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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 182 185
Rank change year-on-year +23 +3 -26
Contract jobs citing Spring 746 421 484
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.66% 1.56% 1.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.75% 6.99% 6.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 291 374
10th Percentile £381 £358 £375
25th Percentile £438 £407 £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 £693 £670 £795
UK median daily rate £515 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +8.42% -9.52% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 7 9
10th Percentile £53.25 £53.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £69.50 - £40.00
Median hourly rate £76.00 £55.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +38.18% +19.88% -34.46%
75th Percentile £95.00 £68.75 £56.25
90th Percentile - £77.50 £59.90
UK median hourly rate £76.00 £65.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year +16.92% +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 8,525 6,019 7,927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.02% 22.27% 21.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,625 4,136 5,523
10th Percentile £363 £355 £350
25th Percentile £428 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £778 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 135 264
10th Percentile £30.30 £30.95 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £48.13 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -10.31%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £79.48 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%

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 10 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Spring in England

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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 10 July 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 10 July 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 +9 387 £525 - 74
North of England +2 154 £505 +8.60% 28
North West -2 93 £525 +26.51% 14
Midlands -37 80 £475 +13.10% 19
West Midlands -21 77 £475 -3.55% 16
South West +7 50 £410 -20.96% 9
Yorkshire -12 42 £500 -4.76% 10
South East -32 41 £450 -1.37% 26
East of England -6 27 £510 +9.09% 3
North East -21 24 £450 -8.16% 4
East Midlands -42 2 £401 +6.93% 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 45 (6.03%) Apache Spark
2 37 (4.96%) Confluence
3 26 (3.49%) Apache
4 14 (1.88%) WebLogic
5 12 (1.61%) Camunda
6 11 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (1.34%) Ethereum
7 10 (1.34%) Hyperledger
7 10 (1.34%) nginx
8 7 (0.94%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.54%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.40%) JBoss
10 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.40%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.27%) CMS
11 2 (0.27%) MQSeries
11 2 (0.27%) Mule
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.40%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.13%) Maya
Business Applications
1 5 (0.67%) Fidessa
1 5 (0.67%) R3 Corda
2 4 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.54%) Quorum
2 4 (0.54%) Ripple
3 3 (0.40%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.13%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 375 (50.27%) AWS
2 177 (23.73%) Azure
3 127 (17.02%) GitHub
4 122 (16.35%) GCP
5 70 (9.38%) GitHub Actions
6 65 (8.71%) Amazon S3
7 61 (8.18%) Serverless
8 52 (6.97%) AWS Lambda
9 37 (4.96%) Amazon EC2
9 37 (4.96%) Amazon SQS
10 34 (4.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 32 (4.29%) Amazon ECS
11 32 (4.29%) OpenShift
12 31 (4.16%) Azure DevOps
13 23 (3.08%) Azure AKS
14 18 (2.41%) Amazon EKS
14 18 (2.41%) AWS KMS
14 18 (2.41%) Route 53
15 17 (2.28%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 16 (2.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.21%) HTTP
2 3 (0.40%) Firewall
2 3 (0.40%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.13%) SMS
3 1 (0.13%) SSL
3 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (23.19%) PostgreSQL
2 91 (12.20%) NoSQL
3 81 (10.86%) Relational Database
4 80 (10.72%) MongoDB
5 49 (6.57%) MySQL
6 46 (6.17%) DynamoDB
7 41 (5.50%) Amazon RDS
8 31 (4.16%) Elasticsearch
9 27 (3.62%) SQL Server
10 21 (2.82%) Redis
11 20 (2.68%) Big Data
12 19 (2.55%) Amazon Aurora
13 18 (2.41%) Flink
14 17 (2.28%) Apache Cassandra
15 14 (1.88%) RDBMS
16 9 (1.21%) Data Lake
16 9 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
16 9 (1.21%) Db2
17 8 (1.07%) Oracle Database
18 7 (0.94%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 188 (25.20%) Git
2 177 (23.73%) Jenkins
3 146 (19.57%) JUnit
4 100 (13.40%) GitLab
5 76 (10.19%) Maven
6 67 (8.98%) Gradle
6 67 (8.98%) Mockito
7 63 (8.45%) JIRA
8 42 (5.63%) Selenium
9 41 (5.50%) Cucumber
10 39 (5.23%) SonarQube
11 26 (3.49%) JMeter
12 19 (2.55%) WebDriver
13 17 (2.28%) REST Assured
14 16 (2.14%) Gatling
14 16 (2.14%) Liquibase
15 15 (2.01%) IntelliJ
16 14 (1.88%) DbUnit
17 13 (1.74%) jMock
18 11 (1.47%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 160 (21.45%) Finance
2 149 (19.97%) Social Skills
3 117 (15.68%) Public Sector
4 93 (12.47%) Banking
5 55 (7.37%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (3.35%) Retail
7 18 (2.41%) Investment Banking
8 13 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (1.34%) Law
10 9 (1.21%) Financial Institution
10 9 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (0.94%) Military
11 7 (0.94%) Retail Banking
12 6 (0.80%) Automotive
