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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 179 217
Rank change year-on-year +17 +38 -130
Contract jobs citing Spring 637 526 523
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.77% 1.44% 1.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.75% 6.64% 5.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 430 334 401
10th Percentile £342 £363 £400
25th Percentile £408 £433 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.67% +2.38% -12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £650
90th Percentile £638 £779 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £458 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +1.78% -10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 9
10th Percentile £41.50 - £58.00
25th Percentile £43.75 - £66.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 - £70.00
75th Percentile £51.25 - £77.50
90th Percentile £53.50 - £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +3.70%

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 8,218 7,916 10,160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.80% 21.72% 22.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,453 4,972 7,245
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £720 £780 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 120 187
10th Percentile £30.75 £22.00 £33.80
25th Percentile £43.00 £37.88 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +19.13% -12.93%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.04 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.75 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -1.92% +23.81% -19.23%

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Spring in the UK

Spring
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 29 November 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 +18 494 £500 -13.04% 121
UK excluding London +18 316 £458 +1.78% 119
London +13 267 £525 -10.26% 50
Work from Home +26 193 £500 - 62
North of England -1 105 £452 +0.50% 23
Scotland +3 93 £550 +29.41% 10
North West +19 76 £450 - 13
Midlands -7 52 £429 -26.98% 12
South East +25 41 £400 -11.11% 49
West Midlands -13 38 £488 -17.02% 10
Yorkshire -24 20 £513 -25.45% 6
East Midlands - 14 £360 - 2
South West +5 13 £505 -9.21% 20
Wales +11 12 £475 +13.43% 1
North East -5 10 £500 +12.36% 4
Northern Ireland -7 2 £425 -5.56% 4
East of England -23 1 - - 1

