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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 319 329
Rank change year-on-year -17 +10 -33
Permanent jobs citing GraphQL 119 112 227
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.55% 0.68% 0.78%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.95% 2.64% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 86 94 168
10th Percentile £56,875 - £46,250
25th Percentile £77,500 £52,500 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.03% +20.83% -25.00%
75th Percentile £142,500 £141,875 £85,625
90th Percentile - £142,500 £112,375
UK median annual salary £85,000 £87,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.86% +34.62% -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 4,029 4,239 7,480
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.65% 25.73% 25.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,051 2,885 6,223
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,206 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +7.65% -5.89%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,037 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.04% +11.73% -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 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 (3.36%) Confluence
2 1 (0.84%) CMS
2 1 (0.84%) JBoss
2 1 (0.84%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 45 (37.82%) AWS
2 26 (21.85%) Azure
3 23 (19.33%) Entra ID
3 23 (19.33%) Google Workspace
4 11 (9.24%) SaaS
5 8 (6.72%) GCP
5 8 (6.72%) GitHub
6 5 (4.20%) Anthropic Claude
6 5 (4.20%) Serverless
7 3 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.68%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.84%) Amazon Cognito
9 1 (0.84%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.84%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.84%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (0.84%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 23 (19.33%) Broadband
2 1 (0.84%) DNS
2 1 (0.84%) HTTP
2 1 (0.84%) MQTT
2 1 (0.84%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.40%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (5.04%) NoSQL
3 4 (3.36%) MongoDB
3 4 (3.36%) Relational Database
3 4 (3.36%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.52%) Spatial Data
5 1 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.84%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.84%) Power BI
5 1 (0.84%) Redis
Development Applications
1 16 (13.45%) Git
2 5 (4.20%) JIRA
3 4 (3.36%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.84%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.84%) CMake
4 1 (0.84%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.84%) Maven
4 1 (0.84%) Storybook
4 1 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 55 (46.22%) Social Skills
2 38 (31.93%) Finance
3 32 (26.89%) Front Office
4 23 (19.33%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (10.08%) Games
6 3 (2.52%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.84%) Legal
8 1 (0.84%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 86 (72.27%) Developer
2 51 (42.86%) Lead
3 48 (40.34%) Lead Developer
4 36 (30.25%) Software Engineer
5 32 (26.89%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 31 (26.05%) React Developer
7 23 (19.33%) Full-Stack Developer
8 22 (18.49%) Senior
9 20 (16.81%) Lead Software Developer
9 20 (16.81%) Lead Software Engineer
10 9 (7.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 9 (7.56%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 8 (6.72%) Java Developer
11 8 (6.72%) Java Engineer
11 8 (6.72%) Java Software Developer
11 8 (6.72%) Java Software Engineer
11 8 (6.72%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
11 8 (6.72%) Node.js Developer
11 8 (6.72%) Systems Engineer
12 7 (5.88%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (47.90%) React
2 54 (45.38%) Node.js
3 40 (33.61%) RESTful
4 38 (31.93%) REST
5 33 (27.73%) Kafka
5 33 (27.73%) Redux
6 28 (23.53%) React Native
7 24 (20.17%) OAuth
7 24 (20.17%) SOAP
8 23 (19.33%) LDAP
8 23 (19.33%) OpenID
8 23 (19.33%) SAML
9 16 (13.45%) Vue
10 14 (11.76%) Next.js
11 9 (7.56%) AngularJS
12 7 (5.88%) .NET
13 5 (4.20%) JSON
13 5 (4.20%) XML
14 3 (2.52%) Flutter
14 3 (2.52%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 32 (26.89%) Fixed Income
2 23 (19.33%) Cyber Threat
2 23 (19.33%) Cyberattack
3 4 (3.36%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.52%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.68%) AI Agents
5 2 (1.68%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.84%) DataPower
6 1 (0.84%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.84%) PMI
6 1 (0.84%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.84%) Robotics
6 1 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (21.85%) Android
1 26 (21.85%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.84%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (0.84%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (42.02%) Software Engineering
2 46 (38.66%) Full-Stack Development
3 44 (36.97%) Agile
4 32 (26.89%) Investment Management
4 32 (26.89%) Order Management
4 32 (26.89%) Portfolio Management
5 30 (25.21%) Mentoring
6 29 (24.37%) Technical Leadership
7 26 (21.85%) Mobile Development
8 25 (21.01%) Roadmaps
9 23 (19.33%) Cybersecurity
9 23 (19.33%) Identity Access Management
9 23 (19.33%) Programme Delivery
9 23 (19.33%) Regulatory Compliance
10 21 (17.65%) CI/CD
11 17 (14.29%) AI
12 14 (11.76%) Performance Optimisation
13 13 (10.92%) Stakeholder Management
14 11 (9.24%) Change Control
15 10 (8.40%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 54 (45.38%) TypeScript
2 43 (36.13%) JavaScript
3 37 (31.09%) Java
4 32 (26.89%) Go
4 32 (26.89%) Python
5 26 (21.85%) SQL
6 23 (19.33%) Bash
6 23 (19.33%) PowerShell
6 23 (19.33%) T-SQL
7 6 (5.04%) C#
8 1 (0.84%) C++
8 1 (0.84%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (7.56%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (7.56%) Degree
2 1 (0.84%) PMI Certification
2 1 (0.84%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.84%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (19.33%) NCSC
1 23 (19.33%) NIST
2 11 (9.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.52%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.68%) QA
5 1 (0.84%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.84%) WCAG
System Software
1 23 (19.33%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.20%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.36%) Terraform
3 1 (0.84%) Grafana
3 1 (0.84%) Kibana
3 1 (0.84%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (4.20%) Databricks
2 1 (0.84%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.84%) OpenAI