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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 195 212
Rank change year-on-year +17 +17 -38
Contract jobs citing Spring Boot 706 408 480
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.48% 1.41% 1.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.56% 6.21% 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 268 358
10th Percentile £357 £339 £375
25th Percentile £420 £402 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.04%
75th Percentile £579 £563 £600
90th Percentile £650 £670 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £438 £475
% change year-on-year +8.57% -7.89% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 7 1
10th Percentile - £44.00 -
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.50 £69.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £72.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -9.72% +15.20%
75th Percentile £81.00 £90.63 £74.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £92.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £55.00 £72.00
% change year-on-year +4.55% -23.61% +20.00%

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 9,336 6,568 8,880
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.63% 22.66% 20.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,162 4,502 6,154
10th Percentile £360 £363 £350
25th Percentile £416 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.78% -2.82%
75th Percentile £623 £650 £650
90th Percentile £730 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £482 £500
% change year-on-year +3.84% -3.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 109 242
10th Percentile £32.50 £30.05 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.75 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.40 £82.27 £74.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -25.78%

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 14 May 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 14 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Spring Boot in the UK

Spring Boot
Top 15 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 14 May 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 +34 600 £500 -4.76% 154
UK excluding London -5 345 £475 +8.57% 99
London +32 289 £525 -0.94% 71
Work from Home +1 170 £481 -8.36% 105
North of England +10 163 £475 +2.15% 43
North West +21 115 £475 +19.50% 30
West Midlands -23 44 £470 +11.90% 4
Midlands -42 44 £470 +22.08% 8
South West -1 42 £409 -20.20% 17
Scotland -18 41 £438 +2.58% 4
Yorkshire -40 32 £475 -11.63% 4
East of England -6 29 £509 +8.77% 3
South East -43 27 £513 -4.56% 22
North East -5 18 £475 +2.15% 9
Wales - 1 - - 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 41 (5.81%) Apache Spark
2 27 (3.82%) Confluence
3 17 (2.41%) Apache
4 15 (2.12%) Camunda
5 8 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.13%) WebLogic
6 6 (0.85%) Ethereum
6 6 (0.85%) Hyperledger
7 4 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.28%) CICS
9 2 (0.28%) Drupal
9 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.28%) WordPress
10 1 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.14%) CMS
10 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (0.42%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.42%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.28%) Shopify
3 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.14%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.14%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 379 (53.68%) AWS
2 168 (23.80%) Azure
3 115 (16.29%) GitHub
4 109 (15.44%) GCP
5 82 (11.61%) Serverless
6 79 (11.19%) Amazon S3
7 71 (10.06%) AWS Lambda
7 71 (10.06%) GitHub Actions
8 39 (5.52%) Amazon EC2
8 39 (5.52%) Amazon SQS
9 38 (5.38%) Amazon ECS
10 37 (5.24%) Amazon EKS
11 32 (4.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 30 (4.25%) OpenShift
13 23 (3.26%) AWS CloudFormation
14 22 (3.12%) Azure AKS
15 18 (2.55%) Cloud Run
15 18 (2.55%) Route 53
16 17 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
17 14 (1.98%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.56%) HTTP
2 10 (1.42%) SSL
3 9 (1.27%) Firewall
4 6 (0.85%) HTTPS
5 4 (0.57%) DNS
6 3 (0.42%) VPN
6 3 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.14%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (19.26%) PostgreSQL
2 89 (12.61%) NoSQL
3 76 (10.76%) Relational Database
4 69 (9.77%) MongoDB
5 57 (8.07%) MySQL
6 54 (7.65%) DynamoDB
7 42 (5.95%) Amazon RDS
8 26 (3.68%) SQL Server
9 22 (3.12%) Amazon Aurora
10 17 (2.41%) Big Data
10 17 (2.41%) Redis
11 15 (2.12%) DocumentDB
11 15 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (1.98%) Flink
13 11 (1.56%) Apache Cassandra
14 8 (1.13%) BigQuery
14 8 (1.13%) DB2
14 8 (1.13%) RDBMS
15 7 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
16 6 (0.85%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 153 (21.67%) Git
2 143 (20.25%) Jenkins
3 111 (15.72%) GitLab
4 105 (14.87%) JUnit
5 65 (9.21%) Gradle
6 63 (8.92%) Mockito
7 52 (7.37%) JIRA
8 51 (7.22%) Maven
9 31 (4.39%) SonarQube
10 22 (3.12%) IntelliJ
11 21 (2.97%) Cucumber
12 17 (2.41%) Selenium
13 13 (1.84%) Liquibase
14 12 (1.70%) Cypress.io
14 12 (1.70%) REST Assured
15 11 (1.56%) DbUnit
15 11 (1.56%) jMock
16 10 (1.42%) Gatling
16 10 (1.42%) Jaeger
16 10 (1.42%) Mocha
General
1 143 (20.25%) Finance
2 128 (18.13%) Social Skills
3 119 (16.86%) Public Sector
4 67 (9.49%) Banking
5 31 (4.39%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (2.55%) Financial Institution
7 14 (1.98%) Retail
8 6 (0.85%) Law
8 6 (0.85%) Publishing
8 6 (0.85%) Retail Banking
9 5 (0.71%) Automotive
