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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 204 295
Rank change year-on-year -4 +91 -155
Contract jobs citing Spring Boot 495 446 388
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.39% 1.23% 0.84%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.07% 5.68% 3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 295 294
10th Percentile £324 £365 £413
25th Percentile £413 £425 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £525 £528
Median % change year-on-year -6.29% -0.47% -12.08%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £650
90th Percentile £621 £767 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £440 £500
% change year-on-year +7.95% -12.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £40.75 - £74.15
25th Percentile £41.88 - £76.63
Median hourly rate £50.00 - £78.00
75th Percentile £55.00 - £81.00
90th Percentile - - £86.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 - £78.00
% change year-on-year - - +5.76%

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 8,155 7,857 10,291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.84% 21.68% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,422 4,953 7,337
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 113 190
10th Percentile £30.18 £22.00 £36.19
25th Percentile £42.63 £36.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £55.25
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.12% -14.34%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.00 £65.00 £54.78
% change year-on-year -3.08% +18.66% -15.72%

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025. 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 -1 393 £488 -15.22% 265
UK excluding London +13 259 £475 +7.95% 152
London -32 186 £516 -12.35% 137
Work from Home -5 138 £525 +6.28% 162
North of England +16 110 £475 +8.57% 47
North West +22 77 £449 +16.57% 29
Scotland -21 55 £563 +32.35% 15
Midlands - 35 £421 - 19
South East +17 33 £450 -28.00% 32
West Midlands - 24 £488 - 12
Yorkshire -37 17 £538 -28.33% 13
North East +1 16 £494 +10.96% 5
Wales +13 12 £475 +13.43% 2
South West -3 12 £500 -8.05% 30
East Midlands - 11 £270 - 7
Northern Ireland -9 2 £425 -30.61% 6
East of England -26 1 - - 1

