Spring Contract Job Trends in London

Pivotal Spring Framework
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Spring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 142 174
Rank change year-on-year -11 +32 -87
Contract jobs citing Spring 292 233 236
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.75% 1.84% 1.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.05% 7.05% 5.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 148 180
10th Percentile £388 £377 £400
25th Percentile £456 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £570 £581
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -1.94% -10.58%
75th Percentile £614 £632 £688
90th Percentile £696 £750 £838
England median daily rate £500 £534 £538
% change year-on-year -6.28% -0.74% -14.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85.00 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £90.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% - -
75th Percentile £95.00 £67.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £73.75 £45.88
% change year-on-year -25.42% +60.75% -32.03%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

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 in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,142 3,305 4,434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.77% 26.16% 24.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,800 2,310 3,336
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.39% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £713 £699
90th Percentile £775 £834 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £543
% change year-on-year -2.33% -0.92% -5.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 19 25
10th Percentile £26.55 £34.65 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.00 £38.88 £25.00
Median hourly rate £44.50 £55.50 £42.19
Median % change year-on-year -19.82% +31.55% -35.09%
75th Percentile £57.00 £66.25 £66.75
90th Percentile £69.50 £75.55 £77.25
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%

Spring
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Spring relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Spring job vacancy trend in London

Spring
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Spring.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Spring

Spring
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spring in London over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Spring in London

Spring
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Spring.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Spring

Spring
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spring within the London region over the 6 months to 27 March 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
Central London -19 40 £525 -4.55% 20
South London -2 20 £521 +9.87%
East London -5 1 £432 +72.80% 2
West London - 1 £300 - 1
Spring
England

