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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 324 300
Rank change year-on-year -34 -24 -14
Permanent jobs citing GraphQL 109 105 222
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.48% 0.64% 0.88%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.63% 2.58% 3.40%
Number of salaries quoted 88 84 149
10th Percentile £56,250 £51,625 £47,250
25th Percentile £76,250 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £77,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.58% +29.17% -25.00%
75th Percentile £142,500 £142,500 £85,000
90th Percentile - - £111,250
UK median annual salary £85,000 £95,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +46.15% -18.75%

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 4,150 4,064 6,528
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.42% 24.66% 25.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,133 2,728 5,289
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,600 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -4.36%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -8.89%

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 6 August 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 6 (5.50%) Confluence
2 1 (0.92%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.92%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 49 (44.95%) AWS
2 13 (11.93%) GitHub
3 10 (9.17%) Azure
4 9 (8.26%) GCP
4 9 (8.26%) SaaS
5 7 (6.42%) Serverless
6 6 (5.50%) Entra ID
7 5 (4.59%) Anthropic Claude
7 5 (4.59%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (3.67%) Google Workspace
9 3 (2.75%) GitHub Copilot
9 3 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.83%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.83%) Datadog
10 2 (1.83%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.83%) Sentry
11 1 (0.92%) Amazon Cognito
11 1 (0.92%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 1 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.50%) Broadband
2 1 (0.92%) DNS
2 1 (0.92%) HTTP
2 1 (0.92%) MQTT
2 1 (0.92%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (12.84%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (8.26%) NoSQL
3 5 (4.59%) MongoDB
4 4 (3.67%) Relational Database
4 4 (3.67%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.75%) Spatial Data
6 2 (1.83%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.83%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.83%) Power BI
7 1 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.92%) MySQL
7 1 (0.92%) Redis
Development Applications
1 17 (15.60%) Git
2 8 (7.34%) JIRA
3 4 (3.67%) Claude Code
4 2 (1.83%) Appium
4 2 (1.83%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.92%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.92%) CMake
5 1 (0.92%) GitLab
5 1 (0.92%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.92%) Maven
5 1 (0.92%) Mocha
5 1 (0.92%) Storybook
5 1 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 48 (44.04%) Social Skills
2 42 (38.53%) Finance
3 32 (29.36%) Front Office
4 5 (4.59%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.83%) Banking
7 2 (1.83%) Games
7 2 (1.83%) Legal
7 2 (1.83%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 82 (75.23%) Developer
2 53 (48.62%) Lead
3 48 (44.04%) Lead Developer
4 38 (34.86%) Software Engineer
5 32 (29.36%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 31 (28.44%) React Developer
7 23 (21.10%) Full-Stack Developer
8 20 (18.35%) Lead Software Developer
8 20 (18.35%) Lead Software Engineer
9 16 (14.68%) Senior
10 11 (10.09%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 11 (10.09%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 8 (7.34%) Java Developer
11 8 (7.34%) Java Engineer
11 8 (7.34%) Java Software Developer
11 8 (7.34%) Java Software Engineer
11 8 (7.34%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
11 8 (7.34%) Node.js Developer
12 6 (5.50%) Senior Developer
13 4 (3.67%) Lead Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (56.88%) React
2 56 (51.38%) Node.js
3 42 (38.53%) RESTful
4 34 (31.19%) Kafka
4 34 (31.19%) React Native
4 34 (31.19%) Redux
5 23 (21.10%) REST
6 19 (17.43%) Vue
7 14 (12.84%) Next.js
8 10 (9.17%) AngularJS
9 7 (6.42%) .NET
9 7 (6.42%) Jest
10 6 (5.50%) JSON
10 6 (5.50%) OAuth
10 6 (5.50%) SOAP
10 6 (5.50%) XML
11 5 (4.59%) Flutter
12 4 (3.67%) CSS
12 4 (3.67%) LDAP
12 4 (3.67%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 32 (29.36%) Fixed Income
2 10 (9.17%) Mobile App
3 4 (3.67%) AI Agents
3 4 (3.67%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.67%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (3.67%) Cyberattack
4 3 (2.75%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.83%) Blog
5 2 (1.83%) Clustering
5 2 (1.83%) PMI
6 1 (0.92%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.92%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.92%) Robotics
6 1 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 32 (29.36%) Android
1 32 (29.36%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.92%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (0.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (49.54%) Software Engineering
2 49 (44.95%) Agile
3 48 (44.04%) Full-Stack Development
4 32 (29.36%) Investment Management
4 32 (29.36%) Order Management
4 32 (29.36%) Portfolio Management
5 30 (27.52%) CI/CD
5 30 (27.52%) Technical Leadership
6 28 (25.69%) Mobile Development
7 19 (17.43%) AI
8 14 (12.84%) Performance Optimisation
8 14 (12.84%) Test Automation
9 13 (11.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (11.93%) Mentoring
10 12 (11.01%) Code Quality
11 10 (9.17%) Data Pipeline
11 10 (9.17%) DevOps
11 10 (9.17%) Observability
11 10 (9.17%) User Experience
12 9 (8.26%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 58 (53.21%) TypeScript
2 47 (43.12%) JavaScript
3 37 (33.94%) Java
4 33 (30.28%) Python
5 32 (29.36%) Go
6 19 (17.43%) SQL
7 6 (5.50%) Bash
7 6 (5.50%) PowerShell
8 5 (4.59%) C#
9 4 (3.67%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.83%) Kotlin
10 2 (1.83%) PHP
10 2 (1.83%) Swift
11 1 (0.92%) C++
11 1 (0.92%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (8.26%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (8.26%) Degree
2 2 (1.83%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.50%) NCSC
1 6 (5.50%) NIST
2 5 (4.59%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.67%) QA
4 3 (2.75%) WCAG
5 2 (1.83%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.83%) GDPR
System Software
1 11 (10.09%) Docker
2 6 (5.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (6.42%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.75%) Grafana
2 3 (2.75%) Terraform
3 1 (0.92%) Kibana
3 1 (0.92%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (5.50%) Databricks
2 2 (1.83%) CyberArk
3 1 (0.92%) Adobe
3 1 (0.92%) Google
3 1 (0.92%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.92%) OpenAI