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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 160 183
Rank change year-on-year +11 +23 -61
Contract jobs citing Spring 804 505 554
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.71% 1.73% 1.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.53% 7.64% 6.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 321 403
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 £725 £705
UK excluding London median daily rate £466 £465 £489
% change year-on-year +0.20% -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 9,427 6,610 8,877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.02% 22.66% 20.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,248 4,533 6,165
10th Percentile £358 £363 £338
25th Percentile £415 £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 268 112 226
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.14 £21.01
25th Percentile £52.50 £48.25 £40.00
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 £82.87 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.84
% change year-on-year - +38.77% -26.81%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 +43 676 £500 -5.66% 133
UK excluding London +2 380 £466 +0.20% 104
London 0 332 £525 -4.55% 61
Work from Home -11 197 £475 -9.52% 106
North of England +15 156 £475 -5.47% 39
North West +40 117 £470 -1.05% 26
Midlands -16 70 £468 +10.75% 7
West Midlands -6 69 £469 +3.08% 5
South East -12 52 £410 -10.14% 24
Scotland -37 50 £494 +9.72% 6
South West -10 34 £409 -21.16% 17
Yorkshire -52 25 £475 -11.63% 6
East of England -14 23 £540 +15.51% 4
North East -1 21 £450 -3.23% 7
East Midlands -44 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 48 (5.97%) Confluence
2 37 (4.60%) Apache Spark
3 20 (2.49%) Apache
4 15 (1.87%) Camunda
5 10 (1.24%) WebLogic
6 7 (0.87%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.75%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.75%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.62%) JBoss
8 5 (0.62%) 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
1 444 (55.22%) AWS
2 220 (27.36%) Azure
3 156 (19.40%) GitHub
4 141 (17.54%) GCP
5 88 (10.95%) GitHub Actions
6 87 (10.82%) Serverless
7 82 (10.20%) Amazon S3
8 73 (9.08%) AWS Lambda
9 43 (5.35%) Amazon ECS
10 39 (4.85%) Amazon EC2
10 39 (4.85%) Amazon EKS
11 38 (4.73%) Amazon SQS
12 36 (4.48%) OpenShift
13 35 (4.35%) Azure AKS
14 34 (4.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 29 (3.61%) AWS CloudFormation
16 24 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
17 19 (2.36%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 18 (2.24%) Route 53
19 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
1 176 (21.89%) PostgreSQL
2 108 (13.43%) NoSQL
3 86 (10.70%) MongoDB
4 80 (9.95%) Relational Database
5 67 (8.33%) MySQL
6 54 (6.72%) 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
10 17 (2.11%) Redis
11 15 (1.87%) DocumentDB
12 13 (1.62%) Apache Cassandra
13 12 (1.49%) Flink
14 10 (1.24%) RDBMS
15 9 (1.12%) DB2
16 8 (1.00%) BigQuery
17 7 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
17 7 (0.87%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 198 (24.63%) Git
2 183 (22.76%) Jenkins
3 139 (17.29%) JUnit
4 127 (15.80%) GitLab
5 74 (9.20%) JIRA
6 68 (8.46%) Maven
7 60 (7.46%) Gradle
8 57 (7.09%) Mockito
9 47 (5.85%) Cucumber
10 34 (4.23%) Selenium
11 31 (3.86%) SonarQube
12 27 (3.36%) JMeter
13 23 (2.86%) 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
1 164 (20.40%) Social Skills
2 149 (18.53%) Finance
3 147 (18.28%) Public Sector
4 75 (9.33%) Banking
5 41 (5.10%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (2.24%) Retail
7 12 (1.49%) Investment Banking
7 12 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (0.87%) Manufacturing
9 6 (0.75%) Automotive
9 6 (0.75%) Front Office
9 6 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (0.75%) Law
9 6 (0.75%) Retail Banking
10 5 (0.62%) Financial Institution
10 5 (0.62%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.50%) Publishing
12 3 (0.37%) Military
Job Titles
1 469 (58.33%) Developer
2 336 (41.79%) Java Developer
3 152 (18.91%) Senior
4 128 (15.92%) Java Engineer
5 99 (12.31%) Full-Stack Developer
6 91 (11.32%) Senior Developer
7 79 (9.83%) Software Engineer
8 77 (9.58%) Lead
9 68 (8.46%) Senior Java Developer
10 45 (5.60%) Java Software Engineer
11 38 (4.73%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 37 (4.60%) Backend Developer
13 33 (4.10%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 31 (3.86%) Architect
15 30 (3.73%) Lead Developer
15 30 (3.73%) Software Developer
16 27 (3.36%) SC Cleared Java Developer
17 19 (2.36%) DevOps Engineer
18 17 (2.11%) Data Engineer
18 17 (2.11%) Lead Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 647 (80.47%) Spring Boot
2 211 (26.24%) Kafka
3 210 (26.12%) RESTful
4 171 (21.27%) REST
5 160 (19.90%) React
6 125 (15.55%) Node.js
7 108 (13.43%) AngularJS
8 83 (10.32%) Hibernate
9 70 (8.71%) HTML
10 55 (6.84%) CSS
11 54 (6.72%) Spring MVC
12 51 (6.34%) JPA
13 43 (5.35%) WireMock
14 42 (5.22%) OAuth
15 41 (5.10%) Spring Cloud
16 40 (4.98%) Web Services
17 39 (4.85%) OAuth2
18 37 (4.60%) Next.js
19 35 (4.35%) OpenTelemetry
20 34 (4.23%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 130 (16.17%) Cloud Native
2 89 (11.07%) Distributed Systems
3 41 (5.10%) Product Ownership
4 24 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
5 19 (2.36%) Mobile App
6 18 (2.24%) Distributed Architecture
7 15 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
7 15 (1.87%) Onboarding
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
11 7 (0.87%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 6 (0.75%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.75%) Derivative
13 5 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
14 4 (0.50%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 50 (6.22%) Linux
2 15 (1.87%) 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
2 455 (56.59%) CI/CD
3 305 (37.94%) Agile
4 278 (34.58%) DevOps
5 253 (31.47%) Containerisation
6 181 (22.51%) Full-Stack Development
7 166 (20.65%) TDD
8 159 (19.78%) Software Engineering
9 145 (18.03%) Test Automation
10 141 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
11 137 (17.04%) Event-Driven
12 125 (15.55%) Code Quality
13 118 (14.68%) Observability
14 108 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
15 107 (13.31%) Scrum
16 96 (11.94%) Infrastructure as Code
17 81 (10.07%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 76 (9.45%) BDD
19 74 (9.20%) Mentoring
20 68 (8.46%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 756 (94.03%) Java
2 206 (25.62%) SQL
3 123 (15.30%) 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 8 (1.00%) 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
1 244 (30.35%) Security Cleared
2 211 (26.24%) SC Cleared
3 33 (4.10%) Degree
4 28 (3.48%) 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 75 (9.33%) QA
2 57 (7.09%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.87%) ISO 20022
4 13 (1.62%) WCAG
5 10 (1.24%) 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
2 104 (12.94%) Terraform
3 93 (11.57%) Grafana
4 61 (7.59%) Prometheus
5 29 (3.61%) Ansible
6 13 (1.62%) 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%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.12%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.12%) Kiali
12 1 (0.12%) Puppet
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