Pivotal Spring Framework
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Spring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Spring over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 185 118 101
Rank change year-on-year -67 -17 -24
Contract jobs citing Spring 554 1,301 2,360
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.28% 2.18% 2.66%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.24% 9.34% 9.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 403 1,001 1,697
10th Percentile £375 £450 £425
25th Percentile £425 £500 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £580
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +3.45% +10.48%
75th Percentile £625 £713 £680
90th Percentile £705 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -6.86% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 31 27
10th Percentile £35.00 £53.75 £48.50
25th Percentile £41.47 £61.25 £55.50
Median hourly rate £45.88 £72.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.72% +20.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £48.43 £75.00 £69.02
90th Percentile £56.25 - £78.47
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £70.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year -34.46% +25.00% +1.82%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Spring is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,876 13,931 24,130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.50% 23.29% 27.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,162 10,182 17,689
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £660
90th Percentile £767 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 153 242
10th Percentile £20.91 £31.60 £21.10
25th Percentile £39.98 £48.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £64.94
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.85 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +32.65% +8.89%

Spring
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Spring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Spring in the UK

Spring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Spring.

Daily rate trend for Spring in the UK

Spring
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spring over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Spring in the UK

Spring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Spring.

Hourly rate trend for Spring in the UK

Spring
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Spring over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Spring in the UK

Spring
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spring within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 -78 412 £545 -12.80% 174
London -77 252 £550 -15.38% 92
UK excluding London -31 241 £489 -6.86% 101
Work from Home -84 156 £519 -9.78% 96
Scotland +7 89 £450 -6.05% 15
North of England +13 62 £525 -8.70% 22
North West +27 38 £525 +8.00% 12
South East -29 33 £475 -9.52% 18
South West -20 28 £625 +13.64% 19
Yorkshire +19 23 £550 -8.33% 7
East of England +9 14 £375 -40.48% 10
West Midlands +22 10 £450 -35.71% 5
Midlands +8 10 £450 -25.00% 7
Northern Ireland +2 4 - - 7
Wales +14 1 £450 -7.69% 3
North East -9 1 £550 -21.43% 5

