GraphQL Contracts in the Thames Valley

GraphQL
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring GraphQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GraphQL over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 136 139
Rank change year-on-year +43 +3 +8
Contract jobs citing GraphQL 9 9 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.60% 0.34% 0.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.27% 2.45% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £409 £313 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £417 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.20% - -
75th Percentile £451 £556 -
90th Percentile £464 £748 -
South East median daily rate £409 £400 £515
% change year-on-year +2.25% -22.33% -1.90%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 275 367 492
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 18.20% 13.66% 16.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 234 352
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £600 £617 £625
90th Percentile £650 £673 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 16 8
10th Percentile £23.35 £56.58 £52.90
25th Percentile £27.11 £56.65 £75.06
Median hourly rate £31.50 £61.60 £78.75
Median % change year-on-year -48.86% -21.78% +20.23%
75th Percentile £77.19 - £80.25
90th Percentile £86.38 £62.00 £80.48
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £61.60 £70.00
% change year-on-year -6.66% -12.00% +55.56%

GraphQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing GraphQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for GraphQL in the Thames Valley

GraphQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GraphQL in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for GraphQL in the Thames Valley

GraphQL
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GraphQL within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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.

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
Berkshire +35 9 £417 +28.31% 8
GraphQL
South East

GraphQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (66.67%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) Azure AKS
2 4 (44.44%) Azure Functions
2 4 (44.44%) Serverless
3 2 (22.22%) Amazon Cognito
3 2 (22.22%) AWS
4 1 (11.11%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (11.11%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (44.44%) Redis
3 2 (22.22%) MongoDB
3 2 (22.22%) MySQL
3 2 (22.22%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Full-Stack Developer
2 4 (44.44%) React Developer
3 3 (33.33%) Backend Developer
4 2 (22.22%) AWS Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Azure Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Full-Stack Java Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Full-Stack Python Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Java Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (66.67%) React
2 5 (55.56%) RESTful
3 4 (44.44%) Node.js
3 4 (44.44%) Prisma
4 2 (22.22%) OAuth
4 2 (22.22%) REST
4 2 (22.22%) SOAP
5 1 (11.11%) Apollo GraphQL
5 1 (11.11%) Redux
5 1 (11.11%) TanStack
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Full-Stack Development
2 5 (55.56%) CI/CD
2 5 (55.56%) DevOps
3 4 (44.44%) API Design
3 4 (44.44%) Code Quality
3 4 (44.44%) Containerisation
3 4 (44.44%) Cost Management
3 4 (44.44%) Cost Optimisation
3 4 (44.44%) Design Patterns
3 4 (44.44%) Event-Driven
3 4 (44.44%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 4 (44.44%) Front End Development
3 4 (44.44%) Microservices
3 4 (44.44%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (22.22%) API Integration
4 2 (22.22%) API Management
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (11.11%) Agile
5 1 (11.11%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) TypeScript
2 2 (22.22%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) Python
3 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Kubernetes
2 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft