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 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 199 238
Rank change year-on-year +45 +39 -141
Contract jobs citing Spring 604 334 376
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.74% 1.30% 0.99%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.04% 5.75% 4.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 195 281
10th Percentile £350 £406 £388
25th Percentile £413 £451 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% -15.69%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £650
90th Percentile £651 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -16.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 0 7
10th Percentile £50.75 - £41.53
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £45.88
75th Percentile £81.00 - £48.43
90th Percentile £95.00 - £55.56
UK median hourly rate £55.00 - £45.88
% change year-on-year - - -32.03%

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 7,508 5,806 7,721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.64% 22.63% 20.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,049 3,791 5,510
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £416 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £670
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.38% -1.87% -6.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 78 206
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.92 £22.12
25th Percentile £52.50 £45.44 £43.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £72.00 £67.88 £66.25
90th Percentile £81.00 £80.30 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 23 February 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 23 February 2026.

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 23 February 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 -4 277 £525 -8.70% 59
North of England +26 148 £475 -5.00% 26
North West +44 110 £450 -2.70% 16
Midlands +7 75 £469 +10.35% 15
West Midlands +3 72 £473 +7.39% 14
South East +25 58 £400 +2.56% 33
South West -6 27 £409 -28.87% 18
Yorkshire -49 24 £500 -4.76% 7
North East -6 21 £475 +4.40% 3
East of England -21 11 £600 - 3
East Midlands -26 3 £308 -5.67% 1
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 34 (5.63%) Confluence
2 21 (3.48%) Apache Spark
3 18 (2.98%) Apache
4 17 (2.81%) WebLogic
5 12 (1.99%) Camunda
6 11 (1.82%) JBoss
7 6 (0.99%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.99%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.66%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.50%) nginx
11 2 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.33%) CICS
11 2 (0.33%) Drupal
11 2 (0.33%) WordPress
12 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.50%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.17%) Maya
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (1.82%) Fidessa
2 6 (0.99%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.17%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 336 (55.63%) AWS
2 165 (27.32%) Azure
3 123 (20.36%) GitHub
4 110 (18.21%) GCP
5 65 (10.76%) GitHub Actions
5 65 (10.76%) Serverless
6 64 (10.60%) Amazon S3
7 54 (8.94%) AWS Lambda
8 50 (8.28%) OpenShift
9 35 (5.79%) Amazon ECS
10 30 (4.97%) Amazon EC2
11 27 (4.47%) Amazon EKS
12 23 (3.81%) AWS CloudFormation
13 22 (3.64%) Azure AKS
14 21 (3.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 20 (3.31%) Amazon SQS
16 17 (2.81%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 17 (2.81%) Datadog
17 16 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
18 15 (2.48%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.82%) HTTP
2 7 (1.16%) HTTPS
3 5 (0.83%) Kerberos
3 5 (0.83%) SSL
4 4 (0.66%) DNS
5 2 (0.33%) VPN
6 1 (0.17%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (23.01%) PostgreSQL
2 86 (14.24%) MongoDB
3 83 (13.74%) NoSQL
4 64 (10.60%) Relational Database
5 43 (7.12%) MySQL
6 41 (6.79%) DynamoDB
7 31 (5.13%) Amazon RDS
8 26 (4.30%) Elasticsearch
9 19 (3.15%) SQL Server
10 18 (2.98%) Amazon Aurora
11 15 (2.48%) DB2
11 15 (2.48%) RDBMS
12 12 (1.99%) Apache Cassandra
12 12 (1.99%) Redis
13 10 (1.66%) Big Data
13 10 (1.66%) DocumentDB
14 9 (1.49%) HBase
14 9 (1.49%) Oracle Database
15 8 (1.32%) BigQuery
15 8 (1.32%) Flink
Development Applications
1 159 (26.32%) Git
2 139 (23.01%) JUnit
3 134 (22.19%) Jenkins
4 110 (18.21%) GitLab
5 66 (10.93%) Cucumber
6 65 (10.76%) Maven
7 55 (9.11%) JIRA
8 52 (8.61%) Gradle
9 43 (7.12%) Mockito
10 42 (6.95%) Selenium
11 32 (5.30%) Sonatype Nexus
12 28 (4.64%) JMeter
13 22 (3.64%) IntelliJ
14 16 (2.65%) Postman
14 16 (2.65%) SonarQube
15 14 (2.32%) Gatling
16 12 (1.99%) Artifactory
16 12 (1.99%) Cypress.io
17 10 (1.66%) REST Assured
17 10 (1.66%) WebDriver
General
1 164 (27.15%) Social Skills
2 116 (19.21%) Finance
3 100 (16.56%) Public Sector
4 74 (12.25%) Banking
5 35 (5.79%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (2.65%) Investment Banking
7 13 (2.15%) Retail
8 12 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (0.99%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (0.83%) Retail Banking
12 4 (0.66%) Front Office
12 4 (0.66%) Military
12 4 (0.66%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.50%) Electronics
13 3 (0.50%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.50%) Law
13 3 (0.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 370 (61.26%) Developer
