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 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 198 227
Rank change year-on-year +36 +29 -116
Contract jobs citing Spring 637 324 384
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.70% 1.32% 1.02%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.10% 5.85% 5.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 198 289
10th Percentile £352 £398 £386
25th Percentile £420 £434 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £537 £540
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% -0.65% -14.29%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £650
90th Percentile £650 £738 £790
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -13.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 1 11
10th Percentile £51.00 - £35.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £62.50 £42.94
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +41.67% -33.27%
75th Percentile £81.00 £67.50 £52.34
90th Percentile £95.00 - £56.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -15.38% +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 7,860 5,541 7,524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.99% 22.62% 19.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,285 3,772 5,376
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -0.46% -6.09%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £670
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 86 187
10th Percentile £35.15 £27.30 £21.08
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.56 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +32.39% -25.05%
75th Percentile £71.50 £68.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.80 £82.53 £75.00
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 21 March 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 21 March 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 21 March 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 -10 292 £525 -7.08% 63
North of England +20 156 £475 +1.60% 48
North West +44 116 £465 +0.54% 30
Midlands -2 79 £469 +10.35% 5
West Midlands +1 77 £469 +10.35% 3
South East +7 60 £400 -3.03% 17
South West -8 28 £409 -22.10% 16
North East 0 24 £475 +6.74% 8
Yorkshire -49 23 £500 -4.76% 10
East of England -7 15 £510 +9.09% 4
East Midlands -35 2 £335 -22.36% 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 41 (6.44%) Confluence
2 24 (3.77%) Apache Spark
3 18 (2.83%) Apache
4 13 (2.04%) WebLogic
5 11 (1.73%) Camunda
6 8 (1.26%) JBoss
7 7 (1.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.94%) Ethereum
8 6 (0.94%) Hyperledger
9 4 (0.63%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.47%) nginx
11 2 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.31%) CICS
11 2 (0.31%) Drupal
11 2 (0.31%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.31%) WordPress
12 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.16%) CMS
12 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.47%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.16%) Maya
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (1.73%) Fidessa
2 6 (0.94%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.16%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.16%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 358 (56.20%) AWS
2 187 (29.36%) Azure
3 141 (22.14%) GitHub
4 118 (18.52%) GCP
5 75 (11.77%) Serverless
6 72 (11.30%) Amazon S3
7 71 (11.15%) GitHub Actions
8 60 (9.42%) AWS Lambda
9 44 (6.91%) OpenShift
10 38 (5.97%) Amazon ECS
11 35 (5.49%) Amazon EC2
12 29 (4.55%) Azure AKS
13 28 (4.40%) Amazon EKS
14 26 (4.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 25 (3.92%) Amazon SQS
15 25 (3.92%) AWS CloudFormation
15 25 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
16 17 (2.67%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 17 (2.67%) Datadog
17 16 (2.51%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.73%) HTTP
2 7 (1.10%) HTTPS
3 5 (0.78%) Kerberos
3 5 (0.78%) SSL
4 4 (0.63%) DNS
5 2 (0.31%) VPN
6 1 (0.16%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (25.12%) PostgreSQL
2 95 (14.91%) NoSQL
3 80 (12.56%) MongoDB
4 65 (10.20%) Relational Database
5 48 (7.54%) DynamoDB
6 44 (6.91%) MySQL
7 35 (5.49%) Amazon RDS
8 25 (3.92%) Elasticsearch
9 20 (3.14%) Amazon Aurora
9 20 (3.14%) SQL Server
10 14 (2.20%) Apache Cassandra
10 14 (2.20%) DB2
10 14 (2.20%) RDBMS
11 11 (1.73%) Redis
12 10 (1.57%) Big Data
12 10 (1.57%) DocumentDB
13 9 (1.41%) Flink
13 9 (1.41%) HBase
13 9 (1.41%) Oracle Database
14 8 (1.26%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 179 (28.10%) Git
2 152 (23.86%) Jenkins
3 143 (22.45%) JUnit
4 116 (18.21%) GitLab
5 69 (10.83%) Cucumber
6 67 (10.52%) Maven
7 65 (10.20%) JIRA
8 53 (8.32%) Gradle
9 51 (8.01%) Mockito
10 43 (6.75%) Selenium
11 32 (5.02%) JMeter
12 27 (4.24%) Sonatype Nexus
13 21 (3.30%) SonarQube
14 19 (2.98%) IntelliJ
15 17 (2.67%) Postman
15 17 (2.67%) WebDriver
16 15 (2.35%) Gatling
17 11 (1.73%) Artifactory
17 11 (1.73%) Cypress.io
18 10 (1.57%) REST Assured
General
1 169 (26.53%) Social Skills
2 124 (19.47%) Finance
3 104 (16.33%) Public Sector
4 70 (10.99%) Banking
5 37 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (2.35%) Retail
7 14 (2.20%) Investment Banking
8 8 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (1.26%) Manufacturing
9 6 (0.94%) Law
10 5 (0.78%) Front Office
10 5 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (0.63%) Automotive
11 4 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.63%) Military
11 4 (0.63%) Retail Banking
11 4 (0.63%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.47%) Electronics
12 3 (0.47%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 384 (60.28%) Developer
2 261 (40.97%) Java Developer
3 120 (18.84%) Senior
4 92 (14.44%) Java Engineer
5 91 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
6 72 (11.30%) Senior Developer
7 61 (9.58%) Software Engineer
8 60 (9.42%) Senior Java Developer
9 56 (8.79%) Lead
10 35 (5.49%) Java Software Engineer
11 33 (5.18%) Backend Developer
12 26 (4.08%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 26 (4.08%) SC Cleared Java Developer
13 25 (3.92%) Architect
13 25 (3.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 20 (3.14%) AWS Developer
15 19 (2.98%) Lead Developer
15 19 (2.98%) Software Developer
16 14 (2.20%) DevOps Engineer
17 12 (1.88%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 485 (76.14%) Spring Boot
2 185 (29.04%) Kafka
3 167 (26.22%) RESTful
4 141 (22.14%) REST
5 140 (21.98%) React
6 107 (16.80%) AngularJS
7 97 (15.23%) Node.js
8 78 (12.24%) Hibernate
9 66 (10.36%) HTML
10 57 (8.95%) CSS
11 42 (6.59%) JPA
11 42 (6.59%) WireMock
12 37 (5.81%) Spring MVC
13 35 (5.49%) OAuth
14 33 (5.18%) Web Services
15 32 (5.02%) OAuth2
15 32 (5.02%) Playwright
16 31 (4.87%) Spring Cloud
17 30 (4.71%) JSON
18 29 (4.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 98 (15.38%) Cloud Native
2 72 (11.30%) Distributed Systems
3 31 (4.87%) Product Ownership
4 20 (3.14%) Onboarding
5 17 (2.67%) Mobile App
6 16 (2.51%) Distributed Architecture
7 13 (2.04%) Data Structures
8 12 (1.88%) Equities
9 10 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.26%) Derivative
11 7 (1.10%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.10%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 6 (0.94%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
13 5 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.78%) NHS
14 3 (0.47%) Distributed Applications
15 2 (0.31%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 53 (8.32%) Linux
2 14 (2.20%) Unix
3 9 (1.41%) Windows
4 8 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.94%) VMS
6 2 (0.31%) Android
6 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.31%) Solaris
6 2 (0.31%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.31%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 391 (61.38%) Microservices
2 366 (57.46%) CI/CD
3 262 (41.13%) Agile
4 230 (36.11%) DevOps
5 187 (29.36%) Containerisation
6 154 (24.18%) Full-Stack Development
7 142 (22.29%) Problem-Solving
8 135 (21.19%) TDD
8 135 (21.19%) Test Automation
9 122 (19.15%) Software Engineering
10 111 (17.43%) Event-Driven
11 98 (15.38%) Observability
12 90 (14.13%) Scrum
13 89 (13.97%) Code Quality
14 80 (12.56%) Continuous Improvement
15 65 (10.20%) BDD
16 64 (10.05%) Infrastructure as Code
17 63 (9.89%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 57 (8.95%) Mentoring
18 57 (8.95%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 597 (93.72%) Java
2 166 (26.06%) SQL
3 97 (15.23%) TypeScript
4 91 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 83 (13.03%) Python
6 44 (6.91%) Kotlin
7 18 (2.83%) Shell Script
8 15 (2.35%) Go
9 11 (1.73%) Ruby
10 10 (1.57%) Scala
11 8 (1.26%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.10%) Perl
13 6 (0.94%) C#
14 3 (0.47%) Bash
14 3 (0.47%) PHP
15 2 (0.31%) Groovy
16 1 (0.16%) C++
16 1 (0.16%) Clojure
16 1 (0.16%) COBOL
16 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 197 (30.93%) Security Cleared
2 168 (26.37%) SC Cleared
3 35 (5.49%) Degree
4 29 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.88%) OCP
6 12 (1.88%) Oracle Certification
7 11 (1.73%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.78%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.63%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.31%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.16%) CCSP
11 1 (0.16%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.16%) CISSP
11 1 (0.16%) OSCP
11 1 (0.16%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.16%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (9.58%) QA
2 47 (7.38%) Accessibility
3 18 (2.83%) WCAG
4 17 (2.67%) ISO 20022
5 10 (1.57%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.41%) PSD2
6 9 (1.41%) SEPA
7 5 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.78%) NIST
7 5 (0.78%) SLA
8 3 (0.47%) GDPR
8 3 (0.47%) NCSC
8 3 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.31%) HL7
9 2 (0.31%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.16%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.16%) GRC
System Software
1 267 (41.92%) Docker
2 6 (0.94%) Postfix
3 4 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.47%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 315 (49.45%) Kubernetes
2 82 (12.87%) Grafana
3 60 (9.42%) Terraform
4 44 (6.91%) Prometheus
5 28 (4.40%) Ansible
6 21 (3.30%) Argo
7 10 (1.57%) Kibana
8 9 (1.41%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.94%) Istio
10 4 (0.63%) Puppet
10 4 (0.63%) Rancher
11 2 (0.31%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.31%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.16%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.16%) Consul
Vendors
1 52 (8.16%) Oracle
2 42 (6.59%) Microsoft
3 34 (5.34%) Google
4 28 (4.40%) Splunk
5 23 (3.61%) Red Hat
6 12 (1.88%) Sybase
7 11 (1.73%) Dynatrace
8 10 (1.57%) Solace
9 9 (1.41%) Jaspersoft
9 9 (1.41%) VMware
10 7 (1.10%) Atlassian
11 6 (0.94%) Adobe
11 6 (0.94%) Databricks
11 6 (0.94%) IBM
11 6 (0.94%) PagerDuty
12 5 (0.78%) ForgeRock
12 5 (0.78%) SAP
13 4 (0.63%) ION Trading
13 4 (0.63%) Virgin Media
13 4 (0.63%) webMethods