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 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 168 164
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 +49
Contract jobs citing Spring 926 585 572
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.69% 1.78% 1.52%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.83% 6.87% 6.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 372 406
10th Percentile £360 £333 £375
25th Percentile £425 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £496 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.79% -5.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £650
90th Percentile £700 £638 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £455 £450
% change year-on-year +10.01% +1.00% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 5 1
10th Percentile £35.00 £52.00 -
25th Percentile £55.63 - £69.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £72.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -23.61% -0.69%
75th Percentile £76.00 - £74.50
90th Percentile £87.58 £64.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £72.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -23.61% +1.05%

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 11,828 8,514 9,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.64% 25.95% 24.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,768 5,649 6,037
10th Percentile £375 £354 £356
25th Percentile £440 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 289 188 188
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.10 £25.60
25th Percentile £51.25 £41.13 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -13.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.91
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.47 £56.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +19.95% -13.46% +10.53%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spring over the 6 months to 6 October 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 6 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Spring in the UK

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Top 17 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 6 October 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 -5 721 £533 +6.50% 826
UK excluding London -26 430 £500 +10.01% 462
London -7 377 £545 +3.81% 511
Work from Home -45 228 £500 - 394
North of England -5 164 £550 +17.27% 144
Midlands -1 114 £525 +26.51% 49
West Midlands +23 108 £528 +5.50% 40
North West -10 95 £570 +28.09% 79
Scotland -41 72 £400 -20.00% 99
Yorkshire +6 53 £500 +25.00% 29
South West -21 30 £538 +6.44% 47
South East -53 27 £294 -28.73% 59
North East -29 17 £470 -14.55% 37
East of England - 15 £504 - 12
Wales -15 12 £425 -10.53% 21
East Midlands -33 5 £400 +9.89% 9
Northern Ireland +6 2 - - 31

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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 31 (3.35%) Apache
2 27 (2.92%) Confluence
3 25 (2.70%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.19%) Camunda
4 11 (1.19%) Tomcat
5 10 (1.08%) nginx
6 9 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.97%) WebLogic
7 5 (0.54%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.43%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.43%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.43%) MQSeries
9 3 (0.32%) Apache Pulsar
9 3 (0.32%) CMS
10 2 (0.22%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.22%) Mule
10 2 (0.22%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.22%) Solana
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (0.43%) Trello
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (0.54%) FLEXCUBE
2 4 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.43%) Quorum
2 4 (0.43%) R3 Corda
2 4 (0.43%) Ripple
3 3 (0.32%) Finacle
3 3 (0.32%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.22%) Shopify
5 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 523 (56.48%) AWS
2 189 (20.41%) Azure
3 155 (16.74%) GitHub
4 136 (14.69%) GCP
5 89 (9.61%) GitHub Actions
6 64 (6.91%) Serverless
7 59 (6.37%) AWS Lambda
8 55 (5.94%) Amazon S3
9 51 (5.51%) Amazon ECS
10 49 (5.29%) Amazon EKS
11 42 (4.54%) OpenShift
12 39 (4.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 39 (4.21%) Amazon SQS
13 32 (3.46%) Amazon EC2
14 25 (2.70%) GitHub Copilot
15 22 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
16 19 (2.05%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 15 (1.62%) Anthropic Claude
18 14 (1.51%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 14 (1.51%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.40%) HTTP
2 7 (0.76%) HTTPS
3 3 (0.32%) Firewall
3 3 (0.32%) SSL
4 2 (0.22%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.11%) AMQP
5 1 (0.11%) Broadband
5 1 (0.11%) Network Security
5 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (20.52%) PostgreSQL
2 121 (13.07%) MongoDB
3 112 (12.10%) Relational Database
4 98 (10.58%) NoSQL
5 51 (5.51%) MySQL
6 37 (4.00%) Redis
7 36 (3.89%) SQL Server
8 33 (3.56%) Amazon RDS
9 24 (2.59%) Flink
10 22 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
11 21 (2.27%) Amazon Aurora
12 20 (2.16%) Oracle Database
13 19 (2.05%) DynamoDB
14 15 (1.62%) RDBMS
15 12 (1.30%) Apache Cassandra
16 11 (1.19%) Big Data
16 11 (1.19%) Couchbase
17 9 (0.97%) Data Lake
17 9 (0.97%) Metadata
18 8 (0.86%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 255 (27.54%) Git
2 244 (26.35%) Jenkins
3 168 (18.14%) JUnit
4 164 (17.71%) GitLab
5 133 (14.36%) Maven
6 109 (11.77%) Gradle
7 92 (9.94%) Mockito
8 61 (6.59%) SonarQube
9 57 (6.16%) Cucumber
10 48 (5.18%) JIRA
11 46 (4.97%) Selenium
12 34 (3.67%) Gatling
13 22 (2.38%) REST Assured
14 19 (2.05%) Bitbucket
15 16 (1.73%) Liquibase
16 14 (1.51%) Claude Code
17 11 (1.19%) GoCD
18 10 (1.08%) IntelliJ
19 9 (0.97%) Flyway
19 9 (0.97%) JProfiler
General
1 220 (23.76%) Social Skills
2 199 (21.49%) Finance
3 165 (17.82%) Public Sector
4 132 (14.25%) Banking
5 84 (9.07%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (3.24%) Retail
7 23 (2.48%) Investment Banking
8 19 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (1.51%) Back Office
9 14 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (1.30%) Front Office
11 10 (1.08%) Military
12 9 (0.97%) Financial Institution
13 8 (0.86%) Law
14 7 (0.76%) Retail Banking
15 6 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.54%) iGaming
16 5 (0.54%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.43%) Games
17 4 (0.43%) Police
Job Titles
1 516 (55.72%) Developer
2 427 (46.11%) Java Developer
3 195 (21.06%) Senior
4 160 (17.28%) Java Engineer
5 108 (11.66%) Senior Developer
6 107 (11.56%) Software Engineer
7 97 (10.48%) Lead
8 85 (9.18%) Senior Java Developer
9 69 (7.45%) Full-Stack Developer
10 63 (6.80%) Java Software Engineer
11 49 (5.29%) Backend Developer
12 47 (5.08%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 45 (4.86%) Lead Developer
14 43 (4.64%) Senior Java Engineer
15 39 (4.21%) Lead Java Developer
16 33 (3.56%) Architect
17 31 (3.35%) SC Cleared Java Developer
17 31 (3.35%) Software Developer
18 23 (2.48%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 22 (2.38%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 779 (84.13%) Spring Boot
2 306 (33.05%) Kafka
3 285 (30.78%) REST
4 226 (24.41%) RESTful
5 159 (17.17%) React
6 105 (11.34%) Node.js
7 99 (10.69%) JPA
8 89 (9.61%) Terraform
9 81 (8.75%) Hibernate
10 76 (8.21%) AngularJS
11 69 (7.45%) HTML
12 62 (6.70%) Web Services
13 60 (6.48%) CSS
13 60 (6.48%) RabbitMQ
14 55 (5.94%) OAuth
15 54 (5.83%) Spring MVC
16 52 (5.62%) Playwright
17 51 (5.51%) OpenAPI
18 43 (4.64%) SOAP
19 39 (4.21%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 228 (24.62%) Cloud Native
2 161 (17.39%) Distributed Systems
3 88 (9.50%) Product Ownership
4 59 (6.37%) Enterprise Software
5 30 (3.24%) Greenfield Project
5 30 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
6 22 (2.38%) AI Agents
6 22 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (1.73%) Onboarding
8 15 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
8 15 (1.62%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.62%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 14 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 13 (1.40%) Public Cloud
11 12 (1.30%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.08%) Derivative
12 10 (1.08%) Distributed Architecture
13 7 (0.76%) Algorithms
13 7 (0.76%) Equities
14 6 (0.65%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 62 (6.70%) Linux
2 39 (4.21%) Unix
3 3 (0.32%) Mac OS X
3 3 (0.32%) Windows
4 2 (0.22%) AIX
4 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.22%) Solaris
4 2 (0.22%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.11%) Android
5 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.11%) VMS
5 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 578 (62.42%) Microservices
2 565 (61.02%) CI/CD
3 485 (52.38%) Agile
4 304 (32.83%) DevOps
5 269 (29.05%) Software Engineering
6 262 (28.29%) Containerisation
7 257 (27.75%) Test Automation
8 230 (24.84%) Event-Driven
9 205 (22.14%) Scrum
10 184 (19.87%) TDD
11 155 (16.74%) Continuous Improvement
12 154 (16.63%) Full-Stack Development
13 148 (15.98%) Problem-Solving
14 147 (15.87%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 129 (13.93%) Observability
16 121 (13.07%) Code Quality
17 104 (11.23%) SDLC
18 98 (10.58%) Infrastructure as Code
19 95 (10.26%) Design Patterns
20 94 (10.15%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 911 (98.38%) Java
2 288 (31.10%) SQL
3 132 (14.25%) JavaScript
4 124 (13.39%) TypeScript
5 79 (8.53%) Python
6 48 (5.18%) PL/SQL
7 30 (3.24%) Kotlin
7 30 (3.24%) Shell Script
8 20 (2.16%) Bash
9 14 (1.51%) Scala
10 10 (1.08%) Ruby
11 5 (0.54%) C#
11 5 (0.54%) Groovy
12 4 (0.43%) Solidity
13 3 (0.32%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.22%) Bicep
14 2 (0.22%) Korn
14 2 (0.22%) PromQL
15 1 (0.11%) C++
15 1 (0.11%) Go
Qualifications
1 253 (27.32%) Security Cleared
2 218 (23.54%) SC Cleared
3 97 (10.48%) BPSS Clearance
4 34 (3.67%) Degree
5 26 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (1.73%) AWS Certification
6 16 (1.73%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.43%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.32%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 3 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.11%) CISSP
9 1 (0.11%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (13.82%) QA
2 92 (9.94%) Accessibility
3 28 (3.02%) WCAG
4 19 (2.05%) ISO 20022
5 13 (1.40%) SEPA
6 10 (1.08%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.76%) GDPR
8 6 (0.65%) Disclosure Scotland
9 5 (0.54%) PSD2
10 4 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.32%) EMIR
11 3 (0.32%) MiFID
12 2 (0.22%) NIST
12 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.11%) ISO 15022
13 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 1 (0.11%) ITGC
System Software
1 413 (44.60%) Docker
2 3 (0.32%) Postfix
3 2 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 407 (43.95%) Kubernetes
2 68 (7.34%) Grafana
3 58 (6.26%) Prometheus
4 39 (4.21%) Ansible
5 36 (3.89%) Kibana
6 11 (1.19%) Control-M
7 9 (0.97%) Argo
8 7 (0.76%) Istio
9 4 (0.43%) Bosun
9 4 (0.43%) Kustomize
9 4 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.22%) Consul
10 2 (0.22%) Zipkin
11 1 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.11%) Kiali
11 1 (0.11%) logstash
11 1 (0.11%) Packer
Vendors
1 142 (15.33%) Oracle
2 42 (4.54%) Google
3 21 (2.27%) IBM
3 21 (2.27%) Splunk
4 18 (1.94%) Dynatrace
5 17 (1.84%) Microsoft
6 12 (1.30%) MuleSoft
7 10 (1.08%) Sybase
8 9 (0.97%) New Relic
9 8 (0.86%) Databricks
9 8 (0.86%) Solace
10 7 (0.76%) Confluent
10 7 (0.76%) FIS
10 7 (0.76%) OpenAI
10 7 (0.76%) TikTok
11 6 (0.65%) ION Trading
11 6 (0.65%) Jaspersoft
12 5 (0.54%) Atlassian
12 5 (0.54%) Checkmarx
12 5 (0.54%) Temenos