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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 181 175
Rank change year-on-year -10 -6 +24
Contract jobs citing Spring 666 431 452
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.46% 1.56% 1.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.87% 7.09% 6.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 299 348
10th Percentile £363 £331 £382
25th Percentile £431 £401 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £612 £550 £656
90th Percentile £712 £652 £800
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 7 5
10th Percentile £55.70 £53.00 £37.00
25th Percentile £62.50 - £40.00
Median hourly rate £72.00 £55.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% -2.22% -22.41%
75th Percentile £76.00 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £93.20 £77.50 £67.20
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year - +15.56% -22.41%

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 8,460 6,078 7,353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.50% 22.04% 22.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,523 4,158 5,022
10th Percentile £368 £350 £359
25th Percentile £432 £410 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.41% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 158 214
10th Percentile £28.44 £31.25 £24.05
25th Percentile £45.31 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £58.91
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -6.63% -1.83%
75th Percentile £73.00 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £81.01 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.88 £55.63
% change year-on-year +18.45% -1.35% -6.54%

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 August 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 19 August 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 August 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 -2 371 £525 +0.48% 240
North of England -16 146 £505 +9.84% 76
North West -29 80 £540 +23.43% 43
Midlands -38 61 £475 +14.46% 33
West Midlands -24 58 £500 - 27
Yorkshire -3 48 £525 +46.12% 15
South West -19 37 £481 -4.70% 28
South East -57 30 £367 -19.51% 38
East of England -7 21 £507 +8.45% 7
North East -27 19 £450 -8.16% 19
East Midlands -46 2 £401 +6.93% 6
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 33 (4.95%) Apache Spark
2 23 (3.45%) Apache
3 19 (2.85%) Confluence
4 10 (1.50%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.35%) Camunda
5 9 (1.35%) nginx
6 7 (1.05%) WebLogic
7 6 (0.90%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.60%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.60%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.60%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.60%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.45%) Apache Pulsar
9 3 (0.45%) CMS
10 2 (0.30%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.30%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.30%) Mule
10 2 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (0.60%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (0.60%) Quorum
1 4 (0.60%) R3 Corda
1 4 (0.60%) Ripple
2 3 (0.45%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 356 (53.45%) AWS
2 153 (22.97%) Azure
3 124 (18.62%) GitHub
4 106 (15.92%) GCP
5 70 (10.51%) GitHub Actions
6 53 (7.96%) Serverless
7 47 (7.06%) Amazon S3
8 44 (6.61%) AWS Lambda
9 42 (6.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 38 (5.71%) Amazon SQS
11 36 (5.41%) Amazon ECS
11 36 (5.41%) Amazon EKS
12 31 (4.65%) Amazon EC2
12 31 (4.65%) OpenShift
13 26 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (2.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 13 (1.95%) AWS KMS
15 13 (1.95%) Azure AKS
15 13 (1.95%) GitHub Copilot
15 13 (1.95%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.45%) Firewall
1 3 (0.45%) HTTPS
2 2 (0.30%) HTTP
3 1 (0.15%) Broadband
3 1 (0.15%) SMS
3 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (23.12%) PostgreSQL
2 85 (12.76%) NoSQL
3 73 (10.96%) Relational Database
4 63 (9.46%) MongoDB
5 46 (6.91%) MySQL
6 36 (5.41%) DynamoDB
7 33 (4.95%) Redis
8 30 (4.50%) Amazon RDS
9 25 (3.75%) SQL Server
10 16 (2.40%) Amazon Aurora
10 16 (2.40%) Elasticsearch
10 16 (2.40%) Flink
11 15 (2.25%) Apache Cassandra
12 14 (2.10%) Big Data
13 11 (1.65%) Oracle Database
13 11 (1.65%) RDBMS
14 10 (1.50%) Couchbase
15 9 (1.35%) Data Lake
16 7 (1.05%) Db2
16 7 (1.05%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 173 (25.98%) Jenkins
2 170 (25.53%) Git
3 119 (17.87%) JUnit
4 96 (14.41%) GitLab
5 69 (10.36%) Gradle
6 65 (9.76%) Maven
7 61 (9.16%) Mockito
8 40 (6.01%) SonarQube
9 39 (5.86%) JIRA
10 32 (4.80%) Cucumber
11 26 (3.90%) Selenium
12 19 (2.85%) Liquibase
13 15 (2.25%) Gatling
14 14 (2.10%) JMeter
15 13 (1.95%) Bitbucket
15 13 (1.95%) REST Assured
16 12 (1.80%) IntelliJ
17 10 (1.50%) DbUnit
17 10 (1.50%) WebDriver
18 9 (1.35%) jMock
General
1 157 (23.57%) Finance
2 142 (21.32%) Social Skills
3 90 (13.51%) Public Sector
4 89 (13.36%) Banking
5 60 (9.01%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (4.35%) Retail
7 14 (2.10%) Investment Banking
8 11 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.50%) Law
10 7 (1.05%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.05%) Retail Banking
11 6 (0.90%) Back Office
12 5 (0.75%) Military
12 5 (0.75%) Police
13 4 (0.60%) Automotive
