Hybrid/Remote Apollo GraphQL Contract Job Trends

Apollo GraphQL
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Apollo GraphQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 317 314 388
Rank change year-on-year -3 +74 +171
Contract jobs citing Apollo GraphQL 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% 0.016% 0.017%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.037% 0.067% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £502
25th Percentile - - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £511
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.00%
75th Percentile - - £517
90th Percentile - - £520
UK median daily rate £660 - £500
% change year-on-year - - -21.57%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

Apollo 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,671 2,983 4,341
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.23% 24.59% 24.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,743 1,962 3,140
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £418 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 28 48
10th Percentile £31.00 £21.78 £40.22
25th Percentile £40.56 £32.88 £55.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £61.25 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -7.55% +1.92%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £77.50
90th Percentile - £89.38 £90.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £54.78
% change year-on-year -12.00% +14.09% -15.72%

Apollo GraphQL
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Apollo GraphQL and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Apollo GraphQL job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Apollo GraphQL
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Apollo GraphQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Apollo GraphQL

Apollo GraphQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Headless CMS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript