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 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 186 193
Rank change year-on-year -7 +7 +80
Contract jobs citing Spring Boot 823 494 491
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.51% 1.50% 1.27%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.97% 5.79% 5.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 535 339 366
10th Percentile £377 £313 £374
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -0.47%
75th Percentile £600 £556 £631
90th Percentile £688 £613 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £468 £450
% change year-on-year +2.08% +4.06% -9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 10 1
10th Percentile £35.00 £41.75 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £51.25 £69.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £72.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -23.61% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76.00 £83.44 £74.50
90th Percentile £83.50 £92.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £72.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -23.61% -7.69%

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 11,809 8,526 9,573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.63% 25.91% 24.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,767 5,699 6,322
10th Percentile £375 £355 £356
25th Percentile £437 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £637 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £734 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £505 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +6.21% -5.00% -2.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 188 190
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £25.60
25th Percentile £50.00 £41.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.35 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +19.60% -11.77% -1.44%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £72.15 £74.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +17.39% -11.54% +8.33%

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 20 September 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 20 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Spring Boot in the UK

Spring Boot
Top 17 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 20 September 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 +1 643 £525 +5.00% 634
UK excluding London -16 383 £478 +2.08% 393
London +8 334 £530 +1.44% 370
Work from Home -26 193 £500 -1.96% 322
North of England -25 152 £539 +15.31% 127
North West -33 85 £560 +30.23% 80
Midlands -13 75 £570 +56.59% 43
West Midlands +4 69 £575 +15.00% 31
Scotland -20 64 £405 -12.54% 80
Yorkshire -2 53 £488 -11.36% 25
South West -10 39 £410 -19.41% 58
South East -47 26 £358 -35.00% 39
East of England -5 23 £495 +5.88% 5
North East -39 15 £450 -6.98% 22
Wales -16 8 £394 -17.11% 14
East Midlands -33 5 £400 +27.80% 12
Northern Ireland +4 2 - - 29

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 31 (3.77%) Apache Spark
2 28 (3.40%) Confluence
3 25 (3.04%) Apache
4 19 (2.31%) Camunda
5 10 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.97%) WebLogic
7 5 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (0.61%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.49%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.49%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.49%) nginx
8 4 (0.49%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.36%) Apache Pulsar
10 2 (0.24%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.24%) Mule
10 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.12%) MQSeries
11 1 (0.12%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (0.61%) FLEXCUBE
2 4 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.49%) Quorum
2 4 (0.49%) R3 Corda
2 4 (0.49%) Ripple
3 3 (0.36%) Distributed Ledger
3 3 (0.36%) Finacle
3 3 (0.36%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.24%) Shopify
5 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 475 (57.72%) AWS
2 179 (21.75%) Azure
3 134 (16.28%) GitHub
4 132 (16.04%) GCP
5 86 (10.45%) GitHub Actions
6 69 (8.38%) Serverless
7 65 (7.90%) AWS Lambda
8 61 (7.41%) Amazon S3
9 51 (6.20%) OpenShift
10 47 (5.71%) Amazon ECS
10 47 (5.71%) Amazon EKS
11 45 (5.47%) Amazon SQS
12 41 (4.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 36 (4.37%) Amazon EC2
14 20 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
15 18 (2.19%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 16 (1.94%) AWS CloudFormation
17 15 (1.82%) Anthropic Claude
18 14 (1.70%) GitHub Copilot
19 12 (1.46%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.46%) HTTP
2 7 (0.85%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.36%) Firewall
4 3 (0.36%) SSL
5 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.12%) AMQP
6 1 (0.12%) Network Security
6 1 (0.12%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (20.78%) PostgreSQL
2 108 (13.12%) MongoDB
3 107 (13.00%) Relational Database
4 97 (11.79%) NoSQL
5 64 (7.78%) MySQL
6 41 (4.98%) SQL Server
7 35 (4.25%) Amazon RDS
8 31 (3.77%) Redis
9 30 (3.65%) DynamoDB
10 22 (2.67%) Amazon Aurora
11 21 (2.55%) Flink
12 17 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
13 15 (1.82%) Big Data
13 15 (1.82%) Metadata
13 15 (1.82%) RDBMS
14 14 (1.70%) Apache Cassandra
15 13 (1.58%) Oracle Database
16 12 (1.46%) Couchbase
17 11 (1.34%) Data Lake
18 8 (0.97%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 224 (27.22%) Jenkins
2 215 (26.12%) Git
3 143 (17.38%) JUnit
4 132 (16.04%) Maven
5 131 (15.92%) GitLab
6 113 (13.73%) Gradle
7 93 (11.30%) Mockito
8 55 (6.68%) SonarQube
9 48 (5.83%) JIRA
10 29 (3.52%) Cucumber
11 27 (3.28%) REST Assured
12 22 (2.67%) Selenium
13 17 (2.07%) Liquibase
14 14 (1.70%) Bitbucket Server
15 13 (1.58%) Gatling
16 12 (1.46%) IntelliJ
17 10 (1.22%) GoCD
17 10 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
18 9 (1.09%) Flyway
19 8 (0.97%) JProfiler
General
1 192 (23.33%) Finance
2 175 (21.26%) Social Skills
3 145 (17.62%) Public Sector
4 113 (13.73%) Banking
5 71 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (3.04%) Retail
7 18 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (1.46%) Military
10 9 (1.09%) Law
11 8 (0.97%) Front Office
11 8 (0.97%) Retail Banking
12 7 (0.85%) Financial Institution
13 6 (0.73%) Investment Banking
13 6 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.61%) Publishing
15 4 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.49%) Police
16 3 (0.36%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.36%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 471 (57.23%) Developer
2 380 (46.17%) Java Developer
3 181 (21.99%) Senior
4 137 (16.65%) Java Engineer
5 99 (12.03%) Software Engineer
6 95 (11.54%) Senior Developer
7 90 (10.94%) Lead
8 74 (8.99%) Senior Java Developer
9 69 (8.38%) Full-Stack Developer
10 54 (6.56%) Java Software Engineer
11 47 (5.71%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 45 (5.47%) Lead Developer
13 44 (5.35%) Software Developer
14 40 (4.86%) Senior Java Engineer
15 34 (4.13%) Lead Java Developer
16 29 (3.52%) SC Cleared Java Developer
17 28 (3.40%) Backend Developer
18 26 (3.16%) Architect
19 23 (2.79%) Data Engineer
19 23 (2.79%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 776 (94.29%) Spring
2 287 (34.87%) Kafka
3 251 (30.50%) REST
4 219 (26.61%) RESTful
5 159 (19.32%) React
6 108 (13.12%) Node.js
7 90 (10.94%) JPA
8 86 (10.45%) Terraform
9 85 (10.33%) HTML
10 84 (10.21%) AngularJS
11 80 (9.72%) Hibernate
12 73 (8.87%) CSS
13 58 (7.05%) Web Services
14 56 (6.80%) Spring MVC
15 50 (6.08%) RabbitMQ
16 49 (5.95%) Redux
17 43 (5.22%) OAuth
18 42 (5.10%) OpenAPI
18 42 (5.10%) SOAP
18 42 (5.10%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 212 (25.76%) Cloud Native
2 129 (15.67%) Distributed Systems
3 73 (8.87%) Product Ownership
4 50 (6.08%) Enterprise Software
5 30 (3.65%) Legacy Systems
6 28 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