9 5 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.57%) Investment Banking
10 4 (0.57%) Military
11 3 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.28%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.28%) Legal
12 2 (0.28%) Police
12 2 (0.28%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.14%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 400 (56.66%) Developer
2 286 (40.51%) Java Developer
3 147 (20.82%) Senior
4 128 (18.13%) Java Engineer
5 90 (12.75%) Software Engineer
6 84 (11.90%) Senior Developer
7 74 (10.48%) Full-Stack Developer
8 63 (8.92%) Senior Java Developer
9 59 (8.36%) Lead
10 49 (6.94%) Java Software Engineer
11 46 (6.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 34 (4.82%) Backend Developer
13 30 (4.25%) Software Developer
14 26 (3.68%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 25 (3.54%) Lead Developer
16 23 (3.26%) SC Cleared Java Developer
17 22 (3.12%) Data Engineer
18 20 (2.83%) Senior Java Engineer
19 16 (2.27%) Architect
20 15 (2.12%) Lead Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 658 (93.20%) Spring
2 197 (27.90%) RESTful
3 194 (27.48%) Kafka
4 166 (23.51%) REST
5 142 (20.11%) React
6 97 (13.74%) Node.js
7 91 (12.89%) AngularJS
8 64 (9.07%) HTML
9 61 (8.64%) Hibernate
10 46 (6.52%) CSS
10 46 (6.52%) JPA
11 45 (6.37%) Spring MVC
12 44 (6.23%) OpenTelemetry
12 44 (6.23%) Spring Cloud
13 39 (5.52%) OAuth
14 36 (5.10%) Next.js
14 36 (5.10%) OAuth2
15 34 (4.82%) Jest
15 34 (4.82%) Web Services
16 30 (4.25%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 128 (18.13%) Cloud Native
2 73 (10.34%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (5.52%) Product Ownership
4 26 (3.68%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (2.55%) Mobile App
6 16 (2.27%) Onboarding
7 13 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (1.84%) Data Structures
8 10 (1.42%) Algorithms
8 10 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.42%) Management Information System
9 9 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.27%) Legacy Applications
9 9 (1.27%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 7 (0.99%) NHS
11 6 (0.85%) Distributed Architecture
11 6 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.57%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 45 (6.37%) Linux
2 14 (1.98%) Unix
3 5 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.42%) Windows
5 2 (0.28%) Android
5 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.28%) VMS
5 2 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (59.77%) Microservices
2 399 (56.52%) CI/CD
3 265 (37.54%) Agile
4 261 (36.97%) DevOps
5 247 (34.99%) Containerisation
6 167 (23.65%) Software Engineering
7 162 (22.95%) Full-Stack Development
8 142 (20.11%) TDD
9 125 (17.71%) Event-Driven
10 121 (17.14%) Test Automation
11 108 (15.30%) Code Quality
12 101 (14.31%) Problem-Solving
13 100 (14.16%) Observability
14 89 (12.61%) Continuous Improvement
15 86 (12.18%) Scrum
16 84 (11.90%) Infrastructure as Code
17 76 (10.76%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 74 (10.48%) API Design
19 66 (9.35%) Mentoring
20 61 (8.64%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 672 (95.18%) Java
2 202 (28.61%) SQL
3 111 (15.72%) JavaScript
4 93 (13.17%) TypeScript
5 79 (11.19%) Python
6 48 (6.80%) Kotlin
7 17 (2.41%) Go
8 12 (1.70%) Shell Script
9 10 (1.42%) PL/SQL
10 9 (1.27%) C#
10 9 (1.27%) Rust
11 7 (0.99%) Scala
12 5 (0.71%) Perl
13 4 (0.57%) Bash
13 4 (0.57%) Ruby
14 3 (0.42%) PHP
15 2 (0.28%) Groovy
15 2 (0.28%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.14%) JCL
16 1 (0.14%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 201 (28.47%) Security Cleared
2 161 (22.80%) SC Cleared
3 36 (5.10%) Degree
4 25 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (1.56%) DV Cleared
7 6 (0.85%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.71%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.28%) OCP
9 2 (0.28%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.14%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.14%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (9.35%) QA
2 54 (7.65%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.41%) ISO 20022
4 13 (1.84%) WCAG
5 12 (1.70%) SEPA
6 8 (1.13%) GDPR
6 8 (1.13%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.13%) PSD2
7 7 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.71%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.57%) NIST
10 3 (0.42%) HL7
11 2 (0.28%) EMIR
11 2 (0.28%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.28%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.28%) MiFID
11 2 (0.28%) NCSC
12 1 (0.14%) ITGC
12 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 307 (43.48%) Docker
2 10 (1.42%) Postfix
3 3 (0.42%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 316 (44.76%) Kubernetes
2 85 (12.04%) Terraform
3 79 (11.19%) Grafana
4 51 (7.22%) Prometheus
5 27 (3.82%) Ansible
6 12 (1.70%) Argo
7 10 (1.42%) Kiali
8 9 (1.27%) Istio
8 9 (1.27%) Kibana
9 3 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.28%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.14%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 52 (7.37%) Oracle
2 34 (4.82%) Splunk
3 29 (4.11%) Google
4 28 (3.97%) Microsoft
5 14 (1.98%) Jaspersoft
6 11 (1.56%) Atlassian
7 9 (1.27%) Checkmarx
7 9 (1.27%) IBM
7 9 (1.27%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.13%) Dynatrace
9 7 (0.99%) Databricks
10 6 (0.85%) Adobe
10 6 (0.85%) Okta
10 6 (0.85%) Solace
10 6 (0.85%) Sybase
11 5 (0.71%) Ab Initio
11 5 (0.71%) ForgeRock
11 5 (0.71%) Teradata
12 4 (0.57%) Confluent
12 4 (0.57%) New Relic