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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 344 351
Rank change year-on-year +55 +7 -64
Permanent jobs citing GraphQL 138 88 261
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.68% 0.57% 0.75%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.77% 2.07% 2.83%
Number of salaries quoted 81 81 199
10th Percentile £65,000 - £41,250
25th Percentile £77,500 £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 £86,250 £83,125
90th Percentile - £113,750 £111,250
UK median annual salary £90,000 £75,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% +20.00% -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 3,664 4,256 9,216
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.13% 27.47% 26.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,721 2,863 7,844
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -8.19%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,625 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,318 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.99% +10.53% -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 21 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 5 (3.62%) Confluence
2 3 (2.17%) JBoss
2 3 (2.17%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.72%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 50 (36.23%) Azure
2 48 (34.78%) Entra ID
2 48 (34.78%) Google Workspace
3 42 (30.43%) AWS
4 12 (8.70%) SaaS
5 8 (5.80%) GCP
6 5 (3.62%) GitHub
7 4 (2.90%) Anthropic Claude
8 3 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.45%) Serverless
10 1 (0.72%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 48 (34.78%) Broadband
2 1 (0.72%) DNS
2 1 (0.72%) HTTP
2 1 (0.72%) MQTT
2 1 (0.72%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.07%) NoSQL
2 6 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.90%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.17%) Spatial Data
4 3 (2.17%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 12 (8.70%) Git
2 6 (4.35%) JIRA
3 3 (2.17%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.72%) Android Studio
4 1 (0.72%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.72%) CMake
4 1 (0.72%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.72%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.72%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.72%) Maven
4 1 (0.72%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.72%) Xcode
General
1 64 (46.38%) Social Skills
2 48 (34.78%) Organisational Skills
3 38 (27.54%) Finance
4 32 (23.19%) Front Office
5 25 (18.12%) Games
6 3 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 90 (65.22%) Developer
2 48 (34.78%) Lead
3 45 (32.61%) Lead Developer
4 38 (27.54%) Software Engineer
5 37 (26.81%) Senior
6 32 (23.19%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 29 (21.01%) React Developer
8 22 (15.94%) Full-Stack Developer
9 20 (14.49%) Lead Software Developer
9 20 (14.49%) Lead Software Engineer
10 16 (11.59%) IAM Developer
10 16 (11.59%) Systems Engineer
11 12 (8.70%) Senior Developer
12 11 (7.97%) Architect
12 11 (7.97%) Senior Architect
13 9 (6.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 9 (6.52%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
14 8 (5.80%) Java Engineer
14 8 (5.80%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 8 (5.80%) Node.js Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (45.65%) REST
2 56 (40.58%) React
3 51 (36.96%) SOAP
4 49 (35.51%) OAuth
5 48 (34.78%) LDAP
5 48 (34.78%) Node.js
5 48 (34.78%) OpenID
5 48 (34.78%) SAML
6 34 (24.64%) Kafka
6 34 (24.64%) Redux
7 33 (23.91%) RESTful
8 28 (20.29%) React Native
9 17 (12.32%) Vue
10 13 (9.42%) Next.js
11 10 (7.25%) .NET
11 10 (7.25%) AngularJS
12 5 (3.62%) Jest
12 5 (3.62%) Spring
13 4 (2.90%) JSON
13 4 (2.90%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (34.78%) Cyber Threat
1 48 (34.78%) Cyberattack
2 32 (23.19%) Fixed Income
3 5 (3.62%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.90%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.17%) DataPower
6 2 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.45%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.72%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.72%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.72%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.72%) Robotics
7 1 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (18.12%) Android
2 24 (17.39%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.72%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.72%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (39.86%) Mentoring
2 53 (38.41%) Roadmaps
3 48 (34.78%) Cybersecurity
3 48 (34.78%) Identity Access Management
3 48 (34.78%) Programme Delivery
3 48 (34.78%) Regulatory Compliance
4 47 (34.06%) Software Engineering
5 45 (32.61%) Full-Stack Development
6 43 (31.16%) Agile
7 32 (23.19%) Investment Management
7 32 (23.19%) Order Management
7 32 (23.19%) Portfolio Management
8 27 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
9 26 (18.84%) Technical Leadership
10 24 (17.39%) Change Control
11 23 (16.67%) Mobile Development
12 21 (15.22%) CI/CD
13 15 (10.87%) AI
14 13 (9.42%) Performance Optimisation
15 10 (7.25%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 51 (36.96%) TypeScript
2 48 (34.78%) Bash
2 48 (34.78%) PowerShell
2 48 (34.78%) T-SQL
3 40 (28.99%) JavaScript
3 40 (28.99%) SQL
4 37 (26.81%) Java
5 32 (23.19%) Go
6 29 (21.01%) Python
7 6 (4.35%) C#
8 2 (1.45%) Ruby
9 1 (0.72%) C++
9 1 (0.72%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.72%) Swift
Qualifications
1 8 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (5.80%) Degree
2 1 (0.72%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.72%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (34.78%) NCSC
1 48 (34.78%) NIST
2 24 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.17%) QA
System Software
1 48 (34.78%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.90%) Terraform
2 2 (1.45%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.72%) Grafana
3 1 (0.72%) Kibana
3 1 (0.72%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (2.90%) Databricks
2 1 (0.72%) OpenAI