OpenGL
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for OpenGL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited OpenGL over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 840 928 1104
Rank change year-on-year +88 +176 -247
Permanent jobs citing OpenGL 44 47 138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.047% 0.085%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.21% 0.16% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 43 31 13
10th Percentile - £48,750 £40,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,875 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +19.05% -12.50%
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £62,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -12.50%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

OpenGL is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21,099 30,098 66,714
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.12% 30.26% 40.98%
Number of salaries quoted 15,738 18,568 30,087
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,853 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,939 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +15.91%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

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 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for OpenGL in the UK

OpenGL
Top 12 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 20 May 2024. 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 +82 41 £60,000 -5.88% 26
UK excluding London +5 31 £60,000 - 20
South East +21 13 £60,000 - 6
North of England +45 12 £61,000 -
London +99 10 £70,500 +12.80% 7
Work from Home +69 9 £55,000 -8.33% 6
North West +6 8 £70,000 -
Yorkshire +84 4 £31,500 -
Midlands -6 3 £50,000 -
East Midlands -17 3 £50,000 -
South West -24 2 £60,000 -
East of England +4 1 - - 14

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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (9.09%) Azure
1 4 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (6.82%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.82%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (27.27%) Git
2 11 (25.00%) CMake
2 11 (25.00%) JIRA
3 7 (15.91%) Jenkins
3 7 (15.91%) Team Foundation Server
3 7 (15.91%) TestRail
4 5 (11.36%) Android Studio
5 4 (9.09%) Bitbucket
5 4 (9.09%) GCC
5 4 (9.09%) GDB
General
1 12 (27.27%) Games
2 7 (15.91%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (15.91%) Organisational Skills
2 7 (15.91%) Social Skills
3 5 (11.36%) Electronics
4 4 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 4 (9.09%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 29 (65.91%) Software Engineer
2 17 (38.64%) C++ Software Engineer
3 11 (25.00%) Developer
4 8 (18.18%) GUI Software Engineer
5 6 (13.64%) C# Developer
6 5 (11.36%) Android Developer
6 5 (11.36%) Graphics Engineer
6 5 (11.36%) Graphics Software Engineer
6 5 (11.36%) Senior
6 5 (11.36%) Senior Android Developer
6 5 (11.36%) Senior Developer
7 3 (6.82%) 3D Developer
7 3 (6.82%) Architect
7 3 (6.82%) CAD Developer
7 3 (6.82%) Graduate
7 3 (6.82%) Graduate Software Engineer
7 3 (6.82%) Mobile Developer
7 3 (6.82%) Senior Mobile Developer
8 2 (4.55%) Android Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Games Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (43.18%) DirectX
2 16 (36.36%) Vulkan
3 11 (25.00%) Qt
3 11 (25.00%) WPF
4 10 (22.73%) OpenCL
5 7 (15.91%) HTML
5 7 (15.91%) HTML5
5 7 (15.91%) OpenGL ES
5 7 (15.91%) QML
5 7 (15.91%) VTK
5 7 (15.91%) WinForms
6 6 (13.64%) .NET
6 6 (13.64%) .NET Core
7 5 (11.36%) Android Jetpack
7 5 (11.36%) REST
8 4 (9.09%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 4 (9.09%) WebGL
9 2 (4.55%) Middleware
9 2 (4.55%) Skia Graphics Library
Miscellaneous
1 19 (43.18%) 3D Graphics
2 7 (15.91%) Algorithms
2 7 (15.91%) CUDA
3 5 (11.36%) Mobile App
3 5 (11.36%) Ray Tracing
4 4 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (9.09%) Virtual Team
5 3 (6.82%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (4.55%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 11 (25.00%) Android
1 11 (25.00%) Linux
2 8 (18.18%) Windows
3 4 (9.09%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (81.82%) Software Engineering
2 18 (40.91%) Mathematics
3 14 (31.82%) CAD
4 13 (29.55%) Computer Science
4 13 (29.55%) Physics
5 11 (25.00%) Machine Learning
5 11 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (20.45%) Multithreading
7 8 (18.18%) Android Development
7 8 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
7 8 (18.18%) MVC
8 7 (15.91%) MVVM
8 7 (15.91%) Performance Analysis
8 7 (15.91%) User Experience
9 6 (13.64%) Image Processing
10 5 (11.36%) Design Patterns
10 5 (11.36%) Embedded Software Development
10 5 (11.36%) Memory Management
10 5 (11.36%) SOLID
10 5 (11.36%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 26 (59.09%) C++
2 22 (50.00%) C
3 17 (38.64%) C#
4 7 (15.91%) Bash
4 7 (15.91%) C-shell
4 7 (15.91%) Fortran
4 7 (15.91%) PowerShell
5 6 (13.64%) Python
5 6 (13.64%) SQL
5 6 (13.64%) T-SQL
6 5 (11.36%) Kotlin
7 3 (6.82%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (43.18%) Degree
2 9 (20.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (13.64%) Master's Degree
4 4 (9.09%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Firmware