Optics and Imaging Technology

Selected skill: SCO11.04 · Parent category: Electronic and Electrical Engineering and Related Material Sciences · 2025 · partial year · 2026 figures have not been published yet.

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Skill demand · ONS UK online job adverts

How common is optics and imaging technology?

This requirement appears in 0.0% of UK new online job adverts in 2025. Its share was broadly unchanged compared with 2024.

The latest year is partial. Comparisons with full years need care. 2026 figures have not been published yet.
Share of new adverts0.0%UK · 2025
Change in share0.0 pp2024 to 2025
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What this skill category covers

Official detailed requirements in this ONS group

Holography Imaging Techniques

Creating three-dimensional images using holographic technology.

0.0% of UK new adverts

Hyperspectral Imaging Techniques

Capturing and analysing images across multiple spectral bands for research.

0.0% of UK new adverts

ONS Table 1 detailed requirements · SCO11.04. Shares can overlap because an advert may mention several requirements.

Occupations where optics and imaging technology appears most often in UK new adverts

#OccupationShare of occupation advertsView
1Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.

Example titles: Machine driver · Hay baler · Navvy man · Plate man

0.3%
2Farm workers

Example titles: Farm hand · Gang man · Yard man · Farm help

0.2%
3Rail transport operatives

Example titles: Transport foreman · Motor man · Loco guard · Gate keeper

0.2%
4Other drivers and transport operatives n.e.c.

Example titles: Ram driver · Deck hand · Stage hand · Van setter

0.2%
5Archivists, conservators and curators

Example titles: Curator · Museum keeper · Museum officer · Museum educator

0.1%
6Garage managers and proprietors

Example titles: Garage manager · Garage owner · Branch manager · Garage director

0.1%
7Industrial cleaning process occupations

Example titles: Cleaning machinist · Dry man · Jet man · Box washer

0.1%
8Elementary storage occupations n.e.c.

Example titles: Dock man · Gear man · Dock crew · Car lasher

0.1%
9Other researchers, unspecified discipline

Example titles: Researcher · Research fellow · Research officer · Research assistant

0.1%
10Farmers

Example titles: Farmer · Farm agent · Pig keeper · Beef farmer

0.1%

ONS Table 4 · 2025 (partial year). Share is the proportion of new adverts in that occupation that report this skill group. Example titles come from the SOC 2020 coding index. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Skills within Electronic and Electrical Engineering and Related Material Sciences

#SkillShare of advertsChange (pp)View
1Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Reliability Engineering and Quality Assurance · Electrical Installation and Wiring Systems · Power Systems and Electrical Engineering Applications

8.6%+1.5 pp
2Electrical and Materials Science

Electromagnetic Radiation and Shielding Techniques · Dielectric Material Properties

0.1%0.0 pp
3Materials Science and Semiconductor Engineering

CMOS Technology Concepts

0.0%0.0 pp
4Optics and Imaging Technology

Selected skill · Holography Imaging Techniques · Hyperspectral Imaging Techniques

0.0%0.0 pp
5Optics and Photonics

Laser Technology Knowledge

0.0%0.0 pp
6Signal Processing and Electrical Engineering

Frequency Domain Analysis Techniques

0.0%0.0 pp

ONS UK new adverts · 2025 (partial year). Change compared with 2024, in percentage points. These skills share a classification group. They are not necessarily requested together. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

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How to interpret skill demand

Source: Office for National Statistics, UK online job adverts. Shares describe new adverts reporting the requirement. An advert may mention several skills, so their shares do not add up to 100%. A rise from 10% to 12% is an increase of 2 percentage points.

These figures do not establish a salary premium, proficiency level, or which skills are requested together. This page has no published skill-specific salary or location breakdown.

ONS · 2025 · partial year · 2026 figures have not been published yet. · Open Government Licence v3.0. ONS does not endorse Jobmundo.