Spring Boot Contract Job Trends

Spring Boot
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Spring Boot skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 191 253
Rank change year-on-year 0 +62 -99
Contract jobs citing Spring Boot 652 408 418
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.46% 1.40% 0.94%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.93% 6.22% 4.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 441 260 311
10th Percentile £355 £355 £388
25th Percentile £411 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £613
90th Percentile £638 £676 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £473 £441 £489
% change year-on-year +7.26% -9.82% -6.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 3 0
10th Percentile - £65.25 -
25th Percentile £52.50 £69.38 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £82.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - -
75th Percentile £81.00 £90.63 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £91.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £82.50 -
% change year-on-year -33.33% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Spring Boot falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,412 6,563 8,997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.07% 22.60% 20.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,272 4,482 6,282
10th Percentile £358 £363 £331
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £493 £500
% change year-on-year +1.42% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 98 184
10th Percentile £35.05 £26.25 £20.58
25th Percentile £52.50 £40.19 £36.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.75 £68.56 £63.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £83.27 £74.23
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.97
% change year-on-year - +35.52% -23.26%

Spring Boot
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Spring Boot relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Spring Boot job vacancy trend in the UK

Spring Boot
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spring Boot.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spring Boot

Spring Boot
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spring Boot over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Spring Boot in the UK

Spring Boot
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spring Boot.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spring Boot

Spring Boot
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Spring Boot over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Spring Boot in the UK

Spring Boot
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spring Boot within the UK over the 6 months to 1 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +26 553 £485 -8.06% 132
UK excluding London +6 351 £473 +7.26% 94
London -11 237 £525 -4.55% 55
North of England +4 162 £475 +3.26% 47
Work from Home -12 150 £485 -4.90% 108
North West +29 114 £465 +15.96% 30
West Midlands -17 51 £470 +11.79% 3
Midlands -37 51 £470 +11.79% 5
South East -17 43 £450 -16.20% 16
Scotland -18 43 £588 +35.45% 7
South West +2 39 £400 -25.58% 14
Yorkshire -40 34 £500 -6.98% 10
North East -9 16 £475 +4.40% 7
East of England -14 15 £510 +9.09% 2