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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 19 (2.98%) Confluence
2 18 (2.83%) JBoss
3 17 (2.67%) Apache
4 14 (2.20%) WebLogic
5 10 (1.57%) Tomcat
6 7 (1.10%) CMS
7 6 (0.94%) Camunda
8 4 (0.63%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.63%) Mule
9 3 (0.47%) CICS
9 3 (0.47%) nginx
9 3 (0.47%) WordPress
10 2 (0.31%) Alfresco
10 2 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.31%) Apache TomEE
10 2 (0.31%) Drupal
10 2 (0.31%) Mule ESB
11 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (0.94%) Fidessa
1 6 (0.94%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 321 (50.39%) AWS
2 197 (30.93%) Azure
3 103 (16.17%) GCP
4 96 (15.07%) GitHub
5 51 (8.01%) Serverless
6 49 (7.69%) OpenShift
7 44 (6.91%) GitHub Actions
8 43 (6.75%) AWS Lambda
9 39 (6.12%) Amazon S3
10 28 (4.40%) Amazon EC2
10 28 (4.40%) Amazon ECS
10 28 (4.40%) AWS CloudFormation
11 26 (4.08%) Azure AKS
12 25 (3.92%) Amazon SQS
13 22 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
14 20 (3.14%) Amazon EKS
15 14 (2.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 13 (2.04%) Datadog
17 11 (1.73%) Apigee
17 11 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.78%) HTTP
1 5 (0.78%) HTTPS
1 5 (0.78%) Kerberos
2 4 (0.63%) SSL
3 2 (0.31%) VPN
4 1 (0.16%) Broadband
4 1 (0.16%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (20.57%) PostgreSQL
2 114 (17.90%) MongoDB
3 102 (16.01%) Relational Database
4 77 (12.09%) NoSQL
5 47 (7.38%) MySQL
6 40 (6.28%) DB2
7 32 (5.02%) DynamoDB
8 22 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
9 19 (2.98%) RDBMS
10 18 (2.83%) Apache Cassandra
11 17 (2.67%) SQL Server
12 14 (2.20%) Amazon Aurora
13 13 (2.04%) Oracle Database
14 9 (1.41%) Redis
15 8 (1.26%) HBase
16 6 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
17 5 (0.78%) Big Data
18 4 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
18 4 (0.63%) DocumentDB
18 4 (0.63%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 177 (27.79%) JUnit
2 163 (25.59%) Git
3 140 (21.98%) Jenkins
4 80 (12.56%) GitLab
5 66 (10.36%) Cucumber
6 61 (9.58%) Maven
7 53 (8.32%) JIRA
8 52 (8.16%) Mockito
9 40 (6.28%) Gradle
10 33 (5.18%) Sonatype Nexus
11 26 (4.08%) Selenium
12 24 (3.77%) SonarQube
13 21 (3.30%) Postman
14 20 (3.14%) JMeter
15 17 (2.67%) Eclipse
16 14 (2.20%) IntelliJ
17 12 (1.88%) Artifactory
17 12 (1.88%) Cypress.io
18 11 (1.73%) Bitbucket
19 9 (1.41%) Subversion
General
1 200 (31.40%) Social Skills
2 156 (24.49%) Finance
3 115 (18.05%) Banking
4 85 (13.34%) Public Sector
5 70 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (5.81%) Investment Banking
7 19 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (2.83%) Front Office
9 11 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.10%) Financial Institution
11 6 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (0.78%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.78%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.47%) Automotive
14 3 (0.47%) Electronics
14 3 (0.47%) Law
14 3 (0.47%) Marketing
14 3 (0.47%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.31%) Retail
Job Titles
1 422 (66.25%) Developer
2 344 (54.00%) Java Developer
3 118 (18.52%) Senior
4 94 (14.76%) Senior Developer
5 89 (13.97%) Senior Java Developer
6 74 (11.62%) Full-Stack Developer
7 69 (10.83%) Java Engineer
8 58 (9.11%) Lead
9 48 (7.54%) Software Engineer
10 41 (6.44%) SQL Developer
11 39 (6.12%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 28 (4.40%) Investment Banking Java Developer
12 28 (4.40%) Lead Developer
13 27 (4.24%) AWS Developer
14 26 (4.08%) Linux Developer
15 23 (3.61%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 22 (3.45%) Architect
16 22 (3.45%) Lead Java Developer
17 20 (3.14%) Java Software Engineer
18 17 (2.67%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 443 (69.54%) Spring Boot
2 206 (32.34%) Kafka
3 168 (26.37%) RESTful
4 136 (21.35%) React
5 132 (20.72%) REST
6 106 (16.64%) AngularJS
7 105 (16.48%) Hibernate
8 77 (12.09%) HTML
9 57 (8.95%) CSS
10 56 (8.79%) JSON
11 52 (8.16%) Node.js
12 49 (7.69%) JMS
13 43 (6.75%) JPA
13 43 (6.75%) SOAP
14 42 (6.59%) OAuth
15 35 (5.49%) OAuth2
16 34 (5.34%) Spring Cloud
17 33 (5.18%) Web Services
18 32 (5.02%) XML
19 28 (4.40%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 81 (12.72%) Cloud Native
2 54 (8.48%) Distributed Systems
3 36 (5.65%) Data Structures
4 33 (5.18%) Equities
5 25 (3.92%) Onboarding
6 23 (3.61%) Product Ownership
7 15 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.88%) Linux Command Line
8 12 (1.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 11 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.73%) Public Cloud
10 10 (1.57%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.41%) Derivative
12 8 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (0.78%) Distributed Applications
14 4 (0.63%) Distributed Architecture
14 4 (0.63%) Legacy Applications
14 4 (0.63%) Mobile App
14 4 (0.63%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 90 (14.13%) Linux
2 33 (5.18%) Unix
3 8 (1.26%) Windows
4 6 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.47%) Android
6 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.31%) VMS
6 2 (0.31%) zOS
7 1 (0.16%) Solaris
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (59.50%) Microservices
2 352 (55.26%) CI/CD
3 311 (48.82%) Agile
4 201 (31.55%) DevOps
5 190 (29.83%) Problem-Solving
6 171 (26.84%) Containerisation
7 138 (21.66%) Full-Stack Development
8 122 (19.15%) Test Automation
9 117 (18.37%) Software Engineering
10 105 (16.48%) TDD
11 100 (15.70%) SDLC
12 89 (13.97%) Event-Driven
13 79 (12.40%) Scrum
14 75 (11.77%) Infrastructure as Code
15 71 (11.15%) Code Quality
16 65 (10.20%) Mentoring
17 62 (9.73%) Design Patterns
18 61 (9.58%) Continuous Improvement
19 57 (8.95%) Unit Testing
20 55 (8.63%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 615 (96.55%) Java
2 197 (30.93%) SQL
3 101 (15.86%) Python
4 92 (14.44%) JavaScript
5 78 (12.24%) TypeScript
6 47 (7.38%) Shell Script
7 19 (2.98%) Kotlin
7 19 (2.98%) Ruby
8 15 (2.35%) Scala
9 10 (1.57%) Bash
9 10 (1.57%) Groovy
9 10 (1.57%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.94%) C#
11 5 (0.78%) C++
12 4 (0.63%) C
12 4 (0.63%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.47%) Go
13 3 (0.47%) Perl
13 3 (0.47%) Rust
14 2 (0.31%) PHP
Qualifications
1 132 (20.72%) Security Cleared
2 105 (16.48%) SC Cleared
3 35 (5.49%) Degree
4 30 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (1.73%) OCP
6 11 (1.73%) Oracle Certification
7 9 (1.41%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.78%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.31%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 1 (0.16%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.16%) CCSP
10 1 (0.16%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.16%) CISSP
10 1 (0.16%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.16%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (11.93%) QA
2 24 (3.77%) Accessibility
3 20 (3.14%) ISO 20022
4 11 (1.73%) PSD2
4 11 (1.73%) SEPA
4 11 (1.73%) WCAG
5 6 (0.94%) GDPR
6 5 (0.78%) HIPAA
6 5 (0.78%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.63%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.47%) HL7
9 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.16%) GRC
9 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.16%) NCSC
9 1 (0.16%) NIST
System Software
1 254 (39.87%) Docker
2 7 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.16%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.16%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 243 (38.15%) Kubernetes
2 77 (12.09%) Terraform
3 36 (5.65%) Ansible
4 31 (4.87%) Grafana
5 15 (2.35%) Progress Chef
6 13 (2.04%) Argo
7 12 (1.88%) Prometheus
8 11 (1.73%) Kibana
9 9 (1.41%) Puppet
10 5 (0.78%) Tivoli Identity Manager
11 2 (0.31%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.31%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.31%) Rancher
12 1 (0.16%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.16%) Consul
12 1 (0.16%) Control-M
12 1 (0.16%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.16%) logstash
12 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 73 (11.46%) Oracle
2 43 (6.75%) Microsoft
3 36 (5.65%) Sybase
4 31 (4.87%) Google
5 22 (3.45%) Splunk
6 18 (2.83%) Red Hat
7 16 (2.51%) VMware
8 15 (2.35%) Dynatrace
9 12 (1.88%) CA Agile Central
9 12 (1.88%) IBM
10 10 (1.57%) webMethods
11 8 (1.26%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.78%) ION Trading
12 5 (0.78%) Ping Identity
12 5 (0.78%) SAP
13 4 (0.63%) Calypso
13 4 (0.63%) ForgeRock
13 4 (0.63%) Solace
13 4 (0.63%) TIBCO
13 4 (0.63%) Virgin Media