13 4 (0.60%) Games
13 4 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.60%) Publishing
13 4 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 359 (53.90%) Developer
2 288 (43.24%) Java Developer
3 149 (22.37%) Senior
4 116 (17.42%) Java Engineer
5 91 (13.66%) Software Engineer
6 88 (13.21%) Senior Developer
7 71 (10.66%) Senior Java Developer
8 61 (9.16%) Lead
9 55 (8.26%) Java Software Engineer
10 53 (7.96%) Backend Developer
11 47 (7.06%) Full-Stack Developer
12 29 (4.35%) Senior Java Engineer
12 29 (4.35%) Software Developer
13 25 (3.75%) Architect
14 24 (3.60%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 23 (3.45%) Lead Developer
16 22 (3.30%) Data Engineer
16 22 (3.30%) SC Cleared Java Developer
17 17 (2.55%) AWS Engineer
17 17 (2.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 543 (81.53%) Spring Boot
2 203 (30.48%) Kafka
3 173 (25.98%) REST
4 158 (23.72%) RESTful
5 115 (17.27%) React
6 69 (10.36%) Node.js
7 53 (7.96%) Hibernate
8 50 (7.51%) AngularJS
8 50 (7.51%) JPA
9 46 (6.91%) HTML
10 43 (6.46%) Spring MVC
11 42 (6.31%) RabbitMQ
12 41 (6.16%) Web Services
13 39 (5.86%) CSS
14 35 (5.26%) Spring Cloud
15 34 (5.11%) OAuth
16 26 (3.90%) Jakarta EE
16 26 (3.90%) OpenAPI
16 26 (3.90%) Redux
17 25 (3.75%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 160 (24.02%) Cloud Native
2 120 (18.02%) Distributed Systems
3 46 (6.91%) Product Ownership
4 30 (4.50%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (3.15%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (2.85%) Data Protection Act
7 18 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (2.25%) Data Structures
8 15 (2.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 15 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.95%) Onboarding
10 12 (1.80%) Distributed Architecture
11 11 (1.65%) AI Agents
11 11 (1.65%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.05%) Derivative
13 6 (0.90%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.75%) Mobile App
14 5 (0.75%) Public Cloud
14 5 (0.75%) Spread Betting
14 5 (0.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 44 (6.61%) Linux
2 28 (4.20%) Unix
3 7 (1.05%) Windows
4 4 (0.60%) VMS
5 3 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.45%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.30%) Solaris
6 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.15%) Android
7 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 411 (61.71%) Microservices
2 399 (59.91%) CI/CD
3 304 (45.65%) Agile
4 235 (35.29%) DevOps
5 201 (30.18%) Software Engineering
6 195 (29.28%) Containerisation
7 160 (24.02%) Test Automation
8 157 (23.57%) Event-Driven
9 135 (20.27%) TDD
10 119 (17.87%) Full-Stack Development
11 114 (17.12%) Continuous Improvement
12 112 (16.82%) Problem-Solving
13 106 (15.92%) Observability
14 103 (15.47%) Scrum
15 101 (15.17%) Code Quality
15 101 (15.17%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 76 (11.41%) Infrastructure as Code
17 71 (10.66%) Design Patterns
18 70 (10.51%) Clean Code
19 67 (10.06%) AI
Programming Languages
1 648 (97.30%) Java
2 223 (33.48%) SQL
3 83 (12.46%) JavaScript
4 82 (12.31%) Python
5 81 (12.16%) TypeScript
6 39 (5.86%) PL/SQL
7 33 (4.95%) Kotlin
8 15 (2.25%) Shell Script
9 12 (1.80%) Scala
10 10 (1.50%) Bash
11 7 (1.05%) C#
12 5 (0.75%) Ruby
13 4 (0.60%) Solidity
14 3 (0.45%) Go
15 2 (0.30%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.30%) PromQL
16 1 (0.15%) Groovy
16 1 (0.15%) Korn
Qualifications
1 202 (30.33%) Security Cleared
2 166 (24.92%) SC Cleared
3 25 (3.75%) BPSS Clearance
4 23 (3.45%) Degree
5 17 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.80%) AWS Certification
6 12 (1.80%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.45%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.15%) CISSP
8 1 (0.15%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.15%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.15%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (10.66%) QA
2 36 (5.41%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.50%) ISO 20022
4 8 (1.20%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.20%) WCAG
5 7 (1.05%) SEPA
6 6 (0.90%) GDPR
6 6 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.45%) SLA
8 2 (0.30%) EMIR
8 2 (0.30%) MiFID
8 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.15%) HL7
9 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.15%) ITGC
9 1 (0.15%) PSD2
System Software
1 316 (47.45%) Docker
2 8 (1.20%) Postfix
3 2 (0.30%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 287 (43.09%) Kubernetes
2 59 (8.86%) Terraform
3 57 (8.56%) Grafana
4 55 (8.26%) Prometheus
5 32 (4.80%) Ansible
6 17 (2.55%) Kibana
7 11 (1.65%) Control-M
8 7 (1.05%) Argo
9 6 (0.90%) Istio
10 3 (0.45%) Bosun
10 3 (0.45%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.30%) Consul
11 2 (0.30%) Rancher
11 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.30%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.15%) Kiali
Vendors
1 88 (13.21%) Oracle
2 34 (5.11%) Google
3 28 (4.20%) Microsoft
4 18 (2.70%) Splunk
5 15 (2.25%) Dynatrace
6 13 (1.95%) IBM
7 12 (1.80%) Jaspersoft
8 10 (1.50%) Atlassian
8 10 (1.50%) Solace
9 9 (1.35%) Checkmarx
9 9 (1.35%) Databricks
9 9 (1.35%) Sybase
10 8 (1.20%) New Relic
11 7 (1.05%) TikTok
12 6 (0.90%) Confluent
13 4 (0.60%) FIS
13 4 (0.60%) MuleSoft
13 4 (0.60%) SAP
14 3 (0.45%) OpenAI
14 3 (0.45%) Red Hat