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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 195 234
Rank change year-on-year +19 +39 -141
Contract jobs citing Spring 494 395 389
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.61% 1.30% 1.01%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.18% 5.98% 4.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 250 301
10th Percentile £323 £411 £413
25th Percentile £400 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.43% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £700
90th Percentile £638 £800 £825
UK median daily rate £493 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -10.45% +4.76% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile - - £57.63
25th Percentile - - £64.38
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £70.00
75th Percentile - - £71.88
90th Percentile - - £77.65
UK median hourly rate £40.00 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +3.70%

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 6,879 6,604 8,476
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.43% 21.76% 21.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,628 4,204 6,174
10th Percentile £350 £358 £369
25th Percentile £413 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.64% - -5.09%
75th Percentile £625 £673 £675
90th Percentile £725 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 98 175
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.43 £35.00
25th Percentile £43.00 £46.18 £46.18
Median hourly rate £59.75 £65.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.08% +22.64% -18.46%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.38 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £55.50 £65.00 £54.56
% change year-on-year -14.62% +19.13% -15.74%

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 2 December 2025.

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
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 2 December 2025. 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 +15 266 £525 -10.26% 57
North of England -5 107 £452 +0.50% 39
North West +20 78 £450 - 19
Midlands -5 50 £426 -27.53% 9
South East +23 42 £393 -12.78% 55
West Midlands -19 36 £475 -19.15% 7
Yorkshire -31 20 £513 -18.00% 11
East Midlands - 14 £360 - 2
South West -4 12 £503 -8.64% 12
North East -5 10 £500 +12.36% 10
East of England -21 1 - - 1
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 18 (3.64%) Confluence
2 16 (3.24%) JBoss
3 12 (2.43%) Apache
4 11 (2.23%) WebLogic
5 8 (1.62%) Tomcat
6 5 (1.01%) Camunda
7 4 (0.81%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.81%) Mule
8 3 (0.61%) CICS
8 3 (0.61%) WordPress
9 2 (0.40%) Drupal
9 2 (0.40%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.40%) nginx
10 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.20%) Alfresco
10 1 (0.20%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.20%) CMS
10 1 (0.20%) SAS
10 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.20%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.21%) Fidessa
1 6 (1.21%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.20%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 272 (55.06%) AWS
2 154 (31.17%) Azure
3 89 (18.02%) GCP
4 82 (16.60%) GitHub
5 41 (8.30%) OpenShift
6 38 (7.69%) Serverless
7 32 (6.48%) GitHub Actions
8 31 (6.28%) AWS Lambda
9 30 (6.07%) Amazon S3
10 22 (4.45%) Amazon EC2
10 22 (4.45%) Amazon ECS
11 20 (4.05%) Azure AKS
12 18 (3.64%) AWS CloudFormation
13 14 (2.83%) Amazon EKS
13 14 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
14 12 (2.43%) Datadog
15 11 (2.23%) Amazon SQS
15 11 (2.23%) Apigee
16 10 (2.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 10 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.01%) Kerberos
2 4 (0.81%) HTTP
2 4 (0.81%) HTTPS
3 3 (0.61%) SSL
4 2 (0.40%) VPN
5 1 (0.20%) Broadband
5 1 (0.20%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (22.06%) PostgreSQL
2 69 (13.97%) Relational Database
3 68 (13.77%) MongoDB
4 55 (11.13%) NoSQL
5 33 (6.68%) MySQL
6 23 (4.66%) DB2
6 23 (4.66%) DynamoDB
7 15 (3.04%) Amazon RDS
7 15 (3.04%) SQL Server
8 14 (2.83%) RDBMS
9 13 (2.63%) Oracle Database
10 12 (2.43%) Apache Cassandra
11 9 (1.82%) Amazon Aurora
11 9 (1.82%) HBase
11 9 (1.82%) Redis
12 6 (1.21%) Big Data
13 4 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.81%) Tick Data
14 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.61%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 138 (27.94%) JUnit
2 132 (26.72%) Git
3 105 (21.26%) Jenkins
4 64 (12.96%) GitLab
5 54 (10.93%) Maven
6 53 (10.73%) Cucumber
7 47 (9.51%) JIRA
8 43 (8.70%) Mockito
9 38 (7.69%) Gradle
10 34 (6.88%) Sonatype Nexus
11 24 (4.86%) Selenium
12 21 (4.25%) Postman
13 17 (3.44%) SonarQube
14 16 (3.24%) JMeter
15 14 (2.83%) Eclipse
16 13 (2.63%) Artifactory
16 13 (2.63%) IntelliJ
17 11 (2.23%) Bitbucket
18 7 (1.42%) REST Assured
18 7 (1.42%) Subversion
General
1 166 (33.60%) Social Skills
2 117 (23.68%) Finance
3 87 (17.61%) Banking
4 60 (12.15%) Public Sector
5 52 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (4.66%) Investment Banking
7 10 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (1.21%) Financial Institution
8 6 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.01%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.01%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.61%) Automotive
10 3 (0.61%) Electronics
10 3 (0.61%) Front Office
10 3 (0.61%) Law
10 3 (0.61%) Marketing
