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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 183 181
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 +27
Contract jobs citing Spring 721 438 455
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.56% 1.58% 1.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.32% 6.29% 5.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 301 337
10th Percentile £380 £336 £382
25th Percentile £450 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £625 £556 £656
90th Percentile £728 £638 £780
UK median daily rate £515 £484 £525
% change year-on-year +6.46% -7.86% -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% -2.32%
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% -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 9,852 6,959 8,103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.27% 25.04% 24.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,462 4,762 5,492
10th Percentile £380 £356 £363
25th Percentile £440 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -0.09%
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 270 163 176
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.32 £27.38
25th Percentile £50.88 £42.05 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.49 £54.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.97% -13.60% -
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.10 £71.60 £74.47
UK median hourly rate £67.00 £52.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +27.62% -14.77% +0.57%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -1 385 £535 +1.90% 230
North of England -6 166 £530 +13.98% 63
North West -25 96 £550 +25.71% 43
Midlands -25 89 £551 +33.45% 27
West Midlands +11 83 £558 +11.55% 24
Yorkshire -1 54 £500 +8.11% 12
South West -22 35 £463 -7.96% 36
South East -50 30 £294 -41.20% 38
East of England -8 21 £500 +6.95% 2
North East -37 17 £450 -8.16% 8
East Midlands -42 5 £400 +6.67% 3
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 30 (4.16%) Apache Spark
2 26 (3.61%) Confluence
3 18 (2.50%) Apache
4 13 (1.80%) Camunda
5 10 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.25%) nginx
7 8 (1.11%) Tomcat
7 8 (1.11%) WebLogic
8 4 (0.55%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.55%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.55%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.42%) Apache Pulsar
9 3 (0.42%) CMS
9 3 (0.42%) MQSeries
9 3 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.28%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.28%) Mule
10 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (0.55%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (0.55%) Quorum
1 4 (0.55%) R3 Corda
1 4 (0.55%) 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
1 396 (54.92%) AWS
2 142 (19.69%) Azure
3 129 (17.89%) GitHub
4 104 (14.42%) GCP
5 68 (9.43%) GitHub Actions
6 54 (7.49%) Serverless
7 49 (6.80%) AWS Lambda
8 46 (6.38%) Amazon S3
9 39 (5.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 39 (5.41%) Amazon EKS
10 38 (5.27%) Amazon ECS
11 36 (4.99%) OpenShift
12 33 (4.58%) Amazon SQS
13 29 (4.02%) Amazon EC2
14 22 (3.05%) GitHub Copilot
15 20 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
16 14 (1.94%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 13 (1.80%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 13 (1.80%) Anthropic Claude
18 11 (1.53%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.97%) 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
1 154 (21.36%) PostgreSQL
2 89 (12.34%) NoSQL
3 83 (11.51%) Relational Database
4 80 (11.10%) MongoDB
5 45 (6.24%) MySQL
6 36 (4.99%) Redis
7 30 (4.16%) DynamoDB
8 28 (3.88%) SQL Server
9 25 (3.47%) Amazon RDS
10 19 (2.64%) Elasticsearch
11 14 (1.94%) Apache Cassandra
11 14 (1.94%) Big Data
11 14 (1.94%) Flink
11 14 (1.94%) RDBMS
12 13 (1.80%) Oracle Database
13 12 (1.66%) Amazon Aurora
14 11 (1.53%) Couchbase
15 9 (1.25%) Data Lake
16 7 (0.97%) Db2
16 7 (0.97%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 189 (26.21%) Git
2 186 (25.80%) Jenkins
3 138 (19.14%) JUnit
4 119 (16.50%) GitLab
5 86 (11.93%) Maven
6 81 (11.23%) Gradle
7 75 (10.40%) Mockito
8 56 (7.77%) SonarQube
9 44 (6.10%) JIRA
10 37 (5.13%) Cucumber
11 32 (4.44%) Selenium
12 21 (2.91%) Liquibase
13 20 (2.77%) Gatling
13 20 (2.77%) REST Assured
14 17 (2.36%) Bitbucket
15 12 (1.66%) IntelliJ
16 9 (1.25%) Bitbucket Server
16 9 (1.25%) JMeter
17 8 (1.11%) Claude Code
17 8 (1.11%) Flyway
General
1 168 (23.30%) Finance
2 162 (22.47%) Social Skills
3 100 (13.87%) Banking
4 98 (13.59%) Public Sector
5 66 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (3.74%) Retail
7 14 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (1.80%) Investment Banking
9 12 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.39%) Law
11 7 (0.97%) Back Office
11 7 (0.97%) Financial Institution
11 7 (0.97%) Front Office
11 7 (0.97%) Retail Banking
12 6 (0.83%) Military
13 5 (0.69%) Games
13 5 (0.69%) Police
14 4 (0.55%) Automotive
14 4 (0.55%) Publishing
14 4 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 383 (53.12%) Developer
