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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 336 344
Rank change year-on-year +71 +8 -49
Permanent jobs citing GraphQL 146 90 265
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.76% 0.60% 0.80%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.25% 2.09% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 80 82 200
10th Percentile £67,250 - £41,250
25th Percentile £77,500 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +54.76% +5.00% -25.00%
75th Percentile £142,500 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile - £90,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £95,000 £75,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +26.67% +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 3,439 4,308 8,767
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.92% 28.84% 26.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,505 2,874 7,629
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,900 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -8.19%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.34% -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 31 May 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 (3.42%) Confluence
2 4 (2.74%) JBoss
2 4 (2.74%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.68%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 58 (39.73%) Azure
2 53 (36.30%) Entra ID
3 52 (35.62%) Google Workspace
4 42 (28.77%) AWS
5 13 (8.90%) SaaS
6 8 (5.48%) GCP
7 5 (3.42%) GitHub
8 4 (2.74%) Anthropic Claude
8 4 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.05%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (2.05%) dbt
9 3 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (2.05%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.37%) Serverless
11 1 (0.68%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.68%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 53 (36.30%) Broadband
2 1 (0.68%) DNS
2 1 (0.68%) HTTP
2 1 (0.68%) MQTT
2 1 (0.68%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.79%) NoSQL
1 7 (4.79%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (2.74%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.05%) Spatial Data
3 3 (2.05%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 12 (8.22%) Git
2 6 (4.11%) JIRA
3 3 (2.05%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.68%) Android Studio
4 1 (0.68%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.68%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.68%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.68%) Maven
4 1 (0.68%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.68%) Xcode
General
1 70 (47.95%) Social Skills
2 53 (36.30%) Organisational Skills
3 42 (28.77%) Finance
4 32 (21.92%) Front Office
5 30 (20.55%) Games
6 3 (2.05%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.68%) Legal
Job Titles
1 89 (60.96%) Developer
2 46 (31.51%) Lead
3 45 (30.82%) Senior
4 42 (28.77%) Lead Developer
5 40 (27.40%) Software Engineer
6 32 (21.92%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 26 (17.81%) React Developer
8 22 (15.07%) Full-Stack Developer
9 21 (14.38%) Lead Software Engineer
10 20 (13.70%) Lead Software Developer
11 18 (12.33%) IAM Developer
12 16 (10.96%) Systems Engineer
13 14 (9.59%) Senior Developer
14 12 (8.22%) Architect
14 12 (8.22%) Senior Architect
15 9 (6.16%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 9 (6.16%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
16 8 (5.48%) Java Engineer
16 8 (5.48%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
16 8 (5.48%) Node.js Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (47.26%) REST
2 57 (39.04%) React
2 57 (39.04%) SOAP
3 56 (38.36%) OAuth
4 52 (35.62%) LDAP
4 52 (35.62%) OpenID
4 52 (35.62%) SAML
5 48 (32.88%) Node.js
6 34 (23.29%) Kafka
6 34 (23.29%) Redux
7 30 (20.55%) RESTful
8 27 (18.49%) React Native
9 17 (11.64%) Vue
10 14 (9.59%) Next.js
11 11 (7.53%) .NET
12 10 (6.85%) AngularJS
13 6 (4.11%) Spring
14 5 (3.42%) Jest
15 4 (2.74%) Flutter
15 4 (2.74%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 53 (36.30%) Cyber Threat
1 53 (36.30%) Cyberattack
2 32 (21.92%) Fixed Income
3 6 (4.11%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.74%) DataPower
4 4 (2.74%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.37%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.37%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.68%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.68%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.68%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.68%) Robotics
7 1 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (15.07%) Android
2 21 (14.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (45.21%) Mentoring
2 58 (39.73%) Roadmaps
3 53 (36.30%) Cybersecurity
3 53 (36.30%) Programme Delivery
4 52 (35.62%) Identity Access Management
4 52 (35.62%) Regulatory Compliance
4 52 (35.62%) Software Engineering
5 47 (32.19%) Agile
5 47 (32.19%) Full-Stack Development
6 32 (21.92%) Investment Management
6 32 (21.92%) Order Management
6 32 (21.92%) Portfolio Management
7 28 (19.18%) Stakeholder Management
8 25 (17.12%) Technical Leadership
9 24 (16.44%) Change Control
9 24 (16.44%) CI/CD
10 20 (13.70%) Mobile Development
11 17 (11.64%) AI
12 14 (9.59%) Performance Optimisation
13 13 (8.90%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 56 (38.36%) PowerShell
2 53 (36.30%) Bash
3 52 (35.62%) T-SQL
3 52 (35.62%) TypeScript
4 44 (30.14%) SQL
5 40 (27.40%) JavaScript
6 38 (26.03%) Java
7 32 (21.92%) Go
8 28 (19.18%) Python
9 9 (6.16%) C#
10 4 (2.74%) Ruby
11 1 (0.68%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.68%) Swift
Qualifications
1 8 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (5.48%) Degree
2 1 (0.68%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.68%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (36.30%) NCSC
1 53 (36.30%) NIST
2 24 (16.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.74%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.05%) QA
System Software
1 52 (35.62%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.05%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (4.79%) Terraform
2 2 (1.37%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.68%) Grafana
3 1 (0.68%) Kibana
3 1 (0.68%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (2.74%) Databricks
2 3 (2.05%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.68%) CyberArk
3 1 (0.68%) OpenAI