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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 175 190
Rank change year-on-year +14 +15 -35
Contract jobs citing Spring 729 414 480
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.66% 1.61% 1.29%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.71% 7.18% 6.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 491 285 371
10th Percentile £380 £358 £375
25th Percentile £431 £408 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -7.41% -11.48%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £650
90th Percentile £688 £673 £783
UK median daily rate £511 £478 £525
% change year-on-year +6.91% -9.05% -9.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 7 9
10th Percentile £52.50 £53.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £65.00 - £40.00
Median hourly rate £76.00 £55.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +38.18% +19.88% -34.46%
75th Percentile £95.00 £68.75 £56.25
90th Percentile - £77.50 £59.90
UK median hourly rate £76.00 £65.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year +16.92% +41.67% -34.46%

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 8,366 5,767 7,895
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.09% 22.50% 21.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,514 3,979 5,497
10th Percentile £363 £356 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 123 266
10th Percentile £30.45 £30.45 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £48.13 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £58.15
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +3.18% -10.54%
75th Percentile £74.45 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.63 £80.81 £74.47
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%

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

Spring
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spring in England over the 6 months to 1 July 2026.

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 1 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Spring in England

Spring
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 1 July 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +1 380 £525 - 123
North of England +6 154 £500 +7.53% 46
North West +6 97 £518 +24.70% 24
Midlands -45 74 £475 +13.10% 16
West Midlands -14 71 £475 -3.55% 14
South West +5 47 £410 -21.06% 22
South East -37 41 £450 -1.37% 28
Yorkshire -17 39 £488 -7.14% 16
East of England +5 27 £510 +9.09% 5
North East -17 23 £450 -8.16% 7
East Midlands -40 2 £401 +6.93% 2
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 45 (6.17%) Apache Spark
2 37 (5.08%) Confluence
3 26 (3.57%) Apache
4 13 (1.78%) Camunda
5 12 (1.65%) WebLogic
6 11 (1.51%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (1.37%) Ethereum
7 10 (1.37%) Hyperledger
7 10 (1.37%) nginx
8 7 (0.96%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.55%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.41%) JBoss
10 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.27%) CMS
11 2 (0.27%) Drupal
11 2 (0.27%) MQSeries
11 2 (0.27%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.41%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.14%) Maya
Business Applications
1 5 (0.69%) Fidessa
1 5 (0.69%) R3 Corda
2 4 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.55%) Quorum
2 4 (0.55%) Ripple
3 3 (0.41%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.14%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 368 (50.48%) AWS
2 173 (23.73%) Azure
3 128 (17.56%) GitHub
4 120 (16.46%) GCP
5 71 (9.74%) GitHub Actions
6 65 (8.92%) Amazon S3
7 61 (8.37%) Serverless
8 53 (7.27%) AWS Lambda
9 36 (4.94%) Amazon EC2
9 36 (4.94%) Amazon SQS
10 34 (4.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 33 (4.53%) OpenShift
12 30 (4.12%) Amazon ECS
12 30 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
13 23 (3.16%) Azure AKS
14 19 (2.61%) Route 53
15 18 (2.47%) AWS KMS
16 17 (2.33%) Amazon EKS
16 17 (2.33%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 16 (2.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.23%) HTTP
2 3 (0.41%) Firewall
2 3 (0.41%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.14%) DNS
3 1 (0.14%) SMS
3 1 (0.14%) SSL
3 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (23.73%) PostgreSQL
2 93 (12.76%) NoSQL
3 80 (10.97%) MongoDB
4 79 (10.84%) Relational Database
5 50 (6.86%) MySQL
6 48 (6.58%) DynamoDB
7 42 (5.76%) Amazon RDS
8 31 (4.25%) Elasticsearch
9 25 (3.43%) SQL Server
10 22 (3.02%) Redis
11 20 (2.74%) Amazon Aurora
11 20 (2.74%) Big Data
12 18 (2.47%) Flink
13 17 (2.33%) Apache Cassandra
14 14 (1.92%) RDBMS
15 9 (1.23%) Data Lake
15 9 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
15 9 (1.23%) Db2
16 7 (0.96%) Hadoop
16 7 (0.96%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 185 (25.38%) Git
2 173 (23.73%) Jenkins
3 145 (19.89%) JUnit
4 100 (13.72%) GitLab
5 74 (10.15%) Maven
6 67 (9.19%) Mockito
7 65 (8.92%) Gradle
8 63 (8.64%) JIRA
9 42 (5.76%) Cucumber
9 42 (5.76%) Selenium
10 38 (5.21%) SonarQube
11 26 (3.57%) JMeter
12 19 (2.61%) WebDriver
13 17 (2.33%) Gatling
13 17 (2.33%) REST Assured
14 16 (2.19%) IntelliJ
14 16 (2.19%) Liquibase
15 14 (1.92%) DbUnit
16 13 (1.78%) jMock
17 11 (1.51%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 155 (21.26%) Finance
2 144 (19.75%) Social Skills
3 114 (15.64%) Public Sector
4 92 (12.62%) Banking
5 53 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (3.29%) Retail
7 18 (2.47%) Investment Banking
8 12 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (1.37%) Law
10 9 (1.23%) Financial Institution
10 9 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (0.82%) Automotive
