Spring Boot
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Spring Boot skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 239 266
Rank change year-on-year -102 +27 +2
Permanent jobs citing Spring Boot 444 606 1,043
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 1.40% 1.08%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.92% 6.96% 5.13%
Number of salaries quoted 246 252 570
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,348 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £76,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.20% +1.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £83,438 £97,528 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,979 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,400 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +11.54% -

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 permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,017 8,710 20,349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.94% 20.06% 21.10%
Number of salaries quoted 6,618 6,131 15,719
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,288 £51,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

Spring Boot
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Spring Boot job vacancy trend in the UK

Spring Boot
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spring Boot.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spring Boot

Spring Boot
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Spring Boot over the 6 months to 14 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Spring Boot in the UK

Spring Boot
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Spring Boot within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -73 415 £70,000 -6.67% 150
UK excluding London -171 228 £68,400 -5.66% 93
London +13 190 £75,000 -9.09% 73
North of England -34 140 £72,500 -12.12% 40
Work from Home -144 130 £72,500 -8.01% 113
Yorkshire -8 72 £75,000 -2.48% 4
North West -56 61 £65,000 -26.69% 27
South West -46 41 £61,250 -5.77% 15
South East -54 37 £77,500 +12.73% 22
Midlands -97 14 £45,000 -5.26% 7
West Midlands -41 13 £45,000 -35.71% 3
North East -34 7 £45,000 -18.18% 9
Wales -26 5 £51,619 +21.40% 2
Scotland -71 4 £65,000 -23.76% 4
East of England -32 1 £62,500 -24.24% 3

