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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 191 197
Rank change year-on-year +42 +6 -67
Contract jobs citing Spring 693 335 435
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.68% 1.40% 1.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.74% 6.27% 5.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 215 340
10th Percentile £365 £358 £375
25th Percentile £425 £409 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.10% -7.41% -12.20%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £650
90th Percentile £671 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £494 £525
% change year-on-year +1.21% -5.90% -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 7,929 5,342 7,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.20% 22.28% 20.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,246 3,693 5,334
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% -1.70%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £534
% change year-on-year - -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 97 232
10th Percentile £30.61 £32.05 £22.50
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 £68.75 £65.34
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.65 £74.95
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 22 May 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 22 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 22 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 +19 341 £525 -0.94% 68
North of England +27 168 £475 +2.15% 43
North West +35 118 £479 +19.25% 25
Midlands -34 74 £469 +15.52% 6
West Midlands -7 70 £470 +10.47% 4
South West +5 42 £409 -20.20% 12
South East -30 36 £500 +9.59% 23
Yorkshire -28 32 £450 -14.29% 12
East of England -3 26 £510 +9.09% 3
North East -9 26 £463 -0.54% 6
East Midlands -40 3 £402 +9.24% 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 (5.92%) Apache Spark
2 36 (5.19%) Confluence
3 20 (2.89%) Apache
4 14 (2.02%) Camunda
5 8 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.15%) WebLogic
6 7 (1.01%) 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 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.43%) nginx
10 2 (0.29%) CICS
10 2 (0.29%) CMS
10 2 (0.29%) Drupal
10 2 (0.29%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.29%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.43%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.14%) Maya
Business Applications
1 5 (0.72%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.43%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.14%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.14%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 369 (53.25%) AWS
2 160 (23.09%) Azure
3 132 (19.05%) GitHub
4 112 (16.16%) GCP
5 76 (10.97%) Amazon S3
6 74 (10.68%) GitHub Actions
7 73 (10.53%) Serverless
8 61 (8.80%) AWS Lambda
9 37 (5.34%) Amazon EC2
9 37 (5.34%) Amazon SQS
10 35 (5.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 35 (5.05%) Amazon ECS
11 30 (4.33%) OpenShift
12 23 (3.32%) Azure AKS
12 23 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
13 22 (3.17%) Amazon EKS
13 22 (3.17%) Route 53
14 19 (2.74%) AWS KMS
15 18 (2.60%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 16 (2.31%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.15%) HTTP
2 5 (0.72%) SSL
3 4 (0.58%) DNS
3 4 (0.58%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.29%) Firewall
4 2 (0.29%) VPN
5 1 (0.14%) SMS
5 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (22.80%) PostgreSQL
2 96 (13.85%) NoSQL
3 77 (11.11%) MongoDB
4 71 (10.25%) Relational Database
5 57 (8.23%) DynamoDB
6 48 (6.93%) MySQL
7 42 (6.06%) Amazon RDS
8 27 (3.90%) Elasticsearch
9 25 (3.61%) Amazon Aurora
10 20 (2.89%) Big Data
10 20 (2.89%) Redis
11 19 (2.74%) SQL Server
12 14 (2.02%) Flink
13 12 (1.73%) Apache Cassandra
14 11 (1.59%) RDBMS
15 10 (1.44%) DocumentDB
16 8 (1.15%) BigQuery
16 8 (1.15%) DB2
17 7 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
17 7 (1.01%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 167 (24.10%) Git
2 156 (22.51%) Jenkins
3 126 (18.18%) JUnit
4 114 (16.45%) GitLab
5 66 (9.52%) Maven
6 64 (9.24%) Gradle
7 62 (8.95%) JIRA
8 60 (8.66%) Mockito
9 42 (6.06%) Cucumber
10 40 (5.77%) Selenium
11 38 (5.48%) SonarQube
12 24 (3.46%) IntelliJ
13 22 (3.17%) JMeter
14 17 (2.45%) Gatling
15 16 (2.31%) REST Assured
15 16 (2.31%) WebDriver
16 14 (2.02%) DbUnit
17 13 (1.88%) jMock
17 13 (1.88%) Liquibase
18 11 (1.59%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 137 (19.77%) Finance
2 126 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 116 (16.74%) Public Sector
4 78 (11.26%) Banking
5 43 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (3.03%) Retail
7 14 (2.02%) Investment Banking
8 11 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (1.15%) Financial Institution
9 8 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.15%) Law
10 7 (1.01%) 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 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.43%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 382 (55.12%) Developer
