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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 192 246
Rank change year-on-year 0 +54 -91
Contract jobs citing Spring Boot 660 407 420
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.48% 1.40% 0.95%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.99% 6.17% 4.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 446 258 311
10th Percentile £354 £356 £389
25th Percentile £412 £408 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £574 £585 £619
90th Percentile £634 £679 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £473 £446 £490
% change year-on-year +6.17% -8.99% -6.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 3 0
10th Percentile - £65.25 -
25th Percentile £52.50 £69.38 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £82.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - -
75th Percentile £81.00 £90.63 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £91.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £82.50 -
% change year-on-year -33.33% - -

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 9,445 6,593 8,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.25% 22.69% 20.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,291 4,497 6,263
10th Percentile £358 £363 £331
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £496 £498
% change year-on-year +0.91% -0.40% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 98 187
10th Percentile £35.23 £26.25 £20.66
25th Percentile £52.50 £40.19 £37.35
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £71.62 £68.75 £64.38
90th Percentile £81.00 £85.05 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%

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 28 March 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 28 March 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 28 March 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 +24 558 £485 -8.49% 132
UK excluding London +14 357 £473 +6.17% 94
London +5 237 £525 -8.70% 55
North of England +8 164 £475 +4.40% 47
Work from Home +5 155 £488 -2.50% 108
North West +31 116 £475 +8.57% 30
Midlands -38 53 £469 +11.67% 5
West Midlands -15 52 £470 +11.79% 3
South East -16 45 £456 -15.13% 16
Scotland -18 45 £588 +34.29% 7
South West +1 37 £400 -25.58% 14
Yorkshire -40 34 £500 -6.98% 10
North East -7 16 £475 +4.40% 7
East of England -16 15 £510 +9.09% 2
East Midlands -38 1 £220 -45.07% 2

