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 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 165 185
Rank change year-on-year +12 +20 -67
Contract jobs citing Spring 804 509 554
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.71% 1.73% 1.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.52% 7.65% 6.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 324 403
10th Percentile £357 £363 £375
25th Percentile £414 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £580 £625
90th Percentile £650 £723 £705
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £465 £489
% change year-on-year - -4.91% -6.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 5 10
10th Percentile £51.75 £58.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £62.50 £41.47
Median hourly rate £56.25 £82.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +79.82% -36.72%
75th Percentile £81.00 £92.50 £48.43
90th Percentile £95.00 - £56.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £68.75 £45.88
% change year-on-year -20.00% +49.85% -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 9,433 6,653 8,878
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.08% 22.66% 20.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,259 4,565 6,164
10th Percentile £358 £363 £338
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £780 £766
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 111 224
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.11 £20.91
25th Percentile £52.50 £46.50 £39.98
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £82.96 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

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 28 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Spring in the UK

Spring
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 28 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Spring in the UK

Spring
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 28 April 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 +41 674 £500 -5.66% 195
UK excluding London +3 380 £465 - 174
London +9 330 £525 -4.55% 98
Work from Home 0 200 £475 -9.52% 146
North of England +11 155 £475 -1.04% 57
North West +42 117 £468 -0.53% 42
Midlands -17 71 £467 +10.49% 9
West Midlands -8 70 £468 +2.84% 7
South East -15 53 £416 -8.77% 64
Scotland -43 50 £494 +9.72% 6
South West -14 34 £409 -21.16% 18
Yorkshire -54 24 £475 -11.63% 8
East of England -10 22 £540 +15.51% 4
North East -5 21 £450 -3.23% 7
East Midlands -42 1 £450 +11.94% 2

Spring
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 49 (6.09%) Confluence
2 37 (4.60%) Apache Spark
3 21 (2.61%) Apache
4 15 (1.87%) Camunda
5 11 (1.37%) WebLogic
6 7 (0.87%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.75%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.75%) Hyperledger
7 6 (0.75%) JBoss
8 4 (0.50%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.25%) CICS
10 2 (0.25%) CMS
10 2 (0.25%) Drupal
10 2 (0.25%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.25%) nginx
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 8 (1.00%) Fidessa
2 4 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.37%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) R3 Corda
5 1 (0.12%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 446 (55.47%) AWS
2 221 (27.49%) Azure
3 156 (19.40%) GitHub
4 140 (17.41%) GCP
5 88 (10.95%) GitHub Actions
5 88 (10.95%) Serverless
6 83 (10.32%) Amazon S3
7 74 (9.20%) AWS Lambda
8 44 (5.47%) Amazon ECS
9 40 (4.98%) Amazon EC2
10 39 (4.85%) Amazon EKS
11 37 (4.60%) Amazon SQS
12 36 (4.48%) OpenShift
13 35 (4.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 35 (4.35%) Azure AKS
14 30 (3.73%) AWS CloudFormation
15 24 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
16 19 (2.36%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 18 (2.24%) Route 53
18 16 (1.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.62%) HTTP
2 10 (1.24%) SSL
3 8 (1.00%) HTTPS
4 4 (0.50%) DNS
5 3 (0.37%) VPN
6 1 (0.12%) Firewall
6 1 (0.12%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.12%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (22.01%) PostgreSQL
2 111 (13.81%) NoSQL
3 89 (11.07%) MongoDB
4 80 (9.95%) Relational Database
5 68 (8.46%) MySQL
6 56 (6.97%) DynamoDB
7 42 (5.22%) Amazon RDS
8 28 (3.48%) Elasticsearch
9 23 (2.86%) Amazon Aurora
9 23 (2.86%) SQL Server
10 17 (2.11%) Big Data
11 16 (1.99%) Redis
12 15 (1.87%) DocumentDB
13 13 (1.62%) Apache Cassandra
14 12 (1.49%) Flink
15 10 (1.24%) RDBMS
16 9 (1.12%) DB2
17 8 (1.00%) BigQuery
18 7 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
18 7 (0.87%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 196 (24.38%) Git
2 182 (22.64%) Jenkins
3 139 (17.29%) JUnit
4 126 (15.67%) GitLab
5 75 (9.33%) JIRA
6 67 (8.33%) Maven
7 58 (7.21%) Gradle
8 56 (6.97%) Mockito
9 47 (5.85%) Cucumber
10 35 (4.35%) Selenium
11 31 (3.86%) SonarQube
12 27 (3.36%) JMeter
13 24 (2.99%) IntelliJ
14 17 (2.11%) WebDriver
15 15 (1.87%) Sonatype Nexus
16 14 (1.74%) Gatling
17 13 (1.62%) Cypress.io
17 13 (1.62%) Postman
18 11 (1.37%) DbUnit
18 11 (1.37%) jMock
General
1 166 (20.65%) Social Skills
2 150 (18.66%) Finance
3 147 (18.28%) Public Sector
4 76 (9.45%) Banking
5 41 (5.10%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (2.24%) Retail
7 13 (1.62%) Investment Banking
8 12 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (0.87%) Manufacturing
10 6 (0.75%) Automotive
10 6 (0.75%) Front Office
10 6 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (0.75%) Retail Banking
11 5 (0.62%) Law
11 5 (0.62%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.50%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.50%) Publishing
13 3 (0.37%) Military
Job Titles
1 469 (58.33%) Developer
2 336 (41.79%) Java Developer
3 151 (18.78%) Senior
4 127 (15.80%) Java Engineer
5 100 (12.44%) Full-Stack Developer
6 91 (11.32%) Senior Developer
7 78 (9.70%) Software Engineer
8 77 (9.58%) Lead
9 68 (8.46%) Senior Java Developer
10 44 (5.47%) Java Software Engineer
11 39 (4.85%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 36 (4.48%) Backend Developer
13 33 (4.10%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 32 (3.98%) Architect
15 30 (3.73%) Lead Developer
16 29 (3.61%) Software Developer
17 27 (3.36%) SC Cleared Java Developer
18 19 (2.36%) DevOps Engineer
19 17 (2.11%) Data Engineer
19 17 (2.11%) Lead Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 646 (80.35%) Spring Boot
2 210 (26.12%) Kafka
2 210 (26.12%) RESTful
3 172 (21.39%) REST
4 160 (19.90%) React
5 125 (15.55%) Node.js
6 109 (13.56%) AngularJS
7 83 (10.32%) Hibernate
8 72 (8.96%) HTML
9 56 (6.97%) CSS
10 53 (6.59%) Spring MVC
11 50 (6.22%) JPA
12 42 (5.22%) WireMock
13 41 (5.10%) OAuth
14 40 (4.98%) Spring Cloud
14 40 (4.98%) Web Services
15 38 (4.73%) OAuth2
16 36 (4.48%) Next.js
17 34 (4.23%) Jest
17 34 (4.23%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 129 (16.04%) Cloud Native
2 90 (11.19%) Distributed Systems
3 41 (5.10%) Product Ownership
4 23 (2.86%) Greenfield Project
5 19 (2.36%) Distributed Architecture
5 19 (2.36%) Mobile App
6 16 (1.99%) Onboarding
7 15 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (1.62%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.24%) Algorithms
10 9 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (0.87%) Equities
11 7 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (0.87%) NHS
12 6 (0.75%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.75%) Derivative
12 6 (0.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 5 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
14 4 (0.50%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 50 (6.22%) Linux
2 16 (1.99%) Unix
3 9 (1.12%) Windows
4 8 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.75%) VMS
6 2 (0.25%) Android
6 2 (0.25%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.25%) Solaris
6 2 (0.25%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.25%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 469 (58.33%) Microservices
2 454 (56.47%) CI/CD
3 306 (38.06%) Agile
4 279 (34.70%) DevOps
5 253 (31.47%) Containerisation
6 182 (22.64%) Full-Stack Development
7 165 (20.52%) TDD
8 158 (19.65%) Software Engineering
9 144 (17.91%) Test Automation
10 142 (17.66%) Problem-Solving
11 137 (17.04%) Event-Driven
12 125 (15.55%) Code Quality
13 117 (14.55%) Observability
14 110 (13.68%) Continuous Improvement
15 109 (13.56%) Scrum
16 97 (12.06%) Infrastructure as Code
17 81 (10.07%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 76 (9.45%) BDD
18 76 (9.45%) Mentoring
19 68 (8.46%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 756 (94.03%) Java
2 206 (25.62%) SQL
3 122 (15.17%) JavaScript
4 106 (13.18%) TypeScript
5 94 (11.69%) Python
6 51 (6.34%) Kotlin
7 18 (2.24%) Go
8 14 (1.74%) Shell Script
9 12 (1.49%) PL/SQL
10 9 (1.12%) Scala
11 7 (0.87%) C#
11 7 (0.87%) Perl
12 6 (0.75%) Bash
12 6 (0.75%) Ruby
13 3 (0.37%) PHP
14 2 (0.25%) Groovy
14 2 (0.25%) Korn
15 1 (0.12%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.12%) Swift
15 1 (0.12%) XPath
Qualifications
1 242 (30.10%) Security Cleared
2 209 (26.00%) SC Cleared
3 33 (4.10%) Degree
4 29 (3.61%) BPSS Clearance
5 26 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.24%) DV Cleared
7 6 (0.75%) AWS Certification
7 6 (0.75%) OCP
7 6 (0.75%) Oracle Certification
8 5 (0.62%) Azure 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 77 (9.58%) QA
2 57 (7.09%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.87%) ISO 20022
4 13 (1.62%) WCAG
5 9 (1.12%) SEPA
6 8 (1.00%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.00%) PSD2
7 7 (0.87%) GDPR
8 5 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.62%) NIST
8 5 (0.62%) SLA
9 4 (0.50%) HL7
9 4 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.37%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
10 3 (0.37%) NCSC
11 2 (0.25%) EMIR
11 2 (0.25%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.25%) MiFID
12 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
System Software
1 347 (43.16%) Docker
2 10 (1.24%) Postfix
3 3 (0.37%) ISA Server
3 3 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 366 (45.52%) Kubernetes
2 103 (12.81%) Terraform
3 92 (11.44%) Grafana
4 60 (7.46%) Prometheus
5 27 (3.36%) Ansible
6 12 (1.49%) Argo
7 11 (1.37%) Kibana
8 9 (1.12%) Istio
9 5 (0.62%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.50%) Rancher
11 2 (0.25%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.25%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.25%) Puppet
11 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.12%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.12%) Kiali
Vendors
1 62 (7.71%) Oracle
2 47 (5.85%) Microsoft
3 34 (4.23%) Google
4 31 (3.86%) Splunk
5 14 (1.74%) Jaspersoft
6 12 (1.49%) Red Hat
7 11 (1.37%) Atlassian
7 11 (1.37%) Dynatrace
8 10 (1.24%) Solace
9 9 (1.12%) Checkmarx
9 9 (1.12%) ForgeRock
10 8 (1.00%) IBM
11 7 (0.87%) Databricks
11 7 (0.87%) Sybase
12 6 (0.75%) Adobe
12 6 (0.75%) Confluent
12 6 (0.75%) Okta
12 6 (0.75%) SAP
13 5 (0.62%) Ab Initio
13 5 (0.62%) VMware