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 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Mar 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 160 | 161 | 193 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +1 | +32 | -87 |
| Contract jobs citing Spring | 754 | 486 | 531 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 1.71% | 1.67% | 1.20% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 8.09% | 7.36% | 5.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 525 | 306 | 378 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £357 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £490 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.67% | - | -13.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £574 | £588 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £725 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £465 | £450 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.33% | -8.16% | -7.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 25 | 1 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £51.00 | - | £35.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £52.50 | £62.50 | £42.94 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £65.00 | £45.88 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.38% | +41.67% | -34.46% |
| 75th Percentile | £81.00 | £67.50 | £52.34 |
| 90th Percentile | £95.00 | - | £56.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £55.00 | - | £45.88 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -29.42% |
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 | 9,325 | 6,599 | 8,965 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 21.21% | 22.71% | 20.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,218 | 4,498 | 6,258 |
| 10th Percentile | £358 | £363 | £331 |
| 25th Percentile | £415 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | - | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £619 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £496 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.81% | +0.20% | -1.49% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 251 | 96 | 190 |
| 10th Percentile | £35.25 | £26.25 | £20.74 |
| 25th Percentile | £52.50 | £39.06 | £37.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £48.72 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +28.28% | -25.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.75 | £68.19 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.00 | £82.53 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £48.72 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +33.42% | -25.05% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Spring relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
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Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spring.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spring over the 6 months to 26 March 2026.
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Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spring.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Spring over the 6 months to 26 March 2026.
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Top 15 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 26 March 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 | +26 | 632 | £500 | -6.28% | 141 |
| UK excluding London | +17 | 381 | £465 | +3.33% | 102 |
| London | -9 | 289 | £525 | -7.08% | 58 |
| Work from Home | -20 | 189 | £475 | -5.00% | 109 |
| North of England | +19 | 155 | £475 | -5.00% | 49 |
| North West | +40 | 116 | £465 | -2.11% | 31 |
| Midlands | -1 | 80 | £469 | +10.35% | 6 |
| West Midlands | +1 | 78 | £469 | +10.35% | 3 |
| South East | +1 | 55 | £416 | +0.91% | 18 |
| Scotland | -27 | 52 | £588 | +30.56% | 7 |
| South West | -8 | 30 | £409 | -25.64% | 14 |
| Yorkshire | -47 | 24 | £500 | -6.98% | 11 |
| North East | +1 | 22 | £450 | +1.12% | 7 |
| East of England | -13 | 16 | £510 | +9.09% | 3 |
| East Midlands | -35 | 2 | £335 | -22.36% | 3 |
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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:
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