Spring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 14 (4.79%) Confluence
2 12 (4.11%) Camunda
3 6 (2.05%) Ethereum
3 6 (2.05%) Hyperledger
4 5 (1.71%) Apache
4 5 (1.71%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (1.03%) JBoss
6 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.68%) CICS
7 2 (0.68%) Drupal
7 2 (0.68%) nginx
7 2 (0.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.68%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.68%) WordPress
8 1 (0.34%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.34%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.34%) Maya
Business Applications
1 9 (3.08%) Fidessa
2 3 (1.03%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.34%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.34%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 143 (48.97%) AWS
2 91 (31.16%) Azure
3 58 (19.86%) GCP
4 55 (18.84%) GitHub
5 32 (10.96%) GitHub Actions
5 32 (10.96%) Serverless
6 30 (10.27%) AWS Lambda
7 27 (9.25%) Amazon S3
8 20 (6.85%) Amazon ECS
8 20 (6.85%) Azure AKS
9 19 (6.51%) AWS CloudFormation
10 18 (6.16%) Amazon EC2
11 15 (5.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 14 (4.79%) OpenShift
13 13 (4.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 12 (4.11%) Amazon EKS
14 12 (4.11%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 12 (4.11%) Amazon SQS
14 12 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
15 11 (3.77%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.05%) HTTP
2 4 (1.37%) DNS
3 3 (1.03%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (22.60%) PostgreSQL
2 49 (16.78%) NoSQL
3 36 (12.33%) MongoDB
4 33 (11.30%) Relational Database
5 23 (7.88%) MySQL
6 19 (6.51%) Amazon RDS
7 18 (6.16%) DynamoDB
8 16 (5.48%) Elasticsearch
8 16 (5.48%) SQL Server
9 12 (4.11%) DB2
10 11 (3.77%) Amazon Aurora
10 11 (3.77%) Apache Cassandra
11 8 (2.74%) Redis
12 7 (2.40%) DocumentDB
12 7 (2.40%) RDBMS
13 6 (2.05%) BigQuery
13 6 (2.05%) Tick Data
14 5 (1.71%) Big Data
15 3 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
15 3 (1.03%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 74 (25.34%) Jenkins
2 59 (20.21%) JUnit
3 57 (19.52%) Git
4 43 (14.73%) GitLab
5 32 (10.96%) Mockito
6 28 (9.59%) Maven
7 25 (8.56%) JIRA
8 14 (4.79%) Cucumber
8 14 (4.79%) Gradle
9 8 (2.74%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (1.71%) Gatling
10 5 (1.71%) Liquibase
10 5 (1.71%) Postman
11 4 (1.37%) IBM UrbanCode
11 4 (1.37%) JMeter
11 4 (1.37%) Selenium
11 4 (1.37%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (1.03%) Cypress.io
12 3 (1.03%) jMock
12 3 (1.03%) SonarQube
General
1 70 (23.97%) Social Skills
2 59 (20.21%) Finance
3 46 (15.75%) Banking
4 33 (11.30%) Public Sector
5 19 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (4.45%) Investment Banking
6 13 (4.45%) Retail
7 6 (2.05%) Law
8 5 (1.71%) Front Office
8 5 (1.71%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.37%) Publishing
10 3 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.03%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.68%) Legal
12 1 (0.34%) Automotive
12 1 (0.34%) Police
12 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 170 (58.22%) Developer
2 117 (40.07%) Java Developer
3 69 (23.63%) Senior
4 42 (14.38%) Senior Developer
5 33 (11.30%) Senior Java Developer
6 31 (10.62%) Full-Stack Developer
7 27 (9.25%) Java Engineer
8 25 (8.56%) Software Engineer
9 17 (5.82%) Architect
10 16 (5.48%) SC Cleared Java Developer
11 14 (4.79%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 13 (4.45%) Backend Developer
12 13 (4.45%) DevOps Engineer
13 10 (3.42%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 10 (3.42%) Lead
14 9 (3.08%) AWS Developer
14 9 (3.08%) Fidessa Developer
15 8 (2.74%) GCP Engineer
15 8 (2.74%) Java Architect
16 7 (2.40%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 213 (72.95%) Spring Boot
2 112 (38.36%) Kafka
3 96 (32.88%) RESTful
4 79 (27.05%) REST
5 68 (23.29%) React
6 64 (21.92%) AngularJS
7 44 (15.07%) Node.js
8 28 (9.59%) CSS
9 27 (9.25%) Hibernate
9 27 (9.25%) HTML
10 18 (6.16%) WireMock
11 16 (5.48%) Vue
12 15 (5.14%) JPA
12 15 (5.14%) OAuth
12 15 (5.14%) Web Services
13 14 (4.79%) OpenTelemetry
13 14 (4.79%) Spring Cloud
13 14 (4.79%) Spring MVC
14 13 (4.45%) J2EE
14 13 (4.45%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 53 (18.15%) Cloud Native
2 28 (9.59%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.45%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.77%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (3.42%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (3.08%) Data Structures
6 9 (3.08%) Equities
7 6 (2.05%) Algorithms
7 6 (2.05%) Derivative
7 6 (2.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (2.05%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.05%) NHS
7 6 (2.05%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.03%) Distributed Architecture
8 3 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.68%) DataPower
9 2 (0.68%) Legacy Code
9 2 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.68%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 24 (8.22%) Linux
2 7 (2.40%) Windows
3 5 (1.71%) Unix
4 4 (1.37%) VMS
5 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.68%) Solaris
5 2 (0.68%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.68%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (64.73%) Microservices
2 163 (55.82%) CI/CD
3 116 (39.73%) Agile
4 111 (38.01%) DevOps
5 95 (32.53%) Containerisation
6 65 (22.26%) Event-Driven
7 64 (21.92%) Full-Stack Development
7 64 (21.92%) Software Engineering
8 58 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
9 51 (17.47%) Observability
9 51 (17.47%) TDD
10 44 (15.07%) Test Automation
11 42 (14.38%) Code Quality
12 39 (13.36%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 37 (12.67%) Scrum
14 36 (12.33%) Infrastructure as Code
15 34 (11.64%) Design Patterns
16 33 (11.30%) Performance Tuning
17 30 (10.27%) Clean Code
18 27 (9.25%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 271 (92.81%) Java
2 66 (22.60%) SQL
3 44 (15.07%) JavaScript
3 44 (15.07%) TypeScript
4 33 (11.30%) Python
5 14 (4.79%) Kotlin
6 6 (2.05%) C#
6 6 (2.05%) Go
7 4 (1.37%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.03%) PHP
8 3 (1.03%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.03%) Scala
9 1 (0.34%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.34%) COBOL
9 1 (0.34%) Korn
9 1 (0.34%) Perl
9 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.34%) REXX
9 1 (0.34%) Ruby
9 1 (0.34%) XPath
Qualifications
1 88 (30.14%) Security Cleared
2 78 (26.71%) SC Cleared
3 10 (3.42%) Degree
4 7 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.37%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.68%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.68%) OCP
7 2 (0.68%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.34%) CCSP
8 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.34%) CISSP
8 1 (0.34%) OSCP
8 1 (0.34%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.62%) QA
2 14 (4.79%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.05%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.71%) NIST
4 5 (1.71%) SLA
5 3 (1.03%) HL7
5 3 (1.03%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.03%) NCSC
6 2 (0.68%) ISO 8583
6 2 (0.68%) PSD2
6 2 (0.68%) SEPA
7 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.34%) GDPR
7 1 (0.34%) GRC
System Software
1 124 (42.47%) Docker
2 1 (0.34%) Postfix
2 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 134 (45.89%) Kubernetes
2 35 (11.99%) Terraform
3 22 (7.53%) Grafana
4 14 (4.79%) Prometheus
5 12 (4.11%) Argo
6 10 (3.42%) Ansible
7 6 (2.05%) Istio
8 4 (1.37%) Rancher
9 2 (0.68%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.34%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 24 (8.22%) Oracle
2 18 (6.16%) Microsoft
3 16 (5.48%) Google
4 11 (3.77%) Sybase
5 8 (2.74%) Dynatrace
5 8 (2.74%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.74%) Solace
5 8 (2.74%) Splunk
6 7 (2.40%) IBM
7 5 (1.71%) ForgeRock
8 4 (1.37%) Confluent
8 4 (1.37%) ION Trading
9 3 (1.03%) Adobe
9 3 (1.03%) Bloomberg
9 3 (1.03%) Informatica
9 3 (1.03%) Tradeweb
10 2 (0.68%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.68%) Jaspersoft
10 2 (0.68%) New Relic
10 2 (0.68%) Qualys