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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 177 203
Rank change year-on-year -19 +26 +61
Contract jobs citing Spring Boot 752 517 466
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.41% 1.57% 1.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.44% 6.98% 5.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 491 368 365
10th Percentile £377 £313 £375
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -1.87%
75th Percentile £581 £550 £625
90th Percentile £663 £613 £746
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £455 £469
% change year-on-year +4.51% -3.04% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 10 1
10th Percentile £35.00 £41.75 -
25th Percentile £53.75 £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 £90.00 £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 10,110 7,404 8,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 18.94% 22.46% 22.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,592 4,974 5,801
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -9.00% -
75th Percentile £638 £631 £663
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £469 £500
% change year-on-year +6.61% -6.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 173 241
10th Percentile £28.04 £29.40 £22.50
25th Percentile £41.28 £40.75 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -1.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73.00 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £81.01 £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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -6 579 £525 +5.00% 531
UK excluding London -31 346 £475 +4.51% 269
London +1 306 £525 +4.48% 363
Work from Home -44 176 £490 -3.45% 245
North of England -30 133 £500 +7.53% 83
North West -42 73 £550 +34.64% 55
Scotland -11 64 £400 -11.11% 53
Midlands -38 54 £475 +30.49% 27
West Midlands -12 51 £480 +1.05% 21
Yorkshire -5 43 £500 -6.98% 12
South West -15 39 £436 -15.90% 32
East of England +7 26 £500 +6.95% 3
South East -59 24 £297 -44.69% 37
North East -32 18 £450 -8.16% 16
Wales -17 7 £375 -21.05% 15
Northern Ireland +3 2 - - 21
East Midlands -29 2 £401 +23.01% 6

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 37 (4.92%) Apache Spark
2 24 (3.19%) Apache
3 16 (2.13%) Confluence
4 14 (1.86%) WebLogic
5 12 (1.60%) Camunda
6 10 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.66%) 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
1 425 (56.52%) AWS
2 175 (23.27%) Azure
3 128 (17.02%) GCP
4 123 (16.36%) GitHub
5 81 (10.77%) GitHub Actions
6 62 (8.24%) Amazon S3
6 62 (8.24%) Serverless
7 54 (7.18%) AWS Lambda
8 45 (5.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 45 (5.98%) Amazon SQS
9 43 (5.72%) Amazon EKS
10 42 (5.59%) OpenShift
11 40 (5.32%) Amazon ECS
12 39 (5.19%) Amazon EC2
13 22 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
14 17 (2.26%) AWS KMS
15 16 (2.13%) Route 53
16 15 (1.99%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 14 (1.86%) AWS CloudFormation
18 12 (1.60%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.06%) HTTPS
2 7 (0.93%) HTTP
3 4 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.40%) Firewall
5 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.13%) AMQP
6 1 (0.13%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (21.28%) PostgreSQL
2 88 (11.70%) Relational Database
3 79 (10.51%) MongoDB
3 79 (10.51%) NoSQL
4 62 (8.24%) MySQL
5 40 (5.32%) DynamoDB
6 39 (5.19%) Amazon RDS
7 29 (3.86%) SQL Server
8 26 (3.46%) Amazon Aurora
9 24 (3.19%) Redis
10 19 (2.53%) Flink
11 17 (2.26%) Apache Cassandra
12 15 (1.99%) Elasticsearch
13 14 (1.86%) Big Data
14 13 (1.73%) Metadata
15 12 (1.60%) RDBMS
16 10 (1.33%) Data Lake
17 9 (1.20%) Couchbase
18 8 (1.06%) Db2
18 8 (1.06%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 205 (27.26%) Jenkins
2 190 (25.27%) Git
3 124 (16.49%) JUnit
4 105 (13.96%) GitLab
5 93 (12.37%) Gradle
6 91 (12.10%) Maven
7 75 (9.97%) Mockito
8 46 (6.12%) SonarQube
9 40 (5.32%) JIRA
10 21 (2.79%) Liquibase
11 19 (2.53%) Cucumber
12 17 (2.26%) REST Assured
12 17 (2.26%) Selenium
13 14 (1.86%) Gatling
14 13 (1.73%) Bitbucket Server
14 13 (1.73%) IntelliJ
15 12 (1.60%) DbUnit
16 11 (1.46%) jMock
17 10 (1.33%) GoCD
18 9 (1.20%) Flyway
General
1 163 (21.68%) Finance
2 141 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 134 (17.82%) Social Skills
4 84 (11.17%) Banking
5 57 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (2.93%) Retail
7 12 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (1.60%) Law
7 12 (1.60%) Military
8 8 (1.06%) Financial Institution
8 8 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (0.93%) Retail Banking
10 6 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (0.80%) Publishing
11 4 (0.53%) Automotive
11 4 (0.53%) Investment Banking
11 4 (0.53%) Police
