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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 180 183
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 +28
Contract jobs citing Spring 718 438 458
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.55% 1.57% 1.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.28% 6.29% 5.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 300 340
10th Percentile £385 £336 £382
25th Percentile £450 £402 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £625 £567 £656
90th Percentile £729 £638 £780
UK median daily rate £518 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +6.15% -7.14% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 7 1
10th Percentile £56.50 £53.00 -
25th Percentile £62.50 - £69.50
Median hourly rate £72.00 £55.00 £72.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% -23.61% -2.32%
75th Percentile £76.50 £68.75 £74.50
90th Percentile £91.40 £77.50 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £72.00
% change year-on-year - -9.72% -1.51%

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 9,865 6,963 8,149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.26% 25.03% 24.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,473 4,764 5,521
10th Percentile £381 £355 £363
25th Percentile £440 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% -5.64% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 163 176
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.32 £27.38
25th Percentile £50.56 £42.05 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.47 £54.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.94% -13.60% -
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.30 £71.60 £74.47
UK median hourly rate £66.83 £52.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +27.30% -14.77% -1.44%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -4 384 £535 +1.42% 230
North of England -12 164 £540 +16.13% 61
North West -17 94 £555 +26.86% 40
Midlands -20 89 £551 +33.45% 28
West Midlands +7 83 £558 +11.55% 25
Yorkshire +4 54 £500 +8.11% 12
South West -27 35 £463 -7.96% 35
South East -42 31 £297 -40.60% 37
East of England -12 21 £500 +6.95% 2
North East -37 17 £450 -8.16% 9
East Midlands -38 5 £400 +6.67% 3
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 30 (4.18%) Apache Spark
2 25 (3.48%) Confluence
3 18 (2.51%) Apache
4 13 (1.81%) Camunda
5 10 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.25%) nginx
7 8 (1.11%) Tomcat
7 8 (1.11%) WebLogic
8 4 (0.56%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.56%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.56%) MQSeries
8 4 (0.56%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.42%) Apache Pulsar
9 3 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.28%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.28%) CMS
10 2 (0.28%) Mule
10 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.14%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 4 (0.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (0.56%) Quorum
1 4 (0.56%) R3 Corda
1 4 (0.56%) Ripple
2 3 (0.42%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 393 (54.74%) AWS
2 142 (19.78%) Azure
3 128 (17.83%) GitHub
4 106 (14.76%) GCP
5 67 (9.33%) GitHub Actions
6 53 (7.38%) Serverless
7 48 (6.69%) AWS Lambda
8 46 (6.41%) Amazon S3
9 39 (5.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 39 (5.43%) Amazon EKS
10 38 (5.29%) Amazon ECS
11 37 (5.15%) OpenShift
12 33 (4.60%) Amazon SQS
13 29 (4.04%) Amazon EC2
14 22 (3.06%) GitHub Copilot
15 19 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
16 15 (2.09%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 13 (1.81%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 13 (1.81%) Anthropic Claude
18 11 (1.53%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.97%) HTTP
2 3 (0.42%) Firewall
2 3 (0.42%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.14%) Broadband
3 1 (0.14%) SMS
3 1 (0.14%) SSL
3 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (21.17%) PostgreSQL
2 90 (12.53%) NoSQL
3 84 (11.70%) Relational Database
4 82 (11.42%) MongoDB
5 46 (6.41%) MySQL
6 36 (5.01%) Redis
7 30 (4.18%) DynamoDB
8 28 (3.90%) SQL Server
9 25 (3.48%) Amazon RDS
10 19 (2.65%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (2.09%) Big Data
12 14 (1.95%) Apache Cassandra
12 14 (1.95%) Flink
12 14 (1.95%) RDBMS
13 13 (1.81%) Oracle Database
14 12 (1.67%) Amazon Aurora
15 11 (1.53%) Couchbase
16 10 (1.39%) Data Lake
17 7 (0.97%) Db2
17 7 (0.97%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 188 (26.18%) Git
2 186 (25.91%) Jenkins
3 137 (19.08%) JUnit
4 117 (16.30%) GitLab
5 88 (12.26%) Maven
6 82 (11.42%) Gradle
7 75 (10.45%) Mockito
8 57 (7.94%) SonarQube
9 43 (5.99%) JIRA
10 37 (5.15%) Cucumber
11 31 (4.32%) Selenium
12 20 (2.79%) Gatling
12 20 (2.79%) Liquibase
12 20 (2.79%) REST Assured
13 17 (2.37%) Bitbucket
14 12 (1.67%) IntelliJ
15 9 (1.25%) Bitbucket Server
16 8 (1.11%) Claude Code
16 8 (1.11%) Flyway
16 8 (1.11%) JMeter
General
1 167 (23.26%) Finance
2 163 (22.70%) Social Skills
3 101 (14.07%) Banking
4 98 (13.65%) Public Sector
5 65 (9.05%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (3.76%) Retail
7 14 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (1.81%) Investment Banking
9 12 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.25%) Law
11 8 (1.11%) Retail Banking
12 7 (0.97%) Back Office
12 7 (0.97%) Financial Institution
12 7 (0.97%) Front Office
