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 23 October 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 18 8
Rank change year-on-year +8 -10 +5
Contract Developer jobs 24 33 39
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 8.99% 10.54% 15.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.06% 10.82% 16.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 30 27
10th Percentile £401 £260 £340
25th Percentile £407 £304 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £360 £425
Median % change year-on-year +45.83% -15.29% -15.00%
75th Percentile £575 £413 £576
90th Percentile £583 £430 £600
East Midlands median daily rate £485 £413 £433
% change year-on-year +17.58% -4.62% -5.03%
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 adverts in Northamptonshire matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in Northamptonshire matching a recognised job title 217 305 238
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 81.27% 97.44% 92.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 267 171
10th Percentile £298 £288 £341
25th Percentile £381 £350 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £393 £425
Median % change year-on-year +8.14% -7.53% -10.53%
75th Percentile £538 £450 £500
90th Percentile £600 £544 £588
East Midlands median daily rate £475 £414 £443
% change year-on-year +14.80% -6.60% -6.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 5 5
10th Percentile £13.75 - -
25th Percentile £14.35 - £11.83
Median hourly rate £14.56 £21.39 £12.22
Median % change year-on-year -31.93% +75.04% -7.25%
75th Percentile £16.85 - £12.61
90th Percentile £22.55 £41.56 £20.22
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £21.39 £24.18
% change year-on-year -15.85% -11.54% +35.60%

Developer Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Developer job postings 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 Developer jobs in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 23 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 Developer jobs within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 23 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Northampton +4 12 £500 +38.89% 12
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 23 October 2026, Developer contract job ads cited 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 Developer job ads across the Northamptonshire region.

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
29 Developer jobs in Northamptonshire