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Application Support Engineer (Java / Spring Boot)
Posted 1 day ago by Randstad Digital
job summaryWe are seeking an experienced Application Support Engineer to join our team to support and maintain mission-c...
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- Location Remote or Nashville, Tennessee
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Gen AI Engineer - Wilmington, DE, Fairfax, VA, Washington, DC, Silver Spring, MD...
Posted 4 days ago by TechniPros, LLC
Job SummaryWe are seeking a Cloud Generative AI Engineer with expertise in cloud-native AI development, production deplo...
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- Location Remote or Wilmington, Delaware
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Sign UpData Engineer - Washington, DC, Silver Spring, MD, Philadelphia, PA, Wilmington,...
Posted 4 days ago by TechniPros, LLC
Job SummaryWe are seeking an AWS Data Engineer with expertise in big data processing, cloud-native data engineering, and...
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- Location Remote or Washington, District of Columbia
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Agentic AI Engineer - Philadelphia, PA, Wilmington, DE, Fairfax, VA, Washington,...
Posted 4 days ago by TechniPros, LLC
Job SummaryWe are seeking a Principal Agentic AI Engineer to build next-generation autonomous AI platforms using multi-a...
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- Location Remote or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Sign UpAI/ML Engineer - Fairfax, VA, Washington, DC, Silver Spring, MD, Philadelphia, P...
Posted 4 days ago by TechniPros, LLC
Job SummaryWe are seeking a Principal AI/ML Engineer to architect enterprise AI platforms supporting predictive analytic...
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Remote role of Software Eng. II (Java, Spring Boot, React/Typescript, .Net, Azur...
Posted 4 days ago by Tech Observer
Software Eng. II (Java, Spring Boot, React/Typescript, .Net, Azure)Buffalo, NY(100% Remote)6+-month contractWeb Cam Inte...
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Quality Assurance Engineer - Silver Spring, MD, Philadelphia, PA, Wilmington, DE...
Posted 1 week ago by TechniPros, LLC
Job SummaryWe are hiring a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with strong experience in Java, Selenium, Playwr...
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- Location Remote or Silver Spring, Maryland
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Sign UpBusiness Analyst - Wilmington, DE, Fairfax, VA, Washington, DC, Silver Spring, M...
Posted 1 week ago by TechniPros, LLC
Job SummaryWe are seeking a Senior Technical Business Analyst with experience in DoD/Government environments to gather b...
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- Location Remote or Wilmington, Delaware
Salesforce Developer - Philadelphia, PA, Wilmington, DE, Fairfax, VA, Washington...
Posted 1 week ago by TechniPros, LLC
Job SummaryWe are looking for a skilled Salesforce Developer with over 7 years of experience in Salesforce development a...
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- Location Remote or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Sign UpDevOps Engineer - Washington, DC, Silver Spring, MD, Philadelphia, PA, Wilmingto...
Posted 1 week ago by TechniPros, LLC
Job SummaryWe are looking for a DevSecOps Engineer to integrate security into enterprise CI/CD pipelines and cloud-nativ...
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- Location Remote or Washington, District of Columbia
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Sign UpJava Full Stack Developer - Silver Spring, MD, Philadelphia, PA, Wilmington, DE,...
Posted 1 week ago by TechniPros, LLC
Job SummaryWe are hiring a Java Full Stack Developer with expertise in Spring Boot, React, cloud-native applications, an...
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- Location Remote or Silver Spring, Maryland
IAM SailPoint - Fairfax, VA, Washington, DC, Silver Spring, MD, Philadelphia, PA...
Posted 1 week ago by TechniPros, LLC
Job SummaryWe are looking for a SailPoint IdentityIQ Technical Lead to lead enterprise Identity Governance implementatio...
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- Location Remote or Fairfax, Virginia
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Posted 1 week ago by TechniPros, LLC
Job SummaryWe are hiring a .NET Full Stack Developer with strong expertise in React, .NET Core, Azure OpenAI integration...
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Sign UpCyber Security Engineer - Wilmington, DE, Fairfax, VA, Washington, DC, Silver Sp...
Posted 1 week ago by TechniPros, LLC
Job SummaryWe are hiring an Identity & Access Management (IAM) Security Engineer to design, implement, and support e...
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Posted 1 week ago by TechniPros, LLC
Job SummaryWe are hiring an AI/ML Engineer with expertise in Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) to develop en...
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Sign UpAgentic AI Engineer - Philadelphia, PA, Wilmington, DE, Fairfax, VA, Washington,...
Posted 1 week ago by TechniPros, LLC
Job SummaryWe are looking for a Senior AI Agent Platform Engineer responsible for building secure enterprise AI platform...
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Sign UpGen AI Engineer - Wilmington, DE, Fairfax, VA, Washington, DC, Silver Spring, MD...
Posted 1 week ago by TechniPros, LLC
Job SummaryWe are looking for a Principal Generative AI Engineer to architect enterprise AI ecosystems using multi-agent...
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About Our Outside IR35 Spring Contract Roles
What does a spring contractor do?
Spring Framework contractors are engaged to develop enterprise Java applications using the Spring ecosystem, which is the dominant application framework in the UK enterprise Java development market. Spring Boot has become the standard approach for building new Spring-based applications, providing auto-configuration and convention-over-configuration defaults that enable rapid development of production-ready microservices and web applications. Spring's ecosystem spans Spring MVC and Spring WebFlux for web development, Spring Data for database access, Spring Security for authentication and authorisation, Spring Cloud for microservices patterns, and Spring Batch for bulk data processing, giving contractors and clients a comprehensive and mature toolkit for enterprise Java development.
Spring contractors are expected to have deep, practical Spring Boot proficiency alongside strong Java skills. Experience building RESTful APIs using Spring MVC or reactive APIs using Spring WebFlux, configuring Spring Security for OAuth 2.0 and JWT-based authentication, using Spring Data JPA with PostgreSQL or other relational databases, and building production-ready applications with appropriate health checks, metrics, and tracing is expected at senior level. Knowledge of Spring Cloud components including Spring Cloud Gateway for API gateway patterns, Spring Cloud Config for externalised configuration, and circuit breaker patterns using Resilience4j is expected for microservices-focused roles. Strong unit and integration testing using Spring Boot Test, JUnit 5, and Mockito, alongside containerisation with Docker and deployment on Kubernetes, is generally assumed across professional Spring contractor roles.
What is the market like for spring contractors?
Spring contracting sits within the broader Java development contractor market, which is one of the largest and most active in the UK. Spring Boot's dominance as the standard Java application framework means that Spring expertise is effectively a prerequisite for most Java back-end contracting roles rather than a differentiating specialism. The financial services, insurance, and public sector technology markets, which have strong Java adoption, generate consistent Spring contractor demand. Rates are aligned with senior Java developer contracting generally, with Spring contractors who also bring cloud platform deployment experience, microservices architecture knowledge, and strong Spring Security expertise in regulated environments commanding rates at the upper end of the Java contracting market.
What does Outside IR35 mean?
IR35 is UK tax legislation that determines whether a contractor is genuinely self-employed or working in a manner that resembles employment. When a contract is classified as outside IR35, the engagement is treated as a business-to-business arrangement. The contractor operates through their own limited company, invoices for services, and manages their own tax affairs including corporation tax, self-assessment, and VAT where applicable.
Outside IR35 engagements are assessed against three key factors: the degree of control the client exercises over how the work is delivered, whether the contractor has a genuine right to provide a substitute, and whether there is a mutuality of obligation between the parties. Contracts that demonstrate contractor autonomy, project-based delivery, and the absence of ongoing employment obligations are more likely to sit outside IR35. Since April 2021, responsibility for making this determination sits with the end client for medium and large private sector organisations.
On QualityContracts.co.uk, approximately 28% of roles with a stated IR35 status are classified as outside IR35. The proportion varies by sector and role type, with some disciplines seeing a significantly higher or lower share of outside IR35 opportunities. Each listing on this page displays its IR35 status where provided by the hiring organisation.
What spring roles are usually Outside IR35?
Spring framework contracts follow the same IR35 patterns as the broader Java development market. Outside IR35 work involves building specific microservices, APIs, or application components using Spring Boot with defined deliverables. Technology companies, consultancies, and ISVs commissioning Spring-based backend development are the typical clients. Deep Spring Boot expertise combined with cloud-native development skills on AWS or Azure attracts the strongest demand.
How much do spring contractors usually earn when working Outside IR35?
Contract rates for spring roles typically range from £500 to £850 per day, depending on the scope of the role, required expertise, and the delivery expectations of the engagement. Rates shown are for outside IR35 engagements and reflect the gross day rate paid to the contractor's limited company before any personal tax obligations.
How many Outside IR35 spring vacancies are there on Quality Contracts?
Over the past twelve months, we have tracked over 150 spring contract roles across the site. Of the roles currently listed on our site, around one in four are Outside IR35. Data reviewed up to August 2026.