Developer Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Developer
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Developer daily rate in Northamptonshire is £468, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 12 19
Rank change year-on-year -2 +7 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 35 18 11
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 13.21% 11.25% 5.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.23% 12.16% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 12 11
10th Percentile £366 £314 £375
25th Percentile £393 £337 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £363 £400
Median % change year-on-year +28.97% -9.38% +33.33%
75th Percentile £588 £411 £431
90th Percentile - £438 £488
East Midlands median daily rate £500 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +17.65% +6.25% -5.88%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northamptonshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 246 148 198
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 92.50% 95.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 125 151
10th Percentile £341 £269 £272
25th Percentile £393 £356 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £402 £425
Median % change year-on-year +11.94% -5.41% +6.25%
75th Percentile £537 £488 £536
90th Percentile £588 £573 £620
East Midlands median daily rate £463 £442 £400
% change year-on-year +4.70% +10.44% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 18
10th Percentile £14.13 £15.28 £10.90
25th Percentile £14.90 £17.57 £12.37
Median hourly rate £21.35 £21.39 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% +52.79% -26.37%
75th Percentile £25.50 £38.20 £35.00
90th Percentile - £48.28 £57.88
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.87 £22.75 £17.60
% change year-on-year -21.45% +29.26% -13.39%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Developer job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Northamptonshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Northamptonshire

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Northamptonshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 8 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Northamptonshire

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Northamptonshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Northamptonshire

Developer
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Northampton -5 30 £468 +30.59% 8
Brackley - 4 £575 -
Developer
East Midlands

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire

For the 6 months to 8 May 2026, Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Northamptonshire region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 18 (51.43%) Microservices
2 16 (45.71%) CI/CD
3 13 (37.14%) .NET
3 13 (37.14%) Agile
3 13 (37.14%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (34.29%) Kubernetes
4 12 (34.29%) Rust
5 11 (31.43%) C#
5 11 (31.43%) Python
6 10 (28.57%) Azure
6 10 (28.57%) Microsoft
6 10 (28.57%) SQL Server
7 9 (25.71%) Kafka
7 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (22.86%) Containerisation
8 8 (22.86%) DevOps
8 8 (22.86%) Relational Database
8 8 (22.86%) REST
9 7 (20.00%) AWS
9 7 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (20.00%) SQL
10 6 (17.14%) Parquet
11 5 (14.29%) Java
11 5 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (14.29%) Power Platform
11 5 (14.29%) PowerApps
11 5 (14.29%) RESTful
11 5 (14.29%) SharePoint
11 5 (14.29%) Test Automation
12 4 (11.43%) Aerospike

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 5 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.57%) Apache Superset
3 1 (2.86%) Apache Pig
3 1 (2.86%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 10 (28.57%) Azure
2 7 (20.00%) AWS
2 7 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 5 (14.29%) PowerApps
4 3 (8.57%) GCP
4 3 (8.57%) GitHub
4 3 (8.57%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (5.71%) Amazon EKS
5 2 (5.71%) Azure AKS
5 2 (5.71%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (5.71%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 2 (5.71%) OneDrive
5 2 (5.71%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (37.14%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (28.57%) SQL Server
3 8 (22.86%) Relational Database
4 6 (17.14%) Parquet
5 4 (11.43%) Aerospike
5 4 (11.43%) Big Data
5 4 (11.43%) DynamoDB
5 4 (11.43%) Redis
6 3 (8.57%) Metabase
7 1 (2.86%) Apache Hive
7 1 (2.86%) Hadoop
7 1 (2.86%) HBase
7 1 (2.86%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) GitLab
1 3 (8.57%) Jenkins
2 2 (5.71%) JUnit
General
1 10 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (2.86%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (37.14%) .NET
2 9 (25.71%) Kafka
3 8 (22.86%) REST
4 5 (14.29%) RESTful
5 4 (11.43%) Node.js
5 4 (11.43%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (8.57%) Plotly
7 2 (5.71%) Jest
7 2 (5.71%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Cloud Native
1 7 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (5.71%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.86%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (2.86%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.71%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (51.43%) Microservices
2 16 (45.71%) CI/CD
3 13 (37.14%) Agile
4 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (22.86%) Containerisation
5 8 (22.86%) DevOps
6 5 (14.29%) Test Automation
7 4 (11.43%) Backtesting
7 4 (11.43%) Fraud Detection
7 4 (11.43%) Migration
7 4 (11.43%) Performance Optimisation
8 3 (8.57%) Code Quality
8 3 (8.57%) Data Transformation
8 3 (8.57%) Data Visualisation
8 3 (8.57%) Secure Coding
8 3 (8.57%) Software Testing
8 3 (8.57%) Visualisation
9 2 (5.71%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 2 (5.71%) iOS Development
9 2 (5.71%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (34.29%) Rust
2 11 (31.43%) C#
2 11 (31.43%) Python
3 7 (20.00%) SQL
4 5 (14.29%) Java
5 3 (8.57%) MATLAB
6 2 (5.71%) Swift
7 1 (2.86%) Scala
Qualifications
1 2 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Docker
2 1 (2.86%) Apache Flume
2 1 (2.86%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 12 (34.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) Databricks
3 1 (2.86%) Ab Initio