OpenGL ES Job Trends

OpenGL for Embedded Systems (OpenGL ES)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring OpenGL ES 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 651 - 668
Rank change year-on-year - - +378
Permanent jobs citing OpenGL ES 2 0 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.003% - 0.084%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.028% - 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.63%
75th Percentile - - £72,500
90th Percentile - - £74,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 - £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

OpenGL ES 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,024 12,242 12,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.93% 21.55% 26.24%
Number of salaries quoted 5,277 7,400 10,495
10th Percentile £35,854 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,383 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,066
Median % change year-on-year - -0.10% -0.47%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £110,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500

OpenGL ES
Job Vacancy Trend

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

OpenGL ES job vacancy trend in the UK

OpenGL ES
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenGL ES.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenGL ES

OpenGL ES
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenGL ES within the UK 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
England - 2 £100,000 - 3
East of England - 2 £100,000 -
UK excluding London - 2 £100,000 - 2

OpenGL ES
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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) DirectX
1 2 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 2 (100.00%) Vulkan
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering