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GraphQL

GraphQL appeared in 6 hiring posts in July 2026 — roughly 1.1% of all jobs. Currently #8 of 23 languages.

Mentions · July 2026-14%vs prior
6
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendAug '25 Jul '26
Share of All Jobs
1.1%
All-Time Peak
31mentions · March 2021
First Seen
September 2015
Month Momentum
Declining-14%
§ 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
1,494since September 2015 · 139 months
+6.9% YoY2025 vs 2024
1
'15
17
'16
71
'17
181
'18
218
'19
221
'20
282
PEAK
'21
204
'22
98
'23
72
'24
77
'25
52
'26

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

All-time
1,494139 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
USD170Kmedian
$120k $200k middle 50% · n=96
By seniority
Junior n=4
Mid n=2
Senior$120k – $193k n=37
Staff+$163k – $200k n=30

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

Disclosed
96of 352 posts
Disclosure rate
27.3%
Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present
Where GraphQL sits in the pay distribution
−6%vs Python+3%vs Java
LanguageMedianvs GraphQL
01$175k+6.1%
02$170k+3.0%
03$169k+2.3%
04
GraphQLyou are here
$165k
05$163k−1.5%
06$160k−3.0%
07$160k−3.0%

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where GraphQL is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of GraphQL posts by where the role is based.

01
United States90.0%
9
02
Canada20.0%
2
03
Unspecified10.0%
1
Remote Policy
60%remote
Remote
60.0%
Hybrid
10.0%
On-site
30.0%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for GraphQL

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Senior40.0%
4
02
Mid-level20.0%
2
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering90.0%
9
02
Data / ML10.0%
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
26.0×
Elixir
12.6×
Vue.js
6.1×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01React38464%
02TypeScript34758%
03PostgreSQL30751%
04Node.js21035%
05AWS19833%
06Python19532%
07Kubernetes14825%
08Go13823%
09Next.js13623%
10Google Cloud9716%
11JavaScript9215%
12Elixir9115%
13Vue.js8815%
14Docker8314%
15Cypress6711%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere GraphQL stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
01470.0%
9.0%
0240-7.0%
7.6%
0318+50%
3.4%
0412-37%
2.3%
059+80%
1.7%
068+33%
1.5%
077-22%
1.3%
08
GraphQLyou are here
6-14%
1.1%
095-17%
1.0%
104+100%
0.8%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · July 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
14 posts offer sponsorship
2.7%
Offer sponsorship
142.7%
Explicitly decline
203.8%
Don’t mention
49093.5%

Based on 524 HN job posts in July 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.