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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 196 192
Rank change year-on-year +38 -4 -55
Contract jobs citing Spring 686 335 443
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 1.41% 1.21%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.60% 6.30% 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 465 218 348
10th Percentile £377 £358 £375
25th Percentile £425 £410 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -7.41% -13.11%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £638
90th Percentile £673 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £502 £497 £525
% change year-on-year +0.91% -5.33% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 5 11
10th Percentile - £52.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £52.50 - £42.94
Median hourly rate £66.00 £55.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +19.88% -36.72%
75th Percentile £80.13 £67.50 £52.34
90th Percentile £95.00 £80.25 £56.25
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year +7.69% +41.67% -36.72%

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 7,978 5,315 7,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.22% 22.33% 20.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,268 3,680 5,354
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £421 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -0.90%
75th Percentile £630 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £792
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 95 235
10th Percentile £30.77 £28.13 £22.60
25th Percentile £51.25 £40.42 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £71.62 £68.38 £66.50
90th Percentile £78.88 £81.01 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spring in England over the 6 months to 26 May 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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Spring in England over the 6 months to 26 May 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 26 May 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 +7 338 £525 -0.94% 75
North of England +26 162 £475 +2.15% 47
North West +38 116 £491 +22.05% 32
Midlands -29 74 £469 +13.01% 5
West Midlands -16 70 £470 +3.19% 1
South West +3 43 £409 -20.20% 16
South East -37 36 £513 +12.33% 20
Yorkshire -35 29 £463 -11.90% 12
East of England -10 27 £510 +9.09% 5
North East -5 24 £463 -0.54% 3
East Midlands -45 3 £402 +9.24% 4
Spring
UK

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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 41 (5.98%) Apache Spark
2 35 (5.10%) Confluence
3 20 (2.92%) Apache
4 14 (2.04%) Camunda
5 8 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.17%) WebLogic
6 6 (0.87%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.87%) Ethereum
6 6 (0.87%) Hyperledger
6 6 (0.87%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.58%) JBoss
7 4 (0.58%) nginx
8 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.29%) CMS
9 2 (0.29%) Drupal
9 2 (0.29%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.29%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.29%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.44%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.15%) Maya
Business Applications
1 5 (0.73%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.44%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.15%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 354 (51.60%) AWS
2 157 (22.89%) Azure
3 131 (19.10%) GitHub
4 110 (16.03%) GCP
5 74 (10.79%) GitHub Actions
6 71 (10.35%) Amazon S3
7 67 (9.77%) Serverless
8 57 (8.31%) AWS Lambda
9 37 (5.39%) Amazon EC2
9 37 (5.39%) Amazon SQS
10 35 (5.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 32 (4.66%) Amazon ECS
12 30 (4.37%) OpenShift
13 23 (3.35%) Azure AKS
13 23 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
14 22 (3.21%) Route 53
15 20 (2.92%) Amazon EKS
16 19 (2.77%) AWS KMS
17 18 (2.62%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 16 (2.33%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.17%) HTTP
2 4 (0.58%) DNS
2 4 (0.58%) HTTPS
2 4 (0.58%) SSL
3 2 (0.29%) Firewall
3 2 (0.29%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) SMS
4 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (23.18%) PostgreSQL
2 94 (13.70%) NoSQL
3 77 (11.22%) MongoDB
4 70 (10.20%) Relational Database
5 53 (7.73%) DynamoDB
6 48 (7.00%) MySQL
7 42 (6.12%) Amazon RDS
8 27 (3.94%) Elasticsearch
9 24 (3.50%) Amazon Aurora
10 20 (2.92%) Big Data
10 20 (2.92%) Redis
11 19 (2.77%) SQL Server
12 14 (2.04%) Flink
13 12 (1.75%) Apache Cassandra
14 11 (1.60%) RDBMS
15 9 (1.31%) DocumentDB
16 8 (1.17%) BigQuery
17 7 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
17 7 (1.02%) Hadoop
17 7 (1.02%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 168 (24.49%) Git
2 154 (22.45%) Jenkins
3 128 (18.66%) JUnit
4 112 (16.33%) GitLab
5 66 (9.62%) Gradle
6 65 (9.48%) Maven
7 62 (9.04%) Mockito
8 61 (8.89%) JIRA
9 41 (5.98%) Cucumber
10 38 (5.54%) Selenium
11 36 (5.25%) SonarQube
12 24 (3.50%) IntelliJ
13 22 (3.21%) JMeter
14 17 (2.48%) Gatling
14 17 (2.48%) REST Assured
15 16 (2.33%) WebDriver
16 14 (2.04%) DbUnit
16 14 (2.04%) Liquibase
17 13 (1.90%) jMock
18 11 (1.60%) Serenity BDD
General
1 136 (19.83%) Finance
2 125 (18.22%) Social Skills
3 113 (16.47%) Public Sector
4 80 (11.66%) Banking
5 43 (6.27%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (3.06%) Retail
7 14 (2.04%) Investment Banking
8 11 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (1.17%) Financial Institution
