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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 194 211
Rank change year-on-year +15 +17 -40
Contract jobs citing Spring Boot 694 412 480
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.47% 1.41% 1.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.39% 6.17% 5.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 464 269 361
10th Percentile £355 £350 £375
25th Percentile £413 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.53%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £678 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £441 £475
% change year-on-year +7.71% -7.16% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 7 0
10th Percentile - £44.00 -
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £62.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% - -
75th Percentile £81.00 £90.63 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £92.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 -

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 9,393 6,673 8,885
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.91% 22.78% 20.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,213 4,570 6,171
10th Percentile £358 £363 £338
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £788 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 114 238
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.22 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.00 £40.08
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.84
Median % change year-on-year - +38.77% -27.94%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.70 £82.70 £74.61
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -24.00%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 +37 583 £500 -4.76% 140
UK excluding London -2 347 £475 +7.71% 104
London +35 274 £525 -4.11% 66
Work from Home +6 168 £490 -7.42% 80
North of England +15 160 £475 +2.15% 33
North West +23 112 £475 +18.16% 22
West Midlands -25 47 £469 +7.20% 3
Midlands -46 47 £469 +16.67% 6
Scotland -31 45 £525 +21.04% 8
South West -6 39 £402 -21.51% 17
Yorkshire -32 33 £475 -11.63% 4
South East -37 31 £500 -3.57% 25
East of England -11 26 £510 +9.09% 8
North East -10 17 £475 +2.15% 7
Wales - 1 - - 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 38 (5.48%) Apache Spark
2 27 (3.89%) Confluence
3 15 (2.16%) Camunda
4 14 (2.02%) Apache
5 8 (1.15%) WebLogic
6 7 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.86%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.86%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.29%) CICS
10 2 (0.29%) Drupal
10 2 (0.29%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.29%) WordPress
11 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.14%) CMS
11 1 (0.14%) JBoss
11 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (0.43%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.43%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.14%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.14%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 379 (54.61%) AWS
2 175 (25.22%) Azure
3 119 (17.15%) GitHub
4 108 (15.56%) GCP
5 83 (11.96%) Serverless
6 81 (11.67%) Amazon S3
7 73 (10.52%) GitHub Actions
8 72 (10.37%) AWS Lambda
9 39 (5.62%) Amazon EC2
9 39 (5.62%) Amazon ECS
9 39 (5.62%) Amazon SQS
10 38 (5.48%) Amazon EKS
11 34 (4.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 30 (4.32%) OpenShift
13 27 (3.89%) AWS CloudFormation
13 27 (3.89%) Azure AKS
14 18 (2.59%) Route 53
15 17 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
15 17 (2.45%) Cloud Run
16 14 (2.02%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.59%) HTTP
2 10 (1.44%) SSL
3 9 (1.30%) Firewall
4 6 (0.86%) HTTPS
5 4 (0.58%) DNS
6 3 (0.43%) VPN
7 2 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.14%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.14%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (18.88%) PostgreSQL
2 90 (12.97%) NoSQL
3 73 (10.52%) Relational Database
4 70 (10.09%) MongoDB
5 59 (8.50%) MySQL
6 56 (8.07%) DynamoDB
7 42 (6.05%) Amazon RDS
8 25 (3.60%) SQL Server
9 22 (3.17%) Amazon Aurora
10 16 (2.31%) Big Data
10 16 (2.31%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (2.16%) DocumentDB
11 15 (2.16%) Redis
12 12 (1.73%) Flink
13 11 (1.59%) Apache Cassandra
14 8 (1.15%) BigQuery
14 8 (1.15%) DB2
14 8 (1.15%) RDBMS
15 7 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
16 6 (0.86%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 151 (21.76%) Git
2 146 (21.04%) Jenkins
3 109 (15.71%) GitLab
4 103 (14.84%) JUnit
5 58 (8.36%) Gradle
5 58 (8.36%) Mockito
6 52 (7.49%) JIRA
7 47 (6.77%) Maven
8 30 (4.32%) SonarQube
9 23 (3.31%) Cucumber
10 22 (3.17%) IntelliJ
11 15 (2.16%) Selenium
12 12 (1.73%) Cypress.io
13 11 (1.59%) DbUnit
13 11 (1.59%) Gatling
13 11 (1.59%) jMock
14 10 (1.44%) Jaeger
14 10 (1.44%) Mocha
14 10 (1.44%) Postman
15 9 (1.30%) REST Assured
General
1 140 (20.17%) Finance
2 131 (18.88%) Social Skills
3 123 (17.72%) Public Sector
4 63 (9.08%) Banking
5 28 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (2.31%) Financial Institution
7 13 (1.87%) Retail
8 6 (0.86%) Law
8 6 (0.86%) Retail Banking
9 5 (0.72%) Automotive
9 5 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (0.72%) Publishing
10 4 (0.58%) Investment Banking
10 4 (0.58%) Military
11 3 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.29%) Legal
