Spring Contracts in the UK excluding London

Pivotal Spring Framework
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Spring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Spring over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 166 185
Rank change year-on-year +36 +19 -58
Contract jobs citing Spring 282 252 296
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.90% 1.24% 1.29%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.30% 7.69% 7.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 186 203
10th Percentile £301 £363 £416
25th Percentile £380 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -12.20% -2.38%
75th Percentile £500 £556 £594
90th Percentile £550 £634 £680
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -9.52% -8.70% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 29
10th Percentile £52.50 £35.00 £53.75
25th Percentile - £38.75 £58.59
Median hourly rate £55.00 £45.88 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.88% -34.46% +10.67%
75th Percentile £66.25 £56.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £79.38 £61.73 £75.60
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £45.88 £71.25
% change year-on-year +41.67% -35.61% +11.11%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,737 3,278 4,070
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.40% 16.10% 17.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,864 2,153 2,996
10th Percentile £314 £325 £350
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.80% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £550 £608 £600
90th Percentile £630 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £508 £539 £550
% change year-on-year -5.84% -2.00% -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 232 95
10th Percentile £31.25 £24.16 £22.34
25th Percentile £50.00 £43.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £58.15 £59.03
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -1.49% +7.33%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.91 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £62.75
% change year-on-year - -12.35% +16.47%

Spring
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Spring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Spring in the UK excluding London

Spring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Spring in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Spring in the UK excluding London

Spring
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spring in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Spring in the UK excluding London

Spring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Spring in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Spring in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Spring in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Spring in the UK excluding London

Spring
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 July 2025. 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
Scotland +14 119 £450 +3.45% 30
Midlands +52 63 £420 -6.67% 32
North of England -5 56 £465 -15.45% 62
North West +6 45 £409 -22.19% 39
West Midlands +28 32 £493 +9.44% 26
East Midlands - 31 £375 - 6
South East +9 14 £456 +1.39% 39
South West +22 12 £519 -3.49% 24
Wales +16 12 £475 +13.43% 7
North East +4 8 £490 -10.91% 7
Northern Ireland -9 6 £404 -23.10% 17
Yorkshire -20 3 £538 -4.44% 16
East of England 0 1 £468 +24.67% 8
Spring
UK

