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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 178 184
Rank change year-on-year -15 +6 +9
Contract jobs citing Spring 667 428 450
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.46% 1.55% 1.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.89% 7.04% 6.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 295 348
10th Percentile £361 £334 £382
25th Percentile £428 £401 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £656
90th Percentile £710 £656 £800
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 7 5
10th Percentile £55.70 £53.00 £37.00
25th Percentile £62.50 - £40.00
Median hourly rate £72.00 £55.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% -2.22% -22.41%
75th Percentile £76.00 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £93.20 £77.50 £67.20
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year - +15.56% -22.41%

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 8,457 6,078 7,324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.49% 22.01% 22.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,528 4,153 5,023
10th Percentile £366 £350 £359
25th Percentile £431 £411 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £514 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.24% -6.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 158 216
10th Percentile £28.58 £31.25 £24.09
25th Percentile £45.94 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £58.60
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -6.15% -2.33%
75th Percentile £73.11 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.03 £81.01 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.88 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.45% -0.23% -8.33%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 18 August 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 -6 371 £525 - 59
North of England -14 143 £500 +10.01% 41
North West -23 78 £540 +25.58% 22
Midlands -45 65 £475 +14.46% 18
West Midlands -11 62 £475 -5.00% 15
Yorkshire -6 47 £525 +46.12% 8
South West -17 37 £481 -4.70% 19
South East -61 30 £367 -19.51% 29
East of England -3 21 £507 +8.45% 1
North East -28 19 £450 -8.16% 12
East Midlands -49 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 33 (4.95%) Apache Spark
2 24 (3.60%) Confluence
3 23 (3.45%) Apache
4 10 (1.50%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.35%) nginx
6 7 (1.05%) Camunda
6 7 (1.05%) WebLogic
7 6 (0.90%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.60%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.60%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.60%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.60%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.45%) Apache Pulsar
9 3 (0.45%) CMS
10 2 (0.30%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.30%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.30%) Mule
10 2 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (0.60%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (0.60%) Quorum
1 4 (0.60%) R3 Corda
1 4 (0.60%) Ripple
2 3 (0.45%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 358 (53.67%) AWS
2 157 (23.54%) Azure
3 127 (19.04%) GitHub
4 111 (16.64%) GCP
5 73 (10.94%) GitHub Actions
6 52 (7.80%) Serverless
7 47 (7.05%) Amazon S3
8 43 (6.45%) AWS Lambda
9 42 (6.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 38 (5.70%) Amazon SQS
11 36 (5.40%) Amazon ECS
12 34 (5.10%) Amazon EKS
13 32 (4.80%) OpenShift
14 31 (4.65%) Amazon EC2
15 26 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
16 14 (2.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 13 (1.95%) AWS KMS
17 13 (1.95%) Azure AKS
17 13 (1.95%) GitHub Copilot
17 13 (1.95%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.45%) Firewall
1 3 (0.45%) HTTPS
2 2 (0.30%) HTTP
3 1 (0.15%) Broadband
3 1 (0.15%) SMS
3 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (24.14%) PostgreSQL
2 83 (12.44%) NoSQL
3 73 (10.94%) Relational Database
4 61 (9.15%) MongoDB
5 46 (6.90%) MySQL
6 36 (5.40%) DynamoDB
7 32 (4.80%) Redis
8 28 (4.20%) Amazon RDS
9 23 (3.45%) SQL Server
10 17 (2.55%) Apache Cassandra
11 16 (2.40%) Amazon Aurora
11 16 (2.40%) Flink
12 15 (2.25%) Elasticsearch
13 14 (2.10%) Big Data
14 11 (1.65%) Oracle Database
14 11 (1.65%) RDBMS
15 10 (1.50%) Couchbase
16 9 (1.35%) Data Lake
17 7 (1.05%) Db2
17 7 (1.05%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 176 (26.39%) Jenkins
2 174 (26.09%) Git
3 124 (18.59%) JUnit
4 98 (14.69%) GitLab
5 69 (10.34%) Gradle
6 65 (9.75%) Maven
7 62 (9.30%) Mockito
8 44 (6.60%) JIRA
9 40 (6.00%) SonarQube
10 37 (5.55%) Cucumber
11 31 (4.65%) Selenium
12 19 (2.85%) JMeter
12 19 (2.85%) Liquibase
13 15 (2.25%) Gatling
13 15 (2.25%) WebDriver
14 13 (1.95%) Bitbucket
14 13 (1.95%) REST Assured
15 12 (1.80%) IntelliJ
16 10 (1.50%) DbUnit
17 9 (1.35%) jMock
General
1 157 (23.54%) Finance
2 140 (20.99%) Social Skills
3 91 (13.64%) Banking
4 90 (13.49%) Public Sector
5 61 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (4.20%) Retail
7 15 (2.25%) Investment Banking
7 15 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (1.50%) Law
9 7 (1.05%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.05%) Retail Banking
10 6 (0.90%) Back Office
11 5 (0.75%) Military
11 5 (0.75%) Police
12 4 (0.60%) Automotive
12 4 (0.60%) Games
12 4 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.60%) Publishing
12 4 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 359 (53.82%) Developer