2 264 (38.10%) Java Developer
3 135 (19.48%) Senior
4 116 (16.74%) Java Engineer
5 85 (12.27%) Software Engineer
6 77 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
6 77 (11.11%) Senior Developer
7 73 (10.53%) Lead
8 61 (8.80%) Senior Java Developer
9 46 (6.64%) Java Software Engineer
10 44 (6.35%) Backend Developer
11 28 (4.04%) Software Developer
12 25 (3.61%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 25 (3.61%) Lead Developer
13 21 (3.03%) Architect
13 21 (3.03%) Data Engineer
13 21 (3.03%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 21 (3.03%) SC Cleared Java Developer
14 20 (2.89%) Senior Java Engineer
15 18 (2.60%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 561 (80.95%) Spring Boot
2 201 (29.00%) Kafka
3 169 (24.39%) RESTful
4 158 (22.80%) REST
5 137 (19.77%) React
6 105 (15.15%) Node.js
7 81 (11.69%) AngularJS
8 58 (8.37%) Hibernate
9 51 (7.36%) HTML
9 51 (7.36%) Spring Cloud
10 47 (6.78%) JPA
11 45 (6.49%) WireMock
12 44 (6.35%) CSS
12 44 (6.35%) Web Services
13 41 (5.92%) Spring MVC
14 39 (5.63%) OAuth
15 36 (5.19%) OAuth2
15 36 (5.19%) OpenTelemetry
16 31 (4.47%) Playwright
16 31 (4.47%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 118 (17.03%) Cloud Native
2 88 (12.70%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
5 17 (2.45%) Mobile App
6 16 (2.31%) Distributed Architecture
7 13 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (1.88%) Data Structures
8 12 (1.73%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.44%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.15%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 7 (1.01%) Data Centre
14 6 (0.87%) NHS
15 4 (0.58%) Derivative
15 4 (0.58%) Equities
15 4 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
15 4 (0.58%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 46 (6.64%) Linux
2 12 (1.73%) Unix
3 10 (1.44%) Windows
4 8 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.58%) VMS
6 3 (0.43%) Android
6 3 (0.43%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.43%) Solaris
6 3 (0.43%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (60.17%) Microservices
2 380 (54.83%) CI/CD
3 266 (38.38%) Agile
4 248 (35.79%) DevOps
5 218 (31.46%) Containerisation
6 163 (23.52%) Software Engineering
7 151 (21.79%) TDD
8 147 (21.21%) Full-Stack Development
9 128 (18.47%) Event-Driven
10 126 (18.18%) Test Automation
11 115 (16.59%) Problem-Solving
12 114 (16.45%) Observability
13 105 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
14 102 (14.72%) Code Quality
15 96 (13.85%) Scrum
16 83 (11.98%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 77 (11.11%) BDD
18 71 (10.25%) Infrastructure as Code
19 57 (8.23%) Clean Code
19 57 (8.23%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 652 (94.08%) Java
2 199 (28.72%) SQL
3 102 (14.72%) JavaScript
4 93 (13.42%) TypeScript
5 82 (11.83%) Python
6 48 (6.93%) Kotlin
7 15 (2.16%) Go
8 13 (1.88%) PL/SQL
9 12 (1.73%) Shell Script
10 10 (1.44%) Scala
11 7 (1.01%) C#
12 6 (0.87%) Perl
12 6 (0.87%) Ruby
13 5 (0.72%) Bash
14 3 (0.43%) PHP
15 2 (0.29%) Korn
15 2 (0.29%) PromQL
16 1 (0.14%) Solidity
16 1 (0.14%) Swift
16 1 (0.14%) XPath
Qualifications
1 216 (31.17%) Security Cleared
2 184 (26.55%) SC Cleared
3 30 (4.33%) Degree
4 22 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (2.02%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.01%) 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 (0.14%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.14%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (8.51%) QA
2 54 (7.79%) Accessibility
3 14 (2.02%) ISO 20022
4 12 (1.73%) WCAG
5 11 (1.59%) 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 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.72%) SLA
8 4 (0.58%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.58%) NIST
9 2 (0.29%) EMIR
9 2 (0.29%) HL7
9 2 (0.29%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.29%) MiFID
9 2 (0.29%) NCSC
10 1 (0.14%) ITGC
System Software
1 315 (45.45%) Docker
2 11 (1.59%) Postfix
3 3 (0.43%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.14%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 319 (46.03%) Kubernetes
2 94 (13.56%) Grafana
3 65 (9.38%) Prometheus
4 61 (8.80%) Terraform
5 23 (3.32%) Ansible
6 12 (1.73%) Argo
7 10 (1.44%) Kibana
8 8 (1.15%) Istio
9 3 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.29%) Consul
10 2 (0.29%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.29%) Rancher
10 2 (0.29%) Zipkin
11 1 (0.14%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.14%) Kiali
Vendors
1 50 (7.22%) Oracle
2 36 (5.19%) Microsoft
3 29 (4.18%) Splunk
4 25 (3.61%) Google
5 17 (2.45%) Jaspersoft
6 14 (2.02%) Atlassian
7 13 (1.88%) Dynatrace
8 12 (1.73%) Red Hat
9 11 (1.59%) IBM
9 11 (1.59%) Solace
10 9 (1.30%) Checkmarx
11 7 (1.01%) Databricks
11 7 (1.01%) Sybase
12 6 (0.87%) Adobe
12 6 (0.87%) Confluent
13 5 (0.72%) Ab Initio
13 5 (0.72%) New Relic
13 5 (0.72%) Teradata
14 3 (0.43%) PagerDuty
14 3 (0.43%) SAP