11 2 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.40%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 322 (65.18%) Developer
2 259 (52.43%) Java Developer
3 105 (21.26%) Senior
4 84 (17.00%) Senior Developer
5 80 (16.19%) Senior Java Developer
6 58 (11.74%) Full-Stack Developer
7 53 (10.73%) Java Engineer
8 48 (9.72%) Lead
9 32 (6.48%) Software Engineer
10 25 (5.06%) AWS Developer
10 25 (5.06%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 24 (4.86%) Lead Developer
12 20 (4.05%) Architect
12 20 (4.05%) Lead Java Developer
13 18 (3.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 17 (3.44%) Backend Developer
15 15 (3.04%) SQL Developer
16 14 (2.83%) Investment Banking Java Developer
16 14 (2.83%) Linux Developer
16 14 (2.83%) Senior SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 348 (70.45%) Spring Boot
2 157 (31.78%) Kafka
3 135 (27.33%) RESTful
4 115 (23.28%) REST
5 100 (20.24%) React
6 85 (17.21%) Hibernate
7 84 (17.00%) AngularJS
8 72 (14.57%) HTML
9 51 (10.32%) CSS
10 45 (9.11%) JSON
11 41 (8.30%) Node.js
12 38 (7.69%) OAuth
13 36 (7.29%) SOAP
14 33 (6.68%) JPA
15 32 (6.48%) JMS
15 32 (6.48%) OAuth2
16 28 (5.67%) Web Services
17 27 (5.47%) XML
18 25 (5.06%) Spring Cloud
19 24 (4.86%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 73 (14.78%) Cloud Native
2 50 (10.12%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (4.25%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.85%) Data Structures
4 19 (3.85%) Equities
4 19 (3.85%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
5 12 (2.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 9 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.62%) Derivative
8 7 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.21%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.81%) Algorithms
10 4 (0.81%) Distributed Architecture
10 4 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (0.81%) NHS
11 3 (0.61%) Mainframe
12 2 (0.40%) Fixed Income
12 2 (0.40%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 60 (12.15%) Linux
2 28 (5.67%) Unix
3 6 (1.21%) Windows
4 5 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.61%) Android
6 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.40%) VMS
6 2 (0.40%) zOS
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (61.94%) Microservices
2 279 (56.48%) CI/CD
3 236 (47.77%) Agile
4 159 (32.19%) DevOps
5 154 (31.17%) Problem-Solving
6 139 (28.14%) Containerisation
7 103 (20.85%) Full-Stack Development
8 97 (19.64%) TDD
8 97 (19.64%) Test Automation
9 84 (17.00%) Software Engineering
10 76 (15.38%) Event-Driven
11 73 (14.78%) SDLC
12 63 (12.75%) Scrum
13 57 (11.54%) Code Quality
14 55 (11.13%) Mentoring
15 54 (10.93%) Design Patterns
16 50 (10.12%) Infrastructure as Code
17 49 (9.92%) API Development
18 47 (9.51%) Continuous Improvement
19 46 (9.31%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 483 (97.77%) Java
2 146 (29.55%) SQL
3 77 (15.59%) JavaScript
4 75 (15.18%) Python
5 60 (12.15%) TypeScript
6 32 (6.48%) Shell Script
7 21 (4.25%) Kotlin
8 14 (2.83%) Scala
9 11 (2.23%) Ruby
10 10 (2.02%) Groovy
11 9 (1.82%) Bash
12 6 (1.21%) PL/SQL
13 5 (1.01%) C#
13 5 (1.01%) C++
14 4 (0.81%) C
15 3 (0.61%) Go
15 3 (0.61%) Rust
16 2 (0.40%) COBOL
16 2 (0.40%) PHP
16 2 (0.40%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 114 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 91 (18.42%) SC Cleared
3 30 (6.07%) Degree
4 26 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.43%) OCP
5 12 (2.43%) Oracle Certification
6 10 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.82%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.61%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.40%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.20%) CCSP
10 1 (0.20%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.20%) CISSP
10 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.20%) OSCP
10 1 (0.20%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (11.54%) QA
2 20 (4.05%) ISO 20022
3 17 (3.44%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.23%) PSD2
4 11 (2.23%) SEPA
5 10 (2.02%) WCAG
6 6 (1.21%) GDPR
7 5 (1.01%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.01%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.40%) HL7
9 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.20%) GRC
9 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.20%) NCSC
9 1 (0.20%) NIST
System Software
1 201 (40.69%) Docker
2 7 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.20%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.20%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 206 (41.70%) Kubernetes
2 49 (9.92%) Terraform
3 31 (6.28%) Ansible
4 24 (4.86%) Grafana
5 15 (3.04%) Progress Chef
6 13 (2.63%) Argo
7 10 (2.02%) Kibana
7 10 (2.02%) Prometheus
8 8 (1.62%) Puppet
9 5 (1.01%) Tivoli Identity Manager
10 2 (0.40%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.40%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.40%) Rancher
11 1 (0.20%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.20%) Consul
11 1 (0.20%) Control-M
11 1 (0.20%) logstash
11 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (11.94%) Oracle
2 35 (7.09%) Microsoft
3 28 (5.67%) Google
4 20 (4.05%) Sybase
5 18 (3.64%) Splunk
6 17 (3.44%) Red Hat
7 14 (2.83%) VMware
8 11 (2.23%) Dynatrace
9 10 (2.02%) CA Agile Central
10 9 (1.82%) IBM
10 9 (1.82%) webMethods
11 5 (1.01%) ION Trading
11 5 (1.01%) Ping Identity
11 5 (1.01%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.81%) Calypso
12 4 (0.81%) SAP
12 4 (0.81%) Solace
12 4 (0.81%) TIBCO
12 4 (0.81%) Virgin Media
13 3 (0.61%) Bloomberg