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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 177 176
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +38
Contract jobs citing Spring 710 433 455
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.54% 1.57% 1.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.28% 6.27% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 455 294 334
10th Percentile £364 £327 £380
25th Percentile £446 £402 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -7.17%
75th Percentile £625 £571 £655
90th Percentile £734 £638 £779
UK median daily rate £520 £496 £525
% change year-on-year +4.84% -5.52% -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% -1.51%
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 9,755 6,911 8,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.21% 25.08% 24.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,401 4,714 5,512
10th Percentile £380 £354 £363
25th Percentile £440 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -1.79%
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 271 160 177
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £27.45
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.27 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.47 £54.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.94% -13.60% -3.10%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.46
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +23.81% -14.77% -1.44%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -5 381 £535 +1.90% 475
North of England -13 159 £540 +16.13% 123
Midlands -13 93 £530 +28.48% 46
North West -22 91 £560 +25.84% 81
West Midlands +12 87 £551 +10.10% 38
Yorkshire +8 53 £500 +8.11% 24
South West -26 35 £463 -7.96% 52
South East -38 31 £297 -40.60% 50
East of England -13 18 £500 +6.95% 6
North East -31 16 £450 -8.16% 18
East Midlands -41 5 £400 +6.67% 8
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 (4.23%) Apache Spark
2 24 (3.38%) Confluence
3 18 (2.54%) Apache
4 13 (1.83%) Camunda
5 10 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.27%) nginx
7 8 (1.13%) Tomcat
7 8 (1.13%) WebLogic
8 4 (0.56%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.56%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.56%) MQSeries
8 4 (0.56%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.42%) Apache Pulsar
9 3 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.28%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.28%) CMS
10 2 (0.28%) Mule
10 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.14%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 4 (0.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (0.56%) Quorum
1 4 (0.56%) R3 Corda
1 4 (0.56%) Ripple
2 3 (0.42%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 385 (54.23%) AWS
2 136 (19.15%) Azure
3 121 (17.04%) GitHub
4 101 (14.23%) GCP
5 65 (9.15%) GitHub Actions
6 50 (7.04%) Serverless
7 46 (6.48%) AWS Lambda
8 44 (6.20%) Amazon S3
9 38 (5.35%) Amazon EKS
10 37 (5.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 37 (5.21%) Amazon ECS
10 37 (5.21%) OpenShift
11 32 (4.51%) Amazon SQS
12 27 (3.80%) Amazon EC2
13 22 (3.10%) GitHub Copilot
14 18 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
15 14 (1.97%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 13 (1.83%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 13 (1.83%) Anthropic Claude
17 11 (1.55%) Kong
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
1 151 (21.27%) PostgreSQL
2 87 (12.25%) Relational Database
3 86 (12.11%) NoSQL
4 83 (11.69%) MongoDB
5 44 (6.20%) MySQL
6 36 (5.07%) Redis
7 28 (3.94%) DynamoDB
7 28 (3.94%) SQL Server
8 23 (3.24%) Amazon RDS
9 19 (2.68%) Elasticsearch
10 15 (2.11%) Big Data
11 14 (1.97%) Apache Cassandra
11 14 (1.97%) Flink
11 14 (1.97%) RDBMS
12 13 (1.83%) Oracle Database
13 12 (1.69%) Amazon Aurora
14 11 (1.55%) Couchbase
15 10 (1.41%) Data Lake
16 7 (0.99%) Db2
16 7 (0.99%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 185 (26.06%) Git
2 180 (25.35%) Jenkins
3 131 (18.45%) JUnit
4 115 (16.20%) GitLab
5 92 (12.96%) Maven
6 84 (11.83%) Gradle
7 73 (10.28%) Mockito
8 53 (7.46%) SonarQube
9 41 (5.77%) JIRA
10 35 (4.93%) Cucumber
11 30 (4.23%) Selenium
12 20 (2.82%) Gatling
12 20 (2.82%) REST Assured
13 19 (2.68%) Liquibase
14 17 (2.39%) Bitbucket
15 11 (1.55%) IntelliJ
16 9 (1.27%) Bitbucket Server
17 8 (1.13%) Claude Code
17 8 (1.13%) Flyway
18 7 (0.99%) JMeter
General
1 163 (22.96%) Finance
2 160 (22.54%) Social Skills
3 100 (14.08%) Banking
4 97 (13.66%) Public Sector
5 65 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (3.66%) Retail
7 14 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (1.83%) Investment Banking
9 12 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.13%) Law
10 8 (1.13%) Retail Banking
11 7 (0.99%) Back Office
11 7 (0.99%) Financial Institution
11 7 (0.99%) Front Office
12 6 (0.85%) Military
13 5 (0.70%) Police
14 4 (0.56%) Games
14 4 (0.56%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.42%) Corporate Banking
15 3 (0.42%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 376 (52.96%) Developer
2 308 (43.38%) Java Developer
3 163 (22.96%) Senior
4 132 (18.59%) Java Engineer
5 95 (13.38%) Senior Developer
6 90 (12.68%) Software Engineer
7 76 (10.70%) Senior Java Developer
8 75 (10.56%) Lead
9 53 (7.46%) Java Software Engineer
10 50 (7.04%) Full-Stack Developer
11 44 (6.20%) Backend Developer
12 33 (4.65%) Senior Java Engineer
13 31 (4.37%) Lead Developer
14 29 (4.08%) Software Developer
15 28 (3.94%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 26 (3.66%) Architect
17 25 (3.52%) Lead Java Developer
18 22 (3.10%) Data Engineer
19 21 (2.96%) SC Cleared Java Developer
20 20 (2.82%) Java Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 595 (83.80%) Spring Boot
2 233 (32.82%) Kafka
3 196 (27.61%) REST
4 160 (22.54%) RESTful
5 130 (18.31%) React
6 68 (9.58%) JPA
7 65 (9.15%) Hibernate
8 64 (9.01%) Node.js
9 58 (8.17%) AngularJS
9 58 (8.17%) Terraform
10 56 (7.89%) HTML
11 48 (6.76%) RabbitMQ
12 44 (6.20%) CSS
13 43 (6.06%) Web Services
14 40 (5.63%) Spring Cloud
14 40 (5.63%) Spring MVC
15 39 (5.49%) OpenAPI
16 35 (4.93%) OAuth
16 35 (4.93%) Swagger
17 31 (4.37%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 176 (24.79%) Cloud Native
2 114 (16.06%) Distributed Systems
3 62 (8.73%) Product Ownership
4 35 (4.93%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (3.24%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
8 18 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (2.25%) AI Agents
9 16 (2.25%) Data Structures
9 16 (2.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 14 (1.97%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.41%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.27%) Algorithms
13 8 (1.13%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 7 (0.99%) Derivative
14 7 (0.99%) Distributed Architecture
15 6 (0.85%) Public Cloud
15 6 (0.85%) Spread Betting
16 5 (0.70%) Autonomous Agent
Operating Systems
1 44 (6.20%) Linux
2 32 (4.51%) Unix
3 3 (0.42%) Windows
4 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.28%) VMS
4 2 (0.28%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.14%) Android
5 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
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
1 433 (60.99%) Microservices
2 418 (58.87%) CI/CD
3 334 (47.04%) Agile
4 236 (33.24%) DevOps
5 224 (31.55%) Software Engineering
6 205 (28.87%) Containerisation
7 188 (26.48%) Test Automation
8 175 (24.65%) Event-Driven
9 134 (18.87%) TDD
10 130 (18.31%) Scrum
11 124 (17.46%) Full-Stack Development
12 119 (16.76%) Continuous Improvement
13 116 (16.34%) Code Quality
14 113 (15.92%) Observability
15 112 (15.77%) Problem-Solving
16 111 (15.63%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 91 (12.82%) SDLC
18 79 (11.13%) Clean Code
19 74 (10.42%) Infrastructure as Code
19 74 (10.42%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 697 (98.17%) Java
2 225 (31.69%) SQL
3 96 (13.52%) JavaScript
4 92 (12.96%) TypeScript
5 75 (10.56%) Python
6 40 (5.63%) PL/SQL
7 32 (4.51%) Kotlin
8 19 (2.68%) Shell Script
9 13 (1.83%) Scala
10 11 (1.55%) Bash
11 5 (0.70%) C#
12 4 (0.56%) Ruby
12 4 (0.56%) Solidity
13 3 (0.42%) Go
13 3 (0.42%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.28%) Korn
14 2 (0.28%) PromQL
15 1 (0.14%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 210 (29.58%) Security Cleared
2 176 (24.79%) SC Cleared
3 47 (6.62%) BPSS Clearance
4 30 (4.23%) Degree
5 23 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (1.97%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.83%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.42%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.28%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.14%) CISSP
10 1 (0.14%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (12.54%) QA
2 38 (5.35%) Accessibility
3 14 (1.97%) WCAG
4 13 (1.83%) ISO 20022
5 8 (1.13%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.13%) SEPA
6 4 (0.56%) GDPR
7 3 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.28%) EMIR
8 2 (0.28%) MiFID
8 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.28%) PSD2
9 1 (0.14%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.14%) ITGC
System Software
1 327 (46.06%) Docker
2 5 (0.70%) Postfix
3 2 (0.28%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 300 (42.25%) Kubernetes
2 62 (8.73%) Grafana
2 62 (8.73%) Prometheus
3 31 (4.37%) Ansible
4 25 (3.52%) Kibana
5 11 (1.55%) Control-M
6 8 (1.13%) Argo
7 7 (0.99%) Istio
8 4 (0.56%) 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
Vendors
1 97 (13.66%) Oracle
2 36 (5.07%) Google
3 22 (3.10%) IBM
4 19 (2.68%) Dynatrace
4 19 (2.68%) Splunk
5 18 (2.54%) Microsoft
6 10 (1.41%) Solace
7 9 (1.27%) Databricks
7 9 (1.27%) Sybase
8 8 (1.13%) Jaspersoft
9 7 (0.99%) Atlassian
9 7 (0.99%) New Relic
9 7 (0.99%) TikTok
10 6 (0.85%) Checkmarx
10 6 (0.85%) Confluent
10 6 (0.85%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.70%) FIS
11 5 (0.70%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.42%) Mistral
12 3 (0.42%) Veracode