OpenGL Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

OpenGL
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring OpenGL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OpenGL over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 344 469
Rank change year-on-year - +125 +126
Contract jobs citing OpenGL 0 5 5
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - 0.033% 0.019%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 0.14% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - - £543
25th Percentile - £475 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £550 £584
Median % change year-on-year - -5.78% -16.61%
75th Percentile - - £608
90th Percentile - - £611
UK median daily rate - £575 £575
% change year-on-year - - -17.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £57.98
25th Percentile - - £58.31
Median hourly rate - - £59.25
75th Percentile - - £59.81
90th Percentile - - £59.93
UK median hourly rate - £75.00 £59.25
% change year-on-year - +26.58% +63.45%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options 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 2,574 3,659 6,491
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 25.99% 23.89% 25.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,876 2,553 4,822
10th Percentile £367 £331 £394
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -0.46%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £660
90th Percentile £825 £775 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 93 81
10th Percentile £52.50 £28.00 £22.50
25th Percentile £61.25 - £43.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -31.20% +27.55%
75th Percentile £70.25 £62.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £93.75 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

OpenGL
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing OpenGL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

OpenGL trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

OpenGL
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing OpenGL.

OpenGL daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

OpenGL
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing OpenGL.

OpenGL hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option