General-Purpose Computing on Graphics Processing Units (GPGPU)
UK
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term GPGPU in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GPGPU over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
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6 months to 9 Jun 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 598 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +93 |
| Contract jobs citing GPGPU | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | - | - | 0.002% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | - | 0.008% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | £75.00 |
All Generic Skills
UK
GPGPU falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 16,092 | 9,990 | 13,006 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.39% | 34.13% | 30.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,906 | 6,277 | 8,314 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £300 | £274 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £406 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -2.33% | -2.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £650 | £660 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £775 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £493 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.68% | -5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 809 | 424 | 930 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.00 | £15.84 | £12.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.82 | £20.33 | £15.28 |
| Median hourly rate | £42.30 | £33.03 | £35.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +28.08% | -6.97% | +59.51% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £62.24 | £61.30 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.42 | £82.25 | £71.31 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £43.96 | £32.43 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +35.55% | -7.34% | +59.09% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GPGPU relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
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Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GPGPU.
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Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GPGPU.
