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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 200 190
Rank change year-on-year +47 -10 -58
Contract jobs citing Spring 687 334 435
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.67% 1.37% 1.19%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.70% 6.16% 5.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 211 338
10th Percentile £363 £358 £375
25th Percentile £425 £410 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -12.90%
75th Percentile £588 £580 £650
90th Percentile £670 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 4 11
10th Percentile - £51.50 £35.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £53.75 £42.94
Median hourly rate £66.00 £60.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +30.78% -36.72%
75th Percentile £80.13 £72.81 £52.34
90th Percentile £95.00 £82.38 £56.25
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £73.75 £45.88
% change year-on-year -5.08% +60.75% -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 7,895 5,421 7,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.24% 22.28% 20.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,238 3,753 5,342
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 99 230
10th Percentile £31.03 £32.65 £22.42
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £65.95
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -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

Spring
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spring in England over the 6 months to 19 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

Spring
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Spring in England over the 6 months to 19 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 19 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 +14 340 £525 -0.94% 81
North of England +29 167 £475 +2.15% 55
North West +35 119 £475 +18.16% 36
Midlands -31 69 £469 +14.39% 8
West Midlands -9 67 £470 +10.47% 6
South West +6 41 £409 -20.20% 15
South East -34 37 £500 +9.59% 23
Yorkshire -31 30 £450 -14.29% 11
North East -1 26 £463 -0.54% 8
East of England -3 26 £510 +9.09% 4
East Midlands -46 2 £426 +14.67% 2
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 41 (5.97%) Apache Spark
2 36 (5.24%) Confluence
3 21 (3.06%) Apache
4 14 (2.04%) Camunda
5 8 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.16%) WebLogic
6 7 (1.02%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.87%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.87%) Hyperledger
7 6 (0.87%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.58%) JBoss
9 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.44%) nginx
10 2 (0.29%) CICS
10 2 (0.29%) CMS
10 2 (0.29%) Drupal
10 2 (0.29%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.29%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 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
3 2 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.15%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 363 (52.84%) AWS
2 162 (23.58%) Azure
3 129 (18.78%) GitHub
4 112 (16.30%) GCP
5 73 (10.63%) GitHub Actions
5 73 (10.63%) Serverless
6 72 (10.48%) Amazon S3
7 61 (8.88%) AWS Lambda
8 35 (5.09%) Amazon ECS
9 33 (4.80%) Amazon EC2
9 33 (4.80%) Amazon SQS
10 30 (4.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 30 (4.37%) OpenShift
11 27 (3.93%) Azure AKS
12 24 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
13 22 (3.20%) Amazon EKS
14 18 (2.62%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 18 (2.62%) Route 53
15 16 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
15 16 (2.33%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.16%) HTTP
2 5 (0.73%) SSL
3 4 (0.58%) DNS
3 4 (0.58%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.29%) Firewall
4 2 (0.29%) VPN
5 1 (0.15%) SMS
5 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (22.27%) PostgreSQL
2 92 (13.39%) NoSQL
3 75 (10.92%) MongoDB
4 71 (10.33%) Relational Database
5 52 (7.57%) DynamoDB
6 48 (6.99%) MySQL
7 37 (5.39%) Amazon RDS
8 26 (3.78%) Elasticsearch
9 21 (3.06%) Amazon Aurora
10 20 (2.91%) Redis
10 20 (2.91%) SQL Server
11 19 (2.77%) Big Data
12 14 (2.04%) Flink
13 12 (1.75%) Apache Cassandra
14 11 (1.60%) RDBMS
15 10 (1.46%) DocumentDB
16 8 (1.16%) BigQuery
16 8 (1.16%) DB2
17 7 (1.02%) Hadoop
17 7 (1.02%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 160 (23.29%) Git
2 148 (21.54%) Jenkins
3 120 (17.47%) JUnit
4 117 (17.03%) GitLab
5 65 (9.46%) Gradle
6 64 (9.32%) Maven
7 60 (8.73%) JIRA
8 55 (8.01%) Mockito
9 39 (5.68%) Cucumber
9 39 (5.68%) Selenium
10 34 (4.95%) SonarQube
11 24 (3.49%) IntelliJ
12 22 (3.20%) JMeter
13 17 (2.47%) Gatling
14 16 (2.33%) REST Assured
14 16 (2.33%) WebDriver
15 11 (1.60%) Cypress.io
15 11 (1.60%) DbUnit
15 11 (1.60%) jMock
15 11 (1.60%) Liquibase
General
1 132 (19.21%) Finance
2 128 (18.63%) Social Skills
3 114 (16.59%) Public Sector
4 75 (10.92%) Banking
5 40 (5.82%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (2.77%) Retail
7 14 (2.04%) Investment Banking
8 11 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (1.16%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.02%) Retail Banking
