OpenMP Job Trends

OpenMP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring OpenMP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 668 771 775
Rank change year-on-year +103 +4 +432
Permanent jobs citing OpenMP 2 15 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% 0.019% 0.011%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.025% 0.098% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 1 14 6
10th Percentile - - £46,416
25th Percentile £68,000 £39,500 £56,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £49,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +47.96% -38.75% +84.97%
75th Percentile £77,000 £56,500 £92,500
90th Percentile - £57,854 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £49,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +47.96% -38.75% +84.97%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,975 15,334 17,123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.05% 19.55% 27.21%
Number of salaries quoted 5,080 9,973 13,919
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £63,277 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -4.85% +2.31%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £110,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

OpenMP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for OpenMP in the UK

OpenMP
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenMP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenMP

OpenMP
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenMP within the UK over the 6 months to 10 September 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 +97 2 £72,500 +47.96% 2
UK excluding London +89 2 £72,500 +47.96% 2
East of England -4 1 £72,500 +45.00% 2
Work from Home - 1 £72,500 - 2
Midlands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -

OpenMP
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) C++ Developer
1 1 (50.00%) C++ Software Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Development Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Python Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) OpenCL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) CUDA
2 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (50.00%) SIMD
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) LLM
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) Parallel Programming
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) Fortran
2 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes