Computer Science Degree Contract Job Trends in Northampton

Computer Science Degree
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northampton with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 29 -
Rank change year-on-year -14 - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 6 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northampton 2.18% 1.78% -
As % of the Qualifications category 14.29% 16.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 0
10th Percentile £362 £310 -
25th Percentile £419 £329 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £348 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.45% - -
75th Percentile £481 £356 -
90th Percentile £492 - -
Northamptonshire median daily rate £447 £348 -
% change year-on-year +28.45% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northampton

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Northampton.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 42 24 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton 15.27% 10.67% 27.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 21 27
10th Percentile £308 £306 £400
25th Percentile £350 £353 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £383 £510
Median % change year-on-year +5.74% -24.90% +9.82%
75th Percentile £492 £400 £534
90th Percentile £603 £500 £534
Northamptonshire median daily rate £410 £383 £475
% change year-on-year +7.05% -19.37% -1.04%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northampton.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in Northampton

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Northampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Computer Science Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Northampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Northampton over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in Northampton

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
1 4 (66.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MySQL
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (66.67%) Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Architect
2 3 (50.00%) Salesforce Architect
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) Lightning Web Components
1 4 (66.67%) Middleware
1 4 (66.67%) REST
1 4 (66.67%) SOAP
1 4 (66.67%) Visualforce
2 1 (16.67%) .NET
2 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
2 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
2 1 (16.67%) CSS
2 1 (16.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (83.33%) Roadmaps
3 4 (66.67%) Agile
3 4 (66.67%) Architecture Roadmap
3 4 (66.67%) Data Flow Diagram
3 4 (66.67%) Data Governance
3 4 (66.67%) Data Management
3 4 (66.67%) Data Migration
3 4 (66.67%) Data Modelling
3 4 (66.67%) Data Security
3 4 (66.67%) Design Patterns
3 4 (66.67%) Integration Patterns
3 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
3 4 (66.67%) Migration
3 4 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) Thought Leadership
5 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Apex Code
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (83.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) GDPR
2 4 (66.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 4 (66.67%) Data Quality
3 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Salesforce
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Citrix
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle
3 1 (16.67%) VMware