12 2 (0.29%) Police
12 2 (0.29%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.14%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 397 (57.20%) Developer
2 285 (41.07%) Java Developer
3 143 (20.61%) Senior
4 123 (17.72%) Java Engineer
5 83 (11.96%) Senior Developer
6 79 (11.38%) Software Engineer
7 75 (10.81%) Full-Stack Developer
8 63 (9.08%) Lead
9 62 (8.93%) Senior Java Developer
10 44 (6.34%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 43 (6.20%) Java Software Engineer
12 32 (4.61%) Backend Developer
13 28 (4.03%) Software Developer
14 27 (3.89%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 26 (3.75%) Lead Developer
16 24 (3.46%) SC Cleared Java Developer
17 21 (3.03%) Architect
17 21 (3.03%) Data Engineer
18 17 (2.45%) Senior Java Engineer
19 16 (2.31%) Lead Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 648 (93.37%) Spring
2 195 (28.10%) RESTful
3 193 (27.81%) Kafka
4 160 (23.05%) REST
5 136 (19.60%) React
6 97 (13.98%) Node.js
7 94 (13.54%) AngularJS
8 63 (9.08%) HTML
9 61 (8.79%) Hibernate
10 45 (6.48%) CSS
10 45 (6.48%) Spring MVC
11 44 (6.34%) JPA
12 43 (6.20%) OpenTelemetry
13 41 (5.91%) Spring Cloud
14 40 (5.76%) OAuth
15 37 (5.33%) OAuth2
16 35 (5.04%) Jest
16 35 (5.04%) Next.js
17 33 (4.76%) Web Services
18 28 (4.03%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 124 (17.87%) Cloud Native
2 73 (10.52%) Distributed Systems
3 40 (5.76%) Product Ownership
4 24 (3.46%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (2.59%) Mobile App
6 17 (2.45%) Onboarding
7 13 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (1.87%) Data Structures
8 10 (1.44%) Algorithms
8 10 (1.44%) Management Information System
9 9 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.30%) Legacy Applications
9 9 (1.30%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.01%) NHS
11 7 (1.01%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 6 (0.86%) Distributed Architecture
12 6 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 4 (0.58%) Data Centre
13 4 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 46 (6.63%) Linux
2 14 (2.02%) Unix
3 5 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.43%) Windows
5 2 (0.29%) VMS
5 2 (0.29%) zOS
6 1 (0.14%) Android
6 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (60.23%) Microservices
2 394 (56.77%) CI/CD
3 263 (37.90%) Agile
3 263 (37.90%) DevOps
4 241 (34.73%) Containerisation
5 162 (23.34%) Full-Stack Development
6 153 (22.05%) Software Engineering
7 133 (19.16%) TDD
8 131 (18.88%) Event-Driven
9 122 (17.58%) Test Automation
10 111 (15.99%) Code Quality
11 103 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
12 99 (14.27%) Observability
13 88 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
13 88 (12.68%) Infrastructure as Code
13 88 (12.68%) Scrum
14 81 (11.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 74 (10.66%) API Design
16 68 (9.80%) Mentoring
17 61 (8.79%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 659 (94.96%) Java
2 197 (28.39%) SQL
3 104 (14.99%) JavaScript
4 90 (12.97%) TypeScript
5 80 (11.53%) Python
6 49 (7.06%) Kotlin
7 19 (2.74%) Go
8 13 (1.87%) Shell Script
9 10 (1.44%) PL/SQL
10 9 (1.30%) Rust
11 8 (1.15%) C#
12 6 (0.86%) Scala
13 5 (0.72%) Perl
14 4 (0.58%) Bash
14 4 (0.58%) Ruby
15 3 (0.43%) PHP
16 2 (0.29%) Groovy
17 1 (0.14%) Korn
17 1 (0.14%) PowerShell
17 1 (0.14%) XPath
Qualifications
1 194 (27.95%) Security Cleared
2 157 (22.62%) SC Cleared
3 35 (5.04%) Degree
4 26 (3.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.15%) DV Cleared
7 6 (0.86%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.72%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.58%) OCP
9 4 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.14%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.14%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (10.23%) QA
2 53 (7.64%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.16%) ISO 20022
4 11 (1.59%) WCAG
5 10 (1.44%) SEPA
6 8 (1.15%) GDPR
6 8 (1.15%) PSD2
7 7 (1.01%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.72%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.58%) HL7
10 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.58%) NIST
11 2 (0.29%) EMIR
11 2 (0.29%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.29%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.29%) MiFID
11 2 (0.29%) NCSC
12 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 297 (42.80%) Docker
2 10 (1.44%) Postfix
3 3 (0.43%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.14%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 317 (45.68%) Kubernetes
2 93 (13.40%) Terraform
3 82 (11.82%) Grafana
4 50 (7.20%) Prometheus
5 23 (3.31%) Ansible
6 13 (1.87%) Argo
7 10 (1.44%) Kiali
7 10 (1.44%) Kibana
8 9 (1.30%) Istio
9 2 (0.29%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.29%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.14%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 53 (7.64%) Oracle
2 35 (5.04%) Splunk
3 33 (4.76%) Microsoft
4 31 (4.47%) Google
5 14 (2.02%) Jaspersoft
6 11 (1.59%) Atlassian
7 9 (1.30%) Checkmarx
7 9 (1.30%) ForgeRock
7 9 (1.30%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.15%) Dynatrace
8 8 (1.15%) IBM
9 7 (1.01%) Databricks
10 6 (0.86%) Adobe
10 6 (0.86%) Okta
10 6 (0.86%) Solace
11 5 (0.72%) Ab Initio
11 5 (0.72%) PagerDuty
11 5 (0.72%) Sybase
11 5 (0.72%) Teradata
12 4 (0.58%) Confluent