QA Contract Job Trends in Newport

Quality Assurance (QA)
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newport requiring QA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 7 19
Rank change year-on-year -10 +12 +12
Contract jobs citing QA 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 1.20% 5.00% 1.41%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.11% 16.67% 7.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South Wales median daily rate £420 £446 £523
% change year-on-year -5.88% -14.59% -12.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £15.00 £15.00
South Wales median hourly rate £15.36 £15.00 £20.30
% change year-on-year +2.40% -26.11% +85.90%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Newport

QA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9 6 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 10.84% 30.00% 18.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £486 £433 -
25th Percentile £503 £436 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £444 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.31% - -
75th Percentile £541 £448 -
90th Percentile £546 £449 -
South Wales median daily rate £525 £403 £490
% change year-on-year +30.43% -17.86% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £52.00 - £17.80
25th Percentile £53.13 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £15.00 £25.36
Median % change year-on-year +266.67% -40.85% -46.61%
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £52.50 £13.08 £25.48
% change year-on-year +301.38% -48.67% +46.29%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing QA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport.

QA job vacancy trend in Newport

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Daily Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing QA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing QA

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Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing QA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing QA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Tricentis Tosca
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP