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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 167 177
Rank change year-on-year +18 +10 -50
Contract jobs citing Spring 808 511 568
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.68% 1.74% 1.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.59% 7.68% 6.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 563 324 413
10th Percentile £363 £350 £375
25th Percentile £425 £406 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £565 £625
90th Percentile £663 £696 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £441 £488
% change year-on-year +7.83% -9.64% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 6 11
10th Percentile - £52.50 £35.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £56.88 £42.94
Median hourly rate £70.00 £73.75 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% +60.75% -36.72%
75th Percentile £81.00 £91.56 £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 9,410 6,657 8,927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.62% 22.65% 20.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,206 4,560 6,201
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £417 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £726 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £478 £500
% change year-on-year +4.60% -4.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 109 246
10th Percentile £32.50 £29.21 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £72.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.20 £82.27 £74.47
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

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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.

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +48 682 £510 -2.86% 176
UK excluding London -6 379 £475 +7.83% 116
London +17 336 £525 -0.94% 77
Work from Home -8 204 £475 -9.52% 353
North of England +27 167 £475 +2.15% 56
North West +37 120 £475 +9.57% 37
Midlands -31 69 £469 +14.39% 8
West Midlands -9 67 £470 +10.47% 6
Scotland -44 46 £444 -1.39% 6
South West +7 40 £409 -20.20% 15
South East -34 37 £500 +9.59% 23
Yorkshire -39 29 £463 -11.90% 11
North East 0 26 £463 -0.54% 8
East of England -4 26 £510 +9.09% 4
East Midlands -43 2 £426 +14.67% 2
Wales -11 1 - - 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:

