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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 180 186
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 +40
Contract jobs citing Spring 709 438 447
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.53% 1.57% 1.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.22% 6.16% 5.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 305 310
10th Percentile £374 £324 £382
25th Percentile £441 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £492 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.71% -10.55% -6.98%
75th Percentile £629 £575 £675
90th Percentile £738 £638 £794
UK median daily rate £515 £491 £525
% change year-on-year +4.89% -6.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 5 1
10th Percentile £55.00 £52.00 -
25th Percentile £57.50 - £69.50
Median hourly rate £72.00 £55.00 £72.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% -23.61% -1.51%
75th Percentile £76.00 - £74.50
90th Percentile £90.00 £64.00 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £72.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -23.61% -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 9,822 7,111 7,992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.23% 25.48% 24.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,454 4,803 5,202
10th Percentile £381 £356 £360
25th Percentile £449 £413 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.27% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £738 £738 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 172 160
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £27.68
25th Percentile £52.97 £41.51 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.83 £54.35 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.12% -16.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £71.80 £73.78
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £51.44 £64.18
% change year-on-year +26.36% -19.85% +7.83%

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 12 October 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 -7 374 £550 +4.76% 413
North of England +1 163 £540 +15.14% 125
Midlands -4 112 £525 +25.00% 43
West Midlands +20 106 £525 +5.00% 36
North West -10 94 £560 +25.14% 69
Yorkshire +10 52 £500 -4.76% 27
South West -18 29 £500 -0.99% 35
South East -66 26 £297 -28.00% 34
North East -30 18 £470 -14.55% 30
East of England - 10 £475 - 10
East Midlands -37 5 £400 +9.89% 7
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 25 (3.53%) Apache
2 24 (3.39%) Confluence
3 23 (3.24%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.55%) Camunda
5 9 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.27%) nginx
6 8 (1.13%) Tomcat
6 8 (1.13%) WebLogic
7 4 (0.56%) Ethereum
7 4 (0.56%) Hyperledger
7 4 (0.56%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.42%) Apache Pulsar
8 3 (0.42%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.28%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.28%) Mule
9 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.28%) Solana
10 1 (0.14%) CMS
10 1 (0.14%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
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 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 386 (54.44%) AWS
2 125 (17.63%) GitHub
3 124 (17.49%) Azure
4 89 (12.55%) GCP
5 65 (9.17%) GitHub Actions
6 51 (7.19%) Serverless
7 46 (6.49%) AWS Lambda
8 45 (6.35%) Amazon EKS
9 44 (6.21%) Amazon ECS
9 44 (6.21%) Amazon S3
10 34 (4.80%) Amazon SQS
10 34 (4.80%) OpenShift
11 32 (4.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 27 (3.81%) Amazon EC2
13 25 (3.53%) GitHub Copilot
14 19 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
15 15 (2.12%) Anthropic Claude
16 14 (1.97%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 12 (1.69%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 11 (1.55%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.13%) HTTP
2 4 (0.56%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.28%) Firewall
4 1 (0.14%) Broadband
4 1 (0.14%) Network Security
4 1 (0.14%) SSL
4 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (20.17%) PostgreSQL
2 90 (12.69%) MongoDB
3 89 (12.55%) Relational Database
4 81 (11.42%) NoSQL
5 36 (5.08%) Redis
6 33 (4.65%) SQL Server
7 32 (4.51%) MySQL
8 24 (3.39%) Amazon RDS
9 20 (2.82%) DynamoDB
10 19 (2.68%) Flink
11 18 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
12 16 (2.26%) Oracle Database
13 13 (1.83%) RDBMS
14 11 (1.55%) Apache Cassandra
14 11 (1.55%) Couchbase
15 10 (1.41%) Amazon Aurora
15 10 (1.41%) Big Data
16 9 (1.27%) Data Lake
17 8 (1.13%) Metadata
18 7 (0.99%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 201 (28.35%) Git
2 182 (25.67%) Jenkins
3 138 (19.46%) JUnit
4 137 (19.32%) GitLab
5 102 (14.39%) Maven
6 85 (11.99%) Gradle
7 77 (10.86%) Mockito
8 55 (7.76%) SonarQube
9 53 (7.48%) Cucumber
10 43 (6.06%) Selenium
11 39 (5.50%) JIRA
12 31 (4.37%) Gatling
13 21 (2.96%) REST Assured
14 16 (2.26%) Bitbucket
15 15 (2.12%) Liquibase
16 14 (1.97%) Claude Code
17 8 (1.13%) Flyway
18 7 (0.99%) Bitbucket Server
19 6 (0.85%) Serenity BDD
20 5 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 174 (24.54%) Social Skills
2 164 (23.13%) Finance
3 111 (15.66%) Banking
4 96 (13.54%) Public Sector
5 69 (9.73%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (4.23%) Retail
7 21 (2.96%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (1.97%) Back Office
9 14 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (1.69%) Front Office
11 8 (1.13%) Financial Institution
