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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 210 208 286
Rank change year-on-year -2 +78 -142
Contract jobs citing Spring Boot 510 434 380
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.41% 1.19% 0.83%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.19% 5.45% 3.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 275 286
10th Percentile £329 £363 £418
25th Percentile £413 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £650
90th Percentile £623 £772 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £438 £503
% change year-on-year +7.43% -13.02% -8.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £40.50 - £73.60
25th Percentile £41.25 - £75.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 - £78.00
75th Percentile £51.25 - -
90th Percentile £53.50 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 - £78.00
% change year-on-year - - +4.00%

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 8,234 7,964 10,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.81% 21.76% 22.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,461 5,008 7,214
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £720 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.75% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 122 186
10th Percentile £30.80 £22.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £43.00 £37.13 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £54.78
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.66% -12.82%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.75 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -1.92% +23.81% -19.23%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 +19 405 £475 -17.39% 109
UK excluding London +27 263 £470 +7.43% 108
London -19 196 £516 -12.35% 43
Work from Home +10 138 £508 +6.01% 62
North of England +14 116 £465 +6.29% 22
North West +33 83 £447 +14.32% 16
Scotland -17 56 £581 +36.76% 13
South East +19 34 £450 -27.71% 38
Midlands - 33 £349 - 10
West Midlands - 22 £488 - 9
Yorkshire -38 17 £550 -26.67% 5
North East +1 16 £488 +9.55% 1
Wales +9 12 £475 +13.43% 2
East Midlands - 11 £270 - 1
South West -6 10 £488 -21.21% 19
Northern Ireland -2 2 £425 - 4
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 21 (4.12%) Confluence
2 14 (2.75%) JBoss
3 10 (1.96%) Tomcat
4 7 (1.37%) Apache
4 7 (1.37%) Camunda
4 7 (1.37%) CMS
5 5 (0.98%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.78%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.78%) Drupal
6 4 (0.78%) Mule
6 4 (0.78%) WordPress
7 3 (0.59%) CICS
7 3 (0.59%) SAS
8 2 (0.39%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.39%) Mule ESB
8 2 (0.39%) nginx
9 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.20%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (1.18%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 281 (55.10%) AWS
2 164 (32.16%) Azure
3 83 (16.27%) GitHub
4 82 (16.08%) GCP
5 55 (10.78%) Serverless
6 46 (9.02%) AWS Lambda
7 38 (7.45%) Amazon S3
8 36 (7.06%) GitHub Actions
9 33 (6.47%) Amazon EC2
9 33 (6.47%) OpenShift
10 29 (5.69%) Amazon SQS
11 27 (5.29%) Amazon EKS
12 25 (4.90%) AWS CloudFormation
13 24 (4.71%) Amazon ECS
14 23 (4.51%) Azure AKS
14 23 (4.51%) Azure DevOps
15 19 (3.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 18 (3.53%) Datadog
17 16 (3.14%) Apigee
18 11 (2.16%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.98%) HTTP
1 5 (0.98%) HTTPS
1 5 (0.98%) Kerberos
2 4 (0.78%) SSL
3 2 (0.39%) VPN
4 1 (0.20%) DNS
4 1 (0.20%) Firewall
4 1 (0.20%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (21.37%) PostgreSQL
2 73 (14.31%) Relational Database
3 69 (13.53%) NoSQL
4 67 (13.14%) MongoDB
5 51 (10.00%) MySQL
6 36 (7.06%) DynamoDB
7 27 (5.29%) RDBMS
8 25 (4.90%) Amazon RDS
9 20 (3.92%) SQL Server
10 18 (3.53%) Amazon Aurora
11 15 (2.94%) Redis
12 13 (2.55%) Apache Cassandra
13 12 (2.35%) Oracle Database
14 11 (2.16%) DB2
15 8 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (1.37%) BigQuery
16 7 (1.37%) HBase
17 4 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
17 4 (0.78%) DocumentDB
18 2 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 144 (28.24%) Git
2 126 (24.71%) Jenkins
3 115 (22.55%) JUnit
4 81 (15.88%) GitLab
5 60 (11.76%) Maven
6 58 (11.37%) Cucumber
6 58 (11.37%) JIRA
6 58 (11.37%) Mockito
7 41 (8.04%) SonarQube
8 38 (7.45%) Gradle
9 29 (5.69%) Sonatype Nexus
10 26 (5.10%) Bitbucket
11 22 (4.31%) Selenium
12 18 (3.53%) Postman
13 13 (2.55%) Artifactory
14 11 (2.16%) Cypress.io
14 11 (2.16%) REST Assured
15 9 (1.76%) Subversion
16 8 (1.57%) Bitbucket Server
16 8 (1.57%) Gatling
General
1 134 (26.27%) Social Skills
2 107 (20.98%) Finance
3 85 (16.67%) Banking
4 80 (15.69%) Public Sector
5 29 (5.69%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (1.57%) Investment Banking
8 6 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.18%) Financial Institution
9 4 (0.78%) Aerospace