2 289 (43.33%) Java Developer
3 149 (22.34%) Senior
4 114 (17.09%) Java Engineer
5 88 (13.19%) Senior Developer
5 88 (13.19%) Software Engineer
6 71 (10.64%) Senior Java Developer
7 63 (9.45%) Lead
8 53 (7.95%) Backend Developer
8 53 (7.95%) Java Software Engineer
9 46 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
10 29 (4.35%) Software Developer
11 28 (4.20%) Senior Java Engineer
12 24 (3.60%) Architect
12 24 (3.60%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 23 (3.45%) Lead Developer
14 22 (3.30%) Data Engineer
14 22 (3.30%) SC Cleared Java Developer
15 17 (2.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 17 (2.55%) Java Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 538 (80.66%) Spring Boot
2 203 (30.43%) Kafka
3 173 (25.94%) REST
4 157 (23.54%) RESTful
5 116 (17.39%) React
6 70 (10.49%) Node.js
7 53 (7.95%) Hibernate
8 50 (7.50%) AngularJS
8 50 (7.50%) JPA
9 47 (7.05%) HTML
10 43 (6.45%) Spring MVC
11 41 (6.15%) CSS
11 41 (6.15%) RabbitMQ
11 41 (6.15%) Web Services
12 35 (5.25%) Spring Cloud
13 34 (5.10%) OAuth
14 31 (4.65%) WireMock
15 26 (3.90%) Jakarta EE
15 26 (3.90%) OpenAPI
15 26 (3.90%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 156 (23.39%) Cloud Native
2 119 (17.84%) Distributed Systems
3 47 (7.05%) Product Ownership
4 30 (4.50%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (3.15%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (3.00%) Data Protection Act
7 18 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (2.40%) Distributed Architecture
8 16 (2.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 15 (2.25%) Data Structures
9 15 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.65%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.65%) Algorithms
10 11 (1.65%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.20%) Derivative
12 6 (0.90%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.75%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.75%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.75%) Spread Betting
13 5 (0.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 43 (6.45%) Linux
2 27 (4.05%) Unix
3 7 (1.05%) Windows
4 4 (0.60%) VMS
5 3 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.45%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.30%) Solaris
6 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.15%) Android
7 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (62.22%) Microservices
2 401 (60.12%) CI/CD
3 306 (45.88%) Agile
4 236 (35.38%) DevOps
5 196 (29.39%) Containerisation
5 196 (29.39%) Software Engineering
6 163 (24.44%) Test Automation
7 155 (23.24%) Event-Driven
8 140 (20.99%) TDD
9 119 (17.84%) Full-Stack Development
10 118 (17.69%) Continuous Improvement
11 113 (16.94%) Problem-Solving
12 110 (16.49%) Observability
13 104 (15.59%) Scrum
14 102 (15.29%) Code Quality
15 99 (14.84%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 75 (11.24%) Infrastructure as Code
17 71 (10.64%) Clean Code
17 71 (10.64%) Design Patterns
18 67 (10.04%) AI
Programming Languages
1 644 (96.55%) Java
2 221 (33.13%) SQL
3 85 (12.74%) JavaScript
4 83 (12.44%) Python
5 80 (11.99%) TypeScript
6 39 (5.85%) PL/SQL
7 31 (4.65%) Kotlin
8 14 (2.10%) Shell Script
9 12 (1.80%) Scala
10 10 (1.50%) Bash
11 7 (1.05%) C#
12 5 (0.75%) Ruby
13 4 (0.60%) Solidity
14 3 (0.45%) Go
15 2 (0.30%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.30%) PromQL
16 1 (0.15%) Groovy
16 1 (0.15%) Korn
Qualifications
1 205 (30.73%) Security Cleared
2 171 (25.64%) SC Cleared
3 25 (3.75%) BPSS Clearance
4 23 (3.45%) Degree
5 17 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.80%) AWS Certification
7 10 (1.50%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.45%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.15%) CISSP
9 1 (0.15%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.15%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.15%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (10.79%) QA
2 36 (5.40%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.50%) ISO 20022
4 8 (1.20%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.20%) WCAG
5 7 (1.05%) SEPA
6 6 (0.90%) GDPR
6 6 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.45%) SLA
8 2 (0.30%) EMIR
8 2 (0.30%) MiFID
8 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.15%) HL7
9 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.15%) ITGC
9 1 (0.15%) PSD2
System Software
1 320 (47.98%) Docker
2 8 (1.20%) Postfix
3 2 (0.30%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 289 (43.33%) Kubernetes
2 62 (9.30%) Grafana
3 60 (9.00%) Prometheus
4 59 (8.85%) Terraform
5 32 (4.80%) Ansible
6 17 (2.55%) Kibana
7 11 (1.65%) Control-M
8 7 (1.05%) Argo
9 4 (0.60%) Istio
10 3 (0.45%) Bosun
10 3 (0.45%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.30%) Consul
11 2 (0.30%) Rancher
11 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.30%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.15%) Kiali
Vendors
1 87 (13.04%) Oracle
2 34 (5.10%) Google
3 26 (3.90%) Microsoft
4 18 (2.70%) Splunk
5 14 (2.10%) Dynatrace
6 12 (1.80%) IBM
6 12 (1.80%) Jaspersoft
7 10 (1.50%) Atlassian
7 10 (1.50%) Solace
8 9 (1.35%) Checkmarx
8 9 (1.35%) Databricks
8 9 (1.35%) Sybase
9 8 (1.20%) New Relic
10 7 (1.05%) TikTok
11 6 (0.90%) Confluent
12 4 (0.60%) FIS
12 4 (0.60%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.60%) SAP
13 3 (0.45%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.45%) Red Hat