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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 174 185
Rank change year-on-year -9 +11 +2
Contract jobs citing Spring 681 452 449
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.50% 1.64% 1.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.04% 7.33% 6.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 316 344
10th Percentile £387 £334 £381
25th Percentile £449 £402 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £480 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -12.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £606 £550 £656
90th Percentile £696 £650 £800
UK median daily rate £505 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +6.32% -9.52% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 7 5
10th Percentile £55.00 £53.00 £37.00
25th Percentile £62.50 - £40.00
Median hourly rate £72.00 £55.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% -2.22% -22.41%
75th Percentile £76.00 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £77.50 £67.20
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year - +15.56% -22.41%

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 8,465 6,169 7,332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.59% 22.33% 21.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,546 4,244 5,071
10th Percentile £365 £350 £360
25th Percentile £431 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £642 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £823
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 150 229
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £23.96
25th Percentile £49.20 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -10.20%
75th Percentile £73.11 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £80.10 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.44 £50.00
% change year-on-year +19.40% +8.88% -16.67%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 6 August 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 -15 362 £525 +3.70% 281
North of England -10 136 £510 +10.87% 60
Midlands -27 91 £480 +15.66% 23
West Midlands +1 88 £498 -0.50% 20
North West -31 76 £540 +25.58% 37
Yorkshire -12 42 £500 +39.16% 12
South West -20 39 £463 -9.09% 23
South East -40 33 £450 -1.37% 36
East of England +1 21 £507 +8.45% 1
North East -30 19 £450 -6.25% 12
East Midlands -39 2 £401 +6.93% 3
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 37 (5.43%) Apache Spark
2 32 (4.70%) Confluence
3 21 (3.08%) Apache
4 14 (2.06%) WebLogic
5 10 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (1.47%) nginx
6 7 (1.03%) Tomcat
7 6 (0.88%) Camunda
8 4 (0.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.59%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.59%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.59%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.59%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.44%) Apache Pulsar
9 3 (0.44%) CMS
9 3 (0.44%) JBoss
10 2 (0.29%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.29%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.29%) Mule
10 2 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (0.59%) Trello
2 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.15%) Maya
Business Applications
1 4 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (0.59%) Quorum
1 4 (0.59%) R3 Corda
1 4 (0.59%) Ripple
2 3 (0.44%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 359 (52.72%) AWS
2 151 (22.17%) Azure
3 126 (18.50%) GitHub
4 115 (16.89%) GCP
5 72 (10.57%) GitHub Actions
6 56 (8.22%) Amazon S3
7 55 (8.08%) Serverless
8 46 (6.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 46 (6.75%) AWS Lambda
9 42 (6.17%) Amazon SQS
10 38 (5.58%) Amazon ECS
11 37 (5.43%) Amazon EC2
12 36 (5.29%) Amazon EKS
13 35 (5.14%) OpenShift
14 27 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
15 18 (2.64%) AWS KMS
15 18 (2.64%) Route 53
16 14 (2.06%) Azure AKS
17 12 (1.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 12 (1.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.73%) HTTPS
2 3 (0.44%) Firewall
3 2 (0.29%) HTTP
4 1 (0.15%) Broadband
4 1 (0.15%) SMS
4 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (24.52%) PostgreSQL
2 78 (11.45%) NoSQL
3 70 (10.28%) Relational Database
4 62 (9.10%) MongoDB
5 48 (7.05%) MySQL
6 43 (6.31%) DynamoDB
7 34 (4.99%) Amazon RDS
8 29 (4.26%) Redis
9 21 (3.08%) Elasticsearch
10 20 (2.94%) Amazon Aurora
10 20 (2.94%) SQL Server
11 17 (2.50%) Apache Cassandra
11 17 (2.50%) Flink
12 15 (2.20%) Big Data
13 10 (1.47%) RDBMS
14 9 (1.32%) Couchbase
14 9 (1.32%) Data Lake
14 9 (1.32%) Oracle Database
15 7 (1.03%) InterSystems Cache
16 6 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 189 (27.75%) Git
2 178 (26.14%) Jenkins
3 131 (19.24%) JUnit
4 96 (14.10%) GitLab
5 69 (10.13%) Maven
6 67 (9.84%) Gradle
7 65 (9.54%) Mockito
8 55 (8.08%) JIRA
9 45 (6.61%) SonarQube
10 41 (6.02%) Cucumber
11 37 (5.43%) Selenium
12 23 (3.38%) JMeter
13 19 (2.79%) WebDriver
14 18 (2.64%) Liquibase
15 16 (2.35%) Gatling
16 14 (2.06%) DbUnit
16 14 (2.06%) REST Assured
17 13 (1.91%) Bitbucket
17 13 (1.91%) jMock
18 12 (1.76%) IntelliJ
General
1 152 (22.32%) Finance
2 144 (21.15%) Social Skills
3 100 (14.68%) Public Sector
4 85 (12.48%) Banking
5 59 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (4.55%) Retail
7 17 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (2.20%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.47%) Law
10 9 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.03%) Financial Institution
12 6 (0.88%) Retail Banking
13 5 (0.73%) Automotive
13 5 (0.73%) Back Office
13 5 (0.73%) Military
13 5 (0.73%) Police
14 4 (0.59%) Games
14 4 (0.59%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 366 (53.74%) Developer
2 291 (42.73%) Java Developer
3 138 (20.26%) Senior
4 114 (16.74%) Java Engineer
5 86 (12.63%) Software Engineer
6 84 (12.33%) Senior Developer
7 70 (10.28%) Lead
8 68 (9.99%) Senior Java Developer
9 54 (7.93%) Backend Developer
10 53 (7.78%) Java Software Engineer
11 42 (6.17%) Full-Stack Developer
12 30 (4.41%) Software Developer
13 24 (3.52%) Architect
13 24 (3.52%) Senior Java Engineer
14 23 (3.38%) Lead Developer
14 23 (3.38%) SC Cleared Java Developer
15 21 (3.08%) Data Engineer
16 20 (2.94%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 17 (2.50%) AWS Engineer
17 17 (2.50%) Java Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 539 (79.15%) Spring Boot
2 194 (28.49%) Kafka
3 172 (25.26%) REST
4 151 (22.17%) RESTful
5 115 (16.89%) React
6 77 (11.31%) Node.js
7 62 (9.10%) Hibernate
8 54 (7.93%) JPA
9 52 (7.64%) AngularJS
10 49 (7.20%) Web Services
11 44 (6.46%) HTML
12 42 (6.17%) Spring MVC
13 40 (5.87%) CSS
14 38 (5.58%) WireMock
15 37 (5.43%) Spring Cloud
16 34 (4.99%) RabbitMQ
17 30 (4.41%) Jakarta EE
17 30 (4.41%) SOAP
18 29 (4.26%) OAuth
19 27 (3.96%) ActiveMQ
Miscellaneous
1 148 (21.73%) Cloud Native
2 125 (18.36%) Distributed Systems
3 46 (6.75%) Product Ownership
4 22 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (2.79%) Greenfield Project
6 18 (2.64%) Data Protection Act
6 18 (2.64%) Distributed Architecture
7 17 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (2.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 16 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (2.20%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.62%) Algorithms
10 11 (1.62%) Mobile App
11 10 (1.47%) Onboarding
12 8 (1.17%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.17%) Derivative
13 6 (0.88%) Data Centre
13 6 (0.88%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.73%) Public Cloud
14 5 (0.73%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 47 (6.90%) Linux
2 22 (3.23%) Unix
3 9 (1.32%) Windows
4 7 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.59%) VMS
5 4 (0.59%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.44%) Solaris
6 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.29%) Android
7 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (60.94%) Microservices
2 411 (60.35%) CI/CD
3 307 (45.08%) Agile
4 235 (34.51%) DevOps
5 202 (29.66%) Containerisation
6 190 (27.90%) Software Engineering
7 156 (22.91%) Test Automation
8 152 (22.32%) TDD
9 141 (20.70%) Event-Driven
10 125 (18.36%) Continuous Improvement
11 118 (17.33%) Observability
12 117 (17.18%) Scrum
13 113 (16.59%) Problem-Solving
14 110 (16.15%) Full-Stack Development
15 103 (15.12%) Code Quality
16 92 (13.51%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 70 (10.28%) BDD
17 70 (10.28%) Infrastructure as Code
18 68 (9.99%) Design Patterns
19 67 (9.84%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 654 (96.04%) Java
2 225 (33.04%) SQL
3 88 (12.92%) Python
4 85 (12.48%) JavaScript
5 76 (11.16%) TypeScript
6 45 (6.61%) PL/SQL
7 38 (5.58%) Kotlin
8 16 (2.35%) Shell Script
9 12 (1.76%) Scala
10 7 (1.03%) Bash
10 7 (1.03%) C#
11 5 (0.73%) Ruby
12 4 (0.59%) Solidity
13 3 (0.44%) Go
13 3 (0.44%) Perl
14 2 (0.29%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.29%) PromQL
15 1 (0.15%) Groovy
15 1 (0.15%) Korn
Qualifications
1 225 (33.04%) Security Cleared
2 191 (28.05%) SC Cleared
3 25 (3.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 23 (3.38%) Degree
5 19 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (2.06%) AWS Certification
7 13 (1.91%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.73%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.15%) CISSP
9 1 (0.15%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.15%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.15%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (11.16%) QA
2 38 (5.58%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.32%) ISO 20022
3 9 (1.32%) WCAG
4 7 (1.03%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.88%) GDPR
5 6 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (0.88%) SEPA
6 4 (0.59%) SLA
7 2 (0.29%) EMIR
7 2 (0.29%) MiFID
7 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.15%) HL7
8 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.15%) ITGC
8 1 (0.15%) PSD2
System Software
1 322 (47.28%) Docker
2 11 (1.62%) Postfix
3 2 (0.29%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 292 (42.88%) Kubernetes
2 75 (11.01%) Grafana
3 64 (9.40%) Prometheus
4 55 (8.08%) Terraform
5 34 (4.99%) Ansible
6 14 (2.06%) Kibana
7 11 (1.62%) Control-M
8 5 (0.73%) Argo
9 4 (0.59%) Istio
10 3 (0.44%) Bosun
11 2 (0.29%) Consul
11 2 (0.29%) Rancher
11 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.29%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.15%) Kiali
12 1 (0.15%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 82 (12.04%) Oracle
2 40 (5.87%) Google
3 27 (3.96%) Microsoft
4 24 (3.52%) Splunk
5 17 (2.50%) Jaspersoft
6 16 (2.35%) Dynatrace
7 14 (2.06%) Atlassian
8 13 (1.91%) IBM
9 10 (1.47%) Solace
10 9 (1.32%) Checkmarx
10 9 (1.32%) Databricks
10 9 (1.32%) Sybase
11 8 (1.17%) New Relic
12 7 (1.03%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.03%) TikTok
13 4 (0.59%) FIS
13 4 (0.59%) MuleSoft
14 3 (0.44%) Ab Initio
14 3 (0.44%) Confluent
14 3 (0.44%) SAP