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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 161 173
Rank change year-on-year +10 +12 -44
Contract jobs citing Spring 821 506 581
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.69% 1.76% 1.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.61% 7.72% 6.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 327 427
10th Percentile £363 £354 £375
25th Percentile £425 £406 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% -5.90% -12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £563 £625
90th Percentile £663 £653 £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 9,539 6,556 8,928
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.62% 22.75% 20.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,272 4,493 6,212
10th Percentile £363 £362 £344
25th Percentile £420 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £624 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 106 250
10th Percentile £30.66 £27.45 £21.25
25th Percentile £51.25 £38.16 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £71.87 £68.75 £65.02
90th Percentile £80.70 £81.35 £74.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.97
% change year-on-year - +35.52% -26.21%

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 24 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 24 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Spring in the UK

Spring
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 24 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 +40 697 £511 +2.20% 144
UK excluding London -7 381 £475 +7.71% 102
London +21 345 £525 -0.94% 68
Work from Home -16 206 £475 -6.86% 80
North of England +24 167 £475 +2.15% 47
North West +38 118 £479 +19.25% 27
Midlands -38 74 £469 +13.01% 2
West Midlands -17 70 £470 +3.19% 1
South West +2 42 £409 -20.20% 17
Scotland -50 41 £410 -9.00% 1
South East -32 36 £500 +9.59% 20
Yorkshire -35 31 £463 -11.90% 13
East of England -8 27 £510 +9.09% 3
North East -9 25 £475 +2.15% 7
East Midlands -44 3 £402 +9.24% 1
Wales -10 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 (5.60%) Confluence
2 43 (5.24%) Apache Spark
3 22 (2.68%) Apache
4 15 (1.83%) Camunda
5 8 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.97%) WebLogic
6 7 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.73%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.73%) Hyperledger
7 6 (0.73%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.49%) JBoss
9 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.37%) nginx
10 2 (0.24%) CICS
10 2 (0.24%) CMS
10 2 (0.24%) Drupal
10 2 (0.24%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.24%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.37%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.12%) Maya
Business Applications
1 5 (0.61%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.37%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.24%) Shopify
4 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.12%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.12%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 445 (54.20%) AWS
2 195 (23.75%) Azure
3 150 (18.27%) GitHub
4 130 (15.83%) GCP
5 86 (10.48%) GitHub Actions
6 81 (9.87%) Amazon S3
6 81 (9.87%) Serverless
7 68 (8.28%) AWS Lambda
8 43 (5.24%) Amazon SQS
9 41 (4.99%) Amazon EC2
10 38 (4.63%) Amazon ECS
11 37 (4.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 35 (4.26%) Amazon EKS
13 32 (3.90%) OpenShift
14 26 (3.17%) Azure AKS
14 26 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
15 22 (2.68%) Route 53
16 20 (2.44%) AWS KMS
17 19 (2.31%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 19 (2.31%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.22%) HTTP
1 10 (1.22%) SSL
2 5 (0.61%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.49%) DNS
4 3 (0.37%) VPN
5 2 (0.24%) Firewall
6 1 (0.12%) SMS
6 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (21.80%) PostgreSQL
2 114 (13.89%) NoSQL
3 96 (11.69%) MongoDB
4 83 (10.11%) Relational Database
5 58 (7.06%) DynamoDB
5 58 (7.06%) MySQL
6 47 (5.72%) Amazon RDS
7 28 (3.41%) Elasticsearch
8 26 (3.17%) Amazon Aurora
9 25 (3.05%) SQL Server
10 21 (2.56%) Big Data
10 21 (2.56%) Redis
11 17 (2.07%) Flink
12 15 (1.83%) DocumentDB
13 12 (1.46%) Apache Cassandra
14 11 (1.34%) RDBMS
15 9 (1.10%) DB2
16 8 (0.97%) BigQuery
17 7 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
17 7 (0.85%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 196 (23.87%) Git
2 184 (22.41%) Jenkins
3 137 (16.69%) JUnit
4 131 (15.96%) GitLab
5 73 (8.89%) JIRA
6 69 (8.40%) Gradle
6 69 (8.40%) Maven
7 66 (8.04%) Mockito
8 43 (5.24%) Cucumber
9 41 (4.99%) Selenium
10 38 (4.63%) SonarQube
11 24 (2.92%) IntelliJ
12 22 (2.68%) JMeter
13 19 (2.31%) Gatling
13 19 (2.31%) REST Assured
14 16 (1.95%) Liquibase
14 16 (1.95%) WebDriver
15 14 (1.71%) DbUnit
16 13 (1.58%) jMock
16 13 (1.58%) Serenity BDD
General
1 155 (18.88%) Social Skills
2 152 (18.51%) Finance
3 143 (17.42%) Public Sector
4 86 (10.48%) Banking
5 46 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (2.80%) Retail
7 16 (1.95%) Investment Banking
8 11 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.10%) Financial Institution
10 8 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (0.97%) Law
11 7 (0.85%) Retail Banking
12 6 (0.73%) Automotive
12 6 (0.73%) Front Office
12 6 (0.73%) Publishing
13 5 (0.61%) Military
14 4 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.37%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.24%) Legal
Job Titles
1 461 (56.15%) Developer
2 326 (39.71%) Java Developer
3 164 (19.98%) Senior
4 139 (16.93%) Java Engineer
5 100 (12.18%) Software Engineer
6 95 (11.57%) Senior Developer
7 88 (10.72%) Full-Stack Developer
8 86 (10.48%) Lead
9 72 (8.77%) Senior Java Developer
10 56 (6.82%) Java Software Engineer
11 45 (5.48%) Backend Developer
12 33 (4.02%) Software Developer
13 32 (3.90%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 32 (3.90%) Lead Developer
14 28 (3.41%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 24 (2.92%) SC Cleared Java Developer
16 23 (2.80%) Architect
16 23 (2.80%) Senior Java Engineer
17 22 (2.68%) Data Engineer
18 21 (2.56%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 671 (81.73%) Spring Boot
2 229 (27.89%) Kafka
3 202 (24.60%) RESTful
4 183 (22.29%) REST
5 160 (19.49%) React
6 126 (15.35%) Node.js
7 89 (10.84%) AngularJS
8 65 (7.92%) Hibernate
9 63 (7.67%) HTML
10 54 (6.58%) Spring Cloud
11 52 (6.33%) JPA
12 50 (6.09%) CSS
13 48 (5.85%) Spring MVC
13 48 (5.85%) Web Services
14 45 (5.48%) WireMock
15 44 (5.36%) OAuth
16 41 (4.99%) OAuth2
17 39 (4.75%) Next.js
17 39 (4.75%) OpenTelemetry
18 36 (4.38%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 141 (17.17%) Cloud Native
2 98 (11.94%) Distributed Systems
3 43 (5.24%) Product Ownership
4 27 (3.29%) Greenfield Project
5 19 (2.31%) Mobile App
6 18 (2.19%) Distributed Architecture
7 13 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (1.58%) Data Structures
8 12 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (1.46%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 11 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.22%) Algorithms
11 8 (0.97%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 7 (0.85%) Data Centre
13 6 (0.73%) NHS
14 5 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
14 5 (0.61%) Linux Command Line
15 4 (0.49%) Distributed Applications
15 4 (0.49%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 48 (5.85%) Linux
2 15 (1.83%) Unix
3 10 (1.22%) Windows
4 8 (0.97%) 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 2 (0.24%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 481 (58.59%) Microservices
2 454 (55.30%) CI/CD
3 312 (38.00%) Agile
4 289 (35.20%) DevOps
5 259 (31.55%) Containerisation
6 190 (23.14%) Software Engineering
7 173 (21.07%) Full-Stack Development
7 173 (21.07%) TDD
8 147 (17.90%) Test Automation
9 143 (17.42%) Event-Driven
10 134 (16.32%) Problem-Solving
11 130 (15.83%) Observability
12 119 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
13 117 (14.25%) Code Quality
14 110 (13.40%) Scrum
15 90 (10.96%) Infrastructure as Code
16 88 (10.72%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 86 (10.48%) BDD
18 71 (8.65%) Mentoring
19 68 (8.28%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 774 (94.28%) Java
2 223 (27.16%) SQL
3 129 (15.71%) JavaScript
4 109 (13.28%) TypeScript
5 87 (10.60%) Python
6 54 (6.58%) Kotlin
7 16 (1.95%) Go
8 14 (1.71%) PL/SQL
9 12 (1.46%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.10%) C#
10 9 (1.10%) Scala
11 8 (0.97%) Bash
12 7 (0.85%) Ruby
13 6 (0.73%) Perl
14 3 (0.37%) Groovy
14 3 (0.37%) PHP
15 2 (0.24%) Korn
15 2 (0.24%) PromQL
16 1 (0.12%) JCL
16 1 (0.12%) XPath
Qualifications
1 251 (30.57%) Security Cleared
2 217 (26.43%) SC Cleared
3 32 (3.90%) Degree
4 29 (3.53%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (1.71%) DV Cleared
7 7 (0.85%) AWS Certification
8 6 (0.73%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.24%) OCP
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.12%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.12%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (8.40%) QA
2 63 (7.67%) Accessibility
3 14 (1.71%) ISO 20022
4 13 (1.58%) WCAG
5 11 (1.34%) SEPA
6 8 (0.97%) GDPR
7 7 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.73%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.73%) PSD2
9 5 (0.61%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.61%) SLA
10 4 (0.49%) NIST
11 2 (0.24%) EMIR
11 2 (0.24%) HL7
11 2 (0.24%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.24%) MiFID
11 2 (0.24%) NCSC
12 1 (0.12%) ITGC
12 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
System Software
1 366 (44.58%) Docker
2 11 (1.34%) Postfix
3 3 (0.37%) ISA Server
4 2 (0.24%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 364 (44.34%) Kubernetes
2 103 (12.55%) Grafana
3 88 (10.72%) Terraform
4 72 (8.77%) Prometheus
5 29 (3.53%) Ansible
6 13 (1.58%) Argo
7 11 (1.34%) Istio
7 11 (1.34%) Kibana
8 3 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.24%) Consul
9 2 (0.24%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.24%) Rancher
9 2 (0.24%) Zipkin
10 1 (0.12%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.12%) Kiali
Vendors
1 59 (7.19%) Oracle
2 40 (4.87%) Microsoft
3 33 (4.02%) Splunk
4 27 (3.29%) Google
5 17 (2.07%) Jaspersoft
6 14 (1.71%) Atlassian
7 13 (1.58%) Dynatrace
8 12 (1.46%) Red Hat
9 11 (1.34%) IBM
9 11 (1.34%) Solace
10 9 (1.10%) Checkmarx
11 8 (0.97%) Sybase
12 7 (0.85%) Databricks
13 6 (0.73%) Adobe
13 6 (0.73%) Confluent
13 6 (0.73%) Okta
14 5 (0.61%) Ab Initio
14 5 (0.61%) ForgeRock
14 5 (0.61%) New Relic
14 5 (0.61%) Teradata