Spring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 32 (5.78%) Confluence
2 8 (1.44%) Anypoint
2 8 (1.44%) Apache Spark
2 8 (1.44%) JBoss
2 8 (1.44%) OpenStack
3 7 (1.26%) Apache
3 7 (1.26%) Tomcat
4 5 (0.90%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 5 (0.90%) SAS
4 5 (0.90%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.54%) Camunda
6 3 (0.54%) Cloud Foundry
6 3 (0.54%) nginx
6 3 (0.54%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.36%) CMS
7 2 (0.36%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.36%) WildFly
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.18%) CoreMedia CMS
Applications
1 4 (0.72%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.90%) Shopify
2 4 (0.72%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.36%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.18%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.18%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 242 (43.68%) AWS
2 63 (11.37%) Azure
3 40 (7.22%) Amazon S3
3 40 (7.22%) GCP
4 34 (6.14%) Serverless
5 29 (5.23%) OpenShift
6 28 (5.05%) Amazon SQS
7 25 (4.51%) AWS Lambda
8 18 (3.25%) Amazon EKS
9 17 (3.07%) Amazon EC2
10 16 (2.89%) GitHub
11 10 (1.81%) Amazon ECS
11 10 (1.81%) Amazon MSK
11 10 (1.81%) Apigee
11 10 (1.81%) AWS CloudFormation
12 9 (1.62%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 8 (1.44%) Kong
14 7 (1.26%) SaaS
15 6 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
16 5 (0.90%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.90%) SSH
2 4 (0.72%) HTTP
3 3 (0.54%) 5G
3 3 (0.54%) SSL
4 1 (0.18%) FTP
4 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (15.70%) PostgreSQL
2 64 (11.55%) Relational Database
3 48 (8.66%) NoSQL
4 31 (5.60%) MySQL
5 25 (4.51%) MongoDB
6 19 (3.43%) Oracle Database
7 17 (3.07%) Amazon RDS
7 17 (3.07%) Elasticsearch
8 13 (2.35%) Amazon Aurora
9 12 (2.17%) Apache Cassandra
9 12 (2.17%) Redis
10 11 (1.99%) SQL Server
11 10 (1.81%) DB2
12 8 (1.44%) Couchbase
13 7 (1.26%) KDB
14 5 (0.90%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.72%) OLAP
15 4 (0.72%) OLTP
15 4 (0.72%) Oracle OLAP
15 4 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 115 (20.76%) Jenkins
2 114 (20.58%) Git
3 84 (15.16%) JUnit
4 53 (9.57%) JIRA
5 39 (7.04%) Maven
6 33 (5.96%) Cucumber
7 25 (4.51%) Mockito
8 21 (3.79%) GitLab
8 21 (3.79%) Selenium
9 14 (2.53%) Gradle
9 14 (2.53%) Postman
10 13 (2.35%) Cypress.io
11 10 (1.81%) Bitbucket
11 10 (1.81%) TestNG
12 9 (1.62%) Liquibase
12 9 (1.62%) SonarQube
12 9 (1.62%) Sonatype Nexus
12 9 (1.62%) TeamCity
13 8 (1.44%) JMeter
14 7 (1.26%) IntelliJ
General
1 109 (19.68%) Finance
2 98 (17.69%) Social Skills
3 79 (14.26%) Public Sector
4 66 (11.91%) Banking
5 31 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (3.61%) Front Office
7 17 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (2.71%) Retail
9 13 (2.35%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.26%) Law
11 5 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (0.90%) Marketing
12 3 (0.54%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.54%) Tech for Good
13 2 (0.36%) Back Office
13 2 (0.36%) Electronics
13 2 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.36%) Publishing
13 2 (0.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 400 (72.20%) Developer
2 283 (51.08%) Java Developer
3 80 (14.44%) Senior
4 63 (11.37%) Full Stack Developer
5 53 (9.57%) Senior Developer
6 43 (7.76%) Senior Java Developer
6 43 (7.76%) Software Engineer
7 41 (7.40%) Lead
8 40 (7.22%) Java Engineer
9 29 (5.23%) SC Cleared Java Developer
10 20 (3.61%) Full Stack Java Developer
11 17 (3.07%) Architect
12 16 (2.89%) Backend Developer
12 16 (2.89%) Lead Developer
13 14 (2.53%) Java Software Engineer
14 13 (2.35%) AWS Developer
15 12 (2.17%) Java Pricing Developer
15 12 (2.17%) Lead Java Developer
15 12 (2.17%) Pricing Developer
15 12 (2.17%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 377 (68.05%) Spring Boot
2 206 (37.18%) REST
3 103 (18.59%) React
4 93 (16.79%) Hibernate
5 91 (16.43%) Kafka
6 90 (16.25%) JPA
7 73 (13.18%) AngularJS
8 69 (12.45%) Web Services
9 65 (11.73%) RESTful
10 58 (10.47%) CSS
11 55 (9.93%) Node.js
12 51 (9.21%) HTML
13 43 (7.76%) SOAP
14 42 (7.58%) Spring Security
15 40 (7.22%) J2EE
16 29 (5.23%) JSON
16 29 (5.23%) RabbitMQ
16 29 (5.23%) Spring MVC
17 25 (4.51%) Apache Camel
18 24 (4.33%) JAX-RS
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.69%) Data Structures
2 25 (4.51%) Public Cloud
3 24 (4.33%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (3.97%) Algorithms
5 14 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
5 14 (2.53%) Derivative
5 14 (2.53%) Greenfield Project
5 14 (2.53%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (2.17%) Cloud Native
7 12 (2.17%) Fixed Income
7 12 (2.17%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.44%) Credit Derivative
9 8 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (1.26%) Insider Threat
11 5 (0.90%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.90%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.72%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 42 (7.58%) Linux
2 40 (7.22%) Unix
3 6 (1.08%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.90%) Windows
5 1 (0.18%) AIX
5 1 (0.18%) Android
5 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (46.93%) Agile
2 238 (42.96%) Microservices
3 166 (29.96%) CI/CD
4 122 (22.02%) TDD
5 109 (19.68%) DevOps
6 92 (16.61%) Full Stack Development
7 91 (16.43%) Software Engineering
8 85 (15.34%) Scrum
9 75 (13.54%) Problem-Solving
10 66 (11.91%) SDLC
11 63 (11.37%) Unit Testing
12 59 (10.65%) Front End Development
13 51 (9.21%) Test Automation
14 48 (8.66%) Continuous Integration
14 48 (8.66%) Mentoring
15 44 (7.94%) BDD
16 43 (7.76%) OO
17 40 (7.22%) MVC
17 40 (7.22%) OOP
18 38 (6.86%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 541 (97.65%) Java
2 140 (25.27%) SQL
3 96 (17.33%) JavaScript
4 60 (10.83%) Python
5 59 (10.65%) TypeScript
6 26 (4.69%) C
7 16 (2.89%) Scala
7 16 (2.89%) Shell Script
8 14 (2.53%) Kotlin
8 14 (2.53%) Perl
9 9 (1.62%) PL/SQL
10 7 (1.26%) C++
11 6 (1.08%) PHP
12 5 (0.90%) Swift
13 4 (0.72%) C#
14 3 (0.54%) Bash
15 2 (0.36%) Go
16 1 (0.18%) Clojure
16 1 (0.18%) Groovy
16 1 (0.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 164 (29.60%) Security Cleared
2 135 (24.37%) SC Cleared
3 46 (8.30%) DV Cleared
4 34 (6.14%) Degree
5 25 (4.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.26%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.18%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.42%) QA
2 14 (2.53%) Accessibility
3 5 (0.90%) Disclosure Scotland
4 4 (0.72%) SLA
5 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.18%) GDPR
5 1 (0.18%) GRC
5 1 (0.18%) MiFID
5 1 (0.18%) NCSC
5 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 146 (26.35%) Docker
2 6 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.18%) Cronacle
3 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 117 (21.12%) Kubernetes
2 26 (4.69%) Grafana
3 22 (3.97%) Ansible
4 20 (3.61%) Kibana
4 20 (3.61%) Terraform
5 19 (3.43%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.81%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.90%) Zipkin
8 4 (0.72%) Packer
9 3 (0.54%) Istio
9 3 (0.54%) Kustomize
9 3 (0.54%) logstash
10 1 (0.18%) Anchore
10 1 (0.18%) Argo
10 1 (0.18%) Control-M
10 1 (0.18%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.18%) PingFederate
10 1 (0.18%) Rancher
Vendors
1 81 (14.62%) Oracle
2 33 (5.96%) Microsoft
3 32 (5.78%) Google
4 20 (3.61%) IBM
5 19 (3.43%) SAP
6 16 (2.89%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.99%) MuleSoft
8 8 (1.44%) SEEBURGER
9 7 (1.26%) Adobe
9 7 (1.26%) ION Trading
9 7 (1.26%) WSO2
10 5 (0.90%) Sitecore
11 4 (0.72%) New Relic
11 4 (0.72%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.72%) TSYS
12 3 (0.54%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.54%) Dell
12 3 (0.54%) Intel
12 3 (0.54%) Micro Focus
12 3 (0.54%) Sybase