Developer Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Developer
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Developer salary in Northamptonshire is £54,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 19 10
Rank change year-on-year -23 -9 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 18 96 48
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 3.46% 11.35% 12.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.57% 11.93% 13.19%
Number of salaries quoted 16 69 42
10th Percentile £23,500 £30,000 £33,938
25th Percentile £26,000 £38,500 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,750 £47,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.26% -19.15% +23.68%
75th Percentile £60,563 £60,000 £66,875
90th Percentile £80,000 - £72,250
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,210
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.96% +10.42%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 504 805 364
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.92% 95.15% 96.81%
Number of salaries quoted 223 387 255
10th Percentile £28,100 £28,000 £29,300
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £50,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% -10.71% +17.89%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,250 £83,500
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% -9.52% +5.00%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Developer
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Northamptonshire.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Northamptonshire

Developer
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 23 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Northamptonshire

Developer
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 23 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Northampton -20 8 £58,000 +28.89% 4
Kettering +3 3 £25,000 -50.00% 7
Wellingborough -2 3 £45,000 -25.00%
Developer
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 23 October 2025, Developer 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 permanent job ads across the Northamptonshire region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 11 (61.11%) CSS
1 11 (61.11%) HTML
1 11 (61.11%) JavaScript
2 9 (50.00%) .NET
2 9 (50.00%) C#
3 8 (44.44%) ASP.NET
3 8 (44.44%) MVC
3 8 (44.44%) SQL Server
3 8 (44.44%) Web Development
4 7 (38.89%) Clean Code
5 6 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
6 5 (27.78%) CMS
6 5 (27.78%) Java
6 5 (27.78%) Oracle
6 5 (27.78%) REST
6 5 (27.78%) Spring
6 5 (27.78%) Spring Boot
6 5 (27.78%) SQL
7 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET Web Forms
7 4 (22.22%) Content Management
7 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (22.22%) CSS3
7 4 (22.22%) HTML5
7 4 (22.22%) IIS
7 4 (22.22%) JIRA
7 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (16.67%) API Development
8 3 (16.67%) AWS
8 3 (16.67%) CI/CD
8 3 (16.67%) Degree

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 (27.78%) CMS
2 4 (22.22%) IIS
3 2 (11.11%) JBoss
3 2 (11.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) AWS
2 2 (11.11%) GitHub
2 2 (11.11%) OpenShift
2 2 (11.11%) Sage Pay
3 1 (5.56%) Azure
3 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 3 (16.67%) MySQL
3 2 (11.11%) MariaDB
4 1 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (5.56%) Power BI
4 1 (5.56%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) JIRA
2 3 (16.67%) Git
2 3 (16.67%) JUnit
3 2 (11.11%) Babel
3 2 (11.11%) GitLab
3 2 (11.11%) Gradle
3 2 (11.11%) Jenkins
3 2 (11.11%) Maven
3 2 (11.11%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (11.11%) webpack
4 1 (5.56%) Mockito
General
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (61.11%) CSS
1 11 (61.11%) HTML
2 9 (50.00%) .NET
3 8 (44.44%) ASP.NET
4 6 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
5 5 (27.78%) REST
5 5 (27.78%) Spring
5 5 (27.78%) Spring Boot
6 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 4 (22.22%) CSS3
6 4 (22.22%) HTML5
7 3 (16.67%) React
7 3 (16.67%) Redux
7 3 (16.67%) RESTful
7 3 (16.67%) SOAP
8 2 (11.11%) .NET Core
8 2 (11.11%) AngularJS
8 2 (11.11%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (11.11%) Spring Cloud
8 2 (11.11%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Graphic Design
1 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (5.56%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Linux
1 2 (11.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) MVC
1 8 (44.44%) Web Development
2 7 (38.89%) Clean Code
3 4 (22.22%) Content Management
3 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (16.67%) API Development
4 3 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 3 (16.67%) Design Patterns
4 3 (16.67%) Front End Development
4 3 (16.67%) Logistics
4 3 (16.67%) Microservices
5 2 (11.11%) Code Quality
5 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 2 (11.11%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
5 2 (11.11%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
5 2 (11.11%) Customer Experience
5 2 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (11.11%) OOP
5 2 (11.11%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (61.11%) JavaScript
2 9 (50.00%) C#
3 5 (27.78%) Java
3 5 (27.78%) SQL
4 2 (11.11%) Apex Code
4 2 (11.11%) Shell Script
4 2 (11.11%) TypeScript
5 1 (5.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (5.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Oracle
2 2 (11.11%) Pardot
2 2 (11.11%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.56%) Adobe
3 1 (5.56%) Databricks
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft