requirements, Python, PyTorch, C++ and OpenCV appear most often. 25% of the postings allow fully remote work. Below is a live slice of the Computer Vision Engineer market: geography, seniority, adjacent stack and sources.
The Computer Vision market currently has 315 open roles, 304 of them freshly observed. Median salary $7,580/mo.
25% of Computer Vision Engineer postings allow fully remote work; the share counts only postings that state the format.
⚠ salary known for 17 of 315 jobs; remote share from 268 with a stated format; 304 counted as fresh observations; trend and hiring difficulty are not shown
Timeline: postings and sources
How many Computer Vision postings appeared each week since 4 May, and from how many sources. The second line separates market growth from coverage growth: a jump in the week new sources were connected means we started seeing more, not that the market grew.
New postings and active sources per week
Sources over the period: 101
New sources connected: 11 May +2 · 18 May +4 · 25 May +2 · 1 Jun +4 · 8 Jun +2 · 15 Jun +1 · 22 Jun +7 · 29 Jun +7 · 6 Jul +14 · 13 Jul +9 · 20 Jul +4 · 27 Jul +3 · 3 Aug +5 · 10 Aug +2 · 17 Aug +2 · 24 Aug +1 · 31 Aug +3 · 7 Sept +4 · 21 Sept +7 · 28 Sept +1 · 5 Oct +5 · 12 Oct +7
Week = posting first-seen date, all statuses; postings are selected by the same rule as this page's counter. Sources are distinct collection channels; their names are not published.
Remote work over time
Share of Computer Vision postings offering fully remote work, per week.
Remote postings, %
The share is among postings that state a format (remote, hybrid, office). Weeks with fewer than 10 such postings are left blank.
Technologies over time
How the share of Computer Vision postings mentioning each of the top technologies changed.
Postings mentioning the technology, %
Share among postings with a tagged stack; the series starts on 10 Aug: earlier stack tags were assigned differently. Weeks with fewer than 20 tagged postings are left blank.
Countries over time
How the share of Computer Vision postings in each of the top countries changed, per week.
Postings in the country, %
Share among postings with a known country; the chart shows the five countries with the most postings over six months. Weeks with fewer than 20 postings with a known country are left blank. A rising share can mean a newly connected source in that country rather than market growth.
Demand and observed supply: Computer Vision
| Open demand | 315 |
| Observed supply | — not published |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Salary distribution: Computer Vision
One in ten earns under $4,625, one in ten over $20,833. Half the market falls between $5,411 and $16,666. Sample: 17.
The range histogram for Computer Vision Engineer uses only postings with an explicit compensation range; the median is computed over the same sample.
⚠ percentiles from 17 salaries out of 315 jobs — a guide on a small sample
Demand geography: Computer Vision
| country | jobs |
|---|---|
| US | 80 |
| DE | 22 |
| RU | 16 |
| UA | 13 |
| CH | 13 |
| GB | 12 |
| PL | 12 |
| SG | 11 |
| FR | 10 |
| CA | 9 |
The top country for Computer Vision Engineer demand is the US (80 positions).
⚠ job counts only: salary by country is not published
Used together with
In Computer Vision Engineer requirements the most frequently named skills and technologies are Python, PyTorch, C++ and OpenCV.
Demand by grade: Computer Vision
| grade | jobs |
|---|---|
| senior | 97 |
| middle | 20 |
| principal | 18 |
| lead | 14 |
| junior | 13 |
Senior-and-above is about 80% of 162 Computer Vision Engineer postings with an explicit grade.
⚠ demand side only: the grade of the observed pool is unknown for most of it
Employers: Computer Vision
Demand is spread across 181 employers. The largest accounts for 5.5%, the top ten for 21.6%; the remaining 78.3% is long tail.
| share | value |
|---|---|
| top-1 | 5.5% |
| top-3 | 10.7% |
| top-10 | 21.6% |
| long tail | 78.3% |
Computer Vision Engineer openings come from 181 distinct employers; the largest one accounts for only 5.5% of postings — the market is not tied to a single hirer.
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Where Zorky sees this market
Observed across 50 sources; the largest accounts for 16.8% — this market does not rest on a single channel.
Computer Vision Engineer postings arrive mostly from ATS & career sites and job boards & aggregators.
Recent openings: Computer Vision
- (Senior) ML Engineer - Computer Vision (f/m/d)
- Software Developer – Real-Time Rendering & Computer Vision (C++)
- Computer Vision / Applied AI Intern — Summer 2027 · US
- Computer Vision Intern – Safe Human Detection (m/f/d) · DE
- AI Engineer (Computer Vision) - Mid junior to Senior level · VN
- Senior ML Engineer (f/m/x) - Computer Vision for Earth Observation · DE
- Computer Vision and Machine Learning Engineer (Daylight UAV detection & tracking) · UA
- Computer Vision Engineer (Reindentefication / UAV tracking / Non-GNSS navigation) · UA
Adjacent markets
⚠ adjacent markets for comparison are not defined yet
How this is measured
- Vacancy
- an open job that cleared the quality gate and lists at least two technologies
- Observed candidate
- a candidate whose stack contains this technology; an aggregate — not a single record leaves the perimeter
- Matchable candidate
- not counted yet
- Window
- jobs open at the moment the snapshot was built
About the data
- Some breakdowns are hidden: their data coverage is not yet sufficient.
- Statistics are shown only where the sample clears a quality gate.
- A missing block does not mean a value of zero.
Breakdowns currently hidden: 8.
Data as of 2026-10-24
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about the Computer Vision Engineer role — short answers from the same data slice.
What does a Computer Vision Engineer do?
A Computer Vision Engineer develops systems that understand images and video: object detection and recognition, segmentation, tracking, 3D and visual models for robots, cars and medicine.
Which skills do Computer Vision Engineer postings require?
The core is Python and C++, PyTorch, OpenCV, vision neural architectures, datasets and labeling, model optimization for edge devices. In the current slice, Python, PyTorch, C++ and OpenCV appear in requirements most often.
Where do Computer Vision engineers work?
Robotics and autonomous vehicles, industrial quality control, medical imaging, retail analytics, security and AR.
How remote-friendly are Computer Vision Engineer jobs?
25% of postings with an explicit format allow fully remote work; the slice tracks 315 open positions.
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