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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 206 281
Rank change year-on-year +8 +75 -134
Contract jobs citing Spring Boot 502 446 391
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.40% 1.21% 0.84%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.13% 5.60% 3.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 289 293
10th Percentile £325 £365 £413
25th Percentile £413 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.24% - -12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £650
90th Percentile £622 £769 £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 8,186 7,970 10,338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.79% 21.69% 22.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 5,031 7,369
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 117 190
10th Percentile £30.15 £22.00 £36.19
25th Percentile £42.50 £36.25 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £55.25
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.12% -14.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £54.78
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +11 398 £486 -15.43% 266
UK excluding London +13 263 £475 +7.95% 157
London -23 189 £509 -14.06% 139
Work from Home -2 141 £525 +6.28% 161
North of England +15 110 £470 +7.43% 49
North West +21 79 £449 +16.57% 31
Scotland -22 57 £581 +36.76% 15
Midlands - 36 £421 - 20
South East +16 34 £450 -27.71% 42
West Midlands - 25 £488 - 15
Yorkshire -38 16 £538 -28.33% 12
North East +3 15 £488 +9.55% 6
Wales +8 12 £475 +13.43% 2
South West -9 12 £500 -8.05% 23
East Midlands - 11 £270 - 5
Northern Ireland -4 2 £425 -26.09% 5
East of England -21 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 17 (3.39%) Confluence
2 14 (2.79%) JBoss
3 10 (1.99%) Tomcat
4 8 (1.59%) Camunda
5 7 (1.39%) Apache
5 7 (1.39%) CMS
6 5 (1.00%) WebLogic
7 4 (0.80%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.80%) Drupal
7 4 (0.80%) Mule
7 4 (0.80%) WordPress
8 3 (0.60%) Alfresco
8 3 (0.60%) SAS
9 2 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.40%) CICS
9 2 (0.40%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.40%) nginx
10 1 (0.20%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.20%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (1.20%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 271 (53.98%) AWS
2 164 (32.67%) Azure
3 83 (16.53%) GCP
4 77 (15.34%) GitHub
5 47 (9.36%) Serverless
6 40 (7.97%) AWS Lambda
7 36 (7.17%) Amazon EC2
8 35 (6.97%) Amazon S3
8 35 (6.97%) OpenShift
9 34 (6.77%) GitHub Actions
10 33 (6.57%) Amazon SQS
11 23 (4.58%) Azure AKS
12 22 (4.38%) Amazon EKS
12 22 (4.38%) AWS CloudFormation
13 21 (4.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 21 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
14 20 (3.98%) Amazon ECS
15 18 (3.59%) Datadog
16 13 (2.59%) Apigee
17 11 (2.19%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.00%) HTTPS
1 5 (1.00%) Kerberos
2 4 (0.80%) HTTP
3 2 (0.40%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.20%) DNS
4 1 (0.20%) Firewall
4 1 (0.20%) FTP
4 1 (0.20%) Internet
4 1 (0.20%) LAN
4 1 (0.20%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (22.11%) PostgreSQL
2 73 (14.54%) Relational Database
3 64 (12.75%) MongoDB
3 64 (12.75%) NoSQL
4 51 (10.16%) MySQL
5 36 (7.17%) DynamoDB
6 29 (5.78%) Amazon RDS
7 27 (5.38%) RDBMS
8 20 (3.98%) Amazon Aurora
8 20 (3.98%) SQL Server
9 13 (2.59%) Apache Cassandra
9 13 (2.59%) Redis
10 12 (2.39%) Oracle Database
11 11 (2.19%) DB2
12 8 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (1.39%) BigQuery
13 7 (1.39%) HBase
14 4 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
15 2 (0.40%) Big Data
15 2 (0.40%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 148 (29.48%) Git
2 123 (24.50%) Jenkins
3 119 (23.71%) JUnit
4 74 (14.74%) GitLab
5 65 (12.95%) Maven
6 60 (11.95%) Mockito
7 56 (11.16%) Cucumber
8 54 (10.76%) JIRA
9 48 (9.56%) SonarQube
10 39 (7.77%) Gradle
11 34 (6.77%) Sonatype Nexus
12 27 (5.38%) Bitbucket
13 20 (3.98%) Selenium
14 17 (3.39%) Postman
15 13 (2.59%) Artifactory
16 11 (2.19%) Cypress.io
16 11 (2.19%) REST Assured
17 10 (1.99%) Bitbucket Server
17 10 (1.99%) TeamCity
18 9 (1.79%) Subversion
General
1 132 (26.29%) Social Skills
2 109 (21.71%) Finance
3 87 (17.33%) Banking
4 79 (15.74%) Public Sector
5 34 (6.77%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (1.59%) Investment Banking
8 6 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.20%) Financial Institution
9 4 (0.80%) Aerospace
9 4 (0.80%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.60%) Automotive
10 3 (0.60%) Electronics
10 3 (0.60%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.60%) Marketing
10 3 (0.60%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.40%) Front Office
