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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 335 344
Rank change year-on-year +37 +9 -65
Permanent jobs citing GraphQL 132 98 254
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.65% 0.63% 0.76%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.55% 2.30% 2.85%
Number of salaries quoted 84 90 194
10th Percentile £57,875 - £41,250
25th Percentile £76,250 £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 £95,000 £84,063
90th Percentile - £142,500 £111,250
UK median annual salary £85,000 £77,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +9.68% +24.00% -21.88%

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 3,714 4,256 8,901
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.18% 27.24% 26.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,789 2,870 7,573
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,306
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% -11.11%

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 27 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 43 (32.58%) AWS
2 40 (30.30%) Azure
3 39 (29.55%) Entra ID
3 39 (29.55%) Google Workspace
4 12 (9.09%) SaaS
5 8 (6.06%) GCP
6 5 (3.79%) GitHub
7 4 (3.03%) Anthropic Claude
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%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.76%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 39 (29.55%) 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
4 3 (2.27%) Spatial Data
4 3 (2.27%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 12 (9.09%) Git
2 5 (3.79%) JIRA
3 3 (2.27%) 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 39 (29.55%) Organisational Skills
4 32 (24.24%) Front Office
5 21 (15.91%) Games
6 3 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
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 34 (25.76%) Senior
6 32 (24.24%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 29 (21.97%) React Developer
8 23 (17.42%) Full-Stack Developer
9 20 (15.15%) Lead Software Developer
9 20 (15.15%) Lead Software Engineer
10 13 (9.85%) IAM Developer
11 12 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
12 11 (8.33%) Architect
12 11 (8.33%) Senior Architect
12 11 (8.33%) Senior Developer
13 9 (6.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 9 (6.82%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
14 8 (6.06%) Java Engineer
14 8 (6.06%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 8 (6.06%) Node.js Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (43.94%) React
2 54 (40.91%) REST
3 51 (38.64%) Node.js
4 42 (31.82%) SOAP
5 40 (30.30%) OAuth
6 39 (29.55%) LDAP
6 39 (29.55%) OpenID
6 39 (29.55%) SAML
7 34 (25.76%) Kafka
7 34 (25.76%) Redux
7 34 (25.76%) RESTful
8 29 (21.97%) React Native
9 17 (12.88%) Vue
10 14 (10.61%) Next.js
11 10 (7.58%) .NET
11 10 (7.58%) AngularJS
12 5 (3.79%) Spring
13 4 (3.03%) Flutter
13 4 (3.03%) JSON
13 4 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (29.55%) Cyber Threat
1 39 (29.55%) 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%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.52%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.76%) AI Agents
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%) Full-Stack Development
1 48 (36.36%) Software Engineering
2 47 (35.61%) Mentoring
3 44 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 43 (32.58%) Agile
5 39 (29.55%) Cybersecurity
5 39 (29.55%) Identity Access Management
5 39 (29.55%) Programme Delivery
5 39 (29.55%) 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 21 (15.91%) CI/CD
11 19 (14.39%) Change Control
12 18 (13.64%) AI
13 13 (9.85%) Performance Optimisation
14 10 (7.58%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 51 (38.64%) TypeScript
2 43 (32.58%) JavaScript
3 39 (29.55%) Bash
3 39 (29.55%) PowerShell
3 39 (29.55%) T-SQL
4 37 (28.03%) Java
5 36 (27.27%) SQL
6 32 (24.24%) Go
7 29 (21.97%) Python
8 6 (4.55%) C#
9 2 (1.52%) Ruby
10 1 (0.76%) C++
10 1 (0.76%) Kotlin
10 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 39 (29.55%) NCSC
1 39 (29.55%) 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 39 (29.55%) 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%) OpenAI