11 6 (0.87%) Automotive
11 6 (0.87%) Law
12 5 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.58%) Front Office
13 4 (0.58%) Military
13 4 (0.58%) Publishing
14 3 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.44%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 385 (56.04%) Developer
2 266 (38.72%) Java Developer
3 133 (19.36%) Senior
4 112 (16.30%) Java Engineer
5 83 (12.08%) Software Engineer
6 78 (11.35%) Senior Developer
7 76 (11.06%) Full-Stack Developer
8 71 (10.33%) Lead
9 61 (8.88%) Senior Java Developer
10 44 (6.40%) Backend Developer
10 44 (6.40%) Java Software Engineer
11 28 (4.08%) Software Developer
12 25 (3.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 24 (3.49%) Lead Developer
14 22 (3.20%) SC Cleared Java Developer
15 21 (3.06%) Architect
15 21 (3.06%) Data Engineer
16 20 (2.91%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 18 (2.62%) DevOps Engineer
17 18 (2.62%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 556 (80.93%) Spring Boot
2 198 (28.82%) Kafka
3 167 (24.31%) RESTful
4 151 (21.98%) REST
5 136 (19.80%) React
6 103 (14.99%) Node.js
7 83 (12.08%) AngularJS
8 56 (8.15%) Hibernate
9 51 (7.42%) HTML
10 48 (6.99%) Spring Cloud
11 44 (6.40%) CSS
11 44 (6.40%) WireMock
12 42 (6.11%) JPA
13 40 (5.82%) Spring MVC
13 40 (5.82%) Web Services
14 35 (5.09%) OAuth
15 34 (4.95%) OpenTelemetry
16 32 (4.66%) OAuth2
17 31 (4.51%) Playwright
18 29 (4.22%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 115 (16.74%) Cloud Native
2 83 (12.08%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (4.95%) Product Ownership
4 20 (2.91%) Greenfield Project
5 17 (2.47%) Mobile App
6 16 (2.33%) Distributed Architecture
7 13 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (1.89%) Data Structures
8 12 (1.75%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.46%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.16%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 7 (1.02%) Data Centre
13 7 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (1.02%) NHS
14 4 (0.58%) Distributed Applications
14 4 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
14 4 (0.58%) Legacy Applications
14 4 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 43 (6.26%) Linux
2 12 (1.75%) Unix
3 10 (1.46%) Windows
4 8 (1.16%) 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 2 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (60.26%) Microservices
2 376 (54.73%) CI/CD
3 259 (37.70%) Agile
4 243 (35.37%) DevOps
5 219 (31.88%) Containerisation
6 163 (23.73%) Software Engineering
7 150 (21.83%) TDD
8 144 (20.96%) Full-Stack Development
9 130 (18.92%) Test Automation
10 128 (18.63%) Event-Driven
11 119 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
12 111 (16.16%) Observability
13 104 (15.14%) Code Quality
14 102 (14.85%) Continuous Improvement
15 90 (13.10%) Scrum
16 82 (11.94%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 75 (10.92%) Infrastructure as Code
18 72 (10.48%) BDD
19 57 (8.30%) Clean Code
20 56 (8.15%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 646 (94.03%) Java
2 191 (27.80%) SQL
3 100 (14.56%) JavaScript
4 96 (13.97%) TypeScript
5 85 (12.37%) Python
6 48 (6.99%) Kotlin
7 15 (2.18%) Go
8 13 (1.89%) Shell Script
9 12 (1.75%) PL/SQL
10 10 (1.46%) Scala
11 6 (0.87%) C#
11 6 (0.87%) Perl
12 5 (0.73%) Bash
12 5 (0.73%) Ruby
13 3 (0.44%) PHP
14 2 (0.29%) Korn
15 1 (0.15%) COBOL
15 1 (0.15%) JCL
15 1 (0.15%) Objective-C
15 1 (0.15%) XPath
Qualifications
1 216 (31.44%) Security Cleared
2 184 (26.78%) SC Cleared
3 29 (4.22%) Degree
4 21 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (2.04%) DV Cleared
7 6 (0.87%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.73%) 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 60 (8.73%) QA
2 53 (7.71%) Accessibility
3 13 (1.89%) ISO 20022
4 12 (1.75%) WCAG
5 11 (1.60%) SEPA
6 6 (0.87%) GDPR
6 6 (0.87%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.87%) PSD2
6 6 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.73%) SLA
8 4 (0.58%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.58%) NIST
9 3 (0.44%) HL7
10 2 (0.29%) EMIR
10 2 (0.29%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.29%) MiFID
10 2 (0.29%) NCSC
11 1 (0.15%) ITGC
System Software
1 306 (44.54%) Docker
2 10 (1.46%) Postfix
3 3 (0.44%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 315 (45.85%) Kubernetes
2 89 (12.95%) Grafana
3 66 (9.61%) Terraform
4 63 (9.17%) Prometheus
5 22 (3.20%) Ansible
6 12 (1.75%) Argo
7 10 (1.46%) Kibana
8 8 (1.16%) Istio
9 3 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.29%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.29%) Rancher
11 1 (0.15%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.15%) Kiali
Vendors
1 48 (6.99%) Oracle
2 36 (5.24%) Microsoft
3 28 (4.08%) Splunk
4 25 (3.64%) Google
5 14 (2.04%) Jaspersoft
6 12 (1.75%) Dynatrace
6 12 (1.75%) Red Hat
7 11 (1.60%) Atlassian
8 10 (1.46%) IBM
9 9 (1.31%) Checkmarx
9 9 (1.31%) Solace
10 7 (1.02%) Databricks
10 7 (1.02%) Sybase
11 6 (0.87%) Adobe
11 6 (0.87%) Confluent
12 5 (0.73%) Ab Initio
12 5 (0.73%) Teradata
13 4 (0.58%) New Relic
14 3 (0.44%) Informatica
14 3 (0.44%) PagerDuty