The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring OpenWrt skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills
5,656
8,798
9,125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK
11.28%
13.00%
17.27%
Number of salaries quoted
4,029
5,138
7,407
10th Percentile
£26,875
£28,500
£27,500
25th Percentile
£31,250
£36,250
£35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£42,500
£50,000
£50,000
Median % change year-on-year
-15.00%
-
-4.76%
75th Percentile
£65,000
£70,000
£68,750
90th Percentile
£82,500
£85,000
£87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary
£37,500
£47,500
£45,000
% change year-on-year
-21.05%
+5.56%
-
OpenWrt Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OpenWrt relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
OpenWrt Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenWrt.
OpenWrt Top 6 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenWrt within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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.
For the 6 months to 6 November 2025, job vacancies citing OpenWrt also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for OpenWrt.
OpenWrt 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:
