Spring Contracts

Pivotal Spring Framework
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Spring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Spring over the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 173 129
Rank change year-on-year +15 -44 -36
Contract jobs citing Spring 509 581 1,117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.76% 1.37% 1.97%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.77% 6.51% 8.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 427 862
10th Percentile £355 £375 £450
25th Percentile £406 £428 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -12.50% +3.45%
75th Percentile £563 £625 £713
90th Percentile £651 £706 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £441 £489 £525
% change year-on-year -9.82% -6.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 35
10th Percentile £53.00 £35.00 £53.75
25th Percentile £55.00 £42.94 £59.92
Median hourly rate £65.00 £45.88 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -36.72% +10.62%
75th Percentile £90.63 £52.34 £75.00
90th Percentile £92.50 £56.25 £77.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £45.88 £70.00
% change year-on-year +19.88% -34.46% +10.67%

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 6,552 8,927 13,058
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.70% 20.99% 23.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,493 6,211 9,518
10th Percentile £362 £344 £400
25th Percentile £415 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 250 145
10th Percentile £27.45 £21.25 £25.75
25th Percentile £38.16 £43.00 £50.05
Median hourly rate £62.50 £47.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -26.92% +30.00%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.02 £75.00
90th Percentile £81.35 £74.45 £81.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £47.97 £65.00
% change year-on-year +35.52% -26.21% +23.81%

Spring
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Spring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Spring in the UK

Spring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Spring.

Daily rate trend for Spring in the UK

Spring
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spring over the 6 months to 24 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Spring in the UK

Spring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Spring.

Hourly rate trend for Spring in the UK

Spring
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Spring over the 6 months to 24 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Spring in the UK

Spring
Top 17 Contract 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 24 May 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 -2 338 £500 -7.41% 1,401
UK excluding London +18 227 £441 -9.82% 1,391
London +13 220 £530 -3.64% 285
Work from Home +59 185 £520 -0.95% 997
Scotland +14 113 £450 +2.27% 125
North of England -9 45 £465 -15.45% 308
Midlands +40 41 £415 -7.78% 234
North West -4 31 £402 -23.43% 158
West Midlands +24 22 £455 +1.11% 132
East Midlands - 19 £368 - 88
South East +24 11 £456 -1.35% 362
South West +15 10 £513 -6.82% 149
Yorkshire -3 8 £525 -4.55% 103
North East +6 7 £465 -15.45% 47
Northern Ireland -6 6 £404 -29.78% 50
East of England +12 1 £468 +24.67% 148
Wales - 1 £325 - 45

