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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 174 196
Rank change year-on-year -22 +22 +62
Contract jobs citing Spring Boot 751 516 464
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.41% 1.57% 1.19%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.43% 7.01% 5.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 489 364 365
10th Percentile £375 £313 £376
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -1.78%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £625
90th Percentile £663 £613 £746
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £463 £463
% change year-on-year +2.70% - -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 10 1
10th Percentile £35.00 £41.75 -
25th Percentile £54.38 £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 £88.70 £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 10,111 7,358 8,587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 18.94% 22.35% 22.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,580 4,929 5,791
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £638 £630 £663
90th Percentile £738 £748 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +6.50% -6.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 176 243
10th Percentile £28.07 £29.63 £22.96
25th Percentile £41.30 £41.13 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.44 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.40% -1.02% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73.00 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £81.18 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £58.91
% change year-on-year +18.18% -6.63% +0.54%

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 August 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 August 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 14 August 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 -4 579 £525 +5.00% 505
UK excluding London -22 340 £475 +2.70% 267
London +13 313 £525 +4.48% 343
Work from Home -35 174 £491 -2.53% 234
North of England -23 133 £500 +7.53% 80
North West -38 72 £550 +32.53% 52
Scotland -12 65 £401 -10.89% 54
Midlands -40 48 £475 +29.08% 28
West Midlands -25 45 £480 +1.05% 21
Yorkshire 0 44 £500 -6.98% 12
South West -21 38 £436 -14.88% 34
East of England +6 26 £500 +6.95% 3
South East -62 24 £294 -45.34% 34
North East -33 18 £450 -8.16% 16
Wales -21 7 £375 -21.05% 16
Northern Ireland +2 2 - - 20
East Midlands -41 2 £401 +22.82% 7

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 35 (4.66%) Apache Spark
2 25 (3.33%) Apache
3 15 (2.00%) Confluence
4 12 (1.60%) WebLogic
5 11 (1.46%) Camunda
6 10 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.67%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.53%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.53%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.53%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.40%) Apache Pulsar
9 3 (0.40%) nginx
9 3 (0.40%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.27%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.27%) Mule
11 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.13%) CMS
11 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (0.53%) Quorum
1 4 (0.53%) R3 Corda
1 4 (0.53%) Ripple
2 3 (0.40%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.27%) Shopify
4 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.13%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 424 (56.46%) AWS
2 180 (23.97%) Azure
3 130 (17.31%) GCP
4 129 (17.18%) GitHub
5 83 (11.05%) GitHub Actions
6 62 (8.26%) Serverless
7 59 (7.86%) Amazon S3
8 54 (7.19%) AWS Lambda
9 44 (5.86%) Amazon SQS
10 43 (5.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 42 (5.59%) Amazon EKS
12 40 (5.33%) Amazon ECS
12 40 (5.33%) OpenShift
13 37 (4.93%) Amazon EC2
14 21 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
15 16 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
16 15 (2.00%) AWS KMS
16 15 (2.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 14 (1.86%) Route 53
18 11 (1.46%) Amazon Cognito
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.93%) HTTP
1 7 (0.93%) HTTPS
2 4 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.40%) Firewall
4 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.13%) AMQP
5 1 (0.13%) SMS
5 1 (0.13%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (21.30%) PostgreSQL
2 89 (11.85%) Relational Database
3 83 (11.05%) NoSQL
4 77 (10.25%) MongoDB
5 62 (8.26%) MySQL
6 38 (5.06%) DynamoDB
7 37 (4.93%) Amazon RDS
8 31 (4.13%) SQL Server
9 26 (3.46%) Redis
10 24 (3.20%) Amazon Aurora
11 18 (2.40%) Flink
12 17 (2.26%) Apache Cassandra
13 14 (1.86%) Big Data
13 14 (1.86%) Metadata
14 13 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (1.60%) RDBMS
16 10 (1.33%) Data Lake
17 9 (1.20%) Couchbase
18 8 (1.07%) Db2
18 8 (1.07%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 206 (27.43%) Jenkins
2 190 (25.30%) Git
3 124 (16.51%) JUnit
4 108 (14.38%) GitLab
5 95 (12.65%) Gradle
6 92 (12.25%) Maven
7 74 (9.85%) Mockito
8 44 (5.86%) SonarQube
9 38 (5.06%) JIRA
10 21 (2.80%) Liquibase
11 19 (2.53%) Cucumber
12 17 (2.26%) REST Assured
13 16 (2.13%) Selenium
14 14 (1.86%) Gatling
15 13 (1.73%) IntelliJ
16 12 (1.60%) Bitbucket Server
17 11 (1.46%) DbUnit
18 10 (1.33%) GoCD
18 10 (1.33%) jMock
19 9 (1.20%) Flyway
General
1 167 (22.24%) Finance
2 138 (18.38%) Social Skills
3 137 (18.24%) Public Sector
4 85 (11.32%) Banking
5 60 (7.99%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (2.80%) Retail
7 13 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (1.60%) Law
8 12 (1.60%) Military
