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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 160 177
Rank change year-on-year +6 +17 -39
Contract jobs citing Spring 809 510 581
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.66% 1.78% 1.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.46% 7.85% 6.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 555 328 427
10th Percentile £375 £354 £375
25th Percentile £425 £406 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £497 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% -5.33% -12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £563 £625
90th Percentile £663 £666 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £441 £489
% change year-on-year +7.71% -9.82% -6.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 7 11
10th Percentile - £53.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £55.00 £42.94
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +41.67% -36.72%
75th Percentile £81.00 £90.63 £52.34
90th Percentile £95.00 £92.50 £56.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.25 £55.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year +2.27% +19.88% -34.46%

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 9,564 6,498 8,929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.62% 22.74% 20.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,281 4,458 6,210
10th Percentile £363 £360 £345
25th Percentile £420 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 105 249
10th Percentile £30.87 £27.44 £21.63
25th Percentile £51.25 £37.80 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £72.75 £68.75 £66.25
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.22 £74.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.43
% change year-on-year - +34.21% -25.49%

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 27 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Spring in the UK

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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 27 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Spring in the UK

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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 27 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
England +21 685 £520 +4.00% 160
UK excluding London -19 377 £475 +7.71% 107
London +7 338 £525 -0.94% 78
Work from Home -21 203 £476 -4.75% 89
North of England +27 161 £478 +2.69% 45
North West +34 115 £500 +24.38% 30
Midlands -40 74 £469 +11.67% 5
West Midlands -15 70 £470 +0.97% 1
South West +3 43 £409 -20.20% 19
Scotland -48 42 £410 -9.00% 2
South East -33 36 £513 +12.33% 19
Yorkshire -32 29 £463 -11.90% 12
East of England -3 27 £510 +9.09% 6
North East -7 24 £463 -0.54% 4
East Midlands -47 3 £402 +9.24% 4
Wales -16 1 - - 5

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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 43 (5.32%) Apache Spark
1 43 (5.32%) Confluence
2 22 (2.72%) Apache
3 15 (1.85%) Camunda
4 8 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.99%) WebLogic
5 7 (0.87%) Ethereum
5 7 (0.87%) Hyperledger
6 6 (0.74%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.74%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.62%) nginx
8 4 (0.49%) JBoss
9 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.25%) CMS
10 2 (0.25%) Drupal
10 2 (0.25%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.25%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.25%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.37%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.12%) Maya
Business Applications
1 5 (0.62%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.37%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.25%) R3 Corda
3 2 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.25%) Shopify
4 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.12%) Quorum
4 1 (0.12%) Ripple
4 1 (0.12%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 427 (52.78%) AWS
2 191 (23.61%) Azure
3 146 (18.05%) GitHub
4 126 (15.57%) GCP
5 85 (10.51%) GitHub Actions
6 76 (9.39%) Amazon S3
7 74 (9.15%) Serverless
8 63 (7.79%) AWS Lambda
9 42 (5.19%) Amazon SQS
10 41 (5.07%) Amazon EC2
11 37 (4.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 34 (4.20%) Amazon ECS
13 33 (4.08%) OpenShift
14 31 (3.83%) Amazon EKS
15 26 (3.21%) Azure AKS
16 24 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
17 22 (2.72%) Route 53
18 19 (2.35%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 19 (2.35%) AWS KMS
18 19 (2.35%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.11%) HTTP
2 7 (0.87%) SSL
3 4 (0.49%) DNS
3 4 (0.49%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.25%) Firewall
4 2 (0.25%) VPN
5 1 (0.12%) SMS
5 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (22.25%) PostgreSQL
2 111 (13.72%) NoSQL
3 94 (11.62%) MongoDB
4 83 (10.26%) Relational Database
5 59 (7.29%) MySQL
6 54 (6.67%) DynamoDB
7 47 (5.81%) Amazon RDS
8 28 (3.46%) Elasticsearch
9 26 (3.21%) SQL Server
10 25 (3.09%) Amazon Aurora
11 21 (2.60%) Big Data
12 20 (2.47%) Redis
13 17 (2.10%) Flink
14 12 (1.48%) Apache Cassandra
14 12 (1.48%) DocumentDB
15 11 (1.36%) RDBMS
16 8 (0.99%) BigQuery
16 8 (0.99%) DB2
17 7 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
17 7 (0.87%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 194 (23.98%) Git
2 179 (22.13%) Jenkins
3 137 (16.93%) JUnit
4 125 (15.45%) GitLab
5 69 (8.53%) Gradle
5 69 (8.53%) JIRA
6 68 (8.41%) Maven
7 66 (8.16%) Mockito
8 41 (5.07%) Cucumber
9 40 (4.94%) Selenium
10 36 (4.45%) SonarQube
11 24 (2.97%) IntelliJ
12 22 (2.72%) JMeter
13 20 (2.47%) REST Assured
14 19 (2.35%) Gatling
15 16 (1.98%) Liquibase
15 16 (1.98%) WebDriver
16 14 (1.73%) DbUnit
17 13 (1.61%) jMock
17 13 (1.61%) Serenity BDD
General
1 155 (19.16%) Social Skills
2 151 (18.67%) Finance
3 145 (17.92%) Public Sector
4 87 (10.75%) Banking
5 45 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (2.84%) Retail
7 16 (1.98%) Investment Banking
8 11 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (1.24%) Financial Institution
9 10 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.11%) Law
11 7 (0.87%) Retail Banking
12 6 (0.74%) Automotive
12 6 (0.74%) Front Office
12 6 (0.74%) Publishing
13 5 (0.62%) Military
14 4 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.37%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.25%) Games
Job Titles
1 455 (56.24%) Developer
2 328 (40.54%) Java Developer
3 167 (20.64%) Senior
4 138 (17.06%) Java Engineer
5 101 (12.48%) Software Engineer
6 96 (11.87%) Senior Developer
7 85 (10.51%) Full-Stack Developer
7 85 (10.51%) Lead
8 73 (9.02%) Senior Java Developer
9 56 (6.92%) Java Software Engineer
10 45 (5.56%) Backend Developer
11 32 (3.96%) Software Developer
12 31 (3.83%) Lead Developer
13 30 (3.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 29 (3.58%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 24 (2.97%) Senior Java Engineer
16 23 (2.84%) Architect
16 23 (2.84%) SC Cleared Java Developer
17 22 (2.72%) Data Engineer
18 19 (2.35%) Lead Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 663 (81.95%) Spring Boot
2 224 (27.69%) Kafka
3 195 (24.10%) RESTful
4 182 (22.50%) REST
5 160 (19.78%) React
6 121 (14.96%) Node.js
7 86 (10.63%) AngularJS
8 65 (8.03%) Hibernate
9 57 (7.05%) HTML
10 55 (6.80%) JPA
11 53 (6.55%) Spring Cloud
12 48 (5.93%) CSS
13 47 (5.81%) Web Services
14 46 (5.69%) Spring MVC
15 45 (5.56%) WireMock
16 43 (5.32%) OAuth
17 39 (4.82%) OAuth2
17 39 (4.82%) OpenTelemetry
18 37 (4.57%) Next.js
19 34 (4.20%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 140 (17.31%) Cloud Native
2 99 (12.24%) Distributed Systems
3 42 (5.19%) Product Ownership
4 26 (3.21%) Greenfield Project
5 19 (2.35%) Mobile App
6 18 (2.22%) Distributed Architecture
7 14 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.48%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 11 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (1.36%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.24%) Algorithms
12 7 (0.87%) Data Centre
12 7 (0.87%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 5 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (0.62%) Linux Command Line
14 4 (0.49%) Public Cloud
14 4 (0.49%) Self-Motivation
14 4 (0.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 48 (5.93%) Linux
2 15 (1.85%) Unix
3 10 (1.24%) Windows
4 8 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.49%) VMS
6 3 (0.37%) Android
6 3 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.37%) Solaris
6 3 (0.37%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 472 (58.34%) Microservices
2 444 (54.88%) CI/CD
3 312 (38.57%) Agile
4 279 (34.49%) DevOps
5 251 (31.03%) Containerisation
6 191 (23.61%) Software Engineering
7 168 (20.77%) Full-Stack Development
8 165 (20.40%) TDD
9 144 (17.80%) Test Automation
10 140 (17.31%) Event-Driven
11 131 (16.19%) Problem-Solving
12 128 (15.82%) Observability
13 121 (14.96%) Continuous Improvement
14 112 (13.84%) Code Quality
15 111 (13.72%) Scrum
16 87 (10.75%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 87 (10.75%) Infrastructure as Code
17 83 (10.26%) BDD
18 71 (8.78%) Mentoring
19 63 (7.79%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 768 (94.93%) Java
2 229 (28.31%) SQL
3 127 (15.70%) JavaScript
4 109 (13.47%) TypeScript
5 87 (10.75%) Python
6 54 (6.67%) Kotlin
7 16 (1.98%) PL/SQL
8 15 (1.85%) Go
9 12 (1.48%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.11%) C#
10 9 (1.11%) Scala
11 7 (0.87%) Bash
11 7 (0.87%) Ruby
12 6 (0.74%) Perl
13 2 (0.25%) Groovy
13 2 (0.25%) Korn
13 2 (0.25%) PHP
13 2 (0.25%) PromQL
13 2 (0.25%) Solidity
14 1 (0.12%) Swift
Qualifications
1 243 (30.04%) Security Cleared
2 209 (25.83%) SC Cleared
3 31 (3.83%) BPSS Clearance
4 30 (3.71%) Degree
5 22 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (1.85%) DV Cleared
7 7 (0.87%) AWS Certification
8 6 (0.74%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.25%) OCP
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.12%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.12%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (8.28%) QA
2 63 (7.79%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.48%) ISO 20022
3 12 (1.48%) WCAG
4 10 (1.24%) SEPA
5 8 (0.99%) GDPR
6 7 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.74%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.62%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.62%) PSD2
8 5 (0.62%) SLA
9 4 (0.49%) NIST
10 2 (0.25%) EMIR
10 2 (0.25%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.25%) MiFID
10 2 (0.25%) NCSC
11 1 (0.12%) HL7
11 1 (0.12%) ITGC
11 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
System Software
1 355 (43.88%) Docker
2 11 (1.36%) Postfix
3 2 (0.25%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 2 (0.25%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 352 (43.51%) Kubernetes
2 104 (12.86%) Grafana
3 86 (10.63%) Terraform
4 73 (9.02%) Prometheus
5 29 (3.58%) Ansible
6 13 (1.61%) Argo
7 11 (1.36%) Istio
7 11 (1.36%) Kibana
8 4 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.25%) Consul
9 2 (0.25%) Rancher
9 2 (0.25%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.12%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.12%) Kiali
Vendors
1 62 (7.66%) Oracle
2 40 (4.94%) Microsoft
3 31 (3.83%) Splunk
4 27 (3.34%) Google
5 17 (2.10%) Jaspersoft
6 14 (1.73%) Atlassian
7 13 (1.61%) Dynatrace
8 12 (1.48%) Red Hat
9 11 (1.36%) Solace
10 10 (1.24%) IBM
10 10 (1.24%) Sybase
11 9 (1.11%) Checkmarx
12 7 (0.87%) Databricks
13 6 (0.74%) Confluent
13 6 (0.74%) Okta
14 5 (0.62%) Ab Initio
14 5 (0.62%) Adobe
14 5 (0.62%) ForgeRock
14 5 (0.62%) New Relic
14 5 (0.62%) Teradata