Spring Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Pivotal Spring Framework
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Ipswich requiring Spring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Spring 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 2.88% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.64% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £455 - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 - -
75th Percentile £495 - -
90th Percentile £504 - -
Suffolk median daily rate £479 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 22 6 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich 21.15% 16.67% 7.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 3 2
10th Percentile £448 £306 £601
25th Percentile £538 £353 £603
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £438 £613
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -28.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £725 £597 £628
90th Percentile £750 £690 £634
Suffolk median daily rate £625 £394 £613
% change year-on-year +58.73% -35.71% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £17.00
Suffolk median hourly rate - - £17.00

Spring
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Spring relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich.

Spring job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Spring
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing Spring.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing Spring

Spring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Apple Pay
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
1 1 (33.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Git
1 3 (100.00%) GitLab
2 2 (66.67%) Gradle
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Java Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Node.js Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Java Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
2 1 (33.33%) Express.js
2 1 (33.33%) Kafka
2 1 (33.33%) MERN Stack
2 1 (33.33%) Node.js
2 1 (33.33%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (100.00%) Microservices
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) TDD
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Pair Programming
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Secure Coding
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Ansible