Spring Contract Job Trends in England

Pivotal Spring Framework
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Spring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 181 203 236
Rank change year-on-year +22 +33 -147
Contract jobs citing Spring 484 356 359
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.53% 1.26% 0.99%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.86% 5.77% 4.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 215 275
10th Percentile £330 £405 £413
25th Percentile £402 £478 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% +4.55% -13.73%
75th Percentile £575 £659 £650
90th Percentile £638 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £488 £531 £525
% change year-on-year -8.24% +1.19% -16.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 5
10th Percentile £40.00 - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - £48.43
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £62.50
75th Percentile £57.50 - £77.50
90th Percentile £61.25 - £77.80
UK median hourly rate £55.00 - £62.50
% change year-on-year - - -7.41%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,055 6,175 7,789
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.29% 21.82% 21.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,710 3,952 5,657
10th Percentile £355 £360 £363
25th Percentile £413 £433 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £508 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -5.97% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 72 162
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £32.30
25th Percentile £44.88 £42.56 £46.18
Median hourly rate £59.00 £62.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% +20.45% -20.17%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.40 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +19.05% -19.23%

Spring
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Spring job vacancy trend in England

Spring
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Spring

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spring in England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Spring in England

Spring
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Spring

Spring
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Spring in England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Spring in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spring within the England region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
London +6 252 £525 -10.26% 177
North of England +16 124 £465 +3.33% 230
North West +40 90 £450 - 113
South East +15 42 £405 +3.85% 222
Midlands -21 42 £430 -26.81% 154
West Midlands -24 35 £469 -20.17% 78
Yorkshire -39 23 £475 -20.83% 95
North East -5 14 £475 +6.74% 22
South West -8 12 £455 -17.36% 95
East Midlands - 7 £289 - 68
East of England -25 2 £450 +20.00% 124
Spring
UK

