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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 185 194
Rank change year-on-year -2 +9 +43
Contract jobs citing Spring Boot 776 491 500
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.47% 1.51% 1.21%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.59% 6.67% 5.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 510 351 388
10th Percentile £375 £313 £375
25th Percentile £425 £402 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -1.22%
75th Percentile £581 £545 £625
90th Percentile £663 £613 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £455 £463
% change year-on-year +5.17% -1.73% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 10 1
10th Percentile £35.00 £41.75 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £51.25 £69.50
Median hourly rate £76.00 £55.00 £72.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.18% -23.61% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81.00 £83.44 £74.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £92.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.00 £55.00 £72.00
% change year-on-year +30.91% -23.61% +15.20%

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 10,224 7,364 8,876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.39% 22.60% 21.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,669 4,969 6,075
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £543
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -5.99% -1.36%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £663
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 154 260
10th Percentile £29.72 £30.08 £22.73
25th Percentile £49.20 £38.16 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £67.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.71 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.25 £62.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +6.00% +7.20% -0.87%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 21 July 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 +11 614 £525 +9.27% 174
UK excluding London -10 371 £478 +5.17% 102
London +4 303 £525 +5.00% 101
Work from Home -37 181 £500 -1.48% 76
North of England -8 142 £505 +14.19% 31
North West -23 82 £545 +37.11% 15
Scotland -19 55 £405 -10.11% 11
Midlands -35 54 £475 +18.16% 18
West Midlands -22 51 £485 +2.11% 13
South West +1 50 £409 -23.91% 10
Yorkshire -14 45 £488 -9.30% 8
East of England +10 33 £500 +6.95%
South East -55 32 £450 -17.20% 26
North East -32 18 £450 -8.16% 8
Wales -21 7 £375 -21.05% 4
Northern Ireland 0 2 - - 2
East Midlands -32 2 £401 +20.42% 5

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 42 (5.41%) Apache Spark
2 23 (2.96%) Apache
3 20 (2.58%) Confluence
4 15 (1.93%) WebLogic
5 12 (1.55%) Camunda
6 10 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.29%) Ethereum
6 10 (1.29%) Hyperledger
7 5 (0.64%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.52%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.39%) nginx
9 3 (0.39%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.26%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.26%) Apache Pulsar
10 2 (0.26%) Drupal
10 2 (0.26%) Mule
10 2 (0.26%) WordPress
11 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (0.64%) R3 Corda
2 4 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.52%) Quorum
2 4 (0.52%) Ripple
3 3 (0.39%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.26%) Shopify
5 1 (0.13%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 425 (54.77%) AWS
2 191 (24.61%) Azure
3 139 (17.91%) GCP
4 119 (15.34%) GitHub
5 76 (9.79%) GitHub Actions
6 68 (8.76%) Amazon S3
7 66 (8.51%) Serverless
8 57 (7.35%) AWS Lambda
9 45 (5.80%) Amazon SQS
10 42 (5.41%) Amazon EC2
11 41 (5.28%) OpenShift
12 35 (4.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 34 (4.38%) Amazon ECS
14 31 (3.99%) Amazon EKS
15 25 (3.22%) Azure DevOps
16 19 (2.45%) AWS KMS
17 18 (2.32%) Route 53
18 17 (2.19%) Azure AKS
18 17 (2.19%) Cloud Run
19 14 (1.80%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.68%) HTTP
2 7 (0.90%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.52%) Firewall
3 4 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.13%) SMS
4 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (20.36%) PostgreSQL
2 98 (12.63%) Relational Database
3 88 (11.34%) NoSQL
4 83 (10.70%) MongoDB
5 63 (8.12%) MySQL
6 44 (5.67%) DynamoDB
7 42 (5.41%) Amazon RDS
8 31 (3.99%) SQL Server
9 22 (2.84%) Amazon Aurora
10 21 (2.71%) Flink
11 20 (2.58%) Redis
12 19 (2.45%) Elasticsearch
13 17 (2.19%) Big Data
14 16 (2.06%) Apache Cassandra
15 13 (1.68%) Metadata
16 11 (1.42%) RDBMS
17 10 (1.29%) Data Lake
18 8 (1.03%) Oracle Database
19 7 (0.90%) Couchbase
19 7 (0.90%) Db2
Development Applications
1 196 (25.26%) Git
2 195 (25.13%) Jenkins
3 127 (16.37%) JUnit
4 99 (12.76%) GitLab
5 89 (11.47%) Gradle
6 86 (11.08%) Maven
7 70 (9.02%) Mockito
8 47 (6.06%) JIRA
9 42 (5.41%) SonarQube
10 24 (3.09%) Selenium
11 22 (2.84%) REST Assured
12 19 (2.45%) Cucumber
13 18 (2.32%) Gatling
13 18 (2.32%) Liquibase
14 14 (1.80%) DbUnit
14 14 (1.80%) IntelliJ
15 13 (1.68%) Bitbucket Server
15 13 (1.68%) jMock
16 12 (1.55%) Serenity BDD
17 9 (1.16%) Postman
General
1 170 (21.91%) Finance
2 142 (18.30%) Social Skills
3 138 (17.78%) Public Sector
4 81 (10.44%) Banking
5 57 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (2.71%) Retail
7 13 (1.68%) Financial Institution
8 12 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (1.55%) Law
8 12 (1.55%) Military
9 6 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (0.77%) Publishing
