GraphQL Contract Job Trends in England

GraphQL
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring GraphQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 332 355
Rank change year-on-year -64 +23 -39
Contract jobs citing GraphQL 236 173 205
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.53% 0.64% 0.55%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.78% 2.87% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 124 157
10th Percentile £400 £332 £335
25th Percentile £518 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £551 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.84% +5.00% -12.50%
75th Percentile £753 £688 £600
90th Percentile £800 £850 £675
UK median daily rate £600 £525 £510
% change year-on-year +14.29% +2.99% -15.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 3
10th Percentile £70.25 - £45.00
25th Percentile £72.50 - £48.75
Median hourly rate £75.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £81.88 - £61.00
90th Percentile £95.00 - £64.60
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +36.36% - +10.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,500 6,027 7,978
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.01% 22.34% 21.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,603 4,138 5,570
10th Percentile £363 £355 £350
25th Percentile £428 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £780 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 134 265
10th Percentile £30.35 £30.90 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -10.31%
75th Percentile £74.82 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £79.61 £74.48
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.50 £55.63
% change year-on-year +17.12% -0.22% -14.42%

GraphQL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

GraphQL job vacancy trend in England

GraphQL
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GraphQL

GraphQL
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GraphQL in England over the 6 months to 9 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for GraphQL in England

GraphQL
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GraphQL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GraphQL

GraphQL
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GraphQL in England over the 6 months to 9 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for GraphQL in England

GraphQL
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GraphQL within the England region over the 6 months to 9 July 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -41 162 £650 +8.33% 46
North of England -68 23 £575 +35.29% 10
South East -54 21 £533 +52.14% 15
North West -32 17 £650 +52.94% 7
Midlands -57 10 £700 +66.67% 6
South West - 10 £700 - 5
Yorkshire -48 6 £575 - 3
East Midlands -10 5 £498 +24.50% 3
West Midlands -64 5 £700 +60.00% 3
East of England - 3 £675 - 2
GraphQL
UK

GraphQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (2.97%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.54%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.69%) Apache
4 2 (0.85%) CMS
5 1 (0.42%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.42%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.42%) Luigi
5 1 (0.42%) nginx
5 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.54%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.42%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.85%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.85%) Shopify
2 1 (0.42%) Magento
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.42%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 133 (56.36%) AWS
2 54 (22.88%) Serverless
3 52 (22.03%) Azure
4 40 (16.95%) GCP
5 38 (16.10%) AWS Lambda
6 37 (15.68%) GitHub
7 27 (11.44%) GitHub Actions
8 20 (8.47%) Amazon S3
9 16 (6.78%) SaaS
10 11 (4.66%) Amazon ECS
11 10 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (3.81%) Amazon EKS
12 9 (3.81%) Datadog
13 8 (3.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (3.39%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (2.54%) Amazon SQS
14 6 (2.54%) Azure Key Vault
15 5 (2.12%) Azure Service Bus
15 5 (2.12%) Figma
15 5 (2.12%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.27%) DSL
1 3 (1.27%) HTTP
2 2 (0.85%) Kerberos
2 2 (0.85%) NaaS
2 2 (0.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (13.56%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (7.63%) NoSQL
2 18 (7.63%) Relational Database
3 15 (6.36%) MySQL
4 14 (5.93%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (5.08%) DynamoDB
6 10 (4.24%) Redis
7 7 (2.97%) Metadata
8 6 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (2.54%) Neo4j
9 5 (2.12%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (2.12%) MongoDB
9 5 (2.12%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.69%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.69%) SQL Server
11 3 (1.27%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (1.27%) Pinecone
11 3 (1.27%) Weaviate
12 2 (0.85%) TigerGraph
12 2 (0.85%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 28 (11.86%) Git
2 27 (11.44%) Jenkins
3 16 (6.78%) Cypress.io
4 12 (5.08%) Vite
5 8 (3.39%) GitLab
5 8 (3.39%) Gradle
6 5 (2.12%) JSUnit
7 4 (1.69%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.69%) Maven
7 4 (1.69%) webpack
8 3 (1.27%) Android Studio
8 3 (1.27%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (1.27%) Eclipse
8 3 (1.27%) fastlane
8 3 (1.27%) Selenium
8 3 (1.27%) Xcode
9 2 (0.85%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.85%) Karma Test Runner
9 2 (0.85%) Mocha
9 2 (0.85%) SpecFlow
General
1 57 (24.15%) Finance
2 37 (15.68%) Front Office
3 31 (13.14%) Social Skills
4 23 (9.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (4.24%) Banking
6 8 (3.39%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.39%) Retail
7 5 (2.12%) Games
7 5 (2.12%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.27%) Back Office
9 3 (1.27%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (1.27%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.27%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.27%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.85%) Billing
10 2 (0.85%) Marketing
10 2 (0.85%) Publishing
11 1 (0.42%) Aviation
11 1 (0.42%) Police
Job Titles
1 106 (44.92%) Developer
2 52 (22.03%) Software Engineer
3 46 (19.49%) Senior
4 39 (16.53%) Lead
5 33 (13.98%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 27 (11.44%) Lead Developer
7 23 (9.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 22 (9.32%) Architect
8 22 (9.32%) Full-Stack Developer
9 21 (8.90%) Lead Software Developer
9 21 (8.90%) Lead Software Engineer
10 20 (8.47%) React Developer
11 18 (7.63%) Senior Developer
12 17 (7.20%) Java Developer
13 16 (6.78%) Java Engineer
14 15 (6.36%) Backend Developer
15 14 (5.93%) Python Developer
16 10 (4.24%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
16 10 (4.24%) Java Software Engineer
17 9 (3.81%) Senior Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (44.07%) React
2 89 (37.71%) REST
3 78 (33.05%) Node.js
4 65 (27.54%) Kafka
5 44 (18.64%) Redux
6 34 (14.41%) RESTful
7 27 (11.44%) Next.js
8 22 (9.32%) Spring
9 19 (8.05%) AngularJS
9 19 (8.05%) Jest
10 18 (7.63%) CSS
10 18 (7.63%) OAuth
10 18 (7.63%) Playwright
11 17 (7.20%) Spring Boot
12 15 (6.36%) HTML
12 15 (6.36%) Vue
13 14 (5.93%) OAuth2
14 13 (5.51%) Django
15 12 (5.08%) gRPC
16 10 (4.24%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 45 (19.07%) Cloud Native
2 33 (13.98%) Fixed Income
3 28 (11.86%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (5.51%) Product Ownership
5 10 (4.24%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (3.81%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.54%) Data Structures
8 5 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.12%) Taxonomies
9 4 (1.69%) Sports Betting
10 3 (1.27%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.27%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.85%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.85%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.85%) Marketing Technology
11 2 (0.85%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.42%) LIMS
12 1 (0.42%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.51%) Android
2 11 (4.66%) Linux
3 7 (2.97%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.27%) Unix
4 3 (1.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (42.37%) CI/CD
2 91 (38.56%) Agile
3 78 (33.05%) Software Engineering
4 67 (28.39%) Full-Stack Development
5 54 (22.88%) Microservices
6 48 (20.34%) DevOps
7 38 (16.10%) Event-Driven
8 37 (15.68%) Test Automation
9 36 (15.25%) Investment Management
9 36 (15.25%) User Experience
10 34 (14.41%) E-Commerce
11 32 (13.56%) Containerisation
11 32 (13.56%) Order Management
11 32 (13.56%) Portfolio Management
12 31 (13.14%) Code Quality
13 29 (12.29%) AI
13 29 (12.29%) Observability
14 28 (11.86%) API Design
14 28 (11.86%) TDD
15 26 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 124 (52.54%) TypeScript
2 91 (38.56%) Java
3 82 (34.75%) Python
4 66 (27.97%) JavaScript
5 50 (21.19%) Go
6 37 (15.68%) SQL
7 16 (6.78%) Kotlin
8 7 (2.97%) C#
8 7 (2.97%) Scala
9 6 (2.54%) Swift
10 5 (2.12%) Cypher
10 5 (2.12%) SPARQL
11 4 (1.69%) Bash
12 3 (1.27%) Bicep
12 3 (1.27%) Gremlin
12 3 (1.27%) Perl
12 3 (1.27%) Ruby
12 3 (1.27%) Rust
13 2 (0.85%) PHP
13 2 (0.85%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (7.63%) Security Cleared
2 15 (6.36%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.93%) Degree
4 10 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.54%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.27%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.85%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.36%) QA
2 13 (5.51%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.39%) WCAG
4 6 (2.54%) GDPR
5 5 (2.12%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.85%) NIST
7 2 (0.85%) PSD2
8 1 (0.42%) ITGC
8 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 49 (20.76%) Docker
2 1 (0.42%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 39 (16.53%) Kubernetes
2 18 (7.63%) Terraform
3 17 (7.20%) Grafana
4 15 (6.36%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.85%) Amdocs OSS
6 2 (0.85%) Ansible
6 2 (0.85%) Puppet
7 1 (0.42%) Istio
7 1 (0.42%) linkerd
Vendors
1 25 (10.59%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.97%) Salesforce
3 6 (2.54%) Oracle
4 5 (2.12%) Google
5 3 (1.27%) SAP
5 3 (1.27%) Splunk
6 2 (0.85%) Amdocs
6 2 (0.85%) Ciena
6 2 (0.85%) Dynatrace
6 2 (0.85%) MuleSoft
6 2 (0.85%) Netlify
6 2 (0.85%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.85%) Workday
7 1 (0.42%) Braze
7 1 (0.42%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.42%) Confluent
7 1 (0.42%) Databricks
7 1 (0.42%) New Relic
7 1 (0.42%) Optimizely
7 1 (0.42%) SnapLogic