Developer Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Developer
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Developer salary in Northamptonshire is £53,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
3 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 19 11
Rank change year-on-year +5 -8 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 34 72 44
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 8.63% 11.01% 12.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.02% 11.41% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 32 47 40
10th Percentile £25,350 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,125 £38,000 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £50,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -11.11% +25.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £60,000 £65,625
90th Percentile £80,000 - £70,000
East Midlands median annual salary £49,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.00% -9.09% +10.00%

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 377 631 352
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.69% 96.48% 96.70%
Number of salaries quoted 276 289 266
10th Percentile £26,875 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £64,063 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -

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 3 December 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 3 December 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 -15 17 £58,000 +28.89% 8
Kettering +5 6 £25,500 - 2
Towcester +3 6 £67,500 +20.00% 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 3 December 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 20 (58.82%) HTML
1 20 (58.82%) JavaScript
2 18 (52.94%) CSS
3 13 (38.24%) SQL
4 12 (35.29%) C#
4 12 (35.29%) MVC
5 11 (32.35%) .NET
6 10 (29.41%) ASP.NET
6 10 (29.41%) ASP.NET MVC
6 10 (29.41%) Full-Stack Development
7 9 (26.47%) API Development
7 9 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (26.47%) SQL Server
7 9 (26.47%) Web Development
8 8 (23.53%) AWS
8 8 (23.53%) React
9 6 (17.65%) Clean Code
9 6 (17.65%) Node.js
9 6 (17.65%) Oracle
10 5 (14.71%) .NET Core
10 5 (14.71%) CMS
10 5 (14.71%) Java
10 5 (14.71%) REST
10 5 (14.71%) Spring
10 5 (14.71%) Spring Boot
11 4 (11.76%) ASP.NET Web Forms
11 4 (11.76%) Content Management
11 4 (11.76%) CSS3
11 4 (11.76%) Degree
11 4 (11.76%) HTML5

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 (14.71%) CMS
2 4 (11.76%) IIS
3 2 (5.88%) JBoss
3 2 (5.88%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (2.94%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 8 (23.53%) AWS
2 3 (8.82%) Azure
3 2 (5.88%) Amazon S3
3 2 (5.88%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (5.88%) GitHub
3 2 (5.88%) OpenShift
3 2 (5.88%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.88%) Sage Pay
3 2 (5.88%) Serverless
4 1 (2.94%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (26.47%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.88%) MariaDB
2 2 (5.88%) MySQL
2 2 (5.88%) Power BI
2 2 (5.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) JIRA
2 3 (8.82%) Git
2 3 (8.82%) JUnit
3 2 (5.88%) Babel
3 2 (5.88%) GitLab
3 2 (5.88%) Gradle
3 2 (5.88%) Jenkins
3 2 (5.88%) Maven
3 2 (5.88%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (5.88%) webpack
4 1 (2.94%) Mockito
General
1 7 (20.59%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Finance
4 3 (8.82%) Marketing
5 1 (2.94%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (58.82%) HTML
2 18 (52.94%) CSS
3 11 (32.35%) .NET
4 10 (29.41%) ASP.NET
4 10 (29.41%) ASP.NET MVC
5 8 (23.53%) React
6 6 (17.65%) Node.js
7 5 (14.71%) .NET Core
7 5 (14.71%) REST
7 5 (14.71%) Spring
7 5 (14.71%) Spring Boot
8 4 (11.76%) ASP.NET Web Forms
8 4 (11.76%) CSS3
8 4 (11.76%) HTML5
9 3 (8.82%) Redux
9 3 (8.82%) RESTful
9 3 (8.82%) SOAP
10 2 (5.88%) Lightning Web Components
10 2 (5.88%) Spring Cloud
10 2 (5.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.94%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Linux
1 2 (5.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (35.29%) MVC
2 10 (29.41%) Full-Stack Development
3 9 (26.47%) API Development
3 9 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (26.47%) Web Development
4 6 (17.65%) Clean Code
5 4 (11.76%) Content Management
6 3 (8.82%) CI/CD
6 3 (8.82%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (8.82%) CRM
6 3 (8.82%) Dashboard Development
6 3 (8.82%) Design Patterns
6 3 (8.82%) Front End Development
6 3 (8.82%) Logistics
6 3 (8.82%) Microservices
7 2 (5.88%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
7 2 (5.88%) Mentoring
7 2 (5.88%) SDLC
7 2 (5.88%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 20 (58.82%) JavaScript
2 13 (38.24%) SQL
3 12 (35.29%) C#
4 5 (14.71%) Java
5 3 (8.82%) Rust
6 2 (5.88%) Apex Code
6 2 (5.88%) Delphi
6 2 (5.88%) Python
6 2 (5.88%) Shell Script
6 2 (5.88%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.94%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Degree
2 2 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Oracle
2 3 (8.82%) Zoho
3 2 (5.88%) Adobe
3 2 (5.88%) Pardot
3 2 (5.88%) Salesforce
21 Developer jobs in Northamptonshire