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 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 219 307
Rank change year-on-year -130 +88 -26
Permanent jobs citing Spring Boot 476 706 968
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.51% 1.59% 0.90%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.01% 8.08% 4.49%
Number of salaries quoted 282 240 534
10th Percentile £52,500 £48,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £83,750 £95,313 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.90% +16.00% -3.85%

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 9,501 8,735 21,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.20% 19.61% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7,085 5,716 16,353
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,254 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 15 June 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 15 June 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 -101 434 £72,500 - 91
UK excluding London -173 239 £67,500 -6.90% 72
London +11 214 £77,500 -6.06% 34
North of England -60 141 £70,000 -17.89% 27
Work from Home -146 131 £71,250 -1.72% 41
North West -54 73 £65,000 -26.69% 9
Yorkshire +14 60 £75,000 -4.83% 14
South East -61 35 £72,500 +3.57% 14
South West -76 34 £60,000 -11.11% 19
Wales -32 18 £70,000 +47.97% 1
Midlands -91 16 £51,250 -21.15% 3
West Midlands -43 15 £45,000 -35.71% 2
North East -44 8 £50,000 -31.03% 6
Scotland -83 5 £65,000 -18.75% 5
East of England -34 2 £67,500 -20.59% 2

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 15 (3.15%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.52%) Confluence
3 9 (1.89%) Apache
4 7 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.47%) OpenStack
5 5 (1.05%) JBoss
6 3 (0.63%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.42%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.42%) Liferay
8 1 (0.21%) CMS
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.21%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.84%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 263 (55.25%) AWS
2 124 (26.05%) Serverless
3 96 (20.17%) Azure
4 88 (18.49%) AWS CloudFormation
5 87 (18.28%) AWS Lambda
6 77 (16.18%) Amazon ECS
7 72 (15.13%) Amazon S3
8 51 (10.71%) AWS Step Functions
8 51 (10.71%) GitHub
9 45 (9.45%) GCP
10 43 (9.03%) Apigee
11 40 (8.40%) Amazon ECR
11 40 (8.40%) Amazon SQS
12 30 (6.30%) Amazon EKS
13 21 (4.41%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (3.57%) OpenShift
15 16 (3.36%) SaaS
16 14 (2.94%) Amazon EC2
16 14 (2.94%) Azure Service Bus
17 11 (2.31%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.10%) DMARC
2 8 (1.68%) AMQP
3 3 (0.63%) Internet
4 1 (0.21%) HTTP
4 1 (0.21%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (15.76%) NoSQL
2 70 (14.71%) PostgreSQL
3 54 (11.34%) DynamoDB
4 44 (9.24%) Relational Database
5 29 (6.09%) MongoDB
6 24 (5.04%) MySQL
7 15 (3.15%) RDBMS
7 15 (3.15%) Redis
8 10 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (1.68%) Amazon Athena
10 6 (1.26%) Big Data
10 6 (1.26%) Hadoop
10 6 (1.26%) SQL Server
11 5 (1.05%) Cloudera CDH
11 5 (1.05%) DTS
11 5 (1.05%) NonStop SQL
12 4 (0.84%) Db2
12 4 (0.84%) Flink
13 3 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.42%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 103 (21.64%) Jenkins
2 74 (15.55%) GitLab
3 62 (13.03%) Git
4 51 (10.71%) Maven
5 39 (8.19%) Cypress.io
6 34 (7.14%) SonarQube
7 29 (6.09%) Cucumber
7 29 (6.09%) JUnit
8 22 (4.62%) JIRA
9 20 (4.20%) Gradle
10 19 (3.99%) Mockito
11 14 (2.94%) Selenium
12 10 (2.10%) JMeter
13 7 (1.47%) Claude Code
13 7 (1.47%) Postman
14 3 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 3 (0.63%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.63%) Spock
15 2 (0.42%) IntelliJ
15 2 (0.42%) Vagrant
General
1 109 (22.90%) Finance
2 71 (14.92%) Social Skills
3 58 (12.18%) Public Sector
4 24 (5.04%) Banking
5 19 (3.99%) Telecoms
6 17 (3.57%) Financial Institution
7 16 (3.36%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (3.15%) Advertising
9 13 (2.73%) Billing
10 12 (2.52%) Front Office
11 9 (1.89%) Investment Banking
11 9 (1.89%) Tech for Good
12 8 (1.68%) Health Technology
12 8 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.47%) Games
14 4 (0.84%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.42%) Law
15 2 (0.42%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.42%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 233 (48.95%) Developer
2 184 (38.66%) Java Developer
3 130 (27.31%) Java Engineer
3 130 (27.31%) Senior
4 84 (17.65%) Software Engineer
5 66 (13.87%) Senior Developer
6 58 (12.18%) Full-Stack Developer
7 55 (11.55%) Lead
8 53 (11.13%) Senior Java Developer
9 47 (9.87%) Java Software Engineer
10 46 (9.66%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 45 (9.45%) Senior Java Engineer
