OpenMP Contracts

OpenMP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring OpenMP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OpenMP over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 599 713
Rank change year-on-year - +114 -
Contract jobs citing OpenMP 0 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - 0.002% 0.005%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 0.011% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £557
Median % change year-on-year - -10.23% -
75th Percentile - £525 £574
90th Percentile - - £583
UK excluding London median daily rate - £500 -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

OpenMP 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 6,620 8,884 13,739
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.77% 20.58% 23.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,545 6,170 10,017
10th Percentile £363 £338 £400
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £788 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 238 152
10th Percentile £27.22 £21.25 £31.18
25th Percentile £50.00 £40.08 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.84 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.77% -27.94% +30.65%
75th Percentile £68.56 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.70 £74.61 £81.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £63.25
% change year-on-year +36.84% -24.90% +28.43%

OpenMP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for OpenMP in the UK

OpenMP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for OpenMP in the UK