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 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 150 173
Rank change year-on-year -13 +23 -6
Contract jobs citing Spring 882 636 572
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.67% 1.93% 1.42%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.64% 8.55% 6.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 589 424 423
10th Percentile £353 £334 £375
25th Percentile £425 £406 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% -9.52% -7.89%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £625
90th Percentile £672 £625 £761
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +7.78% - -11.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 9 6
10th Percentile £35.00 £54.00 £37.50
25th Percentile £55.00 £55.00 £41.47
Median hourly rate £72.00 £65.00 £51.07
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% +27.29% -29.57%
75th Percentile £77.00 £88.75 £56.25
90th Percentile £88.20 £92.50 £65.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £51.07
% change year-on-year +18.18% +7.71% -27.05%

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 10,203 7,436 8,697
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.32% 22.56% 21.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,668 5,024 5,943
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -8.18% -
75th Percentile £631 £638 £665
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 161 249
10th Percentile £29.07 £30.25 £22.70
25th Percentile £45.00 £39.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.88 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.45% +4.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £74.26 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.81 £80.00 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +13.04% -1.37% -0.49%

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 27 July 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 27 July 2026.

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 27 July 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 +4 704 £525 +9.38% 221
UK excluding London -37 404 £485 +7.78% 140
London -8 367 £525 +2.69% 127
Work from Home -48 220 £492 -1.60% 110
North of England -1 142 £529 +16.34% 40
Midlands -33 84 £475 +14.46% 27
North West -16 82 £550 +36.82% 22
West Midlands -2 81 £475 -5.00% 24
Scotland -38 60 £401 -13.30% 18
South West -8 46 £410 -19.51% 14
Yorkshire -11 43 £550 +53.08% 8
South East -48 38 £450 +9.09% 28
East of England +8 28 £510 +9.09%
North East -28 20 £450 -8.16% 11
Wales -18 8 £400 -15.79% 4
Northern Ireland -2 2 - - 9
East Midlands -44 2 £401 +6.93% 3

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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 44 (4.99%) Apache Spark
2 37 (4.20%) Confluence
3 27 (3.06%) Apache
4 16 (1.81%) WebLogic
5 11 (1.25%) nginx
6 10 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.79%) Camunda
7 7 (0.79%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.57%) Ethereum
8 5 (0.57%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.57%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.45%) CMS
9 4 (0.45%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.34%) Apache Pulsar
10 3 (0.34%) JBoss
11 2 (0.23%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.23%) Drupal
11 2 (0.23%) MQSeries
11 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (0.34%) Trello
2 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.11%) Maya
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (0.57%) R3 Corda
2 4 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.45%) Quorum
2 4 (0.45%) Ripple
3 3 (0.34%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.23%) Shopify
5 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 477 (54.08%) AWS
2 226 (25.62%) Azure
3 159 (18.03%) GCP
4 150 (17.01%) GitHub
5 92 (10.43%) GitHub Actions
6 65 (7.37%) Amazon S3
6 65 (7.37%) Serverless
7 55 (6.24%) AWS Lambda
8 44 (4.99%) Amazon SQS
9 42 (4.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 38 (4.31%) OpenShift
11 37 (4.20%) Amazon EC2
11 37 (4.20%) Amazon EKS
12 35 (3.97%) Amazon ECS
13 31 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
14 23 (2.61%) Azure AKS
15 19 (2.15%) AWS KMS
16 18 (2.04%) Route 53
17 17 (1.93%) Cloud Run
18 16 (1.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.91%) HTTP
1 8 (0.91%) HTTPS
2 3 (0.34%) Firewall
3 1 (0.11%) AMQP
3 1 (0.11%) SMS
3 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (23.13%) PostgreSQL
2 101 (11.45%) NoSQL
3 98 (11.11%) Relational Database
4 88 (9.98%) MongoDB
5 68 (7.71%) MySQL
6 43 (4.88%) DynamoDB
7 40 (4.54%) Amazon RDS
8 29 (3.29%) Redis
9 28 (3.17%) SQL Server
10 26 (2.95%) Elasticsearch
11 24 (2.72%) Flink
12 22 (2.49%) Amazon Aurora
13 18 (2.04%) Apache Cassandra
13 18 (2.04%) Big Data
14 11 (1.25%) RDBMS
15 10 (1.13%) Oracle Database
16 9 (1.02%) Data Lake
17 8 (0.91%) Db2
17 8 (0.91%) Metadata
18 7 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 231 (26.19%) Git
2 228 (25.85%) Jenkins
3 150 (17.01%) JUnit
4 112 (12.70%) GitLab
5 93 (10.54%) Maven
6 87 (9.86%) Gradle
7 71 (8.05%) Mockito
8 67 (7.60%) JIRA
9 42 (4.76%) Selenium
10 41 (4.65%) Cucumber
10 41 (4.65%) SonarQube
11 25 (2.83%) JMeter
12 20 (2.27%) Gatling
12 20 (2.27%) REST Assured
13 19 (2.15%) WebDriver
14 18 (2.04%) Liquibase
15 14 (1.59%) DbUnit
15 14 (1.59%) IntelliJ
16 13 (1.47%) jMock
16 13 (1.47%) Serenity BDD
General
1 187 (21.20%) Social Skills
2 185 (20.98%) Finance
3 152 (17.23%) Public Sector
4 96 (10.88%) Banking
5 69 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (3.51%) Retail
7 17 (1.93%) Investment Banking
8 16 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.36%) Law
10 11 (1.25%) Financial Institution
11 10 (1.13%) Military
12 6 (0.68%) Automotive
12 6 (0.68%) Publishing
12 6 (0.68%) Retail Banking
13 5 (0.57%) Police
14 4 (0.45%) Front Office
14 4 (0.45%) Games
14 4 (0.45%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 508 (57.60%) Developer
2 413 (46.83%) Java Developer
3 173 (19.61%) Senior
4 132 (14.97%) Java Engineer
5 106 (12.02%) Software Engineer
6 102 (11.56%) Senior Developer
7 92 (10.43%) Lead
8 82 (9.30%) Senior Java Developer
9 63 (7.14%) Java Software Engineer
10 62 (7.03%) Full-Stack Developer
11 57 (6.46%) Backend Developer
12 36 (4.08%) Lead Developer
13 35 (3.97%) Software Developer
14 34 (3.85%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 31 (3.51%) SC Cleared Java Developer
16 29 (3.29%) Lead Java Developer
17 27 (3.06%) Architect
18 25 (2.83%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 25 (2.83%) Senior Java Engineer
19 22 (2.49%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 729 (82.65%) Spring Boot
2 251 (28.46%) Kafka
3 231 (26.19%) REST
4 218 (24.72%) RESTful
5 152 (17.23%) React
6 111 (12.59%) Node.js
7 76 (8.62%) JPA
8 75 (8.50%) Hibernate
9 70 (7.94%) AngularJS
10 64 (7.26%) HTML
11 61 (6.92%) Web Services
12 58 (6.58%) CSS
13 56 (6.35%) Spring MVC
14 45 (5.10%) RabbitMQ
15 43 (4.88%) OAuth
15 43 (4.88%) Spring Cloud
16 39 (4.42%) WireMock
17 36 (4.08%) Redux
18 33 (3.74%) HTML5
19 31 (3.51%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 173 (19.61%) Cloud Native
2 142 (16.10%) Distributed Systems
3 67 (7.60%) Product Ownership
4 31 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
6 21 (2.38%) Distributed Architecture
7 20 (2.27%) Data Structures
7 20 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
8 18 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
8 18 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 17 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.59%) Algorithms
11 13 (1.47%) Mobile App
12 12 (1.36%) Onboarding
13 10 (1.13%) Public Cloud
14 9 (1.02%) AI Agents
14 9 (1.02%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.91%) Derivative
16 7 (0.79%) Data Centre
16 7 (0.79%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 57 (6.46%) Linux
2 28 (3.17%) Unix
3 9 (1.02%) Windows
4 8 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.45%) Solaris
5 4 (0.45%) VMS
5 4 (0.45%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.23%) Android
7 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 535 (60.66%) Microservices
2 528 (59.86%) CI/CD
3 400 (45.35%) Agile
4 317 (35.94%) DevOps
5 268 (30.39%) Containerisation
6 226 (25.62%) Software Engineering
7 191 (21.66%) TDD
8 186 (21.09%) Test Automation
9 171 (19.39%) Event-Driven
10 159 (18.03%) Scrum
11 155 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
12 154 (17.46%) Full-Stack Development
13 147 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
14 142 (16.10%) Observability
15 129 (14.63%) Code Quality
16 113 (12.81%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 93 (10.54%) Infrastructure as Code
18 90 (10.20%) Design Patterns
19 89 (10.09%) BDD
20 80 (9.07%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 855 (96.94%) Java
2 271 (30.73%) SQL
3 122 (13.83%) JavaScript
4 102 (11.56%) Python
5 100 (11.34%) TypeScript
6 47 (5.33%) Kotlin
7 45 (5.10%) PL/SQL
8 18 (2.04%) Shell Script
9 13 (1.47%) Scala
10 12 (1.36%) Bash
11 9 (1.02%) Ruby
12 8 (0.91%) C#
12 8 (0.91%) Go
13 5 (0.57%) Perl
14 4 (0.45%) Solidity
15 3 (0.34%) Groovy
16 2 (0.23%) PHP
16 2 (0.23%) PowerShell
16 2 (0.23%) PromQL
17 1 (0.11%) Korn
Qualifications
1 271 (30.73%) Security Cleared
2 233 (26.42%) SC Cleared
3 48 (5.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 33 (3.74%) Degree
5 27 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (1.70%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.25%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.57%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.23%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.11%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.11%) CISSP
10 1 (0.11%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.11%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (10.77%) QA
2 71 (8.05%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.02%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.02%) ISO 20022
4 8 (0.91%) WCAG
5 7 (0.79%) GDPR
5 7 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (0.79%) SEPA
6 4 (0.45%) SLA
7 3 (0.34%) EMIR
7 3 (0.34%) MiFID
7 3 (0.34%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.23%) PSD2
9 1 (0.11%) HL7
9 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.11%) ITGC
System Software
1 399 (45.24%) Docker
2 11 (1.25%) Postfix
3 2 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 381 (43.20%) Kubernetes
2 90 (10.20%) Grafana
3 86 (9.75%) Terraform
4 76 (8.62%) Prometheus
5 43 (4.88%) Ansible
6 14 (1.59%) Kibana
7 10 (1.13%) Control-M
8 7 (0.79%) Istio
9 5 (0.57%) Argo
10 3 (0.34%) Bosun
10 3 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.23%) Consul
11 2 (0.23%) Rancher
11 2 (0.23%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.11%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.11%) Kiali
12 1 (0.11%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 112 (12.70%) Oracle
2 47 (5.33%) Google
3 37 (4.20%) Microsoft
4 33 (3.74%) Splunk
5 17 (1.93%) Dynatrace
5 17 (1.93%) Jaspersoft
6 15 (1.70%) IBM
7 14 (1.59%) Atlassian
8 12 (1.36%) Solace
9 11 (1.25%) Databricks
9 11 (1.25%) Sybase
10 10 (1.13%) Checkmarx
10 10 (1.13%) MuleSoft
11 9 (1.02%) New Relic
12 8 (0.91%) Red Hat
13 7 (0.79%) Okta
13 7 (0.79%) TikTok
14 5 (0.57%) ForgeRock
15 4 (0.45%) Ab Initio
15 4 (0.45%) Teradata