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 27 (4.09%) Confluence
2 26 (3.94%) Apache Spark
3 14 (2.12%) Camunda
4 9 (1.36%) Apache
4 9 (1.36%) WebLogic
5 6 (0.91%) Ethereum
5 6 (0.91%) Hyperledger
6 5 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.30%) CICS
9 2 (0.30%) Drupal
9 2 (0.30%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.30%) WordPress
10 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.15%) JBoss
10 1 (0.15%) nginx
10 1 (0.15%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (0.45%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (0.91%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.45%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.15%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 371 (56.21%) AWS
2 184 (27.88%) Azure
3 119 (18.03%) GitHub
4 101 (15.30%) GCP
5 87 (13.18%) Serverless
6 79 (11.97%) Amazon S3
7 74 (11.21%) AWS Lambda
8 70 (10.61%) GitHub Actions
9 45 (6.82%) Amazon EC2
10 40 (6.06%) Amazon ECS
11 36 (5.45%) Amazon EKS
12 33 (5.00%) AWS CloudFormation
13 32 (4.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 32 (4.85%) Amazon SQS
14 28 (4.24%) OpenShift
15 25 (3.79%) Azure AKS
16 19 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
17 16 (2.42%) AWS Fargate
18 14 (2.12%) Cloud Run
18 14 (2.12%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.67%) HTTP
2 10 (1.52%) SSL
3 9 (1.36%) Firewall
4 7 (1.06%) HTTPS
5 5 (0.76%) DNS
5 5 (0.76%) Kerberos
6 3 (0.45%) VPN
7 1 (0.15%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (20.15%) PostgreSQL
2 94 (14.24%) NoSQL
3 77 (11.67%) MongoDB
4 76 (11.52%) Relational Database
5 60 (9.09%) MySQL
6 55 (8.33%) DynamoDB
7 42 (6.36%) Amazon RDS
8 23 (3.48%) SQL Server
9 21 (3.18%) Amazon Aurora
10 16 (2.42%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (2.27%) DocumentDB
12 14 (2.12%) Redis
13 12 (1.82%) Apache Cassandra
13 12 (1.82%) RDBMS
14 10 (1.52%) Big Data
14 10 (1.52%) DB2
15 9 (1.36%) BigQuery
15 9 (1.36%) Flink
16 8 (1.21%) HBase
17 6 (0.91%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 149 (22.58%) Git
2 145 (21.97%) Jenkins
3 113 (17.12%) GitLab
3 113 (17.12%) JUnit
4 56 (8.48%) Mockito
5 52 (7.88%) JIRA
5 52 (7.88%) Maven
6 49 (7.42%) Gradle
7 37 (5.61%) Cucumber
8 22 (3.33%) SonarQube
9 21 (3.18%) Selenium
10 16 (2.42%) IntelliJ
11 14 (2.12%) Cypress.io
11 14 (2.12%) Postman
12 13 (1.97%) Gatling
13 12 (1.82%) Sonatype Nexus
14 11 (1.67%) Artifactory
15 10 (1.52%) Mocha
15 10 (1.52%) REST Assured
16 9 (1.36%) Jaeger
General
1 146 (22.12%) Social Skills
2 126 (19.09%) Finance
3 112 (16.97%) Public Sector
4 67 (10.15%) Banking
5 29 (4.39%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (2.12%) Financial Institution
7 12 (1.82%) Retail
8 6 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (0.91%) Law
9 5 (0.76%) Telecoms
10 4 (0.61%) Aerospace
10 4 (0.61%) Automotive
10 4 (0.61%) Investment Banking
10 4 (0.61%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.61%) Military
10 4 (0.61%) Publishing
10 4 (0.61%) Retail Banking
11 3 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.45%) Electronics
11 3 (0.45%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 394 (59.70%) Developer
2 280 (42.42%) Java Developer
3 135 (20.45%) Senior
4 106 (16.06%) Java Engineer
5 83 (12.58%) Full-Stack Developer
5 83 (12.58%) Senior Developer
6 72 (10.91%) Software Engineer
7 64 (9.70%) Senior Java Developer
8 56 (8.48%) Lead
9 42 (6.36%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 39 (5.91%) Java Software Engineer
11 31 (4.70%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 27 (4.09%) Backend Developer
13 26 (3.94%) Software Developer
14 24 (3.64%) Lead Developer
15 23 (3.48%) SC Cleared Java Developer
16 21 (3.18%) Architect
17 19 (2.88%) AWS Developer
17 19 (2.88%) Azure Engineer
18 14 (2.12%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 603 (91.36%) Spring
2 194 (29.39%) RESTful
3 189 (28.64%) Kafka
4 162 (24.55%) REST
5 149 (22.58%) React
6 110 (16.67%) AngularJS
7 89 (13.48%) Node.js
8 68 (10.30%) HTML
9 63 (9.55%) Hibernate
10 50 (7.58%) CSS
11 49 (7.42%) JPA
12 43 (6.52%) Spring MVC
13 41 (6.21%) OAuth
14 38 (5.76%) OAuth2
14 38 (5.76%) OpenTelemetry
15 36 (5.45%) Spring Cloud
16 35 (5.30%) Jest
17 31 (4.70%) RabbitMQ
18 30 (4.55%) HTML5
19 29 (4.39%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 103 (15.61%) Cloud Native
2 66 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (5.91%) Product Ownership
4 19 (2.88%) Onboarding
5 18 (2.73%) Mobile App
6 17 (2.58%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (1.52%) Data Structures
8 10 (1.52%) Management Information System
9 9 (1.36%) Legacy Applications
9 9 (1.36%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.06%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.06%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 6 (0.91%) Distributed Architecture
11 6 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.91%) NHS
12 4 (0.61%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.36%) Linux
2 9 (1.36%) Unix
3 6 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.45%) Windows
5 2 (0.30%) VMS
5 2 (0.30%) zOS
6 1 (0.15%) Android
6 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 411 (62.27%) Microservices
2 367 (55.61%) CI/CD
3 268 (40.61%) Agile
4 253 (38.33%) DevOps
5 205 (31.06%) Containerisation
6 171 (25.91%) Full-Stack Development
7 139 (21.06%) Software Engineering
8 125 (18.94%) TDD
9 119 (18.03%) Event-Driven
9 119 (18.03%) Test Automation
10 112 (16.97%) Problem-Solving
11 95 (14.39%) Code Quality
11 95 (14.39%) Scrum
12 89 (13.48%) Observability
13 77 (11.67%) Infrastructure as Code
14 74 (11.21%) Continuous Improvement
15 72 (10.91%) API Design
15 72 (10.91%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 66 (10.00%) Mentoring
17 65 (9.85%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 621 (94.09%) Java
2 172 (26.06%) SQL
3 99 (15.00%) JavaScript
4 90 (13.64%) TypeScript
5 61 (9.24%) Python
6 48 (7.27%) Kotlin
7 19 (2.88%) Go
8 14 (2.12%) Shell Script
9 9 (1.36%) Rust
10 8 (1.21%) C#
11 7 (1.06%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.91%) Perl
13 4 (0.61%) Scala
14 3 (0.45%) PHP
15 2 (0.30%) Bash
15 2 (0.30%) Ruby
16 1 (0.15%) Bicep
16 1 (0.15%) Korn
16 1 (0.15%) Solidity
16 1 (0.15%) Swift
Qualifications
1 172 (26.06%) Security Cleared
2 138 (20.91%) SC Cleared
3 36 (5.45%) Degree
4 22 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (1.67%) OCP
6 11 (1.67%) Oracle Certification
7 8 (1.21%) DV Cleared
8 6 (0.91%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.61%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.30%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.15%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.15%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (10.30%) QA
2 49 (7.42%) Accessibility
3 19 (2.88%) ISO 20022
4 18 (2.73%) WCAG
5 9 (1.36%) PCI DSS
5 9 (1.36%) PSD2
5 9 (1.36%) SEPA
6 4 (0.61%) HL7
6 4 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.61%) NIST
7 3 (0.45%) Def Stans
7 3 (0.45%) GDPR
7 3 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.30%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.30%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.30%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.30%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 271 (41.06%) Docker
2 7 (1.06%) Postfix
3 3 (0.45%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 304 (46.06%) Kubernetes
2 88 (13.33%) Grafana
3 84 (12.73%) Terraform
4 48 (7.27%) Prometheus
5 22 (3.33%) Ansible
6 14 (2.12%) Argo
7 11 (1.67%) Kibana
8 9 (1.36%) Kiali
9 7 (1.06%) Istio
10 2 (0.30%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.30%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.15%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.15%) Consul
11 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 59 (8.94%) Oracle
2 37 (5.61%) Splunk
3 34 (5.15%) Microsoft
4 31 (4.70%) Google
5 11 (1.67%) Red Hat
6 10 (1.52%) Jaspersoft
7 9 (1.36%) Dynatrace
7 9 (1.36%) Sybase
8 8 (1.21%) Atlassian
9 7 (1.06%) ForgeRock
9 7 (1.06%) IBM
10 6 (0.91%) Adobe
10 6 (0.91%) Databricks
10 6 (0.91%) PagerDuty
10 6 (0.91%) SAP
10 6 (0.91%) Virgin Media
11 5 (0.76%) Solace
12 4 (0.61%) Checkmarx
12 4 (0.61%) Confluent
12 4 (0.61%) OpenAI