Skill ProfileLanguages

GraphQL

GraphQL appeared in 7 hiring posts in June 2026 — roughly 1.0% of all jobs. Currently #7 of 21 languages.

Mentions · June 2026+133%vs prior

mentions

this month

12-Mo TrendJul '25 → Jun '26

Share of All Jobs

1.0%

All-Time Peak

31mentions · March 2021

First Seen

September 2015

Month Momentum

Rising+133%

§ 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

1,488since September 2015 · 138 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

1,488138 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=95

By seniority

Junior— n=4

Mid— n=2

Senior$120k – $187k n=35

Staff+$163k – $200k n=30

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

Disclosed

95of 356 posts

Disclosure rate

26.7%

Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present

Where GraphQL sits in the pay distribution

−6%vs Python+3%vs Java

LanguageMedianvs GraphQL

Python

$175k+6.1%

SQL

$170k+3.0%

TypeScript

$170k+3.0%

GraphQLyou are here

$165k—

JavaScript

$163k−1.5%

Java

$160k−3.0%

PHP

$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.

United States84.6%

United States84.6%11

Europe (EU)23.1%

Europe (EU)23.1%3

Canada15.4%

Canada15.4%2

Unspecified7.7%

Unspecified7.7%1

Remote Policy

46%remote

Remote

46.2%

Hybrid

7.7%

On-site

46.2%

§ 04Composition

Who hires for GraphQL

By Seniority

Roles by level

Senior46.2%

Senior46.2%6

Mid-level30.8%

Mid-level30.8%4

Staff7.7%

Staff7.7%1

By Function

Roles by function

Engineering69.2%

Engineering69.2%9

Data / ML23.1%

Data / ML23.1%3

Product7.7%

Product7.7%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

25.8×

Elixir

12.1×

Vue.js

5.8×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present

01React39264%

02TypeScript35257%

03PostgreSQL31351%

04Node.js21034%

05AWS20934%

06Python19932%

07Kubernetes15225%

08Go14423%

09Next.js13322%

10Google Cloud9616%

11JavaScript9215%

12Elixir9015%

13Vue.js8914%

14Docker8614%

15Cypress6711%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere GraphQL stands among languages

SkillMentionsYoYMarket share

Python

48-7.7%

6.7%

TypeScript

41-4.7%

5.7%

20-9.1%

2.8%

Rust

12-7.7%

1.7%

JavaScript

9-18%

1.3%

SQL

80.0%

1.1%

GraphQLyou are here

70.0%

1.0%

Java

60.0%

0.8%

Kotlin

6+100%

0.8%

Ruby

6-14%

0.8%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · June 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship

21 posts offer sponsorship

2.9%

Offer sponsorship

212.9%

Explicitly decline

101.4%

Don’t mention

68995.7%

Based on 720 HN job posts in June 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.