Spring Contract Job Trends in London

Pivotal Spring Framework
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Spring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 144 162
Rank change year-on-year +7 +18 -51
Contract jobs citing Spring 361 233 283
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.91% 1.89% 1.61%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.36% 7.13% 6.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 141 218
10th Percentile £406 £368 £400
25th Percentile £463 £414 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £638 £585 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £535
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.54% -13.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £73.00 - -
25th Percentile £85.00 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £90.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% - -
75th Percentile £97.50 £67.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £75.50 £55.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year +37.27% +19.88% -34.46%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,319 3,266 4,658
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.85% 26.49% 26.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,863 2,288 3,437
10th Percentile £375 £380 £375
25th Percentile £447 £431 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £669 £713 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 19 28
10th Percentile £23.65 £32.41 £16.25
25th Percentile £33.02 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.00 £44.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% +4.71% -36.57%
75th Percentile £68.38 £61.25 £61.70
90th Percentile £93.75 £87.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £61.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year +6.12% +11.36% -15.38%

Spring
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Spring job vacancy trend in London

Spring
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Spring

Spring
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spring in London over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Spring in London

Spring
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Spring.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Spring

Spring
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Spring in London over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Spring in London

Spring
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spring within the London region over the 6 months to 16 June 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
Central London -10 53 £528 +5.50% 5
South London -10 18 £521 +3.58%
East London -3 2 £421 +68.40% 2
Spring
England

