Spring Contract Job Trends

Pivotal Spring Framework
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 185 217
Rank change year-on-year +21 +32 -125
Contract jobs citing Spring 619 472 484
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.67% 1.44% 1.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.43% 6.57% 5.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 292 357
10th Percentile £343 £356 £400
25th Percentile £411 £433 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% +4.76% -16.00%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £650
90th Percentile £638 £765 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £456 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +1.28% -10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 5
10th Percentile £41.25 - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - £48.43
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £62.50
75th Percentile £57.50 - £77.50
90th Percentile £60.88 - £77.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 - £62.50
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,328 7,189 9,378
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.45% 21.89% 21.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,519 4,560 6,665
10th Percentile £356 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.39% -2.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 85 173
10th Percentile £32.58 £21.55 £31.40
25th Percentile £45.00 £33.25 £46.18
Median hourly rate £61.50 £62.50 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +14.68% -16.15%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +1.60% +19.05% -19.23%

Spring
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Spring job vacancy trend in the UK

Spring
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spring.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spring

Spring
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spring over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Spring in the UK

Spring
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spring.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spring

Spring
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Spring over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Spring in the UK

Spring
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 2 January 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
England +20 486 £486 -15.43% 199
UK excluding London +3 307 £456 +1.28% 152
London +5 252 £525 -10.26% 79
Work from Home +29 183 £500 +4.99% 124
North of England +25 126 £465 +3.33% 53
North West +32 92 £450 - 31
Scotland -5 80 £563 +32.35% 7
South East +16 42 £405 +3.85% 48
Midlands -24 42 £430 -26.81% 9
West Midlands -31 35 £469 -20.17% 7
Yorkshire -42 23 £475 -20.83% 16
North East -4 14 £475 +6.74% 6
South West -15 12 £455 -17.36% 20
Wales - 7 £475 - 6
East Midlands - 7 £289 - 2
Northern Ireland -12 2 £425 -5.56% 2
East of England -25 2 £450 +20.00% 9