Spring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (6.03%) JBoss
2 13 (4.61%) Tomcat
3 10 (3.55%) Confluence
4 6 (2.13%) Camunda
5 5 (1.77%) WebLogic
5 5 (1.77%) WebSphere
6 4 (1.42%) Apache
7 3 (1.06%) Apache Spark
7 3 (1.06%) CMS
7 3 (1.06%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.71%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.71%) GemFire
8 2 (0.71%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.35%) Mule
9 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.35%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 113 (40.07%) AWS
2 28 (9.93%) Azure
3 26 (9.22%) GCP
4 22 (7.80%) Amazon EC2
4 22 (7.80%) Amazon S3
5 16 (5.67%) Amazon SQS
6 15 (5.32%) OpenShift
7 14 (4.96%) Serverless
8 13 (4.61%) GitHub
9 10 (3.55%) AWS KMS
9 10 (3.55%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (3.55%) Route 53
10 9 (3.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 9 (3.19%) BlazeMeter
11 8 (2.84%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (2.84%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (2.13%) Kong
13 5 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (1.42%) Snowflake
15 3 (1.06%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.48%) HTTPS
2 4 (1.42%) HTTP
2 4 (1.42%) SSL
3 1 (0.35%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (25.89%) MongoDB
2 67 (23.76%) Relational Database
3 63 (22.34%) PostgreSQL
4 40 (14.18%) DB2
5 31 (10.99%) NoSQL
6 26 (9.22%) MySQL
7 17 (6.03%) Amazon Aurora
7 17 (6.03%) Amazon RDS
8 15 (5.32%) DynamoDB
8 15 (5.32%) RDBMS
9 11 (3.90%) Apache Cassandra
10 10 (3.55%) SQL Server
11 6 (2.13%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.71%) Apache Ignite
13 2 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.71%) Flink
13 2 (0.71%) GIS
13 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 1 (0.35%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 112 (39.72%) JUnit
2 75 (26.60%) Git
3 71 (25.18%) Jenkins
4 43 (15.25%) Maven
5 35 (12.41%) Mockito
6 31 (10.99%) GitLab
7 30 (10.64%) JIRA
8 28 (9.93%) Gradle
9 23 (8.16%) SonarQube
10 18 (6.38%) Cucumber
11 17 (6.03%) Sonatype Nexus
12 12 (4.26%) Bitbucket Server
13 11 (3.90%) Bitbucket
14 10 (3.55%) Liquibase
15 9 (3.19%) Artifactory
16 8 (2.84%) DbUnit
16 8 (2.84%) jMock
17 7 (2.48%) IntelliJ
18 6 (2.13%) Subversion
19 5 (1.77%) Selenium
General
1 96 (34.04%) Finance
2 68 (24.11%) Social Skills
3 51 (18.09%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (17.38%) Public Sector
5 48 (17.02%) Banking
6 25 (8.87%) Front Office
7 21 (7.45%) Investment Banking
8 13 (4.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (3.55%) Electronics
9 10 (3.55%) Financial Institution
9 10 (3.55%) Manufacturing
9 10 (3.55%) Marketing
9 10 (3.55%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.71%) Wholesale Banking
13 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.35%) Billing
13 1 (0.35%) Retail
13 1 (0.35%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 210 (74.47%) Developer
2 174 (61.70%) Java Developer
3 27 (9.57%) Full-Stack Developer
3 27 (9.57%) Lead
3 27 (9.57%) SQL Developer
4 23 (8.16%) Java Engineer
5 22 (7.80%) Software Engineer
6 21 (7.45%) Senior
7 20 (7.09%) Senior Developer
8 19 (6.74%) SC Cleared Java Developer
9 17 (6.03%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 17 (6.03%) Senior Java Developer
10 15 (5.32%) AWS Developer
11 14 (4.96%) Investment Banking Java Developer
11 14 (4.96%) Java Software Engineer
11 14 (4.96%) Lead Developer
11 14 (4.96%) React Developer
11 14 (4.96%) Software Developer
11 14 (4.96%) Sybase Developer
12 13 (4.61%) Linux Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (64.18%) Spring Boot
2 87 (30.85%) Kafka
3 70 (24.82%) React
4 68 (24.11%) REST
5 67 (23.76%) RESTful
6 65 (23.05%) Hibernate
7 53 (18.79%) AngularJS
8 46 (16.31%) Web Services
9 39 (13.83%) SOAP
10 30 (10.64%) JMS
11 27 (9.57%) Node.js
12 26 (9.22%) Spring Cloud
13 24 (8.51%) CSS
13 24 (8.51%) JPA
14 20 (7.09%) HTML
15 19 (6.74%) OAuth
16 18 (6.38%) ActiveMQ
16 18 (6.38%) J2EE
16 18 (6.38%) Spring Batch
17 16 (5.67%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 34 (12.06%) Data Structures
2 26 (9.22%) Distributed Systems
2 26 (9.22%) Equities
3 13 (4.61%) Linux Command Line
4 12 (4.26%) Algorithms
5 10 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.55%) Equity Derivative
6 7 (2.48%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.48%) Derivative
6 7 (2.48%) Private Cloud
6 7 (2.48%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.13%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.06%) Mainframe
9 3 (1.06%) State Machine
10 2 (0.71%) Distributed Applications
10 2 (0.71%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (0.71%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 70 (24.82%) Linux
2 20 (7.09%) Unix
3 2 (0.71%) Windows
4 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (57.09%) Agile
2 143 (50.71%) Microservices
3 100 (35.46%) CI/CD
4 82 (29.08%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (23.05%) SDLC
6 61 (21.63%) DevOps
7 60 (21.28%) TDD
8 59 (20.92%) Software Engineering
9 58 (20.57%) Scrum
10 50 (17.73%) Full-Stack Development
11 46 (16.31%) Open Source
12 44 (15.60%) Containerisation
13 32 (11.35%) Multithreading
13 32 (11.35%) Test Automation
14 30 (10.64%) Design Patterns
15 27 (9.57%) Unit Testing
16 25 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
16 25 (8.87%) Performance Tuning
17 24 (8.51%) Database Tuning
18 23 (8.16%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 270 (95.74%) Java
2 125 (44.33%) SQL
3 49 (17.38%) JavaScript
4 46 (16.31%) Python
5 40 (14.18%) Shell Script
6 36 (12.77%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.48%) Ruby
8 6 (2.13%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.06%) C#
9 3 (1.06%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.06%) Perl
9 3 (1.06%) Scala
10 1 (0.35%) Bash
10 1 (0.35%) C
10 1 (0.35%) Korn
10 1 (0.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 52 (18.44%) Security Cleared
2 43 (15.25%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.26%) Degree
4 10 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.06%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.35%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.35%) OCP
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.35%) Sun Certification
6 1 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.45%) QA
2 14 (4.96%) GDPR
3 11 (3.90%) HIPAA
4 5 (1.77%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.06%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.71%) WCAG
7 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.35%) SLA
System Software
1 71 (25.18%) Docker
2 8 (2.84%) Postfix
3 1 (0.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 46 (16.31%) Kubernetes
2 25 (8.87%) Grafana
3 19 (6.74%) Terraform
4 13 (4.61%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 12 (4.26%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.77%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.42%) Puppet
8 3 (1.06%) Ansible
8 3 (1.06%) Kibana
9 2 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.35%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 37 (13.12%) Oracle
2 35 (12.41%) Sybase
3 23 (8.16%) Microsoft
4 18 (6.38%) IBM
5 15 (5.32%) Splunk
6 12 (4.26%) Ping Identity
7 11 (3.90%) Dynatrace
8 10 (3.55%) Atlassian
8 10 (3.55%) Jaspersoft
8 10 (3.55%) SAP
9 5 (1.77%) Google
10 4 (1.42%) CA Agile Central
10 4 (1.42%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.06%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.71%) MuleSoft
13 1 (0.35%) AppDynamics
13 1 (0.35%) Okta
13 1 (0.35%) Solace
13 1 (0.35%) Talend
13 1 (0.35%) Xceptor