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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 323 329
Rank change year-on-year +8 +6 -45
Permanent jobs citing GraphQL 133 117 248
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.63% 0.71% 0.76%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.34% 2.70% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 87 100 188
10th Percentile £58,250 - £44,688
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 £108,125 £85,000
90th Percentile - £142,500 £111,250
UK median annual salary £85,000 £83,750 £61,250
% change year-on-year +1.49% +36.73% -23.44%

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 3,982 4,331 8,475
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.78% 26.40% 26.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,008 2,947 7,148
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,458 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,225 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% +10.38% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -9.09%

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 9 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 (3.01%) Confluence
2 3 (2.26%) JBoss
2 3 (2.26%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.75%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 44 (33.08%) AWS
2 38 (28.57%) Azure
3 36 (27.07%) Entra ID
3 36 (27.07%) Google Workspace
4 12 (9.02%) SaaS
5 8 (6.02%) GCP
6 7 (5.26%) GitHub
7 5 (3.76%) Anthropic Claude
8 4 (3.01%) Serverless
9 3 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.75%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 1 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.75%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 36 (27.07%) Broadband
2 1 (0.75%) DNS
2 1 (0.75%) HTTP
2 1 (0.75%) MQTT
2 1 (0.75%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.02%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (5.26%) NoSQL
3 4 (3.01%) MongoDB
3 4 (3.01%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.26%) Spatial Data
5 2 (1.50%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 14 (10.53%) Git
2 5 (3.76%) JIRA
3 4 (3.01%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.75%) Android Studio
4 1 (0.75%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.75%) CMake
4 1 (0.75%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.75%) Maven
4 1 (0.75%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.75%) Storybook
4 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.75%) Xcode
General
1 64 (48.12%) Social Skills
2 40 (30.08%) Finance
3 36 (27.07%) Organisational Skills
4 32 (24.06%) Front Office
5 18 (13.53%) Games
6 3 (2.26%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.75%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 91 (68.42%) Developer
2 51 (38.35%) Lead
3 48 (36.09%) Lead Developer
4 38 (28.57%) Software Engineer
5 32 (24.06%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 32 (24.06%) Senior
6 31 (23.31%) React Developer
7 23 (17.29%) Full-Stack Developer
8 20 (15.04%) Lead Software Developer
8 20 (15.04%) Lead Software Engineer
9 12 (9.02%) IAM Developer
9 12 (9.02%) Systems Engineer
10 10 (7.52%) Senior Developer
11 9 (6.77%) Architect
11 9 (6.77%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 9 (6.77%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 9 (6.77%) Senior Architect
12 8 (6.02%) Java Engineer
12 8 (6.02%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
12 8 (6.02%) Node.js Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (44.36%) React
2 54 (40.60%) Node.js
3 53 (39.85%) REST
4 39 (29.32%) SOAP
5 38 (28.57%) RESTful
6 37 (27.82%) OAuth
7 36 (27.07%) LDAP
7 36 (27.07%) OpenID
7 36 (27.07%) SAML
8 34 (25.56%) Kafka
8 34 (25.56%) Redux
9 30 (22.56%) React Native
10 17 (12.78%) Vue
11 14 (10.53%) Next.js
12 10 (7.52%) .NET
12 10 (7.52%) AngularJS
13 5 (3.76%) Spring
14 4 (3.01%) Flutter
14 4 (3.01%) JSON
14 4 (3.01%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (27.07%) Cyber Threat
1 36 (27.07%) Cyberattack
2 32 (24.06%) Fixed Income
3 5 (3.76%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.01%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.26%) DataPower
6 2 (1.50%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.50%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.75%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.75%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.75%) Robotics
7 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (21.05%) Android
2 27 (20.30%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.75%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (37.59%) Software Engineering
2 47 (35.34%) Full-Stack Development
3 43 (32.33%) Mentoring
4 42 (31.58%) Agile
5 41 (30.83%) Roadmaps
6 36 (27.07%) Cybersecurity
6 36 (27.07%) Identity Access Management
6 36 (27.07%) Programme Delivery
6 36 (27.07%) Regulatory Compliance
7 32 (24.06%) Investment Management
7 32 (24.06%) Order Management
7 32 (24.06%) Portfolio Management
8 30 (22.56%) Technical Leadership
9 26 (19.55%) Mobile Development
10 21 (15.79%) CI/CD
10 21 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (14.29%) AI
12 18 (13.53%) Change Control
13 15 (11.28%) Performance Optimisation
14 10 (7.52%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 54 (40.60%) TypeScript
2 43 (32.33%) JavaScript
3 39 (29.32%) Java
4 36 (27.07%) Bash
4 36 (27.07%) PowerShell
4 36 (27.07%) T-SQL
5 35 (26.32%) SQL
6 32 (24.06%) Go
7 30 (22.56%) Python
8 6 (4.51%) C#
9 1 (0.75%) C++
9 1 (0.75%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.75%) Ruby
9 1 (0.75%) Swift
Qualifications
1 9 (6.77%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (6.77%) Degree
2 1 (0.75%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (27.07%) NCSC
1 36 (27.07%) NIST
2 18 (13.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.01%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.26%) QA
5 1 (0.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 36 (27.07%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (3.76%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.01%) Terraform
3 1 (0.75%) Grafana
3 1 (0.75%) Kibana
3 1 (0.75%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (3.01%) Databricks
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.75%) OpenAI