9 4 (0.78%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.59%) Automotive
10 3 (0.59%) Electronics
10 3 (0.59%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.59%) Marketing
10 3 (0.59%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.39%) Front Office
11 2 (0.39%) Law
11 2 (0.39%) Retail
12 1 (0.20%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 324 (63.53%) Developer
2 267 (52.35%) Java Developer
3 92 (18.04%) Senior
4 72 (14.12%) Senior Developer
5 67 (13.14%) Senior Java Developer
6 53 (10.39%) Full-Stack Developer
6 53 (10.39%) Lead
7 48 (9.41%) Java Engineer
8 39 (7.65%) Software Engineer
9 33 (6.47%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 28 (5.49%) Architect
11 26 (5.10%) Lead Developer
12 25 (4.90%) AWS Developer
13 20 (3.92%) Lead Java Developer
14 15 (2.94%) Backend Developer
14 15 (2.94%) Java Software Engineer
14 15 (2.94%) Technical Architect
15 14 (2.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 13 (2.55%) SC Cleared Java Developer
17 12 (2.35%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 437 (85.69%) Spring
2 156 (30.59%) RESTful
3 143 (28.04%) Kafka
4 132 (25.88%) REST
5 120 (23.53%) React
6 92 (18.04%) AngularJS
7 71 (13.92%) Hibernate
8 54 (10.59%) HTML
9 50 (9.80%) JPA
10 44 (8.63%) Node.js
11 42 (8.24%) CSS
12 40 (7.84%) JSON
13 36 (7.06%) Spring Cloud
14 31 (6.08%) OAuth
14 31 (6.08%) SOAP
15 30 (5.88%) OAuth2
16 26 (5.10%) Swagger
16 26 (5.10%) Web Services
17 25 (4.90%) J2EE
18 24 (4.71%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 76 (14.90%) Cloud Native
2 51 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (4.90%) Product Ownership
4 16 (3.14%) Onboarding
5 12 (2.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 11 (2.16%) Public Cloud
7 9 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.18%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.18%) N-Tier
11 5 (0.98%) Distributed Applications
12 4 (0.78%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (0.78%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.59%) Distributed Architecture
13 3 (0.59%) Mainframe
13 3 (0.59%) NHS
14 2 (0.39%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.49%) Linux
2 17 (3.33%) Unix
3 9 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.37%) Windows
5 3 (0.59%) Android
6 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (70.98%) Microservices
2 296 (58.04%) CI/CD
3 256 (50.20%) Agile
4 190 (37.25%) DevOps
5 157 (30.78%) Containerisation
6 120 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
7 116 (22.75%) TDD
8 112 (21.96%) Test Automation
9 110 (21.57%) Full-Stack Development
10 93 (18.24%) Software Engineering
11 84 (16.47%) Event-Driven
12 71 (13.92%) Scrum
13 64 (12.55%) Infrastructure as Code
14 62 (12.16%) SDLC
15 54 (10.59%) BDD
16 53 (10.39%) Mentoring
17 51 (10.00%) Code Quality
17 51 (10.00%) Unit Testing
18 48 (9.41%) API Design
18 48 (9.41%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 481 (94.31%) Java
2 134 (26.27%) SQL
3 79 (15.49%) JavaScript
4 66 (12.94%) TypeScript
5 61 (11.96%) Python
6 20 (3.92%) Shell Script
7 14 (2.75%) Kotlin
8 11 (2.16%) Ruby
9 10 (1.96%) Bash
10 8 (1.57%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.37%) Groovy
12 6 (1.18%) Perl
13 5 (0.98%) C#
14 4 (0.78%) Go
14 4 (0.78%) PHP
14 4 (0.78%) Scala
15 2 (0.39%) COBOL
15 2 (0.39%) Korn
15 2 (0.39%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.39%) Rust
Qualifications
1 106 (20.78%) Security Cleared
2 87 (17.06%) SC Cleared
3 17 (3.33%) Degree
4 13 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (1.96%) OCP
6 10 (1.96%) Oracle Certification
7 4 (0.78%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.39%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (14.90%) QA
2 26 (5.10%) Accessibility
3 20 (3.92%) ISO 20022
4 14 (2.75%) WCAG
5 11 (2.16%) PSD2
5 11 (2.16%) SEPA
6 4 (0.78%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.59%) Def Stans
7 3 (0.59%) HL7
8 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.20%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 220 (43.14%) Docker
2 5 (0.98%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.39%) Postfix
4 1 (0.20%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 221 (43.33%) Kubernetes
2 86 (16.86%) Terraform
3 30 (5.88%) Grafana
4 20 (3.92%) Ansible
5 16 (3.14%) Prometheus
6 15 (2.94%) Kibana
7 7 (1.37%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.98%) Argo
9 2 (0.39%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.39%) 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 66 (12.94%) Oracle
2 31 (6.08%) Microsoft
3 23 (4.51%) Google
4 22 (4.31%) Splunk
5 12 (2.35%) Dynatrace
6 10 (1.96%) Red Hat
7 9 (1.76%) CA Agile Central
8 8 (1.57%) AppDynamics
9 7 (1.37%) Veracode
10 6 (1.18%) Sybase
11 5 (0.98%) Gigya
11 5 (0.98%) IBM
11 5 (0.98%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.78%) Cloudera
12 4 (0.78%) ForgeRock
12 4 (0.78%) Virgin Media
12 4 (0.78%) VMware
13 3 (0.59%) Confluent
13 3 (0.59%) PagerDuty
13 3 (0.59%) SAP