GLSL Job Trends

OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL)
UK

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

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 652 - 724
Rank change year-on-year - - +362
Permanent jobs citing GLSL 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% - 0.002%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.008% - 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £42,500 - £62,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 - £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%

All Programming Languages
UK

GLSL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,008 21,385 21,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.70% 31.88% 40.90%
Number of salaries quoted 8,605 12,654 17,511
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,613
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £108,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

GLSL
Job Vacancy Trend

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

GLSL job vacancy trend in the UK

GLSL
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GLSL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GLSL

GLSL
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GLSL within the UK over the 6 months to 19 November 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
England - 1 £40,000 - 8
Work from Home - 1 £40,000 - 5
East of England - 1 £40,000 - 3
UK excluding London - 1 £40,000 - 8

GLSL
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 1 (100.00%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (100.00%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared