Spring Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Pivotal Spring Framework
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Suffolk 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 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Spring 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 2.26% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 17.39% - -
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 - -
East of England median daily rate £510 £468 £375
% change year-on-year +9.09% +24.67% -46.43%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 23 13 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 12.99% 17.33% 11.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 4 6
10th Percentile £448 £290 £419
25th Percentile £538 £313 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £394 £613
Median % change year-on-year +58.73% -35.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £725 £521 £647
90th Percentile £750 £659 £650
East of England median daily rate £550 £500 £499
% change year-on-year +10.00% +0.25% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £17.00
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £80.68 £43.00
% change year-on-year -19.43% +87.62% -33.85%

Spring
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Spring job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Spring
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Spring

Spring
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spring within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Ipswich - 3 £479 - 2
Spring
East of England

Spring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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 (25.00%) Apple Pay
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (25.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Git
1 4 (100.00%) GitLab
2 3 (75.00%) Gradle
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Java Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Java Software Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Node.js Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Spring Boot
2 1 (25.00%) Express.js
2 1 (25.00%) Kafka
2 1 (25.00%) MERN Stack
2 1 (25.00%) Node.js
2 1 (25.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 4 (100.00%) Microservices
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) TDD
2 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) High Availability
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Secure Coding
3 2 (50.00%) User Stories
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (25.00%) Kanban
4 1 (25.00%) Pair Programming
4 1 (25.00%) Scrum
4 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Ansible