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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 181 195
Rank change year-on-year -2 +14 +35
Contract jobs citing Spring Boot 778 489 522
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.48% 1.51% 1.22%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.58% 6.67% 5.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 347 412
10th Percentile £380 £313 £375
25th Percentile £425 £402 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -2.55%
75th Percentile £577 £545 £625
90th Percentile £663 £613 £749
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +7.78% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 10 1
10th Percentile £35.00 £41.75 -
25th Percentile £62.00 £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 £90.00 £83.44 £74.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £92.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.50 £55.00 £72.00
% change year-on-year +37.27% -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 10,266 7,335 9,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.51% 22.58% 21.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,717 4,951 6,252
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -4.70% -2.23%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 275 159 274
10th Percentile £30.00 £29.21 £22.50
25th Percentile £50.00 £38.52 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.35%
75th Percentile £74.63 £67.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.01 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +7.76% -1.74%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +14 620 £513 +7.33% 125
UK excluding London -19 363 £485 +7.78% 96
London +10 311 £525 +5.00% 63
Work from Home -40 184 £500 -0.74% 66
North of England -24 140 £505 +17.44% 21
North West -31 82 £540 +37.40% 8
Midlands -49 53 £475 +18.16% 17
South West +12 51 £409 -23.91% 9
Scotland -24 51 £405 -10.06% 9
West Midlands -26 50 £485 +2.11% 12
Yorkshire -15 44 £475 -9.52% 9
East of England +11 33 £500 +6.95% 1
South East -47 30 £450 -17.20% 26
North East -29 17 £450 -8.16% 4
Wales -13 7 £375 -21.05% 7
Northern Ireland -1 2 - - 6
East Midlands -31 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 (5.40%) Apache Spark
2 23 (2.96%) Apache
3 20 (2.57%) Confluence
4 15 (1.93%) Camunda
5 14 (1.80%) WebLogic
6 10 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.29%) Ethereum
6 10 (1.29%) Hyperledger
7 5 (0.64%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.51%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.51%) 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 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.51%) Quorum
2 4 (0.51%) 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
1 426 (54.76%) AWS
2 196 (25.19%) Azure
3 142 (18.25%) GCP
4 120 (15.42%) GitHub
5 77 (9.90%) GitHub Actions
6 70 (9.00%) Amazon S3
7 67 (8.61%) Serverless
8 58 (7.46%) AWS Lambda
9 45 (5.78%) Amazon SQS
10 44 (5.66%) Amazon EC2
11 41 (5.27%) OpenShift
12 36 (4.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 33 (4.24%) Amazon ECS
14 31 (3.98%) Amazon EKS
15 26 (3.34%) Azure DevOps
16 19 (2.44%) AWS KMS
16 19 (2.44%) Azure AKS
17 18 (2.31%) Route 53
18 17 (2.19%) Cloud Run
19 14 (1.80%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.54%) HTTP
2 4 (0.51%) Firewall
2 4 (0.51%) HTTPS
2 4 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.13%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (20.57%) PostgreSQL
2 96 (12.34%) Relational Database
3 86 (11.05%) NoSQL
4 81 (10.41%) MongoDB
5 63 (8.10%) MySQL
6 45 (5.78%) DynamoDB
7 44 (5.66%) Amazon RDS
8 32 (4.11%) SQL Server
9 22 (2.83%) Amazon Aurora
10 21 (2.70%) Elasticsearch
10 21 (2.70%) Flink
11 20 (2.57%) Redis
12 17 (2.19%) Big Data
13 16 (2.06%) Apache Cassandra
14 13 (1.67%) Metadata
15 11 (1.41%) RDBMS
16 10 (1.29%) Data Lake
17 7 (0.90%) Couchbase
17 7 (0.90%) Db2
17 7 (0.90%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 195 (25.06%) Git
2 194 (24.94%) Jenkins
3 128 (16.45%) JUnit
4 100 (12.85%) GitLab
5 88 (11.31%) Gradle
6 84 (10.80%) Maven
7 71 (9.13%) Mockito
8 45 (5.78%) JIRA
9 42 (5.40%) SonarQube
10 24 (3.08%) Selenium
11 22 (2.83%) REST Assured
12 21 (2.70%) Cucumber
13 18 (2.31%) Liquibase
14 17 (2.19%) Gatling
15 14 (1.80%) DbUnit
15 14 (1.80%) IntelliJ
16 13 (1.67%) Bitbucket Server
16 13 (1.67%) jMock
17 12 (1.54%) Serenity BDD
18 10 (1.29%) Postman
General
1 170 (21.85%) Finance
2 145 (18.64%) Social Skills
3 140 (17.99%) Public Sector
4 83 (10.67%) Banking
5 55 (7.07%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (2.57%) Retail
7 13 (1.67%) Financial Institution
7 13 (1.67%) Military
8 12 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (1.54%) Law
9 6 (0.77%) Publishing
9 6 (0.77%) Retail Banking
10 5 (0.64%) Automotive
10 5 (0.64%) Investment Banking
10 5 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.39%) Police
