Architect Contract Job Trends in Newport

Architect
South Wales > Newport

The median Architect daily rate in Newport is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 15 19
Rank change year-on-year +6 +4 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 4 5 8
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 13.33% 7.58% 6.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.33% 7.81% 6.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 8
10th Percentile - £482 -
25th Percentile £406 £495 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £535 £600
Median % change year-on-year -22.90% -10.83% -20.00%
75th Percentile £419 £570 £638
90th Percentile - £581 £690
South Wales median daily rate £638 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £78.25 - -
25th Percentile £79.38 - -
Median hourly rate £82.50 - -
75th Percentile £84.38 - -
90th Percentile £84.75 - -
South Wales median hourly rate £82.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Newport

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newport. 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 Newport with a recognized job title 30 64 116
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 96.97% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 23 93
10th Percentile £265 £186 £273
25th Percentile £405 £226 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -27.27% -3.51%
75th Percentile £594 - £638
90th Percentile £713 £502 £650
South Wales median daily rate £400 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 28 9
10th Percentile £78.25 £18.64 £13.18
25th Percentile £79.38 £20.12 £27.08
Median hourly rate £82.50 £26.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +211.32% -47.00% +122.67%
75th Percentile £84.38 £48.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £84.75 £51.13 £55.50
South Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.48 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.54% -2.00% +30.59%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Newport

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Newport.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Newport

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Newport.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Newport

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, Architect 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 Newport region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) CISM
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Def Stans
1 3 (75.00%) Information Assurance
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (75.00%) JSP 440
1 3 (75.00%) ModSecurity
1 3 (75.00%) NCSC
1 3 (75.00%) NIST
1 3 (75.00%) NIST 800
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (75.00%) SABSA
1 3 (75.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (75.00%) Security Management
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Database Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) IaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Database
3 1 (25.00%) Rubrik

Architect Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) IaaS
1 1 (25.00%) Rubrik
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Database
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Information Assurance
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (75.00%) SABSA
1 3 (75.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (75.00%) Security Management
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) Database Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Runbook
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISM
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Def Stans
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (75.00%) JSP 440
1 3 (75.00%) NCSC
1 3 (75.00%) NIST
1 3 (75.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) VMware