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Spring freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for Spring – calculated from 93 real project and job postings of the last 90 days. No survey, no guesswork without data.

As of: week 41/2026 · updated weekly
Listings (90 d)
93
Rank 184 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▼ 24 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
66 %
Rated for 93 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
84 %
21 % fully remote · stated in 94 % of postings
The jury's verdict on Spring

A shrinking market.

Spring sits at rank 184 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is falling (▼ 24 % vs. the 90 days before).

Solid demandRank 184 of 531 skills, 93 postings in 90 days.
Shrinking marketMarket share ▼ 24 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible84 % of postings allow remote work.
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What is Spring – and why do companies hire Spring freelancers?

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are Fullstack Developer (45 %) and Backend Developer (32 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 73 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▼ 24 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 8 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
184 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for Spring are rising: from an average of 8 to 10 per week (+29 %). Volume is developing more weakly than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

Which skills Spring is wanted with – and which ones pay off

Angular appears in 48 % of Spring postings.

Often named together

Angular48 %(opens in new tab)REST API45 %(opens in new tab)Git44 %(opens in new tab)Kubernetes44 %(opens in new tab)Spring Boot43 %(opens in new tab)Scrum41 %(opens in new tab)Docker38 %(opens in new tab)CI/CD38 %(opens in new tab)Share of Spring postings that also name the skill.

Who wants Spring – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior73 %
Mid-level21 %
Junior3 %

Senior dominates (73 %). Pure junior roles are rare (3 %).

Stated in 99 % of listings

Industries

banking_finance27 %
public_sector27 %
it_software25 %
insurance6 %
retail_ecommerce5 %

banking_finance leads (27 %).

Stated in 69 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance82 %
Permanent12 %
Temp agency6 %

Freelance dominates (82 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote63 %
Fully remote21 %
On site16 %

Partly remote dominates (63 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 21 % of postings.

Stated in 94 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Nürnberg12 %
Zürich10 %
Köln9 %
Bern9 %
Bayern7 %

Nürnberg leads (12 %).

Stated in 72 % of listings

Project language

German90 %
English10 %

German dominates (90 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Market dynamics: how contested is Spring?

Typical duration12 monthsMedian of the postings that state it. 65 % run 12 months or longer.Basis: 51 postings with this information (55 % of all postings).
Full time required69 %Share of postings stating a workload that expect full time.Basis: 35 postings with this information (38 % of all postings).

Current Spring projects

Frequently asked questions about Spring freelancing

How many Spring projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 93 projects and jobs mentioning Spring were posted. That is around 7 per week. The market share changed by ▼ 24 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is Spring still in demand for freelancers?

Spring ranks 184 of 531 skills.

Are Spring projects possible remotely?

84 % of Spring postings allow remote work. 21 % are fully remote.

Which skills should I learn as a Spring freelancer?

Angular (48 %), REST API (45 %) and Git (44 %) are most often required together with Spring. What actually pays off for your profile is shown by the free CV check.

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention Spring. Projects posted several times that are detected as duplicates count once; postings without an assignable IT category are missing, so the figures are a lower bound. The trend compares the share of all IT postings with the 90 days before and only appears with enough comparison data. We do not show figures based on fewer than 30 data points. The rating “must have” or “nice to have” comes from an AI analysis of the posting texts. Distributions only refer to postings that state the respective attribute; we state the coverage alongside. An AI assigns the project type and role of each posting from its title, category and skills; the shares are counted postings, not estimates, and only appear with enough classified postings.

Basis: 10,565 IT listings in the window

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