12 29 (6.09%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 28 (5.88%) Architect
14 26 (5.46%) Principal Engineer
14 26 (5.46%) Senior Software Engineer
15 21 (4.41%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
15 21 (4.41%) Principal Java Engineer
16 20 (4.20%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
16 20 (4.20%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 432 (90.76%) Spring
2 135 (28.36%) AngularJS
3 112 (23.53%) React
4 106 (22.27%) REST
5 103 (21.64%) Kafka
6 71 (14.92%) RESTful
7 70 (14.71%) Node.js
8 41 (8.61%) Hibernate
9 35 (7.35%) Jest
10 34 (7.14%) Gherkin
11 31 (6.51%) HTML
11 31 (6.51%) Web Services
12 28 (5.88%) JPA
12 28 (5.88%) OAuth
13 27 (5.67%) Vue
14 23 (4.83%) RabbitMQ
15 22 (4.62%) OAuth2
16 21 (4.41%) CSS
17 18 (3.78%) Spring MVC
18 17 (3.57%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 108 (22.69%) Cloud Native
2 69 (14.50%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (5.25%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (4.83%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (4.83%) Public Cloud
5 21 (4.41%) e-Learning
6 15 (3.15%) Product Ownership
7 12 (2.52%) Mobile App
8 11 (2.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (1.47%) Mainframe
10 5 (1.05%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.84%) Distributed Architecture
11 4 (0.84%) EPoS
11 4 (0.84%) iSeries
12 3 (0.63%) Driving Licence
12 3 (0.63%) Fixed Income
12 3 (0.63%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.63%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.63%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.89%) Linux
2 6 (1.26%) Android
2 6 (1.26%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.05%) CentOS
3 5 (1.05%) Debian
3 5 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (1.05%) Ubuntu
4 4 (0.84%) Windows
5 2 (0.42%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (53.36%) CI/CD
2 250 (52.52%) Microservices
3 224 (47.06%) Agile
4 188 (39.50%) DevOps
5 150 (31.51%) Full-Stack Development
6 139 (29.20%) Software Engineering
7 131 (27.52%) Containerisation
8 117 (24.58%) Mentoring
9 105 (22.06%) Test Automation
10 99 (20.80%) Continuous Improvement
11 90 (18.91%) Event-Driven
12 87 (18.28%) Infrastructure as Code
13 82 (17.23%) TDD
14 70 (14.71%) Scrum
15 67 (14.08%) AI
16 66 (13.87%) BDD
17 61 (12.82%) SDLC
18 58 (12.18%) Clean Code
19 57 (11.97%) Problem-Solving
20 52 (10.92%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 471 (98.95%) Java
2 91 (19.12%) SQL
3 87 (18.28%) JavaScript
4 75 (15.76%) Python
4 75 (15.76%) TypeScript
5 35 (7.35%) Groovy
6 33 (6.93%) Bash
7 29 (6.09%) Kotlin
8 12 (2.52%) Ruby
9 10 (2.10%) C#
10 9 (1.89%) C++
11 7 (1.47%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.26%) PHP
13 5 (1.05%) Go
14 4 (0.84%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.84%) RPG
15 3 (0.63%) Scala
16 2 (0.42%) C
16 2 (0.42%) COBOL
17 1 (0.21%) Natural
Qualifications
1 88 (18.49%) Security Cleared
2 59 (12.39%) AWS Certification
3 55 (11.55%) SC Cleared
4 42 (8.82%) Degree
5 28 (5.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 28 (5.88%) DV Cleared
6 23 (4.83%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 23 (4.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (4.83%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (1.05%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (0.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.42%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.42%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.42%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.21%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.04%) QA
2 9 (1.89%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.47%) ISO 20022
4 6 (1.26%) WCAG
5 5 (1.05%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.42%) NCSC
System Software
1 179 (37.61%) Docker
2 1 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 152 (31.93%) Kubernetes
2 66 (13.87%) Terraform
3 33 (6.93%) Ansible
4 30 (6.30%) HP Fortify
5 13 (2.73%) Grafana
5 13 (2.73%) Kibana
6 11 (2.31%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.05%) Packer
7 5 (1.05%) Puppet
8 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 26 (5.46%) Oracle
2 18 (3.78%) Splunk
3 14 (2.94%) Google
4 12 (2.52%) Microsoft
5 11 (2.31%) Dynatrace
6 10 (2.10%) SendGrid
7 8 (1.68%) IBM
7 8 (1.68%) Solace
8 6 (1.26%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.05%) AppDynamics
9 5 (1.05%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.05%) Peregrine
9 5 (1.05%) SaltStack
10 4 (0.84%) OneLogin
11 3 (0.63%) Revolut
11 3 (0.63%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.42%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.42%) Pega
12 2 (0.42%) TikTok
12 2 (0.42%) WSO2