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 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 177 194
Rank change year-on-year +18 +17 -91
Contract jobs citing Spring 752 467 521
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.74% 1.59% 1.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.09% 7.01% 5.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 289 370
10th Percentile £355 £356 £387
25th Percentile £414 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -13.93%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £629
90th Percentile £640 £725 £739
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £450 £497
% change year-on-year +4.22% -9.50% -8.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 0 11
10th Percentile £51.00 - £35.00
25th Percentile £52.50 - £42.94
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £45.88
75th Percentile £81.00 - £52.34
90th Percentile £95.00 - £56.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 - £45.88
% change year-on-year - - -32.03%

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 9,301 6,662 8,998
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.54% 22.69% 20.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,200 4,480 6,267
10th Percentile £358 £363 £335
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -6.67%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 96 209
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £40.75 £39.92
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £72.00 £68.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £83.48 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%

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 17 March 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 17 March 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 17 March 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 +37 630 £500 -6.89% 147
UK excluding London +25 379 £469 +4.22% 115
London -3 290 £525 -4.55% 54
Work from Home +6 193 £475 -5.00% 118
North of England +21 155 £475 +3.26% 52
North West +45 114 £465 +3.33% 27
Midlands +4 78 £468 +10.10% 11
West Midlands -4 75 £469 +10.35% 8
South East +14 59 £405 -1.82% 23
Scotland -21 54 £588 +30.56% 6
South West -9 27 £409 -23.91% 13
North East +5 25 £475 +6.74% 14
Yorkshire -48 23 £500 -4.76% 11
East of England - 14 £510 - 5
East Midlands -32 3 £308 -28.74% 3

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 (6.52%) Confluence
2 24 (3.19%) Apache Spark
3 19 (2.53%) Apache
4 13 (1.73%) WebLogic
5 12 (1.60%) Camunda
6 8 (1.06%) JBoss
7 7 (0.93%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.80%) Ethereum
8 6 (0.80%) Hyperledger
9 4 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.53%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.40%) nginx
11 2 (0.27%) Apache TomEE
11 2 (0.27%) CICS
11 2 (0.27%) CMS
11 2 (0.27%) Drupal
11 2 (0.27%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.27%) WordPress
12 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 3 (0.40%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.13%) Maya
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (1.46%) Fidessa
2 6 (0.80%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.13%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.13%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 420 (55.85%) AWS
2 219 (29.12%) Azure
3 158 (21.01%) GitHub
4 130 (17.29%) GCP
5 86 (11.44%) Serverless
6 83 (11.04%) GitHub Actions
7 80 (10.64%) Amazon S3
8 70 (9.31%) AWS Lambda
9 47 (6.25%) OpenShift
10 43 (5.72%) Amazon ECS
11 42 (5.59%) Amazon EC2
12 39 (5.19%) Amazon EKS
13 33 (4.39%) AWS CloudFormation
14 32 (4.26%) Amazon SQS
15 29 (3.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 29 (3.86%) Azure AKS
16 24 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
17 18 (2.39%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 17 (2.26%) AWS Fargate
18 17 (2.26%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.46%) HTTP
2 10 (1.33%) SSL
3 7 (0.93%) HTTPS
4 5 (0.66%) Kerberos
5 4 (0.53%) DNS
6 3 (0.40%) VPN
7 1 (0.13%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (23.01%) PostgreSQL
2 112 (14.89%) NoSQL
3 99 (13.16%) MongoDB
4 79 (10.51%) Relational Database
5 51 (6.78%) MySQL
6 50 (6.65%) DynamoDB
7 41 (5.45%) Amazon RDS
8 26 (3.46%) Elasticsearch
9 23 (3.06%) SQL Server
10 21 (2.79%) Amazon Aurora
11 16 (2.13%) DB2
12 15 (1.99%) DocumentDB
12 15 (1.99%) RDBMS
13 14 (1.86%) Apache Cassandra
14 12 (1.60%) Redis
15 10 (1.33%) Big Data
15 10 (1.33%) Flink
16 9 (1.20%) HBase
16 9 (1.20%) Oracle Database
17 8 (1.06%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 202 (26.86%) Git
2 184 (24.47%) Jenkins
3 158 (21.01%) JUnit
4 131 (17.42%) GitLab
5 74 (9.84%) JIRA
6 73 (9.71%) Cucumber
7 71 (9.44%) Maven
8 55 (7.31%) Mockito
9 54 (7.18%) Gradle
10 44 (5.85%) Selenium
11 31 (4.12%) JMeter
12 28 (3.72%) Sonatype Nexus
13 21 (2.79%) SonarQube
14 19 (2.53%) IntelliJ
15 17 (2.26%) Postman
16 16 (2.13%) Gatling
16 16 (2.13%) WebDriver
17 15 (1.99%) Cypress.io
18 12 (1.60%) REST Assured
19 11 (1.46%) Artifactory
General
1 194 (25.80%) Social Skills
2 140 (18.62%) Finance
3 137 (18.22%) Public Sector
4 83 (11.04%) Banking
5 43 (5.72%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (2.53%) Investment Banking
7 17 (2.26%) Retail
8 15 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (1.33%) Front Office
10 8 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (1.06%) Manufacturing
11 7 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.66%) Law
12 5 (0.66%) Retail Banking
13 4 (0.53%) Automotive
13 4 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.53%) Military
13 4 (0.53%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.40%) Electronics
14 3 (0.40%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 453 (60.24%) Developer
2 316 (42.02%) Java Developer
3 145 (19.28%) Senior
4 119 (15.82%) Java Engineer
5 103 (13.70%) Full-Stack Developer
6 91 (12.10%) Senior Developer
7 72 (9.57%) Senior Java Developer
8 71 (9.44%) Software Engineer
9 65 (8.64%) Lead
10 45 (5.98%) Java Software Engineer
11 34 (4.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 34 (4.52%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 33 (4.39%) Backend Developer
13 28 (3.72%) Architect
14 26 (3.46%) SC Cleared Java Developer
15 24 (3.19%) Lead Developer
16 23 (3.06%) AWS Developer
17 22 (2.93%) Software Developer
18 18 (2.39%) Azure Engineer
19 16 (2.13%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 578 (76.86%) Spring Boot
2 214 (28.46%) Kafka
3 193 (25.66%) RESTful
4 158 (21.01%) React
5 157 (20.88%) REST
6 120 (15.96%) AngularJS
7 114 (15.16%) Node.js
8 89 (11.84%) Hibernate
9 73 (9.71%) HTML
10 58 (7.71%) CSS
11 50 (6.65%) JPA
12 42 (5.59%) WireMock
13 40 (5.32%) OAuth
14 38 (5.05%) Spring MVC
15 37 (4.92%) OAuth2
16 35 (4.65%) Web Services
17 34 (4.52%) Playwright
17 34 (4.52%) Spring Cloud
18 31 (4.12%) JSON
19 30 (3.99%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 113 (15.03%) Cloud Native
2 71 (9.44%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (5.19%) Product Ownership
4 20 (2.66%) Onboarding
5 18 (2.39%) Mobile App
6 17 (2.26%) Distributed Architecture
7 15 (1.99%) Equities
8 14 (1.86%) Data Structures
8 14 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.06%) Derivative
10 8 (1.06%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 7 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (0.80%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.66%) Algorithms
13 5 (0.66%) NHS
14 4 (0.53%) Public Cloud
15 3 (0.40%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 59 (7.85%) Linux
2 15 (1.99%) Unix
3 9 (1.20%) Windows
4 8 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.66%) VMS
6 2 (0.27%) Android
6 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.27%) Solaris
6 2 (0.27%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 442 (58.78%) Microservices
2 432 (57.45%) CI/CD
3 307 (40.82%) Agile
4 265 (35.24%) DevOps
5 220 (29.26%) Containerisation
6 182 (24.20%) Full-Stack Development
7 157 (20.88%) Problem-Solving
8 151 (20.08%) TDD
9 148 (19.68%) Test Automation
10 144 (19.15%) Software Engineering
11 125 (16.62%) Event-Driven
12 106 (14.10%) Observability
13 103 (13.70%) Scrum
14 96 (12.77%) Code Quality
15 91 (12.10%) Continuous Improvement
16 86 (11.44%) Infrastructure as Code
17 79 (10.51%) Mentoring
18 73 (9.71%) BDD
19 72 (9.57%) Event-Driven Architecture
20 68 (9.04%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 706 (93.88%) Java
2 180 (23.94%) SQL
3 109 (14.49%) JavaScript
3 109 (14.49%) TypeScript
4 89 (11.84%) Python
5 46 (6.12%) Kotlin
6 21 (2.79%) Shell Script
7 16 (2.13%) Go
8 12 (1.60%) Ruby
9 10 (1.33%) Scala
10 9 (1.20%) PL/SQL
11 8 (1.06%) C#
12 7 (0.93%) Perl
13 4 (0.53%) Bash
14 3 (0.40%) PHP
15 2 (0.27%) Groovy
16 1 (0.13%) Clojure
16 1 (0.13%) PowerShell
16 1 (0.13%) Rust
16 1 (0.13%) Swift
Qualifications
1 225 (29.92%) Security Cleared
2 193 (25.66%) SC Cleared
3 35 (4.65%) Degree
4 30 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.60%) OCP
6 12 (1.60%) Oracle Certification
7 10 (1.33%) DV Cleared
8 6 (0.80%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.53%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.13%) CCSP
11 1 (0.13%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.13%) CISSP
11 1 (0.13%) OSCP
11 1 (0.13%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.13%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (9.44%) QA
2 55 (7.31%) Accessibility
3 20 (2.66%) WCAG
4 18 (2.39%) ISO 20022
5 10 (1.33%) PCI DSS
5 10 (1.33%) PSD2
5 10 (1.33%) SEPA
6 5 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.66%) NIST
6 5 (0.66%) SLA
7 4 (0.53%) Disclosure Scotland
7 4 (0.53%) GDPR
8 3 (0.40%) HL7
8 3 (0.40%) NCSC
8 3 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.27%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.13%) GRC
10 1 (0.13%) JSP 440
System Software
1 308 (40.96%) Docker
2 6 (0.80%) Postfix
3 4 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.40%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 346 (46.01%) Kubernetes
2 96 (12.77%) Terraform
3 88 (11.70%) Grafana
4 48 (6.38%) Prometheus
5 35 (4.65%) Ansible
6 22 (2.93%) Argo
7 11 (1.46%) Kibana
8 10 (1.33%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.93%) Istio
10 4 (0.53%) Puppet
10 4 (0.53%) Rancher
11 2 (0.27%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.27%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.13%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.13%) Consul
Vendors
1 62 (8.24%) Oracle
2 46 (6.12%) Microsoft
3 36 (4.79%) Google
4 32 (4.26%) Splunk
5 23 (3.06%) Red Hat
6 15 (1.99%) Sybase
7 10 (1.33%) Dynatrace
7 10 (1.33%) VMware
8 9 (1.20%) Jaspersoft
8 9 (1.20%) Solace
9 7 (0.93%) Atlassian
9 7 (0.93%) ForgeRock
9 7 (0.93%) SAP
10 6 (0.80%) Adobe
10 6 (0.80%) Databricks
10 6 (0.80%) IBM
10 6 (0.80%) PagerDuty
11 5 (0.66%) Virgin Media
12 4 (0.53%) Confluent
12 4 (0.53%) ION Trading