Spring Contract Job Trends in the City of London
Pivotal Spring Framework
Central London > City of London
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London citing Spring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 106 | 94 | 90 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -12 | -4 | +13 |
| Contract jobs citing Spring | 34 | 23 | 37 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the City of London | 1.61% | 1.37% | 1.75% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 6.14% | 4.95% | 6.54% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25 | 11 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | £334 | £413 | £422 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £450 | £516 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £535 | £580 | £625 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.76% | -7.20% | -13.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £649 | £738 |
| 90th Percentile | £733 | £695 | £843 |
| Central London median daily rate | £575 | £450 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | +27.78% | -30.77% | -10.34% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
City of London
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 citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the City of London.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 554 | 465 | 566 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London | 26.21% | 27.65% | 26.77% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 383 | 322 | 348 |
| 10th Percentile | £413 | £400 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £465 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £575 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.17% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £688 | £675 | £702 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £775 | £825 |
| Central London median daily rate | £572 | £575 | £597 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.52% | -3.73% | -0.46% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £36.73 | £63.75 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £37.44 | £67.50 | £36.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £39.75 | £75.00 | £38.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -47.00% | +94.81% | -23.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £41.94 | £82.50 | £40.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £42.58 | £86.25 | - |
| Central London median hourly rate | £52.25 | £62.50 | £38.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.40% | +62.34% | -23.00% |
Spring Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Spring relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Spring Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Spring.
Spring Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spring in the City of London over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.
Spring Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Spring.
Spring Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spring Boot | 94.1% | 32 |
| 2 | REST | 44.1% | 15 |
| 3 | Kafka | 35.3% | 12 |
| 4 | Terraform | 32.4% | 11 |
| 5 | RESTful | 29.4% | 10 |
| 6 | AngularJS | 20.6% | 7 |
| 7 | Hibernate | 14.7% | 5 |
| 7 | JPA | 14.7% | 5 |
| 7 | SOAP | 14.7% | 5 |
| 10 | Web Services | 11.8% | 4 |
| 11 | ActiveMQ | 8.8% | 3 |
| 11 | HTML | 8.8% | 3 |
| 11 | Spring Security | 8.8% | 3 |
| 14 | .NET | 5.9% | 2 |
| 14 | Bootstrap | 5.9% | 2 |
| 14 | CSS | 5.9% | 2 |
| 14 | Gherkin | 5.9% | 2 |
| 14 | GraphQL | 5.9% | 2 |
| 14 | JSF | 5.9% | 2 |
| 14 | JSP | 5.9% | 2 |