Application Platforms
1 46 (5.69%) Confluence
2 42 (5.20%) Apache Spark
3 23 (2.85%) Apache
4 15 (1.86%) Camunda
5 8 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.99%) WebLogic
6 7 (0.87%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.74%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.74%) Hyperledger
7 6 (0.74%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.50%) JBoss
9 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.37%) nginx
10 2 (0.25%) CICS
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%) 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%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.25%) Shopify
4 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.12%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.12%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 433 (53.59%) AWS
2 199 (24.63%) Azure
3 145 (17.95%) GitHub
4 128 (15.84%) GCP
5 83 (10.27%) GitHub Actions
6 81 (10.02%) Serverless
7 77 (9.53%) Amazon S3
8 68 (8.42%) AWS Lambda
9 39 (4.83%) Amazon SQS
10 38 (4.70%) Amazon ECS
11 37 (4.58%) Amazon EC2
12 35 (4.33%) Amazon EKS
13 32 (3.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 32 (3.96%) OpenShift
14 30 (3.71%) Azure AKS
15 26 (3.22%) Azure DevOps
16 19 (2.35%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 19 (2.35%) AWS CloudFormation
16 19 (2.35%) Cloud Run
17 18 (2.23%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.24%) HTTP
1 10 (1.24%) SSL
2 5 (0.62%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.50%) DNS
4 3 (0.37%) VPN
5 2 (0.25%) Firewall
6 1 (0.12%) SMS
6 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (21.04%) PostgreSQL
2 107 (13.24%) NoSQL
3 92 (11.39%) MongoDB
4 82 (10.15%) Relational Database
5 58 (7.18%) MySQL
6 53 (6.56%) DynamoDB
7 42 (5.20%) Amazon RDS
8 26 (3.22%) Elasticsearch
8 26 (3.22%) SQL Server
9 22 (2.72%) Amazon Aurora
10 21 (2.60%) Redis
11 19 (2.35%) Big Data
12 17 (2.10%) Flink
13 15 (1.86%) DocumentDB
14 11 (1.36%) Apache Cassandra
15 10 (1.24%) RDBMS
16 9 (1.11%) DB2
17 8 (0.99%) BigQuery
18 7 (0.87%) Hadoop
18 7 (0.87%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 189 (23.39%) Git
2 173 (21.41%) Jenkins
3 132 (16.34%) GitLab
4 129 (15.97%) JUnit
5 72 (8.91%) JIRA
6 68 (8.42%) Gradle
7 67 (8.29%) Maven
8 60 (7.43%) Mockito
9 39 (4.83%) Cucumber
9 39 (4.83%) Selenium
10 34 (4.21%) SonarQube
11 24 (2.97%) IntelliJ
12 22 (2.72%) JMeter
13 19 (2.35%) Gatling
14 18 (2.23%) REST Assured
15 16 (1.98%) WebDriver
16 13 (1.61%) Liquibase
16 13 (1.61%) Serenity BDD
17 12 (1.49%) Cypress.io
18 11 (1.36%) jMock
General
1 154 (19.06%) Social Skills
2 147 (18.19%) Finance
3 142 (17.57%) Public Sector
4 79 (9.78%) Banking
5 41 (5.07%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (2.48%) Retail
7 15 (1.86%) Investment Banking
8 11 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (0.99%) Financial Institution
10 6 (0.74%) Automotive
10 6 (0.74%) Front Office
10 6 (0.74%) Law
10 6 (0.74%) Publishing
10 6 (0.74%) Retail Banking
11 5 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (0.62%) Military
12 3 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.37%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 457 (56.56%) Developer
2 319 (39.48%) Java Developer
3 160 (19.80%) Senior
4 136 (16.83%) Java Engineer
5 96 (11.88%) Senior Developer
5 96 (11.88%) Software Engineer
6 87 (10.77%) Full-Stack Developer
7 83 (10.27%) Lead
8 72 (8.91%) Senior Java Developer
9 54 (6.68%) Java Software Engineer
10 44 (5.45%) Backend Developer
11 33 (4.08%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 32 (3.96%) Software Developer
13 30 (3.71%) Lead Developer
14 27 (3.34%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 25 (3.09%) SC Cleared Java Developer
16 23 (2.85%) Architect
17 22 (2.72%) Data Engineer
18 21 (2.60%) DevOps Engineer
19 20 (2.48%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 660 (81.68%) Spring Boot
2 218 (26.98%) Kafka
3 194 (24.01%) RESTful
4 175 (21.66%) REST
5 159 (19.68%) React
6 124 (15.35%) Node.js
7 91 (11.26%) AngularJS
8 63 (7.80%) Hibernate
8 63 (7.80%) HTML
9 51 (6.31%) Spring Cloud
10 50 (6.19%) CSS
11 47 (5.82%) JPA
11 47 (5.82%) Spring MVC
12 44 (5.45%) WireMock
13 42 (5.20%) Web Services
14 40 (4.95%) OAuth
15 38 (4.70%) Next.js
16 37 (4.58%) OAuth2
16 37 (4.58%) OpenTelemetry
17 34 (4.21%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 137 (16.96%) Cloud Native
2 90 (11.14%) Distributed Systems
3 42 (5.20%) Product Ownership
4 26 (3.22%) Greenfield Project
5 19 (2.35%) Mobile App
6 18 (2.23%) Distributed Architecture
7 13 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (1.61%) Data Structures
8 12 (1.49%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.24%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 7 (0.87%) Data Centre
12 7 (0.87%) NHS
13 5 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (0.62%) Linux Command Line
14 4 (0.50%) Legacy Applications
14 4 (0.50%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.57%) Linux
2 15 (1.86%) Unix
3 10 (1.24%) Windows
4 8 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.50%) 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 2 (0.25%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 467 (57.80%) Microservices
2 445 (55.07%) CI/CD
3 294 (36.39%) Agile
4 280 (34.65%) DevOps
5 257 (31.81%) Containerisation
6 182 (22.52%) Software Engineering
7 170 (21.04%) Full-Stack Development
8 167 (20.67%) TDD
9 148 (18.32%) Test Automation
10 141 (17.45%) Event-Driven
11 136 (16.83%) Problem-Solving
12 125 (15.47%) Observability
13 118 (14.60%) Code Quality
14 115 (14.23%) Continuous Improvement
15 98 (12.13%) Scrum
16 92 (11.39%) Infrastructure as Code
17 85 (10.52%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 79 (9.78%) BDD
19 68 (8.42%) Mentoring
20 66 (8.17%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 760 (94.06%) Java
2 211 (26.11%) SQL
3 126 (15.59%) JavaScript
4 112 (13.86%) TypeScript
5 91 (11.26%) Python
6 54 (6.68%) Kotlin
7 16 (1.98%) Go
8 13 (1.61%) PL/SQL
8 13 (1.61%) Shell Script
9 10 (1.24%) Scala
10 8 (0.99%) Bash
10 8 (0.99%) C#
11 6 (0.74%) Perl
11 6 (0.74%) Ruby
12 3 (0.37%) PHP
13 2 (0.25%) Groovy
13 2 (0.25%) Korn
14 1 (0.12%) Solidity
14 1 (0.12%) Swift
14 1 (0.12%) XPath
Qualifications
1 252 (31.19%) Security Cleared
2 217 (26.86%) SC Cleared
3 30 (3.71%) Degree
4 27 (3.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (1.73%) DV Cleared
7 6 (0.74%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.62%) 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 68 (8.42%) QA
2 60 (7.43%) Accessibility
3 14 (1.73%) ISO 20022
4 13 (1.61%) WCAG
5 12 (1.49%) SEPA
6 8 (0.99%) GDPR
6 8 (0.99%) PSD2
7 7 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.74%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.62%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.62%) SLA
10 4 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.50%) NIST
11 3 (0.37%) HL7
12 2 (0.25%) EMIR
12 2 (0.25%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.25%) MiFID
12 2 (0.25%) NCSC
13 1 (0.12%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.12%) ITGC
System Software
1 352 (43.56%) Docker
2 10 (1.24%) Postfix
3 3 (0.37%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 357 (44.18%) Kubernetes
2 98 (12.13%) Grafana
3 95 (11.76%) Terraform
4 70 (8.66%) Prometheus
5 27 (3.34%) Ansible
6 13 (1.61%) Argo
7 11 (1.36%) Istio
7 11 (1.36%) Kibana
8 3 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.25%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.25%) Rancher
10 1 (0.12%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.12%) Kiali
Vendors
1 57 (7.05%) Oracle
2 40 (4.95%) Microsoft
3 32 (3.96%) Splunk
4 27 (3.34%) Google
5 14 (1.73%) Jaspersoft
6 12 (1.49%) Dynatrace
6 12 (1.49%) Red Hat
7 11 (1.36%) Atlassian
8 10 (1.24%) IBM
9 9 (1.11%) Checkmarx
9 9 (1.11%) Solace
10 7 (0.87%) Databricks
11 6 (0.74%) Adobe
11 6 (0.74%) Confluent
11 6 (0.74%) Okta
11 6 (0.74%) Sybase
12 5 (0.62%) Ab Initio
12 5 (0.62%) ForgeRock
12 5 (0.62%) SAP
12 5 (0.62%) Teradata