GraphQL Contract Job Trends in Bristol

GraphQL
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring GraphQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - 70
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing GraphQL 4 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.34% - 0.87%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.50% - 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - £348
25th Percentile £425 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £580
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.11%
75th Percentile £475 - £590
90th Percentile - - £713
South West median daily rate £700 £618 £438
% change year-on-year +13.36% +41.14% -12.50%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Bristol

GraphQL falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 160 107 202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 13.41% 19.96% 19.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 57 121
10th Percentile £350 £334 £300
25th Percentile £400 £355 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £447 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.70% -0.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £550
90th Percentile £659 £630 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 29 34
10th Percentile - £61.25 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £62.00 £43.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -17.39%
75th Percentile - £68.00 £67.25
90th Percentile - £68.75 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -17.39%

GraphQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GraphQL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

GraphQL job vacancy trend in Bristol

GraphQL
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing GraphQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing GraphQL

GraphQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) AWS
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (25.00%) Neo4j
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Node.js
1 3 (75.00%) React
1 3 (75.00%) REST
2 1 (25.00%) Next.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) API Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microservices
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) SQL