Junior Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Junior
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Junior daily rate in Northamptonshire is £243, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 7 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 2.27% - 1.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.36% - 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £205 - -
25th Percentile £210 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £243 - -
75th Percentile £285 - -
90th Percentile £297 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £205 £133 £350
% change year-on-year +54.72% -62.14% +102.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £11.27
25th Percentile - - £11.36
Median hourly rate - - £11.62
75th Percentile - - £11.78
90th Percentile - - £11.81
East Midlands median hourly rate - - £11.62

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 296 197 161
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.10% 91.63% 91.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 134 122
10th Percentile £308 £337 £213
25th Percentile £350 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £408 £481
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% -15.19% +1.16%
75th Percentile £458 £500 £534
90th Percentile £550 £575 £588
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £444 £450
% change year-on-year -5.30% -1.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - - £11.46
25th Percentile - £11.83 £11.83
Median hourly rate £21.39 £12.22 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.04% -30.17% -2.02%
75th Percentile - £18.96 £23.73
90th Percentile - £22.76 £24.60
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.25 £24.18 £17.95
% change year-on-year -12.12% +34.75% +5.76%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Junior job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Junior
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in Northamptonshire

Junior
Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in Northamptonshire

Junior
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 Junior within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 19 November 2025. 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 - 7 £243 - 3
Junior
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 19 November 2025, Junior 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 Junior in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Agile
1 4 (57.14%) Java
1 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
2 3 (42.86%) API Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Change Management
2 3 (42.86%) Kanban
2 3 (42.86%) Postman
2 3 (42.86%) RESTful
2 3 (42.86%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (42.86%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) Validation
3 2 (28.57%) Confluence
3 2 (28.57%) JIRA
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Basel III
4 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Cucumber
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Banking
4 1 (14.29%) DOM
4 1 (14.29%) Fintech
4 1 (14.29%) HTML
4 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
4 1 (14.29%) jQuery
4 1 (14.29%) Lean Six Sigma
4 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree

Junior 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 2 (28.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Postman
2 2 (28.57%) JIRA
3 1 (14.29%) Cucumber
3 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
3 1 (14.29%) Selenium
General
1 5 (71.43%) Banking
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) RESTful
2 1 (14.29%) DOM
2 1 (14.29%) HTML
2 1 (14.29%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
1 1 (14.29%) PMI
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
1 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
2 3 (42.86%) API Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Change Management
2 3 (42.86%) Kanban
2 3 (42.86%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (42.86%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) Validation
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Lean Six Sigma
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Project Governance
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma
4 1 (14.29%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
1 1 (14.29%) MBA
1 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
1 1 (14.29%) PMP
1 1 (14.29%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Basel III
1 1 (14.29%) QA