9 6 (0.77%) Retail Banking
10 5 (0.64%) Automotive
10 5 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.52%) Investment Banking
11 4 (0.52%) Police
12 3 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.26%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.26%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 447 (57.60%) Developer
2 356 (45.88%) Java Developer
3 163 (21.01%) Senior
4 126 (16.24%) Java Engineer
5 99 (12.76%) Software Engineer
6 86 (11.08%) Senior Developer
7 82 (10.57%) Lead
8 69 (8.89%) Senior Java Developer
9 56 (7.22%) Full-Stack Developer
10 54 (6.96%) Java Software Engineer
11 39 (5.03%) Software Developer
12 38 (4.90%) Backend Developer
13 37 (4.77%) Lead Developer
14 33 (4.25%) Senior Java Engineer
15 32 (4.12%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 30 (3.87%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 29 (3.74%) SC Cleared Java Developer
18 25 (3.22%) Lead Java Developer
19 22 (2.84%) Data Engineer
20 20 (2.58%) Java Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 729 (93.94%) Spring
2 237 (30.54%) Kafka
3 210 (27.06%) RESTful
4 203 (26.16%) REST
5 147 (18.94%) React
6 104 (13.40%) Node.js
7 74 (9.54%) AngularJS
8 69 (8.89%) Hibernate
9 68 (8.76%) JPA
10 67 (8.63%) HTML
11 56 (7.22%) CSS
12 51 (6.57%) Web Services
13 50 (6.44%) Spring MVC
14 41 (5.28%) Redux
14 41 (5.28%) Spring Cloud
15 37 (4.77%) RabbitMQ
16 35 (4.51%) OAuth
17 32 (4.12%) SOAP
17 32 (4.12%) Spring Batch
18 31 (3.99%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 149 (19.20%) Cloud Native
2 100 (12.89%) Distributed Systems
3 55 (7.09%) Product Ownership
4 25 (3.22%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (3.22%) Greenfield Project
5 21 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (2.19%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.93%) Public Cloud
9 14 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (1.80%) Mobile App
10 13 (1.68%) Algorithms
11 12 (1.55%) Onboarding
12 9 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 8 (1.03%) Virtual Team
14 7 (0.90%) AI Agents
15 6 (0.77%) Blockchain
15 6 (0.77%) Distributed Architecture
15 6 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
15 6 (0.77%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 50 (6.44%) Linux
2 23 (2.96%) Unix
3 6 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.39%) Windows
5 2 (0.26%) VMS
6 1 (0.13%) Android
6 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.13%) Solaris
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 476 (61.34%) Microservices
2 465 (59.92%) CI/CD
3 353 (45.49%) Agile
4 302 (38.92%) DevOps
5 244 (31.44%) Containerisation
6 199 (25.64%) Software Engineering
7 170 (21.91%) TDD
8 152 (19.59%) Test Automation
9 150 (19.33%) Event-Driven
10 147 (18.94%) Scrum
11 143 (18.43%) Full-Stack Development
12 125 (16.11%) Continuous Improvement
13 119 (15.34%) Problem-Solving
14 115 (14.82%) Code Quality
15 107 (13.79%) Observability
16 102 (13.14%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 84 (10.82%) Infrastructure as Code
18 77 (9.92%) Design Patterns
19 73 (9.41%) BDD
20 69 (8.89%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 762 (98.20%) Java
2 251 (32.35%) SQL
3 113 (14.56%) JavaScript
4 91 (11.73%) TypeScript
5 88 (11.34%) Python
6 38 (4.90%) Kotlin
7 34 (4.38%) PL/SQL
8 17 (2.19%) Shell Script
9 12 (1.55%) Go
10 11 (1.42%) C#
11 8 (1.03%) Scala
12 7 (0.90%) Bash
12 7 (0.90%) Ruby
13 5 (0.64%) Perl
13 5 (0.64%) Solidity
14 3 (0.39%) Groovy
14 3 (0.39%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.26%) PHP
15 2 (0.26%) PromQL
16 1 (0.13%) Rust
Qualifications
1 237 (30.54%) Security Cleared
2 198 (25.52%) SC Cleared
3 49 (6.31%) BPSS Clearance
4 31 (3.99%) Degree
5 24 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (1.93%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.42%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.64%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.26%) 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 89 (11.47%) QA
2 70 (9.02%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.55%) ISO 20022
4 9 (1.16%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.03%) WCAG
6 7 (0.90%) GDPR
6 7 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (0.90%) SEPA
7 6 (0.77%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.39%) EMIR
8 3 (0.39%) ISO 15022
8 3 (0.39%) MiFID
9 2 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.26%) PSD2
10 1 (0.13%) HL7
10 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.13%) ITGC
System Software
1 332 (42.78%) Docker
2 11 (1.42%) Postfix
3 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 312 (40.21%) Kubernetes
2 78 (10.05%) Terraform
3 68 (8.76%) Grafana
4 52 (6.70%) Prometheus
5 38 (4.90%) Ansible
6 13 (1.68%) Control-M
7 10 (1.29%) Kibana
8 7 (0.90%) Argo
9 6 (0.77%) Istio
10 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.26%) Consul
11 2 (0.26%) Kiali
11 2 (0.26%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.13%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.13%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 101 (13.02%) Oracle
2 46 (5.93%) Google
3 33 (4.25%) Splunk
4 29 (3.74%) Microsoft
5 18 (2.32%) IBM
6 17 (2.19%) Jaspersoft
7 14 (1.80%) Atlassian
8 13 (1.68%) Dynatrace
9 11 (1.42%) Databricks
9 11 (1.42%) Solace
10 10 (1.29%) Checkmarx
10 10 (1.29%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.29%) Sybase
11 7 (0.90%) Okta
11 7 (0.90%) Red Hat
11 7 (0.90%) TikTok
12 6 (0.77%) New Relic
13 5 (0.64%) ForgeRock
14 4 (0.52%) Ab Initio
14 4 (0.52%) Teradata