12 7 (0.99%) Retail Banking
13 6 (0.85%) Law
13 6 (0.85%) Military
14 4 (0.56%) Games
14 4 (0.56%) iGaming
14 4 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.56%) Police
14 4 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 354 (49.93%) Developer
2 288 (40.62%) Java Developer
3 171 (24.12%) Senior
4 147 (20.73%) Java Engineer
5 94 (13.26%) Senior Developer
6 89 (12.55%) Software Engineer
7 74 (10.44%) Senior Java Developer
8 67 (9.45%) Lead
9 53 (7.48%) Java Software Engineer
10 47 (6.63%) Full-Stack Developer
11 44 (6.21%) Backend Developer
12 42 (5.92%) Senior Java Engineer
13 26 (3.67%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 26 (3.67%) Lead Developer
14 24 (3.39%) Architect
14 24 (3.39%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 23 (3.24%) Lead Java Developer
15 23 (3.24%) Software Developer
16 22 (3.10%) SC Cleared Java Developer
17 21 (2.96%) Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 585 (82.51%) Spring Boot
2 245 (34.56%) Kafka
3 210 (29.62%) REST
4 155 (21.86%) RESTful
5 116 (16.36%) React
6 77 (10.86%) JPA
7 69 (9.73%) Hibernate
7 69 (9.73%) Terraform
8 57 (8.04%) AngularJS
9 56 (7.90%) Node.js
10 50 (7.05%) HTML
11 49 (6.91%) OpenAPI
11 49 (6.91%) RabbitMQ
12 42 (5.92%) Web Services
13 41 (5.78%) CSS
14 39 (5.50%) OAuth
14 39 (5.50%) Playwright
15 38 (5.36%) Swagger
16 37 (5.22%) Spring MVC
17 35 (4.94%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 185 (26.09%) Cloud Native
2 133 (18.76%) Distributed Systems
3 62 (8.74%) Product Ownership
4 42 (5.92%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (2.96%) AI Agents
5 21 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
7 19 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (1.97%) Data Structures
8 14 (1.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 14 (1.97%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.41%) Derivative
9 10 (1.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 9 (1.27%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.13%) Distributed Architecture
12 6 (0.85%) Blockchain
12 6 (0.85%) Fixed Income
12 6 (0.85%) Public Cloud
12 6 (0.85%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 46 (6.49%) Linux
2 34 (4.80%) Unix
3 4 (0.56%) macOS
4 3 (0.42%) Windows
5 2 (0.28%) Android
5 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.28%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.14%) Solaris
6 1 (0.14%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.14%) VMS
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 437 (61.64%) CI/CD
2 431 (60.79%) Microservices
3 359 (50.63%) Agile
4 233 (32.86%) DevOps
5 221 (31.17%) Software Engineering
6 212 (29.90%) Test Automation
7 189 (26.66%) Containerisation
8 188 (26.52%) Event-Driven
9 149 (21.02%) Scrum
10 135 (19.04%) TDD
11 122 (17.21%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 121 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 121 (17.07%) Full-Stack Development
13 111 (15.66%) Observability
14 110 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
15 97 (13.68%) Code Quality
16 89 (12.55%) SDLC
17 85 (11.99%) AI
18 79 (11.14%) Clean Code
19 72 (10.16%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 695 (98.03%) Java
2 222 (31.31%) SQL
3 97 (13.68%) TypeScript
4 92 (12.98%) JavaScript
5 70 (9.87%) Python
6 40 (5.64%) PL/SQL
7 30 (4.23%) Kotlin
8 24 (3.39%) Shell Script
9 14 (1.97%) Scala
10 12 (1.69%) Bash
11 5 (0.71%) C#
12 4 (0.56%) Ruby
12 4 (0.56%) Solidity
13 3 (0.42%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.28%) Bicep
14 2 (0.28%) Korn
14 2 (0.28%) PromQL
15 1 (0.14%) Go
15 1 (0.14%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 195 (27.50%) Security Cleared
2 166 (23.41%) SC Cleared
3 62 (8.74%) BPSS Clearance
4 33 (4.65%) Degree
5 25 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.12%) AWS Certification
6 15 (2.12%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.56%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 3 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.28%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.14%) CISSP
10 1 (0.14%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (13.82%) QA
2 51 (7.19%) Accessibility
3 23 (3.24%) WCAG
4 14 (1.97%) ISO 20022
5 10 (1.41%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.27%) SEPA
7 4 (0.56%) GDPR
8 3 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.28%) EMIR
9 2 (0.28%) MiFID
9 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.28%) PSD2
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.14%) ITGC
System Software
1 320 (45.13%) Docker
2 3 (0.42%) Postfix
3 2 (0.28%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 313 (44.15%) Kubernetes
2 58 (8.18%) Grafana
3 54 (7.62%) Prometheus
4 29 (4.09%) Kibana
5 28 (3.95%) Ansible
6 11 (1.55%) Control-M
7 9 (1.27%) Argo
8 7 (0.99%) Istio
9 4 (0.56%) Bosun
9 4 (0.56%) Kustomize
10 3 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.28%) Consul
11 2 (0.28%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.14%) logstash
Vendors
1 101 (14.25%) Oracle
2 35 (4.94%) Google
3 20 (2.82%) IBM
3 20 (2.82%) Splunk
4 18 (2.54%) Microsoft
5 17 (2.40%) Dynatrace
6 10 (1.41%) Databricks
6 10 (1.41%) New Relic
7 9 (1.27%) Sybase
8 7 (0.99%) OpenAI
8 7 (0.99%) Solace
8 7 (0.99%) TikTok
9 6 (0.85%) ION Trading
10 5 (0.71%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.71%) Confluent
10 5 (0.71%) FIS
10 5 (0.71%) Jaspersoft
11 4 (0.56%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.42%) Mistral
12 3 (0.42%) Veracode