Spring Contract Job Trends

Pivotal Spring Framework
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Spring skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 164 208
Rank change year-on-year +8 +44 -125
Contract jobs citing Spring 618 581 613
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.88% 1.52% 1.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.26% 6.78% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 390 422 462
10th Percentile £349 £375 £407
25th Percentile £405 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.86% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £564 £638 £700
90th Percentile £638 £765 £823
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +2.78% -10.00% -5.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 26
10th Percentile £54.00 - £53.75
25th Percentile £55.00 £69.50 £59.44
Median hourly rate £65.00 £72.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.72% -0.69% +8.81%
75th Percentile £88.75 £74.50 £75.75
90th Percentile £92.50 - £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £72.00 £71.25
% change year-on-year -23.61% +1.05% +8.98%

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 7,486 8,575 11,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.73% 22.42% 22.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,975 5,593 7,918
10th Percentile £350 £350 £375
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £795 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.00% - -4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 186 176
10th Percentile £31.25 £25.60 £35.94
25th Percentile £41.25 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £54.00 £61.60 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.34% +2.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £73.67
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.68 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £59.03
% change year-on-year -15.38% +10.11% -5.55%

Spring
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Spring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Spring 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025. 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 +4 441 £500 -9.09% 214
UK excluding London +21 301 £463 +2.78% 159
London +2 254 £528 -4.09% 126
Work from Home +40 202 £500 -9.09% 82
Scotland +4 111 £463 +8.82% 16
North of England +9 80 £465 -15.45% 33
Midlands +21 61 £415 -29.36% 9
North West +11 61 £445 -17.21% 27
West Midlands -7 31 £500 -14.89% 6
East Midlands - 30 £375 - 3
South East +8 16 £443 +10.63% 80
South West +14 15 £503 -6.51% 8
Wales +16 13 £475 +13.43% 4
Yorkshire -18 11 £463 -15.91% 4
North East +1 8 £490 -13.66% 2
Northern Ireland -8 5 £448 -5.79% 4
East of England -10 1 £468 +24.67% 5

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (3.72%) JBoss
2 19 (3.07%) Apache
3 17 (2.75%) Tomcat
4 13 (2.10%) WebLogic
5 12 (1.94%) Confluence
6 8 (1.29%) Camunda
7 7 (1.13%) Apache Spark
7 7 (1.13%) CMS
8 5 (0.81%) Alfresco
8 5 (0.81%) Mule
8 5 (0.81%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.65%) nginx
10 3 (0.49%) CICS
10 3 (0.49%) Oracle Application Server
10 3 (0.49%) WordPress
11 2 (0.32%) Drupal
11 2 (0.32%) GemFire
11 2 (0.32%) Mule ESB
12 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.32%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 248 (40.13%) AWS
2 116 (18.77%) Azure
3 72 (11.65%) GCP
4 36 (5.83%) GitHub
4 36 (5.83%) Serverless
5 35 (5.66%) Amazon SQS
6 34 (5.50%) Amazon EC2
6 34 (5.50%) OpenShift
7 33 (5.34%) Amazon S3
8 30 (4.85%) AWS Lambda
9 20 (3.24%) Amazon ECS
10 19 (3.07%) Azure AKS
11 16 (2.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 15 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (2.43%) GitHub Actions
13 14 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
14 13 (2.10%) Amazon EKS
15 10 (1.62%) Amazon Kinesis
16 9 (1.46%) BlazeMeter
16 9 (1.46%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.13%) HTTPS
2 5 (0.81%) HTTP
3 3 (0.49%) SSL
4 2 (0.32%) Firewall
4 2 (0.32%) Internet
4 2 (0.32%) Kerberos
4 2 (0.32%) LAN
4 2 (0.32%) SMS
5 1 (0.16%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (24.11%) PostgreSQL
2 133 (21.52%) Relational Database
3 125 (20.23%) MongoDB
4 76 (12.30%) NoSQL
5 57 (9.22%) DB2
6 46 (7.44%) MySQL
7 29 (4.69%) DynamoDB
8 28 (4.53%) Amazon RDS
9 21 (3.40%) SQL Server
10 19 (3.07%) Amazon Aurora
10 19 (3.07%) RDBMS
11 16 (2.59%) Apache Cassandra
11 16 (2.59%) Oracle Database
12 9 (1.46%) Big Data
12 9 (1.46%) Redis
13 4 (0.65%) GIS
13 4 (0.65%) KDB
13 4 (0.65%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 201 (32.52%) JUnit
2 152 (24.60%) Git
3 145 (23.46%) Jenkins
4 81 (13.11%) Mockito
5 76 (12.30%) Maven
6 66 (10.68%) Gradle
7 59 (9.55%) GitLab
8 49 (7.93%) JIRA
9 39 (6.31%) SonarQube
10 37 (5.99%) Cucumber
11 33 (5.34%) Liquibase
12 19 (3.07%) Sonatype Nexus
13 16 (2.59%) Bitbucket
14 15 (2.43%) IntelliJ
15 13 (2.10%) Eclipse
16 12 (1.94%) JMeter
16 12 (1.94%) Postman
16 12 (1.94%) Subversion
17 11 (1.78%) Selenium
18 10 (1.62%) Artifactory
General
1 186 (30.10%) Finance
2 165 (26.70%) Social Skills
3 119 (19.26%) Banking
4 83 (13.43%) Public Sector
5 71 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (7.28%) Investment Banking
7 27 (4.37%) Front Office
8 20 (3.24%) Telecoms
9 19 (3.07%) Electronics
9 19 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (3.07%) Manufacturing
9 19 (3.07%) Marketing
10 9 (1.46%) Financial Institution
11 5 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.65%) Back Office
12 4 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.49%) Automotive
13 3 (0.49%) Retail
14 2 (0.32%) Police
Job Titles
1 414 (66.99%) Developer
2 356 (57.61%) Java Developer
3 100 (16.18%) Senior
4 82 (13.27%) Senior Developer
5 79 (12.78%) Senior Java Developer
6 68 (11.00%) Lead
7 65 (10.52%) Java Engineer
8 61 (9.87%) Software Engineer
9 60 (9.71%) Full-Stack Developer
10 50 (8.09%) SQL Developer
11 37 (5.99%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 35 (5.66%) Lead Developer
13 34 (5.50%) Investment Banking Java Developer
14 33 (5.34%) Linux Developer
15 32 (5.18%) Java Software Engineer
15 32 (5.18%) Lead Java Developer
15 32 (5.18%) SC Cleared Java Developer
16 26 (4.21%) AWS Developer
17 22 (3.56%) React Developer
18 20 (3.24%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 417 (67.48%) Spring Boot
2 210 (33.98%) Kafka
3 155 (25.08%) React
4 138 (22.33%) RESTful
5 135 (21.84%) REST
6 114 (18.45%) Hibernate
7 93 (15.05%) AngularJS
8 64 (10.36%) Web Services
9 58 (9.39%) HTML
9 58 (9.39%) SOAP
10 51 (8.25%) JMS
10 51 (8.25%) JPA
11 49 (7.93%) CSS
12 48 (7.77%) Swagger
13 41 (6.63%) JSON
13 41 (6.63%) Spring Cloud
14 40 (6.47%) Node.js
15 39 (6.31%) OAuth
16 34 (5.50%) OpenAPI
17 33 (5.34%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 62 (10.03%) Distributed Systems
2 60 (9.71%) Cloud Native
3 50 (8.09%) Data Structures
4 38 (6.15%) Equities
5 19 (3.07%) Algorithms
5 19 (3.07%) Product Ownership
6 16 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (2.43%) Linux Command Line
8 13 (2.10%) Onboarding
8 13 (2.10%) Public Cloud
9 12 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.13%) Derivative
10 7 (1.13%) Distributed Applications
10 7 (1.13%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 6 (0.97%) Equity Derivative
11 6 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (0.81%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.65%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 103 (16.67%) Linux
2 41 (6.63%) Unix
3 8 (1.29%) Windows
4 6 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.49%) Android
6 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.32%) zOS
7 1 (0.16%) AIX
7 1 (0.16%) Solaris
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (55.02%) Microservices
2 332 (53.72%) Agile
3 282 (45.63%) CI/CD
4 179 (28.96%) Problem-Solving
5 174 (28.16%) DevOps
6 140 (22.65%) Containerisation
7 136 (22.01%) Software Engineering
8 126 (20.39%) TDD
9 115 (18.61%) Full-Stack Development
10 110 (17.80%) SDLC
11 89 (14.40%) Scrum
12 73 (11.81%) Event-Driven
12 73 (11.81%) Test Automation
13 71 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
14 69 (11.17%) Multithreading
15 60 (9.71%) Clean Code
16 58 (9.39%) API Development
16 58 (9.39%) Continuous Integration
16 58 (9.39%) Mentoring
16 58 (9.39%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 602 (97.41%) Java
2 250 (40.45%) SQL
3 104 (16.83%) Python
4 101 (16.34%) JavaScript
5 96 (15.53%) TypeScript
6 62 (10.03%) Shell Script
7 15 (2.43%) PL/SQL
8 14 (2.27%) Scala
9 12 (1.94%) Ruby
10 11 (1.78%) Groovy
10 11 (1.78%) Kotlin
11 10 (1.62%) Bash
12 7 (1.13%) C#
13 6 (0.97%) C
13 6 (0.97%) C++
14 5 (0.81%) Perl
14 5 (0.81%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.49%) Rust
16 2 (0.32%) COBOL
16 2 (0.32%) Go
Qualifications
1 119 (19.26%) Security Cleared
2 103 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 32 (5.18%) Degree
4 25 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (1.46%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.13%) AWS Certification
7 7 (1.13%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (0.32%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.16%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.16%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.16%) OCP
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (9.39%) QA
2 16 (2.59%) GDPR
3 15 (2.43%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.78%) HIPAA
5 7 (1.13%) ISO 20022
6 6 (0.97%) PSD2
6 6 (0.97%) SEPA
7 4 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.49%) WCAG
9 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 228 (36.89%) Docker
2 6 (0.97%) Postfix
3 3 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.32%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 174 (28.16%) Kubernetes
2 53 (8.58%) Terraform
3 29 (4.69%) Grafana
4 20 (3.24%) Ansible
5 18 (2.91%) Prometheus
6 13 (2.10%) Tivoli Identity Manager
7 6 (0.97%) Progress Chef
7 6 (0.97%) Puppet
8 4 (0.65%) Kibana
8 4 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.32%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.16%) Control-M
10 1 (0.16%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.16%) logstash
Vendors
1 78 (12.62%) Oracle
2 48 (7.77%) Sybase
3 46 (7.44%) Microsoft
4 27 (4.37%) Splunk
5 24 (3.88%) Dynatrace
5 24 (3.88%) IBM
6 22 (3.56%) SAP
7 16 (2.59%) CA Agile Central
7 16 (2.59%) Google
8 12 (1.94%) Ping Identity
9 11 (1.78%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.46%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.13%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.97%) Jaspersoft
12 6 (0.97%) VMware
12 6 (0.97%) webMethods
13 5 (0.81%) Salesforce
14 4 (0.65%) Checkmarx
14 4 (0.65%) TIBCO
15 3 (0.49%) Confluent