Spring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 16 (3.31%) Confluence
2 12 (2.48%) Apache
3 10 (2.07%) JBoss
3 10 (2.07%) WebLogic
4 4 (0.83%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.83%) Camunda
4 4 (0.83%) Mule
5 3 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.62%) CICS
5 3 (0.62%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.62%) WordPress
6 2 (0.41%) Drupal
6 2 (0.41%) Mule ESB
6 2 (0.41%) nginx
7 1 (0.21%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.21%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.21%) CMS
7 1 (0.21%) SAS
7 1 (0.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (1.24%) Fidessa
1 6 (1.24%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.21%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 269 (55.58%) AWS
2 151 (31.20%) Azure
3 89 (18.39%) GCP
4 87 (17.98%) GitHub
5 45 (9.30%) GitHub Actions
6 42 (8.68%) Serverless
7 40 (8.26%) OpenShift
8 33 (6.82%) Amazon S3
9 32 (6.61%) AWS Lambda
10 21 (4.34%) Amazon ECS
11 20 (4.13%) Azure AKS
12 18 (3.72%) Amazon EC2
12 18 (3.72%) Amazon EKS
13 17 (3.51%) AWS CloudFormation
14 14 (2.89%) Azure DevOps
15 12 (2.48%) Datadog
16 11 (2.27%) Cloud Run
16 11 (2.27%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 10 (2.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 10 (2.07%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.03%) Kerberos
2 4 (0.83%) HTTP
2 4 (0.83%) HTTPS
2 4 (0.83%) SSL
3 3 (0.62%) DNS
4 2 (0.41%) VPN
5 1 (0.21%) Broadband
5 1 (0.21%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (22.52%) PostgreSQL
2 70 (14.46%) MongoDB
3 62 (12.81%) NoSQL
3 62 (12.81%) Relational Database
4 37 (7.64%) MySQL
5 25 (5.17%) DynamoDB
6 18 (3.72%) DB2
7 14 (2.89%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (2.89%) SQL Server
8 13 (2.69%) RDBMS
8 13 (2.69%) Redis
9 12 (2.48%) Apache Cassandra
10 11 (2.27%) Amazon Aurora
10 11 (2.27%) Oracle Database
11 9 (1.86%) HBase
12 7 (1.45%) BigQuery
12 7 (1.45%) DocumentDB
13 6 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.83%) Big Data
14 4 (0.83%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 121 (25.00%) Git
2 108 (22.31%) JUnit
3 100 (20.66%) Jenkins
4 78 (16.12%) GitLab
5 50 (10.33%) Cucumber
6 45 (9.30%) Maven
7 43 (8.88%) Gradle
8 36 (7.44%) Mockito
9 35 (7.23%) JIRA
10 29 (5.99%) Sonatype Nexus
11 26 (5.37%) Selenium
12 21 (4.34%) Postman
13 19 (3.93%) IntelliJ
14 17 (3.51%) JMeter
15 15 (3.10%) SonarQube
16 12 (2.48%) Artifactory
17 11 (2.27%) Eclipse
18 9 (1.86%) Bitbucket
18 9 (1.86%) REST Assured
19 8 (1.65%) Cypress.io
General
1 155 (32.02%) Social Skills
2 116 (23.97%) Finance
3 86 (17.77%) Banking
4 69 (14.26%) Public Sector
5 35 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.13%) Investment Banking
7 10 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (1.45%) Retail
9 6 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.03%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.03%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.83%) Retail Banking
12 3 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.62%) Electronics
12 3 (0.62%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.62%) Law
12 3 (0.62%) Marketing
13 2 (0.41%) Front Office
13 2 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 300 (61.98%) Developer
2 230 (47.52%) Java Developer
3 106 (21.90%) Senior
4 81 (16.74%) Senior Developer
5 74 (15.29%) Senior Java Developer
6 68 (14.05%) Full-Stack Developer
7 61 (12.60%) Java Engineer
8 44 (9.09%) Lead
9 39 (8.06%) Software Engineer
10 28 (5.79%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 22 (4.55%) Architect
12 20 (4.13%) Lead Developer
13 19 (3.93%) Java Software Engineer
14 18 (3.72%) AWS Developer
14 18 (3.72%) Backend Developer
15 17 (3.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 15 (3.10%) Lead Java Developer
17 13 (2.69%) DevOps Engineer
18 12 (2.48%) SQL Developer
19 11 (2.27%) Linux Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 364 (75.21%) Spring Boot
2 148 (30.58%) Kafka
3 121 (25.00%) RESTful
4 107 (22.11%) REST
5 105 (21.69%) React
6 93 (19.21%) AngularJS
7 79 (16.32%) Hibernate
8 74 (15.29%) HTML
9 55 (11.36%) CSS
10 52 (10.74%) Node.js
11 45 (9.30%) JSON
12 34 (7.02%) JPA
12 34 (7.02%) OAuth
13 31 (6.40%) OAuth2
14 28 (5.79%) JMS
15 27 (5.58%) HTML5
16 25 (5.17%) Spring Cloud
17 24 (4.96%) Spring MVC
17 24 (4.96%) Vue
18 23 (4.75%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 78 (16.12%) Cloud Native
2 46 (9.50%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (4.75%) Onboarding
4 20 (4.13%) Product Ownership
5 16 (3.31%) Data Structures
5 16 (3.31%) Equities
6 12 (2.48%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 11 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.45%) Derivative
9 7 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.24%) Legacy Applications
10 6 (1.24%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.83%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.83%) Distributed Architecture
12 4 (0.83%) NHS
13 3 (0.62%) Mainframe
14 2 (0.41%) Fixed Income
14 2 (0.41%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 50 (10.33%) Linux
2 17 (3.51%) Unix
3 5 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (1.03%) Windows
4 3 (0.62%) Android
5 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.41%) VMS
5 2 (0.41%) zOS
6 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (60.95%) Microservices
2 263 (54.34%) CI/CD
3 204 (42.15%) Agile
4 166 (34.30%) DevOps
5 143 (29.55%) Containerisation
6 132 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
7 116 (23.97%) Full-Stack Development
8 96 (19.83%) Test Automation
9 90 (18.60%) Software Engineering
10 85 (17.56%) TDD
11 77 (15.91%) Event-Driven
12 70 (14.46%) SDLC
13 62 (12.81%) Infrastructure as Code
14 57 (11.78%) Code Quality
15 53 (10.95%) Mentoring
15 53 (10.95%) Scrum
16 50 (10.33%) Design Patterns
17 49 (10.12%) Continuous Improvement
17 49 (10.12%) Observability
18 46 (9.50%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 468 (96.69%) Java
2 137 (28.31%) SQL
3 84 (17.36%) JavaScript
4 68 (14.05%) TypeScript
5 65 (13.43%) Python
6 33 (6.82%) Kotlin
7 24 (4.96%) Shell Script
8 12 (2.48%) Scala
9 10 (2.07%) Groovy
9 10 (2.07%) Ruby
10 8 (1.65%) Bash
11 5 (1.03%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.83%) Go
13 3 (0.62%) C#
14 2 (0.41%) C++
14 2 (0.41%) COBOL
14 2 (0.41%) JCL
14 2 (0.41%) PHP
14 2 (0.41%) Rust
14 2 (0.41%) Swift
Qualifications
1 112 (23.14%) Security Cleared
2 94 (19.42%) SC Cleared
3 27 (5.58%) Degree
4 22 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.48%) OCP
5 12 (2.48%) Oracle Certification
6 10 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.62%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.62%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.41%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.41%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.21%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.21%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.21%) CCSP
9 1 (0.21%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.21%) CISSP
9 1 (0.21%) OSCP
9 1 (0.21%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (11.36%) QA
2 27 (5.58%) Accessibility
3 21 (4.34%) ISO 20022
4 12 (2.48%) PSD2
4 12 (2.48%) SEPA
4 12 (2.48%) WCAG
5 8 (1.65%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.83%) NIST
7 2 (0.41%) GDPR
7 2 (0.41%) HL7
7 2 (0.41%) NCSC
8 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.21%) GRC
8 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 204 (42.15%) Docker
2 7 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.62%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 229 (47.31%) Kubernetes
2 60 (12.40%) Terraform
3 38 (7.85%) Grafana
4 32 (6.61%) Ansible
5 19 (3.93%) Argo
6 15 (3.10%) Progress Chef
7 13 (2.69%) Prometheus
8 10 (2.07%) Kibana
9 8 (1.65%) Puppet
10 5 (1.03%) Istio
11 2 (0.41%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.41%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.41%) Rancher
12 1 (0.21%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.21%) Consul
12 1 (0.21%) Control-M
12 1 (0.21%) logstash
12 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.21%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 53 (10.95%) Oracle
2 31 (6.40%) Google
3 24 (4.96%) Microsoft
4 19 (3.93%) Splunk
5 18 (3.72%) Red Hat
6 15 (3.10%) Sybase
7 14 (2.89%) Dynatrace
7 14 (2.89%) VMware
8 8 (1.65%) webMethods
9 7 (1.45%) CA Agile Central
10 5 (1.03%) Confluent
10 5 (1.03%) IBM
10 5 (1.03%) ION Trading
10 5 (1.03%) Virgin Media
11 4 (0.83%) SAP
11 4 (0.83%) Solace
11 4 (0.83%) TIBCO
12 3 (0.62%) Adobe
12 3 (0.62%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.62%) Calypso