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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 170 187
Rank change year-on-year +6 +17 -33
Contract jobs citing Spring 719 409 480
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.66% 1.62% 1.29%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.69% 7.17% 6.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 278 370
10th Percentile £381 £358 £375
25th Percentile £430 £407 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -7.41% -11.84%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £650
90th Percentile £678 £679 £766
UK median daily rate £511 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +7.58% -9.52% -11.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 7 10
10th Percentile £52.50 £53.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £65.00 - £41.47
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 £54.30
90th Percentile - £77.50 £58.08
UK median hourly rate £76.00 £65.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year +16.92% +41.67% -35.61%

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 8,278 5,701 7,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.07% 22.62% 21.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,466 3,955 5,502
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £514 £538
% change year-on-year +2.14% -4.37% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 118 263
10th Percentile £30.45 £30.95 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £47.19 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £58.88 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +10.40% +4.67% -13.46%
75th Percentile £74.45 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.63 £81.01 £74.49
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 26 June 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 26 June 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 26 June 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 +13 377 £525 +1.69% 64
North of England +12 150 £500 +7.53% 37
North West +3 98 £518 +26.68% 18
Midlands -51 73 £475 +13.10% 8
West Midlands -21 70 £475 -5.00% 7
South West +1 46 £409 -21.16% 22
South East -31 40 £463 +12.12% 22
Yorkshire -20 34 £500 -4.76% 14
East of England -3 27 £510 +9.09% 4
North East -16 23 £450 -8.16% 6
East Midlands -36 2 £401 +6.93% 1
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 44 (6.12%) Apache Spark
2 37 (5.15%) Confluence
3 24 (3.34%) Apache
4 13 (1.81%) Camunda
5 12 (1.67%) WebLogic
6 10 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.39%) Ethereum
6 10 (1.39%) Hyperledger
6 10 (1.39%) nginx
7 7 (0.97%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.42%) JBoss
9 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.42%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.28%) Apache Pulsar
10 2 (0.28%) CMS
10 2 (0.28%) Drupal
10 2 (0.28%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.28%) Mule
10 2 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.42%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.14%) Maya
Business Applications
1 5 (0.70%) Fidessa
1 5 (0.70%) R3 Corda
2 4 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.56%) Quorum
2 4 (0.56%) Ripple
3 3 (0.42%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.14%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 368 (51.18%) AWS
2 169 (23.50%) Azure
3 128 (17.80%) GitHub
4 116 (16.13%) GCP
5 73 (10.15%) GitHub Actions
6 69 (9.60%) Amazon S3
7 64 (8.90%) Serverless
8 57 (7.93%) AWS Lambda
9 39 (5.42%) Amazon SQS
10 37 (5.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 36 (5.01%) Amazon EC2
12 33 (4.59%) Amazon ECS
12 33 (4.59%) OpenShift
13 28 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
14 23 (3.20%) Azure AKS
15 22 (3.06%) Route 53
16 19 (2.64%) Amazon EKS
17 18 (2.50%) AWS KMS
18 17 (2.36%) Amazon OpenSearch
19 15 (2.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.25%) HTTP
2 4 (0.56%) DNS
3 3 (0.42%) Firewall
3 3 (0.42%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.14%) SMS
4 1 (0.14%) SSL
4 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (23.92%) PostgreSQL
2 92 (12.80%) NoSQL
3 77 (10.71%) MongoDB
3 77 (10.71%) Relational Database
4 53 (7.37%) MySQL
5 52 (7.23%) DynamoDB
6 45 (6.26%) Amazon RDS
7 30 (4.17%) Elasticsearch
8 25 (3.48%) Redis
9 23 (3.20%) Amazon Aurora
9 23 (3.20%) SQL Server
10 20 (2.78%) Big Data
11 17 (2.36%) Apache Cassandra
11 17 (2.36%) Flink
12 14 (1.95%) RDBMS
13 9 (1.25%) Db2
14 8 (1.11%) Data Lake
14 8 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
15 7 (0.97%) Hadoop
15 7 (0.97%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 182 (25.31%) Git
2 173 (24.06%) Jenkins
3 142 (19.75%) JUnit
4 101 (14.05%) GitLab
5 72 (10.01%) Maven
6 67 (9.32%) Mockito
7 64 (8.90%) Gradle
8 63 (8.76%) JIRA
9 42 (5.84%) Cucumber
9 42 (5.84%) Selenium
10 38 (5.29%) SonarQube
11 26 (3.62%) JMeter
12 19 (2.64%) WebDriver
13 17 (2.36%) REST Assured
14 16 (2.23%) Gatling
14 16 (2.23%) IntelliJ
14 16 (2.23%) Liquibase
15 14 (1.95%) DbUnit
16 13 (1.81%) jMock
17 11 (1.53%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 151 (21.00%) Finance
2 142 (19.75%) Social Skills
3 112 (15.58%) Public Sector
4 91 (12.66%) Banking
5 51 (7.09%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (3.20%) Retail
7 17 (2.36%) Investment Banking
8 12 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (1.39%) Law
10 9 (1.25%) Financial Institution
10 9 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (0.83%) Automotive
