Spring Boot Job Trends in Scotland

Spring Boot
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Spring Boot skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 104 65
Rank change year-on-year -29 -39 +32
Permanent jobs citing Spring Boot 9 42 147
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.33% 1.50% 5.57%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.04% 6.70% 18.58%
Number of salaries quoted 9 25 74
10th Percentile £51,000 £50,911 £47,800
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £50,764
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% -0.82% +4.35%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,253 £75,726
90th Percentile - £93,778 £91,934
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year -6.67% +6.27% -5.90%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Scotland

Spring Boot falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 296 627 791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 10.80% 22.40% 29.95%
Number of salaries quoted 118 366 492
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £39,139 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +5.00%
75th Percentile £73,987 £72,200 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,700 £82,500 £91,934
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,066
% change year-on-year +3.85% -0.10% +0.10%

Spring Boot
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Spring Boot relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Spring Boot job vacancy trend in Scotland

Spring Boot
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Spring Boot.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Spring Boot

Spring Boot
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Spring Boot in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Spring Boot in Scotland

Spring Boot
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Spring Boot within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh -23 8 £72,500 -8.88% 7
Glasgow +9 1 £67,500 +16.38% 8
Spring Boot
UK

Spring Boot
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) AWS
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
1 5 (55.56%) GCP
2 4 (44.44%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (11.11%) MongoDB
General
1 4 (44.44%) Tech for Good
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Games
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Software Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Applications Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Security Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Java Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Java Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (88.89%) React
2 4 (44.44%) Kafka
3 2 (22.22%) CSS
3 2 (22.22%) HTML
3 2 (22.22%) Spring
4 1 (11.11%) AngularJS
4 1 (11.11%) Next.js
4 1 (11.11%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (55.56%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) DevOps
3 4 (44.44%) Microservices
4 3 (33.33%) Application Security
4 3 (33.33%) Front End Development
4 3 (33.33%) OWASP
4 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 3 (33.33%) Security Testing
4 3 (33.33%) TDD
5 1 (11.11%) Coaching
5 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
5 1 (11.11%) Multithreading
5 1 (11.11%) People Management
5 1 (11.11%) Software Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (33.33%) TypeScript
3 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) NCSC
1 3 (33.33%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) Kubernetes