12 3 (0.40%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.27%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 441 (58.64%) Developer
2 353 (46.94%) Java Developer
3 154 (20.48%) Senior
4 124 (16.49%) Java Engineer
5 99 (13.16%) Software Engineer
6 84 (11.17%) Senior Developer
7 76 (10.11%) Lead
8 69 (9.18%) Senior Java Developer
9 58 (7.71%) Full-Stack Developer
10 57 (7.58%) Java Software Engineer
11 44 (5.85%) Software Developer
12 36 (4.79%) Lead Developer
13 35 (4.65%) Full-Stack Java Developer
14 33 (4.39%) Backend Developer
15 32 (4.26%) Senior Java Engineer
16 27 (3.59%) SC Cleared Java Developer
17 24 (3.19%) Lead Java Developer
18 23 (3.06%) Data Engineer
19 21 (2.79%) Java Software Developer
20 19 (2.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 709 (94.28%) Spring
2 235 (31.25%) Kafka
3 210 (27.93%) RESTful
4 207 (27.53%) REST
5 144 (19.15%) React
6 111 (14.76%) Node.js
7 70 (9.31%) AngularJS
8 69 (9.18%) Hibernate
8 69 (9.18%) JPA
9 67 (8.91%) HTML
10 56 (7.45%) CSS
11 50 (6.65%) Spring MVC
12 48 (6.38%) Web Services
13 43 (5.72%) Redux
14 41 (5.45%) RabbitMQ
15 39 (5.19%) OAuth
15 39 (5.19%) Spring Cloud
16 35 (4.65%) OAuth2
17 32 (4.26%) HTML5
18 29 (3.86%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 176 (23.40%) Cloud Native
2 113 (15.03%) Distributed Systems
3 54 (7.18%) Product Ownership
4 32 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (3.32%) Greenfield Project
6 24 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
7 20 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (2.13%) Public Cloud
9 14 (1.86%) Data Structures
10 12 (1.60%) Onboarding
11 11 (1.46%) Algorithms
12 9 (1.20%) AI Agents
12 9 (1.20%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 8 (1.06%) Mobile App
14 7 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
14 7 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
15 6 (0.80%) Distributed Architecture
16 5 (0.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.98%) Linux
2 25 (3.32%) Unix
3 4 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.27%) VMS
4 2 (0.27%) Windows
5 1 (0.13%) Android
5 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) Solaris
5 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 476 (63.30%) Microservices
2 450 (59.84%) CI/CD
3 365 (48.54%) Agile
4 279 (37.10%) DevOps
5 237 (31.52%) Containerisation
6 208 (27.66%) Software Engineering
7 164 (21.81%) TDD
8 157 (20.88%) Test Automation
9 156 (20.74%) Event-Driven
10 148 (19.68%) Scrum
11 129 (17.15%) Full-Stack Development
12 126 (16.76%) Continuous Improvement
13 108 (14.36%) Problem-Solving
14 106 (14.10%) Code Quality
15 105 (13.96%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 99 (13.16%) Observability
17 95 (12.63%) Infrastructure as Code
18 83 (11.04%) Design Patterns
19 75 (9.97%) Clean Code
20 66 (8.78%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 743 (98.80%) Java
2 255 (33.91%) SQL
3 109 (14.49%) JavaScript
4 87 (11.57%) Python
4 87 (11.57%) TypeScript
5 37 (4.92%) PL/SQL
6 29 (3.86%) Kotlin
7 19 (2.53%) Shell Script
8 11 (1.46%) Bash
9 9 (1.20%) Ruby
10 8 (1.06%) C#
10 8 (1.06%) Scala
11 5 (0.66%) Groovy
12 4 (0.53%) Go
12 4 (0.53%) Solidity
13 3 (0.40%) Perl
14 2 (0.27%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.27%) PromQL
14 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.13%) Korn
Qualifications
1 233 (30.98%) Security Cleared
2 197 (26.20%) SC Cleared
3 51 (6.78%) BPSS Clearance
4 24 (3.19%) Degree
5 18 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (1.86%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.73%) AWS Certification
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 88 (11.70%) QA
2 66 (8.78%) Accessibility
3 13 (1.73%) ISO 20022
4 9 (1.20%) Data Quality
4 9 (1.20%) WCAG
5 7 (0.93%) GDPR
5 7 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (0.93%) SEPA
6 5 (0.66%) Disclosure Scotland
6 5 (0.66%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.40%) EMIR
7 3 (0.40%) ISO 15022
7 3 (0.40%) MiFID
8 1 (0.13%) HL7
8 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.13%) ITGC
8 1 (0.13%) PSD2
System Software
1 327 (43.48%) Docker
2 9 (1.20%) Postfix
3 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 299 (39.76%) Kubernetes
2 81 (10.77%) Terraform
3 56 (7.45%) Grafana
4 41 (5.45%) Ansible
5 40 (5.32%) Prometheus
6 16 (2.13%) Control-M
6 16 (2.13%) Kibana
7 9 (1.20%) Argo
8 5 (0.66%) Istio
9 3 (0.40%) Bosun
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
11 1 (0.13%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 99 (13.16%) Oracle
2 42 (5.59%) Google
3 20 (2.66%) Splunk
4 19 (2.53%) Microsoft
5 17 (2.26%) IBM
6 15 (1.99%) Jaspersoft
7 13 (1.73%) Dynatrace
7 13 (1.73%) MuleSoft
8 12 (1.60%) Atlassian
9 10 (1.33%) Checkmarx
9 10 (1.33%) Solace
10 9 (1.20%) Databricks
10 9 (1.20%) Sybase
11 8 (1.06%) New Relic
12 7 (0.93%) TikTok
13 6 (0.80%) Okta
14 5 (0.66%) Red Hat
15 4 (0.53%) Confluent
15 4 (0.53%) FIS
15 4 (0.53%) SAP