11 6 (0.83%) Military
11 6 (0.83%) Retail Banking
12 4 (0.56%) Front Office
12 4 (0.56%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.56%) Police
12 4 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.56%) Publishing
13 3 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 395 (54.94%) Developer
2 296 (41.17%) Java Developer
3 141 (19.61%) Senior
4 121 (16.83%) Java Engineer
5 85 (11.82%) Software Engineer
6 77 (10.71%) Lead
6 77 (10.71%) Senior Developer
7 60 (8.34%) Full-Stack Developer
8 59 (8.21%) Senior Java Developer
9 55 (7.65%) Backend Developer
10 46 (6.40%) Java Software Engineer
11 29 (4.03%) Lead Developer
12 27 (3.76%) Senior Java Engineer
13 26 (3.62%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 25 (3.48%) SC Cleared Java Developer
14 25 (3.48%) Software Developer
15 23 (3.20%) Data Engineer
16 20 (2.78%) Architect
16 20 (2.78%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 19 (2.64%) Lead Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 573 (79.69%) Spring Boot
2 216 (30.04%) Kafka
3 171 (23.78%) REST
4 165 (22.95%) RESTful
5 129 (17.94%) React
6 96 (13.35%) Node.js
7 66 (9.18%) AngularJS
8 61 (8.48%) JPA
9 60 (8.34%) Hibernate
10 49 (6.82%) WireMock
11 47 (6.54%) HTML
12 46 (6.40%) Spring Cloud
13 45 (6.26%) Web Services
14 43 (5.98%) CSS
15 42 (5.84%) Spring MVC
16 32 (4.45%) OAuth
17 31 (4.31%) RabbitMQ
17 31 (4.31%) SOAP
18 29 (4.03%) OAuth2
19 28 (3.89%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 132 (18.36%) Cloud Native
2 104 (14.46%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (5.42%) Product Ownership
4 18 (2.50%) Distributed Architecture
4 18 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
5 17 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
7 15 (2.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 15 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (1.81%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.67%) Mobile App
10 11 (1.53%) Algorithms
11 10 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.25%) Onboarding
13 8 (1.11%) Derivative
14 7 (0.97%) Data Centre
14 7 (0.97%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 6 (0.83%) Blockchain
16 5 (0.70%) AI Agents
17 4 (0.56%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 49 (6.82%) Linux
2 18 (2.50%) Unix
3 9 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 9 (1.25%) Windows
4 5 (0.70%) VMS
5 3 (0.42%) Solaris
5 3 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.28%) Android
6 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 419 (58.28%) Microservices
2 417 (58.00%) CI/CD
3 301 (41.86%) Agile
4 258 (35.88%) DevOps
5 214 (29.76%) Containerisation
6 171 (23.78%) Software Engineering
7 158 (21.97%) TDD
8 147 (20.45%) Event-Driven
8 147 (20.45%) Test Automation
9 144 (20.03%) Full-Stack Development
10 123 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
11 117 (16.27%) Observability
12 111 (15.44%) Continuous Improvement
13 109 (15.16%) Scrum
14 104 (14.46%) Code Quality
15 95 (13.21%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 78 (10.85%) BDD
17 65 (9.04%) Infrastructure as Code
18 59 (8.21%) Design Patterns
19 56 (7.79%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 686 (95.41%) Java
2 223 (31.02%) SQL
3 97 (13.49%) JavaScript
4 91 (12.66%) TypeScript
5 90 (12.52%) Python
6 37 (5.15%) Kotlin
7 31 (4.31%) PL/SQL
8 17 (2.36%) Shell Script
9 13 (1.81%) Go
10 12 (1.67%) Scala
11 8 (1.11%) C#
12 7 (0.97%) Ruby
13 6 (0.83%) Perl
14 5 (0.70%) Bash
14 5 (0.70%) Solidity
15 2 (0.28%) PHP
15 2 (0.28%) PromQL
16 1 (0.14%) Groovy
16 1 (0.14%) Korn
16 1 (0.14%) XPath
Qualifications
1 229 (31.85%) Security Cleared
2 197 (27.40%) SC Cleared
3 27 (3.76%) Degree
4 24 (3.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.23%) DV Cleared
7 7 (0.97%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.70%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.14%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.14%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (10.29%) QA
2 48 (6.68%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.53%) ISO 20022
4 9 (1.25%) SEPA
4 9 (1.25%) WCAG
5 7 (0.97%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.83%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.83%) GDPR
6 6 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.70%) PSD2
7 5 (0.70%) SLA
8 4 (0.56%) NIST
9 2 (0.28%) EMIR
9 2 (0.28%) MiFID
10 1 (0.14%) HL7
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.14%) ITGC
10 1 (0.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 329 (45.76%) Docker
2 11 (1.53%) Postfix
3 2 (0.28%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 315 (43.81%) Kubernetes
2 84 (11.68%) Grafana
3 66 (9.18%) Prometheus
4 58 (8.07%) Terraform
5 28 (3.89%) Ansible
6 14 (1.95%) Kibana
7 6 (0.83%) Argo
8 5 (0.70%) Control-M
9 4 (0.56%) Istio
10 3 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.28%) Consul
11 2 (0.28%) Rancher
11 2 (0.28%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.14%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.14%) Kiali
Vendors
1 74 (10.29%) Oracle
2 40 (5.56%) Microsoft
3 33 (4.59%) Google
4 28 (3.89%) Splunk
5 17 (2.36%) Jaspersoft
6 15 (2.09%) IBM
7 14 (1.95%) Atlassian
7 14 (1.95%) Dynatrace
8 13 (1.81%) Solace
9 12 (1.67%) Sybase
10 11 (1.53%) Red Hat
11 10 (1.39%) Databricks
12 9 (1.25%) Checkmarx
13 6 (0.83%) TikTok
14 5 (0.70%) Ab Initio
14 5 (0.70%) New Relic
14 5 (0.70%) Teradata
15 4 (0.56%) Confluent
15 4 (0.56%) Informatica
16 3 (0.42%) PagerDuty