9 8 (1.07%) Financial Institution
9 8 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (0.93%) Retail Banking
11 6 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (0.80%) Publishing
12 4 (0.53%) Automotive
12 4 (0.53%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.53%) Police
13 3 (0.40%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.27%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 442 (58.85%) Developer
2 355 (47.27%) Java Developer
3 156 (20.77%) Senior
4 123 (16.38%) Java Engineer
5 101 (13.45%) Software Engineer
6 85 (11.32%) Senior Developer
7 77 (10.25%) Lead
8 70 (9.32%) Senior Java Developer
9 61 (8.12%) Full-Stack Developer
10 59 (7.86%) Java Software Engineer
11 44 (5.86%) Software Developer
12 37 (4.93%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 37 (4.93%) Lead Developer
13 34 (4.53%) Backend Developer
14 33 (4.39%) Senior Java Engineer
15 27 (3.60%) SC Cleared Java Developer
16 25 (3.33%) Lead Java Developer
17 23 (3.06%) Data Engineer
18 21 (2.80%) Java Software Developer
19 19 (2.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 709 (94.41%) Spring
2 238 (31.69%) Kafka
3 213 (28.36%) REST
4 212 (28.23%) RESTful
5 146 (19.44%) React
6 108 (14.38%) Node.js
7 71 (9.45%) AngularJS
8 69 (9.19%) HTML
9 66 (8.79%) JPA
10 65 (8.66%) Hibernate
11 58 (7.72%) CSS
12 52 (6.92%) Spring MVC
13 48 (6.39%) Web Services
14 43 (5.73%) RabbitMQ
14 43 (5.73%) Redux
15 40 (5.33%) OAuth
16 39 (5.19%) Spring Cloud
17 36 (4.79%) OAuth2
18 32 (4.26%) HTML5
19 29 (3.86%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 176 (23.44%) Cloud Native
2 114 (15.18%) Distributed Systems
3 53 (7.06%) Product Ownership
4 39 (5.19%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
6 24 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
8 17 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (2.13%) Public Cloud
10 14 (1.86%) Data Structures
11 12 (1.60%) Onboarding
12 11 (1.46%) AI Agents
12 11 (1.46%) Algorithms
13 9 (1.20%) Virtual Team
14 8 (1.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 7 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
15 7 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
15 7 (0.93%) Mobile App
16 6 (0.80%) Distributed Architecture
17 5 (0.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 46 (6.13%) Linux
2 29 (3.86%) Unix
3 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.27%) VMS
3 2 (0.27%) Windows
4 1 (0.13%) Android
4 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.13%) Solaris
4 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 475 (63.25%) Microservices
2 451 (60.05%) CI/CD
3 369 (49.13%) Agile
4 283 (37.68%) DevOps
5 233 (31.03%) Containerisation
6 213 (28.36%) Software Engineering
7 162 (21.57%) Event-Driven
8 161 (21.44%) TDD
9 160 (21.30%) Test Automation
10 141 (18.77%) Scrum
11 134 (17.84%) Full-Stack Development
12 128 (17.04%) Continuous Improvement
13 111 (14.78%) Problem-Solving
14 108 (14.38%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 107 (14.25%) Code Quality
16 100 (13.32%) Observability
17 99 (13.18%) Infrastructure as Code
18 84 (11.19%) Design Patterns
19 78 (10.39%) Clean Code
20 70 (9.32%) API Development
Programming Languages
1 742 (98.80%) Java
2 257 (34.22%) SQL
3 108 (14.38%) JavaScript
4 90 (11.98%) TypeScript
5 85 (11.32%) Python
6 37 (4.93%) PL/SQL
7 28 (3.73%) Kotlin
8 19 (2.53%) Shell Script
9 11 (1.46%) Bash
10 9 (1.20%) Ruby
11 8 (1.07%) C#
11 8 (1.07%) Scala
12 5 (0.67%) Groovy
13 4 (0.53%) Go
13 4 (0.53%) Solidity
14 2 (0.27%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.27%) PromQL
14 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.13%) Korn
15 1 (0.13%) Perl
Qualifications
1 229 (30.49%) Security Cleared
2 193 (25.70%) SC Cleared
3 50 (6.66%) BPSS Clearance
4 26 (3.46%) Degree
5 18 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (1.73%) AWS Certification
7 12 (1.60%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.40%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.27%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.13%) CISSP
10 1 (0.13%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.13%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.13%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (12.12%) QA
2 65 (8.66%) Accessibility
3 13 (1.73%) ISO 20022
4 10 (1.33%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.20%) WCAG
6 7 (0.93%) GDPR
6 7 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (0.93%) SEPA
7 5 (0.67%) Disclosure Scotland
7 5 (0.67%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.40%) EMIR
8 3 (0.40%) ISO 15022
8 3 (0.40%) MiFID
9 1 (0.13%) HL7
9 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.13%) ITGC
9 1 (0.13%) PSD2
System Software
1 325 (43.28%) Docker
2 8 (1.07%) Postfix
3 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 298 (39.68%) Kubernetes
2 84 (11.19%) Terraform
3 53 (7.06%) Grafana
4 41 (5.46%) Ansible
5 39 (5.19%) Prometheus
6 16 (2.13%) Control-M
6 16 (2.13%) Kibana
7 9 (1.20%) Argo
8 5 (0.67%) Istio
9 3 (0.40%) Bosun
9 3 (0.40%) Kustomize
9 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.27%) Consul
10 2 (0.27%) Zipkin
11 1 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.13%) Kiali
Vendors
1 101 (13.45%) Oracle
2 41 (5.46%) Google
3 20 (2.66%) Microsoft
3 20 (2.66%) Splunk
4 17 (2.26%) IBM
5 13 (1.73%) Dynatrace
5 13 (1.73%) Jaspersoft
5 13 (1.73%) MuleSoft
6 11 (1.46%) Atlassian
7 10 (1.33%) Checkmarx
7 10 (1.33%) Solace
8 9 (1.20%) Databricks
8 9 (1.20%) Sybase
9 8 (1.07%) New Relic
10 7 (0.93%) TikTok
11 6 (0.80%) Okta
11 6 (0.80%) SAP
12 5 (0.67%) Confluent
13 4 (0.53%) FIS
13 4 (0.53%) ForgeRock