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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 161 180
Rank change year-on-year +8 +19 -56
Contract jobs citing Spring 810 507 568
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.70% 1.73% 1.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.57% 7.63% 6.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 561 325 412
10th Percentile £357 £360 £375
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £653 £725 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £467 £463 £480
% change year-on-year +0.94% -3.65% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 6 10
10th Percentile - £52.50 £35.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £56.88 £41.47
Median hourly rate £62.00 £73.75 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -15.93% +60.75% -36.72%
75th Percentile £79.25 £91.56 £48.43
90th Percentile £95.00 £92.50 £56.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year - +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 9,455 6,643 8,958
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.82% 22.68% 20.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,242 4,549 6,226
10th Percentile £358 £363 £338
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £528
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -0.57% -4.00%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £730 £782 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 116 241
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.30 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.19 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.30 £82.53 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -25.78%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 +43 682 £500 -5.61% 167
UK excluding London -9 380 £467 +0.94% 121
London +16 337 £525 -4.55% 74
Work from Home -5 203 £475 -9.52% 87
North of England +33 164 £475 -1.04% 43
North West +36 120 £468 -0.53% 27
Midlands -31 68 £469 +10.35% 11
West Midlands -9 67 £469 +6.59% 8
Scotland -40 48 £438 -2.78% 8
South East -8 44 £416 -16.75% 32
South West -7 35 £409 -20.20% 18
Yorkshire -40 27 £475 -11.63% 8
East of England -9 25 £510 +9.09% 4
North East +1 24 £475 +2.15% 8
East Midlands -39 1 £450 +11.94% 3
Wales - 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 46 (5.68%) Confluence
2 41 (5.06%) Apache Spark
3 22 (2.72%) Apache
4 15 (1.85%) Camunda
5 8 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.99%) WebLogic
6 7 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.74%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.74%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.62%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.49%) JBoss
10 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.25%) CICS
11 2 (0.25%) CMS
11 2 (0.25%) Drupal
11 2 (0.25%) MQSeries
11 2 (0.25%) nginx
11 2 (0.25%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 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
3 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.12%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.12%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 441 (54.44%) AWS
2 214 (26.42%) Azure
3 152 (18.77%) GitHub
4 138 (17.04%) GCP
5 89 (10.99%) GitHub Actions
6 84 (10.37%) Serverless
7 79 (9.75%) Amazon S3
8 71 (8.77%) AWS Lambda
9 41 (5.06%) Amazon ECS
10 40 (4.94%) Amazon SQS
11 38 (4.69%) Amazon EKS
12 37 (4.57%) Amazon EC2
12 37 (4.57%) OpenShift
13 35 (4.32%) Azure AKS
14 33 (4.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 26 (3.21%) AWS CloudFormation
16 25 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
17 19 (2.35%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 18 (2.22%) Cloud Run
18 18 (2.22%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.36%) HTTP
2 10 (1.23%) SSL
3 6 (0.74%) HTTPS
4 4 (0.49%) DNS
5 3 (0.37%) VPN
6 1 (0.12%) Firewall
6 1 (0.12%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.12%) SMS
6 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (21.73%) PostgreSQL
2 108 (13.33%) NoSQL
3 86 (10.62%) MongoDB
4 77 (9.51%) Relational Database
5 63 (7.78%) MySQL
6 54 (6.67%) DynamoDB
7 43 (5.31%) Amazon RDS
8 27 (3.33%) Elasticsearch
9 26 (3.21%) SQL Server
10 23 (2.84%) Amazon Aurora
11 19 (2.35%) Big Data
12 18 (2.22%) Redis
13 15 (1.85%) DocumentDB
13 15 (1.85%) Flink
14 13 (1.60%) Apache Cassandra
15 10 (1.23%) RDBMS
16 9 (1.11%) DB2
17 8 (0.99%) BigQuery
18 7 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
18 7 (0.86%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 197 (24.32%) Git
2 179 (22.10%) Jenkins
3 137 (16.91%) JUnit
4 131 (16.17%) GitLab
5 72 (8.89%) JIRA
6 66 (8.15%) Gradle
6 66 (8.15%) Maven
7 62 (7.65%) Mockito
8 45 (5.56%) Cucumber
9 32 (3.95%) Selenium
10 31 (3.83%) SonarQube
11 26 (3.21%) JMeter
12 23 (2.84%) IntelliJ
13 16 (1.98%) WebDriver
14 14 (1.73%) Gatling
15 12 (1.48%) Cypress.io
15 12 (1.48%) Liquibase
16 11 (1.36%) DbUnit
16 11 (1.36%) jMock
16 11 (1.36%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 159 (19.63%) Social Skills
2 150 (18.52%) Public Sector
3 149 (18.40%) Finance
4 79 (9.75%) Banking
5 37 (4.57%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (2.35%) Retail
7 14 (1.73%) Investment Banking
8 11 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (0.86%) Financial Institution
9 7 (0.86%) Retail Banking
10 6 (0.74%) Automotive
10 6 (0.74%) Front Office
10 6 (0.74%) Law
11 5 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (0.62%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.62%) Publishing
12 4 (0.49%) Military
12 4 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 462 (57.04%) Developer
2 328 (40.49%) Java Developer
3 162 (20.00%) Senior
4 134 (16.54%) Java Engineer
5 95 (11.73%) Senior Developer
6 92 (11.36%) Full-Stack Developer
7 90 (11.11%) Software Engineer
8 79 (9.75%) Lead
9 71 (8.77%) Senior Java Developer
10 50 (6.17%) Java Software Engineer
11 41 (5.06%) Backend Developer
12 34 (4.20%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 33 (4.07%) Full-Stack Java Developer
14 31 (3.83%) Software Developer
15 30 (3.70%) Lead Developer
16 29 (3.58%) Architect
17 26 (3.21%) SC Cleared Java Developer
18 22 (2.72%) Data Engineer
19 20 (2.47%) Senior Java Engineer
20 19 (2.35%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 656 (80.99%) Spring Boot
2 218 (26.91%) Kafka
3 198 (24.44%) RESTful
4 173 (21.36%) REST
5 159 (19.63%) React
6 126 (15.56%) Node.js
7 101 (12.47%) AngularJS
8 74 (9.14%) Hibernate
9 66 (8.15%) HTML
10 53 (6.54%) CSS
11 51 (6.30%) Spring MVC
12 49 (6.05%) JPA
13 44 (5.43%) WireMock
14 43 (5.31%) Spring Cloud
15 42 (5.19%) OAuth
15 42 (5.19%) Web Services
16 39 (4.81%) OAuth2
17 37 (4.57%) Next.js
18 36 (4.44%) OpenTelemetry
19 33 (4.07%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 138 (17.04%) Cloud Native
2 89 (10.99%) Distributed Systems
3 42 (5.19%) Product Ownership
4 25 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
5 19 (2.35%) Mobile App
6 18 (2.22%) Distributed Architecture
7 16 (1.98%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.60%) Data Structures
10 10 (1.23%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (0.99%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 7 (0.86%) NHS
14 6 (0.74%) Data Centre
15 5 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
16 4 (0.49%) Linux Command Line
16 4 (0.49%) Public Cloud
16 4 (0.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 49 (6.05%) Linux
2 15 (1.85%) Unix
3 9 (1.11%) Windows
4 7 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.74%) VMS
6 3 (0.37%) Android
6 3 (0.37%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.25%) Solaris
7 2 (0.25%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.25%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 472 (58.27%) Microservices
2 456 (56.30%) CI/CD
3 305 (37.65%) Agile
4 281 (34.69%) DevOps
5 263 (32.47%) Containerisation
6 179 (22.10%) Full-Stack Development
7 175 (21.60%) Software Engineering
8 170 (20.99%) TDD
9 151 (18.64%) Test Automation
10 141 (17.41%) Event-Driven
11 135 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
12 128 (15.80%) Code Quality
13 121 (14.94%) Observability
14 110 (13.58%) Continuous Improvement
15 102 (12.59%) Scrum
16 98 (12.10%) Infrastructure as Code
17 84 (10.37%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 76 (9.38%) BDD
19 69 (8.52%) Mentoring
20 67 (8.27%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 762 (94.07%) Java
2 210 (25.93%) SQL
3 123 (15.19%) JavaScript
4 111 (13.70%) TypeScript
5 99 (12.22%) Python
6 53 (6.54%) Kotlin
7 18 (2.22%) Go
8 14 (1.73%) Shell Script
9 12 (1.48%) PL/SQL
10 10 (1.23%) Scala
11 7 (0.86%) Bash
11 7 (0.86%) C#
12 6 (0.74%) Perl
12 6 (0.74%) Ruby
13 3 (0.37%) PHP
14 2 (0.25%) Groovy
14 2 (0.25%) Korn
15 1 (0.12%) JCL
15 1 (0.12%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.12%) XPath
Qualifications
1 253 (31.23%) Security Cleared
2 220 (27.16%) SC Cleared
3 32 (3.95%) Degree
4 28 (3.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 25 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.23%) DV Cleared
7 6 (0.74%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.62%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.62%) OCP
8 5 (0.62%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.12%) CCSP
10 1 (0.12%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.12%) CISSP
10 1 (0.12%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.12%) OSCP
10 1 (0.12%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.12%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (8.89%) QA
2 56 (6.91%) Accessibility
3 14 (1.73%) ISO 20022
4 13 (1.60%) WCAG
5 11 (1.36%) SEPA
6 9 (1.11%) GDPR
7 8 (0.99%) PSD2
8 7 (0.86%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.62%) Data Quality
10 5 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.62%) NIST
10 5 (0.62%) SLA
11 4 (0.49%) HL7
12 3 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.37%) NCSC
13 2 (0.25%) EMIR
13 2 (0.25%) ISO 8583
13 2 (0.25%) MiFID
14 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
System Software
1 356 (43.95%) Docker
2 10 (1.23%) Postfix
3 3 (0.37%) ISA Server
3 3 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 373 (46.05%) Kubernetes
2 103 (12.72%) Terraform
3 95 (11.73%) Grafana
4 63 (7.78%) Prometheus
5 27 (3.33%) Ansible
6 14 (1.73%) Argo
7 11 (1.36%) Kibana
8 9 (1.11%) Istio
9 4 (0.49%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.49%) Rancher
10 3 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.25%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.25%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.12%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.12%) Kiali
Vendors
1 59 (7.28%) Oracle
2 47 (5.80%) Microsoft
3 32 (3.95%) Google
4 30 (3.70%) Splunk
5 14 (1.73%) Jaspersoft
6 11 (1.36%) Atlassian
6 11 (1.36%) Dynatrace
6 11 (1.36%) Red Hat
7 9 (1.11%) Checkmarx
7 9 (1.11%) ForgeRock
7 9 (1.11%) Solace
8 8 (0.99%) IBM
9 7 (0.86%) Databricks
10 6 (0.74%) Adobe
10 6 (0.74%) Confluent
10 6 (0.74%) Okta
10 6 (0.74%) Sybase
11 5 (0.62%) Ab Initio
11 5 (0.62%) PagerDuty
11 5 (0.62%) SAP