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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 202 237
Rank change year-on-year +42 +35 -129
Contract jobs citing Spring 635 322 381
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.72% 1.32% 1.01%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.14% 5.82% 5.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 194 287
10th Percentile £352 £400 £388
25th Percentile £420 £434 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £537 £540
Median % change year-on-year -6.89% -0.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £650
90th Percentile £650 £738 £800
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -13.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 0 11
10th Percentile £51.00 - £35.00
25th Percentile £52.50 - £42.94
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £45.88
75th Percentile £81.00 - £52.34
90th Percentile £95.00 - £56.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 - £45.88
% change year-on-year - - -34.46%

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 7,802 5,531 7,547
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.08% 22.61% 19.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,242 3,754 5,400
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -0.92% -5.22%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £670
90th Percentile £738 £794 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 85 189
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.26 £21.16
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.50 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%
75th Percentile £71.50 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.80 £83.58 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 +7 292 £525 -7.08% 58
North of England +16 156 £475 +1.60% 53
North West +44 115 £465 +0.54% 31
Midlands -4 80 £468 +10.10% 7
West Midlands +4 77 £469 +10.35% 5
South East +6 59 £405 -1.82% 18
South West -5 27 £409 -23.91% 15
North East +8 25 £475 +6.74% 10
Yorkshire -51 23 £500 -4.76% 12
East of England - 14 £510 - 5
East Midlands -36 3 £308 -28.74% 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 42 (6.61%) Confluence
2 24 (3.78%) Apache Spark
3 18 (2.83%) Apache
4 13 (2.05%) WebLogic
5 11 (1.73%) Camunda
6 8 (1.26%) JBoss
7 7 (1.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.94%) Ethereum
8 6 (0.94%) Hyperledger
9 4 (0.63%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.47%) nginx
11 2 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.31%) CICS
11 2 (0.31%) Drupal
11 2 (0.31%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.31%) WordPress
12 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.16%) CMS
12 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.47%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.16%) Maya
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (1.73%) Fidessa
2 6 (0.94%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.16%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 357 (56.22%) AWS
2 185 (29.13%) Azure
3 140 (22.05%) GitHub
4 117 (18.43%) GCP
5 75 (11.81%) Serverless
6 72 (11.34%) Amazon S3
7 71 (11.18%) GitHub Actions
8 60 (9.45%) AWS Lambda
9 45 (7.09%) OpenShift
10 38 (5.98%) Amazon ECS
11 35 (5.51%) Amazon EC2
12 28 (4.41%) Amazon EKS
12 28 (4.41%) Azure AKS
13 25 (3.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 25 (3.94%) Amazon SQS
13 25 (3.94%) AWS CloudFormation
14 24 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
15 17 (2.68%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 17 (2.68%) Datadog
16 16 (2.52%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.73%) HTTP
2 7 (1.10%) HTTPS
3 5 (0.79%) Kerberos
3 5 (0.79%) SSL
4 4 (0.63%) DNS
5 2 (0.31%) VPN
6 1 (0.16%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (25.04%) PostgreSQL
2 91 (14.33%) NoSQL
3 78 (12.28%) MongoDB
4 63 (9.92%) Relational Database
5 47 (7.40%) DynamoDB
6 43 (6.77%) MySQL
7 35 (5.51%) Amazon RDS
8 25 (3.94%) Elasticsearch
9 20 (3.15%) Amazon Aurora
9 20 (3.15%) SQL Server
10 13 (2.05%) DB2
10 13 (2.05%) RDBMS
11 12 (1.89%) Apache Cassandra
12 11 (1.73%) Redis
13 10 (1.57%) Big Data
13 10 (1.57%) DocumentDB
14 9 (1.42%) Flink
14 9 (1.42%) HBase
14 9 (1.42%) Oracle Database
15 8 (1.26%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 177 (27.87%) Git
2 152 (23.94%) Jenkins
3 143 (22.52%) JUnit
4 115 (18.11%) GitLab
5 72 (11.34%) Cucumber
6 66 (10.39%) Maven
7 65 (10.24%) JIRA
8 51 (8.03%) Gradle
9 50 (7.87%) Mockito
10 45 (7.09%) Selenium
11 32 (5.04%) JMeter
12 28 (4.41%) Sonatype Nexus
13 21 (3.31%) SonarQube
14 19 (2.99%) IntelliJ
15 17 (2.68%) Postman
15 17 (2.68%) WebDriver
16 15 (2.36%) Gatling
17 11 (1.73%) Artifactory
17 11 (1.73%) Cypress.io
17 11 (1.73%) REST Assured
General
1 168 (26.46%) Social Skills
2 124 (19.53%) Finance
3 106 (16.69%) Public Sector
4 71 (11.18%) Banking
5 36 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (2.36%) Retail
7 14 (2.20%) Investment Banking
8 8 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (1.26%) Manufacturing
9 5 (0.79%) Front Office
9 5 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (0.79%) Law
10 4 (0.63%) Automotive
10 4 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (0.63%) Military
10 4 (0.63%) Retail Banking
10 4 (0.63%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.47%) Marketing
11 3 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 380 (59.84%) Developer
