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 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 213 273
Rank change year-on-year +14 +60 -127
Contract jobs citing Spring Boot 526 369 368
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.44% 1.18% 0.86%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.44% 5.35% 3.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 222 256
10th Percentile £350 £356 £416
25th Percentile £420 £413 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -16.00%
75th Percentile £575 £629 £625
90th Percentile £625 £772 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £474 £440 £523
% change year-on-year +7.73% -15.79% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 2
10th Percentile £42.50 - £73.05
25th Percentile £52.50 - £73.88
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £76.50
75th Percentile £57.50 - £77.88
90th Percentile £60.50 - £77.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 - £76.50
% change year-on-year - - +2.00%

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 8,174 6,896 9,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.34% 21.99% 21.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,416 4,383 6,550
10th Percentile £356 £353 £356
25th Percentile £413 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 81 168
10th Percentile £33.00 £21.25 £28.28
25th Percentile £45.00 £33.25 £46.18
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £54.53
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +14.62% -16.11%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £54.53
% change year-on-year - +14.62% -16.11%

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 13 January 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 13 January 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 13 January 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 +29 435 £488 -15.22% 156
UK excluding London +34 281 £474 +7.73% 118
London -16 198 £525 -11.32% 66
North of England +30 148 £475 +6.74% 32
Work from Home +20 130 £525 +13.51% 90
North West +47 101 £450 +2.86% 19
Scotland -13 53 £588 +38.24% 12
South East +9 35 £450 +15.38% 41
Midlands -19 28 £449 - 12
Yorkshire -28 28 £500 -35.90% 11
West Midlands -14 24 £469 - 11
North East 0 19 £475 +6.74% 2
South West -24 14 £409 -25.64% 16
East Midlands - 4 £268 - 1
Northern Ireland -6 2 £425 +54.55% 1
East of England -25 1 - - 2
Wales - 1 £475 - 4