Spring Boot
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 27 (4.14%) Confluence
2 26 (3.99%) Apache Spark
3 14 (2.15%) Camunda
4 9 (1.38%) Apache
4 9 (1.38%) WebLogic
5 6 (0.92%) Ethereum
5 6 (0.92%) Hyperledger
6 4 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.31%) CICS
8 2 (0.31%) Drupal
8 2 (0.31%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.31%) WordPress
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.15%) JBoss
9 1 (0.15%) nginx
9 1 (0.15%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (0.46%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.77%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.46%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.15%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 365 (55.98%) AWS
2 179 (27.45%) Azure
3 118 (18.10%) GitHub
4 98 (15.03%) GCP
5 87 (13.34%) Serverless
6 79 (12.12%) Amazon S3
7 74 (11.35%) AWS Lambda
8 71 (10.89%) GitHub Actions
9 44 (6.75%) Amazon EC2
10 40 (6.13%) Amazon ECS
11 36 (5.52%) Amazon EKS
12 33 (5.06%) AWS CloudFormation
13 32 (4.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 32 (4.91%) Amazon SQS
14 29 (4.45%) OpenShift
15 25 (3.83%) Azure AKS
16 19 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
17 16 (2.45%) AWS Fargate
18 14 (2.15%) Cloud Run
18 14 (2.15%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.69%) HTTP
2 10 (1.53%) SSL
3 9 (1.38%) Firewall
4 7 (1.07%) HTTPS
5 5 (0.77%) DNS
6 3 (0.46%) Kerberos
6 3 (0.46%) VPN
7 1 (0.15%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (20.09%) PostgreSQL
2 91 (13.96%) NoSQL
3 75 (11.50%) Relational Database
4 74 (11.35%) MongoDB
5 62 (9.51%) MySQL
6 54 (8.28%) DynamoDB
7 40 (6.13%) Amazon RDS
8 23 (3.53%) SQL Server
9 20 (3.07%) Amazon Aurora
10 16 (2.45%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (2.30%) DocumentDB
12 14 (2.15%) Redis
13 12 (1.84%) RDBMS
14 10 (1.53%) Apache Cassandra
14 10 (1.53%) Big Data
14 10 (1.53%) DB2
15 9 (1.38%) BigQuery
16 8 (1.23%) Flink
17 6 (0.92%) HBase
17 6 (0.92%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 148 (22.70%) Git
2 142 (21.78%) Jenkins
3 111 (17.02%) GitLab
4 107 (16.41%) JUnit
5 54 (8.28%) Mockito
6 52 (7.98%) JIRA
6 52 (7.98%) Maven
7 46 (7.06%) Gradle
8 32 (4.91%) Cucumber
9 22 (3.37%) SonarQube
10 21 (3.22%) Selenium
11 16 (2.45%) IntelliJ
12 14 (2.15%) Cypress.io
12 14 (2.15%) Postman
13 12 (1.84%) Gatling
14 10 (1.53%) Mocha
14 10 (1.53%) REST Assured
14 10 (1.53%) Sonatype Nexus
15 9 (1.38%) Artifactory
15 9 (1.38%) Jaeger
General
1 141 (21.63%) Social Skills
2 126 (19.33%) Finance
3 111 (17.02%) Public Sector
4 67 (10.28%) Banking
5 29 (4.45%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (2.15%) Financial Institution
7 12 (1.84%) Retail
8 6 (0.92%) Law
9 5 (0.77%) Retail Banking
9 5 (0.77%) Telecoms
10 4 (0.61%) Aerospace
10 4 (0.61%) Automotive
10 4 (0.61%) Investment Banking
10 4 (0.61%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.61%) Military
10 4 (0.61%) Publishing
11 3 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.46%) Electronics
11 3 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.46%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 388 (59.51%) Developer
2 274 (42.02%) Java Developer
3 135 (20.71%) Senior
4 107 (16.41%) Java Engineer
5 82 (12.58%) Full-Stack Developer
5 82 (12.58%) Senior Developer
6 72 (11.04%) Software Engineer
7 63 (9.66%) Senior Java Developer
8 55 (8.44%) Lead
9 43 (6.60%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 39 (5.98%) Java Software Engineer
11 30 (4.60%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 26 (3.99%) Backend Developer
13 25 (3.83%) Software Developer
14 24 (3.68%) Lead Developer
15 22 (3.37%) SC Cleared Java Developer
16 20 (3.07%) Architect
17 19 (2.91%) Azure Engineer
18 17 (2.61%) AWS Developer
19 15 (2.30%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 597 (91.56%) Spring
2 192 (29.45%) RESTful
3 185 (28.37%) Kafka
4 159 (24.39%) REST
5 151 (23.16%) React
6 107 (16.41%) AngularJS
7 88 (13.50%) Node.js
8 70 (10.74%) HTML
9 60 (9.20%) Hibernate
10 52 (7.98%) CSS
11 46 (7.06%) JPA
12 45 (6.90%) Spring MVC
13 41 (6.29%) OAuth
14 38 (5.83%) OAuth2
15 37 (5.67%) Jest
15 37 (5.67%) OpenTelemetry
16 34 (5.21%) Spring Cloud
17 32 (4.91%) HTML5
18 28 (4.29%) JSON
18 28 (4.29%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 101 (15.49%) Cloud Native
2 65 (9.97%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (5.98%) Product Ownership
4 20 (3.07%) Onboarding
5 18 (2.76%) Mobile App
6 15 (2.30%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (1.69%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.53%) Management Information System
10 9 (1.38%) Legacy Applications
10 9 (1.38%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.23%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.07%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 6 (0.92%) Distributed Architecture
13 6 (0.92%) NHS
14 5 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 5 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
15 4 (0.61%) Data Centre
16 3 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.44%) Linux
2 9 (1.38%) Unix
3 6 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.46%) Windows
5 2 (0.31%) VMS
5 2 (0.31%) zOS
6 1 (0.15%) Android
6 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (61.96%) Microservices
2 359 (55.06%) CI/CD
3 263 (40.34%) Agile
4 250 (38.34%) DevOps
5 201 (30.83%) Containerisation
6 171 (26.23%) Full-Stack Development
7 135 (20.71%) Software Engineering
8 124 (19.02%) TDD
9 118 (18.10%) Event-Driven
10 115 (17.64%) Test Automation
11 109 (16.72%) Problem-Solving
12 98 (15.03%) Code Quality
13 94 (14.42%) Scrum
14 87 (13.34%) Observability
15 77 (11.81%) Infrastructure as Code
16 76 (11.66%) Continuous Improvement
17 73 (11.20%) API Design
17 73 (11.20%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 65 (9.97%) User Experience
19 63 (9.66%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 613 (94.02%) Java
2 172 (26.38%) SQL
3 98 (15.03%) JavaScript
4 91 (13.96%) TypeScript
5 62 (9.51%) Python
6 47 (7.21%) Kotlin
7 18 (2.76%) Go
8 14 (2.15%) Shell Script
9 9 (1.38%) Rust
10 8 (1.23%) C#
11 7 (1.07%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.92%) Perl
13 3 (0.46%) PHP
14 2 (0.31%) Bash
14 2 (0.31%) Ruby
14 2 (0.31%) Scala
15 1 (0.15%) Groovy
15 1 (0.15%) Korn
15 1 (0.15%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.15%) XPath
Qualifications
1 171 (26.23%) Security Cleared
2 137 (21.01%) SC Cleared
3 36 (5.52%) Degree
4 22 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.23%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.23%) OCP
6 8 (1.23%) Oracle Certification
7 5 (0.77%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.61%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.31%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.15%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.15%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (10.43%) QA
2 50 (7.67%) Accessibility
3 18 (2.76%) ISO 20022
3 18 (2.76%) WCAG
4 9 (1.38%) PSD2
4 9 (1.38%) SEPA
5 8 (1.23%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.61%) HL7
6 4 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.61%) NIST
7 3 (0.46%) Def Stans
7 3 (0.46%) GDPR
7 3 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.31%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.31%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.31%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.31%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 264 (40.49%) Docker
2 7 (1.07%) Postfix
3 3 (0.46%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 297 (45.55%) Kubernetes
2 84 (12.88%) Grafana
2 84 (12.88%) Terraform
3 47 (7.21%) Prometheus
4 22 (3.37%) Ansible
5 13 (1.99%) Argo
6 10 (1.53%) Kibana
7 9 (1.38%) Kiali
8 7 (1.07%) Istio
9 2 (0.31%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.31%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.15%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.15%) Consul
10 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 56 (8.59%) Oracle
2 36 (5.52%) Splunk
3 35 (5.37%) Microsoft
4 30 (4.60%) Google
5 11 (1.69%) Red Hat
6 10 (1.53%) Jaspersoft
7 9 (1.38%) Sybase
8 8 (1.23%) Atlassian
8 8 (1.23%) Dynatrace
8 8 (1.23%) IBM
9 7 (1.07%) ForgeRock
10 6 (0.92%) Adobe
10 6 (0.92%) Databricks
10 6 (0.92%) SAP
10 6 (0.92%) Solace
10 6 (0.92%) Virgin Media
11 5 (0.77%) PagerDuty
12 4 (0.61%) Confluent
12 4 (0.61%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.61%) VMware