2 309 (42.86%) Java Developer
3 165 (22.88%) Senior
4 131 (18.17%) Java Engineer
5 97 (13.45%) Senior Developer
6 93 (12.90%) Software Engineer
7 76 (10.54%) Senior Java Developer
8 75 (10.40%) Lead
9 55 (7.63%) Java Software Engineer
10 50 (6.93%) Backend Developer
10 50 (6.93%) Full-Stack Developer
11 32 (4.44%) Senior Java Engineer
12 31 (4.30%) Lead Developer
13 28 (3.88%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 28 (3.88%) Software Developer
14 27 (3.74%) Architect
15 25 (3.47%) Lead Java Developer
16 22 (3.05%) Data Engineer
16 22 (3.05%) SC Cleared Java Developer
17 19 (2.64%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 600 (83.22%) Spring Boot
2 237 (32.87%) Kafka
3 193 (26.77%) REST
4 163 (22.61%) RESTful
5 130 (18.03%) React
6 67 (9.29%) JPA
7 66 (9.15%) Node.js
8 65 (9.02%) Hibernate
9 61 (8.46%) Terraform
10 57 (7.91%) AngularJS
11 55 (7.63%) HTML
12 50 (6.93%) RabbitMQ
13 43 (5.96%) CSS
13 43 (5.96%) Web Services
14 41 (5.69%) Spring MVC
15 40 (5.55%) OpenAPI
15 40 (5.55%) Spring Cloud
16 38 (5.27%) OAuth
17 34 (4.72%) Swagger
18 31 (4.30%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 180 (24.97%) Cloud Native
2 116 (16.09%) Distributed Systems
3 58 (8.04%) Product Ownership
4 35 (4.85%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (3.19%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
8 18 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (2.22%) AI Agents
9 16 (2.22%) Data Structures
9 16 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 13 (1.80%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.25%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.25%) Distributed Architecture
11 9 (1.25%) Virtual Team
12 7 (0.97%) Derivative
12 7 (0.97%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 6 (0.83%) Public Cloud
13 6 (0.83%) Spread Betting
14 5 (0.69%) Autonomous Agent
Operating Systems
1 41 (5.69%) Linux
2 28 (3.88%) 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%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 443 (61.44%) Microservices
2 428 (59.36%) CI/CD
3 339 (47.02%) Agile
4 243 (33.70%) DevOps
5 227 (31.48%) Software Engineering
6 207 (28.71%) Containerisation
7 195 (27.05%) Test Automation
8 178 (24.69%) Event-Driven
9 146 (20.25%) TDD
10 130 (18.03%) Scrum
11 128 (17.75%) Full-Stack Development
12 126 (17.48%) Continuous Improvement
13 118 (16.37%) Code Quality
14 116 (16.09%) Observability
15 115 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
16 114 (15.81%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 94 (13.04%) SDLC
18 78 (10.82%) Clean Code
19 76 (10.54%) Infrastructure as Code
20 75 (10.40%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 705 (97.78%) Java
2 223 (30.93%) SQL
3 94 (13.04%) JavaScript
3 94 (13.04%) TypeScript
4 82 (11.37%) Python
5 40 (5.55%) PL/SQL
6 35 (4.85%) Kotlin
7 19 (2.64%) Shell Script
8 14 (1.94%) Scala
9 13 (1.80%) Bash
10 6 (0.83%) C#
11 5 (0.69%) Ruby
12 4 (0.55%) Go
12 4 (0.55%) Solidity
13 3 (0.42%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.28%) Korn
14 2 (0.28%) PromQL
15 1 (0.14%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 212 (29.40%) Security Cleared
2 176 (24.41%) SC Cleared
3 45 (6.24%) BPSS Clearance
4 27 (3.74%) Degree
5 21 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (1.80%) AWS Certification
6 13 (1.80%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.28%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.14%) CISSP
8 1 (0.14%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.14%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.14%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (12.34%) QA
2 39 (5.41%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.08%) WCAG
4 13 (1.80%) ISO 20022
5 8 (1.11%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.97%) SEPA
7 4 (0.55%) GDPR
8 3 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.28%) EMIR
9 2 (0.28%) MiFID
9 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.14%) HL7
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.14%) ITGC
10 1 (0.14%) PSD2
System Software
1 334 (46.32%) Docker
2 5 (0.69%) Postfix
3 2 (0.28%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 304 (42.16%) Kubernetes
2 64 (8.88%) Grafana
2 64 (8.88%) Prometheus
3 31 (4.30%) Ansible
4 24 (3.33%) Kibana
5 11 (1.53%) Control-M
6 8 (1.11%) Argo
7 7 (0.97%) Istio
8 4 (0.55%) Kustomize
9 3 (0.42%) Bosun
10 2 (0.28%) Consul
10 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.28%) Zipkin
11 1 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.14%) Kiali
11 1 (0.14%) logstash
11 1 (0.14%) Rancher
Vendors
1 98 (13.59%) Oracle
2 36 (4.99%) Google
3 22 (3.05%) IBM
4 21 (2.91%) Microsoft
5 19 (2.64%) Splunk
6 18 (2.50%) Dynatrace
7 10 (1.39%) Solace
8 9 (1.25%) Checkmarx
8 9 (1.25%) Databricks
8 9 (1.25%) Sybase
9 8 (1.11%) Jaspersoft
10 7 (0.97%) Atlassian
10 7 (0.97%) New Relic
10 7 (0.97%) TikTok
11 6 (0.83%) Confluent
11 6 (0.83%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.55%) FIS
12 4 (0.55%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.42%) ION Trading
13 3 (0.42%) Veracode