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 17 (3.23%) Confluence
2 7 (1.33%) Apache
3 6 (1.14%) CMS
4 5 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.95%) Camunda
5 4 (0.76%) Drupal
5 4 (0.76%) Mule
5 4 (0.76%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.76%) WordPress
6 3 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.57%) CICS
6 3 (0.57%) JBoss
6 3 (0.57%) SAS
7 2 (0.38%) Mule ESB
7 2 (0.38%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.19%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (1.14%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 283 (53.80%) AWS
2 162 (30.80%) Azure
3 95 (18.06%) GitHub
4 83 (15.78%) GCP
5 62 (11.79%) Serverless
6 51 (9.70%) AWS Lambda
6 51 (9.70%) GitHub Actions
7 45 (8.56%) Amazon S3
8 31 (5.89%) Amazon EKS
9 29 (5.51%) Amazon EC2
9 29 (5.51%) AWS CloudFormation
10 28 (5.32%) Amazon ECS
10 28 (5.32%) OpenShift
11 25 (4.75%) Amazon SQS
12 22 (4.18%) Azure AKS
12 22 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
13 19 (3.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 17 (3.23%) Datadog
15 15 (2.85%) AWS Step Functions
16 14 (2.66%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.71%) SSL
2 7 (1.33%) Firewall
3 5 (0.95%) DNS
3 5 (0.95%) Kerberos
4 4 (0.76%) HTTP
4 4 (0.76%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.57%) VPN
6 1 (0.19%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (19.77%) PostgreSQL
2 84 (15.97%) NoSQL
3 70 (13.31%) MongoDB
4 63 (11.98%) Relational Database
5 50 (9.51%) MySQL
6 41 (7.79%) DynamoDB
7 23 (4.37%) Amazon RDS
8 22 (4.18%) RDBMS
9 20 (3.80%) Redis
10 18 (3.42%) Amazon Aurora
11 14 (2.66%) Apache Cassandra
11 14 (2.66%) SQL Server
12 13 (2.47%) DocumentDB
13 12 (2.28%) BigQuery
14 10 (1.90%) DB2
15 8 (1.52%) HBase
15 8 (1.52%) Oracle Database
16 6 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
17 4 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
18 3 (0.57%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 120 (22.81%) Git
2 113 (21.48%) Jenkins
3 95 (18.06%) GitLab
4 85 (16.16%) JUnit
5 47 (8.94%) Gradle
6 43 (8.17%) Cucumber
7 42 (7.98%) Mockito
8 41 (7.79%) Maven
9 35 (6.65%) JIRA
10 21 (3.99%) SonarQube
11 18 (3.42%) Cypress.io
12 17 (3.23%) Selenium
13 16 (3.04%) Bitbucket
14 15 (2.85%) Postman
15 13 (2.47%) Sonatype Nexus
16 12 (2.28%) IntelliJ
17 11 (2.09%) Artifactory
17 11 (2.09%) REST Assured
18 10 (1.90%) Gatling
19 7 (1.33%) Jaeger
General
1 133 (25.29%) Social Skills
2 116 (22.05%) Finance
3 90 (17.11%) Public Sector
4 82 (15.59%) Banking
5 19 (3.61%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (1.71%) Financial Institution
8 7 (1.33%) Retail
9 6 (1.14%) Investment Banking
10 4 (0.76%) Retail Banking
10 4 (0.76%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.57%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.57%) Electronics
11 3 (0.57%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.57%) Marketing
12 2 (0.38%) Law
13 1 (0.19%) Front Office
13 1 (0.19%) Military
13 1 (0.19%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 306 (58.17%) Developer
2 238 (45.25%) Java Developer
3 114 (21.67%) Senior
4 79 (15.02%) Senior Developer
5 69 (13.12%) Java Engineer
6 66 (12.55%) Senior Java Developer
7 63 (11.98%) Full-Stack Developer
8 55 (10.46%) Software Engineer
9 53 (10.08%) Lead
10 30 (5.70%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 28 (5.32%) Architect
12 27 (5.13%) Lead Developer
13 25 (4.75%) Java Software Engineer
14 24 (4.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 18 (3.42%) Lead Java Developer
16 17 (3.23%) AWS Developer
17 16 (3.04%) Backend Developer
18 14 (2.66%) Azure Engineer
19 13 (2.47%) Java Architect
19 13 (2.47%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 455 (86.50%) Spring
2 154 (29.28%) Kafka
3 149 (28.33%) RESTful
4 121 (23.00%) React
5 116 (22.05%) REST
6 97 (18.44%) AngularJS
7 54 (10.27%) Hibernate
8 53 (10.08%) HTML
9 52 (9.89%) Node.js
10 41 (7.79%) OAuth
11 40 (7.60%) JSON
12 39 (7.41%) OAuth2
13 37 (7.03%) CSS
14 36 (6.84%) JPA
15 34 (6.46%) OpenTelemetry
16 31 (5.89%) Spring Cloud
17 23 (4.37%) Spring MVC
18 21 (3.99%) Swagger
19 20 (3.80%) OpenID
19 20 (3.80%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 86 (16.35%) Cloud Native
2 52 (9.89%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (5.32%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.42%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.66%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (2.28%) Public Cloud
6 12 (2.28%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 9 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (1.71%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (1.52%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.14%) N-Tier
10 5 (0.95%) Data Structures
10 5 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (0.95%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.76%) Distributed Applications
11 4 (0.76%) Distributed Architecture
11 4 (0.76%) NHS
12 3 (0.57%) Mainframe
12 3 (0.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.94%) Linux
2 9 (1.71%) Unix
3 5 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (0.95%) Windows
4 2 (0.38%) Android
4 2 (0.38%) zOS
5 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (66.92%) Microservices
2 287 (54.56%) CI/CD
3 223 (42.40%) Agile
4 191 (36.31%) DevOps
5 173 (32.89%) Containerisation
6 131 (24.90%) Full-Stack Development
7 113 (21.48%) Software Engineering
8 110 (20.91%) Test Automation
9 107 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
10 105 (19.96%) TDD
11 97 (18.44%) Event-Driven
12 81 (15.40%) Infrastructure as Code
13 66 (12.55%) SDLC
14 62 (11.79%) API Design
14 62 (11.79%) Observability
15 60 (11.41%) Mentoring
16 59 (11.22%) Scrum
17 54 (10.27%) BDD
17 54 (10.27%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 49 (9.32%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 493 (93.73%) Java
2 131 (24.90%) SQL
3 81 (15.40%) JavaScript
4 68 (12.93%) TypeScript
5 50 (9.51%) Python
6 31 (5.89%) Kotlin
7 10 (1.90%) Shell Script
8 8 (1.52%) Bash
8 8 (1.52%) Rust
9 7 (1.33%) Go
10 5 (0.95%) C#
10 5 (0.95%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.76%) Groovy
11 4 (0.76%) PHP
11 4 (0.76%) Scala
12 3 (0.57%) Ruby
13 2 (0.38%) JCL
13 2 (0.38%) Korn
13 2 (0.38%) Perl
13 2 (0.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 110 (20.91%) Security Cleared
2 89 (16.92%) SC Cleared
3 23 (4.37%) Degree
4 13 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.09%) OCP
6 11 (2.09%) Oracle Certification
7 4 (0.76%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.38%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.38%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (12.93%) QA
2 39 (7.41%) Accessibility
3 23 (4.37%) ISO 20022
4 16 (3.04%) WCAG
5 13 (2.47%) PSD2
5 13 (2.47%) SEPA
6 8 (1.52%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.76%) NIST
8 3 (0.57%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.57%) HL7
9 2 (0.38%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.38%) NCSC
10 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.19%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.19%) GDPR
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 15022
System Software
1 235 (44.68%) Docker
2 3 (0.57%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.19%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 253 (48.10%) Kubernetes
2 101 (19.20%) Terraform
3 53 (10.08%) Grafana
4 25 (4.75%) Prometheus
5 24 (4.56%) Ansible
6 13 (2.47%) Argo
7 11 (2.09%) Kibana
8 7 (1.33%) Kiali
9 5 (0.95%) Istio
10 3 (0.57%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.38%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.38%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.19%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.19%) Consul
12 1 (0.19%) Control-M
12 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (10.08%) Oracle
2 26 (4.94%) Splunk
3 23 (4.37%) Google
4 21 (3.99%) Microsoft
5 11 (2.09%) Dynatrace
6 9 (1.71%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.14%) Confluent
7 6 (1.14%) Sybase
7 6 (1.14%) Virgin Media
8 5 (0.95%) CA Agile Central
8 5 (0.95%) Gigya
9 4 (0.76%) AppDynamics
9 4 (0.76%) ForgeRock
9 4 (0.76%) VMware
10 3 (0.57%) Adobe
10 3 (0.57%) Checkmarx
10 3 (0.57%) IBM
10 3 (0.57%) PagerDuty
10 3 (0.57%) Qualys
10 3 (0.57%) SAP