12 2 (0.26%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (0.26%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 449 (57.71%) Developer
2 354 (45.50%) Java Developer
3 158 (20.31%) Senior
4 125 (16.07%) Java Engineer
5 97 (12.47%) Software Engineer
6 84 (10.80%) Lead
7 83 (10.67%) Senior Developer
8 66 (8.48%) Senior Java Developer
9 58 (7.46%) Full-Stack Developer
10 51 (6.56%) Java Software Engineer
11 40 (5.14%) Software Developer
12 39 (5.01%) Lead Developer
13 38 (4.88%) Backend Developer
14 32 (4.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 31 (3.98%) Senior Java Engineer
16 30 (3.86%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 28 (3.60%) SC Cleared Java Developer
18 25 (3.21%) Lead Java Developer
19 22 (2.83%) Data Engineer
20 20 (2.57%) Java Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 732 (94.09%) Spring
2 238 (30.59%) Kafka
3 209 (26.86%) RESTful
4 207 (26.61%) REST
5 150 (19.28%) React
6 105 (13.50%) Node.js
7 78 (10.03%) AngularJS
8 67 (8.61%) Hibernate
9 65 (8.35%) HTML
9 65 (8.35%) JPA
10 54 (6.94%) CSS
11 50 (6.43%) Spring MVC
12 49 (6.30%) Web Services
13 41 (5.27%) Redux
13 41 (5.27%) Spring Cloud
14 36 (4.63%) RabbitMQ
15 35 (4.50%) OAuth
16 33 (4.24%) SOAP
17 31 (3.98%) Spring Batch
18 30 (3.86%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 147 (18.89%) Cloud Native
2 94 (12.08%) Distributed Systems
3 54 (6.94%) Product Ownership
4 25 (3.21%) Greenfield Project
5 23 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (2.57%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (2.19%) Data Structures
8 16 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (1.93%) Public Cloud
10 14 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (1.80%) Mobile App
11 13 (1.67%) Algorithms
12 12 (1.54%) Onboarding
13 9 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 8 (1.03%) Virtual Team
15 7 (0.90%) AI Agents
16 6 (0.77%) Blockchain
16 6 (0.77%) Distributed Architecture
16 6 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
16 6 (0.77%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 49 (6.30%) Linux
2 21 (2.70%) Unix
3 6 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.39%) VMS
4 3 (0.39%) Windows
5 1 (0.13%) Android
5 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) Solaris
5 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (60.54%) Microservices
2 463 (59.51%) CI/CD
3 350 (44.99%) Agile
4 307 (39.46%) DevOps
5 246 (31.62%) Containerisation
6 196 (25.19%) Software Engineering
7 165 (21.21%) TDD
8 152 (19.54%) Event-Driven
9 149 (19.15%) Test Automation
10 147 (18.89%) Full-Stack Development
11 141 (18.12%) Scrum
12 124 (15.94%) Continuous Improvement
13 121 (15.55%) Problem-Solving
14 115 (14.78%) Code Quality
15 106 (13.62%) Observability
16 101 (12.98%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 84 (10.80%) Infrastructure as Code
18 74 (9.51%) BDD
19 71 (9.13%) Design Patterns
20 69 (8.87%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 764 (98.20%) Java
2 253 (32.52%) SQL
3 114 (14.65%) JavaScript
4 93 (11.95%) TypeScript
5 89 (11.44%) Python
6 38 (4.88%) Kotlin
7 34 (4.37%) PL/SQL
8 16 (2.06%) Shell Script
9 12 (1.54%) C#
9 12 (1.54%) Go
10 8 (1.03%) Scala
11 7 (0.90%) Bash
12 6 (0.77%) 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
1 238 (30.59%) Security Cleared
2 199 (25.58%) SC Cleared
3 48 (6.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 32 (4.11%) Degree
5 25 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (1.93%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.29%) 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 86 (11.05%) QA
2 69 (8.87%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.41%) ISO 20022
4 9 (1.16%) WCAG
5 8 (1.03%) Data Quality
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%) MiFID
9 2 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.26%) ISO 15022
9 2 (0.26%) PSD2
10 1 (0.13%) HL7
10 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.13%) ITGC
10 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 334 (42.93%) Docker
2 11 (1.41%) Postfix
3 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 316 (40.62%) Kubernetes
2 79 (10.15%) Terraform
3 69 (8.87%) Grafana
4 51 (6.56%) Prometheus
5 38 (4.88%) Ansible
6 13 (1.67%) Control-M
7 10 (1.29%) Kibana
8 7 (0.90%) Argo
9 6 (0.77%) Istio
10 4 (0.51%) 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 98 (12.60%) Oracle
2 45 (5.78%) Google
3 32 (4.11%) Microsoft
3 32 (4.11%) Splunk
4 19 (2.44%) IBM
5 17 (2.19%) Jaspersoft
6 14 (1.80%) Atlassian
7 13 (1.67%) Dynatrace
8 11 (1.41%) Databricks
8 11 (1.41%) Solace
9 10 (1.29%) Checkmarx
9 10 (1.29%) Sybase
10 9 (1.16%) MuleSoft
11 8 (1.03%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.90%) Okta
12 7 (0.90%) TikTok
13 6 (0.77%) New Relic
14 5 (0.64%) ForgeRock
15 4 (0.51%) Ab Initio
15 4 (0.51%) Teradata