Spring Boot Job Trends in the West Midlands

Spring Boot
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Spring Boot skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 127 218
Rank change year-on-year -61 +91 -26
Permanent jobs citing Spring Boot 20 44 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.24% 1.29% 0.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.63% 8.68% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 8 16 10
10th Percentile £42,350 £54,375 £51,875
25th Percentile £48,125 £60,313 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £70,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -19.64% +5.66% +10.42%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,875 £75,000 -
England median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -9.38% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 551 507 885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.57% 14.89% 13.45%
Number of salaries quoted 427 377 699
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,350 £32,250
25th Percentile £46,500 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -5.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%

Spring Boot
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Spring Boot job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Spring Boot
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Spring Boot.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Spring Boot

Spring Boot
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Spring Boot in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Spring Boot in the West Midlands

Spring Boot
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Spring Boot within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
Birmingham -23 13 £45,000 -35.71% 9
Coventry -14 2 £88,750 - 1
Worcestershire -15 2 £62,500 +31.58%
Staffordshire -20 2 £50,000 - 2
Shropshire -26 1 £44,000 -31.78% 1
Spring Boot
England

Spring Boot
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (10.00%) CICS
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Azure
1 5 (25.00%) GitHub
1 5 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
2 4 (20.00%) AWS
2 4 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (10.00%) SaaS
4 1 (5.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Db2
1 2 (10.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (5.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (5.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.00%) Git
2 1 (5.00%) GitLab
General
1 8 (40.00%) Banking
1 8 (40.00%) Investment Banking
2 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Java Engineer
2 8 (40.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Applications Consultant
3 4 (20.00%) Consultant
3 4 (20.00%) Mainframe Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) COBOL Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Java Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Lead
4 2 (10.00%) Principal Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Principal Java Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Software Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Software Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Lead DevOps
5 1 (5.00%) Lead DevOps Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Lead Java Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Lead Software Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Senior
5 1 (5.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (100.00%) Spring
2 9 (45.00%) React
3 8 (40.00%) AngularJS
3 8 (40.00%) REST
4 4 (20.00%) .NET
4 4 (20.00%) ISPF
5 2 (10.00%) Kafka
6 1 (5.00%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (5.00%) HTML
6 1 (5.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 4 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (20.00%) Legacy Applications
2 4 (20.00%) Mainframe
3 2 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Linux
2 2 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (85.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (55.00%) CI/CD
3 10 (50.00%) Mentoring
4 9 (45.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 9 (45.00%) Test Automation
5 8 (40.00%) Architectural Patterns
5 8 (40.00%) Design Patterns
5 8 (40.00%) Observability
5 8 (40.00%) Secure Coding
6 7 (35.00%) DevOps
7 6 (30.00%) Agile
7 6 (30.00%) Collaborative Culture
8 4 (20.00%) Batch Processing
8 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Engineering
8 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (20.00%) Microservices
8 4 (20.00%) Re-Platforming
8 4 (20.00%) SDLC
8 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (20.00%) COBOL
2 4 (20.00%) JCL
3 2 (10.00%) C#
3 2 (10.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Grafana
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.00%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Broadcom