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 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 324 343
Rank change year-on-year +3 +19 -58
Permanent jobs citing GraphQL 124 114 245
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.58% 0.69% 0.77%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.10% 2.63% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 87 97 185
10th Percentile £57,000 - £43,750
25th Percentile £77,500 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% +16.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £142,500 £113,750 £85,000
90th Percentile - £142,500 £111,250
UK median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +36.00% -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 4,000 4,328 8,288
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.71% 26.17% 25.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,046 2,950 6,966
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,219 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +10.37% -7.79%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £111,875
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -9.60%

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 12 July 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 (3.23%) Confluence
2 2 (1.61%) JBoss
2 2 (1.61%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.81%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 45 (36.29%) AWS
2 29 (23.39%) Azure
3 27 (21.77%) Entra ID
3 27 (21.77%) Google Workspace
4 12 (9.68%) SaaS
5 8 (6.45%) GCP
6 7 (5.65%) GitHub
7 5 (4.03%) Anthropic Claude
7 5 (4.03%) Serverless
8 3 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.81%) Amazon Cognito
10 1 (0.81%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.81%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 27 (21.77%) Broadband
2 1 (0.81%) DNS
2 1 (0.81%) HTTP
2 1 (0.81%) MQTT
2 1 (0.81%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.26%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (5.65%) NoSQL
3 4 (3.23%) MongoDB
3 4 (3.23%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.42%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.42%) Spatial Data
5 1 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.81%) Redis
Development Applications
1 15 (12.10%) Git
2 5 (4.03%) JIRA
3 4 (3.23%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.81%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.81%) CMake
4 1 (0.81%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.81%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.81%) Maven
4 1 (0.81%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.81%) Storybook
4 1 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 60 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 38 (30.65%) Finance
3 32 (25.81%) Front Office
4 27 (21.77%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (11.29%) Games
6 3 (2.42%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.81%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 88 (70.97%) Developer
2 51 (41.13%) Lead
3 48 (38.71%) Lead Developer
4 37 (29.84%) Software Engineer
5 32 (25.81%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 31 (25.00%) React Developer
7 27 (21.77%) Senior
8 23 (18.55%) Full-Stack Developer
9 20 (16.13%) Lead Software Developer
9 20 (16.13%) Lead Software Engineer
10 9 (7.26%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 9 (7.26%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
10 9 (7.26%) IAM Developer
10 9 (7.26%) Senior Developer
11 8 (6.45%) Architect
11 8 (6.45%) Java Developer
11 8 (6.45%) Java Software Developer
11 8 (6.45%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
11 8 (6.45%) Node.js Developer
11 8 (6.45%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (46.77%) React
2 54 (43.55%) Node.js
3 43 (34.68%) REST
4 39 (31.45%) RESTful
5 34 (27.42%) Kafka
6 33 (26.61%) Redux
7 30 (24.19%) React Native
8 29 (23.39%) SOAP
9 28 (22.58%) OAuth
10 27 (21.77%) LDAP
10 27 (21.77%) OpenID
10 27 (21.77%) SAML
11 17 (13.71%) Vue
12 14 (11.29%) Next.js
13 10 (8.06%) AngularJS
14 9 (7.26%) .NET
15 4 (3.23%) Flutter
15 4 (3.23%) JSON
15 4 (3.23%) Spring
15 4 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (25.81%) Fixed Income
2 27 (21.77%) Cyber Threat
2 27 (21.77%) Cyberattack
3 4 (3.23%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.23%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.42%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.61%) AI Agents
5 2 (1.61%) DataPower
6 1 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.81%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.81%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.81%) Robotics
6 1 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (21.77%) Android
1 27 (21.77%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (0.81%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (40.32%) Software Engineering
2 47 (37.90%) Full-Stack Development
3 44 (35.48%) Agile
4 35 (28.23%) Mentoring
5 32 (25.81%) Investment Management
5 32 (25.81%) Order Management
5 32 (25.81%) Portfolio Management
6 31 (25.00%) Roadmaps
7 30 (24.19%) Technical Leadership
8 27 (21.77%) Cybersecurity
8 27 (21.77%) Identity Access Management
8 27 (21.77%) Programme Delivery
8 27 (21.77%) Regulatory Compliance
9 26 (20.97%) Mobile Development
10 22 (17.74%) CI/CD
11 18 (14.52%) AI
12 16 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (11.29%) Performance Optimisation
14 13 (10.48%) Change Control
15 10 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 53 (42.74%) TypeScript
2 43 (34.68%) JavaScript
3 38 (30.65%) Java
4 32 (25.81%) Go
4 32 (25.81%) Python
5 29 (23.39%) SQL
6 27 (21.77%) Bash
6 27 (21.77%) PowerShell
6 27 (21.77%) T-SQL
7 6 (4.84%) C#
8 2 (1.61%) Ruby
9 1 (0.81%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (7.26%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (7.26%) Degree
2 1 (0.81%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.81%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (21.77%) NCSC
1 27 (21.77%) NIST
2 13 (10.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.23%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.42%) QA
5 1 (0.81%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (21.77%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.03%) Kubernetes
1 5 (4.03%) Terraform
2 1 (0.81%) Grafana
2 1 (0.81%) Kibana
2 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (3.23%) Databricks
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.81%) OpenAI