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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 177 219
Rank change year-on-year +19 +42 -130
Contract jobs citing Spring 635 518 501
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.77% 1.45% 1.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.82% 6.67% 4.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 427 331 386
10th Percentile £331 £363 £403
25th Percentile £407 £434 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £650
90th Percentile £638 £780 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile - - £57.63
25th Percentile - - £64.38
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £70.00
75th Percentile - - £71.88
90th Percentile - - £77.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 - £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 8,116 7,764 10,088
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.56% 21.76% 22.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,385 4,890 7,179
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £719 £780 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.38% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 113 183
10th Percentile £30.30 £22.00 £32.60
25th Percentile £43.00 £38.50 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.50 £65.00 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year -14.62% +19.13% -15.74%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.35 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.75 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -0.38% +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 2 December 2025.

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
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 2 December 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 +19 494 £492 -14.43% 131
UK excluding London +12 316 £450 - 132
London +15 266 £525 -10.26% 52
Work from Home +23 189 £500 - 86
North of England -5 107 £452 +0.50% 40
Scotland +1 93 £550 +29.41% 7
North West +20 78 £450 - 23
Midlands -5 50 £426 -27.53% 8
South East +23 42 £393 -12.78% 54
West Midlands -19 36 £475 -19.15% 8
Yorkshire -31 20 £513 -18.00% 11
East Midlands - 14 £360 -
Wales +9 12 £475 +13.43% 2
South West -4 12 £503 -8.64% 15
North East -5 10 £500 +12.36% 7
Northern Ireland -8 2 £425 -5.56% 5
East of England -21 1 - - 1

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 20 (3.15%) Confluence
2 18 (2.83%) JBoss
3 17 (2.68%) Apache
4 14 (2.20%) WebLogic
5 10 (1.57%) Tomcat
6 7 (1.10%) CMS
7 5 (0.79%) 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%) 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%) Alfresco
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
1 320 (50.39%) AWS
2 197 (31.02%) Azure
3 104 (16.38%) GCP
4 99 (15.59%) GitHub
5 49 (7.72%) OpenShift
5 49 (7.72%) Serverless
6 45 (7.09%) GitHub Actions
7 41 (6.46%) AWS Lambda
8 38 (5.98%) Amazon S3
9 28 (4.41%) Amazon EC2
10 26 (4.09%) Amazon ECS
10 26 (4.09%) AWS CloudFormation
10 26 (4.09%) Azure AKS
11 22 (3.46%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (3.31%) Amazon EKS
13 20 (3.15%) Amazon SQS
14 13 (2.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 13 (2.05%) Datadog
15 11 (1.73%) Apigee
15 11 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.79%) HTTP
1 5 (0.79%) Kerberos
1 5 (0.79%) SSL
2 4 (0.63%) HTTPS
3 3 (0.47%) VPN
4 1 (0.16%) Broadband
4 1 (0.16%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
2 114 (17.95%) MongoDB
3 101 (15.91%) Relational Database
4 79 (12.44%) NoSQL
5 45 (7.09%) MySQL
6 40 (6.30%) DB2
7 30 (4.72%) DynamoDB
8 19 (2.99%) Apache Cassandra
8 19 (2.99%) RDBMS
9 18 (2.83%) Amazon RDS
9 18 (2.83%) SQL Server
10 14 (2.20%) Oracle Database
11 11 (1.73%) Amazon Aurora
12 10 (1.57%) Redis
13 9 (1.42%) HBase
14 6 (0.94%) Big Data
14 6 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.79%) DocumentDB
16 4 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
16 4 (0.63%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 176 (27.72%) JUnit
2 160 (25.20%) Git
3 138 (21.73%) Jenkins
4 80 (12.60%) GitLab
5 65 (10.24%) Cucumber
6 59 (9.29%) Maven
7 53 (8.35%) JIRA
7 53 (8.35%) Mockito
8 41 (6.46%) Gradle
9 34 (5.35%) Sonatype Nexus
10 26 (4.09%) Selenium
11 21 (3.31%) Postman
11 21 (3.31%) SonarQube
12 20 (3.15%) JMeter
13 17 (2.68%) Eclipse
14 14 (2.20%) IntelliJ
15 13 (2.05%) Artifactory
16 12 (1.89%) Cypress.io
17 11 (1.73%) Bitbucket
18 9 (1.42%) Subversion
General
1 200 (31.50%) Social Skills
2 158 (24.88%) Finance
3 115 (18.11%) Banking
4 83 (13.07%) Public Sector
5 70 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (5.98%) Investment Banking
7 19 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (2.83%) Front Office
9 11 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (0.94%) Financial Institution
11 5 (0.79%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (0.79%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.47%) Automotive
12 3 (0.47%) Electronics
12 3 (0.47%) Law
12 3 (0.47%) Marketing