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 14 (3.15%) Apache Spark
2 13 (2.93%) OpenStack
3 11 (2.48%) Apache
4 9 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.35%) Confluence
6 5 (1.13%) JBoss
7 3 (0.68%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.68%) Liferay
8 2 (0.45%) Camunda
9 1 (0.23%) CMS
9 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 256 (57.66%) AWS
2 123 (27.70%) Serverless
3 82 (18.47%) Amazon ECS
3 82 (18.47%) AWS Lambda
4 79 (17.79%) Amazon S3
5 78 (17.57%) AWS CloudFormation
6 68 (15.32%) Azure
7 56 (12.61%) AWS Step Functions
8 52 (11.71%) Apigee
9 49 (11.04%) Amazon ECR
10 41 (9.23%) Amazon SQS
11 39 (8.78%) GCP
12 31 (6.98%) Amazon EKS
13 21 (4.73%) OpenShift
14 19 (4.28%) GitHub
15 17 (3.83%) Amazon EC2
16 15 (3.38%) SaaS
17 8 (1.80%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 6 (1.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 5 (1.13%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.03%) AMQP
2 5 (1.13%) Internet
3 3 (0.68%) HTTP
4 1 (0.23%) DMARC
4 1 (0.23%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (15.09%) NoSQL
2 64 (14.41%) PostgreSQL
3 57 (12.84%) DynamoDB
4 47 (10.59%) Relational Database
5 27 (6.08%) MongoDB
6 18 (4.05%) MySQL
6 18 (4.05%) RDBMS
7 11 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (2.25%) Redis
9 6 (1.35%) Hadoop
10 5 (1.13%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (1.13%) Big Data
10 5 (1.13%) Cloudera CDH
10 5 (1.13%) NonStop SQL
10 5 (1.13%) SQL Server
11 4 (0.90%) Flink
12 3 (0.68%) CockroachDB
12 3 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.45%) DB2
13 2 (0.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 105 (23.65%) Jenkins
2 73 (16.44%) GitLab
3 61 (13.74%) Maven
4 52 (11.71%) Git
5 47 (10.59%) Cypress.io
6 45 (10.14%) SonarQube
7 27 (6.08%) JUnit
8 21 (4.73%) Cucumber
8 21 (4.73%) Gradle
9 18 (4.05%) Mockito
10 17 (3.83%) JIRA
11 10 (2.25%) Selenium
12 8 (1.80%) JMeter
13 4 (0.90%) Claude Code
14 3 (0.68%) Postman
14 3 (0.68%) TestNG
15 2 (0.45%) Checkstyle
15 2 (0.45%) ESLint
15 2 (0.45%) Liquibase
15 2 (0.45%) Vagrant
General
1 96 (21.62%) Finance
2 54 (12.16%) Social Skills
3 46 (10.36%) Public Sector
4 22 (4.95%) Telecoms
5 16 (3.60%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (3.60%) Banking
5 16 (3.60%) Billing
6 13 (2.93%) Financial Institution
7 11 (2.48%) Advertising
7 11 (2.48%) Front Office
8 9 (2.03%) Games
8 9 (2.03%) Tech for Good
9 8 (1.80%) Health Technology
9 8 (1.80%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.90%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.68%) Digital Healthcare
14 2 (0.45%) Law
14 2 (0.45%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 238 (53.60%) Developer
2 193 (43.47%) Java Developer
3 119 (26.80%) Senior
4 116 (26.13%) Java Engineer
5 81 (18.24%) Software Engineer
6 68 (15.32%) Senior Developer
7 58 (13.06%) Full-Stack Developer
8 57 (12.84%) Senior Java Developer
9 51 (11.49%) Lead
10 48 (10.81%) Java Software Engineer
11 41 (9.23%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 39 (8.78%) Senior Java Engineer
13 33 (7.43%) Full-Stack Java Developer
14 18 (4.05%) Lead Developer
14 18 (4.05%) Principal Engineer
14 18 (4.05%) Senior Software Engineer
14 18 (4.05%) Software Developer
15 17 (3.83%) AWS Developer
15 17 (3.83%) Lead Java Developer
16 16 (3.60%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 396 (89.19%) Spring
2 137 (30.86%) AngularJS
3 109 (24.55%) React
4 108 (24.32%) REST
5 79 (17.79%) Kafka
6 59 (13.29%) RESTful
7 49 (11.04%) Node.js
8 44 (9.91%) Hibernate
9 43 (9.68%) Gherkin
9 43 (9.68%) Jest
10 37 (8.33%) Web Services
11 33 (7.43%) HTML
12 25 (5.63%) JPA
12 25 (5.63%) Vue
13 21 (4.73%) CSS
13 21 (4.73%) RabbitMQ
14 20 (4.50%) Elastic Stack
15 19 (4.28%) OAuth
16 18 (4.05%) JSON
17 16 (3.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 76 (17.12%) Cloud Native
2 60 (13.51%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (4.28%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (3.38%) Public Cloud
5 14 (3.15%) e-Learning
5 14 (3.15%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.70%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.35%) Distributed Architecture
9 5 (1.13%) IoT
10 3 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.68%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.68%) Fixed Income
10 3 (0.68%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.68%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.45%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.45%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.45%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.25%) Linux
2 6 (1.35%) Android
2 6 (1.35%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.13%) CentOS
3 5 (1.13%) Debian
3 5 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (1.13%) Ubuntu
4 4 (0.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (49.32%) CI/CD
2 216 (48.65%) Microservices
3 207 (46.62%) Agile
4 178 (40.09%) DevOps
5 145 (32.66%) Full-Stack Development
6 129 (29.05%) Software Engineering
7 110 (24.77%) Containerisation
8 100 (22.52%) Mentoring
9 99 (22.30%) Continuous Improvement
10 77 (17.34%) TDD
11 76 (17.12%) Test Automation
12 74 (16.67%) Scrum
13 65 (14.64%) Infrastructure as Code
14 59 (13.29%) Clean Code
14 59 (13.29%) Event-Driven
14 59 (13.29%) SDLC
15 56 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
16 53 (11.94%) BDD
17 52 (11.71%) AI
18 51 (11.49%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 441 (99.32%) Java
2 101 (22.75%) JavaScript
3 77 (17.34%) TypeScript
4 74 (16.67%) SQL
5 65 (14.64%) Python
6 43 (9.68%) Bash
6 43 (9.68%) Groovy
7 25 (5.63%) Kotlin
8 7 (1.58%) C#
8 7 (1.58%) C++
8 7 (1.58%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.35%) PHP
10 5 (1.13%) Go
11 4 (0.90%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.45%) C
12 2 (0.45%) Ruby
13 1 (0.23%) Korn
13 1 (0.23%) R
13 1 (0.23%) RPG
Qualifications
1 77 (17.34%) Security Cleared
2 51 (11.49%) AWS Certification
3 48 (10.81%) SC Cleared
4 36 (8.11%) Degree
5 24 (5.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 24 (5.41%) DV Cleared
5 24 (5.41%) ITIL Certification
6 18 (4.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 17 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.03%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.83%) QA
2 5 (1.13%) Data Quality
2 5 (1.13%) ISO 20022
3 2 (0.45%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 181 (40.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 157 (35.36%) Kubernetes
2 50 (11.26%) Terraform
3 41 (9.23%) HP Fortify
4 29 (6.53%) Ansible
5 11 (2.48%) Kibana
6 9 (2.03%) Grafana
6 9 (2.03%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.13%) Packer
7 5 (1.13%) Puppet
8 2 (0.45%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 19 (4.28%) Oracle
2 12 (2.70%) Google
3 11 (2.48%) Splunk
4 9 (2.03%) Dynatrace
5 7 (1.58%) Red Hat
5 7 (1.58%) Solace
6 6 (1.35%) Microsoft
7 5 (1.13%) AppDynamics
7 5 (1.13%) IBM
7 5 (1.13%) Peregrine
7 5 (1.13%) SaltStack
8 3 (0.68%) OpenAI
8 3 (0.68%) Revolut
8 3 (0.68%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.45%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.45%) Pega
9 2 (0.45%) WSO2
10 1 (0.23%) ForgeRock
10 1 (0.23%) SendGrid
10 1 (0.23%) Sitecore