Spring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 22 (3.55%) Confluence
2 17 (2.75%) Apache
3 11 (1.78%) JBoss
3 11 (1.78%) WebLogic
4 7 (1.13%) CMS
5 5 (0.81%) Camunda
5 5 (0.81%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.65%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.65%) Mule
7 3 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.48%) CICS
7 3 (0.48%) nginx
7 3 (0.48%) WordPress
8 2 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.32%) Apache TomEE
8 2 (0.32%) Drupal
8 2 (0.32%) Mule ESB
9 1 (0.16%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (0.97%) Fidessa
1 6 (0.97%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 329 (53.15%) AWS
2 197 (31.83%) Azure
3 108 (17.45%) GitHub
4 106 (17.12%) GCP
5 60 (9.69%) GitHub Actions
6 54 (8.72%) Serverless
7 49 (7.92%) OpenShift
8 42 (6.79%) AWS Lambda
9 41 (6.62%) Amazon S3
10 29 (4.68%) Amazon EKS
11 26 (4.20%) AWS CloudFormation
11 26 (4.20%) Azure AKS
12 25 (4.04%) Amazon ECS
13 23 (3.72%) Amazon EC2
14 22 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
15 19 (3.07%) Amazon SQS
16 13 (2.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 12 (1.94%) Datadog
18 11 (1.78%) AWS Step Functions
18 11 (1.78%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.45%) SSL
2 5 (0.81%) Kerberos
3 4 (0.65%) HTTP
3 4 (0.65%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.48%) DNS
4 3 (0.48%) VPN
5 1 (0.16%) Broadband
5 1 (0.16%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (20.19%) PostgreSQL
2 116 (18.74%) MongoDB
3 90 (14.54%) NoSQL
4 89 (14.38%) Relational Database
5 49 (7.92%) MySQL
6 33 (5.33%) DynamoDB
7 31 (5.01%) DB2
8 17 (2.75%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (2.75%) RDBMS
8 17 (2.75%) SQL Server
9 16 (2.58%) Apache Cassandra
10 15 (2.42%) Redis
11 13 (2.10%) Amazon Aurora
12 12 (1.94%) DocumentDB
12 12 (1.94%) Oracle Database
13 9 (1.45%) HBase
14 8 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
15 7 (1.13%) BigQuery
16 4 (0.65%) Big Data
16 4 (0.65%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 154 (24.88%) Git
2 138 (22.29%) JUnit
3 134 (21.65%) Jenkins
4 98 (15.83%) GitLab
5 57 (9.21%) Cucumber
6 49 (7.92%) Maven
7 47 (7.59%) Gradle
8 45 (7.27%) Mockito
9 43 (6.95%) JIRA
10 29 (4.68%) Sonatype Nexus
11 27 (4.36%) Selenium
12 21 (3.39%) IntelliJ
12 21 (3.39%) JMeter
12 21 (3.39%) Postman
13 19 (3.07%) SonarQube
14 18 (2.91%) Cypress.io
15 14 (2.26%) Eclipse
16 12 (1.94%) Artifactory
16 12 (1.94%) Gatling
17 9 (1.45%) REST Assured
General
1 184 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 152 (24.56%) Finance
3 112 (18.09%) Banking
4 96 (15.51%) Public Sector
5 49 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (5.01%) Investment Banking
7 14 (2.26%) Front Office
7 14 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (1.13%) Retail
10 5 (0.81%) Manufacturing
10 5 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (0.81%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.65%) Retail Banking
12 3 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.48%) Electronics
12 3 (0.48%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.48%) Law
12 3 (0.48%) Marketing
13 2 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 394 (63.65%) Developer
2 310 (50.08%) Java Developer
3 126 (20.36%) Senior
4 96 (15.51%) Senior Developer
5 83 (13.41%) Full-Stack Developer
6 82 (13.25%) Senior Java Developer
7 80 (12.92%) Java Engineer
8 54 (8.72%) Software Engineer
9 52 (8.40%) Lead
10 41 (6.62%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 32 (5.17%) SQL Developer
12 26 (4.20%) Java Software Engineer
12 26 (4.20%) Lead Developer
13 23 (3.72%) Architect
14 22 (3.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 22 (3.55%) Investment Banking Java Developer
15 20 (3.23%) Linux Developer
16 19 (3.07%) AWS Developer
16 19 (3.07%) Backend Developer
16 19 (3.07%) Lead Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 462 (74.64%) Spring Boot
2 198 (31.99%) Kafka
3 156 (25.20%) RESTful
4 138 (22.29%) React
5 122 (19.71%) REST
6 112 (18.09%) AngularJS
7 92 (14.86%) Hibernate
8 83 (13.41%) HTML
9 68 (10.99%) Node.js
10 59 (9.53%) CSS
11 54 (8.72%) JSON
12 43 (6.95%) OAuth
13 41 (6.62%) JMS
14 40 (6.46%) JPA
14 40 (6.46%) OAuth2
15 34 (5.49%) Spring Cloud
16 28 (4.52%) HTML5
17 27 (4.36%) SOAP
18 26 (4.20%) Spring MVC
19 25 (4.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 88 (14.22%) Cloud Native
2 48 (7.75%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (4.68%) Data Structures
4 27 (4.36%) Equities
4 27 (4.36%) Product Ownership
5 25 (4.04%) Onboarding
6 13 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
6 13 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (1.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 11 (1.78%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.45%) Linux Command Line
10 8 (1.29%) Derivative
11 7 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (0.97%) Algorithms
12 6 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (0.97%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.81%) Distributed Applications
13 5 (0.81%) Distributed Architecture
14 4 (0.65%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 73 (11.79%) Linux
2 21 (3.39%) Unix
3 7 (1.13%) Windows
4 6 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.48%) Android
6 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.32%) VMS
6 2 (0.32%) zOS
7 1 (0.16%) Solaris
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (59.13%) Microservices
2 339 (54.77%) CI/CD
3 268 (43.30%) Agile
4 207 (33.44%) DevOps
5 184 (29.73%) Containerisation
6 164 (26.49%) Problem-Solving
7 147 (23.75%) Full-Stack Development
8 123 (19.87%) Test Automation
9 119 (19.22%) Software Engineering
10 97 (15.67%) Event-Driven
11 94 (15.19%) Infrastructure as Code
11 94 (15.19%) TDD
12 90 (14.54%) SDLC
13 70 (11.31%) Code Quality
13 70 (11.31%) Scrum
14 65 (10.50%) Observability
15 64 (10.34%) Mentoring
16 60 (9.69%) Continuous Improvement
17 57 (9.21%) API Design
18 55 (8.89%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 591 (95.48%) Java
2 180 (29.08%) SQL
3 102 (16.48%) JavaScript
4 87 (14.05%) Python
5 79 (12.76%) TypeScript
6 35 (5.65%) Shell Script
7 34 (5.49%) Kotlin
8 13 (2.10%) Ruby
8 13 (2.10%) Scala
9 10 (1.62%) Groovy
10 9 (1.45%) Bash
11 8 (1.29%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.81%) Go
13 3 (0.48%) C#
13 3 (0.48%) Perl
14 2 (0.32%) C++
14 2 (0.32%) COBOL
14 2 (0.32%) JCL
14 2 (0.32%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.32%) PHP
Qualifications
1 135 (21.81%) Security Cleared
2 113 (18.26%) SC Cleared
3 30 (4.85%) Degree
4 25 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.94%) OCP
6 12 (1.94%) Oracle Certification
7 4 (0.65%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.48%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.32%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.32%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 1 (0.16%) CCSP
10 1 (0.16%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.16%) CISSP
10 1 (0.16%) OSCP
10 1 (0.16%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (11.15%) QA
2 37 (5.98%) Accessibility
3 22 (3.55%) ISO 20022
4 13 (2.10%) PSD2
4 13 (2.10%) SEPA
4 13 (2.10%) WCAG
5 8 (1.29%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.65%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.65%) NIST
7 3 (0.48%) GDPR
7 3 (0.48%) HL7
7 3 (0.48%) NCSC
8 2 (0.32%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.16%) GRC
9 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 258 (41.68%) Docker
2 7 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.48%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 265 (42.81%) Kubernetes
2 93 (15.02%) Terraform
3 44 (7.11%) Grafana
4 40 (6.46%) Ansible
5 21 (3.39%) Argo
6 16 (2.58%) Prometheus
7 15 (2.42%) Progress Chef
8 11 (1.78%) Kibana
9 9 (1.45%) Puppet
10 5 (0.81%) Istio
11 2 (0.32%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.32%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.32%) Rancher
12 1 (0.16%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.16%) Consul
12 1 (0.16%) Control-M
12 1 (0.16%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.16%) logstash
12 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.16%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 65 (10.50%) Oracle
2 34 (5.49%) Google
3 30 (4.85%) Microsoft
4 27 (4.36%) Sybase
5 20 (3.23%) Red Hat
5 20 (3.23%) Splunk
6 15 (2.42%) Dynatrace
6 15 (2.42%) VMware
7 9 (1.45%) webMethods
8 7 (1.13%) CA Agile Central
9 6 (0.97%) Confluent
9 6 (0.97%) IBM
10 5 (0.81%) ION Trading
10 5 (0.81%) SAP
10 5 (0.81%) Virgin Media
11 4 (0.65%) ForgeRock
11 4 (0.65%) Solace
11 4 (0.65%) TIBCO
12 3 (0.48%) Checkmarx
12 3 (0.48%) Qualys