11 6 (0.82%) Military
11 6 (0.82%) Retail Banking
12 4 (0.55%) Front Office
12 4 (0.55%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.55%) Police
12 4 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.55%) Publishing
13 3 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 400 (54.87%) Developer
2 300 (41.15%) Java Developer
3 142 (19.48%) Senior
4 122 (16.74%) Java Engineer
5 86 (11.80%) Software Engineer
6 78 (10.70%) Lead
7 77 (10.56%) Senior Developer
8 61 (8.37%) Full-Stack Developer
9 60 (8.23%) Senior Java Developer
10 56 (7.68%) Backend Developer
11 46 (6.31%) Java Software Engineer
12 29 (3.98%) Lead Developer
13 27 (3.70%) Senior Java Engineer
14 26 (3.57%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 26 (3.57%) Software Developer
15 25 (3.43%) SC Cleared Java Developer
16 24 (3.29%) Data Engineer
17 21 (2.88%) Full-Stack Java Developer
18 19 (2.61%) Lead Java Developer
19 17 (2.33%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 582 (79.84%) Spring Boot
2 217 (29.77%) Kafka
3 172 (23.59%) REST
4 163 (22.36%) RESTful
5 128 (17.56%) React
6 96 (13.17%) Node.js
7 66 (9.05%) AngularJS
8 58 (7.96%) JPA
9 57 (7.82%) Hibernate
10 49 (6.72%) WireMock
11 48 (6.58%) HTML
12 45 (6.17%) Web Services
13 44 (6.04%) CSS
14 43 (5.90%) Spring Cloud
15 41 (5.62%) Spring MVC
16 32 (4.39%) RabbitMQ
17 31 (4.25%) SOAP
18 29 (3.98%) OAuth
19 28 (3.84%) Spring Batch
20 27 (3.70%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 132 (18.11%) Cloud Native
2 104 (14.27%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (5.21%) Product Ownership
4 18 (2.47%) Distributed Architecture
4 18 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
5 17 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
5 17 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (2.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 15 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (1.78%) Data Structures
8 12 (1.65%) Mobile App
9 11 (1.51%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.37%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.10%) Derivative
12 7 (0.96%) Data Centre
12 7 (0.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 6 (0.82%) AI Agents
13 6 (0.82%) Blockchain
14 5 (0.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 49 (6.72%) Linux
2 18 (2.47%) Unix
3 10 (1.37%) Windows
4 9 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.69%) VMS
6 4 (0.55%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.41%) Solaris
7 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.27%) Android
8 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 426 (58.44%) Microservices
2 423 (58.02%) CI/CD
3 305 (41.84%) Agile
4 264 (36.21%) DevOps
5 218 (29.90%) Containerisation
6 176 (24.14%) Software Engineering
7 161 (22.09%) TDD
8 152 (20.85%) Test Automation
9 148 (20.30%) Event-Driven
10 145 (19.89%) Full-Stack Development
11 124 (17.01%) Problem-Solving
12 116 (15.91%) Observability
13 112 (15.36%) Continuous Improvement
14 110 (15.09%) Scrum
15 103 (14.13%) Code Quality
16 94 (12.89%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 78 (10.70%) BDD
18 65 (8.92%) Infrastructure as Code
19 56 (7.68%) Design Patterns
19 56 (7.68%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 696 (95.47%) Java
2 222 (30.45%) SQL
3 96 (13.17%) JavaScript
4 92 (12.62%) Python
5 91 (12.48%) TypeScript
6 39 (5.35%) Kotlin
7 31 (4.25%) PL/SQL
8 17 (2.33%) Shell Script
9 13 (1.78%) Go
9 13 (1.78%) Scala
10 8 (1.10%) C#
11 7 (0.96%) Ruby
12 6 (0.82%) Perl
13 5 (0.69%) Bash
13 5 (0.69%) Solidity
14 2 (0.27%) PHP
14 2 (0.27%) PromQL
15 1 (0.14%) Korn
15 1 (0.14%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.14%) XPath
Qualifications
1 231 (31.69%) Security Cleared
2 199 (27.30%) SC Cleared
3 29 (3.98%) Degree
4 25 (3.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.19%) DV Cleared
7 7 (0.96%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.69%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.14%) CISSP
10 1 (0.14%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.14%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.14%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (10.15%) QA
2 48 (6.58%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.51%) ISO 20022
4 9 (1.23%) SEPA
4 9 (1.23%) WCAG
5 7 (0.96%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.82%) GDPR
6 6 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.69%) PSD2
7 5 (0.69%) SLA
8 4 (0.55%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.27%) EMIR
9 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.27%) MiFID
10 1 (0.14%) HL7
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.14%) ITGC
10 1 (0.14%) NCSC
10 1 (0.14%) NIST
System Software
1 334 (45.82%) Docker
2 11 (1.51%) Postfix
3 2 (0.27%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 320 (43.90%) Kubernetes
2 85 (11.66%) Grafana
3 67 (9.19%) Prometheus
4 58 (7.96%) Terraform
5 30 (4.12%) Ansible
6 14 (1.92%) Kibana
7 6 (0.82%) Argo
8 5 (0.69%) Control-M
9 4 (0.55%) Istio
10 3 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.27%) Consul
11 2 (0.27%) Rancher
11 2 (0.27%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.14%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.14%) Kiali
Vendors
1 75 (10.29%) Oracle
2 41 (5.62%) Microsoft
3 36 (4.94%) Google
4 30 (4.12%) Splunk
5 17 (2.33%) Jaspersoft
6 16 (2.19%) IBM
7 15 (2.06%) Dynatrace
8 14 (1.92%) Atlassian
9 13 (1.78%) Solace
10 12 (1.65%) Sybase
11 11 (1.51%) Databricks
11 11 (1.51%) Red Hat
12 9 (1.23%) Checkmarx
13 6 (0.82%) New Relic
13 6 (0.82%) TikTok
14 5 (0.69%) Ab Initio
14 5 (0.69%) Informatica
14 5 (0.69%) Teradata
15 4 (0.55%) Confluent
16 3 (0.41%) MuleSoft