11 2 (0.40%) Law
11 2 (0.40%) Retail
12 1 (0.20%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 321 (63.94%) Developer
2 271 (53.98%) Java Developer
3 93 (18.53%) Senior
4 74 (14.74%) Senior Developer
5 70 (13.94%) Senior Java Developer
6 56 (11.16%) Lead
7 52 (10.36%) Full-Stack Developer
8 45 (8.96%) Java Engineer
9 41 (8.17%) Software Engineer
10 37 (7.37%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 29 (5.78%) Architect
11 29 (5.78%) Lead Developer
12 27 (5.38%) AWS Developer
13 23 (4.58%) Lead Java Developer
14 16 (3.19%) Technical Architect
15 15 (2.99%) Java Software Engineer
16 14 (2.79%) Backend Developer
17 13 (2.59%) SC Cleared Java Developer
18 12 (2.39%) Azure Engineer
18 12 (2.39%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 421 (83.86%) Spring
2 151 (30.08%) RESTful
3 135 (26.89%) Kafka
4 131 (26.10%) REST
5 122 (24.30%) React
6 91 (18.13%) AngularJS
7 75 (14.94%) Hibernate
8 56 (11.16%) JPA
9 52 (10.36%) HTML
10 42 (8.37%) CSS
11 39 (7.77%) JSON
11 39 (7.77%) Node.js
12 35 (6.97%) SOAP
12 35 (6.97%) Spring Cloud
13 32 (6.37%) Web Services
14 29 (5.78%) OAuth
15 28 (5.58%) J2EE
15 28 (5.58%) OAuth2
16 25 (4.98%) Spring Batch
16 25 (4.98%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 71 (14.14%) Cloud Native
2 53 (10.56%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (4.38%) Product Ownership
4 15 (2.99%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.59%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.19%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 8 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.20%) N-Tier
10 5 (1.00%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.00%) Distributed Applications
11 4 (0.80%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.80%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (0.80%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.60%) Distributed Architecture
13 2 (0.40%) Distributed Computing
13 2 (0.40%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (0.40%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.18%) Linux
2 21 (4.18%) Unix
3 9 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.39%) Windows
5 3 (0.60%) Android
6 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (70.32%) Microservices
2 287 (57.17%) CI/CD
3 257 (51.20%) Agile
4 185 (36.85%) DevOps
5 147 (29.28%) Containerisation
6 118 (23.51%) Problem-Solving
7 116 (23.11%) TDD
8 108 (21.51%) Test Automation
9 106 (21.12%) Full-Stack Development
10 95 (18.92%) Software Engineering
11 76 (15.14%) Event-Driven
12 74 (14.74%) Scrum
13 63 (12.55%) SDLC
14 61 (12.15%) Infrastructure as Code
15 55 (10.96%) Mentoring
16 54 (10.76%) BDD
17 52 (10.36%) Code Quality
18 49 (9.76%) Unit Testing
19 47 (9.36%) API Development
20 46 (9.16%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 480 (95.62%) Java
2 137 (27.29%) SQL
3 78 (15.54%) JavaScript
4 64 (12.75%) TypeScript
5 61 (12.15%) Python
6 24 (4.78%) Shell Script
7 12 (2.39%) Kotlin
8 11 (2.19%) Ruby
9 9 (1.79%) Bash
10 8 (1.59%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.20%) Groovy
11 6 (1.20%) Perl
12 5 (1.00%) C#
12 5 (1.00%) Scala
13 3 (0.60%) Go
13 3 (0.60%) PHP
14 2 (0.40%) C
14 2 (0.40%) C++
14 2 (0.40%) Korn
14 2 (0.40%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 101 (20.12%) Security Cleared
2 84 (16.73%) SC Cleared
3 15 (2.99%) Degree
4 12 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.99%) OCP
6 10 (1.99%) Oracle Certification
7 4 (0.80%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.40%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (14.74%) QA
2 26 (5.18%) Accessibility
3 18 (3.59%) ISO 20022
4 13 (2.59%) WCAG
5 10 (1.99%) PSD2
5 10 (1.99%) SEPA
6 4 (0.80%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.60%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.40%) HL7
9 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.20%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 215 (42.83%) Docker
2 5 (1.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.80%) Postfix
4 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 207 (41.24%) Kubernetes
2 84 (16.73%) Terraform
3 32 (6.37%) Grafana
4 19 (3.78%) Ansible
5 18 (3.59%) Prometheus
6 15 (2.99%) Kibana
7 7 (1.39%) Progress Chef
8 5 (1.00%) 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 64 (12.75%) Oracle
2 33 (6.57%) Microsoft
3 23 (4.58%) Google
4 21 (4.18%) Splunk
5 13 (2.59%) Dynatrace
6 10 (1.99%) Red Hat
7 9 (1.79%) CA Agile Central
8 8 (1.59%) AppDynamics
9 7 (1.39%) Veracode
10 6 (1.20%) Sybase
11 5 (1.00%) Gigya
11 5 (1.00%) IBM
11 5 (1.00%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.80%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.80%) Cloudera
12 4 (0.80%) ForgeRock
12 4 (0.80%) Jaspersoft
12 4 (0.80%) Virgin Media
12 4 (0.80%) VMware
13 3 (0.60%) Salesforce