13 4 (0.54%) Front Office
13 4 (0.54%) Games
13 4 (0.54%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.54%) Police
13 4 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 412 (55.23%) Developer
2 311 (41.69%) Java Developer
3 149 (19.97%) Senior
4 122 (16.35%) Java Engineer
5 84 (11.26%) Software Engineer
6 83 (11.13%) Senior Developer
7 78 (10.46%) Lead
8 64 (8.58%) Senior Java Developer
9 61 (8.18%) Full-Stack Developer
10 57 (7.64%) Backend Developer
11 45 (6.03%) Java Software Engineer
12 29 (3.89%) Lead Developer
13 28 (3.75%) Senior Java Engineer
14 27 (3.62%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 27 (3.62%) SC Cleared Java Developer
14 27 (3.62%) Software Developer
15 24 (3.22%) Data Engineer
16 22 (2.95%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 21 (2.82%) Architect
18 20 (2.68%) Lead Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 592 (79.36%) Spring Boot
2 221 (29.62%) Kafka
3 179 (23.99%) REST
4 164 (21.98%) RESTful
5 134 (17.96%) React
6 98 (13.14%) Node.js
7 65 (8.71%) AngularJS
8 58 (7.77%) JPA
9 57 (7.64%) Hibernate
10 49 (6.57%) HTML
10 49 (6.57%) WireMock
11 46 (6.17%) Web Services
12 44 (5.90%) CSS
13 42 (5.63%) Spring MVC
14 41 (5.50%) Spring Cloud
15 33 (4.42%) RabbitMQ
16 32 (4.29%) OAuth
17 31 (4.16%) SOAP
18 28 (3.75%) Spring Batch
19 27 (3.62%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 135 (18.10%) Cloud Native
2 110 (14.75%) Distributed Systems
3 44 (5.90%) Product Ownership
4 19 (2.55%) Distributed Architecture
5 18 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
5 18 (2.41%) Greenfield Project
6 17 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
6 17 (2.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 16 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.88%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.61%) Algorithms
9 12 (1.61%) Mobile App
10 11 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.34%) Onboarding
12 8 (1.07%) Derivative
12 8 (1.07%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 7 (0.94%) AI Agents
13 7 (0.94%) Data Centre
14 6 (0.80%) Blockchain
14 6 (0.80%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 50 (6.70%) Linux
2 19 (2.55%) Unix
3 10 (1.34%) Windows
4 9 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.67%) VMS
6 4 (0.54%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.40%) Solaris
7 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.27%) Android
8 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 438 (58.71%) Microservices
2 433 (58.04%) CI/CD
3 317 (42.49%) Agile
4 268 (35.92%) DevOps
5 224 (30.03%) Containerisation
6 177 (23.73%) Software Engineering
7 163 (21.85%) TDD
8 155 (20.78%) Test Automation
9 151 (20.24%) Event-Driven
10 146 (19.57%) Full-Stack Development
11 127 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
12 118 (15.82%) Scrum
13 116 (15.55%) Observability
14 115 (15.42%) Continuous Improvement
15 107 (14.34%) Code Quality
16 95 (12.73%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 78 (10.46%) BDD
18 64 (8.58%) Infrastructure as Code
19 58 (7.77%) Design Patterns
20 57 (7.64%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 713 (95.58%) Java
2 226 (30.29%) SQL
3 99 (13.27%) JavaScript
4 93 (12.47%) Python
4 93 (12.47%) TypeScript
5 38 (5.09%) Kotlin
6 33 (4.42%) PL/SQL
7 17 (2.28%) Shell Script
8 14 (1.88%) Scala
9 12 (1.61%) Go
10 9 (1.21%) C#
11 7 (0.94%) Ruby
12 6 (0.80%) Perl
13 5 (0.67%) Bash
13 5 (0.67%) Solidity
14 2 (0.27%) PHP
14 2 (0.27%) PromQL
15 1 (0.13%) Korn
15 1 (0.13%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.13%) XPath
Qualifications
1 242 (32.44%) Security Cleared
2 206 (27.61%) SC Cleared
3 29 (3.89%) Degree
4 26 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.28%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.07%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.67%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.13%) CISSP
10 1 (0.13%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.13%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.13%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (9.92%) QA
2 49 (6.57%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.47%) ISO 20022
4 9 (1.21%) SEPA
5 8 (1.07%) WCAG
6 7 (0.94%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.80%) GDPR
7 6 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.67%) SLA
9 4 (0.54%) PSD2
10 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.27%) EMIR
11 2 (0.27%) MiFID
12 1 (0.13%) HL7
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.13%) ITGC
System Software
1 342 (45.84%) Docker
2 11 (1.47%) Postfix
3 2 (0.27%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 327 (43.83%) Kubernetes
2 83 (11.13%) Grafana
3 66 (8.85%) Prometheus
4 56 (7.51%) Terraform
5 30 (4.02%) Ansible
6 14 (1.88%) Kibana
7 6 (0.80%) Control-M
8 5 (0.67%) Argo
9 4 (0.54%) Istio
10 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.27%) Consul
11 2 (0.27%) Rancher
11 2 (0.27%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.13%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.13%) Kiali
12 1 (0.13%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 80 (10.72%) Oracle
2 41 (5.50%) Microsoft
3 37 (4.96%) Google
4 30 (4.02%) Splunk
5 17 (2.28%) Jaspersoft
6 16 (2.14%) IBM
7 15 (2.01%) Dynatrace
8 14 (1.88%) Atlassian
8 14 (1.88%) Solace
9 12 (1.61%) Sybase
10 11 (1.47%) Databricks
11 10 (1.34%) Red Hat
12 9 (1.21%) Checkmarx
13 6 (0.80%) New Relic
13 6 (0.80%) TikTok
14 5 (0.67%) Ab Initio
14 5 (0.67%) Informatica
14 5 (0.67%) Teradata
15 4 (0.54%) MuleSoft
16 3 (0.40%) PagerDuty