OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for GLSL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GLSL over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 597 709 834
Rank change year-on-year +112 +125 -158
Contract jobs citing GLSL 3 4 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.007% 0.025%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.023% 0.019% 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £355 - -
25th Percentile £438 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £500
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate - - £47.50
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Programming Languages
UK

GLSL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,854 20,901 32,217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.49% 35.02% 36.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,130 15,092 23,463
10th Percentile £350 £400 £381
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £760 £780 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £500 £485
% change year-on-year -2.20% +3.09% +14.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 485 471 514
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £19.91
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.50 £60.70 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.33% +21.40% +13.64%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £77.00 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £49.52
% change year-on-year - +26.21% +16.52%

GLSL
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GLSL in the UK

GLSL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GLSL.

Daily rate trend for GLSL in the UK

GLSL
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GLSL over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GLSL in the UK

GLSL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GLSL.

Hourly rate trend for GLSL in the UK

GLSL
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GLSL within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England - 3 £600 - 4
UK excluding London - 3 £600 - 2
South East - 2 £600 -
East of England - 1 £300 - 1

GLSL
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) VTune
General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Android Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) C++ Android Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Graphics Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Python Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) C Programmer
2 1 (33.33%) C/C++ Programmer
2 1 (33.33%) C++ Games Programmer
2 1 (33.33%) C++ Programmer
2 1 (33.33%) Games Programmer
2 1 (33.33%) Graphics Programmer
2 1 (33.33%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) DirectX
1 3 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 3 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 3 (100.00%) Vulkan
2 2 (66.67%) OpenGL ES
3 1 (33.33%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
1 2 (66.67%) Animation
1 2 (66.67%) Augmented Reality
1 2 (66.67%) Mixed Reality
2 1 (33.33%) Ray Tracing
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Linear Algebra
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) HLSL
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) Kotlin
2 2 (66.67%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree