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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 185 185
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +24
Contract jobs citing Spring 707 425 451
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.55% 1.56% 1.38%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.25% 6.25% 5.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 290 336
10th Percentile £380 £340 £382
25th Percentile £450 £401 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £620 £550 £652
90th Percentile £725 £638 £782
UK median daily rate £511 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +7.58% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 7 1
10th Percentile £56.50 £53.00 -
25th Percentile £62.50 - £69.50
Median hourly rate £72.00 £55.00 £72.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% -23.61% -0.69%
75th Percentile £76.50 £68.75 £74.50
90th Percentile £91.40 £77.50 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £72.00
% change year-on-year - -9.72% -0.69%

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 9,748 6,796 8,050
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.36% 24.97% 24.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,417 4,663 5,509
10th Percentile £380 £355 £363
25th Percentile £438 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 163 178
10th Percentile £30.00 £31.25 £32.83
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.05 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.47 £54.00 £62.93
Median % change year-on-year +24.94% -14.19% +0.28%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £71.60 £74.61
UK median hourly rate £66.83 £52.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year +27.30% -15.32% -0.80%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 4 September 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 -8 376 £533 +0.95% 447
North of England -6 166 £530 +13.98% 115
North West -15 96 £550 +22.29% 73
Midlands -21 85 £540 +30.97% 48
West Midlands +3 79 £551 +10.10% 41
Yorkshire +3 53 £500 +39.16% 24
South West -23 35 £463 -8.42% 51
South East -57 29 £294 -41.20% 47
East of England +2 21 £500 +6.95% 8
North East -27 18 £450 -8.16% 18
East Midlands -46 5 £400 +6.67% 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 31 (4.38%) Apache Spark
2 24 (3.39%) Confluence
3 19 (2.69%) Apache
4 13 (1.84%) Camunda
5 10 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.27%) nginx
7 8 (1.13%) WebLogic
8 7 (0.99%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.57%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.57%) Hyperledger
9 4 (0.57%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.42%) Apache Pulsar
10 3 (0.42%) CMS
10 3 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.28%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.28%) MQSeries
11 2 (0.28%) Mule
11 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (0.57%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (0.57%) Quorum
1 4 (0.57%) R3 Corda
1 4 (0.57%) Ripple
2 3 (0.42%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.14%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 385 (54.46%) AWS
2 144 (20.37%) Azure
3 128 (18.10%) GitHub
4 102 (14.43%) GCP
5 66 (9.34%) GitHub Actions
6 50 (7.07%) Serverless
7 45 (6.36%) AWS Lambda
8 42 (5.94%) Amazon S3
9 37 (5.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 36 (5.09%) Amazon EKS
10 36 (5.09%) OpenShift
11 35 (4.95%) Amazon ECS
12 33 (4.67%) Amazon SQS
13 26 (3.68%) Amazon EC2
14 24 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (2.83%) GitHub Copilot
16 13 (1.84%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 13 (1.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 13 (1.84%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 11 (1.56%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.99%) HTTP
2 3 (0.42%) Firewall
2 3 (0.42%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.14%) Broadband
3 1 (0.14%) SMS
3 1 (0.14%) SSL
3 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (21.07%) PostgreSQL
2 88 (12.45%) NoSQL
3 80 (11.32%) Relational Database
4 76 (10.75%) MongoDB
5 45 (6.36%) MySQL
6 36 (5.09%) Redis
7 30 (4.24%) DynamoDB
8 27 (3.82%) SQL Server
9 24 (3.39%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (2.55%) Elasticsearch
11 14 (1.98%) Big Data
11 14 (1.98%) Flink
11 14 (1.98%) RDBMS
12 13 (1.84%) Apache Cassandra
13 12 (1.70%) Amazon Aurora
13 12 (1.70%) Oracle Database
14 11 (1.56%) Couchbase
15 9 (1.27%) Data Lake
16 7 (0.99%) InterSystems Cache
16 7 (0.99%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 183 (25.88%) Git
2 176 (24.89%) Jenkins
3 134 (18.95%) JUnit
4 116 (16.41%) GitLab
5 80 (11.32%) Maven
6 78 (11.03%) Gradle
7 72 (10.18%) Mockito
8 54 (7.64%) SonarQube
9 42 (5.94%) JIRA
10 37 (5.23%) Cucumber
11 33 (4.67%) Selenium
12 21 (2.97%) Liquibase
13 20 (2.83%) Gatling
14 18 (2.55%) REST Assured
15 16 (2.26%) Bitbucket
16 12 (1.70%) IntelliJ
17 10 (1.41%) JMeter
18 9 (1.27%) Bitbucket Server
19 8 (1.13%) Flyway
20 7 (0.99%) DbUnit
General
1 162 (22.91%) Finance
2 159 (22.49%) Social Skills
3 96 (13.58%) Public Sector
4 94 (13.30%) Banking
5 62 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (3.82%) Retail
7 13 (1.84%) Investment Banking
8 12 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.41%) Law
11 7 (0.99%) Back Office
11 7 (0.99%) Financial Institution
11 7 (0.99%) Retail Banking
12 5 (0.71%) Games
12 5 (0.71%) Military
12 5 (0.71%) Police
13 4 (0.57%) Automotive
13 4 (0.57%) Publishing
13 4 (0.57%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.42%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 374 (52.90%) Developer
2 301 (42.57%) Java Developer
3 158 (22.35%) Senior
4 129 (18.25%) Java Engineer
5 94 (13.30%) Senior Developer
6 92 (13.01%) Software Engineer
7 75 (10.61%) Senior Java Developer
8 71 (10.04%) Lead
9 54 (7.64%) Java Software Engineer
10 50 (7.07%) Backend Developer
10 50 (7.07%) Full-Stack Developer
11 30 (4.24%) Lead Developer
11 30 (4.24%) Senior Java Engineer
12 28 (3.96%) Architect
12 28 (3.96%) Software Developer
13 27 (3.82%) Full-Stack Java Developer
14 24 (3.39%) Lead Java Developer
15 22 (3.11%) Data Engineer
16 21 (2.97%) SC Cleared Java Developer
17 18 (2.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 586 (82.89%) Spring Boot
2 230 (32.53%) Kafka
3 186 (26.31%) REST
4 158 (22.35%) RESTful
5 130 (18.39%) React
6 65 (9.19%) Node.js
7 63 (8.91%) JPA
8 61 (8.63%) Terraform
9 60 (8.49%) Hibernate
10 55 (7.78%) HTML
11 52 (7.36%) AngularJS
12 49 (6.93%) RabbitMQ
13 43 (6.08%) CSS
14 41 (5.80%) Web Services
15 40 (5.66%) Spring MVC
16 38 (5.37%) OAuth
16 38 (5.37%) OpenAPI
16 38 (5.37%) Spring Cloud
17 32 (4.53%) Swagger
18 29 (4.10%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 175 (24.75%) Cloud Native
2 116 (16.41%) Distributed Systems
3 53 (7.50%) Product Ownership
4 32 (4.53%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (3.25%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (2.69%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (2.26%) Data Structures
8 16 (2.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 15 (2.12%) AI Agents
10 13 (1.84%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.41%) Distributed Architecture
12 9 (1.27%) Algorithms
13 7 (0.99%) Derivative
13 7 (0.99%) Virtual Team
14 6 (0.85%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.85%) Spread Betting
15 5 (0.71%) Autonomous Agent
15 5 (0.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 39 (5.52%) Linux
2 27 (3.82%) Unix
3 3 (0.42%) VMS
3 3 (0.42%) Windows
4 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.28%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.14%) Android
5 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.14%) Solaris
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 435 (61.53%) Microservices
2 417 (58.98%) CI/CD
3 333 (47.10%) Agile
4 237 (33.52%) DevOps
5 224 (31.68%) Software Engineering
6 197 (27.86%) Containerisation
7 185 (26.17%) Test Automation
8 173 (24.47%) Event-Driven
9 141 (19.94%) TDD
10 126 (17.82%) Full-Stack Development
11 124 (17.54%) Scrum
12 121 (17.11%) Continuous Improvement
13 116 (16.41%) Observability
14 112 (15.84%) Code Quality
15 111 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
16 109 (15.42%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 87 (12.31%) SDLC
18 75 (10.61%) Clean Code
18 75 (10.61%) Infrastructure as Code
19 72 (10.18%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 691 (97.74%) Java
2 222 (31.40%) SQL
3 92 (13.01%) JavaScript
4 91 (12.87%) TypeScript
5 83 (11.74%) Python
6 40 (5.66%) PL/SQL
7 34 (4.81%) Kotlin
8 18 (2.55%) Shell Script
9 13 (1.84%) Scala
10 12 (1.70%) Bash
11 6 (0.85%) C#
12 5 (0.71%) Ruby
13 4 (0.57%) Go
13 4 (0.57%) Solidity
14 3 (0.42%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.28%) Korn
15 2 (0.28%) PromQL
16 1 (0.14%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 207 (29.28%) Security Cleared
2 172 (24.33%) SC Cleared
3 45 (6.36%) BPSS Clearance
4 28 (3.96%) Degree
5 22 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (1.84%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.56%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.28%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.14%) CISSP
9 1 (0.14%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.14%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.14%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (11.74%) QA
2 41 (5.80%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.12%) WCAG
4 11 (1.56%) ISO 20022
5 8 (1.13%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.99%) SEPA
7 4 (0.57%) GDPR
7 4 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.28%) EMIR
8 2 (0.28%) MiFID
8 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.14%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.14%) ITGC
9 1 (0.14%) PSD2
System Software
1 322 (45.54%) Docker
2 5 (0.71%) Postfix
3 2 (0.28%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 298 (42.15%) Kubernetes
2 61 (8.63%) Grafana
2 61 (8.63%) Prometheus
3 31 (4.38%) Ansible
4 23 (3.25%) Kibana
5 11 (1.56%) Control-M
6 7 (0.99%) Argo
6 7 (0.99%) Istio
7 4 (0.57%) Kustomize
8 3 (0.42%) Bosun
9 2 (0.28%) Consul
9 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.28%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.14%) Kiali
10 1 (0.14%) logstash
10 1 (0.14%) Rancher
Vendors
1 95 (13.44%) Oracle
2 35 (4.95%) Google
3 24 (3.39%) Microsoft
4 21 (2.97%) IBM
5 19 (2.69%) Splunk
6 18 (2.55%) Dynatrace
7 10 (1.41%) Solace
8 9 (1.27%) Checkmarx
8 9 (1.27%) Databricks
9 8 (1.13%) Jaspersoft
9 8 (1.13%) Sybase
10 7 (0.99%) Atlassian
10 7 (0.99%) New Relic
10 7 (0.99%) TikTok
11 6 (0.85%) Confluent
12 5 (0.71%) OpenAI
13 4 (0.57%) FIS
13 4 (0.57%) MuleSoft
14 3 (0.42%) Mistral
14 3 (0.42%) Veracode