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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 168 208
Rank change year-on-year +5 +40 -114
Contract jobs citing Spring 678 476 498
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.75% 1.51% 1.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.86% 6.75% 5.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 286 366
10th Percentile £355 £356 £400
25th Percentile £413 £434 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -16.67%
75th Percentile £578 £630 £634
90th Percentile £643 £765 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £467 £469 £500
% change year-on-year -0.43% -6.20% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 0 7
10th Percentile £50.00 - £41.53
25th Percentile £52.50 - £45.88
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £48.43
75th Percentile £81.00 - £57.34
90th Percentile £95.00 - £70.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 - £48.43
% change year-on-year - - -28.25%

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 8,621 7,054 9,302
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.30% 22.43% 20.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,738 4,472 6,586
10th Percentile £356 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £535 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% -0.47% -6.52%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £765 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 90 192
10th Percentile £35.00 £24.78 £25.78
25th Percentile £49.06 £38.31 £46.11
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £69.44 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.95 £77.32 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% -15.38%

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 30 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 30 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Spring in the UK

Spring
Top 16 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 30 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 +16 553 £500 -13.04% 191
UK excluding London +20 335 £467 -0.43% 148
London +3 275 £525 -10.26% 78
Work from Home +27 188 £500 +2.04% 109
North of England +26 155 £475 - 31
North West +53 117 £465 +3.33% 25
Scotland -10 73 £588 +33.22% 10
South East +20 50 £400 +2.56% 56
Midlands -46 40 £446 -18.95% 15
West Midlands -35 37 £469 -14.73% 13
Yorkshire -48 24 £500 -4.76% 4
North East -2 21 £475 +6.74% 2
South West -16 20 £417 -24.18% 30
East of England -24 3 £450 +20.00% 4
East Midlands - 3 £308 - 2
Northern Ireland -4 1 £425 -5.56%

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 26 (3.83%) Confluence
2 18 (2.65%) Apache
3 11 (1.62%) Camunda
3 11 (1.62%) JBoss
3 11 (1.62%) WebLogic
4 10 (1.47%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.88%) Ethereum
5 6 (0.88%) Hyperledger
6 5 (0.74%) CMS
7 4 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.59%) Drupal
7 4 (0.59%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.59%) WordPress
8 3 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.44%) nginx
9 2 (0.29%) Apache TomEE
10 1 (0.15%) CICS
10 1 (0.15%) Mule ESB
10 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (1.62%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.74%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.15%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 366 (53.98%) AWS
2 191 (28.17%) Azure
3 129 (19.03%) GitHub
4 111 (16.37%) GCP
5 68 (10.03%) GitHub Actions
6 66 (9.73%) Serverless
7 57 (8.41%) Amazon S3
8 56 (8.26%) AWS Lambda
9 49 (7.23%) OpenShift
10 35 (5.16%) Amazon ECS
11 32 (4.72%) AWS CloudFormation
12 29 (4.28%) Amazon EKS
13 28 (4.13%) Amazon EC2
14 20 (2.95%) Azure AKS
15 18 (2.65%) Amazon SQS
15 18 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
16 16 (2.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 13 (1.92%) Datadog
18 12 (1.77%) AWS Fargate
18 12 (1.77%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.47%) HTTP
1 10 (1.47%) SSL
2 5 (0.74%) Kerberos
3 4 (0.59%) DNS
3 4 (0.59%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.44%) VPN
5 1 (0.15%) Broadband
5 1 (0.15%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (20.50%) PostgreSQL
2 119 (17.55%) MongoDB
3 99 (14.60%) NoSQL
4 91 (13.42%) Relational Database
5 52 (7.67%) MySQL
6 36 (5.31%) DynamoDB
7 27 (3.98%) Amazon RDS
8 24 (3.54%) DB2
9 21 (3.10%) SQL Server
10 20 (2.95%) RDBMS
11 19 (2.80%) Elasticsearch
12 16 (2.36%) Apache Cassandra
13 15 (2.21%) DocumentDB
14 14 (2.06%) Amazon Aurora
15 13 (1.92%) Redis
16 12 (1.77%) Oracle Database
17 9 (1.33%) HBase
18 8 (1.18%) Big Data
18 8 (1.18%) BigQuery
19 7 (1.03%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 167 (24.63%) Git
2 154 (22.71%) Jenkins
3 145 (21.39%) JUnit
4 122 (17.99%) GitLab
5 61 (9.00%) Maven
6 59 (8.70%) Cucumber
7 55 (8.11%) Gradle
8 52 (7.67%) JIRA
9 43 (6.34%) Mockito
10 32 (4.72%) Sonatype Nexus
11 31 (4.57%) Selenium
12 23 (3.39%) IntelliJ
13 21 (3.10%) Cypress.io
13 21 (3.10%) Postman
14 19 (2.80%) JMeter
15 13 (1.92%) Eclipse
15 13 (1.92%) Gatling
16 12 (1.77%) Artifactory
17 10 (1.47%) REST Assured
17 10 (1.47%) SonarQube
General
1 186 (27.43%) Social Skills
2 153 (22.57%) Finance
3 119 (17.55%) Public Sector
4 109 (16.08%) Banking
5 44 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (3.83%) Investment Banking
7 12 (1.77%) Front Office
8 11 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (1.18%) Retail
10 6 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (0.74%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.74%) Retail Banking
11 5 (0.74%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.44%) Electronics
13 3 (0.44%) Law
13 3 (0.44%) Marketing
13 3 (0.44%) Military
14 2 (0.29%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 423 (62.39%) Developer
2 309 (45.58%) Java Developer
3 150 (22.12%) Senior
4 105 (15.49%) Java Engineer
5 104 (15.34%) Full-Stack Developer
5 104 (15.34%) Senior Developer
6 87 (12.83%) Senior Java Developer
7 59 (8.70%) Software Engineer
8 54 (7.96%) Lead
9 41 (6.05%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 32 (4.72%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 32 (4.72%) Java Software Engineer
11 28 (4.13%) Lead Developer
12 24 (3.54%) SQL Developer
13 22 (3.24%) Architect
13 22 (3.24%) Backend Developer
14 21 (3.10%) AWS Developer
15 18 (2.65%) Lead Java Developer
15 18 (2.65%) SC Cleared Java Developer
16 17 (2.51%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 516 (76.11%) Spring Boot
2 212 (31.27%) Kafka
3 179 (26.40%) RESTful
4 158 (23.30%) React
5 138 (20.35%) REST
6 120 (17.70%) AngularJS
7 89 (13.13%) Node.js
8 88 (12.98%) Hibernate
9 82 (12.09%) HTML
10 57 (8.41%) CSS
11 44 (6.49%) JSON
12 43 (6.34%) JPA
13 41 (6.05%) OAuth
14 39 (5.75%) JMS
14 39 (5.75%) OAuth2
15 32 (4.72%) Playwright
16 31 (4.57%) Spring MVC
17 30 (4.42%) HTML5
17 30 (4.42%) Spring Cloud
18 29 (4.28%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 102 (15.04%) Cloud Native
2 51 (7.52%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (5.16%) Product Ownership
4 25 (3.69%) Equities
5 22 (3.24%) Data Structures
6 21 (3.10%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
8 14 (2.06%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 11 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.18%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.03%) Derivative
11 7 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (0.88%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.74%) Distributed Architecture
14 4 (0.59%) Algorithms
14 4 (0.59%) NHS
15 3 (0.44%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 68 (10.03%) Linux
2 17 (2.51%) Unix
3 7 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (1.03%) Windows
4 3 (0.44%) VMS
5 1 (0.15%) Android
5 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.15%) Solaris
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (57.96%) Microservices
2 380 (56.05%) CI/CD
3 280 (41.30%) Agile
4 234 (34.51%) DevOps
5 203 (29.94%) Containerisation
6 185 (27.29%) Full-Stack Development
7 165 (24.34%) Problem-Solving
8 135 (19.91%) Test Automation
9 126 (18.58%) Software Engineering
10 110 (16.22%) Event-Driven
11 104 (15.34%) TDD
12 89 (13.13%) Infrastructure as Code
13 87 (12.83%) Scrum
14 85 (12.54%) SDLC
15 82 (12.09%) Code Quality
16 74 (10.91%) Observability
17 70 (10.32%) Continuous Improvement
18 67 (9.88%) Mentoring
19 60 (8.85%) Unit Testing
20 59 (8.70%) API Development
Programming Languages
1 646 (95.28%) Java
2 178 (26.25%) SQL
3 106 (15.63%) JavaScript
4 93 (13.72%) TypeScript
5 81 (11.95%) Python
6 29 (4.28%) Shell Script
7 27 (3.98%) Kotlin
8 14 (2.06%) Scala
9 12 (1.77%) Go
10 11 (1.62%) Ruby
11 8 (1.18%) C#
12 7 (1.03%) Groovy
13 5 (0.74%) Bash
14 4 (0.59%) PHP
14 4 (0.59%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.44%) Perl
16 2 (0.29%) C++
16 2 (0.29%) PowerShell
16 2 (0.29%) Rust
17 1 (0.15%) Swift
Qualifications
1 168 (24.78%) Security Cleared
2 143 (21.09%) SC Cleared
3 26 (3.83%) Degree
4 22 (3.24%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.77%) OCP
6 12 (1.77%) Oracle Certification
7 6 (0.88%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.74%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.29%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 1 (0.15%) CCSP
10 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.15%) CISSP
10 1 (0.15%) OSCP
10 1 (0.15%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (9.59%) QA
2 48 (7.08%) Accessibility
3 24 (3.54%) ISO 20022
4 16 (2.36%) PSD2
4 16 (2.36%) SEPA
4 16 (2.36%) WCAG
5 9 (1.33%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.74%) NIST
7 4 (0.59%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.44%) HL7
8 3 (0.44%) NCSC
9 2 (0.29%) GDPR
9 2 (0.29%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.15%) GRC
10 1 (0.15%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 284 (41.89%) Docker
2 7 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.44%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 299 (44.10%) Kubernetes
2 102 (15.04%) Terraform
3 53 (7.82%) Grafana
4 38 (5.60%) Ansible
5 24 (3.54%) Prometheus
6 22 (3.24%) Argo
7 14 (2.06%) Progress Chef
8 12 (1.77%) Kibana
9 9 (1.33%) Puppet
10 6 (0.88%) Istio
11 2 (0.29%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.29%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.29%) Rancher
11 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.15%) Consul
12 1 (0.15%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 70 (10.32%) Oracle
2 33 (4.87%) Google
3 27 (3.98%) Microsoft
4 24 (3.54%) Splunk
5 22 (3.24%) Red Hat
5 22 (3.24%) Sybase
6 15 (2.21%) VMware
7 10 (1.47%) Dynatrace
8 9 (1.33%) webMethods
9 6 (0.88%) Confluent
9 6 (0.88%) PagerDuty
9 6 (0.88%) Solace
10 5 (0.74%) Adobe
10 5 (0.74%) IBM
10 5 (0.74%) Virgin Media
11 4 (0.59%) CA Agile Central
11 4 (0.59%) ForgeRock
11 4 (0.59%) ION Trading
11 4 (0.59%) SAP
12 3 (0.44%) Informatica