Pivotal Spring Framework
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Spring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Spring over the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 331 143 130
Rank change year-on-year -188 -13 -31
Permanent jobs citing Spring 568 1,422 2,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.87% 2.13% 2.65%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.81% 8.84% 8.34%
Number of salaries quoted 266 833 1,632
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £53,753 £53,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,576 £75,735
Median % change year-on-year +6.27% -6.81% +8.19%
75th Percentile £93,778 £92,500 £95,313
90th Percentile £120,000 £105,000 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% -2.31% +13.04%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 11,807 16,091 34,069
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.08% 24.10% 31.75%
Number of salaries quoted 6,810 12,665 21,569
10th Percentile £39,250 £39,250 £40,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,195 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -6.38% +8.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £102,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,173 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.22% -4.05% +6.28%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Spring.

Salary trend for Spring in the UK

Spring
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Spring over the 6 months to 23 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Spring in the UK

Spring
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Spring within the UK over the 6 months to 23 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -141 458 £75,000 - 147
UK excluding London -174 336 £65,000 +2.36% 84
London -87 247 £92,500 +5.71% 81
Work from Home -124 223 £71,500 +1.31% 208
South East -44 106 £65,000 -7.14% 13
Scotland -74 85 £70,000 -0.82% 10
North of England -79 58 £67,500 +8.00% 26
South West -48 52 £57,443 -6.60% 17
North West -98 28 £80,000 +28.00% 20
Yorkshire +6 22 £67,500 +3.29% 5
East of England -13 17 £60,000 +11.11% 5
Wales -24 12 £67,500 +28.57% 3
North East -11 8 £52,500 -10.64% 1
Midlands -63 5 £65,000 +13.04% 5
West Midlands -58 3 £70,000 +21.74% 5
East Midlands -14 2 £55,000 -
Northern Ireland -11 1 £45,000 -50.00% 5

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 26 (4.58%) Confluence
2 12 (2.11%) Tomcat
3 11 (1.94%) JBoss
3 11 (1.94%) OpenStack
3 11 (1.94%) Red Hat Fuse
4 7 (1.23%) Apache
4 7 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.23%) Apache Solr
5 5 (0.88%) Alfresco
5 5 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.88%) Documentum
6 3 (0.53%) Camunda
6 3 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.35%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.35%) WildFly
8 1 (0.18%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.18%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 354 (62.32%) AWS
2 157 (27.64%) Azure
3 118 (20.77%) GCP
4 89 (15.67%) Serverless
5 56 (9.86%) Amazon EKS
6 49 (8.63%) Amazon ECS
7 48 (8.45%) AWS Lambda
8 40 (7.04%) Amazon EC2
9 38 (6.69%) Amazon S3
10 35 (6.16%) SaaS
11 25 (4.40%) Azure Functions
12 22 (3.87%) GitHub
13 19 (3.35%) Datadog
14 16 (2.82%) Amazon SQS
15 9 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (1.41%) Snowflake
17 7 (1.23%) OpenShift
18 6 (1.06%) dbt
19 5 (0.88%) AWS KMS
19 5 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 46 (8.10%) Broadband
2 7 (1.23%) Kerberos
3 6 (1.06%) Internet
4 4 (0.70%) HTTP
4 4 (0.70%) MQTT
5 2 (0.35%) AMQP
5 2 (0.35%) SSL
6 1 (0.18%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (19.89%) PostgreSQL
2 80 (14.08%) NoSQL
3 79 (13.91%) Relational Database
4 58 (10.21%) MySQL
5 34 (5.99%) MongoDB
6 27 (4.75%) DynamoDB
7 26 (4.58%) Elasticsearch
8 25 (4.40%) RDBMS
9 24 (4.23%) Amazon Aurora
10 13 (2.29%) SQL Server
11 12 (2.11%) Big Data
12 7 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (0.88%) Flink
14 5 (0.88%) InfluxDB
15 4 (0.70%) DocumentDB
15 4 (0.70%) MariaDB
16 3 (0.53%) Data Lake
17 2 (0.35%) DB2
18 1 (0.18%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 146 (25.70%) Git
2 128 (22.54%) Jenkins
3 95 (16.73%) Maven
4 77 (13.56%) JIRA
5 65 (11.44%) Mockito
6 64 (11.27%) JUnit
7 47 (8.27%) GitLab
7 47 (8.27%) Gradle
8 26 (4.58%) Sonatype Nexus
9 25 (4.40%) Cucumber
10 17 (2.99%) IntelliJ
11 15 (2.64%) SonarQube
12 13 (2.29%) JMeter
13 12 (2.11%) DbUnit
14 10 (1.76%) Bitbucket
15 8 (1.41%) Selenium
15 8 (1.41%) Subversion
16 6 (1.06%) Vagrant
17 5 (0.88%) jMock
17 5 (0.88%) webpack
General
1 153 (26.94%) Finance
2 100 (17.61%) Social Skills
3 98 (17.25%) Banking
4 61 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (7.57%) Public Sector
6 39 (6.87%) Law
7 29 (5.11%) Financial Institution
7 29 (5.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (4.23%) Games
9 17 (2.99%) Retail
10 13 (2.29%) iGaming
10 13 (2.29%) Manufacturing
10 13 (2.29%) Publishing
11 8 (1.41%) Legal
12 7 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.06%) Front Office
14 4 (0.70%) Tech for Good
15 3 (0.53%) Marketing
15 3 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 308 (54.23%) Developer
2 242 (42.61%) Java Developer
3 172 (30.28%) Senior
4 129 (22.71%) Software Engineer
5 117 (20.60%) Senior Developer
6 70 (12.32%) Java Engineer
7 69 (12.15%) Senior Java Developer
8 59 (10.39%) Lead
9 38 (6.69%) Full-Stack Developer
10 29 (5.11%) Senior Software Engineer
11 26 (4.58%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 24 (4.23%) Architect
12 24 (4.23%) Java Software Engineer
13 22 (3.87%) AWS Developer
13 22 (3.87%) Java Pricing Developer
13 22 (3.87%) Pricing Developer
14 18 (3.17%) Lead Developer
15 17 (2.99%) Lead Java Engineer
15 17 (2.99%) Senior Java Engineer
16 15 (2.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 396 (69.72%) Spring Boot
2 145 (25.53%) React
3 120 (21.13%) RESTful
4 109 (19.19%) REST
5 100 (17.61%) Kafka
6 85 (14.96%) Node.js
7 74 (13.03%) AngularJS
8 69 (12.15%) Web Services
9 57 (10.04%) Hibernate
10 54 (9.51%) OAuth
11 47 (8.27%) OAuth2
12 43 (7.57%) RabbitMQ
13 41 (7.22%) HTML
14 33 (5.81%) Apache Camel
15 32 (5.63%) SAML
16 31 (5.46%) ActiveMQ
17 30 (5.28%) SOAP
18 26 (4.58%) CSS
18 26 (4.58%) XML
19 22 (3.87%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 82 (14.44%) Distributed Systems
2 45 (7.92%) Cloud Native
3 28 (4.93%) Credit Derivative
3 28 (4.93%) Management Information System
4 23 (4.05%) Public Cloud
5 20 (3.52%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (3.35%) Mobile Games
7 16 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (2.64%) Derivative
8 15 (2.64%) Sports Betting
9 14 (2.46%) Product Ownership
10 12 (2.11%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.58%) IoT
12 7 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.06%) e-Learning
13 6 (1.06%) Online Games
14 4 (0.70%) Hackathon
14 4 (0.70%) Hedge funds
14 4 (0.70%) Virtual Team
15 3 (0.53%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 38 (6.69%) Linux
2 15 (2.64%) Android
3 10 (1.76%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.41%) Unix
5 5 (0.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (51.58%) Agile
2 253 (44.54%) Microservices
3 210 (36.97%) Software Engineering
4 167 (29.40%) DevOps
5 164 (28.87%) TDD
6 159 (27.99%) CI/CD
7 128 (22.54%) Full-Stack Development
8 118 (20.77%) Scrum
9 116 (20.42%) Problem-Solving
10 101 (17.78%) Mentoring
11 88 (15.49%) BDD
12 87 (15.32%) SDLC
13 82 (14.44%) Test Automation
14 81 (14.26%) Continuous Integration
15 78 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
16 76 (13.38%) Containerisation
17 71 (12.50%) Kanban
18 65 (11.44%) Roadmaps
19 59 (10.39%) Technical Leadership
20 58 (10.21%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 545 (95.95%) Java
2 136 (23.94%) JavaScript
3 105 (18.49%) SQL
4 55 (9.68%) Python
5 47 (8.27%) TypeScript
6 42 (7.39%) Go
7 19 (3.35%) C#
7 19 (3.35%) Shell Script
8 16 (2.82%) C++
9 14 (2.46%) Kotlin
10 11 (1.94%) Bash
11 5 (0.88%) Scala
12 3 (0.53%) C
12 3 (0.53%) Rust
13 1 (0.18%) ABAP
13 1 (0.18%) Clojure
13 1 (0.18%) Groovy
13 1 (0.18%) PHP
13 1 (0.18%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 63 (11.09%) Security Cleared
2 51 (8.98%) SC Cleared
3 44 (7.75%) Degree
4 16 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (2.82%) DV Cleared
5 11 (1.94%) AWS Certification
6 10 (1.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 10 (1.76%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.70%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.53%) ISEB
8 3 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.35%) Sun Certification
10 1 (0.18%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.18%) OCP
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.87%) QA
2 10 (1.76%) NCSC
3 9 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.41%) SLA
5 3 (0.53%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.53%) SEPA
6 2 (0.35%) GDPR
7 1 (0.18%) MiFID
7 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 231 (40.67%) Docker
2 1 (0.18%) Lustre
2 1 (0.18%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 244 (42.96%) Kubernetes
2 82 (14.44%) Terraform
3 36 (6.34%) Ansible
4 23 (4.05%) Kibana
5 15 (2.64%) Grafana
6 11 (1.94%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.41%) Argo
8 6 (1.06%) Oozie
8 6 (1.06%) Packer
8 6 (1.06%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.53%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.35%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.18%) Istio
11 1 (0.18%) Karpenter
11 1 (0.18%) PingFederate
11 1 (0.18%) Podman
Vendors
1 29 (5.11%) Google
2 14 (2.46%) IBM
3 13 (2.29%) Oracle
3 13 (2.29%) Splunk
4 11 (1.94%) Dynatrace
5 9 (1.58%) Microsoft
6 8 (1.41%) New Relic
7 7 (1.23%) Atlassian
8 4 (0.70%) WSO2
9 3 (0.53%) HP
9 3 (0.53%) OpenText
9 3 (0.53%) Siebel
10 2 (0.35%) Databricks
10 2 (0.35%) PayPal
10 2 (0.35%) Revolut
10 2 (0.35%) SAP
11 1 (0.18%) CA Agile Central
11 1 (0.18%) Klarna
11 1 (0.18%) Monzo
11 1 (0.18%) MuleSoft