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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 339 333
Rank change year-on-year -50 -6 -16
Contract jobs citing GraphQL 207 141 212
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.48% 0.57% 0.56%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.52% 2.51% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 100 164
10th Percentile £392 £335 £325
25th Percentile £506 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £520 £506
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +2.77% -15.67%
75th Percentile £800 £650 £600
90th Percentile - £750 £675
UK median daily rate £588 £509 £500
% change year-on-year +15.54% +1.70% -16.67%
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% - -8.33%
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% - -8.33%

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 8,216 5,618 7,905
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.06% 22.59% 20.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,415 3,899 5,517
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £514 £537
% change year-on-year +2.14% -4.22% -2.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 110 261
10th Percentile £30.55 £32.10 £22.75
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% +11.36% -15.38%
75th Percentile £74.06 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £81.05 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.25 £51.75
% change year-on-year +15.56% +8.70% -20.38%

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 19 June 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 19 June 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 19 June 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 -45 135 £700 +21.74% 38
North of England -54 21 £575 +38.06% 8
South East -59 21 £533 +25.29% 13
North West -25 17 £650 +56.06% 6
Midlands -50 10 £700 +66.67% 3
South West - 10 £700 - 5
East Midlands -13 5 £498 +18.57% 2
West Midlands -57 5 £700 +60.00% 1
Yorkshire -56 4 £538 - 2
East of England - 3 £675 - 1
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 5 (2.42%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (1.93%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.97%) Apache
3 2 (0.97%) CMS
4 1 (0.48%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.48%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.48%) nginx
4 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 4 (1.93%) Shopify
2 2 (0.97%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.48%) Magento
3 1 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.48%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 122 (58.94%) AWS
2 46 (22.22%) Azure
2 46 (22.22%) Serverless
3 36 (17.39%) GCP
4 34 (16.43%) AWS Lambda
4 34 (16.43%) GitHub
5 26 (12.56%) GitHub Actions
6 19 (9.18%) Amazon S3
7 15 (7.25%) SaaS
8 11 (5.31%) Amazon ECS
9 10 (4.83%) Amazon EKS
10 9 (4.35%) Datadog
11 8 (3.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 8 (3.86%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (2.42%) Amazon SQS
13 5 (2.42%) Azure Key Vault
14 4 (1.93%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 4 (1.93%) Azure Service Bus
14 4 (1.93%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.93%) HTTP
2 3 (1.45%) DSL
2 3 (1.45%) Kerberos
3 2 (0.97%) NaaS
3 2 (0.97%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (13.53%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (8.70%) Relational Database
3 14 (6.76%) Amazon RDS
4 12 (5.80%) DynamoDB
4 12 (5.80%) MySQL
5 11 (5.31%) NoSQL
6 8 (3.86%) Redis
7 5 (2.42%) Amazon Aurora
7 5 (2.42%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (2.42%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.93%) Metadata
8 4 (1.93%) SQL Server
9 3 (1.45%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.45%) Neo4j
9 3 (1.45%) Pinecone
9 3 (1.45%) Weaviate
10 2 (0.97%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.97%) Flink
10 2 (0.97%) InfluxDB
10 2 (0.97%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 22 (10.63%) Git
2 16 (7.73%) Jenkins
3 12 (5.80%) Vite
4 10 (4.83%) Cypress.io
4 10 (4.83%) Gradle
5 8 (3.86%) GitLab
6 4 (1.93%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.93%) Maven
6 4 (1.93%) webpack
7 3 (1.45%) Android Studio
7 3 (1.45%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (1.45%) Eclipse
7 3 (1.45%) fastlane
7 3 (1.45%) Selenium
7 3 (1.45%) Xcode
8 2 (0.97%) Mocha
8 2 (0.97%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.97%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.48%) JIRA
9 1 (0.48%) PHPUnit
General
1 54 (26.09%) Finance
2 37 (17.87%) Front Office
3 24 (11.59%) Social Skills
4 18 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (5.31%) Banking
6 7 (3.38%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.90%) Retail
8 4 (1.93%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.45%) Back Office
9 3 (1.45%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (1.45%) Games
9 3 (1.45%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.45%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.45%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.97%) Billing
10 2 (0.97%) Marketing
11 1 (0.48%) Law
11 1 (0.48%) Police
11 1 (0.48%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 92 (44.44%) Developer
2 49 (23.67%) Software Engineer
3 37 (17.87%) Lead
3 37 (17.87%) Senior
4 32 (15.46%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 25 (12.08%) Lead Developer
6 21 (10.14%) Lead Software Developer
6 21 (10.14%) Lead Software Engineer
7 20 (9.66%) Architect
7 20 (9.66%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 19 (9.18%) React Developer
9 18 (8.70%) Java Engineer
10 15 (7.25%) Java Developer
11 14 (6.76%) Full-Stack Developer
11 14 (6.76%) Python Developer
11 14 (6.76%) Senior Developer
12 13 (6.28%) Backend Developer
13 10 (4.83%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
13 10 (4.83%) Java Software Engineer
14 8 (3.86%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (42.51%) React
2 78 (37.68%) REST
3 63 (30.43%) Node.js
4 62 (29.95%) Kafka
5 41 (19.81%) Redux
6 29 (14.01%) RESTful
7 18 (8.70%) OAuth
7 18 (8.70%) Spring
8 16 (7.73%) Next.js
9 15 (7.25%) Jest
9 15 (7.25%) Spring Boot
10 14 (6.76%) Django
11 13 (6.28%) AngularJS
11 13 (6.28%) OAuth2
12 12 (5.80%) CSS
12 12 (5.80%) gRPC
12 12 (5.80%) Vue
13 11 (5.31%) Playwright
14 10 (4.83%) HTML
14 10 (4.83%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 38 (18.36%) Cloud Native
2 33 (15.94%) Fixed Income
3 24 (11.59%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (5.80%) Product Ownership
5 9 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (4.35%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.93%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.45%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.45%) Distributed Architecture
7 3 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.45%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.97%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (0.97%) Sports Betting
9 1 (0.48%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.48%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.48%) LIMS
9 1 (0.48%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.28%) Android
2 12 (5.80%) Linux
3 7 (3.38%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.45%) Unix
4 3 (1.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (41.06%) CI/CD
2 72 (34.78%) Agile
2 72 (34.78%) Software Engineering
3 54 (26.09%) Full-Stack Development
4 45 (21.74%) Microservices
5 41 (19.81%) DevOps
6 36 (17.39%) Event-Driven
6 36 (17.39%) Investment Management
7 32 (15.46%) Order Management
7 32 (15.46%) Portfolio Management
7 32 (15.46%) User Experience
8 31 (14.98%) Observability
9 30 (14.49%) Containerisation
9 30 (14.49%) E-Commerce
10 29 (14.01%) Test Automation
11 26 (12.56%) AI
12 25 (12.08%) API Design
12 25 (12.08%) Mentoring
13 23 (11.11%) Code Quality
14 21 (10.14%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 100 (48.31%) TypeScript
2 85 (41.06%) Java
3 77 (37.20%) Python
4 61 (29.47%) JavaScript
5 46 (22.22%) Go
6 25 (12.08%) SQL
7 13 (6.28%) Kotlin
8 6 (2.90%) Swift
9 4 (1.93%) C#
9 4 (1.93%) Scala
10 3 (1.45%) Bash
10 3 (1.45%) Perl
10 3 (1.45%) SPARQL
11 2 (0.97%) Bicep
11 2 (0.97%) C++
11 2 (0.97%) Cypher
11 2 (0.97%) Gremlin
11 2 (0.97%) PHP
12 1 (0.48%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (6.76%) Security Cleared
2 11 (5.31%) SC Cleared
3 9 (4.35%) Degree
4 5 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (2.42%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.97%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.48%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.31%) Accessibility
2 10 (4.83%) QA
3 7 (3.38%) WCAG
4 4 (1.93%) GDPR
5 3 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.97%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.97%) NIST
6 2 (0.97%) PSD2
7 1 (0.48%) ITGC
7 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 44 (21.26%) Docker
2 1 (0.48%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 35 (16.91%) Kubernetes
2 17 (8.21%) Grafana
3 15 (7.25%) Prometheus
3 15 (7.25%) Terraform
4 2 (0.97%) Amdocs OSS
4 2 (0.97%) Ansible
4 2 (0.97%) Puppet
4 2 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.48%) Istio
5 1 (0.48%) linkerd
Vendors
1 15 (7.25%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.38%) Salesforce
3 5 (2.42%) Oracle
4 4 (1.93%) Dynatrace
5 3 (1.45%) New Relic
5 3 (1.45%) SAP
5 3 (1.45%) Splunk
6 2 (0.97%) Amdocs
6 2 (0.97%) Ciena
6 2 (0.97%) Google
6 2 (0.97%) MuleSoft
6 2 (0.97%) Netlify
6 2 (0.97%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.97%) Workday
7 1 (0.48%) Braze
7 1 (0.48%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.48%) Confluent
7 1 (0.48%) Databricks
7 1 (0.48%) Optimizely
7 1 (0.48%) SnapLogic