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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 212 254
Rank change year-on-year +16 +42 -107
Contract jobs citing Spring Boot 544 374 390
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.46% 1.20% 0.90%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.56% 5.37% 4.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 370 223 281
10th Percentile £350 £356 £420
25th Percentile £420 £419 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -16.00%
75th Percentile £575 £628 £625
90th Percentile £631 £769 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £441 £520
% change year-on-year +7.71% -15.19% -5.45%
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 8,287 6,960 9,310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.23% 22.25% 21.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,513 4,420 6,600
10th Percentile £356 £356 £355
25th Percentile £413 £425 £430
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 206 90 180
10th Percentile £33.00 £22.00 £27.66
25th Percentile £46.00 £35.44 £46.18
Median hourly rate £61.50 £62.50 £54.78
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +14.09% -15.72%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.56 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.22 £77.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.75 £65.00 £54.78
% change year-on-year -3.46% +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 20 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 20 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Spring Boot in the UK

Spring Boot
Top 16 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 20 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 +43 450 £486 -15.43% 139
UK excluding London +31 291 £475 +7.71% 119
London -4 203 £525 -10.87% 49
North of England +30 156 £475 +5.56% 31
Work from Home +27 138 £500 +7.35% 81
North West +45 107 £450 +2.86% 20
Scotland -5 54 £600 +36.36% 13
South East +7 37 £450 +15.38% 34
Yorkshire -38 29 £500 -21.57% 9
Midlands -18 28 £449 - 10
West Midlands -13 24 £469 - 9
North East -2 20 £476 +7.02% 2
South West -9 14 £409 -25.64% 26
East Midlands - 4 £268 - 1
Northern Ireland -3 2 £425 +54.55% 1
East of England -25 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 17 (3.13%) Confluence
2 9 (1.65%) Apache
3 8 (1.47%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.47%) Camunda
4 6 (1.10%) CMS
5 4 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.74%) Drupal
5 4 (0.74%) Mule
5 4 (0.74%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.74%) WordPress
6 3 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.55%) SAS
7 2 (0.37%) JBoss
7 2 (0.37%) Mule ESB
7 2 (0.37%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.18%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.18%) CICS
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.37%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.92%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 300 (55.15%) AWS
2 174 (31.99%) Azure
3 96 (17.65%) GitHub
4 87 (15.99%) GCP
5 66 (12.13%) Serverless
6 55 (10.11%) AWS Lambda
7 53 (9.74%) GitHub Actions
8 51 (9.38%) Amazon S3
9 32 (5.88%) AWS CloudFormation
10 31 (5.70%) Amazon EC2
10 31 (5.70%) Amazon ECS
11 30 (5.51%) Amazon EKS
12 27 (4.96%) OpenShift
13 25 (4.60%) Amazon SQS
14 21 (3.86%) Azure AKS
14 21 (3.86%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (3.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 17 (3.13%) Datadog
17 15 (2.76%) AWS Step Functions
18 14 (2.57%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.84%) SSL
2 8 (1.47%) Firewall
3 5 (0.92%) DNS
3 5 (0.92%) Kerberos
4 4 (0.74%) HTTP
4 4 (0.74%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.55%) VPN
6 1 (0.18%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (19.67%) PostgreSQL
2 88 (16.18%) NoSQL
3 71 (13.05%) MongoDB
4 61 (11.21%) Relational Database
5 48 (8.82%) MySQL
6 41 (7.54%) DynamoDB
7 24 (4.41%) Amazon RDS
8 22 (4.04%) RDBMS
9 19 (3.49%) Redis
10 18 (3.31%) Amazon Aurora
11 16 (2.94%) SQL Server
12 15 (2.76%) DocumentDB
13 14 (2.57%) Apache Cassandra
14 12 (2.21%) BigQuery
15 8 (1.47%) DB2
15 8 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
15 8 (1.47%) HBase
16 7 (1.29%) Oracle Database
17 6 (1.10%) Big Data
18 4 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 121 (22.24%) Git
2 119 (21.88%) Jenkins
3 105 (19.30%) GitLab
4 88 (16.18%) JUnit
5 47 (8.64%) Gradle
6 43 (7.90%) Cucumber
6 43 (7.90%) Mockito
7 41 (7.54%) Maven
8 35 (6.43%) JIRA
9 20 (3.68%) Cypress.io
10 18 (3.31%) SonarQube
11 17 (3.13%) Selenium
12 14 (2.57%) Postman
13 13 (2.39%) Bitbucket
14 12 (2.21%) IntelliJ
14 12 (2.21%) Sonatype Nexus
15 11 (2.02%) Artifactory
16 10 (1.84%) REST Assured
17 9 (1.65%) Gatling
18 8 (1.47%) Jaeger
General
1 142 (26.10%) Social Skills
2 121 (22.24%) Finance
3 98 (18.01%) Public Sector
4 86 (15.81%) Banking
5 19 (3.49%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (1.84%) Financial Institution
8 7 (1.29%) Retail
9 5 (0.92%) Investment Banking
9 5 (0.92%) Retail Banking
10 4 (0.74%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.55%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.55%) Electronics