12 3 (0.47%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.31%) Retail
Job Titles
1 421 (66.30%) Developer
2 343 (54.02%) Java Developer
3 118 (18.58%) Senior
4 94 (14.80%) Senior Developer
5 88 (13.86%) Senior Java Developer
6 73 (11.50%) Full-Stack Developer
7 70 (11.02%) Java Engineer
8 56 (8.82%) Lead
9 47 (7.40%) Software Engineer
10 41 (6.46%) SQL Developer
11 38 (5.98%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 28 (4.41%) Investment Banking Java Developer
12 28 (4.41%) Lead Developer
13 26 (4.09%) AWS Developer
13 26 (4.09%) Linux Developer
14 22 (3.46%) Architect
14 22 (3.46%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 22 (3.46%) Lead Java Developer
15 19 (2.99%) Java Software Engineer
16 18 (2.83%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 445 (70.08%) Spring Boot
2 207 (32.60%) Kafka
3 169 (26.61%) RESTful
4 133 (20.94%) React
5 131 (20.63%) REST
6 105 (16.54%) AngularJS
7 100 (15.75%) Hibernate
8 78 (12.28%) HTML
9 58 (9.13%) CSS
10 55 (8.66%) JSON
11 51 (8.03%) Node.js
12 49 (7.72%) JMS
13 43 (6.77%) OAuth
13 43 (6.77%) SOAP
14 40 (6.30%) JPA
15 37 (5.83%) OAuth2
16 34 (5.35%) Spring Cloud
17 32 (5.04%) Web Services
18 31 (4.88%) XML
19 28 (4.41%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 81 (12.76%) Cloud Native
2 53 (8.35%) Distributed Systems
3 36 (5.67%) Data Structures
4 33 (5.20%) Equities
5 24 (3.78%) Onboarding
6 23 (3.62%) Product Ownership
7 15 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.89%) Linux Command Line
8 12 (1.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 11 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.73%) Public Cloud
10 10 (1.57%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.42%) Derivative
11 9 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (0.94%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.79%) Distributed Applications
13 5 (0.79%) Distributed Architecture
14 4 (0.63%) Legacy Applications
14 4 (0.63%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 90 (14.17%) Linux
2 33 (5.20%) 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
1 377 (59.37%) Microservices
2 356 (56.06%) CI/CD
3 309 (48.66%) Agile
4 202 (31.81%) DevOps
5 193 (30.39%) Problem-Solving
6 170 (26.77%) Containerisation
7 134 (21.10%) Full-Stack Development
8 123 (19.37%) Test Automation
9 114 (17.95%) Software Engineering
10 105 (16.54%) TDD
11 101 (15.91%) SDLC
12 93 (14.65%) Event-Driven
13 78 (12.28%) Scrum
14 75 (11.81%) Infrastructure as Code
15 67 (10.55%) Code Quality
16 64 (10.08%) Mentoring
17 63 (9.92%) Continuous Improvement
18 62 (9.76%) Design Patterns
19 56 (8.82%) Unit Testing
20 55 (8.66%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 612 (96.38%) Java
2 197 (31.02%) SQL
3 99 (15.59%) Python
4 94 (14.80%) JavaScript
5 74 (11.65%) TypeScript
6 47 (7.40%) Shell Script
7 21 (3.31%) Kotlin
8 19 (2.99%) Ruby
9 15 (2.36%) Scala
10 10 (1.57%) Bash
10 10 (1.57%) Groovy
10 10 (1.57%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.79%) C#
11 5 (0.79%) C++
12 4 (0.63%) C
13 3 (0.47%) Go
13 3 (0.47%) Perl
13 3 (0.47%) Rust
14 2 (0.31%) PHP
14 2 (0.31%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 130 (20.47%) Security Cleared
2 102 (16.06%) SC Cleared
3 35 (5.51%) Degree
4 30 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.89%) OCP
6 12 (1.89%) Oracle Certification
7 9 (1.42%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.79%) 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%) CCSP
10 1 (0.16%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.16%) CISSP
10 1 (0.16%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.16%) OSCP
10 1 (0.16%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (11.34%) QA
2 24 (3.78%) Accessibility
3 20 (3.15%) ISO 20022
4 11 (1.73%) PSD2
4 11 (1.73%) SEPA
5 10 (1.57%) WCAG
6 6 (0.94%) GDPR
7 5 (0.79%) HIPAA
7 5 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.63%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.47%) HL7
10 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.16%) GRC
10 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.16%) NCSC
10 1 (0.16%) NIST
System Software
1 253 (39.84%) Docker
2 7 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.16%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.16%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 242 (38.11%) Kubernetes
2 77 (12.13%) Terraform
3 36 (5.67%) Ansible
4 31 (4.88%) Grafana
5 15 (2.36%) Progress Chef
6 13 (2.05%) Argo
7 12 (1.89%) Prometheus
8 11 (1.73%) Kibana
9 9 (1.42%) Puppet
10 5 (0.79%) 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 74 (11.65%) Oracle
2 42 (6.61%) Microsoft
3 36 (5.67%) Sybase
4 31 (4.88%) Google
5 22 (3.46%) Splunk
6 18 (2.83%) Red Hat
7 16 (2.52%) VMware
8 15 (2.36%) Dynatrace
9 12 (1.89%) IBM
10 10 (1.57%) CA Agile Central
10 10 (1.57%) webMethods
11 6 (0.94%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.79%) ION Trading
12 5 (0.79%) Ping Identity
12 5 (0.79%) 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