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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 180 181
Rank change year-on-year -5 +1 +6
Contract jobs citing Spring 680 441 453
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.49% 1.60% 1.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.05% 7.25% 6.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 439 308 348
10th Percentile £365 £335 £380
25th Percentile £427 £402 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -7.41% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £650
90th Percentile £704 £663 £800
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 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 £91.40 £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 8,445 6,082 7,333
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.53% 22.00% 21.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,525 4,168 5,030
10th Percentile £365 £350 £359
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 £644 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £501 £550
% change year-on-year +4.90% -9.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 155 228
10th Percentile £28.65 £31.25 £24.13
25th Percentile £46.25 £42.75 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -3.08% -5.42%
75th Percentile £73.00 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £80.61 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +20.37% -1.82% -8.33%

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 13 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 13 August 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 13 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 -11 375 £525 - 450
North of England -2 141 £505 +8.60% 88
North West -21 78 £540 +25.58% 53
Midlands -36 76 £469 +13.64% 35
West Midlands +2 73 £475 -5.00% 29
Yorkshire -3 45 £525 +46.12% 17
South West -13 38 £481 -4.70% 33
South East -48 30 £438 -4.11% 44
East of England 0 21 £507 +8.45% 4
North East -31 19 £450 -8.16% 19
East Midlands -47 2 £401 +6.93% 6
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 35 (5.15%) Apache Spark
2 29 (4.26%) Confluence
3 23 (3.38%) Apache
4 12 (1.76%) WebLogic
5 10 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (1.47%) nginx
6 8 (1.18%) Camunda
7 7 (1.03%) Tomcat
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
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
1 361 (53.09%) AWS
2 157 (23.09%) Azure
3 128 (18.82%) GitHub
4 115 (16.91%) GCP
5 73 (10.74%) GitHub Actions
6 53 (7.79%) Serverless
7 49 (7.21%) Amazon S3
8 44 (6.47%) AWS Lambda
9 43 (6.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 38 (5.59%) Amazon SQS
11 37 (5.44%) Amazon ECS
12 35 (5.15%) Amazon EKS
13 33 (4.85%) OpenShift
14 32 (4.71%) Amazon EC2
15 25 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
16 14 (2.06%) AWS KMS
16 14 (2.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 14 (2.06%) Route 53
17 13 (1.91%) Azure AKS
17 13 (1.91%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.59%) 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
1 166 (24.41%) PostgreSQL
2 80 (11.76%) NoSQL
3 72 (10.59%) Relational Database
4 63 (9.26%) MongoDB
5 47 (6.91%) MySQL
6 37 (5.44%) DynamoDB
7 31 (4.56%) Redis
8 29 (4.26%) Amazon RDS
9 21 (3.09%) SQL Server
10 17 (2.50%) Amazon Aurora
10 17 (2.50%) Apache Cassandra
10 17 (2.50%) Elasticsearch
10 17 (2.50%) Flink
11 14 (2.06%) Big Data
12 11 (1.62%) RDBMS
13 10 (1.47%) Couchbase
13 10 (1.47%) Oracle Database
14 9 (1.32%) Data Lake
15 7 (1.03%) Db2
15 7 (1.03%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 181 (26.62%) Git
2 180 (26.47%) Jenkins
3 128 (18.82%) JUnit
4 98 (14.41%) GitLab
5 68 (10.00%) Gradle
6 66 (9.71%) Maven
7 61 (8.97%) Mockito
8 51 (7.50%) JIRA
9 41 (6.03%) Cucumber
9 41 (6.03%) SonarQube
10 36 (5.29%) Selenium
11 23 (3.38%) JMeter
12 19 (2.79%) Liquibase
12 19 (2.79%) WebDriver
13 16 (2.35%) Gatling
14 14 (2.06%) REST Assured
15 13 (1.91%) Bitbucket
16 12 (1.76%) IntelliJ
17 11 (1.62%) DbUnit
18 10 (1.47%) jMock
General
1 156 (22.94%) Finance
2 145 (21.32%) Social Skills
3 97 (14.26%) Public Sector
4 90 (13.24%) Banking
5 66 (9.71%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (4.26%) Retail
7 17 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (2.21%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.47%) Law
10 9 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.03%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.03%) Retail Banking
12 6 (0.88%) Back Office
12 6 (0.88%) Military
13 5 (0.74%) Automotive
13 5 (0.74%) Police
14 4 (0.59%) Front Office
14 4 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.59%) Publishing
14 4 (0.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 370 (54.41%) Developer
2 296 (43.53%) Java Developer
3 145 (21.32%) Senior
4 112 (16.47%) Java Engineer
5 87 (12.79%) Senior Developer
6 85 (12.50%) Software Engineer
7 70 (10.29%) Senior Java Developer
8 66 (9.71%) Lead
9 54 (7.94%) Backend Developer
10 52 (7.65%) Java Software Engineer
11 46 (6.76%) Full-Stack Developer
12 30 (4.41%) Software Developer
13 27 (3.97%) Senior Java Engineer
14 24 (3.53%) Architect
15 23 (3.38%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 23 (3.38%) Lead Developer
15 23 (3.38%) SC Cleared Java Developer
16 22 (3.24%) Data Engineer
17 17 (2.50%) AWS Engineer
17 17 (2.50%) Java Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 542 (79.71%) Spring Boot
2 204 (30.00%) Kafka
3 173 (25.44%) REST
4 159 (23.38%) RESTful
5 114 (16.76%) React
6 72 (10.59%) Node.js
7 55 (8.09%) Hibernate
8 51 (7.50%) AngularJS
8 51 (7.50%) JPA
9 47 (6.91%) Web Services
10 46 (6.76%) HTML
11 43 (6.32%) Spring MVC
12 41 (6.03%) CSS
13 40 (5.88%) RabbitMQ
14 36 (5.29%) Spring Cloud
14 36 (5.29%) WireMock
15 33 (4.85%) OAuth
16 31 (4.56%) Jakarta EE
17 26 (3.82%) Redux
17 26 (3.82%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 154 (22.65%) Cloud Native
2 122 (17.94%) Distributed Systems
3 47 (6.91%) Product Ownership
4 28 (4.12%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
7 18 (2.65%) Distributed Architecture
7 18 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (2.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 15 (2.21%) Data Structures
9 15 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.62%) Algorithms
10 11 (1.62%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.47%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.18%) Derivative
13 6 (0.88%) Mobile App
13 6 (0.88%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.74%) Public Cloud
14 5 (0.74%) Spread Betting
14 5 (0.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 47 (6.91%) Linux
2 28 (4.12%) Unix
3 9 (1.32%) Windows
4 5 (0.74%) 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 1 (0.15%) Android
7 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (61.47%) Microservices
2 403 (59.26%) CI/CD
3 311 (45.74%) Agile
4 233 (34.26%) DevOps
5 199 (29.26%) Containerisation
6 192 (28.24%) Software Engineering
7 165 (24.26%) Test Automation
8 150 (22.06%) Event-Driven
9 142 (20.88%) TDD
10 124 (18.24%) Continuous Improvement
11 118 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
12 117 (17.21%) Full-Stack Development
13 113 (16.62%) Observability
14 109 (16.03%) Scrum
15 102 (15.00%) Code Quality
16 96 (14.12%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 73 (10.74%) Infrastructure as Code
18 71 (10.44%) Design Patterns
19 69 (10.15%) BDD
20 68 (10.00%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 653 (96.03%) Java
2 226 (33.24%) SQL
3 86 (12.65%) JavaScript
4 85 (12.50%) Python
5 79 (11.62%) TypeScript
6 45 (6.62%) PL/SQL
7 32 (4.71%) Kotlin
8 15 (2.21%) Shell Script
9 12 (1.76%) Scala
10 10 (1.47%) Bash
11 7 (1.03%) C#
12 5 (0.74%) Ruby
13 4 (0.59%) Solidity
14 3 (0.44%) Go
15 2 (0.29%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.29%) PromQL
16 1 (0.15%) Groovy
16 1 (0.15%) Korn
16 1 (0.15%) Perl
Qualifications
1 217 (31.91%) Security Cleared
2 183 (26.91%) SC Cleared
3 23 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 22 (3.24%) Degree
5 17 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.76%) AWS Certification
7 11 (1.62%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.44%) 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 72 (10.59%) QA
2 38 (5.59%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.47%) ISO 20022
4 8 (1.18%) WCAG
5 7 (1.03%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.03%) SEPA
6 6 (0.88%) GDPR
6 6 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.59%) SLA
8 2 (0.29%) EMIR
8 2 (0.29%) MiFID
8 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.15%) HL7
9 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.15%) ITGC
9 1 (0.15%) PSD2
System Software
1 324 (47.65%) Docker
2 8 (1.18%) Postfix
3 2 (0.29%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 291 (42.79%) Kubernetes
2 68 (10.00%) Grafana
3 64 (9.41%) Prometheus
4 57 (8.38%) Terraform
5 34 (5.00%) Ansible
6 17 (2.50%) Kibana
7 11 (1.62%) Control-M
8 7 (1.03%) Argo
9 4 (0.59%) Istio
10 3 (0.44%) Bosun
11 2 (0.29%) Consul
11 2 (0.29%) Kustomize
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
Vendors
1 86 (12.65%) Oracle
2 35 (5.15%) Google
3 26 (3.82%) Microsoft
4 19 (2.79%) Splunk
5 14 (2.06%) Dynatrace
6 13 (1.91%) IBM
6 13 (1.91%) Jaspersoft
7 11 (1.62%) Atlassian
8 10 (1.47%) Solace
9 9 (1.32%) Checkmarx
9 9 (1.32%) Databricks
9 9 (1.32%) Sybase
10 8 (1.18%) New Relic
11 7 (1.03%) TikTok
12 6 (0.88%) Confluent
13 5 (0.74%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.59%) FIS
14 4 (0.59%) MuleSoft
14 4 (0.59%) SAP
15 3 (0.44%) OpenAI