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 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 178 209
Rank change year-on-year +12 +31 -118
Contract jobs citing Spring 655 467 485
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.73% 1.47% 1.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.79% 6.61% 5.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 280 362
10th Percentile £350 £356 £400
25th Percentile £413 £437 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -16.80%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £639
90th Percentile £638 £766 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £465 £500
% change year-on-year -3.23% -7.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 5
10th Percentile £45.00 - £46.90
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £48.43
75th Percentile £58.44 - £66.25
90th Percentile £82.50 - £73.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 - £48.43
% change year-on-year - - -28.25%

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 8,412 7,066 9,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.25% 22.29% 21.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,607 4,496 6,521
10th Percentile £356 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% -1.38% -5.22%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £772 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 92 181
10th Percentile £33.00 £22.31 £26.88
25th Percentile £46.25 £36.31 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £76.97 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.00 £63.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year +0.39% +15.91% -15.38%

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 22 January 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 22 January 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 22 January 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 +37 532 £500 -13.04% 180
UK excluding London +1 320 £450 -3.23% 150
London -2 270 £525 -10.26% 65
Work from Home +33 186 £500 +2.04% 99
North of England +17 148 £475 +5.56% 39
North West +41 105 £450 - 27
Scotland -8 73 £588 +31.87% 14
South East +9 47 £400 +2.56% 49
Midlands -39 41 £440 -25.11% 13
West Midlands -40 35 £469 -20.17% 9
Yorkshire -43 27 £450 -14.29% 8
North East -2 21 £475 +6.74% 4
South West -16 13 £463 -15.91% 27
East Midlands - 6 £270 - 4
Northern Ireland -6 2 £425 -5.56% 1
East of England -24 2 £450 +20.00% 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 26 (3.97%) Confluence
2 22 (3.36%) Apache
3 11 (1.68%) JBoss
3 11 (1.68%) WebLogic
4 10 (1.53%) Camunda
5 8 (1.22%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.92%) CMS
7 5 (0.76%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.61%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.61%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.61%) Mule
9 3 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.46%) nginx
9 3 (0.46%) WordPress
10 2 (0.31%) Apache TomEE
10 2 (0.31%) Drupal
10 2 (0.31%) Mule ESB
11 1 (0.15%) Anypoint
Applications
1 2 (0.31%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (1.68%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.76%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 359 (54.81%) AWS
2 196 (29.92%) Azure
3 121 (18.47%) GitHub
4 105 (16.03%) GCP
5 66 (10.08%) GitHub Actions
6 61 (9.31%) Serverless
7 50 (7.63%) Amazon S3
7 50 (7.63%) OpenShift
8 49 (7.48%) AWS Lambda
9 32 (4.89%) AWS CloudFormation
10 31 (4.73%) Amazon ECS
11 30 (4.58%) Amazon EKS
12 25 (3.82%) Amazon EC2
13 24 (3.66%) Azure AKS
14 21 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (3.05%) Amazon SQS
16 16 (2.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 12 (1.83%) Datadog
18 11 (1.68%) AWS Step Functions
18 11 (1.68%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.53%) SSL
2 8 (1.22%) HTTP
3 5 (0.76%) Kerberos
4 4 (0.61%) DNS
4 4 (0.61%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.46%) VPN
6 1 (0.15%) Broadband
6 1 (0.15%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (20.15%) PostgreSQL
2 114 (17.40%) MongoDB
3 101 (15.42%) NoSQL
4 80 (12.21%) Relational Database
5 45 (6.87%) MySQL
6 35 (5.34%) DynamoDB
7 24 (3.66%) DB2
8 21 (3.21%) Amazon RDS
9 19 (2.90%) RDBMS
10 18 (2.75%) SQL Server
11 15 (2.29%) Apache Cassandra
11 15 (2.29%) DocumentDB
11 15 (2.29%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (2.14%) Amazon Aurora
13 13 (1.98%) Redis
14 9 (1.37%) HBase
14 9 (1.37%) Oracle Database
15 7 (1.07%) BigQuery
15 7 (1.07%) Tick Data
16 6 (0.92%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 165 (25.19%) Git
2 145 (22.14%) Jenkins
3 144 (21.98%) JUnit
4 114 (17.40%) GitLab
5 58 (8.85%) Cucumber
6 56 (8.55%) Maven
7 52 (7.94%) Gradle
8 51 (7.79%) JIRA
9 46 (7.02%) Mockito
10 32 (4.89%) Sonatype Nexus
11 27 (4.12%) Selenium
12 21 (3.21%) Cypress.io
12 21 (3.21%) IntelliJ
13 18 (2.75%) JMeter
13 18 (2.75%) Postman
14 14 (2.14%) SonarQube
15 13 (1.98%) Eclipse
16 12 (1.83%) Artifactory
17 10 (1.53%) Gatling
18 8 (1.22%) Bitbucket
General
1 184 (28.09%) Social Skills
2 148 (22.60%) Finance
3 116 (17.71%) Public Sector
4 111 (16.95%) Banking
5 42 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (3.82%) Investment Banking
7 12 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (1.68%) Front Office
8 11 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (1.07%) Retail
10 6 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (0.76%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.76%) Retail Banking
11 5 (0.76%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.46%) Electronics
12 3 (0.46%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.46%) Law
12 3 (0.46%) Marketing
13 2 (0.31%) Military
Job Titles
1 418 (63.82%) Developer
2 315 (48.09%) Java Developer
3 133 (20.31%) Senior
4 98 (14.96%) Senior Developer
5 97 (14.81%) Full-Stack Developer
6 94 (14.35%) Java Engineer
7 84 (12.82%) Senior Java Developer
8 57 (8.70%) Software Engineer
9 55 (8.40%) Lead
10 41 (6.26%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 30 (4.58%) Java Software Engineer
12 29 (4.43%) Lead Developer
13 25 (3.82%) SQL Developer
14 23 (3.51%) Architect
14 23 (3.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 22 (3.36%) Backend Developer
16 20 (3.05%) AWS Developer
17 18 (2.75%) Lead Java Developer
18 16 (2.44%) Investment Banking Java Developer
18 16 (2.44%) Linux Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 490 (74.81%) Spring Boot
2 206 (31.45%) Kafka
3 173 (26.41%) RESTful
4 147 (22.44%) React
5 135 (20.61%) REST
6 116 (17.71%) AngularJS
7 90 (13.74%) Hibernate
8 85 (12.98%) Node.js
9 79 (12.06%) HTML
10 55 (8.40%) CSS
11 46 (7.02%) JSON
12 41 (6.26%) OAuth
13 39 (5.95%) JPA
13 39 (5.95%) OAuth2
14 37 (5.65%) JMS
15 30 (4.58%) Spring Cloud
16 28 (4.27%) HTML5
17 27 (4.12%) OpenTelemetry
18 26 (3.97%) Playwright
18 26 (3.97%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 99 (15.11%) Cloud Native
2 52 (7.94%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (5.19%) Product Ownership
4 25 (3.82%) Equities
5 24 (3.66%) Onboarding
6 22 (3.36%) Data Structures
7 14 (2.14%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (2.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 13 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (1.53%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.07%) Derivative
12 6 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (0.92%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.76%) Distributed Architecture
13 5 (0.76%) Mobile App
14 4 (0.61%) Distributed Applications
14 4 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
14 4 (0.61%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 66 (10.08%) Linux
2 17 (2.60%) Unix
3 7 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (0.92%) Windows
5 3 (0.46%) VMS
6 1 (0.15%) Android
6 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.15%) Solaris
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (58.93%) Microservices
2 368 (56.18%) CI/CD
3 274 (41.83%) Agile
4 227 (34.66%) DevOps
5 204 (31.15%) Containerisation
6 168 (25.65%) Full-Stack Development
7 157 (23.97%) Problem-Solving
8 127 (19.39%) Test Automation
9 123 (18.78%) Software Engineering
10 113 (17.25%) Event-Driven
11 101 (15.42%) TDD
12 93 (14.20%) Infrastructure as Code
13 81 (12.37%) Scrum
13 81 (12.37%) SDLC
14 75 (11.45%) Code Quality
15 65 (9.92%) Mentoring
15 65 (9.92%) Observability
16 64 (9.77%) Continuous Improvement
17 58 (8.85%) Unit Testing
18 57 (8.70%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 626 (95.57%) Java
2 182 (27.79%) SQL
3 104 (15.88%) JavaScript
4 86 (13.13%) TypeScript
5 82 (12.52%) Python
6 29 (4.43%) Shell Script
7 27 (4.12%) Kotlin
8 14 (2.14%) Scala
9 11 (1.68%) Ruby
10 7 (1.07%) Bash
10 7 (1.07%) Groovy
11 6 (0.92%) C#
11 6 (0.92%) Go
11 6 (0.92%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.46%) Perl
13 2 (0.31%) C++
13 2 (0.31%) PHP
13 2 (0.31%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.31%) Rust
14 1 (0.15%) Swift
Qualifications
1 158 (24.12%) Security Cleared
2 135 (20.61%) SC Cleared
3 29 (4.43%) Degree
4 23 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (3.36%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.83%) OCP
6 12 (1.83%) Oracle Certification
7 5 (0.76%) AWS Certification
7 5 (0.76%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.31%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (0.31%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.31%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.15%) CCSP
9 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.15%) CISSP
9 1 (0.15%) OSCP
9 1 (0.15%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (10.53%) QA
2 42 (6.41%) Accessibility
3 24 (3.66%) ISO 20022
4 15 (2.29%) PSD2
4 15 (2.29%) SEPA
4 15 (2.29%) WCAG
5 9 (1.37%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.76%) NIST
7 4 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.46%) HL7
8 3 (0.46%) NCSC
9 2 (0.31%) GDPR
9 2 (0.31%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.15%) GRC
10 1 (0.15%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 283 (43.21%) Docker
2 7 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.46%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 298 (45.50%) Kubernetes
2 98 (14.96%) Terraform
3 46 (7.02%) Grafana
4 41 (6.26%) Ansible
5 21 (3.21%) Argo
6 17 (2.60%) Prometheus
7 15 (2.29%) Progress Chef
8 12 (1.83%) Kibana
9 9 (1.37%) Puppet
10 5 (0.76%) Istio
11 2 (0.31%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.31%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.31%) Rancher
11 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.15%) Consul
12 1 (0.15%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 64 (9.77%) Oracle
2 31 (4.73%) Google
3 30 (4.58%) Microsoft
4 22 (3.36%) Red Hat
4 22 (3.36%) Sybase
5 20 (3.05%) Splunk
6 15 (2.29%) VMware
7 11 (1.68%) Dynatrace
8 9 (1.37%) webMethods
9 6 (0.92%) Confluent
9 6 (0.92%) Solace
10 5 (0.76%) Adobe
10 5 (0.76%) IBM
10 5 (0.76%) Virgin Media
11 4 (0.61%) CA Agile Central
11 4 (0.61%) ForgeRock
11 4 (0.61%) ION Trading
11 4 (0.61%) SAP
12 3 (0.46%) AppDynamics
12 3 (0.46%) Informatica