Spring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (3.93%) Confluence
2 17 (3.34%) Apache
3 14 (2.75%) Apache Spark
4 13 (2.55%) Camunda
5 11 (2.16%) JBoss
6 8 (1.57%) Tomcat
7 6 (1.18%) Alfresco
7 6 (1.18%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.98%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.59%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.59%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.39%) CMS
10 2 (0.39%) GemFire
10 2 (0.39%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.39%) nginx
11 1 (0.20%) CICS
11 1 (0.20%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.20%) Mule
11 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 4 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.39%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.39%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.39%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.20%) SAP CX
3 1 (0.20%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 224 (44.01%) AWS
2 61 (11.98%) Azure
3 45 (8.84%) GCP
4 38 (7.47%) Amazon S3
5 32 (6.29%) Serverless
6 25 (4.91%) Amazon EC2
6 25 (4.91%) Amazon SQS
7 23 (4.52%) OpenShift
8 22 (4.32%) AWS Lambda
9 21 (4.13%) GitHub
10 17 (3.34%) Amazon ECS
10 17 (3.34%) Amazon EKS
11 12 (2.36%) AWS KMS
11 12 (2.36%) Route 53
12 11 (2.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 11 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (2.16%) Kong
13 9 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
15 7 (1.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.96%) HTTP
2 7 (1.38%) SSL
3 6 (1.18%) HTTPS
4 5 (0.98%) Kerberos
5 4 (0.79%) SMS
6 3 (0.59%) Firewall
6 3 (0.59%) IPsec
7 1 (0.20%) FTP
7 1 (0.20%) Internet
7 1 (0.20%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (28.68%) PostgreSQL
2 139 (27.31%) MongoDB
3 129 (25.34%) Relational Database
4 71 (13.95%) NoSQL
5 61 (11.98%) MySQL
6 58 (11.39%) DB2
7 22 (4.32%) SQL Server
8 21 (4.13%) Amazon RDS
8 21 (4.13%) RDBMS
9 19 (3.73%) Apache Cassandra
10 17 (3.34%) DynamoDB
11 15 (2.95%) Amazon Aurora
12 14 (2.75%) Redis
13 9 (1.77%) Big Data
13 9 (1.77%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (1.77%) Oracle Database
14 8 (1.57%) GIS
15 7 (1.38%) Metadata
16 5 (0.98%) Hadoop
17 4 (0.79%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 161 (31.63%) JUnit
2 131 (25.74%) Jenkins
3 91 (17.88%) Git
4 82 (16.11%) Maven
5 72 (14.15%) Mockito
6 68 (13.36%) Gradle
7 54 (10.61%) GitLab
8 39 (7.66%) JIRA
9 35 (6.88%) Liquibase
10 28 (5.50%) SonarQube
11 27 (5.30%) Cucumber
12 19 (3.73%) Bitbucket
13 18 (3.54%) IntelliJ
14 17 (3.34%) Artifactory
15 14 (2.75%) Bitbucket Server
16 12 (2.36%) Sonatype Nexus
17 10 (1.96%) Subversion
18 8 (1.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
19 7 (1.38%) Jasmine
19 7 (1.38%) TeamCity
General
1 159 (31.24%) Finance
2 123 (24.17%) Social Skills
3 92 (18.07%) Public Sector
4 84 (16.50%) Banking
5 66 (12.97%) Analytical Skills
6 44 (8.64%) Investment Banking
7 25 (4.91%) Front Office
8 23 (4.52%) Telecoms
9 21 (4.13%) Electronics
9 21 (4.13%) Manufacturing
9 21 (4.13%) Marketing
10 7 (1.38%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.38%) Retail
11 6 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.59%) Back Office
12 3 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.39%) Military
13 2 (0.39%) Wholesale Banking
14 1 (0.20%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 355 (69.74%) Developer
2 289 (56.78%) Java Developer
3 75 (14.73%) Senior
4 60 (11.79%) Lead
5 58 (11.39%) Senior Developer
6 52 (10.22%) Full-Stack Developer
6 52 (10.22%) SC Cleared Java Developer
7 50 (9.82%) Senior Java Developer
8 48 (9.43%) Java Engineer
9 40 (7.86%) Software Engineer
10 34 (6.68%) Lead Developer
11 32 (6.29%) SQL Developer
12 27 (5.30%) Architect
12 27 (5.30%) Lead Java Developer
13 26 (5.11%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 26 (5.11%) Java Software Engineer
14 23 (4.52%) Linux Developer
14 23 (4.52%) React Developer
15 21 (4.13%) Investment Banking Java Developer
16 14 (2.75%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 346 (67.98%) Spring Boot
2 163 (32.02%) Kafka
3 129 (25.34%) React
4 94 (18.47%) RESTful
5 87 (17.09%) Hibernate
6 83 (16.31%) REST
7 81 (15.91%) AngularJS
8 64 (12.57%) Web Services
9 57 (11.20%) Swagger
10 53 (10.41%) HTML
11 51 (10.02%) OpenAPI
12 47 (9.23%) JMS
13 44 (8.64%) JPA
14 38 (7.47%) CSS
14 38 (7.47%) Node.js
15 32 (6.29%) SOAP
16 27 (5.30%) J2EE
17 24 (4.72%) Spring Batch
18 22 (4.32%) Spring Cloud
19 21 (4.13%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.81%) Data Structures
2 40 (7.86%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (7.47%) Equities
4 22 (4.32%) Cloud Native
5 13 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (2.36%) Algorithms
6 12 (2.36%) PKI
7 10 (1.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 10 (1.96%) Product Ownership
8 9 (1.77%) Derivative
8 9 (1.77%) Equity Derivative
8 9 (1.77%) Linux Command Line
8 9 (1.77%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.18%) Private Cloud
11 6 (1.18%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.98%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.79%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 105 (20.63%) Linux
2 21 (4.13%) Unix
3 12 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.79%) Windows
5 3 (0.59%) Android
6 1 (0.20%) AIX
6 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (53.05%) Microservices
2 261 (51.28%) Agile
3 205 (40.28%) CI/CD
4 156 (30.65%) DevOps
5 131 (25.74%) TDD
6 123 (24.17%) Problem-Solving
7 117 (22.99%) Software Engineering
8 114 (22.40%) Containerisation
9 85 (16.70%) Full-Stack Development
9 85 (16.70%) SDLC
10 63 (12.38%) Continuous Integration
11 62 (12.18%) Multithreading
12 60 (11.79%) Scrum
13 58 (11.39%) Open Source
14 54 (10.61%) API Development
15 53 (10.41%) Event-Driven
16 49 (9.63%) Migration
17 47 (9.23%) Clean Code
17 47 (9.23%) Code Quality
18 46 (9.04%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 496 (97.45%) Java
2 225 (44.20%) SQL
3 104 (20.43%) JavaScript
4 99 (19.45%) Python
5 79 (15.52%) TypeScript
6 51 (10.02%) Shell Script
7 12 (2.36%) Bash
8 11 (2.16%) Kotlin
8 11 (2.16%) Perl
8 11 (2.16%) Scala
9 9 (1.77%) PL/SQL
10 6 (1.18%) Groovy
11 5 (0.98%) C#
12 3 (0.59%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.59%) Rust
13 2 (0.39%) C
13 2 (0.39%) Go
13 2 (0.39%) Ruby
14 1 (0.20%) C++
14 1 (0.20%) XPath
Qualifications
1 139 (27.31%) Security Cleared
2 132 (25.93%) SC Cleared
3 29 (5.70%) Degree
4 19 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.36%) AWS Certified Developer
6 11 (2.16%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.59%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.59%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.39%) OCP
9 2 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.39%) Sun Certification
9 2 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.20%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.54%) QA
2 9 (1.77%) Accessibility
2 9 (1.77%) GDPR
3 8 (1.57%) Disclosure Scotland
4 5 (0.98%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (0.79%) SLA
6 3 (0.59%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.20%) SEPA
7 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 188 (36.94%) Docker
2 6 (1.18%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 6 (1.18%) Postfix
3 3 (0.59%) Lustre
3 3 (0.59%) RACF
4 1 (0.20%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 149 (29.27%) Kubernetes
2 66 (12.97%) Terraform
3 36 (7.07%) Grafana
4 25 (4.91%) Prometheus
5 22 (4.32%) Ansible
6 9 (1.77%) Istio
6 9 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.57%) Kibana
7 8 (1.57%) Progress Chef
7 8 (1.57%) Puppet
8 5 (0.98%) Tivoli Identity Manager
9 3 (0.59%) Argo
9 3 (0.59%) Control-M
9 3 (0.59%) Karpenter
9 3 (0.59%) Packer
9 3 (0.59%) Podman
9 3 (0.59%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.20%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.20%) Rancher
Vendors
1 62 (12.18%) Oracle
2 53 (10.41%) Sybase
3 28 (5.50%) SAP
3 28 (5.50%) Splunk
4 21 (4.13%) Microsoft
5 16 (3.14%) Dynatrace
6 15 (2.95%) Google
7 11 (2.16%) IBM
7 11 (2.16%) Red Hat
8 9 (1.77%) CA Agile Central
9 7 (1.38%) Atlassian
9 7 (1.38%) Jaspersoft
9 7 (1.38%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.18%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.98%) Ping Identity
11 5 (0.98%) TIBCO
12 3 (0.59%) Databricks
13 2 (0.39%) Adobe
13 2 (0.39%) MuleSoft
13 2 (0.39%) Virgin Media