OpenGL Contract Job Trends

OpenGL
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring OpenGL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 629 507 547
Rank change year-on-year -122 +40 +127
Contract jobs citing OpenGL 4 2 24
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.007% 0.056%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.042% 0.030% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 14
10th Percentile - - £440
25th Percentile £625 - £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £575
75th Percentile £747 - £625
90th Percentile £790 - £800
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £575
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £68.13
25th Percentile £51.25 - £72.19
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £75.00
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +26.58%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

OpenGL falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,425 6,613 8,927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.62% 22.64% 20.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,218 4,532 6,201
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £417 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £624 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £478 £500
% change year-on-year +4.60% -4.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 109 246
10th Percentile £32.50 £29.21 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.13 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £71.87 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.10 £82.27 £74.47
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

OpenGL
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OpenGL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

OpenGL job vacancy trend in the UK

OpenGL
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenGL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenGL

OpenGL
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OpenGL over the 6 months to 19 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for OpenGL in the UK

OpenGL
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenGL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenGL

OpenGL
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenGL within the UK over the 6 months to 19 May 2026. 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 -101 4 £650 - 16
Work from Home - 3 £650 - 2
London -59 2 £813 -

OpenGL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) AWS
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Amazon EKS
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) GitHub
2 2 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
2 2 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) PCoIP
2 2 (50.00%) DHCP
2 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Wintel Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) iOS Developer
2 1 (25.00%) iOS Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Wintel Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Qt
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) CUDA
2 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Android
3 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (50.00%) User Experience
3 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (25.00%) API Design
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (25.00%) Cost Optimisation
4 1 (25.00%) Functional Programming
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) iOS Development
4 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Bash
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (50.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Docker
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (50.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Ansible
1 3 (75.00%) Packer
2 2 (50.00%) SCCM
2 2 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) NVIDIA
2 2 (50.00%) Dynatrace
2 2 (50.00%) HP
2 2 (50.00%) Leostream
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Ping Identity
2 2 (50.00%) VMware