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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 203 235
Rank change year-on-year +48 +32 -131
Contract jobs citing Spring 624 325 382
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.71% 1.32% 1.01%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.97% 5.83% 5.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 196 286
10th Percentile £351 £404 £388
25th Percentile £418 £449 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +0.92% -13.63%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £650
90th Percentile £650 £763 £800
UK median daily rate £497 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -5.38% - -14.53%
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 - - -33.27%

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 7,826 5,573 7,579
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.42% 22.59% 19.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,244 3,752 5,399
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £428 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +0.93% -6.09%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £663
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 86 200
10th Percentile £35.03 £27.30 £20.82
25th Percentile £52.50 £53.19 £39.98
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%
75th Percentile £71.13 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.85 £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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -10 284 £525 -7.08% 51
North of England +22 152 £475 +3.26% 49
North West +42 112 £465 +3.33% 26
Midlands 0 82 £466 +9.63% 12
West Midlands +2 79 £469 +10.35% 10
South East +4 60 £400 -3.03% 30
South West -9 27 £409 -23.91% 13
North East +2 24 £475 +6.74% 12
Yorkshire -49 23 £500 -4.76% 11
East of England - 12 £600 - 3
East Midlands -34 3 £308 -28.74% 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 (6.57%) Confluence
2 24 (3.85%) Apache Spark
3 22 (3.53%) 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%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.16%) CMS
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
3 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 354 (56.73%) AWS
2 178 (28.53%) Azure
3 137 (21.96%) GitHub
4 112 (17.95%) GCP
5 73 (11.70%) Serverless
6 71 (11.38%) Amazon S3
6 71 (11.38%) GitHub Actions
7 59 (9.46%) AWS Lambda
8 46 (7.37%) OpenShift
9 38 (6.09%) Amazon ECS
10 34 (5.45%) Amazon EC2
11 29 (4.65%) Amazon EKS
12 27 (4.33%) Azure AKS
13 25 (4.01%) Amazon SQS
13 25 (4.01%) AWS CloudFormation
14 24 (3.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 23 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
16 17 (2.72%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 17 (2.72%) Datadog
17 16 (2.56%) 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
1 153 (24.52%) PostgreSQL
2 90 (14.42%) NoSQL
3 83 (13.30%) MongoDB
4 62 (9.94%) Relational Database
5 46 (7.37%) DynamoDB
6 44 (7.05%) MySQL
7 34 (5.45%) Amazon RDS
8 26 (4.17%) Elasticsearch
9 20 (3.21%) Amazon Aurora
9 20 (3.21%) SQL Server
10 14 (2.24%) DB2
11 13 (2.08%) RDBMS
12 12 (1.92%) Apache Cassandra
12 12 (1.92%) Redis
13 10 (1.60%) Big Data
13 10 (1.60%) DocumentDB
14 9 (1.44%) Flink
14 9 (1.44%) HBase
14 9 (1.44%) Oracle Database
15 8 (1.28%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 178 (28.53%) Git
2 148 (23.72%) Jenkins
3 141 (22.60%) JUnit
4 114 (18.27%) GitLab
5 71 (11.38%) Cucumber
6 66 (10.58%) Maven
7 64 (10.26%) JIRA
8 48 (7.69%) Gradle
8 48 (7.69%) Selenium
9 45 (7.21%) Mockito
10 32 (5.13%) JMeter
11 29 (4.65%) Sonatype Nexus
12 23 (3.69%) IntelliJ
13 18 (2.88%) SonarQube
14 16 (2.56%) Postman
14 16 (2.56%) WebDriver
15 15 (2.40%) Gatling
16 11 (1.76%) Artifactory
16 11 (1.76%) Cypress.io
17 10 (1.60%) REST Assured
General
1 169 (27.08%) Social Skills
2 120 (19.23%) Finance
3 104 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 72 (11.54%) Banking
5 38 (6.09%) 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%) Front Office
10 5 (0.80%) Retail Banking
11 4 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.64%) Law
11 4 (0.64%) Military
11 4 (0.64%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.48%) Electronics
12 3 (0.48%) Marketing
12 3 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 378 (60.58%) Developer
2 257 (41.19%) Java Developer
3 117 (18.75%) Senior
4 92 (14.74%) Full-Stack Developer
4 92 (14.74%) Java Engineer
5 71 (11.38%) Senior Developer
6 60 (9.62%) Senior Java Developer
7 57 (9.13%) Software Engineer
8 56 (8.97%) Lead
9 33 (5.29%) Java Software Engineer
10 30 (4.81%) Backend Developer
11 28 (4.49%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 26 (4.17%) SC Cleared Java Developer
13 25 (4.01%) Architect
14 24 (3.85%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 22 (3.53%) AWS Developer
16 18 (2.88%) Lead Developer
16 18 (2.88%) Software Developer
17 13 (2.08%) DevOps Engineer
18 12 (1.92%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 467 (74.84%) Spring Boot
2 181 (29.01%) Kafka
3 158 (25.32%) RESTful
4 144 (23.08%) REST
5 132 (21.15%) React
6 106 (16.99%) AngularJS
7 93 (14.90%) Node.js
8 84 (13.46%) Hibernate
9 69 (11.06%) HTML
10 56 (8.97%) CSS
11 41 (6.57%) JPA
11 41 (6.57%) WireMock
12 35 (5.61%) Spring MVC
13 33 (5.29%) JSON
13 33 (5.29%) OAuth
13 33 (5.29%) Playwright
13 33 (5.29%) Web Services
14 32 (5.13%) SOAP
15 31 (4.97%) Spring Cloud
16 30 (4.81%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 94 (15.06%) Cloud Native
2 66 (10.58%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (4.81%) Product Ownership
4 20 (3.21%) Onboarding
5 15 (2.40%) Distributed Architecture
5 15 (2.40%) Mobile App
6 13 (2.08%) Equities
7 11 (1.76%) Data Structures
8 10 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.28%) Derivative
9 8 (1.28%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 7 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
11 6 (0.96%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.80%) NHS
13 4 (0.64%) Algorithms
13 4 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 3 (0.48%) Distributed Applications
15 2 (0.32%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 57 (9.13%) Linux
2 18 (2.88%) Unix
3 9 (1.44%) Windows
4 8 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.64%) VMS
6 2 (0.32%) Android
6 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.32%) Solaris
6 2 (0.32%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (60.58%) Microservices
2 357 (57.21%) CI/CD
3 261 (41.83%) Agile
4 226 (36.22%) DevOps
5 179 (28.69%) Containerisation
6 149 (23.88%) Full-Stack Development
7 142 (22.76%) Problem-Solving
8 132 (21.15%) Test Automation
9 127 (20.35%) TDD
10 118 (18.91%) Software Engineering
11 105 (16.83%) Event-Driven
12 93 (14.90%) Observability
13 92 (14.74%) Scrum
14 84 (13.46%) Code Quality
15 80 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
16 65 (10.42%) Infrastructure as Code
17 62 (9.94%) BDD
18 60 (9.62%) Mentoring
19 59 (9.46%) Event-Driven Architecture
19 59 (9.46%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 585 (93.75%) Java
2 163 (26.12%) SQL
3 91 (14.58%) TypeScript
4 90 (14.42%) JavaScript
5 80 (12.82%) Python
6 41 (6.57%) Kotlin
7 19 (3.04%) Shell Script
8 15 (2.40%) Go
9 14 (2.24%) Scala
10 11 (1.76%) 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%) PHP
15 2 (0.32%) Groovy
16 1 (0.16%) C++
16 1 (0.16%) Clojure
16 1 (0.16%) COBOL
16 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 193 (30.93%) Security Cleared
2 165 (26.44%) SC Cleared
3 32 (5.13%) Degree
4 27 (4.33%) 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 5 (0.80%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.64%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.32%) 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 60 (9.62%) QA
2 45 (7.21%) 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
6 3 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.32%) HL7
7 2 (0.32%) ISO 8583
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 6 (0.96%) Postfix
3 5 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.48%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 306 (49.04%) Kubernetes
2 81 (12.98%) Grafana
3 60 (9.62%) Terraform
4 43 (6.89%) Prometheus
5 30 (4.81%) Ansible
6 21 (3.37%) Argo
7 11 (1.76%) Kibana
7 11 (1.76%) Progress Chef
8 8 (1.28%) Puppet
9 6 (0.96%) Istio
10 3 (0.48%) Rancher
11 2 (0.32%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.32%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.16%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.16%) Consul
Vendors
1 51 (8.17%) Oracle
2 41 (6.57%) Microsoft
3 32 (5.13%) Google
4 28 (4.49%) Splunk
5 23 (3.69%) Red Hat
6 13 (2.08%) Sybase
7 11 (1.76%) VMware
8 10 (1.60%) 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%) SAP
13 5 (0.80%) Virgin Media
14 4 (0.64%) ION Trading