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GraphQL

GraphQL appeared in 3 hiring posts in May 2026 — roughly 0.4% of all jobs. Currently #12 of 23 languages.

Mentions · May 2026-75%vs prior

mentions

this month

12-Mo TrendJun '25 → May '26

Share of All Jobs

0.4%

All-Time Peak

31mentions · March 2021

First Seen

September 2015

Month Momentum

Declining-75%

§ 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

1,481since September 2015 · 137 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

1,481137 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

USD168Kmedian

$120k – $200k middle 50% · n=93

By seniority

Junior— n=4

Mid— n=1

Senior$120k – $186k n=33

Staff+$163k – $200k n=30

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

Disclosed

93of 358 posts

Disclosure rate

26.0%

Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present

Where GraphQL sits in the pay distribution

−6%vs Python+2%vs Java

LanguageMedianvs GraphQL

Python

$173k+6.2%

$170k+4.6%

TypeScript

$170k+4.6%

GraphQLyou are here

$163k—

SQL

$163k0%

JavaScript

$161k−0.8%

Java

$160k−1.5%

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 States84.6%

United States84.6%11

Unspecified15.4%

Unspecified15.4%2

Remote Policy

62%remote

Remote

61.5%

Hybrid

0.0%

On-site

38.5%

§ 04Composition

Who hires for GraphQL

By Seniority

Roles by level

Mid-level30.8%

Mid-level30.8%4

Senior30.8%

Senior30.8%4

Staff30.8%

Staff30.8%4

By Function

Roles by function

Engineering61.5%

Engineering61.5%8

Data / ML23.1%

Data / ML23.1%3

Product15.4%

Product15.4%2

§ 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

25.7×

Elixir

12.0×

Vue.js

5.7×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present

01React39464%

02TypeScript35457%

03PostgreSQL31551%

04AWS21334%

05Node.js20934%

06Python19732%

07Kubernetes15325%

08Go14624%

09Next.js12921%

10Google Cloud9415%

11JavaScript9315%

12Elixir9015%

13Vue.js9015%

14Docker8714%

15Cypress6711%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere GraphQL stands among languages

SkillMentionsYoYMarket share

Python

54+13%

7.2%

TypeScript

38-17%

5.1%

230.0%

3.1%

Rust

12-25%

1.6%

JavaScript

9-53%

1.2%

Java

70.0%

0.9%

C++

6+50%

0.8%

SQL

6+20%

0.8%

5+25%

0.7%

Ruby

5+25%

0.7%

GraphQLyou are here

3-67%

0.4%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · May 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship

11 posts offer sponsorship

1.5%

Offer sponsorship

111.5%

Explicitly decline

141.9%

Don’t mention

72096.6%

Based on 745 HN job posts in May 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.