9 8 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.17%) Law
10 7 (1.02%) Retail Banking
11 6 (0.87%) Automotive
12 4 (0.58%) Front Office
12 4 (0.58%) Military
12 4 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.58%) Publishing
13 3 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.44%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 380 (55.39%) Developer
2 268 (39.07%) Java Developer
3 135 (19.68%) Senior
4 115 (16.76%) Java Engineer
5 85 (12.39%) Software Engineer
6 77 (11.22%) Senior Developer
7 74 (10.79%) Full-Stack Developer
8 72 (10.50%) Lead
9 61 (8.89%) Senior Java Developer
10 46 (6.71%) Java Software Engineer
11 45 (6.56%) Backend Developer
12 28 (4.08%) Software Developer
13 24 (3.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 24 (3.50%) Lead Developer
14 22 (3.21%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 21 (3.06%) Architect
15 21 (3.06%) Data Engineer
16 20 (2.92%) SC Cleared Java Developer
16 20 (2.92%) Senior Java Engineer
17 16 (2.33%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 556 (81.05%) Spring Boot
2 200 (29.15%) Kafka
3 165 (24.05%) RESTful
4 158 (23.03%) REST
5 136 (19.83%) React
6 99 (14.43%) Node.js
7 77 (11.22%) AngularJS
8 58 (8.45%) Hibernate
9 51 (7.43%) Spring Cloud
10 48 (7.00%) JPA
11 47 (6.85%) HTML
12 45 (6.56%) WireMock
13 44 (6.41%) Web Services
14 42 (6.12%) CSS
15 39 (5.69%) Spring MVC
16 38 (5.54%) OAuth
17 36 (5.25%) OpenTelemetry
18 35 (5.10%) OAuth2
19 31 (4.52%) SOAP
20 30 (4.37%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 116 (16.91%) Cloud Native
2 89 (12.97%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (4.37%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.06%) Greenfield Project
5 17 (2.48%) Mobile App
6 16 (2.33%) Distributed Architecture
7 14 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.75%) Data Structures
9 11 (1.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 11 (1.60%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.46%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 7 (1.02%) Data Centre
14 5 (0.73%) NHS
15 4 (0.58%) Derivative
15 4 (0.58%) Equities
15 4 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
15 4 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 46 (6.71%) Linux
2 12 (1.75%) Unix
3 10 (1.46%) Windows
4 8 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.58%) VMS
6 3 (0.44%) Android
6 3 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.44%) Solaris
6 3 (0.44%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (59.77%) Microservices
2 375 (54.66%) CI/CD
3 265 (38.63%) Agile
4 240 (34.99%) DevOps
5 212 (30.90%) Containerisation
6 164 (23.91%) Software Engineering
7 144 (20.99%) Full-Stack Development
7 144 (20.99%) TDD
8 126 (18.37%) Test Automation
9 125 (18.22%) Event-Driven
10 114 (16.62%) Observability
10 114 (16.62%) Problem-Solving
11 105 (15.31%) Continuous Improvement
12 99 (14.43%) Code Quality
13 97 (14.14%) Scrum
14 82 (11.95%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 75 (10.93%) BDD
16 69 (10.06%) Infrastructure as Code
17 55 (8.02%) Clean Code
18 54 (7.87%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 648 (94.46%) Java
2 204 (29.74%) SQL
3 100 (14.58%) JavaScript
4 89 (12.97%) TypeScript
5 81 (11.81%) Python
6 46 (6.71%) Kotlin
7 15 (2.19%) Go
8 14 (2.04%) PL/SQL
9 12 (1.75%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.31%) Scala
11 7 (1.02%) C#
12 6 (0.87%) Perl
12 6 (0.87%) Ruby
13 4 (0.58%) Bash
14 2 (0.29%) Korn
14 2 (0.29%) PHP
14 2 (0.29%) PromQL
15 1 (0.15%) Solidity
15 1 (0.15%) Swift
15 1 (0.15%) XPath
Qualifications
1 210 (30.61%) Security Cleared
2 178 (25.95%) SC Cleared
3 29 (4.23%) Degree
4 21 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (2.19%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.02%) AWS Certification
8 6 (0.87%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.29%) OCP
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.15%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.15%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (8.60%) QA
2 53 (7.73%) Accessibility
3 13 (1.90%) ISO 20022
4 11 (1.60%) SEPA
4 11 (1.60%) WCAG
5 6 (0.87%) GDPR
5 6 (0.87%) PCI DSS
5 6 (0.87%) PSD2
5 6 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.73%) SLA
7 4 (0.58%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.58%) NIST
8 2 (0.29%) EMIR
8 2 (0.29%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.29%) MiFID
8 2 (0.29%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) HL7
9 1 (0.15%) ITGC
System Software
1 309 (45.04%) Docker
2 11 (1.60%) Postfix
3 2 (0.29%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 2 (0.29%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 311 (45.34%) Kubernetes
2 95 (13.85%) Grafana
3 66 (9.62%) Prometheus
4 59 (8.60%) Terraform
5 24 (3.50%) Ansible
6 12 (1.75%) Argo
7 10 (1.46%) Kibana
8 8 (1.17%) Istio
9 3 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.29%) Consul
10 2 (0.29%) Rancher
10 2 (0.29%) Zipkin
11 1 (0.15%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.15%) Kiali
Vendors
1 52 (7.58%) Oracle
2 36 (5.25%) Microsoft
3 28 (4.08%) Splunk
4 25 (3.64%) Google
5 17 (2.48%) Jaspersoft
6 14 (2.04%) Atlassian
7 13 (1.90%) Dynatrace
8 12 (1.75%) Red Hat
9 11 (1.60%) Solace
10 10 (1.46%) IBM
10 10 (1.46%) Sybase
11 9 (1.31%) Checkmarx
12 7 (1.02%) Databricks
13 6 (0.87%) Confluent
14 5 (0.73%) Ab Initio
14 5 (0.73%) Adobe
14 5 (0.73%) New Relic
14 5 (0.73%) Teradata
15 3 (0.44%) Informatica
15 3 (0.44%) PagerDuty