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 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 193 196
Rank change year-on-year +31 +3 -55
Contract jobs citing Spring 688 344 444
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 1.44% 1.21%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.57% 6.45% 5.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 464 223 348
10th Percentile £381 £358 £375
25th Percentile £432 £410 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.10% -6.98% -13.72%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £638
90th Percentile £671 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 6 11
10th Percentile - £52.50 £35.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £55.00 £42.94
Median hourly rate £70.00 £60.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +30.78% -36.72%
75th Percentile £79.25 £69.38 £52.34
90th Percentile £95.00 £79.38 £56.25
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £67.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year +3.70% +47.12% -36.72%

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 8,025 5,331 7,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.22% 22.37% 20.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,295 3,694 5,379
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £420 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.35%
75th Percentile £630 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £789 £789
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 95 235
10th Percentile £31.03 £29.54 £22.60
25th Percentile £51.25 £45.80 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £71.50 £68.75 £66.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £81.01 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%

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 28 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Spring in England

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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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +12 342 £525 -0.94% 79
North of England +24 160 £478 +2.69% 45
North West +37 115 £500 +24.38% 29
Midlands -32 73 £469 +11.67% 6
West Midlands -17 69 £470 +1.08% 2
South West +9 44 £409 -21.16% 26
South East -29 36 £513 +12.33% 18
Yorkshire -38 28 £450 -14.29% 12
East of England -3 27 £510 +9.09% 5
North East -12 24 £463 -2.12% 5
East Midlands -42 3 £402 +9.24% 4
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 43 (6.25%) Apache Spark
2 34 (4.94%) Confluence
3 20 (2.91%) Apache
4 14 (2.03%) Camunda
5 9 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.31%) Ethereum
5 9 (1.31%) Hyperledger
6 8 (1.16%) WebLogic
7 6 (0.87%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.87%) nginx
7 6 (0.87%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.58%) JBoss
9 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.29%) CMS
10 2 (0.29%) Drupal
10 2 (0.29%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.29%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.29%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.44%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.15%) Maya
Business Applications
1 5 (0.73%) Fidessa
2 4 (0.58%) R3 Corda
3 3 (0.44%) Distributed Ledger
3 3 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.44%) Quorum
3 3 (0.44%) Ripple
4 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 356 (51.74%) AWS
2 158 (22.97%) Azure
3 129 (18.75%) GitHub
4 109 (15.84%) GCP
5 74 (10.76%) GitHub Actions
6 69 (10.03%) Amazon S3
7 66 (9.59%) Serverless
8 56 (8.14%) AWS Lambda
9 37 (5.38%) Amazon SQS
10 36 (5.23%) Amazon EC2
11 35 (5.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 32 (4.65%) Amazon ECS
13 31 (4.51%) OpenShift
14 23 (3.34%) Azure AKS
15 22 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
15 22 (3.20%) Route 53
16 20 (2.91%) Amazon EKS
17 19 (2.76%) AWS KMS
18 18 (2.62%) Amazon OpenSearch
19 16 (2.33%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.02%) HTTP
2 4 (0.58%) DNS
3 3 (0.44%) HTTPS
3 3 (0.44%) SSL
4 2 (0.29%) Firewall
5 1 (0.15%) SMS
5 1 (0.15%) VPN
5 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (23.26%) PostgreSQL
2 95 (13.81%) NoSQL
3 77 (11.19%) MongoDB
4 69 (10.03%) Relational Database
5 53 (7.70%) DynamoDB
6 47 (6.83%) MySQL
7 44 (6.40%) Amazon RDS
8 29 (4.22%) Elasticsearch
9 23 (3.34%) Amazon Aurora
10 21 (3.05%) Big Data
11 20 (2.91%) Redis
11 20 (2.91%) SQL Server
12 14 (2.03%) Flink
13 13 (1.89%) Apache Cassandra
14 11 (1.60%) RDBMS
15 8 (1.16%) BigQuery
15 8 (1.16%) DocumentDB
16 7 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
16 7 (1.02%) DB2
16 7 (1.02%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 167 (24.27%) Git
2 155 (22.53%) Jenkins
3 128 (18.60%) JUnit
4 109 (15.84%) GitLab
5 67 (9.74%) Gradle
6 65 (9.45%) Maven
7 62 (9.01%) Mockito
8 60 (8.72%) JIRA
9 41 (5.96%) Cucumber
10 40 (5.81%) Selenium
11 36 (5.23%) SonarQube
12 24 (3.49%) IntelliJ
13 22 (3.20%) JMeter
14 18 (2.62%) REST Assured
15 17 (2.47%) Gatling
16 16 (2.33%) WebDriver
17 15 (2.18%) Liquibase
18 14 (2.03%) DbUnit
19 13 (1.89%) jMock
20 11 (1.60%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 137 (19.91%) Finance
2 126 (18.31%) Social Skills
3 115 (16.72%) Public Sector
4 82 (11.92%) Banking
5 44 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (3.05%) Retail
7 14 (2.03%) Investment Banking
8 11 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.31%) Financial Institution
9 9 (1.31%) Law
10 8 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.02%) Retail Banking
12 6 (0.87%) Automotive
13 4 (0.58%) Front Office
13 4 (0.58%) Military
13 4 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.58%) Publishing
14 3 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.44%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.29%) Games
Job Titles
1 379 (55.09%) Developer
2 268 (38.95%) Java Developer
3 137 (19.91%) Senior
4 118 (17.15%) Java Engineer
5 88 (12.79%) Software Engineer
6 79 (11.48%) Senior Developer
7 72 (10.47%) Full-Stack Developer
7 72 (10.47%) Lead
8 61 (8.87%) Senior Java Developer
9 48 (6.98%) Java Software Engineer
10 46 (6.69%) Backend Developer
11 28 (4.07%) Software Developer
12 24 (3.49%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 23 (3.34%) Lead Developer
14 22 (3.20%) Data Engineer
14 22 (3.20%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 21 (3.05%) Architect
15 21 (3.05%) Senior Java Engineer
16 20 (2.91%) SC Cleared Java Developer
17 14 (2.03%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 557 (80.96%) Spring Boot
2 200 (29.07%) Kafka
3 162 (23.55%) RESTful
4 161 (23.40%) REST
5 138 (20.06%) React
6 102 (14.83%) Node.js
7 78 (11.34%) AngularJS
8 56 (8.14%) Hibernate
9 51 (7.41%) JPA
10 49 (7.12%) Spring Cloud
11 47 (6.83%) HTML
12 45 (6.54%) WireMock
13 44 (6.40%) Web Services
14 42 (6.10%) CSS
15 39 (5.67%) Spring MVC
16 38 (5.52%) OAuth
17 36 (5.23%) OpenTelemetry
18 34 (4.94%) OAuth2
19 31 (4.51%) SOAP
20 30 (4.36%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 121 (17.59%) Cloud Native
2 92 (13.37%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (4.80%) Product Ownership
4 20 (2.91%) Greenfield Project
5 17 (2.47%) Mobile App
6 16 (2.33%) Distributed Architecture
7 14 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.74%) Data Structures
9 11 (1.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 11 (1.60%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.45%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.02%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.02%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 5 (0.73%) Blockchain
13 4 (0.58%) Distributed Applications
13 4 (0.58%) Low-Code
13 4 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (0.58%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 47 (6.83%) Linux
2 12 (1.74%) Unix
3 10 (1.45%) Windows
4 9 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.58%) VMS
6 3 (0.44%) Android
6 3 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.44%) Solaris
6 3 (0.44%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 411 (59.74%) Microservices
2 373 (54.22%) CI/CD
3 267 (38.81%) Agile
4 237 (34.45%) DevOps
5 210 (30.52%) Containerisation
6 170 (24.71%) Software Engineering
7 144 (20.93%) Full-Stack Development
8 143 (20.78%) TDD
9 127 (18.46%) Event-Driven
10 125 (18.17%) Test Automation
11 114 (16.57%) Observability
11 114 (16.57%) Problem-Solving
12 107 (15.55%) Continuous Improvement
13 98 (14.24%) Scrum
14 96 (13.95%) Code Quality
15 83 (12.06%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 75 (10.90%) BDD
17 69 (10.03%) Infrastructure as Code
18 55 (7.99%) Clean Code
18 55 (7.99%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 652 (94.77%) Java
2 208 (30.23%) SQL
3 100 (14.53%) JavaScript
4 95 (13.81%) TypeScript
5 83 (12.06%) Python
6 46 (6.69%) Kotlin
7 16 (2.33%) PL/SQL
8 14 (2.03%) Go
9 12 (1.74%) Shell Script
10 10 (1.45%) Scala
11 7 (1.02%) C#
12 6 (0.87%) Perl
12 6 (0.87%) Ruby
13 4 (0.58%) Bash
13 4 (0.58%) Solidity
14 2 (0.29%) Korn
14 2 (0.29%) PHP
14 2 (0.29%) PromQL
15 1 (0.15%) Groovy
15 1 (0.15%) XPath
Qualifications
1 210 (30.52%) Security Cleared
2 179 (26.02%) SC Cleared
3 27 (3.92%) Degree
4 21 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.18%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.02%) AWS Certification
8 6 (0.87%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.29%) OCP
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.15%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.15%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (8.43%) QA
2 53 (7.70%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.74%) ISO 20022
4 11 (1.60%) WCAG
5 10 (1.45%) SEPA
6 6 (0.87%) GDPR
6 6 (0.87%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.73%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.73%) PSD2
7 5 (0.73%) SLA
8 4 (0.58%) NIST
9 2 (0.29%) EMIR
9 2 (0.29%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.29%) MiFID
9 2 (0.29%) NCSC
10 1 (0.15%) HL7
10 1 (0.15%) ITGC
System Software
1 307 (44.62%) Docker
2 11 (1.60%) Postfix
3 2 (0.29%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 2 (0.29%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 307 (44.62%) Kubernetes
2 95 (13.81%) Grafana
3 66 (9.59%) Prometheus
4 60 (8.72%) Terraform
5 25 (3.63%) Ansible
6 12 (1.74%) Argo
7 10 (1.45%) Kibana
8 8 (1.16%) Istio
9 4 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.29%) Consul
10 2 (0.29%) Rancher
10 2 (0.29%) Zipkin
11 1 (0.15%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.15%) Kiali
Vendors
1 55 (7.99%) Oracle
2 36 (5.23%) Microsoft
3 27 (3.92%) Splunk
4 26 (3.78%) Google
5 17 (2.47%) Jaspersoft
6 14 (2.03%) Atlassian
7 13 (1.89%) Dynatrace
7 13 (1.89%) Red Hat
8 11 (1.60%) Solace
9 10 (1.45%) IBM
9 10 (1.45%) Sybase
10 9 (1.31%) Checkmarx
11 7 (1.02%) Databricks
12 6 (0.87%) Confluent
13 5 (0.73%) Ab Initio
13 5 (0.73%) Adobe
13 5 (0.73%) New Relic
13 5 (0.73%) Teradata
14 3 (0.44%) Informatica
14 3 (0.44%) SAP