Developer Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Developer
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Developer daily rate in Northamptonshire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 20 9
Rank change year-on-year +12 -11 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 24 34 37
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 9.20% 11.00% 13.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.16% 11.30% 15.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 31 26
10th Percentile £401 £260 £340
25th Percentile £407 £289 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £360 £425
Median % change year-on-year +45.83% -15.29% -15.00%
75th Percentile £575 £411 £582
90th Percentile £583 £430 £600
East Midlands median daily rate £485 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +17.58% -2.94% -7.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42.50 - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
75th Percentile £47.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £20.85 - £57.50
% change year-on-year - - +386.05%

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.

6 months to
17 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies in Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 215 301 245
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.38% 97.41% 92.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 263 176
10th Percentile £300 £277 £340
25th Percentile £381 £350 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £390 £425
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% -8.24% -13.09%
75th Percentile £538 £450 £500
90th Percentile £600 £540 £588
East Midlands median daily rate £478 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +15.88% -3.00% -10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 5 6
10th Percentile £13.69 - -
25th Percentile £14.13 - £11.83
Median hourly rate £14.56 £21.39 £12.22
Median % change year-on-year -31.93% +75.04% -7.25%
75th Percentile £17.20 - £22.13
90th Percentile £22.55 £41.56 £42.03
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.31 £21.25 £24.18
% change year-on-year -13.84% -12.12% +34.75%

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 17 October 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 17 October 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 12 £500 +38.89% 11
Towcester - 11 £550 -
Corby - 1 £425 - 4
Developer
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 17 October 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.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1.NET37.5%9
1Azure37.5%9
1SQL37.5%9
4C#33.3%8
5Microsoft29.2%7
6Microservices25.0%6
6Problem-Solving25.0%6
8Agile20.8%5
8CI/CD20.8%5
8Containerisation20.8%5
8Docker20.8%5
8Java20.8%5
8Kafka20.8%5
8Kubernetes20.8%5
8Python20.8%5
16AWS16.7%4
16Event-Driven16.7%4
16Event-Driven Architecture16.7%4
16REST16.7%4
16Spring16.7%4
16Spring Boot16.7%4
22Code Quality12.5%3
22DevOps12.5%3
22GCP12.5%3
22NoSQL12.5%3
22Relational Database12.5%3
22RESTful12.5%3
22Technical Leadership12.5%3
29Amazon EKS8.3%2
29API Development8.3%2

Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1.NET Developer37.5%9
2Lead Developer29.2%7
3Azure Developer20.8%5
3C# .NET Developer20.8%5
3GUI Developer20.8%5
3Lead .NET Developer20.8%5
3Lead C# Developer20.8%5
8.NET Software Developer16.7%4
8Java Developer16.7%4
10Lead Java Developer8.3%2
10SQL Developer8.3%2
12Apache Spark Developer4.2%1
12C++ Developer4.2%1
12Hadoop Developer4.2%1
12IAM Developer4.2%1
12Python Developer4.2%1
12Qlik Sense Developer4.2%1
12Scala Developer4.2%1
28 Developer jobs in Northamptonshire