13 6 (0.84%) Military
14 5 (0.70%) Games
14 5 (0.70%) Police
15 4 (0.56%) Automotive
15 4 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 381 (53.06%) Developer
2 310 (43.18%) Java Developer
3 165 (22.98%) Senior
4 130 (18.11%) Java Engineer
5 97 (13.51%) Senior Developer
6 92 (12.81%) Software Engineer
7 76 (10.58%) Senior Java Developer
8 75 (10.45%) Lead
9 54 (7.52%) Java Software Engineer
10 50 (6.96%) Full-Stack Developer
11 48 (6.69%) Backend Developer
12 32 (4.46%) Senior Java Engineer
13 31 (4.32%) Lead Developer
14 29 (4.04%) Software Developer
15 28 (3.90%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 27 (3.76%) Architect
17 25 (3.48%) Lead Java Developer
18 22 (3.06%) Data Engineer
18 22 (3.06%) SC Cleared Java Developer
19 19 (2.65%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 599 (83.43%) Spring Boot
2 238 (33.15%) Kafka
3 194 (27.02%) REST
4 164 (22.84%) RESTful
5 131 (18.25%) React
6 68 (9.47%) Node.js
7 67 (9.33%) JPA
8 65 (9.05%) Hibernate
9 61 (8.50%) Terraform
10 58 (8.08%) AngularJS
11 56 (7.80%) HTML
12 50 (6.96%) RabbitMQ
13 44 (6.13%) CSS
14 43 (5.99%) Web Services
15 41 (5.71%) Spring MVC
16 40 (5.57%) Spring Cloud
17 39 (5.43%) OpenAPI
18 36 (5.01%) OAuth
19 34 (4.74%) Swagger
20 32 (4.46%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 180 (25.07%) Cloud Native
2 114 (15.88%) Distributed Systems
3 59 (8.22%) Product Ownership
4 35 (4.87%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (3.20%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
8 18 (2.51%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (2.23%) AI Agents
9 16 (2.23%) Data Structures
9 16 (2.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 14 (1.95%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.39%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.25%) Algorithms
13 8 (1.11%) Distributed Architecture
13 8 (1.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 7 (0.97%) Derivative
15 6 (0.84%) Public Cloud
15 6 (0.84%) Spread Betting
16 5 (0.70%) Autonomous Agent
Operating Systems
1 42 (5.85%) Linux
2 29 (4.04%) Unix
3 3 (0.42%) VMS
3 3 (0.42%) Windows
4 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.28%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.14%) Android
5 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.14%) Solaris
5 1 (0.14%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 442 (61.56%) Microservices
2 427 (59.47%) CI/CD
3 338 (47.08%) Agile
4 244 (33.98%) DevOps
5 225 (31.34%) Software Engineering
6 207 (28.83%) Containerisation
7 193 (26.88%) Test Automation
8 177 (24.65%) Event-Driven
9 142 (19.78%) TDD
10 130 (18.11%) Scrum
11 127 (17.69%) Full-Stack Development
12 122 (16.99%) Continuous Improvement
13 119 (16.57%) Code Quality
14 114 (15.88%) Observability
14 114 (15.88%) Problem-Solving
15 113 (15.74%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 92 (12.81%) SDLC
17 77 (10.72%) Clean Code
17 77 (10.72%) Infrastructure as Code
18 74 (10.31%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 704 (98.05%) Java
2 224 (31.20%) SQL
3 96 (13.37%) JavaScript
4 94 (13.09%) TypeScript
5 81 (11.28%) Python
6 40 (5.57%) PL/SQL
7 33 (4.60%) Kotlin
8 19 (2.65%) Shell Script
9 14 (1.95%) Scala
10 12 (1.67%) Bash
11 6 (0.84%) C#
12 4 (0.56%) Go
12 4 (0.56%) Ruby
12 4 (0.56%) Solidity
13 3 (0.42%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.28%) Korn
14 2 (0.28%) PromQL
15 1 (0.14%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 212 (29.53%) Security Cleared
2 177 (24.65%) SC Cleared
3 46 (6.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 29 (4.04%) Degree
5 23 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (1.95%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.81%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.42%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.28%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.14%) CISSP
10 1 (0.14%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.14%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (12.40%) QA
2 39 (5.43%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.09%) WCAG
4 13 (1.81%) ISO 20022
5 8 (1.11%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.11%) SEPA
6 4 (0.56%) GDPR
7 3 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.28%) EMIR
8 2 (0.28%) MiFID
8 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.28%) PSD2
9 1 (0.14%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.14%) ITGC
System Software
1 334 (46.52%) Docker
2 5 (0.70%) Postfix
3 2 (0.28%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 305 (42.48%) Kubernetes
2 63 (8.77%) Grafana
2 63 (8.77%) Prometheus
3 31 (4.32%) Ansible
4 24 (3.34%) Kibana
5 11 (1.53%) Control-M
6 8 (1.11%) Argo
7 7 (0.97%) Istio
8 4 (0.56%) Kustomize
9 3 (0.42%) Bosun
10 2 (0.28%) Consul
10 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.28%) Zipkin
11 1 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.14%) Kiali
11 1 (0.14%) logstash
11 1 (0.14%) Rancher
Vendors
1 99 (13.79%) Oracle
2 39 (5.43%) Google
3 22 (3.06%) IBM
4 20 (2.79%) Microsoft
5 19 (2.65%) Splunk
6 18 (2.51%) Dynatrace
7 10 (1.39%) Solace
8 9 (1.25%) Checkmarx
8 9 (1.25%) Databricks
8 9 (1.25%) Sybase
9 8 (1.11%) Jaspersoft
10 7 (0.97%) Atlassian
10 7 (0.97%) New Relic
10 7 (0.97%) TikTok
11 6 (0.84%) Confluent
11 6 (0.84%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.70%) FIS
12 5 (0.70%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.42%) Mistral
13 3 (0.42%) Veracode