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 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 19 20
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +5
Contract jobs citing QA 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 2.86% 1.67% 3.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.53% 50.00% 9.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £325
Median % change year-on-year - - -48.00%
75th Percentile £475 - £338
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £440 £538 £540
% change year-on-year -18.14% -0.46% +7.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.41 -
South Wales median hourly rate - £15.41 -

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 19 2 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 27.14% 3.33% 35.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 11
10th Percentile £425 - £91
25th Percentile £531 - £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £250
Median % change year-on-year - - -52.38%
75th Percentile £731 - £338
90th Percentile £743 - £788
South Wales median daily rate £445 £417 £513
% change year-on-year +6.71% -18.63% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 6
10th Percentile £78.50 £16.33 £11.79
25th Percentile £80.00 £18.03 £12.77
Median hourly rate £85.00 £20.95 £14.37
Median % change year-on-year +305.68% +45.83% -69.75%
75th Percentile £86.25 £23.78 £15.76
90th Percentile £87.00 £25.41 £18.14
South Wales median hourly rate £82.50 £24.00 £14.37
% change year-on-year +243.75% +67.04% -23.53%

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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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) CSS3
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) HTML5
1 2 (100.00%) jQuery
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) MVC
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) SQL