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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 192 227
Rank change year-on-year +35 +35 -128
Contract jobs citing Spring 624 340 387
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.71% 1.32% 1.01%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.96% 5.84% 5.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 431 205 287
10th Percentile £350 £406 £384
25th Percentile £413 £450 £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 £650 £765 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -16.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 0 11
10th Percentile £51.00 - £35.00
25th Percentile £52.50 - £42.94
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £45.88
75th Percentile £81.00 - £52.34
90th Percentile £95.00 - £56.25
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 7,840 5,821 7,700
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.53% 22.65% 20.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,265 3,854 5,485
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £419 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £674
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 84 209
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.22 £21.16
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.25 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +32.39% -25.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.40 £81.88 £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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spring in England over the 6 months to 7 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 7 March 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 7 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 -4 289 £525 -7.08% 59
North of England +15 150 £475 -5.00% 48
North West +46 110 £450 -2.70% 24
Midlands -4 79 £469 +10.35% 19
West Midlands +7 76 £470 +10.47% 14
South East +22 60 £400 +2.56% 32
South West -10 29 £409 -27.29% 8
Yorkshire -52 25 £500 -4.76% 12
North East 0 22 £475 +4.40% 12
East of England -12 11 £600 - 3
East Midlands -31 3 £308 -28.74% 5
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 38 (6.09%) Confluence
2 23 (3.69%) Apache Spark
3 21 (3.37%) Apache
4 17 (2.72%) WebLogic
5 12 (1.92%) Camunda
5 12 (1.92%) JBoss
6 7 (1.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.96%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.96%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.64%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.48%) nginx
10 2 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.32%) CICS
10 2 (0.32%) Drupal
10 2 (0.32%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.32%) WordPress
11 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.48%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.16%) Maya
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (1.76%) Fidessa
2 6 (0.96%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.16%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 355 (56.89%) AWS
2 174 (27.88%) Azure
3 132 (21.15%) GitHub
4 114 (18.27%) GCP
5 72 (11.54%) GitHub Actions
6 71 (11.38%) Serverless
7 70 (11.22%) Amazon S3
8 57 (9.13%) AWS Lambda
9 49 (7.85%) OpenShift
10 38 (6.09%) Amazon ECS
11 33 (5.29%) Amazon EC2
12 29 (4.65%) Amazon EKS
13 24 (3.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 24 (3.85%) Amazon SQS
14 23 (3.69%) AWS CloudFormation
14 23 (3.69%) Azure AKS
15 17 (2.72%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 17 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
15 17 (2.72%) Datadog
16 15 (2.40%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.76%) HTTP
2 7 (1.12%) HTTPS
3 5 (0.80%) Kerberos
3 5 (0.80%) SSL
4 4 (0.64%) DNS
5 2 (0.32%) VPN
6 1 (0.16%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (24.36%) PostgreSQL
2 89 (14.26%) NoSQL
3 86 (13.78%) MongoDB
4 67 (10.74%) Relational Database
5 45 (7.21%) DynamoDB
6 44 (7.05%) MySQL
7 34 (5.45%) Amazon RDS
8 26 (4.17%) Elasticsearch
9 22 (3.53%) SQL Server
10 20 (3.21%) Amazon Aurora
11 15 (2.40%) RDBMS
12 14 (2.24%) Apache Cassandra
12 14 (2.24%) DB2
13 12 (1.92%) Redis
14 10 (1.60%) Big Data
14 10 (1.60%) DocumentDB
15 9 (1.44%) Flink
15 9 (1.44%) HBase
15 9 (1.44%) Oracle Database
16 8 (1.28%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 172 (27.56%) Git
2 148 (23.72%) Jenkins
3 144 (23.08%) JUnit
4 112 (17.95%) GitLab
5 71 (11.38%) Cucumber
6 70 (11.22%) Maven
7 61 (9.78%) JIRA
8 51 (8.17%) Gradle
9 48 (7.69%) Mockito
10 45 (7.21%) Selenium
11 32 (5.13%) JMeter
11 32 (5.13%) Sonatype Nexus
12 22 (3.53%) IntelliJ
13 18 (2.88%) SonarQube
14 16 (2.56%) Postman
15 15 (2.40%) Gatling
16 13 (2.08%) WebDriver
17 12 (1.92%) Artifactory
17 12 (1.92%) Cypress.io
18 10 (1.60%) REST Assured
General
1 171 (27.40%) Social Skills
2 122 (19.55%) Finance
3 103 (16.51%) Public Sector
4 74 (11.86%) Banking
5 37 (5.93%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (2.40%) Investment Banking
6 15 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (2.40%) Retail
7 11 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (1.12%) Manufacturing
9 6 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (0.80%) Front Office
10 5 (0.80%) Retail Banking
11 4 (0.64%) Military
11 4 (0.64%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.48%) Electronics
12 3 (0.48%) Law
12 3 (0.48%) Marketing
12 3 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 382 (61.22%) Developer
2 265 (42.47%) Java Developer
3 120 (19.23%) Senior
4 95 (15.22%) Full-Stack Developer
5 90 (14.42%) Java Engineer
6 77 (12.34%) Senior Developer
7 67 (10.74%) Senior Java Developer
8 59 (9.46%) Lead
9 55 (8.81%) Software Engineer
10 31 (4.97%) Java Software Engineer
11 30 (4.81%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 27 (4.33%) Backend Developer
13 25 (4.01%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 25 (4.01%) SC Cleared Java Developer
14 22 (3.53%) AWS Developer
15 21 (3.37%) Architect
16 20 (3.21%) Lead Developer
17 17 (2.72%) Software Developer
18 14 (2.24%) DevOps Engineer
19 12 (1.92%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 470 (75.32%) Spring Boot
2 190 (30.45%) Kafka
3 162 (25.96%) RESTful
4 144 (23.08%) REST
5 138 (22.12%) React
6 111 (17.79%) AngularJS
7 91 (14.58%) Node.js
8 90 (14.42%) Hibernate
9 70 (11.22%) HTML
10 57 (9.13%) CSS
11 42 (6.73%) JPA
12 37 (5.93%) WireMock
13 35 (5.61%) Web Services
14 34 (5.45%) OAuth
14 34 (5.45%) Playwright
15 33 (5.29%) JSON
15 33 (5.29%) SOAP
15 33 (5.29%) Spring Cloud
15 33 (5.29%) Spring MVC
16 31 (4.97%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 92 (14.74%) Cloud Native
2 60 (9.62%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (4.81%) Product Ownership
4 20 (3.21%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.24%) Data Structures
6 13 (2.08%) Equities
6 13 (2.08%) Mobile App
7 12 (1.92%) Distributed Architecture
8 10 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.28%) Derivative
10 8 (1.28%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 7 (1.12%) Algorithms
12 6 (0.96%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.96%) Legacy Applications
13 5 (0.80%) NHS
14 4 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 4 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
15 3 (0.48%) Distributed Applications
15 3 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 61 (9.78%) Linux
2 18 (2.88%) Unix
3 9 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 9 (1.44%) Windows
4 4 (0.64%) VMS
5 2 (0.32%) Android
5 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.32%) Solaris
5 2 (0.32%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (60.42%) Microservices
2 357 (57.21%) CI/CD
3 255 (40.87%) Agile
4 217 (34.78%) DevOps
5 183 (29.33%) Containerisation
6 153 (24.52%) Full-Stack Development
7 145 (23.24%) Problem-Solving
8 129 (20.67%) Test Automation
9 120 (19.23%) TDD
10 115 (18.43%) Software Engineering
11 107 (17.15%) Event-Driven
12 93 (14.90%) Scrum
13 87 (13.94%) Observability
14 83 (13.30%) Code Quality
15 74 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
16 67 (10.74%) Infrastructure as Code
17 60 (9.62%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 59 (9.46%) Mentoring
19 58 (9.29%) SDLC
20 57 (9.13%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 589 (94.39%) Java
2 162 (25.96%) SQL
3 93 (14.90%) JavaScript
4 88 (14.10%) TypeScript
5 77 (12.34%) Python
6 39 (6.25%) Kotlin
7 19 (3.04%) Shell Script
8 14 (2.24%) Go
9 13 (2.08%) Scala
10 10 (1.60%) Ruby
11 8 (1.28%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.12%) Perl
13 5 (0.80%) C#
14 3 (0.48%) Bash
14 3 (0.48%) Groovy
14 3 (0.48%) PHP
15 2 (0.32%) PowerShell
16 1 (0.16%) JCL
16 1 (0.16%) Korn
16 1 (0.16%) XPath
Qualifications
1 190 (30.45%) Security Cleared
2 163 (26.12%) SC Cleared
3 30 (4.81%) Degree
4 25 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.21%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.92%) OCP
6 12 (1.92%) Oracle Certification
7 10 (1.60%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.12%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.80%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.48%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 1 (0.16%) CCSP
12 1 (0.16%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.16%) CISSP
12 1 (0.16%) OSCP
12 1 (0.16%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (9.29%) QA
2 44 (7.05%) Accessibility
3 18 (2.88%) ISO 20022
3 18 (2.88%) WCAG
4 10 (1.60%) PCI DSS
4 10 (1.60%) PSD2
4 10 (1.60%) SEPA
5 5 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.80%) NIST
5 5 (0.80%) SLA
6 3 (0.48%) GDPR
6 3 (0.48%) NCSC
7 2 (0.32%) HL7
7 2 (0.32%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.16%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.16%) GRC
System Software
1 260 (41.67%) Docker
2 7 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.96%) Postfix
4 3 (0.48%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 302 (48.40%) Kubernetes
2 78 (12.50%) Grafana
3 63 (10.10%) Terraform
4 40 (6.41%) Prometheus
5 33 (5.29%) Ansible
6 21 (3.37%) Argo
7 14 (2.24%) Progress Chef
8 11 (1.76%) Kibana
9 8 (1.28%) Puppet
10 6 (0.96%) Istio
11 3 (0.48%) Rancher
12 2 (0.32%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.32%) Opsgenie
12 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.16%) CA Endevor
13 1 (0.16%) Consul
Vendors
1 51 (8.17%) Oracle
2 36 (5.77%) Microsoft
3 32 (5.13%) Google
4 28 (4.49%) Splunk
5 24 (3.85%) Red Hat
6 14 (2.24%) VMware
7 13 (2.08%) Sybase
8 11 (1.76%) Dynatrace
9 9 (1.44%) Jaspersoft
10 8 (1.28%) Solace
10 8 (1.28%) webMethods
11 7 (1.12%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.96%) Adobe
12 6 (0.96%) Databricks
12 6 (0.96%) IBM
12 6 (0.96%) PagerDuty
13 5 (0.80%) ForgeRock
13 5 (0.80%) Virgin Media
14 4 (0.64%) ION Trading
14 4 (0.64%) SAP