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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 260 284 343
Rank change year-on-year +24 +59 -100
Permanent jobs citing GraphQL 114 198 154
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.75% 1.00% 0.73%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.09% 3.31% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 77 106 142
10th Percentile £54,979 £46,250 £52,050
25th Percentile £70,000 £52,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £65,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +42.31% -16.13% +10.71%
75th Percentile £142,500 £75,938 £87,500
90th Percentile - £92,500 £107,375
UK median annual salary £92,500 £65,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +42.31% -16.13% +10.71%

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 2,790 5,982 6,629
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.37% 30.08% 31.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,281 3,902 5,622
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £41,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.75% +3.08% -
75th Percentile £86,250 £86,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,799
% change year-on-year +3.85% -1.21% +1.23%

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 25 November 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 10 (8.77%) Headless CMS
2 7 (6.14%) Confluence
3 6 (5.26%) CMS
3 6 (5.26%) JBoss
3 6 (5.26%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.88%) Strapi
4 1 (0.88%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.88%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 13 (11.40%) Shopify
2 3 (2.63%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 55 (48.25%) AWS
2 35 (30.70%) Azure
3 25 (21.93%) Serverless
4 15 (13.16%) AWS Lambda
4 15 (13.16%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (13.16%) GCP
5 13 (11.40%) Amazon S3
6 11 (9.65%) Azure Service Bus
6 11 (9.65%) Figma
6 11 (9.65%) GitHub
7 8 (7.02%) Amazon ECS
7 8 (7.02%) Amazon SQS
7 8 (7.02%) Entra ID
7 8 (7.02%) Google Analytics
7 8 (7.02%) SaaS
7 8 (7.02%) Vercel
8 6 (5.26%) AWS Step Functions
8 6 (5.26%) dbt
8 6 (5.26%) Google Workspace
8 6 (5.26%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.40%) Broadband
2 1 (0.88%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (16.67%) NoSQL
2 13 (11.40%) MongoDB
3 9 (7.89%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (5.26%) DynamoDB
5 5 (4.39%) Redis
5 5 (4.39%) SQL Server
6 4 (3.51%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (2.63%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.75%) MySQL
9 1 (0.88%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (17.54%) Git
2 12 (10.53%) Cypress.io
3 9 (7.89%) Jenkins
4 8 (7.02%) JIRA
5 4 (3.51%) SonarQube
5 4 (3.51%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (2.63%) CircleCI
6 3 (2.63%) JMeter
6 3 (2.63%) Postman
6 3 (2.63%) Selenium
6 3 (2.63%) Visual Studio
6 3 (2.63%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (1.75%) git-flow
8 1 (0.88%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.88%) ESLint
8 1 (0.88%) Gradle
8 1 (0.88%) Maven
8 1 (0.88%) Vite
8 1 (0.88%) webpack
8 1 (0.88%) Xcode
General
1 47 (41.23%) Finance
2 37 (32.46%) Social Skills
3 24 (21.05%) Front Office
4 7 (6.14%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (5.26%) Games
6 4 (3.51%) Retail
7 2 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.75%) Legal
8 1 (0.88%) Advertising
8 1 (0.88%) Local Government
8 1 (0.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 68 (59.65%) Developer
2 50 (43.86%) Senior
3 35 (30.70%) Software Engineer
4 25 (21.93%) Full-Stack Developer
4 25 (21.93%) Senior Developer
5 24 (21.05%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 19 (16.67%) Lead
7 15 (13.16%) Lead Developer
7 15 (13.16%) Lead Software Developer
7 15 (13.16%) Lead Software Engineer
8 14 (12.28%) React Developer
9 12 (10.53%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
10 11 (9.65%) Architect
11 8 (7.02%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
12 7 (6.14%) .NET Developer
12 7 (6.14%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 7 (6.14%) Java Developer
12 7 (6.14%) Java Engineer
12 7 (6.14%) Senior Software Engineer
13 6 (5.26%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (64.04%) React
2 50 (43.86%) Node.js
3 36 (31.58%) Kafka
4 33 (28.95%) REST
5 29 (25.44%) Redux
6 28 (24.56%) CSS
7 25 (21.93%) HTML
7 25 (21.93%) RESTful
8 20 (17.54%) Next.js
9 16 (14.04%) .NET
10 14 (12.28%) Jest
10 14 (12.28%) SOAP
11 13 (11.40%) AngularJS
11 13 (11.40%) gRPC
11 13 (11.40%) OAuth
11 13 (11.40%) Tailwind CSS
12 12 (10.53%) Vue
13 10 (8.77%) Spring
14 9 (7.89%) Middleware
14 9 (7.89%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 24 (21.05%) Fixed Income
2 18 (15.79%) Cloud Native
3 8 (7.02%) Product Ownership
4 7 (6.14%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (6.14%) Cyberattack
4 7 (6.14%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (5.26%) DataPower
6 5 (4.39%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (3.51%) Mobile App
7 4 (3.51%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.63%) Legacy Code
9 2 (1.75%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.88%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.88%) IoT
10 1 (0.88%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.88%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.88%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (69.30%) Agile
2 49 (42.98%) Mentoring
3 46 (40.35%) Full-Stack Development
3 46 (40.35%) Software Engineering
4 44 (38.60%) CI/CD
5 32 (28.07%) Microservices
6 28 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (21.05%) Investment Management
7 24 (21.05%) Order Management
7 24 (21.05%) Portfolio Management
7 24 (21.05%) User Experience
8 23 (20.18%) AI
9 20 (17.54%) Clean Code
9 20 (17.54%) DevOps
10 19 (16.67%) Front End Development
11 18 (15.79%) Event-Driven
12 16 (14.04%) Roadmaps
13 15 (13.16%) Test Automation
13 15 (13.16%) Unit Testing
14 14 (12.28%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 70 (61.40%) TypeScript
2 57 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 34 (29.82%) Java
4 32 (28.07%) SQL
5 29 (25.44%) Python
6 25 (21.93%) Go
7 15 (13.16%) C#
7 15 (13.16%) PowerShell
8 8 (7.02%) Bash
9 6 (5.26%) Ruby
9 6 (5.26%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.75%) Kotlin
10 2 (1.75%) PHP
11 1 (0.88%) Swift
Qualifications
1 5 (4.39%) AWS Certification
2 1 (0.88%) Azure Certification
2 1 (0.88%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (21.05%) Accessibility
2 18 (15.79%) QA
3 9 (7.89%) WCAG
4 7 (6.14%) NCSC
4 7 (6.14%) NIST
5 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (12.28%) Docker
2 6 (5.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (10.53%) Kubernetes
2 10 (8.77%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (14.04%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.02%) Apple
3 3 (2.63%) Dynatrace
4 2 (1.75%) Google
5 1 (0.88%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.88%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.88%) Netlify
5 1 (0.88%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.88%) SnapLogic