Developer Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Developer
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Developer daily rate in Northamptonshire is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 6 17
Rank change year-on-year -22 +11 0
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 22 24 11
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 7.89% 16.44% 6.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.37% 19.05% 7.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 17 10
10th Percentile £358 £301 £374
25th Percentile £400 £340 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £360 £400
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -10.00% -8.57%
75th Percentile £475 £488 £522
90th Percentile £488 £638 £713
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £425 £421
% change year-on-year +5.88% +0.89% -6.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £11.83
East Midlands median hourly rate - - £11.83
% change year-on-year - - -81.44%

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 263 126 157
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 86.30% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 92 117
10th Percentile £314 £307 £213
25th Percentile £360 £356 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £400 £453
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -11.70% +6.59%
75th Percentile £488 £478 £519
90th Percentile £550 £575 £569
East Midlands median daily rate £425 £420 £440
% change year-on-year +1.19% -4.55% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 17
10th Percentile - - £10.90
25th Percentile - £23.10 £11.83
Median hourly rate - £24.20 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year - +72.86% -20.99%
75th Percentile - £25.30 £24.25
90th Percentile - - £38.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.89 £22.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year -20.49% +26.98% +4.43%

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 25 January 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 25 January 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 -18 21 £450 +26.76% 21
Developer
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 25 January 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 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 8 (36.36%) Agile
2 8 (36.36%) CI/CD
2 8 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (36.36%) Power Platform
2 8 (36.36%) PowerApps
2 8 (36.36%) SharePoint
3 7 (31.82%) AWS
4 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (27.27%) SQL
4 6 (27.27%) Test Automation
5 5 (22.73%) Java
5 5 (22.73%) Kafka
5 5 (22.73%) Microservices
6 4 (18.18%) Ab Initio
6 4 (18.18%) Aerospike
6 4 (18.18%) Backtesting
6 4 (18.18%) Data Modelling
6 4 (18.18%) Databricks
6 4 (18.18%) DevOps
6 4 (18.18%) DynamoDB
6 4 (18.18%) ETL
6 4 (18.18%) Fraud Detection
6 4 (18.18%) Migration
6 4 (18.18%) Node.js
6 4 (18.18%) Redis
6 4 (18.18%) REST
6 4 (18.18%) Unit Testing
7 3 (13.64%) Apache Hive
7 3 (13.64%) Apache Spark

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 8 (36.36%) SharePoint
2 3 (13.64%) Apache Spark
3 1 (4.55%) Apache
3 1 (4.55%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
1 8 (36.36%) Power Platform
1 8 (36.36%) PowerApps
2 7 (31.82%) AWS
3 3 (13.64%) GitHub
3 3 (13.64%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (13.64%) OneDrive
3 3 (13.64%) Power Automate
4 2 (9.09%) Azure
5 1 (4.55%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) Aerospike
1 4 (18.18%) DynamoDB
1 4 (18.18%) Redis
2 3 (13.64%) Apache Hive
2 3 (13.64%) Big Data
2 3 (13.64%) Hadoop
2 3 (13.64%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (9.09%) Metadata
4 1 (4.55%) Data Lake
4 1 (4.55%) HBase
4 1 (4.55%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) GitLab
1 3 (13.64%) Jenkins
2 2 (9.09%) JUnit
3 1 (4.55%) Git
General
1 8 (36.36%) Finance
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Banking
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (22.73%) Kafka
2 4 (18.18%) Node.js
2 4 (18.18%) REST
3 2 (9.09%) Jest
3 2 (9.09%) pytest
4 1 (4.55%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (4.55%) Spring
4 1 (4.55%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Cloud Native
2 3 (13.64%) Data Structures
2 3 (13.64%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (4.55%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (4.55%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Apple iOS
1 2 (9.09%) Linux
1 2 (9.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Agile
1 8 (36.36%) CI/CD
2 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (27.27%) Test Automation
3 5 (22.73%) Microservices
4 4 (18.18%) Backtesting
4 4 (18.18%) Data Modelling
4 4 (18.18%) DevOps
4 4 (18.18%) ETL
4 4 (18.18%) Fraud Detection
4 4 (18.18%) Migration
4 4 (18.18%) Unit Testing
5 3 (13.64%) Performance Optimisation
5 3 (13.64%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (13.64%) Scrum
5 3 (13.64%) Secure Coding
5 3 (13.64%) TDD
6 2 (9.09%) Deployment Automation
6 2 (9.09%) Mentoring
6 2 (9.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) SQL
2 5 (22.73%) Java
3 2 (9.09%) Swift
4 1 (4.55%) Apex Code
4 1 (4.55%) Python
4 1 (4.55%) Scala
4 1 (4.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Hadoop YARN
1 1 (4.55%) Oozie
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) Ab Initio
2 4 (18.18%) Databricks
3 1 (4.55%) Pardot
3 1 (4.55%) Salesforce