OpenMP Job Trends in the UK excluding London

OpenMP
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring OpenMP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 508 561 557
Rank change year-on-year +53 -4 +166
Permanent jobs citing OpenMP 1 5 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.002% 0.014% 0.046%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.026% 0.071% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 15
10th Percentile - £44,549 £41,250
25th Percentile £68,000 £51,372 £45,144
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £56,509 £52,293
Median % change year-on-year +28.30% +8.06% +20.91%
75th Percentile £77,000 £57,854 £63,750
90th Percentile - - £73,750
UK median annual salary £72,500 £56,509 £52,293
% change year-on-year +28.30% +8.06% +20.91%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,886 7,008 8,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.16% 19.51% 23.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2,980 3,898 6,314
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £36,270
25th Percentile £43,497 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

OpenMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OpenMP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

OpenMP job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

OpenMP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing OpenMP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing OpenMP

OpenMP
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenMP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England - 1 £72,500 -
OpenMP
UK

OpenMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Development Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) OpenCL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CUDA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Parallel Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check