7 26 (3.16%) Greenfield Project
8 18 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
9 17 (2.07%) AI Agents
9 17 (2.07%) Onboarding
10 15 (1.82%) Data Structures
10 15 (1.82%) Public Cloud
10 15 (1.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 12 (1.46%) Virtual Team
12 7 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 7 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
13 6 (0.73%) Algorithms
13 6 (0.73%) Fixed Income
13 6 (0.73%) Linux Command Line
14 5 (0.61%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 51 (6.20%) Linux
2 36 (4.37%) Unix
3 2 (0.24%) Windows
4 1 (0.12%) AIX
4 1 (0.12%) Android
4 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.12%) Solaris
4 1 (0.12%) VMS
4 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 532 (64.64%) Microservices
2 491 (59.66%) CI/CD
3 421 (51.15%) Agile
4 306 (37.18%) DevOps
5 253 (30.74%) Software Engineering
6 247 (30.01%) Containerisation
7 208 (25.27%) Test Automation
8 198 (24.06%) Event-Driven
9 177 (21.51%) Scrum
10 165 (20.05%) TDD
11 142 (17.25%) Continuous Improvement
12 138 (16.77%) Full-Stack Development
13 132 (16.04%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 124 (15.07%) Problem-Solving
15 123 (14.95%) Code Quality
16 118 (14.34%) Observability
17 100 (12.15%) Infrastructure as Code
18 98 (11.91%) SDLC
19 93 (11.30%) Clean Code
20 89 (10.81%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 812 (98.66%) Java
2 282 (34.26%) SQL
3 134 (16.28%) JavaScript
4 105 (12.76%) TypeScript
5 83 (10.09%) Python
6 39 (4.74%) PL/SQL
7 27 (3.28%) Shell Script
8 24 (2.92%) Kotlin
9 14 (1.70%) Bash
10 11 (1.34%) Scala
11 8 (0.97%) Ruby
12 6 (0.73%) C#
13 5 (0.61%) Groovy
14 4 (0.49%) Solidity
15 3 (0.36%) Go
15 3 (0.36%) PowerShell
16 2 (0.24%) Korn
16 2 (0.24%) PromQL
16 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.12%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 238 (28.92%) Security Cleared
2 201 (24.42%) SC Cleared
3 75 (9.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 40 (4.86%) Degree
5 31 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.07%) AWS Certification
7 14 (1.70%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.49%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.36%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.12%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.12%) CISSP
11 1 (0.12%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.12%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (13.49%) QA
2 70 (8.51%) Accessibility
3 23 (2.79%) ISO 20022
4 14 (1.70%) SEPA
5 11 (1.34%) WCAG
6 10 (1.22%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.85%) GDPR
8 6 (0.73%) Disclosure Scotland
9 5 (0.61%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.61%) PSD2
10 4 (0.49%) ISO 15022
10 4 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.36%) EMIR
11 3 (0.36%) MiFID
12 1 (0.12%) HL7
12 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.12%) ITGC
12 1 (0.12%) NIST
System Software
1 345 (41.92%) Docker
2 5 (0.61%) Postfix
3 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 323 (39.25%) Kubernetes
2 63 (7.65%) Grafana
3 51 (6.20%) Prometheus
4 40 (4.86%) Ansible
5 26 (3.16%) Kibana
6 16 (1.94%) Control-M
7 10 (1.22%) Argo
8 7 (0.85%) Istio
9 4 (0.49%) Bosun
9 4 (0.49%) Kustomize
9 4 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.24%) Consul
10 2 (0.24%) Zipkin
11 1 (0.12%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.12%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.12%) Kiali
11 1 (0.12%) logstash
11 1 (0.12%) Packer
Vendors
1 129 (15.67%) Oracle
2 42 (5.10%) Google
3 30 (3.65%) IBM
4 21 (2.55%) Splunk
5 20 (2.43%) Microsoft
6 18 (2.19%) Dynatrace
7 14 (1.70%) MuleSoft
8 9 (1.09%) Databricks
8 9 (1.09%) New Relic
8 9 (1.09%) Sybase
9 8 (0.97%) Jaspersoft
9 8 (0.97%) Solace
9 8 (0.97%) Veracode
10 7 (0.85%) Atlassian
10 7 (0.85%) Checkmarx
10 7 (0.85%) FIS
10 7 (0.85%) OpenAI
10 7 (0.85%) TikTok
11 5 (0.61%) Confluent
11 5 (0.61%) Temenos