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GraphQL

GraphQL appeared in 8 hiring posts in September 2026 — roughly 1.5% of all jobs. Currently #5 of 23 languages.

Mentions · September 2026+33%vs prior

mentions

this month

12-Mo TrendOct '25 → Sep '26

Share of All Jobs

1.5%

All-Time Peak

31mentions · March 2021

First Seen

September 2015

Month Momentum

Rising+33%

§ 01Demand Signal

Mention history

Annual averages give the long-run shape without the monthly noise; the last two years are zoomed in below.

All-time mentions

1,508since September 2015 · 141 months

+6.9% YoY2025 vs 2024

'15

'16

'17

181

'18

218

'19

221

'20

282

PEAK

'21

204

'22

'23

'24

'25

'26

Total mentions, by year · hatched column = year still in progress

All-time

1,508141 mo

↑ Best year

2021282

↓ Quietest full year

20151

Latest full year

2025+6.9% YoY

§ 02Compensation

What GraphQL jobs pay

Disclosed USD pay over the past 3 years (2023–Present). Single months are too sparse to band.

Pay over the past 3 years · 2023–Present

USD177Kmedian

$129k – $200k middle 50% · n=102

By seniority

Junior— n=4

Mid— n=2

Senior$125k – $200k n=41

Staff+$166k – $200k n=31

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median. Junior & Mid shown hatched below the 10-sample floor.

Disclosed

102of 347 posts

Disclosure rate

29.4%

Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present

Where GraphQL sits in the pay distribution

−5%vs Go+5%vs Java

LanguageMedianvs GraphQL

$176k+5.1%

TypeScript

$170k+1.5%

SQL

$169k+0.7%

GraphQLyou are here

$168k—

JavaScript

$165k−1.5%

PHP

$163k−3.0%

Java

$160k−4.5%

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where GraphQL is hired

Regions

Top geographies

Share of GraphQL posts by where the role is based.

United States100.0%

United States100.0%16

Canada12.5%

Canada12.5%2

Remote Policy

44%remote

Remote

43.8%

Hybrid

18.8%

On-site

37.5%

§ 04Composition

Who hires for GraphQL

By Seniority

Roles by level

Senior56.3%

Senior56.3%9

Principal12.5%

Principal12.5%2

Lead6.3%

Lead6.3%1

By Function

Roles by function

Engineering81.3%

Engineering81.3%13

Product12.5%

Product12.5%2

Data / ML6.3%

Data / ML6.3%1

§ 05Technical Skills

React is the skill most co-mentioned with GraphQL.

#01

Signature Stack

GraphQL’s strongest
pairings

Skills with the highest lift when co-listed with GraphQL over 2023–Present.

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present

Cypress

27.6×

Elixir

13.1×

Vue.js

6.3×

Lift = how much more likely to co-appear than by chance

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present

01React38264%

02TypeScript34859%

03PostgreSQL30051%

04Node.js20935%

05Python19132%

06AWS17830%

07Kubernetes14925%

08Next.js13723%

09Go13222%

10Google Cloud9917%

11Elixir9316%

12JavaScript9015%

13Vue.js8715%

14Docker7212%

15Cypress6711%

% of GraphQL jobs also mentioning the skill · 2023–Present

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere GraphQL stands among languages

SkillMentionsYoYMarket share

Python

38+15%

7.1%

TypeScript

30-27%

5.6%

14-6.7%

2.6%

Rust

13+160%

2.4%

GraphQLyou are here

8+60%

1.5%

SQL

8+60%

1.5%

JavaScript

7-30%

1.3%

C++

5-17%

0.9%

4-20%

0.7%

HTML/CSS

3-40%

0.6%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · September 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship

14 posts offer sponsorship

2.6%

Offer sponsorship

142.6%

Explicitly decline

234.3%

Don’t mention

50293.1%

Based on 539 HN job posts in September 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.