2 254 (42.05%) Java Developer
3 118 (19.54%) Senior
4 93 (15.40%) Full-Stack Developer
5 87 (14.40%) Java Engineer
6 77 (12.75%) Senior Developer
7 67 (11.09%) Senior Java Developer
8 59 (9.77%) Lead
9 53 (8.77%) Software Engineer
10 29 (4.80%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 28 (4.64%) Java Software Engineer
12 26 (4.30%) Backend Developer
13 25 (4.14%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 22 (3.64%) AWS Developer
14 22 (3.64%) SC Cleared Java Developer
15 21 (3.48%) Lead Developer
16 20 (3.31%) Architect
17 16 (2.65%) Software Developer
18 13 (2.15%) DevOps Engineer
19 11 (1.82%) Fidessa Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 458 (75.83%) Spring Boot
2 186 (30.79%) Kafka
3 156 (25.83%) RESTful
4 135 (22.35%) REST
5 134 (22.19%) React
6 106 (17.55%) AngularJS
7 85 (14.07%) Hibernate
7 85 (14.07%) Node.js
8 69 (11.42%) HTML
9 54 (8.94%) CSS
10 41 (6.79%) JPA
11 35 (5.79%) JSON
12 34 (5.63%) Playwright
13 33 (5.46%) OAuth
13 33 (5.46%) WireMock
14 31 (5.13%) Spring Cloud
15 30 (4.97%) OAuth2
16 29 (4.80%) SOAP
16 29 (4.80%) Spring MVC
16 29 (4.80%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 92 (15.23%) Cloud Native
2 55 (9.11%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (4.97%) Product Ownership
4 20 (3.31%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.32%) Equities
6 13 (2.15%) Data Structures
7 12 (1.99%) Mobile App
8 10 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (1.66%) Distributed Architecture
8 10 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.32%) Derivative
9 8 (1.32%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 6 (0.99%) Data Centre
10 6 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (0.83%) Algorithms
11 5 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.83%) NHS
12 4 (0.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 58 (9.60%) Linux
2 16 (2.65%) Unix
3 9 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.16%) Windows
5 3 (0.50%) VMS
6 2 (0.33%) Android
6 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.33%) Solaris
6 2 (0.33%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (60.43%) Microservices
2 343 (56.79%) CI/CD
3 243 (40.23%) Agile
4 211 (34.93%) DevOps
5 176 (29.14%) Containerisation
6 149 (24.67%) Full-Stack Development
7 140 (23.18%) Problem-Solving
8 125 (20.70%) Test Automation
9 114 (18.87%) Software Engineering
10 111 (18.38%) TDD
11 102 (16.89%) Event-Driven
12 90 (14.90%) Scrum
13 84 (13.91%) Observability
14 81 (13.41%) Code Quality
15 68 (11.26%) Continuous Improvement
16 62 (10.26%) Infrastructure as Code
17 61 (10.10%) SDLC
18 59 (9.77%) Mentoring
19 55 (9.11%) Event-Driven Architecture
20 53 (8.77%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 572 (94.70%) Java
2 152 (25.17%) SQL
3 88 (14.57%) JavaScript
4 83 (13.74%) TypeScript
5 76 (12.58%) Python
6 37 (6.13%) Kotlin
7 19 (3.15%) Shell Script
8 14 (2.32%) Go
9 13 (2.15%) Scala
10 11 (1.82%) Ruby
11 8 (1.32%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.16%) Perl
13 4 (0.66%) C#
14 3 (0.50%) Bash
14 3 (0.50%) Groovy
14 3 (0.50%) PHP
15 2 (0.33%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.33%) Rust
16 1 (0.17%) Clojure
16 1 (0.17%) Swift
Qualifications
1 181 (29.97%) Security Cleared
2 156 (25.83%) SC Cleared
3 28 (4.64%) Degree
4 24 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.99%) OCP
6 12 (1.99%) Oracle Certification
7 10 (1.66%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.16%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.83%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.50%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 1 (0.17%) CCSP
12 1 (0.17%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.17%) CISSP
12 1 (0.17%) OSCP
12 1 (0.17%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (9.27%) QA
2 41 (6.79%) Accessibility
3 18 (2.98%) ISO 20022
4 17 (2.81%) WCAG
5 10 (1.66%) PCI DSS
5 10 (1.66%) PSD2
5 10 (1.66%) SEPA
6 5 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.83%) NIST
7 3 (0.50%) NCSC
7 3 (0.50%) SLA
8 2 (0.33%) HL7
8 2 (0.33%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.17%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.17%) GDPR
9 1 (0.17%) GRC
System Software
1 244 (40.40%) Docker
2 7 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.83%) Postfix
4 3 (0.50%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 288 (47.68%) Kubernetes
2 72 (11.92%) Grafana
3 62 (10.26%) Terraform
4 36 (5.96%) Prometheus
5 31 (5.13%) Ansible
6 21 (3.48%) Argo
7 14 (2.32%) Progress Chef
8 11 (1.82%) Kibana
9 8 (1.32%) Puppet
10 6 (0.99%) Istio
11 2 (0.33%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.33%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.33%) Rancher
11 2 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.17%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.17%) Consul
Vendors
1 51 (8.44%) Oracle
2 34 (5.63%) Google
3 31 (5.13%) Microsoft
4 28 (4.64%) Splunk
5 24 (3.97%) Red Hat
6 14 (2.32%) Sybase
6 14 (2.32%) VMware
7 12 (1.99%) Dynatrace
8 8 (1.32%) Solace
8 8 (1.32%) webMethods
9 7 (1.16%) Jaspersoft
10 6 (0.99%) Adobe
10 6 (0.99%) Atlassian
10 6 (0.99%) Databricks
10 6 (0.99%) IBM
10 6 (0.99%) PagerDuty
11 5 (0.83%) Virgin Media
12 4 (0.66%) ForgeRock
12 4 (0.66%) ION Trading
13 3 (0.50%) Qualys