Spring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 19 (5.26%) Apache Spark
2 14 (3.88%) Apache
3 13 (3.60%) Camunda
4 10 (2.77%) Ethereum
4 10 (2.77%) Hyperledger
5 8 (2.22%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (2.22%) Confluence
5 8 (2.22%) nginx
6 5 (1.39%) Tomcat
7 4 (1.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.83%) JBoss
8 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.83%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.83%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.55%) CMS
9 2 (0.55%) Drupal
9 2 (0.55%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.55%) Mule
9 2 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.83%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.28%) Maya
Business Applications
1 5 (1.39%) Fidessa
1 5 (1.39%) R3 Corda
2 4 (1.11%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.11%) Quorum
2 4 (1.11%) Ripple
3 3 (0.83%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.28%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 171 (47.37%) AWS
2 82 (22.71%) Azure
3 64 (17.73%) GitHub
4 58 (16.07%) GCP
5 45 (12.47%) GitHub Actions
6 26 (7.20%) Serverless
7 25 (6.93%) AWS Lambda
8 24 (6.65%) Amazon S3
9 18 (4.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 16 (4.43%) OpenShift
11 15 (4.16%) Amazon EC2
12 14 (3.88%) Amazon ECS
13 13 (3.60%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 13 (3.60%) Amazon SQS
14 12 (3.32%) Azure AKS
15 11 (3.05%) AWS CloudFormation
15 11 (3.05%) Cloud Run
16 10 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
16 10 (2.77%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 9 (2.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.22%) HTTP
2 4 (1.11%) DNS
3 2 (0.55%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (24.93%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (13.85%) NoSQL
3 39 (10.80%) MongoDB
4 30 (8.31%) Relational Database
5 25 (6.93%) MySQL
6 22 (6.09%) Amazon RDS
7 21 (5.82%) DynamoDB
8 20 (5.54%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (4.43%) Redis
10 14 (3.88%) SQL Server
11 9 (2.49%) Amazon Aurora
12 8 (2.22%) Apache Cassandra
12 8 (2.22%) Big Data
12 8 (2.22%) Flink
13 7 (1.94%) BigQuery
13 7 (1.94%) Db2
14 6 (1.66%) DocumentDB
15 5 (1.39%) InterSystems Cache
15 5 (1.39%) RDBMS
16 4 (1.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 91 (25.21%) Jenkins
2 66 (18.28%) Git
3 62 (17.17%) JUnit
4 44 (12.19%) GitLab
5 42 (11.63%) Mockito
6 32 (8.86%) Gradle
6 32 (8.86%) Maven
7 20 (5.54%) JIRA
8 14 (3.88%) Liquibase
9 11 (3.05%) Cucumber
10 8 (2.22%) SonarQube
11 5 (1.39%) IntelliJ
12 4 (1.11%) Bitbucket Server
12 4 (1.11%) CircleCI
12 4 (1.11%) DbUnit
12 4 (1.11%) Flyway
12 4 (1.11%) Gatling
12 4 (1.11%) jMock
12 4 (1.11%) Postman
13 3 (0.83%) REST Assured
General
1 91 (25.21%) Finance
2 66 (18.28%) Banking
3 55 (15.24%) Social Skills
4 43 (11.91%) Public Sector
5 20 (5.54%) Retail
6 16 (4.43%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (4.16%) Investment Banking
8 8 (2.22%) Financial Institution
8 8 (2.22%) Law
9 7 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.39%) Retail Banking
11 4 (1.11%) Front Office
11 4 (1.11%) Police
11 4 (1.11%) Publishing
12 3 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.83%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.55%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.55%) Legal
13 2 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 186 (51.52%) Developer
2 130 (36.01%) Java Developer
3 79 (21.88%) Senior
4 59 (16.34%) Java Engineer
5 41 (11.36%) Senior Developer
5 41 (11.36%) Software Engineer
6 29 (8.03%) Senior Java Developer
7 28 (7.76%) Full-Stack Developer
8 25 (6.93%) Backend Developer
9 20 (5.54%) Data Engineer
10 19 (5.26%) Java Software Engineer
11 18 (4.99%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 18 (4.99%) Lead
12 15 (4.16%) Architect
12 15 (4.16%) SC Cleared Java Developer
12 15 (4.16%) Senior Java Engineer
13 9 (2.49%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 9 (2.49%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
14 8 (2.22%) Java Architect
15 7 (1.94%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 292 (80.89%) Spring Boot
2 132 (36.57%) Kafka
3 102 (28.25%) RESTful
4 97 (26.87%) REST
5 78 (21.61%) React
6 52 (14.40%) Node.js
7 48 (13.30%) AngularJS
8 23 (6.37%) HTML
9 21 (5.82%) CSS
9 21 (5.82%) Hibernate
9 21 (5.82%) JPA
10 20 (5.54%) Web Services
10 20 (5.54%) WireMock
11 17 (4.71%) Spring Cloud
11 17 (4.71%) Spring MVC
12 16 (4.43%) J2EE
12 16 (4.43%) Next.js
12 16 (4.43%) OAuth
13 15 (4.16%) OpenTelemetry
14 14 (3.88%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 75 (20.78%) Cloud Native
2 44 (12.19%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (6.09%) Product Ownership
4 16 (4.43%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (3.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 12 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (2.77%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (2.49%) Algorithms
8 9 (2.49%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.66%) Blockchain
9 6 (1.66%) Derivative
9 6 (1.66%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.39%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.11%) Equities
11 4 (1.11%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 4 (1.11%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.83%) Mainframe
12 3 (0.83%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.48%) Linux
2 8 (2.22%) Unix
2 8 (2.22%) Windows
3 4 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.83%) Solaris
4 3 (0.83%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.55%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) Android
6 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (61.22%) Microservices
2 187 (51.80%) CI/CD
3 147 (40.72%) Agile
4 122 (33.80%) DevOps
5 116 (32.13%) Containerisation
6 92 (25.48%) Software Engineering
7 83 (22.99%) Event-Driven
8 75 (20.78%) Full-Stack Development
9 66 (18.28%) TDD
10 63 (17.45%) Observability
11 52 (14.40%) Scrum
12 51 (14.13%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 51 (14.13%) Test Automation
13 45 (12.47%) Problem-Solving
14 39 (10.80%) Clean Code
14 39 (10.80%) Code Quality
15 36 (9.97%) Performance Tuning
16 34 (9.42%) Infrastructure as Code
17 33 (9.14%) Continuous Improvement
18 31 (8.59%) AI
Programming Languages
1 343 (95.01%) Java
2 105 (29.09%) SQL
3 62 (17.17%) TypeScript
4 54 (14.96%) JavaScript
5 39 (10.80%) Python
6 17 (4.71%) Kotlin
7 15 (4.16%) PL/SQL
8 8 (2.22%) Scala
9 7 (1.94%) C#
10 5 (1.39%) Ruby
10 5 (1.39%) Solidity
11 3 (0.83%) Go
11 3 (0.83%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.55%) PHP
13 1 (0.28%) Bash
13 1 (0.28%) Groovy
13 1 (0.28%) Korn
13 1 (0.28%) Perl
13 1 (0.28%) XPath
Qualifications
1 109 (30.19%) Security Cleared
2 98 (27.15%) SC Cleared
3 13 (3.60%) Degree
4 11 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.11%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.55%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.55%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.55%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (9.42%) QA
2 21 (5.82%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.22%) ISO 20022
4 6 (1.66%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.66%) SEPA
5 5 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.39%) SLA
6 4 (1.11%) NIST
7 3 (0.83%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.83%) PSD2
8 2 (0.55%) EMIR
8 2 (0.55%) GDPR
8 2 (0.55%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.55%) MiFID
8 2 (0.55%) NCSC
9 1 (0.28%) HL7
9 1 (0.28%) ITGC
9 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 166 (45.98%) Docker
2 3 (0.83%) Postfix
3 2 (0.55%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 157 (43.49%) Kubernetes
2 36 (9.97%) Terraform
3 28 (7.76%) Grafana
4 19 (5.26%) Prometheus
5 12 (3.32%) Ansible
6 8 (2.22%) Argo
6 8 (2.22%) Kibana
7 6 (1.66%) Istio
8 3 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.55%) Rancher
10 1 (0.28%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.28%) Control-M
Vendors
1 38 (10.53%) Oracle
2 17 (4.71%) Google
3 15 (4.16%) IBM
4 14 (3.88%) Microsoft
5 12 (3.32%) Dynatrace
5 12 (3.32%) Sybase
6 9 (2.49%) Solace
6 9 (2.49%) Splunk
7 7 (1.94%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.39%) Confluent
8 5 (1.39%) TikTok
9 4 (1.11%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.11%) Jaspersoft
9 4 (1.11%) New Relic
10 3 (0.83%) Adobe
10 3 (0.83%) Informatica
10 3 (0.83%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.55%) ForgeRock
11 2 (0.55%) MKS
11 2 (0.55%) Salesforce