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 18 (3.64%) Confluence
2 14 (2.83%) JBoss
3 10 (2.02%) Tomcat
4 8 (1.62%) Camunda
5 7 (1.41%) CMS
6 6 (1.21%) Apache
7 5 (1.01%) WebLogic
8 4 (0.81%) Drupal
8 4 (0.81%) Mule
8 4 (0.81%) WordPress
9 3 (0.61%) Alfresco
9 3 (0.61%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.61%) SAS
10 2 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.40%) CICS
10 2 (0.40%) Mule ESB
10 2 (0.40%) nginx
11 1 (0.20%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (1.21%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 271 (54.75%) AWS
2 159 (32.12%) Azure
3 84 (16.97%) GCP
4 75 (15.15%) GitHub
5 46 (9.29%) Serverless
6 39 (7.88%) AWS Lambda
7 36 (7.27%) OpenShift
8 35 (7.07%) Amazon EC2
9 34 (6.87%) Amazon S3
10 33 (6.67%) Amazon SQS
10 33 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
11 22 (4.44%) Amazon EKS
12 21 (4.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 21 (4.24%) AWS CloudFormation
13 20 (4.04%) Amazon ECS
13 20 (4.04%) Azure DevOps
14 19 (3.84%) Azure AKS
15 18 (3.64%) Datadog
16 13 (2.63%) Apigee
17 11 (2.22%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.21%) Kerberos
2 5 (1.01%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.81%) HTTP
4 2 (0.40%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.20%) DNS
5 1 (0.20%) Firewall
5 1 (0.20%) FTP
5 1 (0.20%) Internet
5 1 (0.20%) LAN
5 1 (0.20%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (22.42%) PostgreSQL
2 72 (14.55%) Relational Database
3 66 (13.33%) NoSQL
4 65 (13.13%) MongoDB
5 54 (10.91%) MySQL
6 36 (7.27%) DynamoDB
7 29 (5.86%) Amazon RDS
8 27 (5.45%) RDBMS
9 20 (4.04%) Amazon Aurora
10 19 (3.84%) SQL Server
11 14 (2.83%) Redis
12 12 (2.42%) Apache Cassandra
12 12 (2.42%) Oracle Database
13 11 (2.22%) DB2
14 8 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
15 7 (1.41%) BigQuery
15 7 (1.41%) HBase
16 4 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
17 2 (0.40%) Big Data
17 2 (0.40%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 148 (29.90%) Git
2 122 (24.65%) Jenkins
3 118 (23.84%) JUnit
4 70 (14.14%) GitLab
5 65 (13.13%) Maven
6 59 (11.92%) Cucumber
6 59 (11.92%) Mockito
7 55 (11.11%) JIRA
8 49 (9.90%) SonarQube
9 38 (7.68%) Gradle
10 35 (7.07%) Sonatype Nexus
11 26 (5.25%) Bitbucket
12 20 (4.04%) Selenium
13 17 (3.43%) Postman
14 14 (2.83%) Artifactory
15 11 (2.22%) Cypress.io
15 11 (2.22%) REST Assured
16 10 (2.02%) Bitbucket Server
16 10 (2.02%) TeamCity
17 9 (1.82%) Subversion
General
1 129 (26.06%) Social Skills
2 108 (21.82%) Finance
3 85 (17.17%) Banking
4 76 (15.35%) Public Sector
5 33 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (1.62%) Investment Banking
8 6 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.21%) Financial Institution
9 4 (0.81%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.61%) Automotive
10 3 (0.61%) Electronics
10 3 (0.61%) Front Office
10 3 (0.61%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.61%) Marketing
10 3 (0.61%) Retail Banking
10 3 (0.61%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.40%) Law
11 2 (0.40%) Retail
12 1 (0.20%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 313 (63.23%) Developer
2 261 (52.73%) Java Developer
3 89 (17.98%) Senior
4 69 (13.94%) Senior Developer
5 66 (13.33%) Senior Java Developer
6 57 (11.52%) Lead
7 53 (10.71%) Full-Stack Developer
8 45 (9.09%) Java Engineer
9 43 (8.69%) Software Engineer
10 37 (7.47%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 29 (5.86%) Architect
11 29 (5.86%) Lead Developer
12 26 (5.25%) AWS Developer
13 23 (4.65%) Lead Java Developer
14 17 (3.43%) Java Software Engineer
15 16 (3.23%) Technical Architect
16 14 (2.83%) Backend Developer
17 12 (2.42%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 12 (2.42%) SC Cleared Java Developer
18 11 (2.22%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 414 (83.64%) Spring
2 149 (30.10%) RESTful
3 132 (26.67%) Kafka
3 132 (26.67%) REST
4 123 (24.85%) React
5 87 (17.58%) AngularJS
6 73 (14.75%) Hibernate
7 56 (11.31%) JPA
8 51 (10.30%) HTML
9 41 (8.28%) CSS
9 41 (8.28%) Node.js
10 38 (7.68%) JSON
11 35 (7.07%) SOAP
11 35 (7.07%) Spring Cloud
12 34 (6.87%) Web Services
13 29 (5.86%) OAuth
14 28 (5.66%) J2EE
14 28 (5.66%) OAuth2
15 25 (5.05%) Spring Batch
16 23 (4.65%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 73 (14.75%) Cloud Native
2 52 (10.51%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (4.24%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.63%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 8 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.21%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.21%) N-Tier
10 5 (1.01%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.01%) Distributed Applications
11 4 (0.81%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.61%) Distributed Architecture
12 3 (0.61%) Legacy Applications
13 2 (0.40%) Distributed Computing
13 2 (0.40%) Mainframe
13 2 (0.40%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.26%) Linux
2 21 (4.24%) Unix
3 9 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.41%) Windows
5 3 (0.61%) Android
6 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (70.30%) Microservices
2 279 (56.36%) CI/CD
3 254 (51.31%) Agile
4 181 (36.57%) DevOps
5 141 (28.48%) Containerisation
6 113 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
6 113 (22.83%) TDD
7 109 (22.02%) Full-Stack Development
8 103 (20.81%) Test Automation
9 94 (18.99%) Software Engineering
10 72 (14.55%) Event-Driven
10 72 (14.55%) Scrum
11 62 (12.53%) SDLC
12 58 (11.72%) Infrastructure as Code
13 56 (11.31%) Mentoring
14 55 (11.11%) BDD
15 51 (10.30%) Code Quality
16 48 (9.70%) Unit Testing
17 46 (9.29%) API Development
18 45 (9.09%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 473 (95.56%) Java
2 137 (27.68%) SQL
3 78 (15.76%) JavaScript
4 61 (12.32%) TypeScript
5 57 (11.52%) Python
6 23 (4.65%) Shell Script
7 12 (2.42%) Kotlin
8 11 (2.22%) Ruby
9 9 (1.82%) Bash
10 8 (1.62%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.21%) Groovy
11 6 (1.21%) Perl
12 5 (1.01%) C#
12 5 (1.01%) Scala
13 3 (0.61%) Go
13 3 (0.61%) PHP
14 2 (0.40%) C
14 2 (0.40%) C++
14 2 (0.40%) Korn
14 2 (0.40%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 97 (19.60%) Security Cleared
2 81 (16.36%) SC Cleared
3 14 (2.83%) Degree
4 12 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.02%) OCP
5 10 (2.02%) Oracle Certification
6 4 (0.81%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.40%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (14.95%) QA
2 26 (5.25%) Accessibility
3 18 (3.64%) ISO 20022
4 13 (2.63%) WCAG
5 10 (2.02%) PSD2
5 10 (2.02%) SEPA
6 4 (0.81%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.61%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.20%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.20%) HL7
System Software
1 212 (42.83%) Docker
2 5 (1.01%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.81%) Postfix
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 202 (40.81%) Kubernetes
2 78 (15.76%) Terraform
3 32 (6.46%) Grafana
4 19 (3.84%) Ansible
5 17 (3.43%) Prometheus
6 14 (2.83%) Kibana
7 7 (1.41%) Progress Chef
8 5 (1.01%) Argo
9 2 (0.40%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.20%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.20%) Consul
10 1 (0.20%) Control-M
10 1 (0.20%) logstash
10 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (12.73%) Oracle
2 33 (6.67%) Microsoft
3 23 (4.65%) Google
4 22 (4.44%) Splunk
5 13 (2.63%) Dynatrace
6 10 (2.02%) Red Hat
7 9 (1.82%) CA Agile Central
8 8 (1.62%) AppDynamics
9 7 (1.41%) Veracode
10 6 (1.21%) Sybase
11 5 (1.01%) Gigya
11 5 (1.01%) IBM
11 5 (1.01%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.81%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.81%) Cloudera
12 4 (0.81%) ForgeRock
12 4 (0.81%) Jaspersoft
12 4 (0.81%) Virgin Media
12 4 (0.81%) VMware
13 3 (0.61%) Salesforce