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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 261 261 341
Rank change year-on-year 0 +80 -125
Permanent jobs citing GraphQL 118 206 135
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.78% 1.20% 0.66%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.33% 3.94% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 61 116 112
10th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -13.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £105,000 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £142,500 £90,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £92,500 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +42.31% -13.33% +7.14%

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 2,725 5,229 6,209
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.99% 30.55% 30.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,126 3,383 5,278
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,495 £50,686
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,001 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +0.00% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £113,750 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

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 31 December 2025.

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 8 (6.78%) JBoss
1 8 (6.78%) WebSphere
2 7 (5.93%) Confluence
2 7 (5.93%) Headless CMS
3 3 (2.54%) CMS
4 1 (0.85%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 11 (9.32%) Shopify
2 3 (2.54%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 52 (44.07%) Azure
2 35 (29.66%) AWS
3 25 (21.19%) Entra ID
4 22 (18.64%) Google Workspace
5 20 (16.95%) Serverless
6 19 (16.10%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (11.02%) AWS Lambda
8 12 (10.17%) GitHub
9 11 (9.32%) Amazon S3
9 11 (9.32%) Azure Key Vault
9 11 (9.32%) dbt
9 11 (9.32%) GCP
9 11 (9.32%) Snowflake
10 10 (8.47%) SaaS
11 9 (7.63%) Figma
12 7 (5.93%) Azure Service Bus
13 6 (5.08%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (5.08%) Amazon SQS
13 6 (5.08%) AWS Step Functions
13 6 (5.08%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 30 (25.42%) Broadband
2 1 (0.85%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (14.41%) NoSQL
2 9 (7.63%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (6.78%) MongoDB
4 6 (5.08%) DynamoDB
5 4 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (2.54%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.69%) MySQL
7 2 (1.69%) Redis
8 1 (0.85%) Cloud Spanner
8 1 (0.85%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (14.41%) Git
2 10 (8.47%) Cypress.io
3 8 (6.78%) Jenkins
3 8 (6.78%) JIRA
4 3 (2.54%) CircleCI
4 3 (2.54%) JMeter
4 3 (2.54%) Postman
4 3 (2.54%) Selenium
4 3 (2.54%) Visual Studio
4 3 (2.54%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (1.69%) git-flow
5 2 (1.69%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.69%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.85%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.85%) Gradle
6 1 (0.85%) Maven
6 1 (0.85%) Vite
6 1 (0.85%) webpack
6 1 (0.85%) Xcode
General
1 54 (45.76%) Social Skills
2 36 (30.51%) Finance
3 24 (20.34%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (15.25%) Games
5 8 (6.78%) Front Office
6 4 (3.39%) Retail
7 3 (2.54%) Legal
8 2 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Local Government
9 1 (0.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 65 (55.08%) Senior
2 51 (43.22%) Developer
3 25 (21.19%) Senior Developer
4 22 (18.64%) Software Engineer
5 15 (12.71%) Full-Stack Developer
6 14 (11.86%) Architect
7 11 (9.32%) Azure Engineer
7 11 (9.32%) IAM Developer
8 10 (8.47%) Lead
8 10 (8.47%) Senior Architect
8 10 (8.47%) Senior Software Engineer
9 8 (6.78%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 8 (6.78%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
9 8 (6.78%) React Developer
9 8 (6.78%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
10 6 (5.08%) .NET Developer
10 6 (5.08%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 6 (5.08%) Lead Software Engineer
11 5 (4.24%) Lead Developer
11 5 (4.24%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (44.92%) React
2 52 (44.07%) REST
3 34 (28.81%) OAuth
4 33 (27.97%) SOAP
5 30 (25.42%) Node.js
6 22 (18.64%) CSS
6 22 (18.64%) LDAP
6 22 (18.64%) OpenID
6 22 (18.64%) SAML
7 19 (16.10%) RESTful
8 18 (15.25%) HTML
8 18 (15.25%) Kafka
9 17 (14.41%) Next.js
10 16 (13.56%) .NET
11 14 (11.86%) OpenAPI
11 14 (11.86%) Swagger
12 13 (11.02%) Redux
13 12 (10.17%) gRPC
13 12 (10.17%) Jest
13 12 (10.17%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 24 (20.34%) Cyber Threat
1 24 (20.34%) Cyberattack
2 19 (16.10%) Cloud Native
3 8 (6.78%) DataPower
3 8 (6.78%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (6.78%) Fixed Income
4 5 (4.24%) Mobile App
4 5 (4.24%) Product Ownership
5 4 (3.39%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (3.39%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.54%) Legacy Code
6 3 (2.54%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.69%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.85%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.85%) IoT
8 1 (0.85%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.69%) Android
2 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (59.32%) Mentoring
2 64 (54.24%) Agile
3 49 (41.53%) CI/CD
4 39 (33.05%) Software Engineering
5 34 (28.81%) Roadmaps
6 33 (27.97%) Problem-Solving
7 31 (26.27%) Full-Stack Development
8 29 (24.58%) Microservices
9 25 (21.19%) AI
10 24 (20.34%) Cybersecurity
10 24 (20.34%) DevOps
10 24 (20.34%) Programme Delivery
11 23 (19.49%) User Experience
12 22 (18.64%) Identity Access Management
12 22 (18.64%) Regulatory Compliance
13 19 (16.10%) Event-Driven
14 18 (15.25%) Clean Code
14 18 (15.25%) Front End Development
15 16 (13.56%) Test Automation
16 15 (12.71%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (42.37%) TypeScript
2 43 (36.44%) SQL
3 37 (31.36%) PowerShell
4 35 (29.66%) JavaScript
5 25 (21.19%) Bash
6 22 (18.64%) T-SQL
7 20 (16.95%) Java
8 18 (15.25%) C#
9 16 (13.56%) Python
10 9 (7.63%) Go
10 9 (7.63%) Ruby
11 2 (1.69%) Kotlin
11 2 (1.69%) PHP
12 1 (0.85%) Swift
Qualifications
1 5 (4.24%) AWS Certification
2 1 (0.85%) Azure Certification
2 1 (0.85%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (20.34%) NCSC
1 24 (20.34%) NIST
2 23 (19.49%) Accessibility
3 13 (11.02%) QA
4 9 (7.63%) WCAG
5 7 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 22 (18.64%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (12.71%) Terraform
2 9 (7.63%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (16.10%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.93%) Apple
3 3 (2.54%) Dynatrace
3 3 (2.54%) Google
4 2 (1.69%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.85%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.85%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.85%) SnapLogic