OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GLSL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GLSL over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 881 941 1204
Rank change year-on-year +60 +263 -286
Permanent jobs citing GLSL 20 18 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.018% 0.013%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.060% 0.041% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 15 7 0
10th Percentile - £44,750 -
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £79,375 -
90th Percentile - £92,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 -
% change year-on-year +4.35% - -

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,211 43,776 84,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.45% 43.20% 53.85%
Number of salaries quoted 24,989 28,006 43,356
10th Percentile £35,195 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,275 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,779
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.21% +5.56%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GLSL.

Salary trend for GLSL in the UK

GLSL
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GLSL within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
UK excluding London +3 20 £60,000 +4.35%
Scotland -38 20 £60,000 +4.35%

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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) AWS
Job Titles
1 15 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Developer
2 5 (25.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (100.00%) React
1 20 (100.00%) WebGL
2 5 (25.00%) GraphQL
2 5 (25.00%) Node.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) Computer Science
1 15 (75.00%) Mathematics
1 15 (75.00%) Physics
1 15 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 15 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (25.00%) Agile
2 5 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 5 (25.00%) Front End Development
2 5 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 5 (25.00%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) TypeScript