Hybrid/Remote GraphQL Job Trends

GraphQL
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring GraphQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 325 345
Rank change year-on-year +23 +20 -71
Permanent jobs citing GraphQL 132 97 253
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.64% 0.61% 0.76%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.47% 2.28% 2.85%
Number of salaries quoted 84 88 193
10th Percentile £56,625 - £42,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% +8.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £142,500 £95,313 £85,000
90th Percentile - £142,500 £111,250
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% +33.33% -25.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,800 4,256 8,863
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.37% 26.95% 26.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,882 2,880 7,532
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,212 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +10.35% -8.19%
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.26% +10.83% -10.45%

GraphQL
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

GraphQL job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

GraphQL
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GraphQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GraphQL

GraphQL
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GraphQL over the 6 months to 30 June 2026.

GraphQL salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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 4 (3.03%) Confluence
2 3 (2.27%) JBoss
2 3 (2.27%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.76%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 44 (33.33%) AWS
2 40 (30.30%) Azure
3 38 (28.79%) Entra ID
3 38 (28.79%) Google Workspace
4 12 (9.09%) SaaS
5 8 (6.06%) GCP
6 5 (3.79%) Anthropic Claude
6 5 (3.79%) GitHub
7 4 (3.03%) Serverless
8 3 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.76%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.76%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 38 (28.79%) Broadband
2 1 (0.76%) DNS
2 1 (0.76%) HTTP
2 1 (0.76%) MQTT
2 1 (0.76%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.06%) NoSQL
2 6 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.03%) MongoDB
3 4 (3.03%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.27%) Spatial Data
5 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 12 (9.09%) Git
2 5 (3.79%) JIRA
3 4 (3.03%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.76%) Android Studio
4 1 (0.76%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.76%) CMake
4 1 (0.76%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.76%) Maven
4 1 (0.76%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.76%) Storybook
4 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.76%) Xcode
General
1 63 (47.73%) Social Skills
2 40 (30.30%) Finance
3 38 (28.79%) Organisational Skills
4 32 (24.24%) Front Office
5 20 (15.15%) Games
6 3 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 90 (68.18%) Developer
2 49 (37.12%) Lead
3 46 (34.85%) Lead Developer
4 38 (28.79%) Software Engineer
5 32 (24.24%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 32 (24.24%) Senior
6 29 (21.97%) React Developer
7 23 (17.42%) Full-Stack Developer
8 20 (15.15%) Lead Software Developer
8 20 (15.15%) Lead Software Engineer
9 12 (9.09%) IAM Developer
9 12 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
10 11 (8.33%) Architect
10 11 (8.33%) Senior Architect
11 10 (7.58%) Senior Developer
12 9 (6.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 9 (6.82%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
13 8 (6.06%) Java Software Engineer
13 8 (6.06%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
13 8 (6.06%) Node.js Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (44.70%) React
2 54 (40.91%) REST
3 52 (39.39%) Node.js
4 41 (31.06%) SOAP
5 39 (29.55%) OAuth
6 38 (28.79%) LDAP
6 38 (28.79%) OpenID
6 38 (28.79%) SAML
7 34 (25.76%) Kafka
7 34 (25.76%) Redux
7 34 (25.76%) RESTful
8 28 (21.21%) React Native
9 17 (12.88%) Vue
10 14 (10.61%) Next.js
11 11 (8.33%) .NET
12 10 (7.58%) AngularJS
13 5 (3.79%) Spring
14 4 (3.03%) Flutter
14 4 (3.03%) JSON
14 4 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (28.79%) Cyber Threat
1 38 (28.79%) Cyberattack
2 32 (24.24%) Fixed Income
3 5 (3.79%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.03%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.27%) DataPower
6 2 (1.52%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.52%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.76%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.76%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.76%) Robotics
7 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (19.70%) Android
2 25 (18.94%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.76%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (36.36%) Software Engineering
2 47 (35.61%) Full-Stack Development
3 45 (34.09%) Mentoring
4 43 (32.58%) Agile
4 43 (32.58%) Roadmaps
5 38 (28.79%) Cybersecurity
5 38 (28.79%) Identity Access Management
5 38 (28.79%) Programme Delivery
5 38 (28.79%) Regulatory Compliance
6 32 (24.24%) Investment Management
6 32 (24.24%) Order Management
6 32 (24.24%) Portfolio Management
7 28 (21.21%) Technical Leadership
8 24 (18.18%) Mobile Development
9 22 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 20 (15.15%) CI/CD
11 19 (14.39%) AI
11 19 (14.39%) Change Control
12 13 (9.85%) Performance Optimisation
13 10 (7.58%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 52 (39.39%) TypeScript
2 43 (32.58%) JavaScript
3 38 (28.79%) Bash
3 38 (28.79%) PowerShell
3 38 (28.79%) T-SQL
4 37 (28.03%) Java
4 37 (28.03%) SQL
5 32 (24.24%) Go
6 30 (22.73%) Python
7 7 (5.30%) C#
8 1 (0.76%) C++
8 1 (0.76%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.76%) Ruby
8 1 (0.76%) Swift
Qualifications
1 9 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (6.82%) Degree
2 1 (0.76%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (28.79%) NCSC
1 38 (28.79%) NIST
2 19 (14.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.03%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.27%) QA
5 1 (0.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 38 (28.79%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.03%) Terraform
2 3 (2.27%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.76%) Grafana
3 1 (0.76%) Kibana
3 1 (0.76%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (3.03%) Databricks
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.76%) OpenAI