OpenWrt Job Trends in the UK excluding London

OpenWrt
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring OpenWrt skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 578 -
Rank change year-on-year +63 - -
Permanent jobs citing OpenWrt 2 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.003% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.057% 0.017% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85,000 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +63.64% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £57,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £90,000 £55,000 -
% change year-on-year +63.64% - -

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

OpenWrt falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,486 5,873 5,354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.32% 15.27% 19.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,604 3,239 4,365
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,148 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.46% +4.77% -
75th Percentile £53,250 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £43,750 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.60% +0.11% -4.76%

OpenWrt
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

OpenWrt job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

OpenWrt
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

OpenWrt
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 OpenWrt within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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 - - 2
South West - 1 £90,000 -
OpenWrt
UK

OpenWrt
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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Broadband
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DOCSIS
1 1 (50.00%) DSL
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) GPON
1 1 (50.00%) IPv4
1 1 (50.00%) IPv6
1 1 (50.00%) Modbus
1 1 (50.00%) PPP
1 1 (50.00%) RS-485
1 1 (50.00%) RTP
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Technology
1 1 (50.00%) Software Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (50.00%) CCTV
2 1 (50.00%) Derivative
2 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Debian
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Acquisition
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) QMS
2 1 (50.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) iptables
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) MikroTik