11 3 (0.55%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.55%) Marketing
12 2 (0.37%) Law
12 2 (0.37%) Military
13 1 (0.18%) Back Office
13 1 (0.18%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 316 (58.09%) Developer
2 239 (43.93%) Java Developer
3 117 (21.51%) Senior
4 79 (14.52%) Senior Developer
5 77 (14.15%) Java Engineer
6 68 (12.50%) Full-Stack Developer
7 66 (12.13%) Senior Java Developer
8 56 (10.29%) Software Engineer
9 52 (9.56%) Lead
10 29 (5.33%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 28 (5.15%) Architect
12 27 (4.96%) Java Software Engineer
13 25 (4.60%) Lead Developer
14 24 (4.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 18 (3.31%) Backend Developer
16 17 (3.13%) AWS Developer
17 16 (2.94%) Lead Java Developer
18 15 (2.76%) Software Developer
19 14 (2.57%) Azure Engineer
20 13 (2.39%) SC Cleared Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 478 (87.87%) Spring
2 166 (30.51%) Kafka
3 158 (29.04%) RESTful
4 126 (23.16%) REST
5 125 (22.98%) React
6 99 (18.20%) AngularJS
7 61 (11.21%) Node.js
8 55 (10.11%) HTML
9 53 (9.74%) Hibernate
10 39 (7.17%) OAuth
11 38 (6.99%) CSS
11 38 (6.99%) OAuth2
12 37 (6.80%) JSON
13 35 (6.43%) JPA
13 35 (6.43%) OpenTelemetry
14 30 (5.51%) Spring Cloud
15 23 (4.23%) Jest
15 23 (4.23%) Spring MVC
16 22 (4.04%) Swagger
17 21 (3.86%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 94 (17.28%) Cloud Native
2 55 (10.11%) Distributed Systems
3 31 (5.70%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.31%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.57%) Greenfield Project
5 14 (2.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 12 (2.21%) Public Cloud
7 10 (1.84%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (1.65%) Legacy Applications
9 6 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.10%) N-Tier
10 5 (0.92%) Data Structures
10 5 (0.92%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.74%) Distributed Applications
11 4 (0.74%) Distributed Architecture
11 4 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.74%) NHS
12 3 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.96%) Linux
2 9 (1.65%) Unix
3 4 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.74%) Windows
4 1 (0.18%) Android
4 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.18%) VMS
4 1 (0.18%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (66.91%) Microservices
2 306 (56.25%) CI/CD
3 237 (43.57%) Agile
4 207 (38.05%) DevOps
5 191 (35.11%) Containerisation
6 138 (25.37%) Full-Stack Development
7 119 (21.88%) Software Engineering
8 114 (20.96%) Problem-Solving
8 114 (20.96%) Test Automation
9 107 (19.67%) Event-Driven
10 104 (19.12%) TDD
11 80 (14.71%) Infrastructure as Code
12 66 (12.13%) SDLC
13 65 (11.95%) API Design
13 65 (11.95%) Scrum
14 63 (11.58%) Observability
15 62 (11.40%) Mentoring
16 57 (10.48%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 52 (9.56%) BDD
17 52 (9.56%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 511 (93.93%) Java
2 137 (25.18%) SQL
3 83 (15.26%) JavaScript
4 64 (11.76%) TypeScript
5 48 (8.82%) Python
6 25 (4.60%) Kotlin
7 11 (2.02%) Shell Script
8 9 (1.65%) Rust
9 8 (1.47%) Go
10 7 (1.29%) Bash
11 6 (1.10%) C#
12 4 (0.74%) PHP
12 4 (0.74%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.74%) Scala
13 3 (0.55%) Groovy
14 2 (0.37%) Korn
14 2 (0.37%) Ruby
15 1 (0.18%) JCL
15 1 (0.18%) Objective-C
15 1 (0.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 122 (22.43%) Security Cleared
2 98 (18.01%) SC Cleared
3 25 (4.60%) Degree
4 19 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.02%) OCP
6 11 (2.02%) Oracle Certification
7 4 (0.74%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.37%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.37%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (12.87%) QA
2 43 (7.90%) Accessibility
3 25 (4.60%) ISO 20022
4 17 (3.13%) WCAG
5 15 (2.76%) PSD2
5 15 (2.76%) SEPA
6 8 (1.47%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.74%) NIST
8 3 (0.55%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.55%) HL7
9 2 (0.37%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.37%) NCSC
10 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.18%) GDPR
10 1 (0.18%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 251 (46.14%) Docker
2 3 (0.55%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 273 (50.18%) Kubernetes
2 100 (18.38%) Terraform
3 57 (10.48%) Grafana
4 28 (5.15%) Prometheus
5 24 (4.41%) Ansible
6 13 (2.39%) Argo
7 12 (2.21%) Kibana
8 8 (1.47%) Kiali
9 5 (0.92%) Istio
10 2 (0.37%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.37%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.37%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.18%) Consul
11 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (9.93%) Oracle
2 25 (4.60%) Splunk
3 23 (4.23%) Google
4 21 (3.86%) Microsoft
5 10 (1.84%) Dynatrace
6 8 (1.47%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.10%) Confluent
7 6 (1.10%) Sybase
7 6 (1.10%) Virgin Media
8 5 (0.92%) Adobe
8 5 (0.92%) Gigya
9 4 (0.74%) CA Agile Central
9 4 (0.74%) ForgeRock
9 4 (0.74%) IBM
9 4 (0.74%) VMware
10 3 (0.55%) AppDynamics
10 3 (0.55%) Informatica
10 3 (0.55%) PagerDuty
10 3 (0.55%) Qualys
10 3 (0.55%) SAP