2 258 (40.63%) Java Developer
3 120 (18.90%) Senior
4 92 (14.49%) Java Engineer
5 90 (14.17%) Full-Stack Developer
6 72 (11.34%) Senior Developer
7 60 (9.45%) Senior Java Developer
7 60 (9.45%) Software Engineer
8 57 (8.98%) Lead
9 34 (5.35%) Java Software Engineer
10 33 (5.20%) Backend Developer
11 26 (4.09%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 26 (4.09%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 26 (4.09%) SC Cleared Java Developer
12 25 (3.94%) Architect
13 22 (3.46%) AWS Developer
14 19 (2.99%) Lead Developer
15 18 (2.83%) Software Developer
16 14 (2.20%) DevOps Engineer
17 12 (1.89%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 481 (75.75%) Spring Boot
2 184 (28.98%) Kafka
3 163 (25.67%) RESTful
4 140 (22.05%) REST
5 137 (21.57%) React
6 106 (16.69%) AngularJS
7 96 (15.12%) Node.js
8 79 (12.44%) Hibernate
9 64 (10.08%) HTML
10 55 (8.66%) CSS
11 43 (6.77%) WireMock
12 42 (6.61%) JPA
13 35 (5.51%) OAuth
13 35 (5.51%) Spring MVC
14 33 (5.20%) Playwright
14 33 (5.20%) Web Services
15 32 (5.04%) OAuth2
16 31 (4.88%) Spring Cloud
17 30 (4.72%) SOAP
18 29 (4.57%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 96 (15.12%) Cloud Native
2 69 (10.87%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (4.72%) Product Ownership
4 19 (2.99%) Onboarding
5 17 (2.68%) Mobile App
6 16 (2.52%) Distributed Architecture
7 12 (1.89%) Data Structures
7 12 (1.89%) Equities
8 10 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.26%) Derivative
10 7 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
10 7 (1.10%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 6 (0.94%) Algorithms
11 6 (0.94%) Data Centre
11 6 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.79%) NHS
13 3 (0.47%) Distributed Applications
14 2 (0.31%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 54 (8.50%) Linux
2 14 (2.20%) Unix
3 9 (1.42%) Windows
4 8 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.94%) VMS
6 2 (0.31%) Android
6 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.31%) Solaris
6 2 (0.31%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.31%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (61.10%) Microservices
2 363 (57.17%) CI/CD
3 260 (40.94%) Agile
4 227 (35.75%) DevOps
5 183 (28.82%) Containerisation
6 152 (23.94%) Full-Stack Development
7 140 (22.05%) Problem-Solving
8 136 (21.42%) Test Automation
9 134 (21.10%) TDD
10 120 (18.90%) Software Engineering
11 109 (17.17%) Event-Driven
12 97 (15.28%) Observability
13 89 (14.02%) Scrum
14 87 (13.70%) Code Quality
15 79 (12.44%) Continuous Improvement
16 67 (10.55%) BDD
17 64 (10.08%) Infrastructure as Code
18 63 (9.92%) Event-Driven Architecture
19 58 (9.13%) SDLC
20 57 (8.98%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 595 (93.70%) Java
2 163 (25.67%) SQL
3 96 (15.12%) TypeScript
4 89 (14.02%) JavaScript
5 83 (13.07%) Python
6 44 (6.93%) Kotlin
7 18 (2.83%) Shell Script
8 15 (2.36%) Go
9 11 (1.73%) Ruby
10 10 (1.57%) Scala
11 8 (1.26%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.10%) Perl
13 6 (0.94%) C#
14 3 (0.47%) Bash
14 3 (0.47%) PHP
15 2 (0.31%) Groovy
16 1 (0.16%) C++
16 1 (0.16%) Clojure
16 1 (0.16%) COBOL
16 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 198 (31.18%) Security Cleared
2 169 (26.61%) SC Cleared
3 35 (5.51%) Degree
4 29 (4.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.89%) OCP
6 12 (1.89%) Oracle Certification
7 10 (1.57%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.79%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.63%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.31%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.16%) CCSP
11 1 (0.16%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.16%) CISSP
11 1 (0.16%) OSCP
11 1 (0.16%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.16%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (9.45%) QA
2 48 (7.56%) Accessibility
3 19 (2.99%) WCAG
4 17 (2.68%) ISO 20022
5 10 (1.57%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.42%) PSD2
6 9 (1.42%) SEPA
7 5 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.79%) NIST
7 5 (0.79%) SLA
8 3 (0.47%) GDPR
8 3 (0.47%) NCSC
8 3 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.31%) HL7
9 2 (0.31%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.16%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.16%) GRC
System Software
1 264 (41.57%) Docker
2 6 (0.94%) Postfix
3 4 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.47%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 311 (48.98%) Kubernetes
2 81 (12.76%) Grafana
3 60 (9.45%) Terraform
4 43 (6.77%) Prometheus
5 29 (4.57%) Ansible
6 21 (3.31%) Argo
7 10 (1.57%) Kibana
7 10 (1.57%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.94%) Istio
9 4 (0.63%) Puppet
9 4 (0.63%) Rancher
10 2 (0.31%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.31%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.16%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.16%) Consul
Vendors
1 51 (8.03%) Oracle
2 42 (6.61%) Microsoft
3 34 (5.35%) Google
4 28 (4.41%) Splunk
5 23 (3.62%) Red Hat
6 12 (1.89%) Sybase
7 11 (1.73%) Dynatrace
8 10 (1.57%) VMware
9 9 (1.42%) Jaspersoft
9 9 (1.42%) Solace
10 7 (1.10%) Atlassian
11 6 (0.94%) Adobe
11 6 (0.94%) Databricks
11 6 (0.94%) IBM
11 6 (0.94%) PagerDuty
12 5 (0.79%) ForgeRock
12 5 (0.79%) SAP
13 4 (0.63%) Confluent
13 4 (0.63%) ION Trading
13 4 (0.63%) webMethods