Spring Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Pivotal Spring Framework
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Spring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 61 74
Rank change year-on-year -7 +13 +6
Contract jobs citing Spring 6 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.61% 0.34% 0.58%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.82% 1.77% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 6
10th Percentile £448 - -
25th Percentile £577 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £649 £575 £300
Median % change year-on-year +12.87% +91.67% -42.86%
75th Percentile £650 £588 £591
90th Percentile - - £694
South West median daily rate £409 £563 £650
% change year-on-year -27.29% -13.46% +18.18%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Bristol

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 157 113 190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 15.87% 19.02% 18.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 58 137
10th Percentile £324 £340 £300
25th Percentile £400 £366 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £563 £598 £550
90th Percentile £651 £700 £688
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 22 11
10th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 £48.75
25th Percentile - £62.19 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £67.40 £68.75 £81.25
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £50.95
% change year-on-year - +27.59% -18.28%

Spring
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Spring relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Spring job vacancy trend in Bristol

Spring
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Spring.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Spring

Spring
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spring in Bristol over the 6 months to 11 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Spring in Bristol

Spring
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Spring.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Spring

Spring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) GCP
2 4 (66.67%) AWS
2 4 (66.67%) Azure
3 3 (50.00%) GitHub
3 3 (50.00%) OpenShift
4 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
4 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
4 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (16.67%) Power BI
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Git
2 1 (16.67%) Artifactory
2 1 (16.67%) GitLab
2 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
2 1 (16.67%) Maven
2 1 (16.67%) SonarQube
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (16.67%) Java Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Power Apps Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Front-End Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Power Apps Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) CSS
1 4 (66.67%) HTML
2 3 (50.00%) AngularJS
2 3 (50.00%) JAX-RS
2 3 (50.00%) Node.js
2 3 (50.00%) React
2 3 (50.00%) Ruby on Rails
2 3 (50.00%) Spring Boot
2 3 (50.00%) Vue
3 2 (33.33%) JPA
3 2 (33.33%) OAuth
3 2 (33.33%) OAuth2
3 2 (33.33%) RESTful
3 2 (33.33%) Web Services
4 1 (16.67%) Bootstrap
4 1 (16.67%) HTML5
4 1 (16.67%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (16.67%) LESS
4 1 (16.67%) REST
4 1 (16.67%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
3 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 5 (83.33%) Containerisation
2 5 (83.33%) DevOps
2 5 (83.33%) Microservices
2 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (66.67%) Web Development
4 3 (50.00%) Code Quality
4 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (33.33%) AOP
5 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
5 2 (33.33%) Multithreading
5 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
6 1 (16.67%) Analytics
6 1 (16.67%) Cryptography
6 1 (16.67%) Progressive Enhancement
6 1 (16.67%) Responsive Web Design
6 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (16.67%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 4 (66.67%) TypeScript
3 3 (50.00%) Python
3 3 (50.00%) Ruby
4 2 (33.33%) Go
5 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (16.67%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) Kubernetes
2 3 (50.00%) Argo
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Google
2 3 (50.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft