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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 161 194
Rank change year-on-year +10 +33 -85
Contract jobs citing Spring 775 507 518
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.73% 1.74% 1.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.20% 7.71% 5.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 543 316 366
10th Percentile £357 £357 £378
25th Percentile £413 £415 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -0.96% -13.33%
75th Percentile £575 £586 £625
90th Percentile £638 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £458 £489
% change year-on-year +1.64% -6.44% -6.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 4 10
10th Percentile £51.00 £66.63 £35.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £72.81 £41.47
Median hourly rate £55.00 £86.25 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -36.23% +87.99% -34.46%
75th Percentile £81.00 £92.50 £48.43
90th Percentile £95.00 - £56.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £82.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -33.33% +79.82% -29.42%

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 9,448 6,572 8,951
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.06% 22.60% 20.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,298 4,490 6,266
10th Percentile £358 £363 £331
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £498 £500
% change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 98 172
10th Percentile £35.03 £26.25 £20.47
25th Percentile £52.50 £40.19 £31.81
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £71.87 £68.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £85.43 £72.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.36%

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 3 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Spring in the UK

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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 3 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 3 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 +31 653 £500 -5.66% 141
UK excluding London +7 387 £465 +1.64% 102
London -10 304 £525 -4.55% 58
Work from Home -18 189 £475 -7.77% 109
North of England +15 157 £475 -0.52% 49
North West +35 117 £465 +0.54% 31
Midlands -8 79 £469 +11.01% 6
West Midlands -1 78 £469 +6.59% 3
South East +1 56 £410 -0.61% 18
Scotland -31 51 £550 +22.22% 7
South West -5 34 £409 -23.91% 14
Yorkshire -54 25 £500 -6.98% 11
North East -1 22 £450 -3.23% 7
East of England -20 17 £505 +8.02% 3
East Midlands -35 1 £450 +11.94% 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 48 (6.19%) Confluence
2 30 (3.87%) Apache Spark
3 20 (2.58%) Apache
4 13 (1.68%) Camunda
4 13 (1.68%) WebLogic
5 8 (1.03%) JBoss
6 7 (0.90%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.77%) Ethereum
7 6 (0.77%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.52%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.39%) nginx
10 2 (0.26%) Apache TomEE
10 2 (0.26%) CICS
10 2 (0.26%) Drupal
10 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.26%) WordPress
11 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 3 (0.39%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.13%) Maya
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (1.03%) Fidessa
2 4 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.39%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.13%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.13%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 438 (56.52%) AWS
2 223 (28.77%) Azure
3 153 (19.74%) GitHub
4 131 (16.90%) GCP
5 93 (12.00%) Serverless
6 86 (11.10%) GitHub Actions
7 83 (10.71%) Amazon S3
8 77 (9.94%) AWS Lambda
9 45 (5.81%) Amazon ECS
10 42 (5.42%) Amazon EC2
11 39 (5.03%) OpenShift
12 38 (4.90%) Amazon EKS
13 35 (4.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 34 (4.39%) Amazon SQS
14 34 (4.39%) AWS CloudFormation
14 34 (4.39%) Azure AKS
15 26 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
16 19 (2.45%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 17 (2.19%) AWS Fargate
18 16 (2.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.42%) HTTP
2 10 (1.29%) SSL
3 7 (0.90%) HTTPS
4 4 (0.52%) DNS
5 3 (0.39%) Kerberos
5 3 (0.39%) VPN
6 1 (0.13%) FTP
6 1 (0.13%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (22.45%) PostgreSQL
2 120 (15.48%) NoSQL
3 95 (12.26%) MongoDB
4 83 (10.71%) Relational Database
5 68 (8.77%) MySQL
6 59 (7.61%) DynamoDB
7 43 (5.55%) Amazon RDS
8 27 (3.48%) Elasticsearch
9 25 (3.23%) SQL Server
10 22 (2.84%) Amazon Aurora
11 15 (1.94%) DocumentDB
12 14 (1.81%) Apache Cassandra
12 14 (1.81%) Big Data
12 14 (1.81%) RDBMS
13 13 (1.68%) DB2
13 13 (1.68%) Redis
14 11 (1.42%) Flink
15 9 (1.16%) BigQuery
16 8 (1.03%) Oracle Database
17 7 (0.90%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 206 (26.58%) Git
2 181 (23.35%) Jenkins
3 153 (19.74%) JUnit
4 129 (16.65%) GitLab
5 75 (9.68%) JIRA
6 74 (9.55%) Maven
7 61 (7.87%) Cucumber
8 56 (7.23%) Gradle
8 56 (7.23%) Mockito
9 43 (5.55%) Selenium
10 32 (4.13%) JMeter
11 26 (3.35%) SonarQube
12 23 (2.97%) Sonatype Nexus
13 22 (2.84%) IntelliJ
14 17 (2.19%) WebDriver
15 16 (2.06%) Postman
16 15 (1.94%) Gatling
17 14 (1.81%) Cypress.io
18 10 (1.29%) jMock
18 10 (1.29%) REST Assured
General
1 183 (23.61%) Social Skills
2 145 (18.71%) Finance
3 138 (17.81%) Public Sector
4 76 (9.81%) Banking
5 43 (5.55%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (2.19%) Retail
7 14 (1.81%) Investment Banking
7 14 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (1.03%) Manufacturing
9 7 (0.90%) Front Office
10 6 (0.77%) Law
11 5 (0.65%) Retail Banking
11 5 (0.65%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.52%) Automotive
12 4 (0.52%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.52%) Publishing
13 3 (0.39%) Electronics
13 3 (0.39%) Marketing
13 3 (0.39%) Military
Job Titles
1 460 (59.35%) Developer
2 326 (42.06%) Java Developer
3 158 (20.39%) Senior
4 120 (15.48%) Java Engineer
5 100 (12.90%) Senior Developer
6 99 (12.77%) Full-Stack Developer
7 78 (10.06%) Senior Java Developer
8 75 (9.68%) Software Engineer
9 66 (8.52%) Lead
10 42 (5.42%) Java Software Engineer
11 37 (4.77%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 35 (4.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 33 (4.26%) Backend Developer
14 30 (3.87%) Architect
15 27 (3.48%) Software Developer
16 26 (3.35%) Lead Developer
17 25 (3.23%) SC Cleared Java Developer
18 19 (2.45%) DevOps Engineer
19 18 (2.32%) AWS Developer
19 18 (2.32%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 612 (78.97%) Spring Boot
2 209 (26.97%) Kafka
3 206 (26.58%) RESTful
4 167 (21.55%) REST
5 165 (21.29%) React
6 117 (15.10%) Node.js
7 112 (14.45%) AngularJS
8 86 (11.10%) Hibernate
9 78 (10.06%) HTML
10 60 (7.74%) CSS
11 50 (6.45%) JPA
11 50 (6.45%) Spring MVC
12 42 (5.42%) OAuth
12 42 (5.42%) WireMock
13 39 (5.03%) OAuth2
14 37 (4.77%) HTML5
15 36 (4.65%) Spring Cloud
15 36 (4.65%) Web Services
16 34 (4.39%) Jest
17 32 (4.13%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 119 (15.35%) Cloud Native
2 81 (10.45%) Distributed Systems
3 41 (5.29%) Product Ownership
4 21 (2.71%) Onboarding
5 19 (2.45%) Mobile App
6 18 (2.32%) Distributed Architecture
7 14 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (1.68%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.16%) Equities
10 8 (1.03%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.03%) Derivative
11 7 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (0.90%) NHS
11 7 (0.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 6 (0.77%) Data Centre
13 4 (0.52%) Legacy Applications
13 4 (0.52%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 53 (6.84%) Linux
2 15 (1.94%) Unix
3 9 (1.16%) Windows
4 8 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.77%) VMS
6 2 (0.26%) Android
6 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.26%) Solaris
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.26%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 454 (58.58%) Microservices
2 437 (56.39%) CI/CD
3 303 (39.10%) Agile
4 274 (35.35%) DevOps
5 224 (28.90%) Containerisation
6 184 (23.74%) Full-Stack Development
7 156 (20.13%) TDD
8 152 (19.61%) Software Engineering
9 150 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
10 148 (19.10%) Test Automation
11 132 (17.03%) Event-Driven
12 114 (14.71%) Code Quality
12 114 (14.71%) Observability
13 108 (13.94%) Scrum
14 105 (13.55%) Continuous Improvement
15 94 (12.13%) Infrastructure as Code
16 79 (10.19%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 73 (9.42%) BDD
17 73 (9.42%) Mentoring
18 72 (9.29%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 726 (93.68%) Java
2 192 (24.77%) SQL
3 113 (14.58%) JavaScript
4 104 (13.42%) TypeScript
5 84 (10.84%) Python
6 50 (6.45%) Kotlin
7 18 (2.32%) Go
8 16 (2.06%) Shell Script
9 9 (1.16%) PL/SQL
10 8 (1.03%) C#
10 8 (1.03%) Scala
11 7 (0.90%) Perl
12 4 (0.52%) Bash
12 4 (0.52%) Ruby
13 3 (0.39%) PHP
14 1 (0.13%) Assembly Language
14 1 (0.13%) COBOL
14 1 (0.13%) JCL
14 1 (0.13%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.13%) REXX
Qualifications
1 226 (29.16%) Security Cleared
2 192 (24.77%) SC Cleared
3 33 (4.26%) Degree
4 26 (3.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 26 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.42%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.16%) OCP
6 9 (1.16%) Oracle Certification
7 5 (0.65%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.52%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.13%) CCSP
10 1 (0.13%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.13%) CISSP
10 1 (0.13%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.13%) OSCP
10 1 (0.13%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.13%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (9.81%) QA
2 54 (6.97%) Accessibility
3 19 (2.45%) WCAG
4 16 (2.06%) ISO 20022
5 10 (1.29%) SEPA
6 9 (1.16%) PSD2
7 8 (1.03%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.65%) NIST
8 5 (0.65%) SLA
9 4 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
9 4 (0.52%) GDPR
9 4 (0.52%) HL7
10 3 (0.39%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.39%) NCSC
10 3 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.26%) ISO 8583
12 1 (0.13%) GRC
12 1 (0.13%) JSP 440
System Software
1 312 (40.26%) Docker
2 8 (1.03%) Postfix
3 4 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.39%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 352 (45.42%) Kubernetes
2 100 (12.90%) Terraform
3 93 (12.00%) Grafana
4 56 (7.23%) Prometheus
5 36 (4.65%) Ansible
6 13 (1.68%) Argo
7 11 (1.42%) Kibana
8 9 (1.16%) Istio
8 9 (1.16%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.52%) Puppet
9 4 (0.52%) Rancher
10 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.26%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.13%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.13%) Consul
Vendors
1 63 (8.13%) Oracle
2 50 (6.45%) Microsoft
3 31 (4.00%) Google
4 30 (3.87%) Splunk
5 14 (1.81%) Red Hat
6 11 (1.42%) Dynatrace
6 11 (1.42%) Jaspersoft
6 11 (1.42%) Sybase
7 9 (1.16%) Atlassian
7 9 (1.16%) Solace
7 9 (1.16%) VMware
8 8 (1.03%) ForgeRock
8 8 (1.03%) IBM
9 7 (0.90%) Databricks
9 7 (0.90%) SAP
10 6 (0.77%) Adobe
11 5 (0.65%) Ab Initio
11 5 (0.65%) Checkmarx
11 5 (0.65%) PagerDuty
11 5 (0.65%) Teradata