OpenGL
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring OpenGL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OpenGL over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 680 853 938
Rank change year-on-year +173 +85 +148
Permanent jobs citing OpenGL 12 43 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.044% 0.049%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.14% 0.20% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 12 42 35
10th Percentile £50,000 - £45,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £45,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £60,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.37% -6.92% +23.81%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile - £95,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +22.45% -6.67%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

OpenGL 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 8,460 21,099 31,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.26% 21.42% 30.21%
Number of salaries quoted 6,443 15,769 19,367
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £41,117
25th Percentile £51,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +8.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

OpenGL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing OpenGL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for OpenGL in the UK

OpenGL
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OpenGL.

Salary trend for OpenGL in the UK

OpenGL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing OpenGL over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for OpenGL in the UK

OpenGL
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenGL within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +144 10 £67,500 +12.50% 30
UK excluding London +187 9 £70,000 +16.67% 25
South East +102 6 £67,500 +12.50% 8
East of England +58 2 £75,000 - 7
Work from Home +187 1 £65,000 +18.18% 6
South West +106 1 £35,000 -41.67% 1
London +102 1 £60,000 -25.00% 4

OpenGL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) 3ds Max
1 1 (8.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) GitHub
1 2 (16.67%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) CMake
1 2 (16.67%) Git
1 2 (16.67%) GitLab
1 2 (16.67%) Jenkins
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
1 2 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (16.67%) TestRail
2 1 (8.33%) Qt Creator
2 1 (8.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (16.67%) Aerospace
1 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (16.67%) Automotive
1 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (16.67%) Law
1 2 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Developer
1 6 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 2 (16.67%) Integration Developer
2 2 (16.67%) Lead
2 2 (16.67%) Lead Developer
3 1 (8.33%) GUI Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Qt Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (66.67%) Vulkan
2 5 (41.67%) WinForms
2 5 (41.67%) WPF
3 3 (25.00%) QML
3 3 (25.00%) Qt
4 2 (16.67%) AngularJS
4 2 (16.67%) Django
4 2 (16.67%) FastAPI
4 2 (16.67%) Flask
4 2 (16.67%) HTML
4 2 (16.67%) HTML5
4 2 (16.67%) OpenCL
4 2 (16.67%) React
4 2 (16.67%) VTK
5 1 (8.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 1 (8.33%) DirectX
5 1 (8.33%) OpenSceneGraph
5 1 (8.33%) Qt Quick
5 1 (8.33%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (8.33%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) 3D Graphics
1 6 (50.00%) CUDA
2 1 (8.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (8.33%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (8.33%) FPGA
2 1 (8.33%) Video\Live Streaming
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Mathematics
2 8 (66.67%) Software Engineering
3 7 (58.33%) Computer Science
4 6 (50.00%) Physics
5 5 (41.67%) Artificial Intelligence
5 5 (41.67%) Machine Learning
6 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (25.00%) Mathematical Modelling
7 3 (25.00%) Multithreading
8 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
8 2 (16.67%) Code Quality
8 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (16.67%) Front End Development
8 2 (16.67%) Integration Testing
8 2 (16.67%) Linux Kernel Development
8 2 (16.67%) Open Source
8 2 (16.67%) Open Source Development
8 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
9 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) C++
2 6 (50.00%) C
3 5 (41.67%) C#
3 5 (41.67%) Fortran
4 3 (25.00%) Python
5 2 (16.67%) Bash
5 2 (16.67%) C-shell
5 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) Degree
2 4 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (8.33%) PhD
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Adobe
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft